Roosevelt names Hugo Black to Supreme Court in surprise move
President Roosevelt nominates Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court to replace Willis Van Devanter. Immediate confirmation stalled by Senators Burke and Johnson. Ashurst forms a six member subcommittee to study the nomination as the stir in the Senate grows.
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Weather outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Partly cloudy with probable showers in eastern sections tonight and Friday with minimal temperature changes. Kentucky notes showers in the east tonight and extreme southeast Friday. Virginia forecast calls for showers tonight.
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Storms Bring Death and Relief Across Regions
A sequence of storms cooled the region after a week of heat while causing fatalities and damage. In New York, 23 died as three tenements collapsed from flood pressure, with two more struck by lightning. A Pacific liner collided with a freighter off Boston. no lives lost but the freighter sank later. Two boat mishaps in Long Island Sound prompted searches for missing youths. In Milford, a man swam ashore reporting a boat overturn and averting a worse outcome. Central Indiana storms caused heavy damage, power outages, and injuries in a bus-truck crash as temperatures dropped from the nineties to around 70. The weather eased heat in Ohio and cleared sultry conditions in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus.
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Evolution teacher praised for support in Pennsylvania case
Laura Elms Morris, accused of teaching evolution in a one room Bailey schoolhouse, earned aid from Barbara C. McGlynn of the State Teachers' League. The group offered to help her regain her job if charges fail, as the Wake county board prepares to hear the case and consider discipline.
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Shanghai Crisis Deepens as Forces Mobilize Across City
Aug 22 1937 Shanghai reports US Marines 1050 strong with Russian French and British garrisons mobilizing for the worst as Japanese naval forces seal and occupy fringe docks. Chinese troops flood into the international zone while peace talks fail and civilian authorities retreat amid rising violence.
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Soldiers Called to Quell Revolt in Amouda Syria
French troops and aircraft moved into northeast Syria to quell a Kurdish Muslim Christian revolt. In Amouda a village with Christian residents, 15 bodies were found under ruins after looting and arson. Reports said French bombs wrecked Amouda as infantry advanced and authorities claimed little resistance. The upheaval began July with Arab and Kurdish forces seizing towns and clashing with police, prompting evacuations and investigations by Damascus.
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Blonde is Blamed for Four Deaths in Cincinnati
A 31-year-old woman named Mrs. Anna Filser Hahm is held on murder and grand larceny warrants amid investigations into four deaths of elderly men. Investigators suspect estate theft and attempted fraud involving other victims. Police in Cincinnati Colorado Springs and Denver are examining related illnesses and a hotel pawned rings case. Detective Hart declined to reveal the warrants’ basis while Colorado authorities note no murder charge yet.
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Eastman Kodak declares quarterly dividend on common stock
Directors of Eastman Kodak announce a $2 per share dividend on common stock and $1.50 per share on 6 percent preferred stock, payable October 1 to record holders September 6. The announcement notes higher common stock dividends thus far in 1937 vs 1936, with earnings for six months at $11,575,?66 and per share profits of $5.01 in 1937 and $3.51 in 1934. New York head office says Pennessee Eastman carvings are included in earnings. Frank W Lovejoy comments on improved business conditions.
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Borden Promises Wage Rate Comparable To Competition
Officials of the Border Employers Association announced today that plant executives will pay wages in Kingsport as high as any competitive plant in the South. The meeting in the city courtroom drew a large crowd as the group outlined an agreed survey of Southern plants to set living standards. A four member committee will conduct the study with consent of the plant. findings due at a August 31 meeting with union and company officials present. Applause greeted the assurance the plan would be fair. The pact includes a new vacation clause, granting one week paid vacation after one year, and later for three months service. The note indicated further concessions on vacation for three months or longer. (Continued on page 2)
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Governor Browning Probe Dispute Faces Stalemate In Tennessee
Nashville august 12 The quarrel between Special Investigator Lewis Pope and Tax Commissioner Walter Stokes Jr drags on with hints only Governor Browning can settle it Pope says Stokes may investigate Hamilton county tax delinquencies at state cost with no guarantee of collections Stokes insists on his own inquiry and rejects compromise Pope argues the plan would cost the state nothing beyond a share of recovered funds The investigator attorney earns 5000 a year plus contingent pay Pope cites a nine year evasion in Hamilton county and denounces routine audits as wasteful This item continues on page twelve The Library of Congress was established in 1800.
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Congress delays anti lynch ball to next session
Washington August 12 Senate leaders reported an agreement to consider anti lynching legislation next session to break the legislative log jam. The anti lynching bill would be laid aside but kept as a special order for January. Filibuster on the Wegner Van Nuys bill threatened to delay the entire program. Southern senators aimed to block the anti lynching measure and Senator Wagner pressed for consideration on the floor. Senator Connally spoke against the measure.
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Writing Said Not Key to Character
LEXINGTON Kentucky—Prof Herman W Martin of the University of Kentucky psychology department argues that judging character from a portrait or handwriting is unreliable. He notes camera accuracy is limited and tests show photographs do not reveal general ability or character, and handwriting fails as a tool for analysis.
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Three Staten Island tenements collapse in storm deaths
At least 19 people die in their sleep as three brick tenements fall during a fierce rainstorm. Water from a flooded storm sewer bursts the buildings, killing residents and trapping others in muddy cellars. Rescue squads search for missing victims while police and fire fighters cope with chaotic scenes. Patrolman Joseph McBreen dies heroically inside the wreckage.
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Congress Closing Date Extended amid Labor Bill Battle
Washington reports House leaders moved adjournment to August 25 as wage hour and anti lynching bills stall. Senate debate looms over the anti lynching measure after Wagner won recognition to speak. House Rules delays threaten a January or Labor Day continuation, with pressure mounting to bypass the rules committee.
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Anti-Superstitions Society Defies Number 13 Jinxes
In Chicago on August 12 the Anti Superstition Society announced reforms challenging the avoidance of 13 in hotels and trains. Thirteen charter members and thirteen guests will meet in room 1313 to push resolutions: end tearing $2 bills, label 13th floors plainly, and include room 13 on every floor and in Pullman berths. Leader Nathaniel Leverone denounces “big business” for bowing to superstitions as the group plans to walk under ladders and spill salt during their hotel meeting already moving to room 1913.
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