House Refuses Kill Revision Bill After Long Debate
Washington April 7 The House refused to strike out the enacting clause on the government reorganization bill in a 191 to 169 vote. Supporters said the vote signaled eventual passage while opponents could still amend or defeat the measure. Representative O Connor led the motion citing no compromise amendments and noting Communist ties to the bill.
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House
Washington
O'Connor
D.-N
Biermann
D.ia
O’connor
Crawford
D.mich
McCormack
Nonce
Taber
R.M.Y
Narron Keys
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Communists
Russia
New York
Weather Rain and Cold Across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Regions forecast rain tonight and Friday with colder conditions. In Tennessee the west turns colder while the east sees rain, Virginia expects rain with little temperature change, and Kentucky reports rain tonight and Friday with colder air in the south and the extreme east.
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Tennessee
West
Virginia
Kentucky
Woman Detective Faces Suit In West Coast Romance Case
Los Angeles April 7. A wealthy youth's romance with a divorcee led to the trial of Thomas L. Warner Jr.'s 2900 dollar accounting suit. The hired woman detective shadowed Mrs. Mac Donald to prove love or wealth while Warner Sr.'s investigators allegedly removed the youth from her home. Mrs Antibus, injured, pursues 410000 dollars in damages. the witness testified amid a chaotic court scene.
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Los Angeles
Thomas L. Warner, Jr
MacDonald
Warner, Sr
Nelson Warren Sheley
Expansion of U S Feared by Japan
Tokyo reports Japan views maintaining command of the western Pacific as imperative and fears U S expansion of influence there. Rear Admiral Kiyoshi Noda cites Secretary Hull's recent speech and a letter to the Senate Naval Committee as notable. He notes U S defense priorities expanding beyond mainland coasts and Panama. Continued on page twelve.
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Tokyo
Japan
Western Pacific
United States
Kiyoshi Noda
Admiralty
Tuli
Walsh
Senate Naval Committee
Navy
Neda
Hull
Panama
Leahy
U.S. Naval Operations
Davis Favored for Probers Role on TVA Committee
Washington April 7 Senator Davis Republican Pa was understood by informed persons to be Garner's next choice for membership on the congressional committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority. Garner picked Capper and Frazier as Republican members but Capper is too busy to serve and Frazier doubts he can commit long term.
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Washington
Davis
Garner
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Capper
Kansas
Frazier
North Dakota
Senate
Labor May Turn Ruler Over American Elections In 1938
Organized labor may wield the balance of power in upcoming elections as leaders in New York and Pennsylvania press for labor aligned candidates. The piece notes activity from John L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organization, the AFL, and the American Labor Party amid a split with the CIO, signaling broader labor influence in 1938 contests.
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Organized Labor
Tes
John M. Hightower
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization Labor
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
New York State
American Labor Party
A. F. of L
William Green
Labor
16 Miners Held in Wise County Mine Disorder
Norton Va April 7 192… 16 miners arrested after a Norton region strike at Derby Colliery of Stonega Coal and Coke company. 15 Virginia highway patrol cars deployed to prevent disturbances as ~150 pickets blocked ~40 non union miners from reporting for work. Frank Durham injured resisting patrol entrance. Derby unit employs ~450 miners about 66 percent unionized. District 28 UMWA silent. 12 arrests yesterday with $3,000 bond for inciting a riot.
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NORTO
Derby
Stonega Coal and Coke Company
Virginia Highway
Norton
Frank Durham
Big Stone Gap
J. D. Rogers
United Mine Workers of America
Clyde Bolting
Cold snap heads south as thundershowers loom
April 7 report from Little Rock notes a strong cold wave moving from Oklahoma across the South. Subfreezing temperatures, heavy winds, and rain are forecast for most areas with rising temps expected Friday in west and north central east Texas. Livestock warnings issued along the Texas east coast.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mid-South
Oklahoma
Dixie
Florida
Louisiana
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas
Bank injunction denied in Young bid for Chesapeake control
Federal Judge Albert C. Coxe rejected Robert R. Young’s petition to restrain Guaranty Trust Co. from voting its Chesapeake Corp. stock at a Baltimore meeting. The ruling deals a setback in Young’s effort to gain control of Chesapeake & Ohio railway, the key asset of the Van Sweringen holding structure, with Alleghany Corp. nominally in charge.
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New York
Albert C. Coxe
Robert R. Young
Guaranty Trust Co
United States
Chesapeake Corp
Baltimoare
Young
Wall Street
Chesapeake &Ohio Railway
van Sweringen
Alleghany Corp
Chesapeake Stack
Gueranty
Alleghany
Hi-Y and Girl Reserves Convene in Kingsport
About 175 delegates from across Tennessee gather in Kingsport for a three day joint conference of the Tennessee Girl Reserves and the state Hi-Y clubs hosted by Kingsport High School. Activities include round tables, seminars, a banquet, city tour, and speeches by Ms. Margaret Highsmith and others.
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Margaret Highsmith
Kingsport
Vance Cox
Tennessee
Kingsport High School
East Tennessee
Middle
West Tennessee
First Baptist Church
Girl Reserves
Hit of
Mary Sims
Ann Sullins Dosser
E. L. Crump
Berton
Johnson
Elock
B. W. Palmer
Louise Goodloe
Hi-Y
Hugh Wilson
Frank Vincent
James H. Pless
Pless
Nashville
J. A. Bays
Shd
W. Co. A
Knoxville
Dosser
Myrtle William
Torture Slayings Still Puzzle Law In Seeking Clues
EL PASO April 7 Southwestern officers faced a puzzling lack of clues in the torture slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy, found beaten near Van Horn after the Fromes left El Paso March 30. Police questioned dozens of suspects across four states, considering revenge or hate as possible motives, while the Fromes’ robbery theory faced skepticism. Sheriff Chris P. Fox urged Texans to let the law run its course as they pursue leads.
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EL Paso
Tex
Southwestern
Weston G. Frome
Berkeley
Calif
Society
Nancy
van Horn
el Faso
South Carolina
Chris P. Fox
Hearing of Crime Group Scheduled in Nashville
In Nashville on April 7 a hearing on a demurrer filed by state attorneys in the court attack on the state crime commission will be conducted by Chancellor R C Howell. The demurrer and an answer were filed in chancery court with a motion to dismiss a temporary injunction blocking the commission's activities. An enjoining order was issued March 28 after a petition by Shelby county citizens. If the demurrer fails, a hearing date on the bill and the state's answer will be set tomorrow.
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Nashville
State Crime Commission
Chancery Court
Richard P. Dews
Shelby County
Last Minute News Flashes Transportation Strike Hits Detroit
Detroiters rush to alternatives as the city’s street railway system grinds to a halt due to an AFL union strike over seniority rights. Governor Lehman signs civil service age discrimination ban urging elder workers retention. Pennsylvania crafts unionism forms a state federation of labor with claimed 972,000 dues-paying members. Royal Air Force reconnaissance plane crashes into the North Sea killing three crew members.
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Detroit
Albany
Lehman
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
CIO
Federation of Labor
Insurgent Offensive Pushes Toward Spanish Coast
Newsreel style report from Hendaye details Insurgent forces advancing on the east coast and threatening Tortosa while encircling Barcelona area. Moscardo, Solchaga divisions push north and toward Tremp, Balaguer under Rebel control, with refugees massing near French border posts Port de Plan Fos and Luchon as Puigcerda and La Junquera fortify for a border defense.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Vallibona
Vinawroz
Franco
Ebro
Tortosi
Razes
Montenegreso
Moreira
Tortosa
Balaguer
Derida
Barcelona
Jose Moscardo
Borjas Blan
Solchaga
Tremp
Catanonia
Noguera Pailarest
Aragon
Port de Plan
Bagneres
de Luchon
Fos
Puigcerda
la Junquera
Trial for Scott deputies begins in Wise County
Scott County Deputy Sheriff Walmer Whited faces murder charges in Wise County Circuit Court over a two year old gun battle on High Knob mountain near the county line. Two other deputies Jest Planary and John Sturgill will be tried separately. The state's main witness is the slain mountaineer Pete Hamilton’s wife, who testified as the trial opened. Hamilton was killed as deputies confronted him and his son in law Floyd Laney during a raid.
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Pete Hamilton
Scott County
Floyd Laney
High Knob Mountain
Laney
Hamilton
Bank nights gain Kentucky approval amid rush to adjourn
In Frankfort on April 7 the Kentucky Senate considered a bill to legalize bank nights as the General Assembly raced toward adjournment of the special session scheduled for Saturday. The measure, nearly identical to a previously vetoed bill, passed the House 80 to 10 and was added to the Senate calendar. Representative Henry Ward accused the bill of being an administration gesture toward theaters planning Barkley for Senate motions. Senator Barkley faced renomination pressure from Governor Chandler.
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Frankfort
Kentucky Senate
House
General Assembly
A. B. Chandler
Senate
Henry Ward
Paducah
Barkley
Chandler
Bach
Breathitt County
Primary Board Faces Enjoinment Over Election Certificates
Sullivan county election officials planned a conference on enjoining the primary board from issuing certificates to winning nominees amid a county wide probe into forged poll tax receipts. County Judge Bandy ordered investigation, seeking prosecutions, as officials review possible nullification of the election.
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Sullivan County
Democratic
D. G. Rodefer
Blountville
Paul Gray
Jim Oliver
John St. John
Joe K. Brown
Bristol
Bandy
T. R. Bandy
Thomas Curtin
H. P. Richards
Detroit Stranded As Strike Starts
Detroit halted as a 2700 member strike by Amalgamated Association of street and electric railway workers cripples service. Only one line runs. buses operate under police guard. Emergency meeting convened at a downtown hotel with strikers. Rival union Motor Coach Operators Association advocates separate seniority ratings. case before Michigan Supreme Court.
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Detroit
Detroit Street Railway
Street Railway Commission
Michigan Avenue
Dearborn
Amalgamated
Motor Coach Operators’ Association
Arsrican Federation of Labor
Michigan Supreme Court
Coach Superstors' Association
D. S. BR
Hamt
Drunk Drivers Lose Driving Permits In Sullivan County
State highway patrol announced that 47 drivers in Kingsport and Sullivan County had licenses revoked for driving while intoxicated and returned to Nashville. Eight more licenses were revoked for other offenses. Sergeant Buckles noted cooperation from Circuit Judge Shelburne Ferguson and City Judge Napoleon Bond. About 125 operators were cited since Monday for lack of 1938 license tags. fines and costs were imposed.
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State Highway Patrol
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Nashville
Chude Buckles
Shelburne Ferguson
Napoleon Bond
Buckies
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Joe Snow
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Election Board
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