County Officials Weigh Tax Collections And Decentralization
Tennessee county court clerks meet to discuss tax collection issues from the latest legislature. Governor Gordon Browning urges decentralization with county courts handling more local legislation and criticizes overreliance on Nashville. He defends budget discipline and praises TVA for regional progress.
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Knosville
Det
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Nashville
Washington
Browning
Henry Burke
North Carolina
Nira
Weather outlook warmer in northeast areas tonight
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy to tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the northeast. Virginia sees cloudy skies and warmth with a chance of light sleet or rain in the north tonight. Kentucky remains mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in the north.
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Kentucky
Farm Policy for Year Studied by Farm Bureau Delegates
Delegates from 39 states and about 100 000 organized farmers debated the American Farm Bureau Federation policy goals for the coming year in Chicago. Top issue was farm bills pending in Congress with dissatisfaction over provisions on surplus commodities and farm security. Edward A. O’Neal appeared likely to be reelected president for a second term as a new board was to be chosen. The federation awarded its distinguished service award to Dr Harcourt A Morgan and Dr Cedil W Greel for leadership in agricultural education.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federration
Federation
Congress
House
Senate
Edwards A. O'Neal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cedil W. Greel
University of Nevada
Students Hear Bund Leader Vote No to Nazi Rule
Schweden College students heard Fritz Kuhn, head of the Bund, argue for National Socialist philosophy but voted 294 to 22 against Nazi government. The club ballots asked if they favored the Nazi form of government in Germany.
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Bund
Schenectady
N.Y
Cavin College
Phund
Fritz Kuhn
Germany
Kuan
International Relations Club
Dixon Ryan Fox
Hind
Hitler
Union Charges Straw Bosses Hindered TWOC
Testimony at a labor board hearing accuses Borden Mill Inc of supervisors pressuring workers to join the TWOC and of using a company union as a substitute. CIO alleges Wagner Act violations and seeks certification disputes as 973 TWOC cards are discussed. The session before Examiner James G. Ewell continues.
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Labor Board
Borden Mill, Inc
TWOC
Togay
James G. Ewell
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Borden Mill
Good Old Company
South Carolina
TWDOC
Dbsaminer Ewill
Examiner
The
Times
D. Puckett
Puckett
GOP Select Group Nearing 200 Mark
National committee officials said a policy committee of roughly 130 men and 60 women would form part of a larger Republican Party group aimed at reflecting diverse interests. About 35 percent of 170 candidates from eight classifications are likely to be chosen, with sectors including agriculture industry labor education and media represented.
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ST. Louis
Der
Hamilton Concerp
John D. M. Hamilton
National Committee
Denver
Salt Lake City
Hare
Hamilton
TVA seeks to reveal Berry associates in Norris Dam case
Knoxville December 15. TVA counsel filed a record note showing engineer Fred Manley linked to Senator Berry interests seeking marble leases in 1932. TVA moves to condemn leases as part of damages fight over Norris dam reservoir flooding. Manley testified about land above water and the 1934 waterline markers. Leslie Morris for Berry aims to wrap up by noon.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam
TVA
Congress
Fred Manley
George L. Berry
W. H. Ford
Loyston
Tenn
Norris Lake
Ford
Cam
Manley
Alvin Ziegler
Leslie Morris
TVA flood control defense before federal court in Tennessee
An expert witness for the Tennessee Valley Authority testified in a three judge federal court that the TVA flood control system remains inadequately protective. Utility companies counter that flood control and navigation are secondary to power production, citing the Ohio and tributaries' role in great floods.
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Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Authority Opencil
TVA Power Program
TVA
George R. Clemens
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River Commission
Cairo
Ill
Ohio
Lewis H. Watkins
U. S. Army
Yester
Thayer Slays Sister Wounds Aunt in Massachusetts
In Topsfield Massachusetts Huseky Oliver Alden Thayer 24 charged with murdering his sister Katherine 32 and critically wounding his aunt Miss Alice R Thayer 27 as she sat at home. He reportedly told police he would do it again to stop perceived family trouble. The aunt remained in very poor condition while doctors fought to save her life. The sister died at the scene. Thayer was taken to a barracks after the incident. He had recently worked for a Cambridge weekly and studied journalism at Boston University. The report also notes unrelated facts about the slain girl and local education.
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Topsfield
Mass
Huseky
Oliver Alden Thayer
Oliver T. Thayer
Katherine
Alice RF. Thayer
Arthur T. O'Leary
Thayer
O'Leary
Cambridge
Lowell Penxtile Institute
Boston University
Smithy College
Simmons College
Last Minute News Flashes From The Front
Reports from Nanking say 27 foreigners, including 18 Americans, were safe after the Japanese stormed and captured the Chinese capital. In Iowa police report mass picketing at Ford plant with 150 demonstrators taken to patrol cars. A Mobile man says three men kidnapped him near Thomasville before robbing and tying him to a tree. Tennessee sells a 3.599 million bond issue at the lowest average rate in state history.
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Walle
Nanking
Hansas City
Imansas City
Ford Assembly Planc
Mobile
Ala
Warren Burch
L. G. Fierson
Pensacola
Fla
Thomasville
Nashville
Tennessee
Grover Keeton
WAGE AND HOUR BILL FACES BATTLE IN CONGRESS
In Washington on December 15, militant House blocs pressed to block the administration wage hour bill while leaders sought to push it to passage. Norton offered a reprint with amendments, backed by Democrats, amid a push for flexible standards and local economic factors. The debate drew support and opposition across regions as the Senate wrestled with crop issues.
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Norton
D-Nj
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Justice Deparment
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New York
Congress
Rep
Sirovich
Casey
D-Mass
Senate
Hex Slayer Seeks Parole After Prime Art Rise
John Curry, serving a life term for a 1928 hex murder, petitions Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons for parole to pursue art. Convicted at 14, he was later reclassified to a 10 to 20 year term after life sentence reduction, amid a case that spurred an investigation into rural hex legends in central Pennsylvania.
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John Curry
York County
Board of Pardons
Eastern State Penitentiary
John
Curry
Prion
Pennsylvania
Hartburg
Philadelphia
John H. Blymyer
Wiltort G. Hexs
Nelson D. Rehmeyer
Rehmeyer
Cucry
Biymyer
Hess
Panay Sinking Eyewitness Details Reach Shanghai
Jim Marshall Collier's magazine eastern correspondent and Panay survivor says the gunboat opened fire as bombs dropped and kept guns blazing until sinking. He describes bombs around the Panay, crew exits, his shrapnel wound, and arrival in Shanghai with other survivors amid diplomatic debates over U S rights in China.
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Shanghai
Jim Marshall
Collier's Magazine
Far Eastern
Panay
Marshall
Wubu
Yangtse
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
U. S
F. Haydert Vines
Roanoke
British American Tobacco Company
John L. Hodges
Panayi
O'Donnell
Oahu
Augusta
Hohsien
Yanztse
Sity
Wuhu
American Missionary Hospital
Colin MacDonald
Lan
Former Governor Donaghey Dies at 81 in Arkansas
George Washington Donaghey, former governor of Arkansas, died of heart disease and complications at 81 in Little Rock. He suffered a heart attack Monday night and never recovered. He directed the capital-commission program, oversaw the completion of the state capitol in 1917, and later devoted himself to philanthropy and private business. He was born July 1, 1856 in Oakland Louisiana, the eldest son of Elizabeth Ingram Donaghey and Christopher Columbus Donaghey.
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Little Rock
George Washington Donaghey
A. C. Snip
Blonday
State House
Donaghey
Oakland
Elizabeth Ingram Donaghey
Shelby County
Tenn
Christopher Columbus Donaghey
Marion
Ala
Texas
Reunion of White House suffrage prisoners marks push for equal rights
In Washington delegates of the National Woman's Party meet for a reunion to press passage of an equal rights amendment. Former jailed activists wear prison pins and recount hunger strikes and solitary confinement experiences in a wartime campaign for women's right to vote. Betty Cram Swing of New York leads a jail experience symposium detailing a seven by seven cement cell and three days without food. Other participants include Amelia Hines Walker of Baltimore Elsie Hill of Washington and Mrs Plarence Bayard Hiles of near Wilmington Del.
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Washington
White House
National Woman's Party
Betty Cram Swing
New York
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