Chinese Army Plans Rescue Mission for Chiang Kai-Shek
Dec 16 dispatch reports the executive yuan discussed a punitive expedition to rescue Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek or avenge him if dead, with Gen Ho Ying-Chin named commander in chief. Reports say troops move toward Shensi where Chiang is held, amid turmoil and martial law across China.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Stanking
Lianfu
Shensi
Chang Hsueh-Lieng
China
Chiang
Ho Ying-Chin
Military Affairs Commission
Tokyo
W. H. Donald
Chang
Yuan
State Council
Sianfu
Here
Domei
Changhat
Sebasi
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Nanhing
H. H. Kung
Marshal Chang
Weather summary for Kentucky and Tennessee regions
Cloudy conditions with warmer temperatures across Tennessee and Kentucky. Tonight expects mostly cloudy skies in northwest Tennessee, partly cloudy in Kentucky with cooler air in the far north. Thursday remains mostly cloudy with little temperature change and no precipitation reported yesterday.
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Theridsay
Im Northwest
Kentucky
Wight
Thurwlay
Warner
Portons
Edith Maxwell Slay Trial Nears Verdict in Wise County
In Wise Virginia Edith Maxwell a 22 year old school teacher stands trial for fatally wounding her 52 year old miner father Trigg Maxwell while he lay in bed as jurors prepared to hear final arguments. State Assistant Prosecutor Lewis McCormick argued self defense did not justify the blows. Judge Ezra T Carter explained homicide degrees and self defense criteria as jurors received final instructions before deliberations.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Pame
Lewis McCormick
Commonwealth
Wise County
Ezra T. Carter
Carter
Edith
McCormick
T. Carter
Trigg Maxwell
TVA Is Held Not FDR Plunges Into Federal Project
Cincinnati dispatch covers Sixth Circuit reversal of Pierce and Roach convictions for impersonating federal officers in selling TVA units. Court held TVA a separate entity from the federal government. retrials ordered with bail. Pierce, Roach argued no federal agency existed in TVA. charges centered on pretending to be government representatives. Includes Roosevelt inter American peace hopes and cabinet speculation.
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TVA
FDR
Project ‘Future
Cincinnati
Sixth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
J. E. Pierce
RE. H. Roach
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pierce
Huntaville
Ala
U. S. Good Roads Association
Alabama State Advisory Board
Circuit Court
U. S. District Court
Western District of
Tennessee
Pierce and Roach
United States
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Department
Roach
John D. Martin
Quality Burley tobacco crop boosts prices say experts
Washington December 16 experts in the agriculture department said a high quality Burley crop lifts prices while yield conservation and drought improve cultivation. They noted the carryover of stock and past control measures reducing production from 1933 highs to around 206 million pounds this year.
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Washington
Pr Exper
Frank ID Willhaimsen
le Bureau of Agricultural Economics
J.B. Hutson
AAA Adr Alsistrator
Burney
Auo
Jie
Huytsemn
Uhow
Wilkingon
Kentuchky Markets
Edward Angry Over Bishop's Radio Address
Edward of Windsor, staying at Baron Eugene De Rothschild's castle in Enzelsfeld Austria, reacts to a BBC broadcast in which the Archbishop of Canterbury scolds his circle. The exiled king may reply strongly, criticizing the archbishop and the living standards of his friends as alien to English values. Parliament debate possible. text of speech broadcast empire wide.
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Alvin
Steinkopf
Enzelfled
Austria
Edward of
Windsor
Canterbury
Baron Eugene de Rothschild
Edward
British Empire
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Church of England
London
4 Radio
Scott School Board Member Under Fire In Scott
Scott county supervisor charged Scott County School Board member R L Webb with overpayment disputes exceeding 1000 dollars for construction oversight on county school projects. County supervisors asked Commonwealth Attorney E Hagan Richmond to investigate and seek recovery of any excess payment. Webb denied the claims stating he was paid only four dollars daily with all time and expenses properly approved. He last worked July 1 when a state education board ruling barred further county school board employment on local projects.
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Times
Gate City
R. L. Webb
Scott County School Board
Scott County Board of Supervisors
E. Hagan Richmond
Webb
Tto
Hoyt P. Beatright
State Board of Education
Strike and peace conference items shape inter American agenda
A sweeping set of ten projects, including a plan for an inter American peace court and a system for consultation during war threats, was ready for final approval at the inter American peace conference in Buenos Aires. Observers expect ratification. key items include a US proposed resolution to push treaty approval and a western hemisphere peace maintenance convention.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
United States
Cordell Hull
Western Hemisphere
Americas
Montevideo
Pan-American Union
Pan-Americ
I Cap Union
Pan- American Union
Inter American Academy of International Law
the Hague
Netherlands
Sof
Virginia Unemployment Bill Wins Committee Approval
Richmond Va Dec 16 The administration unemployment insurance bill was reported favorably to both senate and house finance committees after a joint hearing. The house committee was unanimous while a senate member G Vaughan Republican of Galax dissented. Amendments adopted clarify responsibilities for contractors and subcontractors under eight workers and place primary liability on the original employer if total workers reach eight or more. The measure moved toward calendar action in both chambers.
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Richmond
Senate
House
G. Vaughan
Galax
Virginia State Federation of Labor
Bath Houses
Joint Finance Committee
Donald Burke
Communist Party
Virginia
Burke
W. O D. Andersen
Virginia Federation of Labor
Peery
Photographer’s flash cures Dayton couple’s coughing fit
Mrs Werry Duncan, 4, sought relief for five days of persistent coughing. A photographer took a portrait of her husband, fired a Nashlight bulb during the shot, and shortly after the episode the coughing subsided.
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Dayton
Werry Duncan
Arouth
Duncan
Duniein
Search continues for lost airliner in Wasatch wilds
Weather hampered today's rescue as planes, ground crews, and horseback searchers comb Alpine area between Salt Lake City and Provo for Western Air Express liner with seven aboard. Ground teams and BYU students assist in rugged terrain while officials request caution and persistence amid rain and fog.
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Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountain Wilds
Western Air Express Transport
Jty
Yamanece
Provo
Here
Alpine
Frank Jaatman
Western Gir
COC
Brigham Young University
Prova
Abpine
Freshmen See New York 1900 Life via Museum Exhibit
On Fifth Avenue a public exhibit by Columbia University freshmen shows how city life looked around 1900. A historical wagon, a caleche, and a tandem convey ancient transport scenes, with the Museum of the City of New York displaying artifacts from the era. Residents recall Madison Square Garden’s early days as they view the diorama of old Manhattan.
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New York
Upper Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Columbia University
Island of Manhattan
Museum of the City of
Diana
Sl Gandens
MRO
Tennessee legislators pick Haynes and Pope for leadership
Democratic caucuses nominated Walter M. Haynes for speaker and Byron Pope to preside over the Senate in the special session set to begin at noon. Other nominees include Nashville figures Cedric Hunt and Fount Smothers for clerks, with Mrs. Lillian Gamble and Jim McEwen also named for engrossing posts.
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Nashvill
Dee
House
Walter M
Pete) Haynes
Franklin
Byron Pope
Sequatchie
Cedric Hunt
Nashville
Senate
Fount Smothers
Lillian Gamble
Communpia
Gordon Browning
Craig
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5. C
U. S. S. Indianapolis
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Umes Reoosevelt
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Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union
Philadelphia
John B. Stetson Company
Flint
Mich
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J. I. Case Company
Ra~cine
Wis
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Uie Beth
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Pope
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