McNutt Murder Case Nears Jury in Virginia Court
Final arguments loom as Verland McNutt faces trial for the murder of Rhea Curtis in Scott County Court. After witness testimony by both sides, the jury will be charged by Judge B. E. Carther. McNutt testified he was drunk and not involved in the actual fight, while defense witnesses portrayed him as a law abiding citizen amid a contentious trial tied to the Quillen case.
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Gate City
Commonwealth Hnd
Verland McNutt
Rhea Curtis
Scott County Criminal Court
T. Car Her
McNutt
Kevin Quillen
Rhea ‘Curtiss
Kingsport
Times
Commonwealth
Gay
Eemorse
Verland Mee Nutt
Erin Quillen
Witesses
Quillen
State
Quillety
Weather summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Fair and cooler weather dominates Tennessee tonight with light frost possible in exposed areas. Wednesday remains fair with cooler conditions. Virginia also sees fair skies with light frost in exposed north and west portions, and cooler in central areas. Temperature readings noted from the previous day and a year ago, with daily rainfall data at 6 p.m.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Coincidence Married Meet Coincidence Married
In Charleston on April 24, two brothers from North Carolina unexpectedly met on their honeymoons. Lewis Moor of Guthriesville encountered Marion Moore of Gastonia, who confirmed they had wed the day before without prior knowledge of each other. The chance reunion occurred on the streets of Charleston.
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Charleston
Lewis Moor
Guthriesville
Marion Moore
Gastonia
N. C
Marion
Japan warns against league aid to China in Asia
Geneva observers report Japan signaling opposition to any League of Nations aid to China seen as undermining Asia pacifism. Consul Yokoyama stated Asia for Asiatics doctrine and warned that armaments to China could be dangerous while Japan says it accepts league help only if it supports its peace policy.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Geneva
League of Nations
Japan
China
Asia
Tokyo
Yachiro Yokoyjima
League
Asc
Veres League
Way
Yokoyama
Pease
Ludwig Rajchmiat
Geal Meécrest
Disagreement on Miners Pay Rise Delays New Pact
In Birmingham on April 24, miners in Alabama coal fields face a delayed pact as dispute over applying the 40 cent per day increase to tonnage and piece work holds completion. NRA wage orders loom in other Southern regions with mixed operator reactions. Alabama operators accept the 3.59 dollar daily minimum and 33 hour week, while adjustments on tonnage and piece work remain unsettled as adjournment ends.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
NRA
Johnson
Arkansas-Oklahoma
Tennessee
Georgia
Knoxville, Tenn
Alabama Coal
Beegan
Proyp
Operate
Cannon Trial Nearing Jury As Burroughs Testifies
Ada L Burroughs quieted voice as co defendant in Bishop James Cannon Jr trial recalls handling of 1928 anti Smith campaign contributions. prosecutors and defense expect only two more witnesses before jurors. Former Senator Joseph Ire linghuysen of New Jersey to be questioned about a 10000 cash gift to Cannon. Justice Department agent Lee P Oliver to be recalled as rebuttal witness. Burroughs says she gave most records of her treasurer duties but Cannon can find only the ledger now.
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Washington
Ada L. Burroughs
James Cannon, Jr
Witnstand
Miss Burroughs
Joseph 3. Irelinghuysen
New Jersey
Cannan
Lee P. Oliver
Justice Department
Torday
Jannon
Ante Smith Democrats
Vanderbilt Professor Denounces TVA South Isolation
Donald Davidson of Vanderbilt University told a Chattanooga audience that the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "little exclusive" experiment, staffing key posts with non Southerners and using Southern land as a lab. He warned that deliberate exclusion could harm the TVA and foster sectional tensions.
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William S. Ardery
Associated Press
Chattanooga
South
Donald Davidson
Vanderbilt University
Tomtessen Valley
Wills Howard W. Ohie
Univerity of North Carolina
David+ ‘sony
Tennessee Valley Institute
My. Davidson
TVA
Davidson
Film Star II Mother Bille Dorm Welcomes Son
Film star Miss Dove, wife of ranchman Robert Kenaston of Santa Monica, has given birth to a seven pound baby boy in a Hollywood hospital. The newborn is named Robert Abi Jen Kenaston.
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Bille Dorm
Hollywood
Miss Dove
Robert Kenaston
Santa Monica
Robert Abi Jen Kenaston
Reorganization Urged by Voters in Boston Convention
The National League of Women Voters, meeting in Boston, published a pamphlet urging a reorganization of government with coordinated federal, state, and local tax systems. It cites 323 examples of duplicate taxation and argues for stronger local taxing powers and new transfer mechanisms to keep local government viable amid rising costs.
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Boston
National League of Women Voters
League
Katherine A. Frederic
L Department of Efficiency
Congressional
Washington
Frederic
Wells divorce granted in Lehigh County Court
In Allentown Pennsylvania the Lehigh County Court granted Mrs Gertrude Wells a divorce from William Wells of Niagara Falls. Testimony noted lack of a signature by Zamora on Chew Street and described a dinner table incident where her husband washed his false teeth and cleaned cream from the pitcher rim in the presence of guests.
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Allentown
Lehigh County
Gertrude $. Wells
William Wells
Niagara Falls
Zamora
Chew Street
Silver Bloc Sees Okay on Request for Silver Buying
Washington April 24 Congress and presidential approval were predicted to authorize the purchase of 60 million ounces of silver monthly for use as primary money. A Senate silver bloc member said Roosevelt favored restoring a 1 to 4 ratio with gold, while other bloc members pushed for mandatory silver removal reform. Treasury disclosures on silver holders were expected in batches as Morgenthau faced questions over market interests.
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Washington
Senate
Ieaders
White House
Treasury
New York
Morgenthau
Congress
Ile Exis
Publishers Meet In Annual Session Amid Press Recovery Talks
In New York on April 24 publishers of U.S. newspapers opened the first of four sessions of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Reports spoke of improving national conditions and discussed press roles in the recovery. A Associated Press meeting announced telegraphic news pictures by fall 1934 with 25 cities to begin. The system aims for near perfect image quality and will use about 10,000 miles of leased wires. Three AP directors were re elected: Clark Mowell of the Atlantic Constitution J R Knowland of the Oakland Tribune and another director.
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York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Associated Press
The
Associated Progs
Clark Mowell
Altlanke Constitution
J. R. Knowland
Oakland (Galif.) Tribune
Bank President Fights Bandits in Round Lake
In Round Lake Illinois a bank president E C Weber defied three bandits during a 9 30 a m robbery at First State Bank. Weber and vigilantes fired back. one robber was wounded and captured, another fled in a car, and a third cornered in a lumberyard. Bullet proof glass protected customers and clerks.
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Round Lake
Apal 24
First State Bank
E. C. Weber
Vilah Hart
Hull speeches Dominate London Press Riot of Wall Street
London papers give Hull smash play with coverage of Cordell Hull’s remarks on Wall Street and the New Deal. The Telegraph leads with high praise noting Roosevelt-era policy impact, while The Express fuses Dillinger crime imagery with Hull’s call for reform of financial manipulations.
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Hull
London
Dillinger
Telegraph
United States
Roosevelt
The
Express
Jongs
John Dillinger
Hall
Wall Street
Jigen
Rainey and Burns Seek White House Conference
Democratic leaders Rainey and Burns met with President Roosevelt to secure support for their leadership and three key bills. They reported the president declined a personal job but promised cooperation, aiming for adjournment by May 1 and focusing on stock exchange control, bank guarantees extension, and anti-cruse legislation.
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Washington
Rainey
Burns
Roosevelt
Lpevange
White House
Stock ‘Exchange Control
Met
Spain Cabinet May Resign Over Amnesty Bill Crisis
Spain's cabinet threatens to resign if President Zamora refuses to sign a political amnesty bill passed by Congress. The measure would free thousands of political prisoners. The crisis follows violent protests and fears of a general strike after weekend clashes in Madrid.
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Madrid
Spain
Alcala Zamora
Congress
Wells
Proemidr
Alejandro Terrous
Associated Press
Zamora
Story of Samuel Insull Flight Reads Like Fiction
Aboard the S. S. Exilona in late April 1934 Samuel Insull Sr. recounts his perilous escape from Greece aboard the Marcus, detailing three phases: departure from Athens, sea wandering for sanctuary, and eventual capture by Turkish authorities and U.S. officials. The white‑haired elder's reminiscences unfold in installments aboard a tramp steamer heading home.
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Samuel Iisull
John Lloyd
Associated Press
Samuel Misull
Marcus
Athens
Mediterranéan
Insull
Greece
Federal crime control measures move forward in Congress
Washington reports the house judiciary committee approved bills to make crossing state lines to evade capture a federal crime and to expand the interstate theft statute to include securities merchandise and other property valued at 5000 dollars or more. Other measures target killing a federal officer in duty and strengthen the Lindbergh kidnapping law as hearings continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Judicary Committee
John Dillinger
Desperado
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