Schools Loom Chief Problem at July Court
Sullivan County court members heard Roy E. Clarke propose a $13,165 increase in the school levy while deferring action on a school insurance plan. Clarke’s 1940 budget totals show elementary at 288,780 and high school at 128,155, with overall rises of 5,228 and 7,037 respectively. The court deferred action to the next term, discussed reconstruction costs for burned schools, and considered a county dental program and possible changes to the insurance levy to fund building coverage and bond premiums.
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Blountville
Sullivan County Court
Roy E. Clarke
Supt. of
Delor
Clarke
West View
Kingsley
Woodrow
Migistrate Rantin Smuiling
Pineyru
City Notches 166 Safe Days Without a Traffic Fatality
Kingsport reported 166 consecutive days with no motor vehicle deaths within city limits ending at midnight yesterday. The run sets a new safety record as residents praise reduced crashes and boosted traffic vigilance.
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Kingsport
ROTC Unit May Come to Dobyns-Bennett High
Plans to establish a Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at Dobyns-Bennett high school move to federal review in Atlanta next week. Principal C.K. Kofman announced the Kingsperk Board of Relucation approved the plan and negotiations with the government could lead to a unit when school opens next fall. About 290 students may enroll if approved.
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Reserve Officers
Dobyns-Bennett
United States
Auanta
C.K. Kofman
Ure
Soffman
Kofta
Reynolds seeks explanation on Welles trip and German wire story
AP reports Senator Reynolds of North Ling asks the State Department for details on why Undersecretary Summer Welles was sent to Europe to gather information about the German wire hook issue. Also notes a Scotland munition blast killed three and injured four. Romanian agricultural army draft to keep production normal and exports steady. Wagner act changes advance in the House. Lewis to take CIO subway talks lead in New York. DA O'Dwyer seeks racketeer Langs Zwillman in Murder Inc inquiry. British planes beat off convoy in North Sea as German raid is repulsed.
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Meynolds
Welles Vesit Wassington
Reynolds
State Department
Summer Welles
Europe
Germany
Washington
Ishar
AFL
Labor Board
Lewis
Chase Subway
York
John 1. Lewin
CIO
Chiillain
Nolo Nentiation
New York
Alaim
William O'Dwyer
Langs
Zwillman
New Jersey
Chicage
Big Seven
Heolleg
Hip
Murder, Inc
Big crowd to hear Chinese diplomat at Rotary Hall
Col Montchen Thomas Pehou, a noted Chinese official with ties to Chiang Kai-shek, will address a Rotary Tow Hall audience. He discusses Chinese resistance to Japan, condemns militarists, and argues communism is no longer central in China while urging friends to withhold aid to the common enemy and seek minimal equipment.
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Montchen Thomas Pehou
Ghiang Kai-Shek
Cenova
Tae Das al de Chie
Colonel Tehou
Jia
Mobilly
Himalaya Moundina
China
Glasgow
Swoxirlag
Tellaw
Tehou
Yohou
Thaw
Ghiva
Ieh Ua
Nation Looks to Wisconsin Primary Vote
The Wisconsin presidential primary tops a national political program as observers seek clues on third term sentiment, party divisions, and how figures like Arthur Vandenberg Dewey and Roosevelt Garner will shape the race. Lewis hints at a labor backed convention if Democrats fail to meet his terms.
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Bregey
Wisconsin
John
Lewis
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Garner
LaPollette
Monongah
W. Va
CIO
Washington
Labor
Officers Claimed Involved In Plot
Washington April 2 Representative Dickstein charged before the Diss committee that William Dudley Pelley head of the Ku Klux Silver Shirts had ties with army officers in a fascist effort to overturn the U S government. Dickstein said he had evidence and charged Pelley with seeking to replace the United States with a Hitler style regime. He called Pelley a motivating force behind the army’s fascist aims.
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Washington
Dickstein
D-Ny
Diss Committee
William Dudley Felley
United States
New Yorker
Bbuse
Tharge
Fuchrer
Pelley
Asheville
U. S
Germany
DINS
Wage Hour Ruling Upheld by Court in New Orleans
New Orleans April 2 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and hour provisions. It affirmed a wage hour division order setting a 32 4 percent cent hourly minimum for textile workers and found the act a valid commerce clause enforcement. The ruling noted only provisions affecting the current proceedings were involved and cited opposition by Opp Cote ton Mills Inc and the Southern Manufacturers Association as alleging discrimination. The decision follows recommendations from a textile committee and became effective Oct 24, 1929 with a stay pending further action.
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New Orleans
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Opp
Coteton Mills, Inc
Af Opp. Ala
Southern Manufacturers Association
Belua Conmittes
Hircuit
Storm Clouds Over Congress Weigh on 1940 Session
Washington April 2 Two big storm clouds economy and Wagner Act revision loom as the election year session nears its end. House already approved a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program and Roosevelt backers expect Senate action by Thursday. Relief funds for the next fiscal year ignite government expenditure fights with WPA figures under discussion. Cal Hasington to testify on relief needs as committees weigh budgets and program scope.
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Washington
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Senate
House Labor Committee
Labor Board
Cal
PF. C. Haverington
WPA
Rep
Tahet
R-Ny
Fay
Woodrum 1
D-Va
Stewart Fights For Rate Equity In Tennessee
In Memphis on April 2 junior Senator Tom Stewart aims to form an organization of small industries business men and merchants to push for equitable freight rates in the south He notes existing groups have faltered or shifted to the opposition and vows to sustain the fight without desertion as the effort to perfect the Tennessee organization continues.
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Memphis
Tennessee
Tom Stewart
South
Hwomiy
Particwar
Tan
Planes Clash in North Sea Battle and Raid
British and German air forces clashed over the North Sea as three British planes and two Heinkel bombers fought in brisk action today. A German plane believed to be German was chased along England's southeast coast with no air raid warning. The British air ministry said British planes bombed German vessels in the North Sea yesterday, one German plane was wrecked and a British plane missing. A French bombing plane was destroyed after forced landing near Ettelbruck Luxembourg. one crewman wounded and four taken prisoner. The British admiralty reported the German freighter Ming Horn was intercepted and sunk by her own crew, bringing Germany’s merchant losses to 303,846 tons.
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London
North Sea
England
Air Ministry
DNB
Germany
Salt Island
Luxembourg
Ettelbruck
Ming Horn
Curacao
Netherlands
Weert Indies
Admiralty
Flood Threat Persists As Susquehanna Recedes Slowly
Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury report high water, with thousands displaced or preparing to flee as the Susquehanna’s crest ebbs from the near 1936 level. Flood danger lingers downstream through Towanda and Williamsport, with dike reinforcements and moving belongings in a tense, ongoing battle against the swollen river.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Wilkes, Barre
Sunbury
New York
Maryland
Harrisburg
Towanda
Williamsport
Wilkas-Barra
Ure Business District
Unis City
Wilkes~ Barre
Shamakin Creek
Spring Run
Susquehanna
Susquehanns
Census Nose-Counters Start Trek Despite Tobey Fusillade
Washington reports 120000 census workers begin a nationwide trek to gather data and answer over two billion questions, despite Tobey accusing the process of fraud. Tobey criticized the use of signed envelopes for data submission, arguing it fails to protect anonymity and could reveal personal information to enumerators.
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Tobey
Secof Commerce Hopkins
Death of Extra Spurs Film Probe
Hollywood reports autopsy in the death of Walter Miller a 47 year old veteran actor and bit player. Chief Deputy Sheriff William J Bright orders a full inquiry into possible intimidation of screen workers by outsiders aiming to muscle in on extras. Authorities note Miller died after a fight scene and assess heart disease as the cause, while probes consider broader claims of coercion in casting and employment.
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Hollywood
Walter Miller
Pondle
Miller
Mary Pickford
Republic
Crimins
William J. Bright
Truders
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chamberlain Reveals New Series of Trade Pacts
London April 2 Great Britain intensifies economic war on Germany outlining threefold drive to curb German trade. Chamberlain announces block on sea routes and interference with German cargo, trade agreements with neutrals, and penalties for neutrals aiding Germany. He warns neutrals to limit imports unless guarantees of reduced trade with Germany are provided. He notes German Russian economic cooperation as most significant and signals further steps to choke German supplies.
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Edwin sTrout
London
Great Britain
Germany
Reich
Chamberlain
Neutrads
Mouse of Commons
Scandinavia
Britain
Oained
Slop
Laallie
Chimberlain
Christerlain
Tytenlag
Dasesty
Norway
Norwegian
Swiss mobilizes tens of thousands to frontier
Berne reports the Swiss general staff has called up tens of thousands of soldiers for April 15 and 22 as part of near mobilization. Officials say relocations replace recalled units, with 43 units of varying sizes tied to the frontier and German forces reportedly massed to the north.
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Berne
Switzerland
Confederation
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API
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Thomas Tchou
Japan
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New Party
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Genator Tobey
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