Legislators Move to Undo Browning Era Bills in Tennessee
In Nashville on Jan 12 lawmakers advanced repeals of acts tied to Browning era priorities. Measures target the county unit act and a state police office, with moves to deny the governor influence over investigations. A proposed auto license amendment would allow one license for a whole household. A bootlegger tax bill was offered to fund old age assistance, while state revenue plans and a New Orleans water frontage project were noted in the session.
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Kennerley Quits Government Post
Kennerly, assistant United States solicitor general in Knoxville since 1933, resigns after notifying J B Frazier of Chattanooga. He plans to join his father's law firm W T Key and will leave two on Frazier’s staff. U S Attorney General for the District of Tennessee to appoint a successor. Smith resigns February 1 to become assistant attorney general of Tennessee after Prentice Cooper’s term ends.
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Weather Watch Tennessee Virginia Kentucky Tonight and Friday
Tennessee shows rain tonight and Friday with cooler trend in the north west. Virginia expects rain in the southeast and rain or snow in the west and north portions tonight and Friday with colder interiors. Kentucky reports rain or snow tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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Burke Resigns Scorches New State Leaders
Nashville dispatch reports Tennessee budget director Henry Burke resigns effective with Prentice Cooper's forthcoming inauguration. Burke criticizes the state administration and questions whether his successor can fix the office. He accuses K. D. McKellar of running the state and cites university expenses as wasteful.
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Frankfurter Nomination Clears Senate Subcommittee
Felix Frankfurter Harvard law professor wins unanimous approval from a Senate Judiciary subcommittee for a Supreme Court seat succeeding the late Benjamin Cardozo. The full committee will vote soon with the Senate to follow. he defended free speech for Ku Klux Klan and Nazi sympathizers and noted ties to the ACLU.
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Sharecroppers seek food aid from federal agencies
In southeast Missouri more than 1000 tenant farmers protest poverty as the Farm Security Administration and the Surplus Commodities Corporation pledge food and other assistance. Officials said grants up to 22 dollars a month may be provided while some families will receive new farm connections. Shelter and protection remain inadequate as cold rain continues and families endure in improvised camps along two highways. Continuous night shelter is improvised for women and children.
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Measure Changing School Setup Not Likely This Session
County Judge T J Bandy stated no measure altering school setup will be introduced in the current legislative session. County Attorney Thomas Curtin said he has not received requests to draft tentative enactment bills including the measure voted by the county court. The League of Women Voters circulated a Bristol protest petition as civic leaders from both parties weigh the issue and Rep John Delim responds to league protests.
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Steel magnate's wife dies today in New York
Mrs Charles M Schwab widow of the steel magnate died at her Manhattan home in her late 70s following long illness. Former Emma Eudana Dinkey of Loretto Pennsylvania she married Schwab in 1883. He once offered 54 million for a half interest in Bethlehem Steel which she gently questioned the need for such wealth since it would not change their life. The Riverside Drive salon where artists and musicians gathered is closed.
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Dixie Davis Plans to Wed Hope Dare Amid Trial
New York January 12 The Daily Mirror reports that J Richard Dixie Davis says he will marry his red haired sweetheart Hope Dare but the wedding hinges on his upcoming sentence in a $200 million policy racket case. Davis is to be retried with James J Hines, a Tammany leader accused of fronting for the ring, set to begin January 23. Davis, recently divorced from Martha, was captured in Philadelphia after fleeing racket investigators.
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Europe Awaits Parley Outcome In Tense War News
Rome centers on talks between Prime Minister Chamberlain and Premier Mussolini as Britain and Italy seek peace amid Spain's civil war and Hungarian parliamentary tensions. Reports note Franco’s Catalonia drive, German Jewish tensions, and Hitler’s cluttered chancellery study reflecting strategic focus.
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FDR Asks 552 Million For Defense And WPA
The House appropriations committee recommended a 725 million dollar WPA funding to last until June 30, rejecting Roosevelt’s 875 million request. The panel argued WPA rolls are overstated and urged a revamp by April, while Republicans pressed for immediate limits. debate heads to floor for quick vote tonight.
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Alabaman Faces Charges of Fraud
U S attorneys planned to call new witnesses in Huntsville Alabama to prove Claude E Spivey of Scottsboro falsified notes worth about 150000 and used them to defraud. Spivey has pleaded not guilty to charges of falsification and use of notes. Witnesses included farmers who testified they signed blank notes after receiving payments.
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Premiers Conclude Rome Talks With No New Commitments
The British and Italian premiers finished discussions in Rome without any new commitments on Europe. In Washington, the Senate confirmed former Senator James F.P. Pope of Idaho by voice vote as a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Mobilization Expanded in Catalonia Conflict
In Barcelona on January 12, the Spanish government ordered mobilization of men aged 38 to 44 to curb insurgent advances in Catalonia. Earlier orders covered 28 to 38 year olds, while all male civilians up to 50 and others unfit for front service were to join fortification brigades. Fortification units were reorganized, and war industries were militarized with armaments sent to the front.
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Diaries reveal large blackmail payments by Coster shop head
New York report states F Donald Coster Musica control figure at McKesson and Robbins paid about 3.159 million to blackmailers who exploited his criminal past before his suicide last month. Investigators say the diary entries name the so called Donald Coster Jr and a Montreal office renter.
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Solons Weigh Broad Changes to Trade Policy
Washington reports outline Senate debate over the Roosevelt administration trade agreements program aimed at expanding foreign markets. Secretary Hull’s Senate Finance Committee appearance signals discussion on repealing or restoring Senate approval power. Farmers and some Democrats seek to alter or repeal treaties.
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Budget Would Reach Record for Peace-Time Defense
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 552 million dollars as the minimum defense requirement. The request would fund Army and Navy needs including 200 million for up to 3,060 more Army planes and 27 million for a Panama Canal peace garrison. The total defense budget would rise to about 1.66 billion, the largest peacetime outlay. Roosevelt stressed urgency and readiness while noting past unpreparedness in World War I and promising detailed plans from War and Navy Departments.
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Socialite defies threats and feeds pickets on Central Park West
New York socialite Mrs. Harry Bijur ignores intimidation and continues supporting striking workers near her 9 room Central Park West apartment. She notes two months of costs including food and medical care for pickets and their families, totaling around 3006 dollars.
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