Sullivan County Dems Sweep Office in High Ballot Count
Sullivan county voters cast a record 9,251 ballots as Democrats retained incumbents in most races. Sheriff J B D Newland defeated George P Sites. Roy K Clark edged J E Erwin for highway commissioner. four Democrats ran unopposed and won easily.
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Sullivan County
J. BD
Newland
George P. Sites
T. R. Bandy
T. A. Dodson
H. P. Richard
Boonen
Roy KE. Clark
J. E. Erwin
Hubert Riggs
D. W. DeHaven
State Supreme Court
Thomas Curtain
Mottern
T.X. Gr
DeHaven
Curtain
Mattern
Orr
Judseship
D. Newland
RB. Bands
Kingsport
Tom Dodson
J. de Newhind
Gen. Sites
Weather Today Slight Changes After Cloudy Night
Weather forecast indicates partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and slightly cooler temperatures in the southeastern portion tonight. Fair and warmer conditions expected inland with scattered thunderstorms along the northeast coast afternoon into tonight, ending in mist. Higher temperatures and lower readings noted yesterday with rainfall measurements from the preceding 24 hours.
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Wirmer
North Carole
Ganler
Woman Convicted in Train Wreck Conspiracy at Milton
Mary Vann, 40, convicted in Milton Florida of being an accessory before the fact in a conspiracy to murder by hiring two individuals to cause a railroad train wreck in which her 60-year-old husband was the engine. The verdict exposes a possible sentence of one to four years, with the court noting the jury's findings and discussing the case as presented by the prosecution and defense.
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Milton. Fla
Mary Vann
Vin Reline Celum
Willian Rishon
Otis
Seoul
Kingsport Hosiery Firm Buys Silk Mills Plant
J Fred Johnson announced that after two weeks of talks the Kingsport Silk Mills in Highland Park have been purchased by the Rang ers Hosiery Company of Philadelphia. Joseph Shapiro, owner of the Silk Mills, was in Kingsport to finalize the negotiations. cash payment made and deed delivered. The mill, idle for months, had planned to finish warps but no clear postwar plan yet.
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J. Fred Johnson
Kingsport Silk Mills
Hichinna Park
Rangers Hosiery Company
Pennavivlainiin
Joseph Shapiro
Wingsport Sestentay Uitil
Mr. Johnson
Kingsport
Three Convicted in Flogging Case at Black Legion Trial
Detroit August 7 Three of six men charged at the first Black Legion trial were convicted of false imprisonment by Judge Joseph A Moynihan. Convicted were Thomas F Cox Earl Augstadt and Frederick A Gulley. The others were acquitted. The case ended after a week long trial with no kidnapping or flogging proven, but three men sentenced later after probation review.
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Detroit
First
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Thomas F. Cox
Earl Augstadt
Frederick A. Gulley
Charles D. King
Ecorse
Wilbur Robinson
Harold Lawrence
Moynihan
Robert Penland
Cox
Anpeladt
Polies
Theater
Riting Choy
Creset
Chatlew
Evangelist Sister Weeps Over Parent Swap Revelation
Copper Hil, Aug. 7. Margy Lease Garner Pittman of Atlanta calms as she learns of a family swap that reunites her with her daughter Meloa Dittman. Mary Pittman, two months from home, hears her mother’s news. the narrative notes internal family tensions and church ties as an unordained evangelist speaks.
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Leon
Garner Pittman
Atlanta
Meloa
Strieburg
Bang
Coletown
Daniel
Pittman
Mary
Joan C. Garner
Macon
Quintuplets Sign for Second Film in Hollywood
Hollywood August 7 The Dionne quintuplets five lit test stars of Filmland will start work in their second picture. Director Norman Taurog who guided them through The Country Doctor leaves tomorrow for Ontario. Wednesday Jean Harsbolt Nurse Dorothy Peter Panppa John Qualen and Slim Summerville join with the technical crew. Rehelle Hudson replaces June Lang as ingenue in the cast.
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Hollywood
Calif
Dionne
Keck Eyes AFL Membership as Labor Rift Deepens
Washington reports William Keck of the Progressive Miners of America hints his union will seek AFL membership when it meets next month. The AFL and allied unions face potential civil war as John L. Lewis led United Mine Workers clash with craft leaders over organizing steel and other industries.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Insing
William Keck
Progressive Miners of America
Lew
Gillespie
Oil
A. F. of
AFL
L. Executive Council
Lewin
Associated
Lewis
Executive Council
A. F. of L
Representative John McSwain Claimed By Death
Columbia S C Aug 7 A heart attack brought death to Representative John J McSwain Democratic congressman from the Fourth South Carolina district He died two hours after collapsing on a train near Fort Monmouth while returning to Ninety from a Coast Guard duty He had announced he would not seek re election and had warned against the strain of campaigning A World War veteran McSwain was an advocate of a strong national defense
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Columbia
S. C
John J. McSwain
South Carolina
Lavouker
Fort Monnicrie
Charlton
Hrtislery
Iie
Train Point
U. S. Veterans Hospital
McSwain
King Hig Phystown
Representative McSwain
Spain Civil War Tensions Rise as Loyalists Advance
Loyalist forces press gains on land and sea in Spain's civil war. The cruiser Jaime I shelled Algeciras near Gibraltar, while Loyalist land advances north of Madrid claimed four and a half miles and towns in Aragon. Germany protests the Sevilla incident as Leftist press accuse aid to the rebels.
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Associated Press
Spain
Europe
Algeciras
Rock of Gibraltar
Jaime I
Dato
Guadarrama
Madrid
Tardevita
Graner
Buena
Berlin
Reich
Sevilla
Barcelona
Germany
Hamburg
Germans Slain by Spanish Leftists
Berlin reports four Germans executed by Barcelona authorities. German foreign office calls it murder and protests shelling of the steamship Sevilla. Reich leaders weigh neutrality pact as Berlin faces a grave Spain crisis and Nazi press accuses Soviet involvement.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press
Berlin
Barcelona
Foreign Office
Sevilla
Madrid
Barcolona
Reich
Spain
Vest Pockhalleshiy Deutschland
Barceona
Efforts To Crystalize FDR Opposition Pushed
In Detroit on August 7 a group of former Democratic leaders from Massachusetts Missouri and New York gathered to craft a campaign formula opposing Franklin D Roosevelt. They mused on a Jeffersonian Democratic ticket or persuading dissidents to back Governor Landon. Sterling Edmunds and James Reed called the meeting and urged consideration of forming an organization aimed at defeating Roosevelt.
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Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Detroit
Massachusetts
Joseph B. Ely
Missouri
James A. Reed
New York
Brinbridge Colby
Wilson
Roosevelt
Landon
Sterling E. Edmunds
St. Louis
Reed
Wife of Browning Prefers Solitude in Tenn Campaign
Ida Browning wife of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gordon Browning prefers a quiet role. She says alcohol will be taboo at the mansion, stays in background, enjoys flowers and home duties, and loves baseball especially sandlot games. she aided a girls team in Huntingdon and admits to liking cards, dancing and smoking. The Panama Canal remark appears as a separate line.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Rustic romance ends happily for painter mountain lassie
New York reports Fuller Potter a 36 year old society artist married Lucinda Williamson 17 about July 3 in Newport Tennessee. Williamson’s brother, a minister, performed the ceremony. Potter’s father, a Wall Street figure, voiced cautious approval. The bride, described as beautiful and poised, is from Hartford Tennessee and recently moved to New Port, where the romance blossomed as Potter painted mountain scenery.
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New York
Fuller Potter
Nessen
W. Fuller Porter
Wall Street Brosser
Lucinda Williamson
Tennessee
Miss Williamson
Rom Hartford
Tenn
New Port
Cmna
Newport
Ford
Dona Williamson
Potten
Mary
Four Men Die In Fratricidal Gun Battles In Tennessee
Four people die in Tennessee Election Day violence amid county official races and primaries. Two gun battles kill men from family feuds, one polls official dies, and a farmer is stabbed. statewide races see Gordon Browning and Nathan Bachman prosper in Democratic and GOP contests as volatile clashes influence results.
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Nashvilla
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
FP. H. Thach
Chattanoora
Borwning
Nis Neds
Bure “Ltd Eee
Wnisn
Browning
Dossett
Gov. Wright
Guseuci
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Bandy
Erwin
Richards
DEMOS
Dodson
Iain
Victors
Rodgers Hosiery Company
Keck
John M’swain
UOPAL
Brag
Burgin Dossett
Doss
Panama Canal
Jouroimen
Shelby
U.S
Nathan L. Bachman
Chattanooga
John J. Neal
Knoxviille
Dwayne Meddox
N. Camp, Jr
Knoxville
U. S. Senate
Bachman
Neal
Maddow
Speedville
Clatborne
Horace Russell
Albert Russell
William Russell
Horace
Willams
Charles Russell
Claiborne County
James A. Singleton
Hohenwald
Middle Tennessee
Joh Gray
Trmes
Democrateo Privary
Sean Jouromon
Knesville
Ontanoen
TVA
Public Boers
Harvey Ho Mainseh
State Railroad and Public Utiities
Hannah
Fordourolmon Jourolmon
Shelby County
Memphis
Edward H. Crump
John R. Todd
Brownng
Crump
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