Taft Opposes Boost in Farm Aid Funds
Senator Taft of Ohio urged the Senate to reject a proposed increase in farm benefit payments, warning the move would trigger a presidential veto. He prefers maintaining the House-approved $212,000,000 and budget recommendations, amid a broader push by farm-minded senators to raise the non-defense bill by about $450,000,000.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Barkley
Dky
McNary
R-Ore
Morgenthau
Light fingered visitor sought after vigil light theft at St Marys Church
Conscience Rock Island police search for an unidentified man who has been visiting St Marys Catholic church daily presumably to pray. Police aid requested after the theft of the 67th vigil light from the church. War alarms rose in the Balkans as Hitler recalled German legation staff in Belgrade and warned of looming war with Yugoslavia.
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Rock Island
Ill
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Belgrade
Nazifuehrer
Yugoslavia
Viladimir Macek
Peter II
Berlin
Frank
Szeged
Hungary
Yugoslav
Balkan
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Premier Teleki death shocks Hungary and shifts government
Hungary reels as Premier Teleki dies reportedly by his own action or heart ailment amid confusion over a letter and a wife said to be ill. Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer acts as premier as government resignations ripple through Budapest. The foreign office cites heart illness. friends claim poison. The death alters Hungary's stance amid mounting wartime tensions in Europe.
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Budapest
Hungary
Pal Teleki
Teleki
Foreign Office
Count Teleki
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
New York
CBS
Germany
Admiral Horthy
Calls Grow for Roosevelt to Speak on Defense Strikes
On the House floor Representative McCormack urged President Roosevelt to address the defense strike wave amid criticism of the administration. Senator Byrd pressed for stronger mediation powers, seeking board authority to intervene in any strike and secure voluntary settlements without halting production.
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Washington
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
Taber
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Cox
D-Ga
Representative Woodrum
D-Va
Early
Senate
Barkley
Byrd
National Mediation Board
Perkins
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
U. S. Conciliation Service
Plane Missing Over Florida Coast Near Daytona
An Eastern Air Lines transport plane with 15 aboard was missing and hours overdue on a West Palm Beach to Daytona Beach run. Among those listed as passengers was famed surgeon George W. Crile of Cleveland, located in the storm-beset route.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
West Palm Beach
George W. Crile
Cleveland
FDR Rejects U S Convoy Plan As Too Absurd
Washington reports quote President Roosevelt calling the idea of using the navy to convoy supplies abroad “too absurd to talk about” at the moment. Opposition in Congress questions persist as Tobey seeks action to bar convoy duty. Senate Foreign Relations Chair George says no administration move is expected without Congress approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tobey
N. H
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Congress
U S Mediator Holds Out Hope of Miners Jobs Pact
A federal mediator clung to a plan to restart 400000 miners by a compromise as Harlan Kentucky saw a grim 24 hour truce after the bloodiest labor clashes since 1920. Gov Keen Johnson announced the truce and pickets would be withdrawn with operators urged to honor no mine work in Harlan.
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U.S
Clings
Harlan
Harlan County
Evarts
Kentucky
Harlan Coal
Cto-United Mine Workers Union
New York City
Robert Hodge
Harlan Operators Association
L. C. Smith
Johnson
William Turnblazer
Harlan Umw
New York
Work On 11 W To Start Soon
Relocation of 3.3 miles of highway 11 W near Rogersville begins after contracts let. Cadell Construction Co will rebuild 2.2 miles from Mooresburg toward Cuba for 190 108 dollars, Clark Kearney and Stark Co of St Louis 1.1 miles for 113 843 50 dollars. TVA oversees project caused by Cherokee Dam water.
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Rogersville
U. S. 11-W
Cherokee Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Labor leaders clash over Utah bills in morning and afternoon
Salt Lake City reports timing debates in the Utah legislature as A. M. Petersen leads the C. ILO and P. M. Petersen heads the state federation of labor, the pair nicknamed morning and afternoon due to their schedules.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
A. M. Petersen
C. Ilo
P. M. Petersen
State Federation of Labor
Gale Bellamy in grave condition after plant accident
Gale Bellamy remains in grave condition at Holston Valley Community hospital after burns from a Tennessee Eastman plant accident. Garland E. Nash and W. R. Reed died from burns sustained while cleaning a boiler when a brick baffle wall collapsed, showering them with hot brick.
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Gale Bellamy
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Garland E. Nash
W. R. Reed
Bellamy
Revenue Office To Be Open Here
Beginning next week the bureau of internal revenue offices in rooms 203 205 post office building will be open each Monday from 8 15 a.m. to 4 p.m. A deputy collector will be busy three or four days weekly with most work outside the office. Citizens may leave a note under the door to contact a deputy. The territory includes Sullivan Hawkins and Hancock counties. Federal tax forms of all kinds may be filed on Mondays. The office handles social security income and other federal taxes.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Kingsport
Sullivan
Hawkins
Hancock
Alarm retrofit at Chicago police station after break-ins
Workmen install burglar alarm at the central police station following two break-ins on the second floor. Officers cite $100,000 worth of equipment in the crime detection laboratory and vow stronger protection.
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Chicago
Central
Kingsport Prepares New Fire Station On Johnson City Bristol Route
Officials say the Johnson City Bristol highway fire station near Kingsport will enter service in two to three weeks after bids totaling 2335 dollars for furnishing and equipping. The yellow brick building will house two combination ladder and pumper trucks staffed by paid and volunteer firefighters, giving Kingsport two modern stations, including the one on Watauga Street.
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Kingsport
Johnson City
Bristol
Watauga Street
Rep Joseph W. Martin Jr to speak on Columbia radio tonight
Massachusetts Republican House leader and RNC chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr will deliver an address over the Columbia network at 10:45 PM instead of 10:15 PM as originally announced.
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Republican House
Republican National Committee
Columbia
Rome voices warn of further painful losses in Ethiopia
Fascist broadcaster Mario Appelius prepares Italians for news of heavy Ethiopian losses as Addis Ababa and Dessie near fall, signaling a looming military setback for Italy.
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Bengali
Ethiopia
Miesso
Addis Ababa
Rome
Mario Appelius
Dessie
Differences Stymie Coal Pact As UMWA Talks Falter
Differences between northern and southern bituminous coal operators were cited today as the chief obstacle to a settlement with the United Mine Workers of America and the end of a stoppage that closed most U.S. soft coal mines two days ago.
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New York—.P
United Mine Workers of America
CWO
U S Demands Italy Recall Naval Attache Over Sabotage Ties
The United States demands the immediate recall of Admiral Alberto Lais the Italian naval attache in Washington for connections to sabotage of Italian ships in the U S Secretary Hull notified the Italian ambassador and President Roosevelt ordered action Morgenthau and Attorney General Jackson consider forfeiture of thirty seized Axis vessels under 1917 law while declining to discuss diplomatic orders The secretary says facts speak for themselves.
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Washington
United States
Alberto Lais
Hull
Prince Colonna
Roosevelt
Lais
Morganthau
Robert H. Jackson
Morgenthau
Outbreaks at Ford Plant as Mediation Delayed
Violent clashes near the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit left four black men beaten by union pickets and three pickets injured as a car sped away. Governor Van Wagoner postponed mediation talks with CIO and Ford officials to work out passing non production workers through picket lines.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Murray D. van Wagoner
CIO
Company
van Wagoner
United Automobile Workers
Ford Service
Laurence Lyon
State Police
Clean-up Dates for Kingsport Campaign Set
The Kingsport annual Clean-up Paint-up Fix-up campaign dates will be chosen at a Friday morning meeting in the city hall council room at 10 o'clock. C. L. Lineback, general chairman, heads the arrangements committee with members Mrs. C. B. Mead Roy Pyle W. L. Holyoke F. S. Cloud R. N. Robinson A. D. Brockman W. S. Waddell R. T. Lee and Mayor E. W. Tipton.
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Kingsport
C. L. Lineback
Lineback
C. B. Mead
Roy Pyle
W. L. Holyoke
F. S. Cloud
R. N. Robinson
A. D. Brockman
W. S. Waddell
R. T. Lee
E. W. Tipton
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