McKellar Seeks Re election for U S Senate Tennessee
Senator K D McKellar veteran Tennessee statesman formally announces bid for re election subject to August Democratic primary from Washington. He touts three terms in the Senate and support for President Roosevelt while criticizing graft and special privileges and pledging honest economy and aid to farmers ex soldiers and women. Continued on page ten.
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K. D. McKellar
Satesman
Tennessee
United States Senate
Washington
Stron Administration
Roosevelt
McWhelar
Senator McKellar
Mir. Rovolt
Senatas Mekillar
Lal
Hind
Ek. D. McKellar
Weather summary with fair mornings and warmer days
Tennessee reports fair and slightly warmer conditions Sunday and Monday. Virginia notes fair and warmer weather. Some garbled figures mention low temperatures and no rain, with unclear dates and stray numbers. Overall, mild, dry conditions expected across regions.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Cannon Case Teeters Toward Mistrial In Cannon Trial
Associated Press reports April 21 in Washington as Bishop James Cannon Jr testifies he used estate funds for his 1928 campaign debts. Cannon revises memory of a $10,000 Frelinghuysen gift, claiming a second $10,000 contribution existed. The defense and prosecution clash over a signature letter, raising the possibility of a mistrial.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Washington
Cannon
James Cannon, Jr
Joseph Frotlinghuysen
New Jersey
Frelinghuysen
Prelinghuysen
Robert H. McNeill
John J. Wilson
Prosecution
Bishop Cannon
McNeill
Wison
Mr. McNeill
Farley Defends Cancellation of Air Mail Contracts
Postmaster General James A Farley defends canceling air mail contracts at a Newark cornerstone ceremony, stating contracts were fraudulent and not bid competitively. He cites written minutes showing collusion between contractors and Post Office officials, and argues the move faced political misrepresentation.
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Newark
N. J
Sairmail
James Aley
Federal
Farley
Post Office Department
Air Mail
Shre
Postmasters General
Seek Agreement In Rail Troubles
Washington April 21 With railroad labor adamant against continuation of the ten per cent wage cut federal coordinator Joseph B Eastman again set out tonight to win labor officials to agreement with rail managers Roosevelt drew the negotiation lines yesterday instructing Eastman to resume the task begun three weeks ago The two principal points at issue are continuation of the ten per cent deduction from basic pay which has been in effect two years Additional details continued on page ten
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Roosevelt
Eastman
Post editor cites young intellectuals as danger to policy
Publisher Meyer, longtime federal official, warned the Brain Trust and the new deal era proliferation of planning risks. He said inexperience among young intellectuals now directing administration policy could threaten sound governance, urging caution and grounded administration experience. He cited Prohibition lessons and current concerns over CWA graft investigations, insisting planning must align with proven administration practices.
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Washington
Uegene Meyer
Washington Post
Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Swar Industries Board
Wilson
American Society of Newspaper
Rooseivelt
Brain Trust
Five Black detainees moved from jail to Canon City for safety
Miss Lindley a Colorado College co ed and her escort James L. O'Brien report being threatened after a clash with five Black individuals at El Paso County jail in Colorado Springs. The five were removed to Canon City State Penitentiary for safe keeping as investigators identify one assailant who forced them to drive to an isolated place and render them insensible.
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el Paso
Colorado Springs
Colo
Georgia’ Lindley
Colorado College
James ‘L. O'Brien
Canon City
Desperadoes Captured After Missouri Kidnapping
Three desperadoes terrorized West Central Missouri and fled with a kidnapped youth. Arthur Vought Clyde Cornett, alias Coglett, 23, was captured near Higginsville after forcing a minister’s son to drive. one officer was wounded, and the abducted youth was unharmed. Cornett dropped a revolver as police closed in. the group’s alleged leader was captured with accomplices near Higains Mo. The case involved pursuit by state highway patrols and a kidnapping at Billingsville.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Napity
Higains Mo
Victor Kresstein
Billingsville
H. H. Holt
Herbert Mock
Ginsville
Arthur Vought
Clyde Cornett
Coglett
Cornett
B. Kreuzenstein
Tistey
Mra Kreusenstein
Victor Kreugenstein
Holand
Mack
Higginsville
Chester 2B
Oliver
Tom
Two Convicts Shot While Trying to Escape at Tucker Prison Farm
At Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas on April 21 guards, chosen for marksmanship, killed two convicts during a ditch digging escape attempt. Clauds Roger Hord, 25, serving a 21 year robbery sentence, and KF J Newbert, 40, serving time for automobile theft, died after a hail of bullets. Coroner D C Roos investigated the shooting.
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Tucker
Ark
Clauds Roger Hord
Little Rock
KF. J. Newbert
Fort Smith
D. C. Roos
Fine Bluff
Bank Robbery Plot Foiled by Kidnapping Case in Missouri
Virgil Marks of Spying field and James Dixon of Joplin Mo were captured Thursday night at Boonville Mo They trussed up Patrobhan Oliver and I t McCullough a filling station operator in a schoolhouse near Syracuse Mo Oliver encountered them while repairing a tire on a car stolen from Grand Island Neb The men confessed plans to rob banks at Buffalo Mo and Raymond Neb REMINGTON ELECTED CLEMSON COLLEGE April 21 AP Roe D Remington of the Medical College of South Carolina was elected president of the South Carolina Academy of Science Dr Franklin Sherman of Clemson College was elected vice president and Jd EB Copenhaver of the University of South Carolina was secretary and treasurer The academy meeting joined with the South Carolina section of the American Chemical Society but officers of the latter are not to be elected until the fall meeting
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Washington
South Carolina
Santee- Cooper Rivers
Public Works Administration
Blackwood
Interior
Ickes
Carolina
Panions
Virgil Marks
Spyvingfield
James E. Dixon
Joplin
Marks
Dixon
Boonville
Patrobhan Oliver
1. T. McCullough
Syracuse
Oliver
Grand Island
Neb
Highway Patrol
Banks
Buffalo
Raymond
Remington
Clemson College
Roe DT. Remington
Medical College of South Carolina
South Carolina Academy of Science
Franklin Sherman
EB. Copenhaver
University of South Carolina
Eleated
A. W. Blizgard
Coker College
Dudley Jones
Presbyterian College
Silverites Clash With President In White Metal Bill
The silver remonetization push faced presidential opposition after an inconclusive White House conference. Senators pressed for action while administration leaders sought a compromise using existing authority. Analysts noted two possible paths: Dies bill to sell surpluses abroad for silver payments above world prices, or direct remonetization at the gold equivalent rate. Roosevelt held firm as talks continued.
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Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Silverites
out+ wight
Congress
Sen
Roosevelt Signs Bankhead Bill to Limit Cotton Sales
President Roosevelt signed the Bankhead bill restricting cotton sales to ten million bales for 1934. The Farm Administration will assign state and county allotments across 1000 cotton producing counties, aiming to curb overproduction. The move marks the first compulsory control of farm produce to stabilize prices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farm Administration
Densevelt
McNutt Trial Starts Monday in Hawkins County
Rogersville April 21 M E Testerman of Rogersville Hawkins County long a Republican leader in East Tennessee is urged by friends to enter the first congressional district race. Leaders of both contending factions want him in the contest and many pledge support. Support said to come from Anderson Rock Washington Sullivan and Grainger counties. Local Republican leaders push his bid.
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Rogersville
M. E. Testerman
Rogersvile
Hawkins County
Loret East Tennessee
Testerman
Ttis
Aanrock
Washington
Sullivan and Grainger
Dillinger Visits Home as Amnesty Petition Sparks Fear
Dillinger, America's No 1 bank robber, has visited relatives in Mooresville Ind amid fear of retaliation if state authorities are alerted. A parole amnesty petition drawing about fifty signatures prompts secrecy. only two local businessmen signed. Signing parties include a shoe shiner and a grocer, whose former owner Dillinger robbed in 1924. Prominent residents regret the town's national anti social image. most avoid discussion. Continued on page twelve.
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Mooresville
Ind
Dilinger
America
Paul V. McNutt
Dillinger
Donald Roe
Roe
Indianapolis
Citizens Express
Shake up in leadership of House seen by Dem leaders
Associated Press reports growing talk of shake up in Democratic leadership in the House after the forthcoming congressional elections. President Roosevelt is not directly guiding the plan, but some party leaders have urged possible changes if Democrats lose seats. Discussed successors include Rayburn of Texas, McDuffie of Alabama, Warren of North Carolina, Bankhead of Alabama, and Woodrum of Virginia.
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HOUSE
DEM
Cecil B. Bickson
Associated
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt Serporal
Democratic Party
House Democratic
Rainey
Burns
House Democrats
Cawe
Byrn
Rayburn
Texas
McDuffie
Alabama
Warren
North Carolina
Bankhead
Woodrum
Vir
Quillin Convicted of Curtis Murder Faces 60-Year Sentence
In Gate City on April 21 a jury found Quillin guilty of the murder of Rhea Curtis near Nottingham on March 10. He received a verdict likely to confine him for sixty years in the state penitentiary. The trial featured delayed sentencing and plans for an appeal as prosecutors laid out a circumstantial case supported by testimonies from Gentry, Vineyard, Stapleton, and other Kingsport witnesses.
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Times Gate
Ervin
Quillen
State Penitentiary
Rhea
Curtis
Nottingham
Bots Carter
Carte
Verland McNutt
Ind
Howard Craft
Frank ‘Sargent
Hagan “Bond
Emmett Gentry
Quillin
McNutt
Gentry
Wade
Vance, Vineyard
Harry Stapleton
J Curtis
Vineyard
Stapleton
Burton Quillin
Peter
George Kelron
Lanny Neville Dickson
Pat Dickson
Coykilburn
Kingsport
Tenn
Ketron
Pat. Dickson
Slantern
John
Barnett
Richmond
Creed
Krazier
Wilf
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