Confession of Negro Barred Jury Sends Out
Asheville courtroom drama centers on Martin Moore confession in Helen Clevenger slaying. Judge Phillips weighs admission of signed confession after defense alleges coercion and police misconduct. Witnesses describe beating with a rubber hose prior to confession as jury is excused. Clevenger's father fainted during tense testimony. case continues.
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Dix R. Sarsfield
Associated Press
Asheville
N.C
Don Phillips
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
Moore
Fes
A. Ff. Clevenger
Laurence €. Brown
Brown
Zeb V. Nettles
Mark Griffith
Staten Island, N
Battery Park
Laurence E. Brown
Battery Park Hotel
Haliboy
Helen Clevenart
J. F. Clevenger
Prosecutor vows appeal after sterilization case ruling
In San Francisco Aus 20 PS an angry prosecutor August Fournier said he would appeal a judge's dismissal of conspiracy charges against Drs Tilton E Tillman and Samuel G Boyd in the sterilization of 22 year old heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt. He plans to pursue similar counts against her mother and continues extradition efforts as he calls the ruling a terrible blow to California youth.
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San Francisco
Aus
Ann Cooper Hewitt
California
August Fournier
Tilton E
Roosevelt Picks Hull for Parley
Washington Aug 20 President Roosevelt is expected to designate Secretary Hull to represent the United States at the all American peace conference in Buenos Aires the conference to convene Dec 1 Summer Welles is understood to be Hulls chief aide at the parley The move aligns with the Roosevelt good neighbor policy and Hulls role in carrying it forward This will be Hulls second inter American delegation following his 1932 Montevideo Assembly leadership which aided a new era of Latin American cordiality
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Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Buenos Aires
Summer Welles
Latin America
WHS
Warser
Roostervelt
Tennessee
Montevideo Assembly
Weather report fragment with scattered forecasts
Fragmented weather note shows slight changes and fair conditions with partly cloudy skies. Forecasts mention cooler north and east portions, tonight and Friday, with possible showers in west and north areas. Previous day’s high and low temperatures noted. daily readings recorded locally.
Airline offers all in one marriage flight to Reno
Accommodating San Francisco reports United Airlines will offer a marriage flight package to Reno for one fee covering all expenses. Ambitious couples receive round trip service from San Francisco to Reno, marriage license, minister, wedding dinner, hotel accommodations, and breakfast. A justice of the peace or religious officiant will be provided.
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San Francisco
Reno
United
San Frantigen
TVA Authority Plan of Power Hits New Snag
Memphis face a suit by Memphis Power and Light Co seeking to block a municipal distribution plant. TVA power contract keeps city on yardstick rates as negotiations to buy private properties failed. Company argues municipal competition would curb taxes and save ratepayers over a million dollars annually.
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Memphis
Tennessee Valley Authority
City 2 Chancery Court
Memphis Power and Light Company
TVA
WJ. O'Brien
Double Problems Facing McAlister in Tennessee
Governor McAlister faces two main choices on return from East Tennessee: call a special legislative session and reorganize the finance and taxation department. Federal unemployment funds risk a $2.5 million loss if Tennessee fails to act by January 1, with the legislature not meeting until January. State planners and the Labor Commission urge a special session, though the governor says he will order one only if absolutely necessary. Attorney General Beeler notes Congress in January could extend deadlines, allowing bills enacted by the same month’s session to suffice.
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Nashville
Tenn
Finance and Taxation Department
McAlister
East Tennessee
Davy Crockett
Greeneville
State Planning Commission
Tennessee
W W. E. Jacobs
The
Planning Commission
Roy H. Beeler
Congress
Most Eligible Bachelor Girl in Hollywood Is 12 Persons
Hollywood Aug 20 The so called most eligible bachelor girls in the movie colony are 12 different individuals. A popularity poll shows no single girl tops the list as ten men’ s votes were miscast by writers using varied names. The article quotes actors like Michael Whalen David Niven Olivia de Havilland Betty Furness Lucille Ball and Eleanor Whitney among others each casting a playful vote.
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Hollywood
Tee Steg
Michael Whalen
Greta
Rarhe
David Niven
Merle Oberon
Miele
Martha Reyes
Cesare Romero
Betty Furness
Dick Foran
Olivia de Havil- Tyan
John Wingmy Vate
Wen Davie
7Ann Shirley
Penn Louis Hayward
Dda
Peapaire
Ninste
Tove Amusie
Roger Pryor
Ann Sothern
Ann, Sothern
Broderick Crawford
Lucille Ball
Tom Brown
Eleanore Whitney
Pues
Patrick
Survival Odds Increase Against Trapped Miners
MOBERLY Mo Aug 20 Four miners entombed since 3 40 p m Tuesday in a gaseous coal mine faced rising odds as a barrier of debris slowed rescue crews. Fire caused the shaft to crumble trapping them near the shaft bottom while rescue teams in 29 minute relays worked through the night pulling debris and supplying fresh air. Relatives waited anxiously as state mine officials cautioned that recovery depended on penetrating the debris and reaching the tunnel where a 15 foot high cage might still be intact.
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Moberly
Aus
Missouri City
Ewamet
Arnold Griffith
Indictment Sought in Trammell Case in Chicago
State's Attorney Morris Meyers said he would seek a murder indictment against Rufe Swain, a 7-year-old negro, who allegedly choked and beat to death Mrs. Mary Lou Trammell, former Knoxville stenographer, in her near south side hotel room. Swain reportedly confessed. police also probe the slaying of Mrs. Florence Thompson Castle.
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Chicago
Morris Meyers
Rufe Swain
Mary Lou Trammell
Knoxville
Enn
Near South Side
Meyers
Swain
Florence ‘Thompson | Castle
Senator Pledges Tenant Farm Law Effort
Jasper Alabama August 20 A plan for a tenant farm registration and a Dixie wide conference on sharecropper tenancy was urged by Speaker Liam B Bankhead in Congress He backs long term financing to help tenants gain ownership and referenced supportive lawmakers and a proposed large government facility to aid farm ownership.
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Jasper
Ala
Liam B. Bankhead
National House of Representatives
J. M. Futrell
Arkansas
South
TJ Am
biJk
Sure
John H. Bankhead
Abahan
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Head of Olympic Village leader dies amid turmoil
Berlin report says Captain Woldant Fuerstmer, vice commandant of the Olympic village, killed himself amid nervous strain after demotion. Gustav Kuhne, North German Lloyd executive, reportedly died suddenly with undetermined cause. Both were key figures as village staff members supporting athletes and operations.
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Berlin
Reich Propaganda Ministry
Woldant Fuerstmer
Olympic
Gustav Kuhne
Can
Judenkenner
Fuerst
War Ministry
Fuerstmet
Governors in spotlight as races heat up nationwide
Associated Press report from Washington outlines governors races across 21 states, noting interlinked contests with the presidential campaign. It highlights finance builds by both parties, key states by electoral votes, and widespread turnover with 20 incumbents not seeking re election including Kansas where Governor Alf Landon pursues the White House.
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Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
South
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Massachusetts
Towa
Minnesota
Senate
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
White House
No Resignation Fort Says He Will Leave In January
Nashville August reports that Dancey Fort would resign as finance and taxation commissioner, with Fort declaring that he would march out with Governor McAlister in January and not before then. He stated he would resign only when the governor seeks a replacement in the new year.
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Nashville
Dancey Fort
McAlister
Fort
Zinovieff Accepts Blame In Fascism Conspiracy Trial
Gregory Zinovieff testified he would have aided a terrorist plot to kill Stalin and strike at the Soviet regime, admitting guilt to a conspiracy. He said Fascism and Bolshevism both used terror, rejecting the idea of Marxist terrorism. The witness claimed the plan aimed to unseat Stalin but collapsed due to his secretary’s actions.
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Charles P. Nutter
Joseph Sta
Ght
Associated Brews
Gregory Zinovieff
Maked
Lin
Russia
Stalin
TratzyRyVisni
Zinovieff
Carr Zinovieff
Marx
State Sets New High Vote Record in Tennessee Primary
Nashville Tenn August 6 primary yields 360,068 votes 31,355 more than 1934 gubernatorial record with Browning GOP nominee Browning 244,532 Dossett 116,296. Dossett wins 24 counties Browning 71 Shelby 59,069. Jourolman 117,746 for railroad and public utilities commissioner 410,218 for Hannah incumbent 29,981 for Todd Jr. Seventy-seven counties and first six districts for Hannah three districts 158 counties for Jourol.
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Nashville
Tenn. Ave
Tennessee
Gordon Browsing
Burgin E. Dossett
C. W. Wright
Dossett
Browning
Shelby
Jouroiman
Secretary of State
Uun
Leon Jour Olman
Rilroad
Voinemissioner Apaimsh
Tare Ver H- Hannah
John R. Todd, Jr
Hannah
Jourol
Knox Urges Fewer and Better Laws for Business
Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential candidate calls for simpler, fairer regulation to ensure fair play in business. He criticizes federal complexity and dismisses government overreach while rallying crowds at the Hagerstown Maryland fairgrounds. A Memphis dog pound reference appears in a speech note as the story continues.
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Knox
Robert Myober
Associated Press
Hagerstown
Col
Frank Knox
Marsional
Memphis
Tenn
Rebels Press 100 Mile Advance Toward Madrid War
New European tensions rise as German and Italian moves sharpen lines over the Spanish Civil War. Rebels push toward Madrid from Badajoz within 100 miles while government claims to have repelled the assault. Reports from Gibraltar cite Mola urging troops northward and indicate ongoing fierce fighting near Navalmaral. Italy orders 210000 troops into war games at Avellino amid demobilization delays. Germany warns Spain against harassment of ships and seeks a new neutrality pact framework with France and Britain.
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Associated Press
Germany
Reich
Kamerun
Cadiz
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Avellino
France
Madrid
Paris
Great Britain
Spain
Badajoz
Navy Almoral
Irun
Bay of Biscay
de Guadalupe
Ramon Blardony
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Navalmaral
Mangada
Gibraltar
Emilio Mola
Gener de Liang
Seville
Mola
Radionese
Albuquerque
Croyundic
Maphines
Charles EH. Guptill
Associated Preps
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Mussolini
W8s
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Frank Messer
E. M. Ball
U. S
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Fice
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Bankhead
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