Cease Fire Ordered in Siberian Border Clash
Moscow reports a ceasefire pact between Soviet Russia and Japan ending major hostilities at Changkufeng after talks between Maxim Litvinoff and Mamoru Shigemitsu. Both sides agreed to halt fighting and withdraw to positions held at midnight August 24. Details on demarcation remain unresolved.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Changkufeng
Japan
Russia
China
China Front
Kiu- Kiung
Hankow
Yangtze River
Siberian
Maxim Litvimoff
Changkufeng Hill
Weather showers forecast across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Partly cloudy to mostly unsettled conditions with showers likely in Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky tonight through Friday. Temperatures seen as cooler in most areas with localized cooler readings in the southeast. periods of cloudiness and scattered showers expected, with variations by region including north Virginia and southeast Kentucky tonight and Friday.
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Virginia
North Portion
South Portion
Kentucky
Yachtsmen Saved After Lake Erie Storm Strikes
Sixteen people rescued from sinking boats as a severe storm lashed Lake Erie near Sandusky and Toledo. Coast Guard crews, including Frederick Lee, recovered survivors and continued search for missing Mansfield fishing party members, with two Toledo couples among those saved near Marina Shores.
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Persnes
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U. 3
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Sandusky
Coast
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Charges Carroll tried extortion in murder case
In South Paris Maine on August 11 Paul N T Wyeareld and Francis M Carroll figure in a murder trial linked to Dr James G Littlefield. Prosecutors accuse Carroll of attempted extortion as defense witness Attorney General Wrane Burkett testified about a prison interview involving a youth called G-man.
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Paris
Paul N
Dwyer
Charles Pelletier
Pelletier
Carroll
Probe of Violence In Steel Strike Strongly Demanded
WASHINGTON Aug 11 Tom Girdler chairman of Republic Steel Car demanded a senate inquiry into the steel strike calling it one sided. He urged subpoenas for records to reveal how a 100000 fund was used by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Girdler said there was rumor the session aimed to smear Republic Steel and crucify him. He asked to read his prepared statement but was denied permission by Senator La Follette.
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Tom Girdler
The
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Senate
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Crirta
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Girdler
C.I.Q
Corrigan
Joe Washington
Douglas Corrigan
New York
Cripple Bemoans Lonesome Nights in Borough Chamber
Turtle Creek, Pa. Joseph Unterreiner a 20 year old 250 pound cripple occupies the city council chamber with an undertaker's cot to highlight his plea for hospitalization. He has spent four days there with his family, contending the borough is responsible for his disability from a sewage plant accident. An appeals court had overturned a prior $17,000 jury award.
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Turtle Creek
Joseph Unterreiner
Unterreiner
Evansville man wins huge Daily Double at Dade track
A bettor claiming to be Truman Rose of Evansville Indiana collected 2298.60 at Dade Pari race track yesterday. He picked Ozark in the second race and Bald Fagie in the third. Officials called it one of the largest Daily Double returns in the track's history and noted only one ticket was sold on the winning combination.
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Truman Rose
Evansville
Ind
Ozark
Bald Fagie
Knoxville Cab Drivers Hit By Acid Attack Amid Strike Turmoil
Aug 1 reports say a non union cabbie Billy Newcomb 23 suffered severe burns in an acid attack during a five week old strike in Knoxville. A taxi operator Bester Clark Short was beaten by strikers and Powell Cates claimed his car was shot at. Police overpowered assailants and charged one participant with fighting.
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Knnoxville
éPj
Billy Newcomb
Baily Bester Clark Short
Short
Powell Cates
Roosevelt seeks balance in power in voter shifts
Washington August 11 President Roosevelt appears to balance losses from Idaho Senator Pope's defeat by backing Lawrence Camp for the Georgia seat of Senator Walter F George The action follows renominations and victories in Ohio Arkansas and potential future moves against other conservative senators The president's Georgia move raises questions about intervening in races in South Carolina Maryland Connecticut and more He is to stop in Greenville South Carolina later today to assess the Georgia and related contests
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Jim Georgia
James P. Pope
Idaho
Pope
Lawrence Camp
Georgia
Walter F. George
Rep
D. Worth Clark
Jonn Hamilton
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Huttin Caraway
Arkansas
Kentucky
Senate
Berkley
Turge
Camp
George
Smith
South Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
Lonergan
Connecticut
Greenville
Ziegler Cites Fraud Claim In Berry Marble Case
In Knoxville Aug 11 TVA attorney Alvin Ziegler testified there was an attempt to defraud the government in the Berry marble matter. Senator George L. Berry and associates faced questions on mineral and marble leases near Norris Dam as the congressional TVA probe proceeds while Berry declines to comment directly. He says he bought leases before TVA creation and denies any intent to press damages against the government.
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Knoxville
Alvin Ziegler
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
James Mead
D-Ny
Congressional
United States
Mead
Ziegler
Dr. Morgan
Norrig Dam
George L. Berry
Tenn
Francis Biddie
Berry Marale Holdings
Berry
Leslie Morris
Frankfort
Congressional Investigation Committee
Norris Dam
Nho
Collision Injures Driver and Ties Up Sullivan Street
An automobile truck crash on west Sullivan street late last night sent W. F. Taylor of Chilhowie Va to Community hospital with two fingers severed when the truck overturned after the collision. Big Stone Gap Va resident Tilson C Livingston driving a Packard sedan was fined 52 50 for drunken driving and bound over to Sullivan circuit court on counts of driving while drunk hit and run.
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Sullivan Circuit Court
City
Berlin to New York nonstop flight lands in New York
The four meter German transport plane Brar detburne completed the first westward nonstop flight from Berlin to New York over the North Atlantic and touched down at Floyd Bennett Field at 2 53 pm EST. The flight marks a historic long distance record for a WWII era airship era transport.
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Berlin
New York
North Atlantic
Brardetburne
Floyd Bennett Airport
Britain accuses Italy of aiding Spanish insurgents in breach of non intervention
London reports that Britain told Italy of alleged Italian troop and material support to Franco's insurgents despite non intervention pledges. France faces border tensions as talks continue with Bonnet and Labonne while pressure grows for a defined withdrawal plan.
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Spain
Francisco Franca
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Frederick
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Neville Chamberlain
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Georges Bonnet
Labonne
Bonnet
R. H
Tennessee Republicans See Momentum From Democratic Split
Representative J Will Taylor Republican committeeman from Tennessee reports bitter factionalism in the Democratic party and a public sentiment against the New Deal may boost Republican chances in Tennessee. He notes Democrats failed to nominate a challenger against his re election and cites county primary results as an omen of GOP success in November.
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J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
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House
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Sullivan
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TVA Awards 11 Contracts for Dam Materials and Equipment
Knoxville August 11 The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded 11 contracts totaling 2 790 804 for dam projects Chickamauga and Guttsville with firms including Allis Chalmers Manning Maxwell Bethlehem Steel General Electric and Walter Kidde supplying generators cranes switches boards fire extinguishing equipment and structural steel.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Chickamauga Dam
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc
Muskegon
Mich
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Bethlehem, Pa
Structural Steel
Guuttsville Dam
General Electric Co
Schensctady
Walter Kiddle & Company, Inc
New York City
TVA
Recall busts back to work as Detroit plants prep 1939 models
Detroit boosted production readiness as auto plants accelerate for 1939 models. Thousands return to work, 1 260 families leave welfare roles in two days. United States Rubber Co reports telegrams sending over 700 workers back. GM parts plants begin 1939 assemblies and aim full operation by mid September. Ford resumes steel output with three open hearth furnaces lit and 300 men returning to work.
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United States Rubber Co
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Co
Ford Steel
Les Motor Endusteies
Harton May Head Coalition Ticket
Nashville officials say John Hatten, manager of the coalition ticket in the Democratic primary, is slated to direct the party’s general election campaign. Advisers of Prentice Cooper and party leaders discuss a new chairman for the Democratic state executive committee as the Aug. 24 meeting approaches.
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Nashville
John Hatten
Prentice Cooper
Tom Stewart
W. D. Hudson
BE. H. Crump
Shelby County
Democratic State Executive Committee
Sue
Harton
Roosevelt Seeks Higher Purchases Power in South
President Roosevelt told Georgia graduates at the University of Georgia that federal policy must raise purchasing power and create wealth in the Deep South. He spoke under the sun, received an honorary Doctor of Laws, and urged constant progressive action in government to boost education and economy, linking national effort to local results. He avoided direct reference to wage hour debates and Georgia politics while praising Camp’s bid and noting George's opposition.
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Athens
Roosevelt
South
University of Georgia Stadium
S. ¥. Sanford
University System of Georgia
E. D. Rivers
Lawrence S. Camp
Warm Springs
Warm Springs Foundation
Camp
Walter F. George
George
Elothea
University of Georgia Summer School
Governor Rivers
University of Georgia
Weither
Georgia
Lawrence 8
Paper denies Roosevelt income figures from magazine
The Boston paper refutes the Saturday Evening Post claim that James Roosevelt earned up to 2 million dollars annually. It cites a total laxable income of 170000 for the last five years, excluding his $10000 federal salary. A table lists yearly earnings from 1924 to 1937, notes his 1936 resignation from Roosevelt and Sargeur, and states he has held no office since.
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Am Lean
Saturday Evening Post
Jimray
Jimmy
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