Inaugural Plans for New Governor Under Way in Nashville
Nashville reporters note the committee to arrange Gordon Browning’s inauguration next Friday was appointed by the legislative speakers. Senators Fletcher Morgan Alan Maxwell J. Graves Elmer Vies and Representatives J. E. O’Dell Jr William Tucker J. G. Crumbliss James Bass and Harry Phillips Wilson named to the panel Browning returned from Huntingdon where he will deliver a short inaugural address. A bill favoring counties voting on beer is described as having favorable reception from the state. A joint resolution calls for two conventions to elect secretary of state comptroller and treasurer with investigations into offices announced. The scene shifts to a gasoline tax fraud probe gaining legislative backing through a proposed special house committee.
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Fletcher Morgan
Hamilton
Alan Maxwell
Shelby
J. Graves
Knox
Elmer Vies
Davidson
J. E. O'Dell, Jr
Sullivan
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Lauderdale
J. G. Crumbliss
Roane
James Bass
Harry Phillips Wilson
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Huntingdon
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John Iper
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Joe Gordon Gibson
Wayne Parkey
Byron Pope
Wesley Harvell
Hughton Akin
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Gerald Stratton
Fletcher Mor
Gan
Ropert de Lindsay
Anderson
S. H. Justice M Morgan
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Hardeman
Gordon
Gibson
Jeff D. Fults
Grundy
W. W. Craig
Lauderdain
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Gerson Browning
Pat H. Thach
Alan Marx
Knoxville
Mer Fobion
J. C. Jac Browning
Phach Wuel Aks
Mra
Kale Stockton
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Wife Abduction Report Sparks Newark Police Search
Police launched a wide search for Mrs. Wesley Wheeler of Newark Ohio an inn worker reported abducted by a man who was crazy about her The husband Wesley Wheeler 24 said she was forced into an automobile by an admirer Arthur Spence 82 Central Press
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Arthur Spence
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Belgium issues sharp eight hour ultimatum over diplomat death
Belgium demands Spain deliver the body of Baron Borchgrave, an embassy secretary slain in Madrid, with military honors, apologize, and pay indemnity or face severed relations and Hague Court action. The incident provokes widespread outrage as details emerge of Belgian volunteers and front lines near the border amid insurgent shelling in Tort Bou and Culera.
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France
Wisconsin students protest ouster of President Frank
Police moved to eject demonstrators who packed LaFollette’s office after a campus march. About 250 students toured the campus and pressed for Frank’s reinstatement, blasting the governor and urging action to keep the popular president from leaving the University of Wisconsin.
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Madison
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University of Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
Philip F. LaFollette
Frank
Basma Hall
Law
Turbulent Rivers Scanned In South
The Associated Press reports heavy rain eased flood fears in the Deep South as patrols guarded levees in Fanokt County Mississippi near the Tallahatchee crest. Volunteers reinforced a weakened levee section near Batesville to prevent collapse while tributaries fell on the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers.
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Fanokt County
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Batesville
Alabama
Tombigbee
Ste Las
Ratification of Child Labor Amendment Sought by F D R
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt urges ratification of a proposed child labor amendment. Governors, legislators, and experts discuss the plan to curb long hours for youths and set federal standards, amid debate over states rights and enforcement.
Mayors Fight at Daytona Beach Ends In Legal Tug Of War
Harry Wilcox awaits developments in the Daytona Beach mayoralty crisis after Gov. David Shultz appointed him to replace Irene Armstrong. Armstrong refused to quit and called out armed police while a court injunction kept her in office as 200 national guardsmen were mobilized to enforce changes.
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Harry Wilcox
Daytona Beach
Fla
Wilcox
David Shultz
Irene Armstrong
Strikes Rise Across Auto Industry Fed Mediation Follows
General Motors and Cadillac plants face sit-down actions as 5900 workers at Cadillac Motor Car Company join a walkout. Confederations of G M officials, U A W A members and federal mediators met through the night in Detroit to speed negotiations aimed at easing mounting tensions. Police used fear tactics during a 500-strong Flint protest, where two union members were held after earlier disorders at the Chevrolet plant. 650 workers idle at Walker Ajax in Ravine Wisconsin. Briggs Body and Murray Body supply Ford and lines. A federal probe demanded into ship operations and a separate Duluth lumberjack action drew 3000 supporters. Naval and shipping crews reached tentative accord amid broader coastwise strike activity.
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N. J
Aonthor
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Cadillar Motor Car Company
Avore Theo Pariit
Chirk
Union
Investigators Claim Big Gain in Gas Tax Funds
Special investigators reported to Governor McAlister that $50,6861 was collected and civil suits began to recover about $1,000,000 more. Gas tax receipts rose $2,105,434 during the inquiry, about $1,500,000 of which was attributed to the investigation. Over 20 people were indicted and two dealers convicted. changes in finance procedures followed.
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McAlister
Bart
Norman Farrell
L. Buchanan Loser
Jack Norman
T. Coleman Andrews
Finance and Taxation Department
State Supreme Court
Finance Department
Fort
Dancey Fort
Finance and Taxation
Federal Officers Renew Activities In Kidnapping Case
Four automobile loads of federal agents fled a Tacoma garage early today after a long lull in the Charles Mattson kidnapping. Rumors of payment for release and possible movement of the captive circulated as investigators pressed a dusk to dawn search around American Lake.
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American Lake
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Iglender Charles
Roosevelt seeks 43 million for TVA operations year ahead
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 43 million dollars for Tennessee Valley Authority operations next fiscal year. The plan includes potential extra 5.5 million via future appropriations bringing total to 48.5 million. TVA has built six dams and transmission lines, with ongoing major projects at Guntersville and Chickamauga.
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TWA
Norris
Wheeler
Pickwick Landing
Guntersville
Chickamrauges
Hiwassee
Tennessee Valley
Guntersville Dam
Alabama
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Halfeway Point
Tennessee
Girl Found After Night Search. Baby Unharmed Despite Wound
Dayton police reported 12 year old Barbara Ruth Fable was found unharmed after an all night search near McCookfield wartime base. A man in a dark overcoat carried her briefly before she cried out investigators noted. Beale County bees and other items appear in the same column with unrelated notes.
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Barbara Ruth Fable
McCookfield
Grace McDonald
C. A. Richeson
Miss McDonald
Oakland
Calif
Elise Randall
Almeda County Hospital
Randell
Bodie Wallman
Amelia Pohnhans
Ray Randall
Hahnhaus
Deniex
Randall
A. J. Randall
Alameda
Clarence de Puy
de Puy
Hohnhaus
Jeunne
Indiaapolis
Randal
Death clock nears for 20 New York prisoners
Ossining New York January description says twenty men under death sentence remained in Sing Sing’s death house as electric chair looms. Two young subway holdup victims died last night. Nine condemned will die within two weeks. four next Thursday and a week later unless clemency acts.
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Ossining
N.Y
Sing Sing
Theodore Didonne
Cmd
Joseph Botognin
Edwin Esposito
Trasi Company
Roosevelt Budget Seeks Balance As Relief Costs Rise
President Roosevelt sent a multi billion dollar 1938 budget to Congress forecasting a balanced year if relief demands stay within 1.5 billion. He urged employers to create jobs for those on government aid, noting no new taxes and promising debt reduction and continued works relief through June 30. Expenditures for 1938 total about 7.694 billion, with receipts seen at 7.298 billion and a potential balanced finish if conditions improve.
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