Kingsport Welcomes Saint Nick In City Christmas Event
City plans a 7 pm opening as Santa Claus arrives and a large parade leads the Kingsport Christmas celebration. Tens of thousands from a 50 mile radius will attend with lights, storefront open houses, and late shopping through the week. Santa distributes candy from a central stand as festivities include a high school band and special entertainment.
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Kingsport
Santa Claus
Baria
Wil
Kingsport High School
Frank Tannor
Munster
Ceremian Kingsport
Ant
Suma
Santa
F. Dobyns
Weather outlook for Kentucky and Virginia regions
Weather notes indicate warmer trend in western and central Kentucky areas Friday with tonight’s conditions milder in the extreme west. Virginia sees generally fair skies in the west with a chance of snow or rain in the eastern portions this afternoon, then clearing tonight. Friday will be fair but colder in the far west.
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Kentucky
West Portia
Virginia
West
Labor leaders fail to agree at first meet
In Towo, December 2, leaders John L. Lewis and William Green held a two and a half hour conference that ended with a recess at four o'clock. Both declined to reveal specific demands or concessions, signaling a cautious start to talks aimed at uniting AFL and CIO factions amid long-standing craft versus plant-wide unionism disputes.
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William Green
Lewis
Green
Uhed
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
George MM. Harrison
Phillip Murray
Senator Berry
Tennessee
Tennessee Denocrat
Labor
Roosevelt
Fabor
John L. Lewis
Personis
CLO
AFL of Ly
Indus al
Lewis and Green
CIO
Medical Society Defends Massengill Picks Officers
The Medical Association of upper East Tennessee met in Bristol with 66 members to elect officers and adopt a resolution defending Massengill in the phenylamide elixir case. James A. Delaney was named president, with C F W Senraam as secretary treasurer and T A Bowers, B Rhea as vice presidents.
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Medical Society
Massengill
Medical Association
C. Cas
Progr
Nesi
Upper East Tennessee
Coounlies
Bristol
Defanddass Engill
James A. Delaney
Pask
C. F
WN. Senraam
T. A. Bowers
de BE
Bruce Rhea
Mountain City
de 'Bt. McNeer
Kingsport
W. DD. Payne
Br. J. W. Hodge
Board of Censors
G. G. Keener
H. S. Burem
Metall
Carpenter
Carl Jones
Man Advertises For Wife Sees Marriage As Gamble
In South Paris Maine Paul N Dwyer an 18 year old high school youth pleaded guilty to the slaying of Dr James G Littlefield and was sentenced to life in prison The Osford superior court reopened for the third day of the trial Beath Tour Dwyer also facing charges pleaded before Judge George Emery The youth sat between his counsel and will serve his sentence at Thameston state prison Cregger a 47 year old widower in Kingsport advertised for a wife citing marriage as a gamble He works at a local foundry and seeks a healthy congenial partner aged 18 to 30 He promises a good home and living and says he is mild tempered and financially secure
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Paris
Gee
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Osford Superior Court
Beath Tour Dwyer
Littlefeld
North
Amington
N. 1
George Emery
E. Walker Abbott
Peter MacDonald
Thameston
Emery
Cregger
Kingsport
Sullivan Street
Hold up suspects held by officers in Kingsport
Police detained two Kingsport youths Eugene Weis and Grover Light for investigation in a Tuesday night hold up and robbery of Mrs Helen Willing. Charles Cassell one of the trio was released after two hours of questioning. Mrs Willkins exonerated Cassell and police seek other suspects matching the description.
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Kingsport
Eugene Weis
Grover Light
Helen Willing
Polics
Charles Cassell
Cassel
Broad Street
Wella
Light
Plant Announces Brief Shutdown At Kingsport Mill
Borden Mills, a major Kingsport plant, will shut down temporarily after Saturday's operations. George H. Hughes says the halt likely lasts two weeks, with operations to resume under current plans. The bulletin cites large cloth stocks and unmarketable goods as the reason.
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Bulletin At Mill
Borden Mills
Kingsport
George H. Hughes
Hughes
Tne
Students Attack Compulsory Activities Fee Referendum
University of Tennessee students circulated a petition on campus requesting a referendum on return of the compulsory activities fee. The petition seeks a two thirds student body vote to advise the trustees on assessment, with options for support, opposition or an optional fee, and would fund subscriptions to school papers and access to athletic events and student affairs.
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Noxville
University of Tennessee
All Students Club
Studenix
Haircut timing in Sally, Irene and Maude reworks
Hollywood December 2 radio comedian Fred Allen plans a three day haircut for the film Sally Irene and Maude. Director William Seiter discarded two days of footage but approved the look, prompting Allen to promise to wear the haircut as shot for the final film.
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Hollywood
Fred Allen
Radios
Fred
William Seiter
Sally
Irene
Mar
Murder Solved In Bras Case Two Suspects Held
Covington police chief stated two negroes are held as he declares the Frances Marie Bras murder on October 2, 1936 solved with one murder charge filed. Parachute sighting reported near Norfolk after a Navy plane crash. Senator McNary calls Pope McGill farm bill back to committee for redrafting. Three reform school inmates indicted as four boys confessed to obtaining liquor.
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Covington
Joni Patcett
Franices Marie Bras
Norfolk
Navy
Virginia Beach
Atlantic
New
Lcarning Lieshore
Nashville
J. P. Kelly
Chinese Renew Aerial Attacks Evade Japanese Defense
Shanghai reports two Chinese airplanes raided Japanese positions today in the first aerial combat near the city in over a month. One bomb landed near the former anchorage of the Japanese flagship and consulate, causing no damage. Japanese officials claimed the Chinese used high altitude and claimed several Chinese planes were shot down near Nanking while asserting 13 of China’s Soviet built planes were downed by six Japanese craft.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Uture
Japan
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Hankow
Yangtze River
St Bian
Russia
Associated Press
Chin
Bussia
United States
Mokanshan
Hatte
Telve
Greyhound bus lines resume operations after strike
Nine Greyhound routes resume general service in 16 states after a federal conciliator brokered a settlement ending the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen strike. Terms include wage increases and no closed shop, with a per mile raise for drivers effective July 4, 1936, and a one year contract.
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Cleveland
Greyhound Bus Lines
Brotherhood of Railroad
John L. Conner
Washington
Conner
B.A.T
Fyan Bowen
Greyhound
Bowen
Betsy Man Bonded On Slaying Wife In Elizabethton
Elizabethton Tennessee December 2 Py Jasper Smite 45 year old Syrian restaurant operator was released on 5000 bond awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge in the death of his 23 year old wife Rukina Smite. A coroner s jury ruled suicide but Sheriff Moreland sought murder charges after an investigation. Smite and his wife ran two local restaurants and she often spoke before women s clubs about experiences in Syria.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Jasper Smite
Rukina
Smite
Smile
J. M. Moreland
Legal skirmishes start in Ford UAWA strike at St Louis
Ford Motor Company moved to broaden its injunction bid as the UAWA strike entry nears two weeks. Judge Kirkwood ordered 28 new defendants to show cause why an order should not issue while NLRB cites Ford over alleged unfair labor practices. Picketing at the plant persists under police surveillance as suits seek damages and court action.
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ST. Louis
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers of America
UAWA
Robert J Kirkwood
Fort Thesuit
Ford
Wov
National Labor Relations Board
Dorothea de Schweinitz
NLRB
Ford Service Workers
Ford Loyalty Group
Milton N. Johnson
Judge Johnson undecided on reply to demand over new grand jury
Circuit Judge Frank L Johnson said he was undecided whether to answer a 4 citizen law and order league demand for an explanation of why he plans to call a new grand jury rather than recall the old one. The league seeks clarity as to his competence after he recused himself in a recent investigation by the old grand jury.
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Jagkson
Rent
Deveury
Frank L. Johnson
Citizens Law and Order League
Citizens Organization
Madison County
Wes
W. W. Band
Brownsville
Johnson
League
Jehrson
Vote Forced On Wage Hour Bill In House
Washington December 2 The House broke a long deadlock as the 218th signer joined to force a mid December vote on the wage hour bill. Representative Mansfield in a wheelchair signed the petition as the final count reached 218 amid cheers. The session also heard a Republican demand for inquiry into alleged administration backers’ tactics to secure a vote. In the Senate Senator McNary urged returning the farm bill to committee for revision citing a Wallace letter and Roosevelt stance on voluntary control without coercion. The House moved to table the Fish inquiry resolution after a roll call vote of 281 to 9.
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Washington
House
Mansfield
D.tex
Representative Smith
D-W. V2
Representative Connery
D.-Mass
William P. Connery
Kennedy
Gambrill
Goldsborough
Maryland
Champion
Meeks
D.-Nl
Capitol
Congress
Representative Fish
R-N.y
Representative Dies
D-Tex
Representative Robertson
D-Va
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Norton
D.N.3
Labor Committee
Healey Jdmass
Labor Department
American Island Dictator Seeks Entertainment Fund
Captain Benjamin V. McCandlish, governor of Guam, reports to the Navy that his office holds full plenary power on Guan. He notes his naval pay should cover the expenses his job entails and suggests a funding allowance for entertainment and staff. Page twelve continuation.
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Charles E. Harner
New York
Gidgehood
Benjamin V. McCandlish
United States Navy
Guam
McCandlish
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific
McCandush
Guan Naval Station
Tsol
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