Japanese Deny U.S. Protest On All Counts In Airliner Case
Tokyo rejected in full the U S protest over the destruction of a Chinese American airliner near Canton on Aug 24. The foreign office said Japanese planes continued fire after the liner landed on a river between Canton and Macao. Fourteen aboard were killed. one American, Pilot H L Woods, survived unharmed.
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Roosevelt backs wary truce in Harlan County
President Roosevelt commented on the agreement between the United Mine Workers CIO and the Harlan County Coal Operators Association saying it may bring peace and decent treatment. The Cincinnati-signed pact faced AFL opposition for alleged Wagner Act violations. Roosevelt noted he would release a commission report on employer employee relations after its England study. Floods near Monterrey cause evacuations and at least three deaths amid $250,000 in damage. rail service suspended between Monterrey and Tampico for at least one day.
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Weather Shower Synopsis For Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Partly cloudy with showers Thursday and tonight in portions of Tennessee not clear. In Virginia expect increasing clouds with showers later tonight and warmer conditions in western areas. Kentucky sees showers tonight and Thursday with a warmer start in eastern portions.
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Man Named as Heat Death Suspect at Philadelphia Prison
Philadelphia August 31 The man deemed responsible for the deadly heat in the Klondike isolation building at Philadelphia county prison testifies at a coroner s inquest. Guard Sergeant James Hart allegedly issued an unauthorized order to turn on steam radiators, despite August heat. Prison superintendent William B Mills states Hart had no authority or permission to activate the heat.
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Harvill Named Tennessee Education Commissioner
Nashville August 31 Gov Gordon Browning announced Hal bert Harvill dean and registrar at Austin Peay normal at Clarksville as Tennessee new education commissioner Harvill will take office tomorrow succeeding J M Smith who was elected president of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute at Cookeville Browning indicated no plan to retain him under governor Prentice Cooper Harvill a native of Totty s Bend Centerville in his early forties attended Fairview Academy played tackle in football and catcher in baseball before entering public service See Harvill page 8
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Halbert Harvill
Austin Peay Normal
Clarisville
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Harvill
J. M. Smith
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
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Browning
Prentice Cooper
W. A. Bass
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Ashhe Totty
Bend
Old Fairview Academy
Brighter Business Outlook Reported in Eighth District
The St. Louis Federal Reserve reports a brighter business outlook across the eighth district in July and August. Improvements shown include higher sales and production, above average seasonal gains, increased orders by wholesalers, broader demand for credit, and a stronger employment picture suggesting further progress in the fall.
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Poison plot links widow to murder and remarriage plan
In Lebanon Tein AUR 31 a 41 year old mother of two and an old lover face murder charges for poisoning Levi Oakley 45 in his office last Tuesday. The widow allegedly planned to wed the other man James Barbee 80 after the funeral. Barbee and Mrs Oakley were arrested last night as investigators tie them to the crime.
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Perry Burnett
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Meri t System Criticisms At TVA Hearing
Representative Wolverton attacked the TVA merit system during a congressional inquiry, accusing it of not basing hires on merit. Gordon Clapp, TVA personnel director, denied favoritism and disclosed his roommate connection with an assistant, while officials noted questions over anonymous letters and possible internal grievances. The inquiry aims to wrap up after two more days of hearings amid funding doubts and pending appearances by utility executives.
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Arthur Jandrey
University of Chicago
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Congressional Tva Investigating Committee
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Ohio
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Italian Journal Raps Hull Speech
Rome august notes the Italian paper Popolo D Italia mocks Secretary Hull for his antiwar remarks. It says the United States exports sermons and arms, linking pacifist talk to armaments and noting Japanese readers receive sermons as customers for goods in China. It cites Kellogg Briand anniversary and Hull urging peace.
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Hull
Britain warns Nazi Germany over Czech crisis in Europe
Great Britain presses Germany to halt aggression in Czechoslovakia as Sir John Simon and Neville Chamberlain push for a concerted warning. British envoy Henderson is recalled for cabinet talks while Viscount Runciman meets Konrad Henlein to urge Sudeten concessions to avert war.
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Czechoslovakia
Hitler
John Simon
Lanark
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Neville Henderson
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Rothenhaus
New Officers To Take Duties In Blountville Swearing In
More than 50 county officials will be sworn in at 9 a.m. by County Court Clerk H W Coperhaver in Blountville. Worley Fain will become trustee Roby A Milam takes the sheriff post Ray E Clarke becomes county superintendent and Ward Gardner the highway commissioner. Several reelected officials begin new two year terms along with seven school board members. Deputies and constables also assume office amid absence of sheriff elect Milam due to illness. County Judge T R Bandy will swear in the clerk first and then the rest.
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Worley Fain
Roby A. Milam
Ray E. Clarke
Ward Gardner
Becaus
Milam
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J. J. Richards
Britain warns Germany as Henderson flies to Berlin
London dispatch reports Britain's ambassador Sir Neville Henderson traveled to Berlin with authority to warn Germany that Britain might not remain neutral if war breaks out over the Sudeten crisis. The message, linked to Prime Minister Chamberlain, stressed France's obligations to Czechoslovakia and Britain's potential role if France becomes involved.
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Robbers Loot Fifth Avenue Store in Dramatic Heist
Three gunmen held up the Rimler and Horning jewelry store on Fifth Avenue. They spent 25 minutes inside before fleeing with loot estimated at 100000 dollars. Police reported heavy lunch hour traffic hampered pursuit.
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Fifth Avenue
Rimler and Horning
Emergency lines maintain service after power line damage
Nashville August 82 A damaged 44 000 volt Tennessee Electric Power Company line cut power to Linden Selmer Lexington and nearby towns for hours. Four men detained for questioning in Linden as crews use steam and oil engine plants to restore sewer and lights. Affected areas include Waynesboro Savannah Decaturville and Parsons.
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Tennessee Electric Power Company
van Dodson
Linden
Hohenwald
Waynesboro
Selmer
Lexington
Savannnah
Decaturville
Parsons
Dodson
France Prepared to Seek Any Emergency, Daladier Says
Premier Edouard Daladier told the 44 member power army committee in Paris that France’s armed forces are ready to seek any emergency. The closed session reviewed France’s military strength relative to European powers amid Alsatian deputy Alfred Wallach’s push to assess Germany’s large army maneuvers. Daladier’s national defense government has already moved to place industry on emergency footing.
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Edouard Daladier
Powerul Army Committee
Chamber of Deputies
France
Germany
Alfred Wallach
Les France
Senator Smith Wins South Carolina Senate Nomination
News dispatch reports Ellison D. Smith defeats Roosevelt backed challenger Gov. Olin D. Johnston in South Carolina, remaining a 30-year Senate veteran. The result raises questions for Georgia and Maryland contests and may signal future southern conservative influence in the Democratic Party.
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Smith
South Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Walter F. George
Millard Tydings
George
Tydings
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Young Attorney Testifies To Giving Hines 2000
New York August 31 A 32 year old attorney and Dixie Davis testified he paid Tammany District Leader James J. Hines 2000 in October 1932 as part of the Dutch Schultz policy racket. He said he visited Hines with Dutch Schultz and Leo Rosenthal and that Hines asked for numbers game money. He described social trips with Hines and said the payments occurred at least 15 to 20 times from November.
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New York
Hines
Schultz
Leo
Rosenthal
Thomas F. Dewey
Davis
Rooney
Young Attorney
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