Sheriff First To Hear in Dynamiting Case
Elizabethton Jan 11 Hearings for 17 arrested in the Hampton dynamite death were scheduled with sheriff W L Walling facing arraignment for alleged accessory after the fact. Six others were arrested last night and remain jailed unable to post bonds as the case unfolds.
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the Times
Elizabethton
Hampton
W. L. Walling
Eledtsoe County
Walling
Frank Eden
R. A. Allison
Carter
Mack Tollett
Crave
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Harmon Gouge
J. M. Moreland
Bampton
Biibethton
Ashevill
Pauline Gouge
Johnson City
Shoun Hospital
Gouge
Fletcher
Edens
Allison
Moreland
Mae Tallett
Arshold Tallett
Orie “Cotten
Lawson
Knoxville
Carter County
Luson
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Kentucky Disturbed by Rain
Cloudy with night rain likely tonight and Wednesday. warmer in east and central areas, turning colder Wednesday afternoon and night. Virginia expects intermittent rain south, with snow or rain in the north and warmer conditions by Wednesday. Kentucky sees rain tonight and Wednesday with possible flurries in east and central portions, followed by colder conditions midweek.
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Rady
Warlier
Messee
Virginia
Kentucky
Shay
TVA Defense Tactics Rounded Out in Tennessee Suit
TVA defense against 18 private utilities continued as counsel prepared to call its last witness after an 11 day Christmas recess. Judge Florence Allen indicated a decision may come from Cincinnati based court and the ruling allowed questioning of Norris dam power generation to proceed. Narr testified that 83.45 percent of TVA power was bought by Commonwealth and Southern during 1926.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Florence Allen
Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court, of Appeals
TVA
the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation Group
Norris Dam
Norris
John Lore O'Brien
Charles Lee Karr
Wilson Dam
Karr
Ashwanider
Narr
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Declaration of China War Could Trigger Embargo
Washington observers say a Japanese declaration of war on China could force President Roosevelt to invoke the neutrality act embargo. Officials note the act bans war supplies shipments to belligerents and debate whether such move would aid Japan, given its munition facilities.
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Washington
Japan
China
State Department
Roosevelt
House
Ludlow
Byrnes Blasts Negro Control of Democratic Party
Senator Byrnes charges in a filibuster that negro influence has taken over the Democratic South and warns it could split the party. He pins the anti lynching bill on Walter White of the NAACP and says passage would fuel race hatred in the region. He recounts courtroom bias and claims whites are given harsher treatment in southern juries. Continued on page eight.
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Washington
gPi
Byrnes
D-S.c
Democratic Party
North
Walter White
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brynes
Senate
High
Congress
Ujesce
South
South Carolina
Roosevelt Calls Industrial Heads To White House Meet
President Roosevelt invited five industrial chiefs to a White House conference to discuss the business recession. Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors Ernest P. Weir of National Steel Lewis M. Manville president M. W. Clement of Pennsylvania Railroad Colby Chester head of General Foods were summoned for the five oclock meeting amid calls for business government and labor cooperation to combat the slump.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
White House
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Ernest BP. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Lewis Brown
Johns Manvyille
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Colby Chester
General Foods Corporation
Congress
Farmers press for increased federal rural relief loans
Secretary Wallace told the Senate unemployment committee that pleas for federal aid from farmers, especially in the Great Plains, have risen steadily since July. He cited average subsistence grants around $20 per month per family and said 108,909 rural families received direct grants in December, with more to come before the next harvest season. He listed four factors driving demand for rural relief and rehabilitation loans across Montana to Nebraska.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate Unemployment Committee
Great Plains
Montana
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Agriculture Secretary
Browning Admits McCormack Was Valued Employee
Nashville January 11 James H McCormack says Governor Browning told him he was a competent cabinet member and that he had never acted unfairly to the administration He was discharged as insurance commissioner last week and replaced by John Britton Knoxville with Marshall Priest Huntingdon sworn in as comptroller McCormack says he remains aligned with E H Crump and the Shelby organization for honest service to Tennessee.
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Nashville
James H. McCormack
Browning
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Shelby County
John Britton
Knoxville
Marshall Priest
Huntingdon
Britton
Crump
McCormack
Shelby
Bank report says business is better
New York January 11 James H Perkins chairman of the National City Bank of New York and City Bank Farmers Trust Co warns that recovery requires solving inventory, taxation, wage, and savings flow problems yet sees improvement. He appeals for cooperation of capital and labor and reform of undistributed earnings and capital gains taxes to sustain growth and lower costs.
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New York
James H. Perkins
National City Bank of New York
City Bank Farmers Trust Co
Perkins
Japan Signals Next Move as Warfronts Quiet in China
Shanghai dispatch says a Japanese army spokesman declared forces are prepared for the next operation if necessary while an imperial conference in Tokyo weighs China policy. Reports note heavy troop movements to the coast, bombardments near Hankow, and efforts to trap Chinese troops around Hangkow.
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Hirshite
Tokyo
Japan
China
Hankew
Shantung Province
Isingtao
Lunghai
Boca Tigris
Canton
Sampanchow Island
South China
Honskong
Canter
Hankow
Shanghai
Hangckow
Hoffmans unfinished claim persists after Hauptmann case
Trenton New Jersey January 21. Governor Harold G Hoffman says his side of the Hauptmann case has not been fully told though $25 000 reward money was distributed among 106 participants. Walter Lyle of Elizabeth received 7500 dollars for identifying a ransom note. John J Lyons, William R Strong and William F Cody also shared rewards for assisting in the case.
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Trenton
WN. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
J. Lyle
Hauptmann
Bronx
Lyle
John J. Lyons
William R. Strong
William F. Cody
Jelles
New York
Last Minute News Flashes Sold Wife s Love
William Austin, 27, was accused today of attempting to sell the love of his divorced wife for 200 to Albert Sassler, a 36 year old grocer, in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
William Austin
Albert, Sassler
Snow Blocks Removal Of Airliner Crash Victims
AP reports the Northwest Airlines crash on a Montana peak adds to a rising toll of major US air disasters since 1936. The piece lists notable losses including 26 fatalities in 1937 Utah crash and multiple 1936 incidents near Salt Lake City and Saugus California.
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Denver
Northwest Airlines
Montana
United States
Dave
United Air Lines
Uinta Mountains
Utah
Knight
Wyo
Goodwin
Ark
Uniontown
Sirdiner
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Salt Lake City
Saugus
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Mayor denials cloud appointment amid labor board hearing
Mayor Holyoke testified that City Attorney Dodson was appointed by City Manager Cloud and not at his instigation. He stated he did not request Dodson to speak against unions and learned of Dodson’s appointment only from a newspaper notice. He also described casual familiarity with Juvenile Judge Sanders at the time of his appointment.
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W. L. Holyoke
Borden Mill
National Labor Relations Board
T. A. Dodson
F. L. ‘Cloud
Dodson
Mill
TWOC
Borden Mill Employes Association
Holyoke
Clifford E. Sanders
Board
Sanders
Tipton
Memphis Pastor Believed Dead After River Jump
The Rev. William D. Bratton pastor of Grace Episcopal Church is believed to have leapt into the Mississippi River and died. Rivermen search for his body as church vestry votes a $50 reward for recovery. Police report four witnesses saw a car driver, identified as Bratton, dive over a Harahan bridge railing.
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Memphis
William D. Bratton
Grace Episcopal Church
Brat- Low
Harahan Bridge
Clisson
Bratton
West Tennessee
Frank Fay Faces Court Over Safety Of Stanwyck Son
Affidavits claim Frank Fay subject to mental eccentricities making him an unsafe companion for their five year old adopted son Dion Anthony. Miss Stanwyck seeks a psychiatrist exam while Fay resists. affidavits cite erratic behavior, court prayers, profanity, past sanitariums and a knife incident.
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Los Angeles
Frank Fay
Barbara Stanwyck
Miss Stanwycks
Fay
Dion Anthony
Charles Cradick
Miss Stanwyck
Albert S. Lisyd
Northwest Airlines crash claims ten lives in Montana
A blizzard hindered recovery of ten Northwest Airlines crash victims in a Bridger Mountains clearing 14 miles north of Bozeman. An inspection party from Helena and newsmen faced seven hours of travel as flames kept rescuers away. list of deceased includes Nick Mamer and crew, plus ten passengers and officials.
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Mont
Northwest Airlines
Bridger Mountains
Here
Bobsted
Nick Mamer
Albert Davis
Helena Mont
Sautemobile
C. ©. Larson
Glenn
White
Planc
Lovitt
Westlake
St. Paul
Mamer
F. W. West
Spokang
W. HE. Borgenheimer
Basin
Wisconsin
Ward
Lloyd Levin
Detroit
Butte
al H. Croonquist
Billings
Montana-Wyoming Dude Ranchers' Association
George A. Anderson
Seattle
BY. Goodrich Rubber Co
Walter Ton
St Paul
Douglas Mackay
The
Hudson's Bay Co
Ted Anderson
Alcatraz inmates side with two escapees says prisoner
A convicted jewel thief from Alcatraz said most of the 300 inmates believe the two Oklahoma men Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole did make good their escape last month. Officials say the pair drowned but Ritchey contends they fled by boats provided by friends. He notes guards and prisoners saw smiles after the escape and cites their work in the blacksmith shop as proof they had access to grease for smearing their uniforms.
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Alcatraz Island
Paty
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
San Francisco Bay
William M. Ritchey
Ritchey
Providence
R. 1
Baltimore
Roe
Cole
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