Germany Enters Neutrality Pact Dead and Injured Toll
Four deaths and nine injuries across six auto accidents mark a weekend toll in upper East Tennessee as the state totals rise. Key incidents include a head on collision on U S Highway 11W near Church Hill injuring Rader, Eason, Skelton, and others, with Emma Adkins among the most seriously hurt and later improving. Otis McGee, four, was lightly injured after a nearby accident near his West View Park home, while two late night collisions at Five Points damaged two cars. Police say Skelton and Winkie were hitchhiking from Knoxville to Tate Springs when the fatal chain of events began.
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U. S. Highway No
Kingsport
Herman Eason
Bulls Gap
Chase
Emma Adkins
Tate Springs
Herbert Wickle
Dale Street
Paul H. Rader
Mohawk
Tenn
Mary Lou Collins
Morristown
Sam Skelton
Borden Mill Village
Jim Broyles
Rader
Eason
Appalachia
Skelton
Church Hill
Adkins
Winkie
Knoxville
Broyles
Blountville
Rotherwood Bridge
Otis McGee
W. M. McGee
West View Park
BE. H. Salyer
Eastman Employe
Lawrence Jones
Johnson City
Jones
Mattie Epps
Stewart Cypers
Elizabethton
Weather forecast for Tennessee region shows clouds and showers
Mostly cloudy tonight with scattered showers by Tuesday. Highs and lows from yesterday not available. Readings taken daily at 7 am cover the preceding 24 hours. Northern portions may see thunder showers this afternoon.
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Cagolin
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War correspondent recalls Ethiopian Palestine patrols and Alice the mule
A 1936 Associated Press piece by Edward J. Neill recounts life as a war correspondent amid Ethiopia and Palestine front lines. Vivid anecdotes follow journalists meeting locals and mules, mishaps, tents, baths, and a violet lipstick clash as combat looms, with a tease of page six continuation.
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Edward Neil
Associated Press
Times
Edward J. Neill
The
New York
Ethiopia
Palestine
Alice
Tembien
Legion Activities Reviewed In Meet Chattanooga
A review of American Legion activities over the past year dominated the opening session of the 18th annual state convention in Chattanooga. State Commander O R Huber of Kingsport called for committee reports as officers prepared for the colonial parade and hour long post members procession led by Col Liewlyn W Oliver. The night program featured band competition, a dance and a state dinner on Lookout Mountain. The convention will adjourn Tuesday with officer elections and a 1937 meeting site promised likely Nashville. Inspector Wm H Crane Lester of the FBI spoke on Modern Trends in Criminology critiquing municipal under staffing and the cost of crime per capita.
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American Legion
O. R. Huber
Kingsport
Legions
Liewlyn W. Oliver
Fort Oglethorpe
Sixth Cavalry
Lookout Mountain
Huber
Russell Rankin
Union City
Tom E. Morris
Jackson
West Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Nashville
Society of Forty
Ww. H. Crane Lester
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Lester
United States
Peabody Howard
Eugene Bryan
Farmers to Seek Economic Liberty in South
Aug 24 Chattanooga report on Edward A. O'Neal urging agriculture join industrials and labor in gaining economic liberty through deliberate, grassroots Farm Bureau action. At Signal Mountain training school J F Porter presides as seven states send representatives. other speakers include E F Arnold and J F Tompkins.
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Chattanooga
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Farmer of America
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Southern Farm Bureau Training School
O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Southern Agriculture
Signal Mountain
J. F. Porter
Tennessee Federation
E. F. Arnold
North Carolina Federation
J. F. Tompkins
Arkansas Federa
Political Gunsi and National Campaign Drives
A broad front of campaign activity opens as major addresses and primaries mark the week. President Roosevelt returns to Washington while Alf Landon campaigns in Chautauqua. Mississippi and South Carolina primaries draw attention with figures like Senator Harrison and Senator Bilbo in play. California and Delaware also hold pivotal nominations as leaders scheme for the national race. Sixteen conspirators against the Soviet state are sentenced to death in Moscow for plotting with exiled Trotsky to assassinate Stalin and officials.
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Col. Wiliam Co. Harllee
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Buffalo
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Hampton Beach
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Sen
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Charles F. Nutter
Associated Press
Moscow
Leon Troteky
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Hardrock escapes and parole dreams in state prison
In Ralebicht North Carolina August 24 AP supplies a glossary from criminologists at the state prison breakers and terms used by Worth a jailed man who escaped. The piece details escape under guard and the harsh penalties that follow including electric chair and execution. The report frames a parole wait for Governor Green amid the springtime escape attempt and a gang watched by guards.
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Hon Agnaphes
Governor Green
Nine Soviets Executed in Manchukuo Town Near Siberia
Tokyo reports Japan's general army headquarters in Hsinking Manchukuo says nine Soviet citizens were executed at Haitar last Friday with twenty eight others jailed for five to 20 years. A Domei dispatch claims the condemned were White Russians linked to a secret Soviet mission to seize the Three Rivers district near the Argun river.
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Miners Entombed by Gas Explosion in Pa Mine
In Wilkes Barres, five miners were killed when a gas explosion trapped them about 200 feet underground at the Sullivan Trail Coal Company mine. Edward Curtis reported the five bodies recovered after more than five hours. Victims named include Michael Tragilia, Edward Makar, Pat Soricelli, Charles Di Samoney, and Andrew Stefanko. A miner surviving the blast described the roof collapse that sealed the passage.
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Wilkes Barre
Sullivan Trail Coal Company
Edward Curtis
Michael Tragilia
Pettetan
Edward Makar
Pittston Junction
Pat Soricelli
West Pittston
Charles di Samoney
Old Forge
Andrew Stefanko
John Smith
Questions Posed By Civic Leaders In Des Moines
Iowa civic leaders seek guidance on Roosevelt inviting Governor Landon to the drought parley on September 1. Should Landon speak or be introduced as the Republican candidate, amid a large Fair crowd and planned appearances by both men.
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Iowa
Rosevelt
Alf M. Landon
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Roosevelt
Landon Ia
Landon
Aso
London
Chamber of Commerce
Call for Courageous Judiciary At American Bar Convention
Boston August 24 1941 From William L Ransom president of the American Bar Association 3000 lawyers at the annual convention urged a courageous judiciary warning against courts remade to fit partisan aims and the loss of constitutional safeguards if justice becomes a tool for political ends.
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Boston
Wiliam L. Ransom
American Bar Association
Police Probe Puzzling Fires. Pyromaniac Suspect Held
Memphis police probe seven arsons since August tied to a so called working firebug. A fire yesterday at Rev. Alfred Loaring-Clark’s home prompted the arrest of a suspect held for questioning during afternoon hours. Fire officials say valuables were left intact and a false alarm telephoned to misdirect firefighters. The investigator called the arsonist “smart and dangerous” as authorities pursue leads.
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Memphis
Buckalew
Alfred Loaring-Ciar
Bucknlew
Me Condiavist
Wepterdes
Lonring-Clark
Accuse French Rebels Declare Plane Bombed at Madrid
International agreement on noninterference hardens as Germany, France, Britain delay arms to Spain. Madrid reports fear of rebel advances as Azana ships luggage to Valencia amid claims of French volunteers killed. Naval incidents, embargo moves, and battles across multiple fronts paint a tense neutrality crisis.
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Great Britain
Italy
Moscow
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Portugal
Manuel Azana
Valencia
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Morocco
Bay of Biscay
Iran
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Oyarzun
Pearl
Gibet Zerjon
Melilla
Spanish Morocco
Moesilla
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