Roosevelt says court changes not finished yet
Washington Aug 25 President Roosevelt signaled that further reform of the judiciary remains an objective of his administration. He outlined a limited advance in lower court changes while noting the high court enlargement plan was shelved. He praised the bill for speeding appeals and easing congestion, but listed several areas left untouched by the measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
High Tribunal
White House
Vag Corinne
Lowarts
Stary
Barkley
Kentucky
Rayburn
Senate
House
Hundreds Seek Share of Fortune in New York Probate
By HAL BOYLE New York Aug 25 1937 Attorneys represent 1019 claimants seeking part of Ida E Wood estate valued at 877500 left by a 93 year old widow who lived in a Herald Square hotel. Case spans states and nations as records reveal her quiet, obscure life and marriage to Benjamin Wood a wealthy widower.
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New York
Herald Square
Ida E. Wood
Manhattan
Union
Canada
Newfoundland
Ireland
England
Scotland
Benjamin Wood
Weather outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia showers
Partly cloudy with probable showers in extreme east Tennessee and Kentucky tonight and Thursday. Temperatures little changed. Virginia expect occasional rain in the west and north and showers in the southeast tonight and Thursday with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Vice Racketeers Blamed In Death Moonlight Slaying
Chicago investigators probe a Grant Park killing of Herbert W. Lee by two unnamed vice operators blamed for the fatal night shot. Grace Snyder, 22, accompanied Lee and is central to the motive tied to a planned marriage. Lieutenant Kelly says the pair sought to avoid losing a meal ticket.
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Chicago
Vice
Herbert W. Lee
Grant Park
Lee
Grace Snyder
Thomas F. Kelly
State’s Attorney’s Office
Miss Snyder
Liew
Minton Predicts McNutt Nomination by Democrats
Senator Minton predicts Paul V. McNutt, American high commissioner to the Philippines, will be the 1940 Democratic nominee to succeed Roosevelt. He says Roosevelt will not run again and commends McNutt as a strong administrator and campaigner with broad national familiarity.
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Minton
Fdr
Washington
D.-Ind
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Roosevelt
Indiana
New Deal
McNutt
United States
Famous golfer Montague held as prisoner in New York jail
John Montague the famous golfer known as Monty was jailed in Essex county New York awaiting bail on seven year old robbery charges. Sheriff Percy Eggliefield said Montague would receive ordinary prisoner treatment and have limited cell access while attorney James H Noonan of Albany handled the bail matter.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
John Montague
Hollyood
Percy Eggiefield
Adirondack Mountain
Essex County
Eggiefield
Hell
West Coast
Rob
Montague
O. Byron Water
Harper's Ferry
Hollywood
Auto Workers Gird for Fight at Ford Plants
Milwaukee August 25. CIO leader Homer Martin says intra union strife is cooling as UAW members prepare for a fight he vows will force Henry Ford to sign a labor agreement. He claims Ford will change his mind before snow falls, signaling a clash with Ford Motor Co. and allies.
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Milwaukee
Wis
CIO
United Automobile Workers of America
Henry Ford
U. A.W
Homer Martin
U. A
Martin
Ford
America
John L. Lewis
John Brophy
Washington
C.so
U.A.W
Wyndham Mortimer
Brophy
United States
Ford Motor Company
Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler
Walter Chrysler
Chrysler Motors
Henry
Insurgents Capture Santander on Spanish Frontier
On August 25 insurgent officials announced Santander, the northwest Spanish coast city, had surrendered after swift street fighting. Insurgents entered the outskirts and by late afternoon were near the city, with 5,000 government troops believed trapped and 15,000 yielding overall. The victory solidifies control of the northeastern half of Spain and follows earlier blows into the Basque region.
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Hendaye
Santander
Spain
Biscay
San Sebastian
Irun
Bilbao
Penley Trial Set On Double Count
Preliminary hearing for Carl Penley 22 charged with manslaughter and reckless driving in a fatal crash will be held tomorrow at 10 a m. He is jailed in bail of 2000 on manslaughter counts and 500 on reckless driving. Two people died and two were injured in the one mile east of Indian Springs crash. Funeral services for Mrs. Morse and Jackson were held today with survivors listed.
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Carl Penley
Kingsport
Paul K. Jackson
Mary Virginia Morse
Indian Springs
Bristol
Penley
George E. Bradley
Morse
Denver Morse
Jackson
Kings Mountain Memorial Hospital
E. B. Smith
C. J. Buckles
Gate City
Gunnings Cemetery
George Jones
Near Blountville
James Fauber
Ruth
Nancy Jones
Blountville
Noah
James
George, Jr
Ray
John Clifford
Wanda Faye
Betty Ruth
Andy Johnson
Harry West
Stewart McGlothin
Grundy
Withering Fire Halts Japanese Advance Near Shanghai
Military dispatches report heavy artillery and machine-gun fire delaying Japanese forces as they converge on Shanghai. The clash underscores the urgency of defensive operations around the port city amid mounting World War II hostilities. The article notes broader strategic maneuvers and casualties in the ongoing campaign.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Japan
Tsuanghming Island
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Parrott
Texas Oil Company
Gough Island
Legion Head Says Isms Not Needed in Tennessee
Hal bert Harvill of Clarksville was elected state commander of the American Legion at the Tennessee convention in Nashville. He urged democracy as the only path, while Gov. Browning warned that peace depends on democracies and warned against dictatorship. Other officers named include Bascom F. Jones as vice commander and district leaders across the state. Knoxville was chosen for the next convention. the auxiliary president was Mrs. Eugene Frost of Etowah.
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Nashville
Halbert Harvill
Clarksville
Tennessee
American Legion
America
State Department
Cites
Browning
France
Harvill
Bascom F. Jones
Frank Herron
Chattanooga
Hugh M. Richardson
Columbia
Dave Harsh
Memphis
Robert A. Davis
Athens
Frank Gentry
Erwin
Robert Ladd
Kingston
Cc. H. Dowell
Livingston
Fred Stong
Shelbyville
S. B. Dillon
Erin
C. E. Lance
Lawrenceburg
Roy Hall
Jackson
Hall Galloway
Milan
S. J. Lindsay
Covington
W. M. Hixson
Carl McGinnis
LaFollette
Eugene Frost
Etowah
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Col
Roane Waring
Knoxville
Demand for Wage Increase Refused by Railroads
In Chicago on August 25 the conference of 250,000 railroad operating employees and their employers ended with 86 major railroads declining a flat 20 percent pay raise. The big five brotherhoods said the result leaves no alternative but to set strike action after 97 percent voted in favor of striking if pay increases are not granted.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods
H. A. Enochs
Fear for Dr John Hawk Missionary In China
Relatives fear for the safety of Dr John C Hawk longtime Sullivan county resident and head of Methodist mission work in Chu hiang province after Sino Japanese fighting near Shanghai. He lectured in Kingsport earlier and returned to Huchow mission on Aug 19 with family details noted. Relatives say Shanghai missionaries were moved except Dr J W Cline. Hull to advise on casualty updates.
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John C. Hawk
Sullivan County
Shanghai
Hawk
Kingsport
United States
Huchow
China
Johnson City
Chu-hiang
Mary Ellen Hawk
Moore Memorial School
A. N. Hawk
J. W. Cline
Southern Methodist Foreign Mission Board
Nashville
Cline
Cordell Hull
Mission Board
Hull
Carpenter Killed in Bristol Highway Truck Crash near Gate City
Oscar W. Stair, 53, farmer and carpenter, died after a truck skidded into an embankment on the Bristol highway three miles from Gate City. He was thrown from the vehicle, suffering a fractured skull and neck injury. Other occupants, including Negro driver Robert Cox, escaped with minor injuries. Stair built a barn for former Senator Ryland G. Craft. survivors include wife Ida Falin Stair, three daughters, one son, and two brothers.
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the Times
Gate City
Oscar W. Stair
Bristol
Here
Stair
Oscar W. Staires
Ryland G. Craft
Betty Craft
Jo Broadwater
Lafayette McClelland
Sam Mann
Robert Cox
Ida Falin Stair
Roy Lane
Ernest Whited
Loretta Stair
Carl Stair
Edgar Stair
Elizabethton
Roscoe Stair
Peonage Charges Are Under Probe in Mississippi Farm
In Clarksdale Mississippi federal investigators probe two negro sharecroppers debt peonage with a $175 debt to landlord J S Decker. Wiggins reports wife Ethel Davis chained to a bed on Decker farm. bond set at 1500 pending arraignment Monday. Sheriff FitzGerald says woman bound by a trace chain. tenant exodus noted.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Department of Justice
U. S
Lester M. Sacks
J. S. Decker
J. W. Wiggins
Ethel L. Davis
Ethel Davis
Baby Diane Lucas Found Safe After Citywide Search
Chicago guards 100 policemen hunted a suspected kidnapper as three month old Diane Carol Lucas was found on apartment steps 23 hours after being taken from a northside carriage. Her mother Dorothy Lucas and father Herman Lucas embraced the infant as detectives pursued apparel purchases and building rubbish boxes clues. Captain Joseph Goldber g cautioned a childless woman may have taken the baby by mistake.
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Chicago
Diane Carol Lucas
Dorothy Lucas
Ther
Herman Lucas
Mrs. Lucas
Diane
Joseph Goldeberg
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Bankhead
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D.-Pa
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Rogersville
J. E. Lauderback
Hawkins County
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Lauderbach
State Supreme Court
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Morris J. Harris
Hanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
South China
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