Consolidation Relief Sought by Senate Committee
A Senate committee proposed unifying all relief agencies into a new Department of Public Works. The plan accompanies WPA reforms, earmarked state allocations, and population based funding shifts as hearings begin on the relief appropriation bill. Governor Brown resignations in Tennessee noted alongside agency changes.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Congress
Department of Public Works
House
Roosevelt
Omerhans
WPA
TAAL
Civilian Conservation Corps
Natendl
Utter Ane
Syed
Aid Sud
iWetmares
Chapman Byrnes
D-Stor
DSM
Murray
Viet
Sarah
Davis Uk-Psay
Demos Dismiss GOP Plans in Colorado Legislature
In Denver Cola Jay reports the Colorado legislature debate over travel allowances. Democrats push for a seven cent per mile travel allowance replacing the usual 15 cents. Republicans object to changes and caution on Monday’s decision.
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Denver
Jay
House
Inch
Weather Notes for Tennessee and Kentucky Preview Cold Fronts
Fragmentary weather update describes cloudy spells with light rain in west and central Tennessee, a Sunday night northward shift, and Monday expected to run generally fair but colder. Mentions rising temperatures in the east, light snow or rain in western areas, and snow flurries in extreme eastern regions with lingering cold air ahead. Contains few clear dates or station names due to garbled OCR.
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Tennessee
Ncreasing
Elnurdli Press
West Perment
Kentucky
Support Defense Program Is Urged
Washington June 1 14 urged strong backing for a defense program. Tad Johnson and officials argued for reinforced deterrence and national security measures. The comment referenced German World War records and defense department files in supporting increased readiness and fortification.
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Washington
Jun
Fitinast
Tad Johnson
Secrary
Seksurtiel Tose
Jehstsen
Weaspington
Sojourness
Munich
West
Aye
Owar Department
Regulation on Scrap Exports Seeks Licenses
War time policy moves to curb scrap metal exports. Senator Schwellenbach introduces a bill to require licenses for shipments to conserve national supplies. Officials consider expanding federal control, with the Bureau of Mines setting up a secondary metals section to study sound policy.
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Warbhington
Oy Schwellenbach
Pra
Washington
Aeful
Way Department
Bureau of Mines
Wintry Blasts Sweep Nation Claiming 31 Lives
Severe storms blanket the nation in the 1938 39 season with 31 deaths from plane crashes sledding mishaps heart attacks shoveling snow and traffic crashes from Atlantic to Rockies. Miles City Montana saw a Northwest Airlines crash while 1000 sharecroppers faced snow drenched camps as authorities called conditions a public health threat.
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Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
Miles City
Mont
Northwest Airlines
New Madrid
State Highway Patrol
Freya
Chamberlain il Duce seek peace in Rome talks
Rome January 14 Prime Minister Chamberlain left Rome satisfied Mussolini would cooperate on relocating Jewish refugees and pursuing peace with France. The British and Italian leaders stressed determination to maintain peace while eyeing Mediterranean diplomacy. Il Telegrafo suggested Italy would avoid war if France moderated its stance and disputes over colonial agreements.
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Chamberlain
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
Ttaly
Mediterranean
France
Chambérlain
Czechoslovakia
Ines Mussolini
Itjian
Il Telegrafa
Legehorn
Count Galeazzo Cano
Telegrafa
Kingsport Times sold to local group led by Edwards
T H Pratt and Howard Long announce sale of Kingsport Publishing Company publishers of The Times to a local group headed by C P Edwards Jr The buyers take over immediately with members A D Brockman Dr E W Tipton S B P Pratt and Val Edwards The sale amount was not disclosed Both former publishers retire after 19 years of growing the paper from weekly to daily in this region.
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T. H. Pratt
Howard Long
Kingsport Times
Kingsport Publishing Company
the Times
C. P. Edwards, Jr
A. D. Brockman
E. W. Tipton
8. E. McAmis
Pratt
Val Edwards
Long
State Patrolmen Ordered Break Up Cropper Camps
Southeast Missouri road cropper protest ends slowly as 1,300 camp followers face health concerns. State patrol breaks up crude camps along 150 miles of highways, with only three of 13 groups disbanded by nightfall. Officials warn further action may take days.
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New Madrid
Missouri
Harry Parker
Dera- Lee
Governor Aiken’s Stand Triggers Flood Control Fight
Washington January 14 Vermont Governor George JD Aiken pressed a states rights stand for Union Village a hamlet of 50 people threatening a congressional fight over revamping the flood control program. Senator Austin VT plans to introduce a bill to restore state rights re land condemnation while the White House signals President Roosevelt may drop the 2 000 000 project if federal land acquisition is contested.
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Washington
Vermont
George JD. Aiken
Back ‘Woods
Union Village
Austin
R.-Vt
Ompompanaosuc
FDR
White House
Roosevelt
Clues Sought In Aerial Crash Near Miles City
Federal investigators search the wreckage of a Northwest Airlines plane that crashed near Miles City Montana killing three men and a woman. Coroner Ralph H Bray calls for an inquest into the 1939 disaster as witnesses dispute whether the craft exploded in air or after ground impact. Victims include B F Chamberlain Raymond Norby Richard Zahniser and Mrs Morgan Morris. In Memphis a construction worker is electrocuted and two badly burned when a derrick boom contacts a high tension wire during seawall work by Wolf River.
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Miles City
Mont
North- West Airlines
Ralph H. Bray
Custer County
American Aviation
Zephyr
St. Paul
Seattle
Newitness
CAA
Tireets
Clinton M. Hester
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Milea City
B. fCash
Chamberlain
Minneapolis
Raymond B. Norby
Richard & Zahniser
Billings. . Mont
Montana
Morgan Morris
Mandan
N. D
Northern Pacific Railroad
Memphis
Mack Pannell
Billy Oates
Germany plans new setup for South America
Germany's Transocean News Service will be rebuilt and streamlined to counter U S efforts in the Americas. A modern wireless transmitting station opens February 1 in Buenos Aires with another likely in Lima by November. The service has operated for five years spreading propaganda and promoting German influence in Latin America while aligning economics and politics to extend German control.
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Edmund Chester Lima
Peru
Germany
Latin America
United States
Americas
Buenos Aires
Lima
Emisphere
Laem
Transocean
Oficial Provaganda
Latin
Paraguay halts Jewish refugees entry amid visa clash
In Montevideo a group of about 300 Jewish refugees from Germany and Italy stranded as Paraguay cancels their visas. Uruguay awaits a solution as 206 more refugees near arrival. Paraguay cites National Land Colonization Bureau rules. officials say migrants not farming cannot enter. Some refugees may stay in Uruguay under a legal view of inertia awaiting resolution.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Germany
Italy
Paraguay
Monavidan
Alfredo Baldomir
Jose Bozzano
Asuncion
Natonal Land Colonization Bureau
Cooper Announces New Tennessee Commission
Governor-elect Prentice Cooper will inaugurate his cabinet in Nashville with one holdover from Browning’s administration. The 14-member group includes W C Williams as adjutant general and B O Duggan, Estes Kefauver, J Charles Fee, Andrew Taylor, James McCormack, E Bryant, C W Phillips, Paul Savage, Clint Jones, C C Flanery, and others. Cooper plans to restructure welfare and institutions, abolish the department of administration, and appoint temporary leadership pending legislative action.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Prentice Cooper
Simpliat
Ald Cooper
War Memorial
Mey
Browning
Cooper
Bronday
W. C. Williams
Thomas A. Frazier
Chattanoo
Williams
B. O. Duggan
C. W. Phillips
Shelbyville
Paul Savage
Ripley
Clint Jones
Waverly
C. C. Flanery
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Department of Administration
Taylor
Savage
Barm Stewart
Labor
Bryant
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Poe
Chattanooga News
Br. Poe
Kefauver
sCooper
Duggan
Education Department
Insurgents Reach Western Barcelona Province in Civil War Drive
Reports say Franco forces crossed into Barcelona province from the Sierra De Queralt after capturing Codem Peak, advancing about 18 miles since morning. Insurgents claim rapid village seizures while government counteroffensives near Madrid and in southwestern Spain appear to stall.
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Vendaye
France
Barcelona
Thair
Francisco Franco
Codem Peak
Sierra de Queralt
State debt reduced under Browning administration
State Treasurer Grover Keaton announced a final report showing $10,334,000 of Tennessee’s debt cut under Governor Browning. He cited $1,478,000 in bonds retired in 1937 1948, $6,336,000 paid on January 1 1988, plus sinking fund purchases totaling $3,962,000 and cash on hand $3,806,000 for maturing debt.
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Nashville
Jan
Browning
State Board of Pardons and
John J. Lively
Lively
Tennessee
Brushy
Mountain
Bryant Henley
Team Nf
Madison Criminal Court
Brownling
Dietrict
Flamenny
Anna Mae Brown
Knox Criminal Court
Webster Goodsex
Uly
Hamilton Criminal Court
Ser Browning
Pio State Treas
Grover Keaton
Y Keaton
Keaton
Sullivan Voters Oppose County School Board Proposal
A petition signed by 1,230 Sullivan County voters objects to giving the County Court power to appoint the county School Board and the School Superintendent. The League of Women Voters circulated the petition, noting that many signers live outside incorporated towns. Voters say they want the superintendent freed from political campaign activity while opposing the current biennial election system.
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Sullivan County
League of Women Voters
League
Riley Promoted Foreign Service Clerk Named Vice Consul
The State Department announced changes in the foreign service including non career postings. Lindsay F. Riley of Morristown Tennessee, an American clerk at Glasgow Scotland, was appointed vice consul at Glasgow with the title Americus vice consul.
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Riley
Washington
State Department
Lindsay FP
Morristown
Tennessee
Glasgow
Scotland
Americus
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