Primary fight sharpens in Tennessee gubernatorial race
Nashville dispatch reports a tight statewide Democratic primary for governor with three main contenders Browning Dossett and Wright, plus Bachman facing Neal. Backing from Crump and McKellar shapes alliances. liquor stance divisions and TVA pledges mark the race as August 1 set ahead of Thursday's primary.
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Nashville
Teno
Tiinees
National House of Representatives
Nathan L. Bachman
Joan BE. Neal
Bachman
Gordon Browning
Huntingon
Burgin E. Dossettoro
American Baye
Reais ‘Chet Caupatig
Browning
Dossett
C. W. Wright
Oneida
Edoward H. Crump
Memphis
Grump
Brown
Nash
State
Kenneth D. McKellar
Eagst
Tennessee
Wright
TVA
P. H. Thach
Chattanooga
Opposi Dwayne Maddox
Huntinga
Henry N. Camp, Jr
Knoxville
Jourolman Harvey H. Hannah
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Leon Jourolmon
Faed
John R. Toad, Jr
Kingsport
Tara Taylor
Athens
Taylor
Daughter Hacks Mother To Death In Jersey Kitchen
Gladys MacKnight, 17, known as the cold blooded girl by Chief of Police ONeill, confessed to hacking her mother to death with a hatchet after a quarrel over a late supper. Her 18 year old sweetheart Donald Wightman, a radio religious hour singer, stood nervously as they were ordered held for grand jury on first degree murder charges. The pair were arrested in Jersey City after a ride from Somerville where they stopped for beer and sandwiches.
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Bayonne
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Cornelius O’neil
Moter
Daugheter
MacKnight
O’neill
O'Neill
Donald Wightman
Wightman
Raymond J. Cuddy
Jersey City
Somerville
Gladys
Thorpe to Air Ex Wife Affairs Hearings Accuse Fraud
Attorneys for Miss Astor seek to prove Dr. Franklin Thorpe was married to Miss Lillian Lawton Miles when they wed. Thorpe declined comment and Miss Miles denied any marriage.
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Astor
Franklin Thorpe
Lillian Lawton Miles
Maneuvers Test Army Strength at Kentucky Fort Benj Harrison
A 2000 man motorized force in 400 vehicles challenges a larger non motorized 20040 troops in a mock battle at Fort Knox area. Brigadier General W K Taylor leads 160 army tacticians to umpire. General Naylor weighs casualties for each side if war conditions applied. The exercise spans 33909 acres on the military reservation and 46000 acres leased from Taile rs in Hardin and Meade counties.
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C. H. Judd
Associated Press
Knox
United States Army
W. K. Taylor
Indiana Military Area
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Naylor
Taiers
Hardin
Meade É
Fifth Corps
Weather Outlook Chart for Several States
Cloudy and warmer conditions expected across Tennessee with a warm day. Kentucky appears mostly cloudy Sunday and Monday with possible showers Monday and little temperature change. Virginia reports mostly cloudy conditions with scattered showers in the southwest Sunday and Monday and little temperature change. North Carolina forecasts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers Sunday, warmer in the west, and generally fair Monday. High on Friday reached 78 degrees with no rain on either day.
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Wennessee
Kentucky
Veirginia
North Carolina
West Porties
Report Urges Overhaul of Kentucky Prison System
A critical report by the Prison Industries Rehabilitation Administration sent to President Roosevelt on Aug 1 condemns crowded unsanitary and insecure conditions in Kentucky prisons. It calls for a new building program improved parole methods and personnel, notes dilapidated plants, and recommends a state use system to employ prisoners, citing a modest market for prison-made products.
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Washington
Kentucky
Prison Industries Reorganization Administration
Hawes- Cooper
Roosevelt
A. B. Chandler
Frederick A. Wallis
Governor's Reorganization Commission
Kentucky State Planning Board
Planning Board
Judge Carries Olive Branch in End to Custody Dispute
Dr. Franklyn Thorpe filed an affidavit accusing actress Mary Astor of fraud in the custody fight over their four year old daughter Marylyn. He says guardianship letters obtained 15 months ago were concealed from the court, undermining the current hearing. Astor’s team received notice and a Monday filing was planned. Judge Knight sought a reconciliation at Astor’s Toluca Lake home, but called the effort hopeless.
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Los Angeles
Franklyn Thorpe
Mary Astor
Marylyn
Miss Astor
A. P. Michael Nathan
Thorpe
William Anderson
Toluca Take
Kent Defends Students Against Strike Agitators
Dr. Raymond A. Kent, president of the University of Louisville, told the board of trustees that college students need protection from strike agitators. He called the recent peace strike a pressure movement and warned such actions divert attention from education’s core purposes, insisting students must access pertinent information and draw their own conclusions.
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Louisville
Raymond A. Kent
University of Louisville
Kent
Rug Fortune Heir Arrested for Kidnapping Own Children
Chicago police arrested Peter Van Schaack, 27, heir to a drug fortune, on a charge of carrying off his two young children Arden Claire, 1, and Cornelius, 3, from his estranged wife after he returned to the Wilmette home with the kids. Lieutenant Albert Barre said a report of kidnapping, received by phone from a woman believed to be Mrs. Van Schaack, prompted a squad car response and the arrest.
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Hicago
Corne- Peter van Schanck
Jerman Vance
Wilmatte
van Schaack
Chicago
Albert Barre
Wilmettle
Cornelius Peter van Schaack
Leutenant
Sergi
Herman Vance
Mine Union Chief Attacks Council Over Steel Drive
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers accuses the AFL executive council of flouting the 1934 San Francisco convention directive to organize steel workers. He cites a letter demanding trial for insurrection charges against the industrial committee, arguing for a united steel industry union despite craft lines. Continued on page sixteen.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
UMW
Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
San Francisco
Drought and price rises widen emergency drought area
Washington Aug. 1 News reports show official indications of rising prices due to drought. The Agriculture Department forecast the 1936 37 wheat supply will be at least 230 000 000 bushels below last year. The drought committee added 34 counties to Nebraska and Missouri, expanding the national emergency to 726 counties across 48 states.
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Washington
Sunbaker
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Missouri
Works Progress
Roosevelt Returns From Vacation Plans Wider WPA Labor Share
President Roosevelt arrived at his Dutchess county home ending a vacation and business trip. He told reporters he will require more relief workers on PWA projects, noting Vermont and New Hampshire labor shares were low. He outlined five more dams planned in Vermont and two in New Hampshire, contingent on an interstate compact to divide land damage costs.
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Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Washington
Vermont
New Hampshire
PWA
Hanover
N. H
Springfield
Mass
New England
Little River
Waterbury
Wrightsville
Montpelier
State House
Berre, Vt
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Charles M. , Smith
H. Styles Bridges
Famed flier Bleriot dies of heart attack in Paris
Louis Bleriot, 64, famed French aviator who first crossed the English Channel, died in Paris after a heart attack. He flew Calais to Dover on July 25, 1909 in 38 minutes, a 23.5 mile hop that established his day. Bleriot later became an engineer and had recent heart weakness.
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Paris
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Bleriot
Calais
France
Dover
England
World Warns Stay Out Of Spain In Sharp Note
Paris reports France urges world powers to avoid intervention in the Spanish Civil War and warns against backing the rebels. It cites an investigation showing foreign planes and war materiel fueling the rebels, and notes possible French arms to the leftist government if required. France reserves right to respond and may block credits for Spanish accounts next week.
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Paris
France
Spain
Morocco
French North Africa
Madrid
Rome
London
Italy
Britain
Ministry of Commerce
Paul Bastid
Spanish seizure of Ford and GM plants in Catalonia
The Spanish government seized Ford Motor Company and General Motors plants in Barcelona as part of anti-Fascist actions. No US diplomatic steps were planned. American refugees were evacuated by the cruiser Quincy and to Marseilles, with about 170 Americans remaining in inland Madrid. Consul Lynn W. Franklin said the plants were now under Catalonia's anti-Fascist militia central committee.
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Barcelona
Ford Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
State Department
United States
Spain
Department
Madrid
Valencia
Quincy
Palma
Balearic Islands
Marseilles
France
Lynn W. Franklin
Central Committee For Anti
Every Man Capable of Carrying Gun Used By the Rebels
Fascist and loyalist militiamen clash near Madrid as reinforcements bolster Franco forces north of the capital and in Zaragoza. Loyalist air and rebel ships bombard converging fronts. reports include executions, colorfully violent propaganda, and a possible Bourbon royalist remote involvement.
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Alexander H. Uhl
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Zaragoza
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