Soviet Union blames Japan dangers. aims at peace talks
Moscow reports shifted blame to Japan for border clashes along Siberia as Soviet authorities warn of serious consequences if provocations persist. Defense communique via Tass emphasizes defense of Soviet territory within limits and denies air raid reports, while diplomacy seeks to curb the Menchukuo frontier fight. Meanwhile Japan presses for settlement and reports gains in China as fighting continues near Nanchang Kiukiang and Hankow.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Siberian
Tass al Russian
Soviet Union
Siberia
Japanese Korea
Muanchoukuo
Associated Press
China
Barcelona
Mencheukuoan - Siberian
Nanchang
Kiukiing
Yangtze River
Hankow
Weather showers in Tennessee and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers in extreme east portions tonight and Thursday. Temperature changes are minimal with little overall variation expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Sullivan Candidates Plan Final Windup in Bitter County Race
Sullivan county candidates brace for a sharp county election and state primary. About 8,000 voters expected. four Democratic nominees are unopposed while others face Republican challengers. Key races include sheriff with E. Cross and Roby A. Milam, and school superintendent where incumbent T. M. Orr seeks a second term against Roy E. Clarke.
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Sullivan County
Kingsport
E. ©. Cross
Roby A. Milam
T. M. Orr
Roy E. Clarke
J. W. Erwin
Ward
Dwyer accuses Carroll in doctor’s slaying case at bar
In South Paris Maine Paul W Dwyer 18 testifies he killed Dr James G Littlefield and names former deputy sheriff Francis Carroll as the murderer saying Carroll killed the physician in his bathroom after the doctor warned him he knew about Carroll and Barbara Dwyer testified about letters from Barbara Carroll and the baring of foreign Jews from Italian schools is announced in Rome and Berlin.
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Paris
Paul W. Dwyer
Francis M. Carroll
Dwyer
Ralph M. Ingalls
James G. Littlefield
Ingalls
Francis Carrol
Carroll
Carrol
Barbara
Barbara Carroll
Mother Says Son Beaten to Death in Alabama School
Florence Aug 3 The mother Mrs Helen Tefteller says her 15 year old Raymond Tefteller was beaten to death at the Alabama Boys Industrial School in Birmingham. Governor Graves faces a request from State Legislator George Bliss Jones to investigate as officials deny mistreatment claim.
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Florence
Ala
Bibb Graves
George Bliss Jones
Alabama Boys Industrial School
Jones
Helen Tefteller
Tefteller
Col
D. M. Weakley
Alaskan Air Base Hinted In Johnson Trip Plan
Washington reports secretary Louis Johnson plans a Pacific trip in August to inspect Alaska army posts and study a great north base and an all weather road through Canada. Congress authorized a frontier air base in 1936 and navy plans Kodiak and Sitka facilities. army action was pending due to Japan concerns and fog hazards.
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Washington
Alaska
Louis Johnson
Great Army Air Base
North
Johnson
Canada
Congress
Tacoma
Wash
Navy
Kodiak
Sitka
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
Army
Japan
GOP Medical Problem Examined By Committee
The Republican program committee studied socialized medicine as a national issue while drafting a prospectus for the Republican national committee. Dr. H L Snyder of Winfield Kansas and Dr. John P Peters of Yale University were slated to participate at the closed forum. The inquiry follows a justice department accusation that organized medicine attacked a cooperative health group.
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Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Republican National Committee
H L. Snyder
Winfield
Common End
Justice Department
Washington
Roosevelt era divides nominees in four primaries
In four primaries Roosevelt loyalists and anti administration candidates split the honors. Missouri Senator Bennett Clark won a landslide renomination, Kansas Senator George McGill followed with a solid Roosevelt aligned victory, Virginia saw mixed results with two Roosevelt backers losing house races while Howard Smith of Virginia won his district. West Virginia also produced victories for Roosevelt supporters in the House.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Bennett Clark
Landside
Henry 5. Caulfield
Kansas
George McGill
Roosevelt
Clyde M. Reed
Gerald Winard
Walter Haxman
Payne Ratner
Virginia
Howard Smith
William EB. Dodd, Jr
Colgate Cardem
Norman Hamilton
West Virginia
Ramsay, Edmiston
Johnson
White House
WomAn Wounded In Scott County Shootout
In Scott County a Scottery resident named John Lewis is jailed without bond on felonious shooting charges after allegedly wounding Mary Wilburn in the leg with a shotgun in the Nottingham area. Authorities say Lewis was drunk at arrest. officer details note shotgun shells on his person. Wilburn received emergency care and is not in serious condition. a preliminary hearing is set for tomorrow.
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Times Gate
Scottery
John Lewis
Lewis
Mary Wilburn
Nottingham
J. B. Quillen
Quillen
Texas showgirl Margie Kelly linked with Rudy Valles in rumors
Frequent appearances together of Rudy Valles and Margie Kelly, a Texas showgirl now at Atlantic City, while Vallee played at the ocean resort, have become the subject of numerous romantic rumors.
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Rudy Valles
Margie Kelley
Texas
Atlantic City
Vallee
Ocean Resort
Central Press
Virginia conservation costs detailed by official in hearings
J G McAmis testified before a joint congressional committee on soil conservation and fertilizer distribution expenses in seven southern states. He cited contracts with land grant colleges in Kentucky Tennessee Virginia North Carolina Alabama Mississippi Georgia Iowa Illinois Louisiana West Virginia and total program expenditures of 2 413 722 over the period with 1 705237 spent in five years and 577979 in a recent year. The inquiry drew quips from Rep Charles Wolverton who compared proceedings to Alice in Wonderland.
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Knonvilue
J. G. McaAmis
Joint
Congressional Investigation Committee
Harcourt A. Morgan
McAmis
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
MecAmis
Land Grant Coleges
Iowa
Illinois
Louisiana
West Virginia
Charles Wolverton
R.nj
New Jersey
Three Year Old Surprises Parents With Swim to Shore
In Last Minute News Flashes a three year old girl named Margaret Ann Hartle fell from a bridge into a creek and swam to shore unassisted. Parents reported the water deep and current swift as rescuers arrived.
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Swims State College
Margaret Ann Hartle
Campaigners move into last lap as state races loom
Tennessee Democrats push toward the August primary amid bitterness and a court injunction over National Guard use at Memphis polls. Gov Browning denies the order influenced his decision on soldiers. Across the nation, Missouri and Kansas races shape up with Reed winning the Kansas GOP nomination and Caulfield topping the Missouri contest. In Oregon, a man reports his watch stolen, only to learn he himself is missing.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Memphis
Federal District
Gordon Browning
Dodd
Roosevelt
Smith
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Alexandria
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Winrod
Clyde Reed
Dallas Knapp
J. C. Fisher
Walter Haxman
Payne Ratner
Reed
Parsons
Kans
Missouri
Henry 5. Caulfield
Ray E. White
St. Louis
Clark
Joseph T. Davis
Willis H. Meredith
Robert L Young
Loyd ©. Stark
T. J. Fendergast
Kansas City
James ¥. Billings
Pendergast
James M. Douglas
Blind girl seeks King George aid in dog guide ban
Hazel Hurst a 22 year old blind American appealed to King George VI and Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy to waive British animal quarantine preventing her Alsatian guide dog Babe from entering England. She refused offers of eye transplantation and a British guide dog, threatening to return to the United States if Babe cannot land with her.
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London
Hazel Hurst
George VI
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
Oneonta
King George
James A. Wallace
Times Arranges For Announcing Ballot Results
The Kingsport Times will install a public address system at its Market street offices to announce returns for the state primary and Sullivan Hawkins general election as quickly as received. Call 6000 for updates. The business office remains open to visitors. editorial rooms will be restricted with passes. Market street will be closed from Cherokee to Commerce. An extra edition will be published when returns finish.
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Sullivan
Market Street
Cherokee
Commerce Street
The
Times
City plans new WPA project in Kingsport
Kingsport officials announced a planned WPA project costing about 84000 to eliminate a drainage ditch from Shelby Street to Reedy Creek by building a concrete box culvert. The board agreed to apply for WPA funds totaling around 44000 city and 40000 federal, keeping Gibsontown sewer workers employed after the current sewer project ends next month.
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Kingsport
Shelby Street
Reedy Creek
Board of Mayor
Gibsontown
Girl Thwarted In Death Attempt On London Ledge
Emily Arkwell a seventeen year old inmate at East Croydon moral welfare home climbed to a ledge fifty feet above ground. She wore only a nightgown and threatened to jump as firemen and police surrounded her with a jumping sheet and cushions. The crowd watched as she swayed on the ivy covered wall amid a cold breeze and shivering onlookers.
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London
Emily Arkwell
John. Warde
New York
East Croydon
Page Eight
Primary Board Heads Ordered to Hold Boxes
Memphis August 3, 1938 Tennessee Crime Commission to conduct a state wide probe of the Democratic primary. Chairs of county boards ordered to preserve original ballots poll lists and tally sheets after voting for use by the commission. Indictments will be sought for fraudulent and corrupt voting. investigators sample purge of Shelby registration books and about 40 000 names deemed not legally titled to vote.
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Memphis
B. C. Durham, Jr
State Crime Commission
Tennessee Democraticrimary Board
Durham
Tennessee Crime Commission
Gordon Browning
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
BE. H.rump
United States Senate Campaigna Expenditures Committee
Tennessee
United States Senate
Crime Commission
Browing
Shelby
W. M. Fuqua
Fuqua
W. K. Cook
Record of Kentucky alcohol licenses issued this fiscal year
Records show more than five thousand whisky beer and wine licenses issued by the state revenue department for the fiscal year starting July 1. Eight hundred licenses remain to be acted upon.
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Frankfort
State Revenue Department
Crump Has Lost Only One Precinct 18 Years At Helm
Washington dispatch notes Missouri Democrats rally behind Bennett Champ Clark in a decisive primary win. Clark, son of a famed former speaker, is positioned as a possible compromise for 1940 and faces party faction battles between Tom Pendergast and Gov. Lloyd C. Stark. Stark's ally prevails in a Missouri supreme court race as Stark gains momentum.
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Crump
W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Bennett Champ Clark
Roosevelt
Missouri
Senate
Clark
House
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Lloyd GC Stark
Pendergast
Supreme Court
Jed
St. Louis
Stark
Tennessee
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