Congress May Adjourn Today If Bill Okayed
Washington December 21 The House recessed as Majority Leader Rayburn announced a possible adjournment if the housing bill passes by 3 p m The Senate Banking Committee reported the measure would create a large housing market and aid economic recovery The drive to finish the housing bill aimed to wind up the special session before holidays with votes likely before adjournment tomorrow
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Washington
House
Rayburn
Congress
Cernoge
Senate
Rankin
Senate Banking Committee
Snell
R-N.l
Rayourn
White House
Banking
Wagner
D-N.y
Barah R
Idaho
Sarkiey D.ky
Roosevelt
Weather notes for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Increasing cloudiness brings slightly warmer conditions to western and southern Tennessee tonight with a chance of light rain and warmer Wednesday. Virginia turns mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Kentucky shows partly cloudy skies with warmth in the west and central portions and possible light rain on Wednesday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Missing Julia Poyntz Case Joins International Mystery
Juliet Stuart Poyntz 61, once a Communist leader, has been missing seven months. Police have not been asked to search. Her attorney said she was last seen in June seeking control of her husband Dr Frederick Glaser’s estate, Glaser a German consular attaché who died in 1935. Nine years earlier she polled over 10,000 votes in New York as Communist candidate for attorney general.
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Julia Poyntz
New York
Donald L. Robinsons
Robinson
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
Frederick Glaser
Miss Poyntz
Julia Glaser
Central
Jap war machine conquest feared
New York December 21 The Japanese war machine has extended control over a large northeastern China region and may land troops at Canton soon, threatening the eastern Chinese empire. Hankow officials warn Britain, the United States, France, and the Netherlands face danger in the Far East, while Doorn hosts the ex-kaiser who touted divine-right theories, amid warnings of a Napoleonic program of conquest.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Prean Vorpizgn
New York
China
Hankow
Canton
Britain
Hongkong
England
Far East
America
France
Netherlands
Germany
Doorn
Holland
Harkow
Solomon
New York Digs Deeper Into Earth To Haul Its Millions
New York marks a step in its underground metropolis plan as millions will travel via rail, road, and foot through gleaming tunnel galleries far beneath Manhattan. The No 1 tube of the Lincoln tunnel under the Hudson links midtown Manhattan to Weehawken New Jersey at a cost of 85 million dollars with 15 lives lost during its three and a half year construction. Gov Lehman Gov Hoffman Mayor La Guardia and other notables planned to attend the dedication. tunnel traffic to begin tomorrow.
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Roger D. Greene
New York
Manhattan
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
Weehawken
N. J
Herbert H. Lehman
New Yorks
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Fiorello H. la Guardia
O. Henry
Charges Fraud Involved In Berry Lease Case
In Knoxville on December 21 the Tannespee Valley Authority's condemnation suit over marble and mineral leases of Senator George La Berry and associates in the Norris Dam reservoir ended. TVA officials expect to set lease value after January hearings. Dr A E Morgan testified there was intent to defraud the government. The commission will study evidence, inspect deposits, and decide damages sought by the Authority.
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Knoxville
Tannespee Valley Autoriey
George la Berry
Norris Dam
Len G Broughton
TWA
A. E. Morgan
Federal Agency
Federsl Commission
Morgan
H.A. Morgan
David FE. Cuhal
TVA
Berry
Csirman Morgan
Lilienthal
H. A. Morgen
Authority
Commission
Dr. Morgan
Heart
Ihhink
Naval Coalition Defense Favored Amid Eastern Tensions
Britain weighs a show of naval force to impress Japan as it warps for dominance in China. The plan envisions joint action with the United States and France in a far eastern parade to deter Japanese ambitions while unrest grows in the Mediterranean and Spain fights its civil war. France and Britain deepen defense ties, including air force cooperation, amid fears fascist powers rise.
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Associated Press
Great
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Oriental
Swatere
Mediterranean
Spain
Teruel
Madrid
Families of Ship Victims May Get Good Settlement
Washington December reports show that families of American sailors killed in the Panay attack may receive substantial settlements. State department records indicate widely varied compensations in similar cases, with arbitration and diplomatic negotiations commonly used to resolve claims.
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Washington
State Department
Chertes Ensminger
Edgar W. G. Hulsebus
C. H. Carlson
Telegraph Rates Increase Sought
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Co. announced plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission for a 15 percent rate hike. The move, the first since 30 years of operation outside wartime control, is intended to offset declining revenues from general business slack and higher operating costs. Railroads are also seeking higher rates to cover rising expenses.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Co
Postal Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Baby Edmund Wozniak dies amid baffling diarrheal outbreak
In Chicago at St Elizabeth's hospital the infant ward reports its fourteenth victim of a mysterious epidemic diarrhea. The baby, previously discharged home, returned with relapse. Bacteriologists inoculate 16 monkeys with serum from victims to study the illness.
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Chicago
Edmund Wozniak
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Chamberlain says Japan failed to seek peaceful settlement with China
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain telling Parliament that Japan never sought a peaceful settlement in the Sino Japanese conflict. He urged Japan to prove its intentions for foreigners and noted Britain's aim to settle world grievances without war. He warned that Brussels nine power talks offered no clear support for force.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Japan
China
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Brussels
Friends of Peace
Nine Destroyers Moved In Silence San Pedro
SAN PEDRO Calif Dec 21 AP The navy high command imposed a silence around the sudden transfer of nine destroyers from San Diego to the fleet at San Pedro. The move, tied to a holiday mobilization drill, followed a Hull note saying withdrawing ships now is not opportune. The ships Hopkins Williamson Childs Gilmer Barry Fox Brooks Goff Reuben James under Capt. H L Pence formed destroyer squadron 11.
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San Pedro
Calif
Navy High Command
San Diego
Eet
Ernest J. King
Arthur J. Hepburn
U. S
King
Saratoga
Lexington
Hull
Destroyer Squadron 11
Hopkins
Williamson
Childs
Gilmer
Barry
Fox
Brooks
Goff
Reuben James
H. L. Pence
City of Hamburg Heads to Cuxhaven After Collision
The City of Hamburg sailing from Bremen to Southampton headed for Cuxhaven under its own steam after colliding in the North Sea with an unidentified vessel. No injuries reported. The ship carried freight and one passenger, Miss Herta Peters of New York City.
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Hamburg
Germany
United States Lines
Cuxhaven
North Sea
Bremen
Southampton
Herta Peters
New York City
Slays Sister Held in Topsfield Mass Police Barracks
Oliver A. Meyer, 25, scion of a wealthy North Shore family, is held at Topsfield police barracks in a case involving the slaying of his 32 year old sister, a teacher at a fashionable private school, and the wounding of their 72 year old aunt. Meyer reportedly told officers, I would do it over again, as police investigate motive and circumstances.
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Topsfield
Mass
Oliver A.meyer
North Shore
Thayer
Q Central Presa
Four Labor Heads Deny Indictments in Cleveland Case
Four Cleveland labor leaders pleaded not guilty to grand jury indictments accusing them of extorting 2150 to keep construction work from delays on store remodeling projects. Bonds were set at 300,000 for Donald A. Campbell and 5,000 each for Joan E. McGee James F. McDonnell and Mose Donley. McGee questioned the high bond and attorney William Corrigan was granted time to consider plea changes after reviewing the indictments. no trial date was set.
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Cleveland
Isharers
James F. McDonnell
Campbell
Mose Donley
McGee
Stouffer Chead
William Corrigan
TVA witnesses push case ahead before holiday adjournment
In Chattanooga officials report that TVA and 18 utilities pressed to finish testimony before the three judge panel adjourns for Christmas. Judge Flysrence Allen announced reconvening dates and urged readiness with findings of fact. TVA hydraulic engineer Kimball testified the completed system would greatly reduce floods in Tennessee Ohio and Mississippi basins and lessen historic crests.
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Chattanooga
Dev
Tennessee Valley Authority
Authority
Flysrence Allen
Ginelmnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Snch
Joseph M. Kimball
Hydraulic
TVA
Flood“ Central Section
Kimball
Ohio
Mississippi
Chattalooga
Tragedy in Iowa: Four children shot two dead by mother
In Bremer County near Waverly, Bertha Watters, 35, used a shotgun in a dawn attack killing two children Eugene and Beverly and wounding Lavonne and Bernard, as she fired into nearby cabins and wounded none at the Weihe home. Sheriff Frank Sager said motive was unclear, noting she had “trouble” with the children and a neighbor. Husband Elias worked on a timber-clearing project near Lansing, Iowa.
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Waverly
Iowa
Frank Sager
Bertha Watters
Nin
Bremer
Elias
Sager
Watters
Lansing
Eugene
Beverly
Lavonne
Bernard
Louis Weihe
Sherif
Weihe
Bootlegging Ring Broken by Agents
Fifty-six persons were indicted by the federal grand jury on a vast bootlegging ring that deprived the government of at least 7.1 million in taxes over three years. The case names three city policemen and a former liquor tax inspector, with two killings attributed to the gang and officers. Seized were seventeen trucks and five stills, operating from New Jersey to New York and across Long Island, Amityville, and Haverstraw. Frank Giordano is named as a leader. the scheme reportedly produced over 600,000 gallons of bootleg grain alcohol yearly.
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New York
Der
Federal Grand Jury
Slcohol Tax Unit
United States
W. Malcolm Dickerson
Dickerson
New Jersey
Delawanna
Clifton
Manhattan
Amityville
Long Island
Haverstraw
N. C
Frank
Frankie the Bull
Giordano
Op Tage
Appointments to City Posts Made in Reward For Fight
The National Labor Relations Board asserted in court that T. A. Dodson, 85, received appointment as city attorney of Kingsport as a reward for his anti-union stance. Attorney Mahoney argued the board seeks to prove officials aided by Borden Mills to undermine TWOC and promote the pro‑association. The testimony focused on alleged favors to association leaders and unpaid legal work, with objections raised to the inference.
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National Labor Relations Board
T. A. Dodson
Kingsport
John T. Mahoney
C. P. Edwards, Jr
Mahoney
Dodson
Employes Association
TWOC
James G. Ewell
Edwards
Borden Mil, Inc
Clifford H. Sanders
Association
THWOC
Howard Poston
Association Offerals
Poston
State Labor Commission
Winfield Hale
John R. Todd
Claims Mill
Wwoc
Borden Mill, Inc
Only Two Days Left In Fill The Barrel Drive For Needy
Two days remain to donate for the Fill-the-Barrel drive aiding 10 Kingsport families before Christmas. Barrels will be delivered in three days, with Christmas Eve distribution planned. Donations yesterday show growing interest but more items are needed in the next 48 hours. Families need clothes bedclothes shoes cooking utensils food and other essentials. A local man donated gloves and his keys from his overcoat saying the item would help someone on the list.
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Kingsport
Times Office
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