TVA Prepares for Congressional Inquiry in its Early Stages
TVA began preparations last January for a congressional probe of its activities. Director David A. Lilienthal testified as the inquiry loomed, noting the board had resolved to present all pertinent facts. The session grew heated over remarks about Arthur Morgan and related suits, and Lilienthal reserved further comment for a future appearance.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
David A. Lilienthal
Congress
Lilienthal
Congressional Investigation Committee
Arthur E. Morgan
Sen. G. Broughton, Sr
Arthur Morgan
Roosevelt
EVA
Broughton
Lash Winter
Mardsle
George L. Berry
Big Associates
Francis Biddie
Berry
TVA Investige
Morgan
Congressional
Biddle
Llienthal
Authority
Lillenthal
Weather outlook fair and warmer in the region
Tennessee forecast shows fair tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in central and eastern portions. Kentucky expected fair and warmer tonight with increasing clouds, showers possible in the west by afternoon or night, and cooler air returning Saturday.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Editorials Praise Roosevelt Aids To Canada Assurance
The British and Canadian press praised President Roosevelt for pledging U S help to Canada if invasion threatened. London Telegraph and London Sketch lauded clear language and a peace stance. The Jestiss News Chronicle and London Express offered cautious notes on the Monroe Doctrine and neutrality.
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Canada
Roosevelt
United States
Commont
London Telegraph
the Jestiss News Chronicle
London
Pastor Quickly Sentenced In Death Case
In Mandan North Dakota a midnight court session sentenced Rev Hein Janssen to a state penitentiary after he confessed to poisoning Anna Kruckenberg the housemaid because she was pregnant and burning the parsonage with her body. Janssen was rushed to prison shortly after the confession ending two days of intensive questioning. See Pastor Page.
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Mandan
North Dakota
Hein Janssen
Keem
Anna Kruckenberg
Manden
H. L. Berry
Jansen
Janssen
Floyd Sperr
George's aide resigns from federal post in Georgia race
Atlanta Aug 18 A resignation of a campaign stalwart from Senator George's circle focused attention on Georgia's senatorial primary. Edgar B. Dunlap, RFC official and George supporter, quit at the request of RFC general counsel Claude E. Hamilton Jr. The move follows President Roosevelt's criticism of George and supports by rival Lawrence Camp. Dunlap said he would keep backing George. RFC said the resignation was due to political activity. The telegram named William J. Hobbs as successor.
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Atlanta
Watter
George
Georgia
Edgar B. Dunlap
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Claude E. Hamilton, Jr
Washington
Roosevelt
Barnesville
Attummey Lawrence & Camp
Dunlap
Auntapis
William J. Hobbs
North Carolina
Arohe
Dynlap
Sheppard
D-Tex
Vienna
Senate
Richard B. Russel
Richard B. Russell, Jr. Vial
Camp
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Son of President Answers Article
New York Aug 19 James Roosevelt the Presidents eldest son rebutted a Colliers magazine piece about his business ties claiming he never handled what could be political insurance. He said he only wrote insurance contracts for the Boston firm Roosevelt and Sargent once a partner and challenged critics to produce proof of any political advantage from his fathers position. He warned if rumors were true many government agencies would be involved and said the matter should be brought before a tribunal.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Collier's Magazine
Boston
Roosevell and Sargent
Hope Abandoned For Recovery of Slumbering Child
BRIG Pa August 1 1939 Little Maxine Yarrington lies in a hospital bed her eyes open but unseeing after more than 1000 days of illness Doctors say recovery is hopeless yet her mother visits weekly hoping for signs of improvement Since September 1938 Maxine has been treated for encephalitis lethargica taking nourishment by bottle and maintaining a pale but steady frame even as her condition remains largely unchanged.
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Brig
Maxine Yarrington
Tofiay
Mexine
Britain Demands Full Explanation of Nazi Arrest
London informed Berlin it takes a serious view of the arrest of Capt. Thomas Kendrick, a British passport officer in Vienna, seized by the Gestapo at the German Swiss border. Sir Neville Henderson urged a full and speedy explanation and an inquiry was promised. He sought Kendrick’s release while noting Kendrick’s 23 years in Vienna service.
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London
Germany
Thomas Kendrick
Vienna
London Foreign Office
Neville Henderson
Kendrick
Gestapo
Henderson
Foreign Office
Bevila
Viscount Walrfax
Yorkshire
Metropole
Czechs to Offer Political Plums in Sudeten Talks
Premier Milan Hodza disclosed in Prague that Czechoslovakia would grant political concessions to pacify the Sudeten German minority. He spoke after meetings with Viscount Runciman and then with Konrad Hensel, aiming to ease the German demands. Seven postmasterships in larger communities were slated for Sudeten Germans as part of concessions.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Praha
Milan Hodza
Viscount ‘Runciman
Lord Runcimans
Will Hodza
Konrad
Negro claims funds turned over to Hines in policy racket
Joseph Ison testifies in James J. Hines conspiracy trial that Harlem policy operators paid $125 weekly to Hines's club as police protection. He says funds were recorded as fees for lawyers and bondsmen and that his bank alone contributed $125 weekly. He notes large profits from the racket were taken by others and cites specific figures tied to fixing numbers at a racetrack.
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New York
Joseph
Big Joe" Ison
Harlem
Supreme Court
James J. Hines
Tammany District
Dutch Schultz Nob
Jimmy Hines
Ison
Hines
Nobey
Thomas E. Dewey
Dutch Schultz
Big Joe
George Weinberg
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Jimmy Dines
Hines Club
Big Harry" Schoenhaus
Dixie Davis
Conry Island
Isan
Davis
Schultz
Roosevelt denies Monroe Doctrine in Kingston speech
President Roosevelt said no extension of the Monroe doctrine was involved in his Kingston Ontario address. He arrived in Hyde Park for an indefinite stay and told reporters Americans would not stand by if Canadian soil faced foreign domination. He dismissed department misreadings and avoided commenting on Latin America. He also noted Rev. John O Connor’s claims of his political intervention were headlines.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Kingston
Ontario
Rousehelt
State Department
Washington
Latin America
O'Connor
John O'Connor
Page
Last Minute News Flashes
Martial law was lifted in Newton Towa as the last regiment left. The same day the Stanbrook, a 1463 ton British freighter, was sunk by insurgent aircraft. In Venice speculation grew over a reconciliation between Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow and his American-born wife after a planned talk. Berlin reported three Germans executed for treason tied to foreign information services.
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Newton
Towa
Fnal
Rational Guard
Maytag Washing Machine Company
London
Stanbrook
Venice
Italy
Berlin
Bank Robbers' Companions Sought By Federal Agents
Federal agents in the Midwest have spread a wide net for two Southwestern bank robbers, believed to be Floyd Hamilton, a surviving Hamilton gang member, and Huron Ted Watters who escaped a police net at Summit I. The search followed the arrest of two Shreveport girls Neal Hearn and Lorraine Wilson, both 20, who are believed to have been companions of the Southwest desperadoes.
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Midwest
Floyd Hamilton
Ted” Watters
Summit I
Shreveport, la
Neal Hearn
Lorraine Wilson
Solons Accused Man Surrenders Of Soviet Salute In Girl Slaying
Washington reports a witness told a House committee that Representatives O Connor and Bernard gave the regular communist salute after addressing Spanish volunteers. Alvin T Halpern testified about the salute at a Benicasim Spain hospital dedication. He said the salute accompanied talk of fighting for democracy to wipe out racism.
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House Committeee Lafay
O'Connnor
D-Mont
Bernard
Flminn
Spain
Alvin T. Halpern
House
Phillars
Benicasim
Halpern
Sountry
Abraham ‘Sobel
Starnes
D-Ala
Roxbury Workers
Solons
Desperado's Wife Given Short Jail Term in Holdup Case
Baltimore August 19 Judge Samuel and Dennis sentenced Mrs Barbera Bird wife of Charles Bird a midwestern desperado to 30 days in jail after conviction as an accessory in recent weeks holdups here The judge noted her age 24 and mother status and said the sentence mild with release before the birth of her child Her 14 month old son Charles Hird Jr is with her parents in Cleveland Her husband pleaded guilty and drew 45 to 2 years in state prison.
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Baltimore
Samuel & Dennis
Barbera Bird
Charles Bird
Dennis
Jai
Charles Hird, Jr
Cleveland
Wes
OConnor Accepts Challenge From Roosevelt
New York congressman John J. O'Connor, Democrat, asserts he accepts President Roosevelt's call to debate his policies. He vows to defend his ninth-term renomination on both parties' tickets amid a Democratic primary challenge by James H. Way, deputy collector of internal revenue. He frames the president's stance as an escalator to dictatorship and says, Let’s have it out.
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New York
John J. O'Connor
United States
Roosevelt Forliar
Connor
O'Connor
James H. Way
Internal Revenue
O'Conner
Rebels Attacks Seen As Drive To End War
Insurgents in Spain prepared preliminary action for a general offensive to finish the Civil War, while Franco's air raids bombed Barcelona thrice and he would personally direct the campaign. Japan readied 1.6 million more men as China resistance continued, and a new border dispute with Russia lingered. Palestinian fighting between British troops and Arab bands left 65 dead and many wounded across two days.
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Japan
China
Russia
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Franco
Catalonia
Madrid
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Juan Negrin
Zurich
Switzerland
International Congress of Physiologists
Duke of Alba
London
Rafael Mendes
Duke of Alha
San Moritz
Ndt
Negrin
Dermunds
Betw
Renciman
Changkul‘ng Hill
Foreign Office
Palestine
Holy Land
Kentucky Banker Held for Forgery
HARLAN Ky August 18 five thousand dollar bond set for trial in Harlan circuit court on forgery charges against T Hines former receiver for Lynch National Bank Bowling Green accused of forging endorsements to dividend checks and diverting funds. A clerk Elizabeth Chumley Cumberland was indicted on the same charge with a one thousand dollar bond.
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Harlan
T. Hines
Bowling Green
Lynch
Wational Bank
Harlan Circuit Court
Hines
R. C. P. Thomas
Johan A. Logan
G. D. Milliken
Wellington Hines
C. R. Hines
W. M. Willey
Elizabeth Chumley
Cumberland
Opposition to FDR Won't Show Until 1940
Washington Aug. 13 President Roosevelt's bid to defeat unfriendly Democratic rivals may affect the 1940 campaign more than 1939. Regardless of George of Georgia and Tydings of Maryland results, senate alignment will stay largely the same. Only Idaho's Pope loses renomination to a conservative Democrat. Republicans in November could help trim Senate strength. In the House most incumbents, for or against the administration, win renomination.
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John AM. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
George
Georgia
Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Dea
Pope
Idaho
House
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