House Rejects Move To Alter Revision Bill
The House defeated Casé’s amendment to preserve independence of the general accounting office and comptroller general. May proposed eliminating all provisions on the accounting office, while Vinson defended the office’s independence and predicted big savings from current powers. Speaker Bankhead noted final action unlikely before morning amid further amendments and party sparring.
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Washington
House
Representative
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
Case
Representative May
D-Ky
Auditor General
Civil Service Commission
Bankhead
Tomorning
Comptreller
Comptroller
Executive Department
Vinson
D.ky
Senerel
Thirteen Drown as Flood Sweeps Away Whitestone Store
In Whitestone Georgia a flood from a cloudburst swept away a combined store and living quarters, drowning thirteen people who were asleep inside. The victims include F B Conner and his wife and eight children, Carl Lindsey 22, and Thelma and Bonnie Ponder visiting. Rescue teams retrieved several bodies amid a wall of water and ongoing search continued.
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Dilbeck
F. B. Conner
Carl Lindsey
Thelma
Bonnie Ponder
Will Ponder
Flora Luz
Claud
Whitestone
Jasper
Georgia
Ponder
Conner
Insurgent Drive to Sea Continues in Spain Front
Insurgent columns push toward the Mediterranean coast as forces of General Franco sweep through Catalonia. Treinta Dam at Tremp threatened, risking a flood to disrupt Ebro valley defenses and sever lines to Barcelona. Government troops, including the Lister brigade, defend Tortosa as Solchaga’s forces seize Tremp and loom toward Lerida.
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Hendaye
France
Franco
Spain
Mount Parmel
Vinaroz
Mediterranean
Bay
Tortosa
Lister Brigade
Lerida
Solchaga
Catalonia
Tremp
Barcelonia
Aries
Noguera Palaresa
Irun
Segro
Ebro
Baleguer
Tortoga
Zaragoza
Aragon
Maren
Balaguer
Riddle Letid
Barcelona
Hawkins election shapes up with 3000 voters slated
Rogersville April 8 approximately 3000 voters were expected to go to the polls tomorrow in Hawkins county to choose Republican nominees for county offices. Five incumbents seek renomination while SH. Clapper is unopposed for the register nomination. Sheriff John Howe faces Curtis M. Combs as opposition. Mrs. M. D. Livesay has three rivals for county court clerk: WC. Ripley I. D. Price and Charles Lawson. Frank Parker opposes vicum. (Continued on page eight)
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Bechll
Rogersville
Hawking
SH. Clapper
Register
John Howe
Curtis M. Combs
M. D. Livesay
WC. Ripley
I. D. Price
Charles Lawson
Frank Parker
Vicum
Fraud Arguments Scheduled Today in Nashville Trial
Final arguments were set for today in the conspiracy to defraud the state case against BE L Pardue and R L Stockard. A surprise rebuttal witness Dr BE W Cocke former institutions commissioner testified Pardue as superintendent of industries oversaw all prison contracts from Ipsa through 1934. The trial, expected to go to the jury late this afternoon, faced delays as Cocke’s testimony extended proceedings.
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Nashville
BE L
Pardue
R. L. Stockard
BE. W. Cocke
Cocke
Ipsa
Pardue and Stockard
Weather Rain and Colder in Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy conditions near freezing with rain in eastern and northern Tennessee and in Virginia this evening through Saturday morning. Temperatures turn colder tonight, with possible freezing in western sections and lingering showers in the east and central areas Saturday morning.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Gwest
East
Doctor-Author's Wife Faces Fortune Marred by Royalities
Mary Barron reports from New York on Mrs. Victor B. Small who doubts her husband’s Broadway hit fortune. Dr. Small co authored I Knew 2 000 Lunatics and profits from All The Living will be shared with dramatist Hardie Albright. The play’s success hinges on a long run to recoup material costs.
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Mary Barron
New York
Victor B. Small
Clinton
N.C
Dr. Small
Jomin Hardie Albright
Cheryl Crawford
All the
Small
der. Small
Albright
Rena
Tesp
Kramer
Expropriated Oil Holdings Spark British Protest
London sources say Britain condemns Mexico's expropriation of 17 foreign oil firms including Aguila owned by Royal Dutch Shell. Owen St Clair O'Malley conveyed that Britain seeks restoration of properties and hopes Mexico will recognize the injustice and act to remedy it. U S representatives have also pressed Mexico on the matter.
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London
Apel & (P
Britain
Mexico
Aguila Company
Aguila
Royal Dutch Shell
Lazaro Cardinal
Owen St. Clair O'Malley
Mexico City
O'Malley
United States
Iso
Con
Mayors Seek Three-Billion Relief Aid From Roosevelt
The United States Conference of Mayors urged President Roosevelt to ask Congress to appropriate 2.0 billion dollars to fund work relief for about 2.5 million needy people. WPA chief Hopkins told the Senate unemployment committee unemployment rose to about 18 million people. The mayors warned the recession has caused widespread unemployment and staggering relief needs in cities. The White House considered a 1.5 billion loan program and new public works expenditures, separate from the work relief plan.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Roosevelt
Congress
Harry L Hopkins
WPA
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
House
Knowledge of bogus poll tax receipts admitted by Pectol
Kingsport deputy trustee W C Pectol admitted today in a formal statement that he knew fraudulent poll tax receipts were being distributed across the county in last Saturday’s primary and that he had advised workers where to find them. He denied he signed or distributed the receipts or knew their printer, while asserting he found pads in his car and alerted county officials of the investigation.
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W. C. Pectol
Kingsport
H. P.richards
J. D. Newland
Pectol
Fedor
Office of Trustee
Peetol
RH. Richards
Pectot
Scott County
Virginia
Hawkins County
Em- Kingsport Industrial
Richards
Newland
Bell
Joe K. Brown
Bristol
Brown
W. €. Pectol
the Times
Wise county deputy on trial for 1996 gun battle fate
In Wise Virginia a jury was expected to reach a verdict today in the Whited case involving deputy Wilbur Whited in the November 1996 high Knob gun battle that left Hamilton fatally shot as he fled with his son in law Floyd Laney. Two other Scott county deputies, John Sturgis and Jeff Flanary, face separate trials tied to the same liquor raid.
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Wise
Wise County
Wilmur Whit
High Knob
Nowh
Scott County
John Sturgis
Jeff Flanary
Hamilton
Whited
Floyd Laney
Gate City
Laney
Strike Ends in Detroit Public Transit Tie Up
Detroit voters faced a citywide transport halt as a strike by streetcar and motor coach workers stretched to 700,000 riders. Union members ratified a settlement at noon, restoring service from barns amid a drizzle, while a pending seniority issue awaits resolution in the Michigan Supreme Court.
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Detroit
Harns
Division 26
AFL
Richard Reading
Michigan Supreme Court
Last Minute News Flashes: Liquor Tax Rejected in Senate
The senate neared a final vote on a revenue measure when it rejected a proposal to raise the hard liquor tax to 2.25 dollars per gallon. In Atlanta, Marline L. Harrison was named adjutant and chief of staff for the Sons of Confederate Veterans Tennessee Army. In New York, British labor rebuked Premier Chamberlain and the Conservatives by electing a member to parliament over the government's policy toward dictators.
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Washington
Senate
Atlanta
Marline L. Harrison
Army of Tennessee
Adartment
Sons of Confederate Veterans
LABOR
Chamberlain
New York
Washout derails 18 railway cars near Fairmount
Eighteen cars of a Louisville and Nashville freight train traveling from Cincinnati to Atlanta were derailed by a washout near Fairmount Georgia. Heavy rains undermined the tracks along the Coosawattee river, but no injuries were reported. The engine, crew from Blowsh Tennessee, and about 75 wreckers responded as two passenger trains were rerouted around the damage.
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Knoxville
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Fairmouit
Georgia
F. C. Howard
Howard
Coosawattee River
Howerd
Bloss of
Blowsh
Tenn
Blum and Cabinet Resign in France
Premier Leon Blum announced the resignation of his government after the senate rejected its finance powers bill by 223 to 49. He told deputies of his Socialist party he would inform President Albert Lebrun at the Elysee Palace that he is through.
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Paris
UPI
Leon Blum
Senate
Euxembourg
Mehiie
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Party
Elysee Palace
Albert Lebrun
Blum
Joseph Caillaux
Finance Committee
Caillaux
Foe of Browning Is Elected Mayor in Ripley
In Ripley Tennessee on April 7 Roy Burgess won the mayoral race 335 to 309 over incumbent opponent B C Durham Jr who leads Governor Browning's state crime commission. Durham blamed 75 to 200 illegal votes for the defeat and questioned Ripley's chances for TVA power. Wardlaw Steele, backed Burgess, is attorney for West Tennessee Power & Light. Steele allegedly facilitated the sale of municipally owned lignite land to West Tennessee Power & Light Company. Continued on page six.
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Ripley
Tenn
B. C. Durham, Jr
Browning
State Crime Commission
TVA
Roy Burgess
Wardlaw Steele
Burgess
West Tennessee Power & Light Company
Delegates Arrive for First Joint Girl Reserve Conference
Delegates from across the state begin arriving in Kingsport for a three day joint conference of Girl Reserve and Hi Y. The opening sessions start at 4 30 pm at First Baptist Church with welcome speeches by Miss Anne Dosser and Miss Grace Bruce. Local organizers map guest arrangements as East Tennessee and Middle Tennessee attendees travel to the event. A welcome dinner and addresses mark tonight's program.
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First Baptist Church
Anne Bullins Dosser
Knoxville
Grace Bruce
Paul Counce
Dobyns-Bennett
Kingsport
East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee
Margaret Highsmith
Girl Reserve
Vance Cox
Dobdyns- Bennett Hi-Y
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Reclamation Bureau
Biological Survey
Forest and Soil Conservation Services
Bodeau
Wis
Boilea
Kniffin
Ohio
Fish
Norton District
Derby
Stonega Coal and Coke Company
J. E. Dilbeck
Atlanta Journal
Mr. Conner
Seacoast
East Coast
Hawkins
Stockard
Bri
Meyer Florella
H. LaGuardia
Scott
Richard Whitney
Securities and Exchange Commission
George Whitney
Foe
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