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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1938
Page
1
Sullivan county court meets in Blountville for three major items. TVA committee favors extending power lines for rural electrification. A four story jail plan aims to house 150 prisoners with a $100000 appropriation. A tax assessor may be added to complete property assessments.
Sullivan County Democratic Association members convene at the Blountville courthouse tomorrow at 1 p m to elect officers for two years led by Wm H Cox as chairman Fannie St John Thomas as vice chair and J R Mottern as secretary The biennial convention aims for harmony with nominations for sheriff county trustee and highway commissioner to be announced ahead of the April primary
Worldwide arms buildup roars into 1937 with an estimated 30 000 warplanes ready. US and Japan expand civil military programs as Soviet air force looms, while Kingsport welcomes 1937 into history with the first baby born there in 1938 and a nationwide routine holiday scene.
Tennessee fair on Sunday and Monday with colder Sunday night. Kentucky fair and colder Sunday into Monday. Virginia generally fair Sunday and Monday with rain in extreme southeast Sunday morning and colder conditions Sunday and Monday in the south.
At least 195 persons die in the United States as 1938 ends. Traffic crashes account for 154 fatalities across 35 states, with other deaths from shooting, burning, drowning, exposure, and suicides. New York reports 23 deaths including 14 in traffic accidents.
Harry Fred Howell 23, elected mayor of the central west town, leads the move to a higher site three miles from the Ohio river. Howell chairs the county housing committee and secured an appropriation to relocate the town after the January flood.
Paris reports France has halted export licenses for military supplies to Romania and Yugoslavia until further notice. Edouard Daladier led cabinet approval amid concerns over pro Nazi leanings of Romania's Octavian Goga and Yugoslavia's Milan Soyadnovich ties to Italy. Adrien Thierry was instructed to seek policy clarification from Bucharest.
The National Labor Relations Board hearing on charges against Borden Mill Inc resumed at 9 a m Monday before Trial Examiner James G Ewell at City Hall. The TWOC CIO claims Wagner Act violations through company domination of a union and coercion of employees to discourage TWOC membership.
Japanese columns move south toward Yenchow to cut Chinese escape routes around Taishan and Taian. They report capture of Pingyin and Feicheng west of the Tientsin Pukow line. Air raids in Taishan area kill or wound hundreds. Shanghai imposes arms search and terrorism penalties. Tsingtao quiet as American consul notes safe Americans and intact property despite earlier chaos.
The census reports 7,822,912 unemployed based on voluntary registrations from November 16–20, 1937 and a house to house survey suggesting the total may reach 10,870,000. Administrator John D. Biggers notes many factors affect job availability and family labor participation.
Insurgents claim control of Teruel after a fierce 200 000 man battle described as decisive. Government forces retreat south in confusion, while Madrid reports conflicting entry attempts and heavy losses on both sides. Foreign correspondents report on the advance.
A Hawkins County mother, deserted by her husband, offers two of her three boys for placement in the Children’s Church Home to ensure they have shelter while she works as a Kingsport hotel maid. She hopes to reclaim them when possible as her oldest son plans to return from Springfield Alabama to help. The mother earns seven dollars weekly and must pay board, leaving little for family support.
Washington begins a new congressional session amid the ongoing court bill dispute. Primaries start with Illinois on April 12 and May 3, with Indiana voters deciding in August as Frederick Van Nuys faces possible consequences for bolting Presidential leadership.
Interstate Commerce Commission will resume Wednesday hearings on a West Virginia Virginia and eastern Kentucky coal rate complaint to Hampton Roads ports for trans shipment. The filing alleges unreasonableness and violation of the Interstate Commerce Act with rates from Pocahontas New River Winding Gulf Greenbrier districts at 2.52 per gross ton and others at 2.62 2.72 plus a five cent dumping charge. The action claims shippers are hampered and prejudiced in meeting requirements.
President Roosevelt prepares to deliver an annual message to Congress likely detailing tax relief budget balancing and stronger anti trust measures. He met Speaker Bankhead at a luncheon where arrangements were made for a Monday delivery.
The 78th Congress opening message will be heard worldwide in 19 broadcasts across seven languages. Linguists arranged a global hook up for noon Washington time sending the speech over major networks and short wave to Europe, Central and South America, and beyond.
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