Shape plans to replace dead act from school board
The board votes to push a $300000 building program including four new elementary schools and a junior high conversion. Plans call a modern 26-room elementary on Bristol highway near Kingsport CC site, and a 24-classroom junior high with add-ons to relieve Dobyns Bennett crowding. Council to decide bond vote tonight. The water extension to Hillcrest also on agenda. A large crowd expected. Franz Skes executed in Berlin for betrayal of military secrets.
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Boar
Bristol Highway
Kingsport Country Club
Lincoln School
Dobyns-Bennett High
A. D. Brockman
5. C. Minnich
W. L. Holyoke
Glenn Bruce
A.D. Brockman
S. C. Minnich
J. W. Dobyns
J. ¥. Hodge
Frank Wright
Hillcrest
Oscar King
Specialist Slain Sparks Chicago Investigation
Police probe into the beating death of Dr. Silber C. Peacock a specialist in children's diseases. Detectives scoured for a mysterious woman believed to have summoned him by telephone after his body was found in an automobile with few clues available.
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Silber C. Peacock
Chicago
Weather in Tennessee Turns Colder With Mixed Skies
Weather notes show colder conditions on Tuesday with some rain and possible snow flurries in extreme west portions. Expect mostly cloudy to partly sunny conditions in central regions and a brief shower chance on Tuesday night. Readings taken at 6:60 p.m. daily reflecting prior 24 hours.
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Aggu
Biehes
Hauptmann Suroes Mother All Will Be Well
Bruno Richard Hauptmann writes his 70 year old mother from Trenton prison stating a clear conscience and belief all will go well. He says he is not a broken man and asks for prayers as the time of his execution nears. He cites inner voices and a factory built lie as forces against him.
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Kamenz
Germany
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Pauline Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
High Court
Morgan Talks Senate Probes Causes of War
Morgan told a Senate investigating committee that German acts, not international finance, pushed the United States into World War I. He and Thomas W. Lamont defended Morgan banking interests as senators pressed for curbs on dealings with warring nations. Morgan said the U S entered the war because Germany made continued insults and injuries that made restraint impossible.
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Washington
Po Morgan
Senate
United States
Morgan
Clark
Missouri
Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
United States of America
Germany
Ward
Power Co Faces Revision of Price
Memphis Power and Light faces a city demand to outline a definite proposal for TVA power distribution or setting a price for its distribution system. The city offers a $29 million bond to purchase or build its own system and has set a Jan 15 deadline. Chairman Thomas H. Allen asked president W. J. O'Brien for a formal proposal as the city contemplates buying the existing system or continuing under a TVA contract.
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Memphis
Memphis Power & Light Co
TVA
Thomas H. Allen
City Light and Water Commission
W. J. O’brien
Allen
O'Brien
First appropriation measure presented to lower house
The house heard the first appropriation bill with the Appropriations Committee backing a total slightly lower than the present fiscal year and about 47.6 million under the approved budget. The committee allowed use of balanced former appropriations to boost three programs, notably adding 2 million for Veterans Administration administrative expenses and reappropriating 2.6 million for the veterans agency.
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Washington
Denn
Chain
Woodvan
Wiskrmanth
Appron
Veterans Administration
Veterans Agency
Italians Attack Roosevelt Neutrality Plan in Press
The Italian fascist press, including Popolo d Italia and Il Popolo di Roma, condemn Roosevelt neutrality proposals as flawed. British embargo talks circulate in diplomatic circles, while Ethiopian forces celebrate Christmas amid rains on the northern front near Addis Ababa led by Crown Prince Asfa Wasan representing Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Associated Press
United States
Roosevelt
Italy
Mussolini
American Congress
Popolo d'Italia
Milan
Il Popolo di Roma
la Tribuna
Ik Popolo di Roma
Faris
St. Gabriels
Addis Ababa
Asfa Wasan
Haile Selassie
Tennessee Views Split Over AAA Demise
Nashville reports a split Tennessee stance after the U S Supreme Court struck down the AAA program. Gov McAlister and others faulted the tax system while farmers and manufacturers weigh the impact on living costs, crops, and industry. Continued on page eight.
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Nashville
U. S. Supreme Court
McAlister
Gus Dyer
Wanderht
E. Brehm
AAA
Congress
Charles C. Gilbert
Tennessee Manufacturers Association
Archer
O. BE. van Cleave
Organized Agriculture
G. S. Rader
The
Standard Kniting Mills
Knoxville
B. Kirk Rankin
Southern Agriculturist
Caffey Robertson
Momphin Vatten Exchange
Vorrei
Sod
Baseball Owner Charles Stoneham Dies in Hot Springs
Charles A. Stoneham 59, longtime president and major stockholder of the New York Giants, died in Hot Springs Arkansas after a long illness. He had arrived in December seeking relief but never recovered, unconscious for more than 86 hours. Accompanied by his son Horace, associate Ernie Vithers, and a attendant Andrew Jackson, his body will be sent to New York for funeral arrangements.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jan
Charles A. Stoneham
New York Giants
National Baseball League
W. M. Blackshare
Bright
Stoneham
Horace
Ernie Vithers
Andrew Jackson
New York
Irregular Market Reaction After AAA Invalidation
New York traders faced a highly irregular session as Monday's shock reverberated after the Supreme Court's invalidation of the AAA. Stocks swung with small losses and brief rebounds while commodities slipped. cotton futures weakened and later traded unevenly. Traders priced in potential impact on relief programs and cotton prices amid uncertain policy outlook.
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New York
AAA
Supreme Court
Liverpool
High Court
Veterans Bonus Bill Clears House Panel For Quick Passage
The veteran bonus bill backed by major veterans groups moves to the House floor after the Ways and Means Committee approved cash payments to 3,000,000 World War veterans. Immediate outlay is said to be $1,000,000 though opponents warn it could be higher. Representatives Vinson Patman Moe Carmick push for quick action with Speaker Burns ready to cooperate. The plan faces funding questions and party line voting.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Ways and Means
Vinson
D-Ky
Patman
D-Tex
MoeCarmick
D-Mass
Burns
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Treadway
R-Mass
Iines
Postal receipts jump in Kingsport reports 1935 rise
Howard Long, local postmaster, reports Kingsport postal receipts for 1935 rose to about 14,988.59, a three percent gain over 1934. The city leads East Tennessee in increases with strong business indicators, including a $10,768.57 year over year rise for a December to December period.
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Kingsport
Howard Long
Felstos
Tennessee
Elizabethta
Istel
Johnson City
New Deal Faces Debate Over NRA and AAA Status
Washington dispatch reports mixed signals as New Deal supporters push for broader federal power while debate grows over whether to amend the constitution to restore the NRA and AAA. Democrats in Congress weigh action as regional leaders discuss farm relief and industry regulation amid presidential campaign expectations.
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Fhward
Harry
Associated Press Star
Washington
Jan
AAA
WRA
Congress
eAce
Fedleri
Yey
Troostil
Quel Reer Jender
NRA
Casligar
D-Core
Inti Aan
Sethackh
Uhalihe
Farming
R. L. Cocy
Nebraska
Republic
Government keep contracts for farm leaders shift in grain policy
Farm leaders urged restoration of grain flow and new deal alignment after the Supreme Court blocked AAA machinery funding. Secretary Wallace called a conference for January 10 to 21 to discuss replacing the smashed AAA framework and shaping renewed support for agricultural programs amid court rulings.
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Washington
New Deal
Wallace
Supreme Court
Mousneg
Luc Sacaee
Coule Try
Washingtoy
Hoosac Mills
Chester C. Davis
AAA
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grants
National Cooperative Council
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
American Agricultural Editors’ Association
National Agricultural
Pew
Roosevelt
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Snell
Buchanan
Demarat
House
White House
Snel
Jonas
Nate Fiona
Lo Enna
Girl Tells Bitter Story of Abuses in San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt, a 71 year old heiress with a $10 million trust, accuses her mother Mrs. McCarter Hewitt Me. Carter and two surgeons of sterilizing her in 1934 under the claim she was feeble minded. She says she was neglected kept locked up and denied friends as she seeks $500,000 in a damage suit and an accounting from her mother.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Haryon Hewitt Me. Carter
Miss Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
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Dead Act
Berlin
Franz Skes
Dr. Silber C. Peacock
Nye
Senate Group
FDR
Edwin Grant Conklin
Princeton University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
St. Louis
Conklin
Karl T. Comnton
Solons
House, Ways & Means Committee
Postmaster Long
Council OF War
Nathan Tome
Associated Proms
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