World’s Fair trip lands youths in jail
Three Greenville youths Almage Ogdesby I W Ells and Harley Cling aged 19 21 21 were charged with stealing two automobiles after a Bristol Virginia car headed toward Kingsport was spotted. They were handed to an FBI agent in Johnson City by Kingsport police following a tip from Bristol car owner D Dunham and his son-in-law Ben Barnes.
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FBI
Johnson City
Kingsport
Almage Ogdesby
I. W. Ells
Harley Cling
Greenville
Morrell
Chestnut Ridge
Bristol
Val
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Ben Barnes
Midway
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Weather Summary for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Partly cloudy with scattered showers across Tennessee and Virginia. Land slightly warmer east, cooler northwest tonight. Thursday generally fair. Kentucky partly cloudy with local showers in far east and north central portions tonight and Thursday. motorists may find cooler temperatures and light winds.
Monopoly drive opened on firms in New York
State Attorney General Joan J. Bennett moved to dissolve 18 leading elevator manufacturers and their trade group under New York anti monopoly law. The case names Otis Elevator Co Westinghouse Elevator Co and the National Elevator Manufacturing Industry Inc. in state court seeking corporate dissolution and revocation of authorities. The filing also cites 22 officers and seeks injunction to halt alleged price fixing patent abuse and restraints on trade.
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New York
Joan J. Bennett
Otis Elevator Co
New Jersey
Westinghouse Eletein Elevator Co
Illinois
National Elevater Manufacturing Industry, Inc
New York City
Supreme Court
Thomas FP. Noonan
Bennett
Benjamin Heffner
Bureau of Monopolies
New York State
Lem
Tron
Shipwreck Kelly Injured At Play In Hollywood
From a hospital bed James Shipwreck Kelly former University of Kentucky football star spoke of an impulse to engage with a group of boys that led to a broken leg. Kelly, part owner of the Brooklyn National League club, had a long gridiron career marked by difficult money but was not seriously moneyed by injury until this incident.
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Hollywood
Calif
James iShipwrarls Kelly
University of Kentucky
Lodoy
Melly
Brookyn
Otieh
Pads Locks Sought For Two Outsider Vice Rooms
City and county officials filed two bills of complaint against two Kingsport Negro men, Una Hunter Mongolian and James Willama, and Cleve Johnson and Mary Johnson of Devault addition near Kingport. The actions allege the locations are habitual meeting places for lewd conduct and houses for intoxicating whiskies, with sales inside or curbside delivery.
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Devault
Kingaport
Othen
Vice Drive
President Roosevelt to discuss peace moves as war risks rise
President Roosevelt will confer with foreign affairs advisers amid fears over the Mariye crisis. Sumner Welles said Hull and he expect the secretary of state to return from a cruiser voyage to Washington within 24 hours. A high level emergency meeting at the state department will weigh safeguarding interests and neutrality in case of further hostilities.
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Mariye
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Hull
Cheir
Welles
Tuscaloosa
White House
State Department
Onca
Toon Fully Infernal Gore
Alva Thet
Robert Lingson
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Peat
Cobb Sets World Land Speed Record In California
John R Cobb of London drove the Railton Red Lion to a world land speed record of 68.85 mph for the mile and 369.2 mph kilometer pace at Utah in a two lap run, surpassing Capt George Eyston’s marks. The 200 pound driver sparked the shell shaped car to 370.75 mph on the first lap, overshot the pit by half a mile, and then completed the kilometer in 9.72 seconds at ? mph, securing a new official record.
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Bonneville
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
Broker
Cobb
George BE. T. Eyston
Byston
Rultton Red Wien
George E. T Eyston
Bohi
Hie
Fenches
Cobh
Father Convicted Chaining Kiddies in Tennessee
Chattanooga August 23 A jobless father sentenced to a month's workhouse after admitting chaining four of his children at home claiming it kept them there His wife cried beside their four year old as the judge admonished her Husband Henry We Henry superintendent of the Humane Society testified to finding two children ages five and six with chains around their necks in a three room home The case notes eight children total and mentions a five week old baby in the mother’s care The article references further details on page 8
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Dies Charges Job Applicant as Fascist Spy
Washington reports Chairman Dies of Texas accused Fraser Garner of seeking a committee job to sabotage the un-American activities investigation and obtain information for a group led by William Dudley Pelleys Silver Shirts. Gardner denied ties, insisting he knew nothing of Pelleys group. The Dies committee plans further probes into Nazi and fascist activity, with potential testimony from Gen. W. G. Krivitsky.
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William Gudley Pelley
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Whitley
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Sxenre
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Henry D. Allen
Pasadena
Calif
Theater Heads Summoned In Suit Nashville
U S marshal's office reports summonses served on local defendants in the government's anti trust suit against the Crescent Amusement Company and affiliates.
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Nashville
U. S
Europe Bulletin: Hitler Envoy Lands in Moscow and War Drums Rise
Headlines report Von Ribbetrom arriving in Moscow to pressure a non aggression pact as France, Belgium and Britain mobilize. French leaders review defenses. Poland shells German plane. Belgians urge peace. Germany seeks mobilization. Hitler speech to be broadcast in US. foreigners flee Germany. Britain restricts war material exports and tightens air raid prep.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Donsthin von Ribhentrom
Soviet Russia
Vast Race Empire Nude Body Of Giri May Be Dissolved
A Chicago report details a federal grand jury indictment against M. L. Annenberg and associates charging conspiracy to influence witnesses and suborn perjury in a probe of illegal gambling linked to Annenberg's racing news empire. The panel also urged dissolution of the empire as dependent on illegal gambling.
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Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
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Clarence J. Ferguson
Philadelphia
Louris Simon
Milwaukee
Patrick J. Burns
James Ragen
Dominick B. Lynch
Jacke Lynch
Ferguson
Duel Administration of Justice
Poland Chooses Between War or Surrender Threats
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler told British ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson that Germany would not modify its demands on Poland despite Britain’s guarantee. The terms include the return of Danzig and Germanized Polish regions, with a decision to settle by war or peaceful terms. British notes indicate firm support for Poland, while German-Soviet non aggression talks proceed.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Poland
Danzig
Pommenlien
Poraorze
Polish Upper Silesia
Bohemia and
Moravia
Hitler
Hie
Shamberlain
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Fevile
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Agost Hitler
Necus
Gavoy
Shock Of Soviet Nazi Pact Boosts Hitler In Crisis
The disclosure of a proposed Russo German nonaggression pact unsettles the Anglo-French camp seeking to shield Poland. If signed, it may quicken the rise of dangerous factions and shift Europe toward a hasty crisis with Hitler poised to gain leverage as officials await exact terms.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press Foreign Affairs
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New York
Rome
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Poland
Fuehrer
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