Russian fliers believed down on Arctic floe
Moscow reports a trans polar flight from Moscow to Alaska halted by bad weather and possible engine damage. Sigismund Levaneffsky and five crew were feared to have landed on an Arctic ice floe near Rudolf Island. Search planes, two icebreakers, and oil rigs were mobilized, with an air base suggested for the rescue effort.
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Moscow
Russia
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Alaska
United States
Rudolf Island
Pole
North Pole
Levanofisio
Lindberzh
Fairbanks
Ral
Levaneisky
Principal Leaders In Tokyo Uprising Sentenced To Die
Two men charged as principal civilian leaders in the Tokyo uprising of February 1736 were sentenced to death today. Toki Kita AT denied pamphlet advocating revolution, and Gel Nish i retired lieutenant Tsuya Whamekawa 46, lawyer and economist, was sentenced to life imprisonment, with Tera Nai Heahashi given three years. The bloody uprising brought martial law to Tokyo for five months. fifteen former officers and cadets were executed July 12, 1986. Berlin will celebrate Berlin seven centuries old with elaborate street decorations and special editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Toki Kita
Gel Nishi
Tsuya Whamekawa
Tera Nai Heahashi
Spider Bite Leaves Man in Critical Condition
In Mayfield Kentucky on August 14 a 28 year old man named Ryan Isbel was critically injured after being bitten by a black widow spider. Doctors report the heart appears strong enough to avert spread of the venom though the patient remains in critical condition.
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Mayfield
Ky. Aus
PI Ryan Isbel
Wrinter
Plans Changed at Commonwealth College Mena
The Rev. Claude C. Williams newly appointed director announced a reorganization of administration and curriculum to give Commonwealth a specific and active role in solving Southern social and economic problems in Mena on August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena. Aris
Claude C. Wiliams
Commonwealth College, Cooperative Labor Benonhear Mena
Commonwealth
Weather showers predicted in Tennessee and surrounding states
A brief regional forecast notes likely scattered showers in Tennessee Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Kentucky looks fair and warmer in the east Sunday with possible showers Monday. West Virginia should be fair and warmer Sunday with possible local showers Monday. Virginia mostly partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with possible showers in the south Monday.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
South Portion
Dancer Jean de Koven Missing in Paris Mother Seeks U S Aid
Mrs Fanny de Koven seeks U S authorities over the disappearance of dancer Jean de Koven in Paris with police leaning to a love affair theory. The mother appears at New York district attorney’s office seeking assistance.
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Paris
France
Jean de Koven
Fanny de Koever
U.S
Insurgents claim major drive in northwest Spain
Insurgent radio from Salamanca reports a large offensive to seize Santander and surrounding government areas. About 20 000 men with tanks and armored cars are said to be involved in three columns, including an Italian contingent, while government troops regain ground near Madrid and hold key positions around Brinete and Villanueva de La Canada as forces push toward inland Madrid from Valencia.
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Hendaye
Salamanca
Santander
Spain
Palencia
Francisco Franco
Trun
Soncilio
Burgos
Aquila de Campo
San Julian Musquest
Bilbao
Madrid
Governaent
Bruneve
Brinete
Villanueva de la Canada
Teruns
Franco
Valencia
Confession Made in Staten Island Attack Slaying
A long interrogation led Samuel Elmore to confess to the attack slaying of four year old Joan Eubba in a Staten Island shack. The victim, found in a cellar, was the fourth sexual crime victim in five months in the area. Police tied the case to a pattern of violence in New York near August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
RF. J. Hanson
St. George
Staten Island
Samuel Elmore
Riverrald
WPA
Joan Eubba
Elenove
Ricketty
Head Shack
Elmero
Manhattan
Snannt
Sueldie
Island Park
Long Island
Michael Herbachewski
Herbachewski
Wage Measure Is Doomed For Present Term
Washington August 14 Speaker Bankhead signaled a push toward adjournment with a near admission that the administration wage and hour bill cannot pass this session. The Chamber of Commerce urged junking pending wage and hour legislation, favoring state remedies with federal support. Congress may adjourn by August 24 or 25, while sugar control remains unresolved and likely to go to conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bankhead
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
House
Senate
Railway Workers Form New Plans
Chicago August 14 The conference of 20 railway brotherhoods representing 1 100 000 rail workers approved Senator Hazo L Black s appointment to the U S Supreme Court and outlined a proposed unemployment insurance system for railroaders to be presented next session The plan would create a pool paying up to 320 a year with benefits up to 80 a month and a minimum of 75 a week funded by a 3 payroll tax expected to raise 66 000 000 yearly It would be merged with the railroad retirement program and administered under it Meanwhile Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co of Alabama filed a charge against the United Rubber Workers of America for cnercion intimi) Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hazo L. Black
U. S. Supreme Court
Paol
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Harrison
Oldest Man Abraham Wishkovsky Turns 121 in New York
Abraham Wishkovsky, 121, one of the world’s oldest men, lives at the Daughters of Jacob home in New York. He still reads and writes and plans to visit his men who live in Warsaw, Poland, before he dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Wishkovsky
Daughters of Jacob
New York
Wishkovsky
Warsaw
Poland
State to Improve Road Appearance
Nashville August 14 1971 The Conservation Department plans to build roadside parks at the state line on all highways with picnic facilities shelters and pictorial maps. Parks will include trailer camp space and first mile improvements on entering highways. Officials said CCC labor will assist and WPA cooperation is sought. Ernest Shelley 10 was killed when he jumped from a truck into another vehicle driven by John Meeley Burnside charged with manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Conservation Department
Sam Brewster
Brewster
State Forestry Service
Jackson
National Park Service
WPA
M. C. Allen
Whitley Unut
Ernest Shelley
John Meeley
Burnside
Shelley
Meeley
US AND INS MERGE NEW YORK Consolidation of two Hearst news services
Aug 14. Hearst announces the consolidation of Universal Service a morning news feature and International News Service an evening news service. Both are owned by William Randolph Hearst the publisher. Also reports the honeymooners arriving in Salzburg Austria for their European tour.
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INS
New York
Kings Features Syndicate, Inc
Universal Service
International News Service
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Salzburg
Austria
FD. Roosevelt, Jr
Europe
Senate backs early ballots in court nominee case
Washington August 14 The state judiciary committee signals plan to vote Monday to approve Senator Black for the Supreme Court amid protests and pressure from labor groups. Telegraphed protests exceed approvals as debate looms before adjournment. Labor groups urge prompt confirmation.
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Washington
State Judiciary Committee
Senator Black
D.-Als
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ashurst
Ariz
Grenville Clark
New York
Root, Clerk, Burkner and Ballantine
Tax Holiday Lets Property Owners Save on Delinquent Taxes
County Trustee H P Richards announced a statewide tax holiday ending Oct 30 that can cut accrued penalties and interest on delinquent 1920 to pre 1935 taxes by as much as 192 percent of principal. Delinquent 1935 taxes may save over 17 percent if paid by Sept 1. total pre 1935 delinquencies exceed 150000 dollars, with 40000 dollars in 1935 taxes. A loan backed payment option allows funds to be sent for payment, creating a lien certificate with six percent interest until repaid.
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H. P. Richards
Rex Given
Richards
Official Opening of Airport Delayed Until September 1
The McKellar Airport in Sullivan County will officially open for service on September 1, announced by Hobart Green, construction engineer. American Airlines will begin using the field once radio equipment is installed, with a test of 47 boundary lights planned after dark to assess effectiveness and coverage for night operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKellar
Sullivan County
Hobart Green
John Gemmell
American Airlines, Inc
Kingsport
East Tennessee
Steam Plant Plan Stirs Tennessee Power Debate
Tennessees public utilities commission allows Tennessee Electric Power to build a 2,000,600 steam generating plant here amid TVA competition. Majority argues cheaper steam generation and local delivery. minority warns against higher rates and imprudent, uneconomic costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennestee
Public Utilities Commission
Tennestee Electric Power Company
TVA
Leon Jouromon, Jr
Columbia
Jourelman
Jourdmont
Turner
Dunlap
Tva-Tepco
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Tennessee
Tennesewa Valley Authority
Dunlap and Turner
First Security Checks Due in Sullivan County
About 800 social security checks for aged and dependent residents in Sullivan County are to be received on or before September 1. County Judge T R Bandy and Miss Beatrice Garrett approved 43 of 44 applications. Checks, monthly, range from 35 to 25 dollars depending on family conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
T. R. Bandy
Beatrice Garrett
State Department of Institutions and Public Welfare
Washville
Judge Bandy
Garrett
Department of Institutions and Public, Welfare
Nashville
Nation wide highway billions spent under federal report
Washington report shows the bureaus of public roads expended over a billion dollars in the last year with total revenue of 1 145 590 000 and expenditures of 1 231 151 000. Gas taxes and tolls led income while Pennsylvania tops states in highway spending over 80 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Highway
Bureau of Public Roads
Federal
Areway
IPR
Pennsylvania
Tnois
Indiana
Kentucky
Miss
Shanghai Bombing Tragedy Claims American Victims
Chinese Japanese clash rages through Shanghai as air, sea, and land battle devastates the city. Americans among the wounded and dead. missions and expatriates in peril. Casualties rise as bombs strike foreign and Chinese areas. several prominent figures named among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
iPj
International
Si Géneralissimo
Chiang
Kai-Stek
Nanking
Bnmbing
Thettack
Saterday
C.5
Chapéi
Hong
Whangpoo River
Frank J. Rawinson
China
B.S Honigsberg
Rovert K. Relachauer
Princeton University
Yangtze
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U. S
Fanny de Roven
Painter
Gadsden
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Alabama
United Rubber Workers of America Today
Cnercion. Intimi
of Conservation
Montgomery
Ala
Huge Lock
Smothers City
Rome
Ohio
Gincannati
G-men
Dudley Miller Gutcalt
George Schattle
Anna” Hahn
Gordon Shearer
Hapital
Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Catigaton
Outecast
Hahn
George Gsellmen
Itz
Schattle
Welfare Department
County Court House
Salvation Army
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