Willkie Proposes Federal Aid to Preserve Utility Systems
Wendell Willkie urged the federal government to fund states in the Tennessee Valley to buy utility systems as intact units. He argued dismemberment would ruin value and proposed arbitration by three named figures. Also reports on Peter Anders transfer and FBI actions in Minnesota and Chicago involving the Ross kidnapping case.
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Nashville
Tenn
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern
Tennessee Valley
TVA
David FE. Lilienthal
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Southeastern
Willkie
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Supreme Court
ST. Paul
Peter Anders
Department of Justice
Charles J. Ross
Chicago
Anders
Los Angeles
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ross
J. Atwood Gray
Edward P. Guinane
Arthur Fried
White Plains
N. Y
Hoover
FBI
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Gray
Wisconsin
Rockford
Ill
Autopsy Key To State's Murder Case In Little Slaying
In Blountville on January 19 the murder case against Robert Little hinges on an autopsy of James Bullion. The exhumation report will determine if a second bullet struck Bullion in the back of the head, a finding essential for the first degree charge. Little admits two shots but claims self defense amid jealousy allegations.
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Times
Blountville
Robert Little
James Bullion
Little
Bullion
Shelburne Ferguson
Kingsport
Ferguson
Cook's Valley
Spot
J. W. Leonard
Bristol
S. J. Pickle
John Robinson
Walter Gray
Robinson
Price outlines sweeping changes in Virginia government
Gov James H Price in his inaugural address proposes new oversight for counties a study commission to redraw election laws and a department of safety consolidating police powers He calls for eight hour work day for women and a separate hospital department for mental disease care while denying new taxes and preserving a pay as you go road policy. Virginia celebrates Robert E Lee’s birthday and Price’s inauguration with a grand parade and oath by Chief Justice Campbell.
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Richmond
James H. Price
General Assembly
Department For Control
Department of Safety
Robert E. Lee
Commonwealth
Preston W. Campbell
Supreme Court of Appeals
High Tribunal
Weather Update for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee reports cloudy conditions with possible rain in extreme east tonight and Thursday and in west central areas Thursday. Virginia forecasts cloud cover with rain or snow in the south and snow in the north tonight and Thursday. Kentucky shows cloudy skies with rain or snow in the north and possible rain in the south tonight and Thursday. Temperatures rise slowly across the region Thursday.
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Tennessee
East
West
Virginia
South
Kentucky
North
Illness Of Wife Keeps Dean From Going To Convention
Memphis report states Dean Israel Harding Noe missed the state Episcopal convention in Knoxville due to his wife’s sudden illness. Mrs. Noe fainted at the deanery causing medical orders for bed rest. The dean hoped to attend the Thursday session.
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Dean
Memphis
Episcopal Church
Knoxville
Israel Harding Noe
Japanese reinforced drive targets Lunghai Railroad lifeline
Shanghai Jan 19 A heavily reinforced Japanese offensive against China's Lunghai lifeline was forecast as preparations mounted to use Tsingtao seaport in Shantung as a base. About 400000 Chinese troops along Lunghai blocked advances toward Shanghai, while Japanese from north and south were 200 miles apart at Suchow. Japanese landed 10000 troops with munitions and tanks at Tsingtao fed by Shantung Railway toward Suchow.
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Shanghai
China
Lunghai
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
North China
Suchow
Guanghai
Shantung
Tsinpu
Permission Sought for Interview with Mrs Rubens in Moscow
The U S embassy asked Russian authorities for permission to interview Mrs Marie Rubens of New York City who is detained in Moscow likely Lubjanka prison. The move follows Moscow’s disclosure that she is under arrest on espionage suspicions. A passport duo Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson vanished in Moscow last month.
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Moscow
U. S
Marie Rubens
New York City
Foreign Office
State Department
Washington
Lubranka
Cordell Hull
United States
Rubens
Donald L. Robinson
Record Flight Seals Pearl Harbor Bombers World Flight
Eighteen Navy bombing planes from California completed the greatest mass flight in aviation history to Pearl Harbor. The first plane landed 20 hours 12 minutes after takeoff from San Diego, beating the previous record. Commanders report two squads of nine planes weathered a cold front and 35 mph headwinds, with ice forming but no trouble.
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Honolulu
California
Pearl Harbor
San Diego
Calif
S. H. Warner
Warner
U.S.S. Reid
mid-Pacific Naval Base
Blaze death toll listed at 45 in Quebec fire
In St Hyacinthe Quebec Sacred Heart College nearly 45 people are dead or missing after a four story blaze. Seventeen dead and 28 unaccounted for, plus 21 injured. Only two identifications made Brother Jean Baptiste and student Joseph Vincent. Four missing brothers include US natives Xavier Letourneau Paul Armand and others.
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ST. Hyacinche
Que
Sacred Heart College
Jean Baptiste
Sherbrooke
Joseph Vincent
St. Hyacinthe
United States
Xavier
Vincent Letourneau
Pawtucket
R. I
Paul Armand
Woonsocket
William O'Connell
Westport
Conn
Normand
Roger Poulin
Brothers
Central Falls
R.I
Treasury reports Social Security costs exceed tax intake
The treasury announced that social security and railroad retirement costs to January 1 total 294.7 million dollars more than funding tax income. Labor unrest disrupts Chautemps government in Paris and ministers plan a conference. Tennessee cannot abolish county judge office during term per a recent court ruling. Cromwell calls for immediate income tax cut and ultimate repeal.
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Washington
Treasury
Paris
Camille Chautemps
Nashville
Tennessee
Supreme Court
State Legal Department
Senate Abandons All Hope Early Vote On Lynch Bill
Mayor W L Holyoke announces plans for government takeover of McKellar airport within 12 months and a proposed 400 million dollar aviation fund sharing with Sullivan County’s new 1 million dollar flying field. The act would help convert major airports into army fields in 16 hours with WPA funds for runway lengthening and flood lights.
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Senate
W. L. Holyoke
McKellar Airport
Sullivan County
Holyoke
Congress
United States
Works Progress Administration
Tollett Hearing Continued In Child Dynamite Case
Preliminary hearing for Crave Tollett on first degree murder charges in the Harmon Gouge home dynamiting was continued to 11 a m Saturday. Witness subpoenas from Bledsoe county prompted the delay. Walling and Walker allegedly confessed. others remain held without bond.
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Elizabethton
Crave Tollett
Harmon Gouge
Allison and
Edens
J. M. Moreland
Bledsoe County
Tollett
Carter County
Church Lester
White Tollett
Crave
Lee Walker
Ulysses Walling
Moreland
Perjury Charges Filed on Wright in Bond Fraud Case
Nashville January report states Terry Wright the chief witness in a county bond fraud trial was arrested on a perjury warrant. Wright testified with immunity that J L Lamping and his son Maxwell and Roscoe Stegall sold forged Henderson county bonds to Col Luke Lea. He later said Mack Ricketts had no involvement in the forgery.
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Nashville
Terry Wright
Chester K. Hart
Henderson County
Luke Lea
J. L. Lamping
Maxwell
Roscoe Stegall
Wright
Lea
Lexington
Mack Ricketts
Same
Rebels Continue Victorious March Near Teruel
Insurgents push government lines in three directions around Teruel Spain as artillery bombardment concentrates on the city. Government counter attacks are repulsed and insurgent planes strafed positions while international brigades rush to northern lines.
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Teruel
Spain
Hendaye
France
Madrid
Concud
Mount Muleton
Salamanca
International Brigade
Valencia
Senate faces delaying tactics on anti lynching bill
Washington Jan 19 Senate leaders abandon hope of immediate showdown on the anti lynching bill as southern senators mount a steady 12 day opposition. Debate rules may be enforced strictly but Ellender vows to keep speaking. In the House, naval appropriations pass 1.515 billion for 1938 39 with a deficit near 796 million as work on farm legislation continues.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Barkley
Clark
D-Mo
Ellender
D-La
House
Treasury
Post Office
Rayburn
D-Tex
Smith
D-Sc
Ways and Means
Senate Judiciary
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Logan
D-Ky
Cummings
Homesick visit ends as 97 year old father returns home
Herrin Illinois report tells of Roe Colyer, 97, who traveled from Whitesville Kentucky to spend winter with his son Lee Colyer, 75, but Lee brought him back home saying Dad got homesick.
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Herrin, Ill
Monroe Colyer
Whitesville
Lee
Broad And Market Streets Paving Gets Go-ahead Signal
City Manager F L Cloud was authorized to advertise for bids on paving Broad and Market streets. Council favored letting contracts together to save money and meet an Easter season target. A survey showed majority support starting soon, with traffic signals planned at key intersections. City Engineer Oscar King received 30 days to transfer the water main project.
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F. L. Cloud
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Broad
Market
Market Street
J. M. Kincheloe
Broad Street
Broad and Main
Cherokee
Center
Bristol
Johnson City
Oscar King
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Chas Ross
Santa Anita
Cal
Anders Throug
Central Press
Price
Edwin M. Watson
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Sunghai
College
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke Cromwell
Ways and Means Committee
Tri-City Airport
the Times
Dwight L. Pitkin
Ghost City
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