Double Slaying Baffles L A Police Edna Worden and Marguerite Worden
The murder of 48 year old author Edna Worden and her young daughter Marguerite in Los Angeles stuns investigators who report no clear motive. Also noted are legal maneuvers by J Paul Thompson as receiver in the Van Sweringen estate case and Ball Tomlinson’s deal to acquire rail holdings, while visitors stream to the Supreme Court in Washington for President Roosevelt’s court plan.
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Edna Worden
Marguerite
Los Angeles
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
van Sweringen
J. Paul Thompson
Cleveland
Thompson
van Sweringens
Ball
Toer
George A. Tomlinson
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Roosevelt
Mid Air Collision Kills Four Navy Flyers Off California
Naval planes collided 40 miles off shore near Lexing ton killing four sailors. Witnesses described a thunderous crash as two bomb laden scouts fell into the sea at about 500 feet. Victims named include Lieut Joseph J Loughlin of Long Beach, Chief Machinist’s Mate Harry Bradley of San Diego, Aviation Machinist’s Mate John Carney of National City, and Loughlin’s body was recovered after drowning stated by a naval inquiry.
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San Diego
Calif
Naval Court of
A. W. Radford
North Island Air Base
Lexington
Joseph J. Loughlin
Long Beach
Wilmington
N. C
Harry M. Bradley
Osceola
Iowa
John J. Carney
National City
East St. Louis
Illinois
Loughlin
TVA seeks $2,739,000 for Gilbertville dam project
TVA directors prepared to urge the House appropriations committee to include a $2,739,000 funding item in the 1938 TVA budget to initiate preliminary construction on the Gilbertville Kentucky dam on the Tennessee River. The hearing was postponed due to director Lilenth al illness. Delegates in Washington cite flood control benefits and credit Tennessee river dams with saving Cairo Illinois during the Ohio valley flood.
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Knoxville
Lower Tennessee Valley Association
Tennessee Valley Authority
House Appropriations Committee
Gilbertville
Tennessee River
Washington
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Capital
A. E. Morgan
H. A. Morgan
Gilbertsville
Congress
James R. Richmond
Kentucky
Cairo
Ill
Ohio Valley
Man Fatigued Man Lays Across Tracks In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on April 7 John Douglas a Black man laid his head and feet across railroad tracks on a trestle and dozed as trains approached the double tracks screeched to a stop. Police removed him while he remained largely asleep.
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Cincinnati
John Douglas
Douglas
Bristol Threatens Action Over Court’s $500 000 Issue
Bristol leaders demand action after Sullivan County court did not approve a $500 000 schools appropriation. County Judge T R Bandy welcomes any impeachment moves, saying the court acted on its own initiative. Kingsport officials declined comment on Bristol’s bid to secure funds and Bristol’s allegations about Kingsport's cooperation.
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Bristol
Bandy
Board of Commissioners
Greeneville
the Times
Kingsport
George Barger
Madrid Skyscraper Seen Safe From Air Attacks
Madrid reports that New York’s skyscraper district would be safest in a future war. The 13 story telephone building endured 43 shells with minimal casualties and remains standing due to elastic construction. Structural engineers compare its resilience to earthquake proof towers and note it sways but avoids collapse.
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George Jordan Madrid
New York
Manhattan Island
United States
Madrid
Last Appeal Refused Whitten Faces Chair
J B Whitten, convicted of murdering his former sweetheart Mrs Lillie Mae Cook in Chattanooga on December 28 1935, lost his last hope of escaping electrocution next Monday. Governor Browning denied further relief after a 30 day reprieve granted March 12 for sanity review.
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Nashville
J. B. Whitten
Lillie Mae Cook
Chattanooga
Browning
Whitten
McCoig Faces Death in Tennessee Electric Chair
Nashville April 7 Gus McCoig facing execution by electrocution tomorrow at dawn said he would be nervous but face it like a man He is one of three convicted of murdering Sheriff L B Hutchison of Union county in December 1935 His sentence was upheld though Hopson and Dean had their sentences reduced to life imprisonment McCoig 23 said he might not be sure who killed the sheriff but he would not cry as he walks to the chair with Lincoln’s picture in his cell and plans to be baptized before death
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Nashville
Gus McCoig
McCoig
Pete Dean
Frank Hopson
L. B. Hutchison
Union County
Hopson
Abraham Lincoln
Mik
Milton S. Hershey
United Chocolate Workers Union
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
Russel Behman
American Legion
Foster Wagner
Hummelstown
Behman
William F. R. Murrie
Loyalists Sweep Insurgents In Smash Victory In Spain
Madrid reports a government force stormed Mount Chimorra in Cordoba and routed insurgents near Villaharta. About 300 prisoners were taken, and 400 insurgent bodies were buried after the attack. Government planes bombed Villaharta as British warships faced renewed insurgent bombardments off Spain.
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Madrid
Mount Chimorra
Cordoba
Milicianos
Villaharta
Cordoba-Penarroya
Penarroya
Chimorra
Cordoba- Penarroya
Febus
Cadiz
Granada
Requetes
Great Britain
Gallant
Spain
Garland
Palma
Mallorca
Britain
Thorpehall
Bay of Biscay
Rome
Italy
Germany
France
Russia
Leaders Condemn Sit Downs and Unfair Labor Practices
Senate Majority Leader Robinson urged a congressional condemnation of company unions and sit-down strikes, calling the practices illegal and against public policy. The resolution would urge similar action by the House and target industrial espionage as contrary to the National Labor Relations Act. Other Washington items include responses to the 40 hour work week and a Fordham Law faculty anti court bill resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Werr
House
Roosevelt
O. Max Gardner
World Textile Conference
NRA
Ernest J. Martin
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fordham University
New York
House Immigration Committee
Beekman Hill triple-murder suspect hunted as girl flees
New York police broaden their hunt for Robert Irwin, the prime suspect in the Eastertime killings of Veronica Gedeon and two others. An artist’s model, Ethel Kudner, fled her Astoria home seeking sanctuary as detectives guard her and her residence. Investigators consult psychiatrists to profile Irwin amid fruitless leads.
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Robert Irwin
Mary Gedeon
New York
Ronnie Gedeon
Irwin
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N. Y
Long Island
Astoria
John A. Lyons
Ethel Gedeon
Ronnie
Ethel
Democrat Mat t Jackson 100th birthday celebrated in Bowling Green
Miss Matt Jackson, a lifelong Democrat known for voting even from an ambulance, celebrated her 100th birthday. She was born 15 miles west of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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Bowling Green
Matt Jackson
Here
Irate Farmers Drive Sit Down Strikers From Hershey Plant
Irate farmers and workers opposed to the union entered the Hershey Chocolate Corporation plant and forced sit down strikers to leave the building in Hershey Pennsylvania.
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Hershey
Hershey, Pa
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Constitution Clash Over Court Plan Sparks Debate
Washington April 7. Fordham University law dean Ignatius M. Wilkinson testifies to the senate judiciary committee that the Roosevelt court program threatens constitutional democracy by packing the court and subduing judicial independence. He warns such a plan could erode confidence in courts and the rule of law.
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Washington
Ignatius M. Wilkinson
Fordham University Law School
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Prison Pledge Lands UMWA Leader in Jail
Prestonburg Ky April 7 Seven years after promising I wont harm any man over whisky Robert Jones 35 head of an United Mine Workers local at Ligon Ky refused to testify before a grand jury probing liquor law violations Caudill ordered his detention until he changes his mind Jones told reporters he would stand by his pledge and prepared for a long stay in jail leaving wife and child with his father as Jones faced possible imprisonment for contempt of court
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Prestonsburg
Robert Jones
United Mine Workers of America
Ligon
Jones
John W Caudill
Smokies to Meet Americus in Georgia-Florida League Exhibit
In Cordele Georgia on April 7 the Knoxville Smokies prepared for an exhibition game scheduled for tomorrow against the Americus team of the Georgia Florida league.
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Cordele
Knoxville Smokies
Americus
Chancellor Bejach’s Wife Leads Law Students at Memphis
Lois D Bejach, wife of Chancellor Bejach, is described as his most devoted law student. She studies under him at the University of Memphis law school, aims to understand his work, and plans to graduate in June.
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Memphis
Lois D Bejach
Bejach
Chancery Court
University of Memphis Law School
Wilena Roberts Bejach
Weather Outlook Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee shows increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with showers Thursday then colder in west and central areas. Virginia expects generally fair weather tonight, with clouds and warmer Thursday followed by showers in the west. Kentucky is cloudy with showers Thursday and possible tonight in the extreme north, warmer tonight then colder Thursday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
West
Kentucky
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U. S. Supreme Court
Duke OF Windsor
Mrs. Simpson
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Sullivan County Court
T. R. Bandy
M’coig
Erwin
Girl
Chrysler
Wilkinson
Fordham
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