Seizure Sought of American Tanker Nantucket Chief
Paris reports the Nantucket Chief, an American tanker, seized by two Spanish insurgent warships off Barcelona. The Vauquelin observed the ship with an American crew en route to Palma Mallorca, while officials in Paris and Washington seek clarifications on territorial waters and action.
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Paris
Barcelona
U. S
Henry E. Lackey
Washington
Nantucket
Vauquelin
Palma
Mallorca
Mediterranean
Balearic Islands
Tuapse
Russian Black Sea
Spain
Kentucky Favors Tobacco Holiday
James L. Thurmond of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation told burley growers from five western Kentucky counties that delegates at Lexington tomorrow likely will vote for a short sales holiday to bolster prices. Growers favored at least a 40 percent acreage reduction but did not act on the holiday. Sectional and county meetings preceded tomorrow's Lexington gathering where the tobacco committee will meet tonight.
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Wopkinsville
James L. Thurmond
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Kentucky
Lexington
Tobacco Committee
Another Man at 90 Believes in Labor
Everett, Washington resident T. H. Bowman, celebrating his 90th birthday, voices support for his 12 children’s plan to provide him a cushioned chair. He jokes that at his age he needs exercise and requests a five-foot cross-cut saw for a practical gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Wash
T. H. Bowman
Life Begins at 92 Man Weds As He Plans GAR Reunion
In Montpelier Washington A. Bover known as Uncle Billy, age 92, married Sally and planned a wedding trip to the annual GAR reunion in Gettysburg, Pa, expressing that life begins at 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lounge
Mont
Washington A
Billy” Bover
Sally “Torsetiae
Gettysburg
Weather Outlook Rain Tonight and Warmer Across States
Tennessee expects rain tonight and Friday with warmer conditions. western areas turn colder Friday night. Virginia shows cloudy, warmer skies with rain moving in from the west and north late tonight into Friday, southeast Friday. Kentucky also faces rain tonight and Friday with warmer air tonight and in the eastern portion Friday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Starving Pastor Removed From St. Mary's Cathedral
Memphis January 20 A writ instructing Dean Israel Harding Noe to relinquish his post was issued by Bishop James M Maxon who takes over cathedral duties while the dean continues to receive pay for six months The move follows days of church leadership urging removal and Noe's frail condition after a long fast to prove immortality The bishop appeals for suspension of the fast and a return to nourishment amid prayers and concern for Noe's wellbeing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
James M. Maxon
Israel Harding Noe
Maxon
St. Mary's Cathedral
Dean Noe
VA Solons Begin Work On 1938 Program
Richmond Va Jan 20 The 1938 general assembly opened with plans to avoid last minute rushes and with leaders warning of swift action. The senate finance committee including 17 of 40 senators met in executive session and discussed future round tables on general business. House appropriations and other committees were expected to call meetings and hold joint hearings with the finance panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
George C. Peery
James H. “Price
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Safety campaign broadened to suspend out-of-state speeders
Gov. George H. Earle expands the highway safety drive as Pennsylvania seeks reciprocal license suspensions for speed violators. Secretary J. Griffith Boardman said Vermont Tennessee and Connecticut replied in support while legal questions linger on cross-state enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
J. Griffith Boardman
Secretary of Revenue
Earle
Vermont
Tennessee
Connecticut
Boardman
Department of Revenue
Woman to die in Illinois electric chair after midnight
Dour Mrs. Marie Porter, convicted of her brother's murder, awaits execution as the first woman to be electrocuted in Illinois. Gov Horner rejects clemency. warden withholds the news to prevent hysteria. Triggerman Angelo Giancola accepts his fate, saying he had it coming. He testified Porter hired him and his brother to kill William Kappen for $3,300.
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Chester
Marie Porter
Illinois
Joseph Montgomery
Southern Illinois State Penitentiary
St. Louis
Henry Horner
Angelo Ralph Giancola
Giancola
William Kappen
John Joseph
Kappen
Sullivan County May Get Elizabethton Blast Case
Judge D A Vines indicated a strong likelihood the dynamite slaying case involving three Carter county children could be moved to Sullivan county for trial. Defense counsels plan to seek a venue change arguing a fair trial cannot be held in Carter county. The Carter county court set to hear the motion February 14 with five men held on first degree murder charges and Crave Tollett facing an upcoming preliminary hearing in Elizabethton.
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D. A. Vines
Carter County
Sulivan County
Vines
D. Harmon Gouge
Sullivan County
Ben Allen
Crave Tollett
J. M. Moreland
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Ulysses Walling
Church Lester
Pikeville
Bledsoe County
R. A. Allison
Elizabethton
Johns Contented In Married Life In Tennessee
SNEEDVILLE Tenn January 20 Charlie Johns and his 10 year old wife Eunice enter their second year of marriage after a quiet first anniversary in Hancock county They say they are wiser and distrustful of neighbors who seek to exploit them He praises Eunice for homemaking and biscuits and notes they plan to build a home this spring despite occasional spats and public curiosity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sneedville
Tenn
Charlie Johns
Eunice
Charlie
Hillman
Hancock County
Nick Johns
Roosevelt faces tough renomination battle amid election prep
The coming November elections will test Democratic strength as 34 senators and 34 governors face renomination battles. Rumors link Kentucky Governor Chandler with challenging Senate Majority Leader Barkley while President Roosevelt weighs Illinois prospects and meets with Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly and party leaders. Horner, aligned with another faction, planned White House talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Dieterich
Illinois
A. B
Happy
Business Outlook From Colby Chester Faces Congress
Colby M. Chester, chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, told Congress that two thirds of U S manufacturers expect a business rise in 1938 based on a survey of 40 firms. The White House said Roosevelt will meet small business leaders for policy guidance and form an advisory council. The Senate fought a filibuster over the anti lynching bill as House debates the naval bill. Stanley Reed nomination to the Supreme Court cleared a judiciary subcommittee despite Southern opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Colby M. Chester
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
House
Ways and Means
Chester
White House
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
Senator Ellender
D.-La
Connally
D.-Tex
Japanese Explain Invasion Threat At Shanghai Concession
Report from Shanghai states Japanese forces in Tientsin called a threat to invade the British concession a misunderstanding. The First Lancashire Fusiliers, 850 men strong, stood ready to repel any assault as British circles await a 3 p.m. deadline.
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Shanghai
Tientsin
Lancashire Fusiliers
Alabama Supreme Court Rules Voting Machines Unconstitutional
The Alabama supreme court declared unconstitutional a 1935 act allowing counties to use voting machines. The majority ruled four to three against the machines with a split decision.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Four Men Charged With Murder in Bozeman Death
Sheriff H. D. Lyons of Washington County said four men were arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of Robert Bozeman, a St. Stephens farmer. His battered body was found in a wooded area near the Chatom St Stephens road last night.
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Chatom, Ala
H. D. Lyons
Washington County
Robert Bozeman
St. Stephens
Ala
Chatom-St. Stephens Road
Governor halts executions for one week in two cases
Acting Governor John Stelle reprieved Marie Porter and Angelo Giancola for seven days delaying their scheduled electric chair deaths in Chester. In Superior Donald Macrae reports J Edgar Hoover and two prisoners spent the night at the Andrey Hotel before traveling to St Paul with six associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
John Stelle
Marie Porter
Angelo Ralph Giancola
Chester
Superior
Wis
Donald Macrae
Andrey
J. Edgar Hoover
St. Paul
Autopsy Shows Bullion Shot Through Chest and Head
In Blountville on January 20 two Kingsport physicians testified that Jim Bullion was shot in the chest from the front and a second bullet entered the back of his head, killing him. The state seeks the death penalty for G R Little in his December shooting of his brother-in-law.
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Times
Blountville
Kingsport
W. H. Reed
G. G. Keener
Jim Bullion
G. R. Little
Reed
Bullion
Walter R. Gray
John Blevins
J. D. Newland
Littles
Roosevelt Seeks General Council To Shape Economic Policy
President Roosevelt proposed an inclusive general council to help craft national economic policy. He urged consumers, investors, farmers, labor, and business people to participate, stressing no NRA revival and noting a 90 minute cabinet room meeting with Secretary Roper and 49 industry leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
NRA
Roper
Business Advisory Council
Business Council
United States
UGA Students Endure 100 Hour No Sleep Test
Five University of Georgia students entered a third 24 hour stretch without sleep to study effects on mind and body. Dr. A S Edwards reports only eye strain so far as observers monitor in shifts. Subjects include Ruth Jemmer son Unadulla Ga Robert W Schantz Rye N Y Mary Wallace Douglas Ga Saidee Hodgson and Paul Newman Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
University of Georgia
A. S. Edwards
Edwards
Ruth Jemmerson
Unadulla
Robert W. Schantz
Rye
N. Y
Mary Wallace
Douglas
Saidee Hodgson
Paul Newman
Reed Is Approved by Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
A Senate judiciary sub-committee voted 7 to 0 to advance Stanley F Reed for the Supreme Court. The brief hearing was attended by Reed and Attorney General Cummings who praised Reed as solicitor general and a capable judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Senate Group
Washington
Senate
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
Logan
D.-Ky
Cummings
Bond Fraud Trial Nears Jury Stage in Nashville
The Henderson county bond forgery case proceeds toward a jury verdict with three defendants facing separate counts. District Attorney J. Carlton Loser delivered the final state argument as defense counsel rested without calling witnesses.
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Nashville
Henderson County
J. Carlton Loser
J. L. Lamping
Maxwell
Roscoe Stegall
Maxwell Lamping
Col
Luke Lea
Jack Norman
Richard M. Atkinson
Washington
Dodson Named As Prosecutor In Sullivan County
Circuit Judge Shelburne Ferguson appoints T A Dodson as district attorney pro tem to replace Walter R Gray and orders the grand jury to investigate 15 cases ignored by the jury including liquor law violations forgery housebreaking larceny felonious assault and drunken driving. Officers criticize the grand jury for not returning indictments and warn of possible new charges for drunk drivers while Dodson to pursue attachments for absent witnesses.
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Gray
Ferguson
T. A. Dodson
Dodson
Kingsport
Sullivan County
East Tennessee
G. R. Little
Troops Mass Along Mongolian Border Amid Japanese Advance
Outer Mongolian troops, about forty thousand strong, concentrate along the southern frontier of Suiyuan to block Japan from severing links between China and outer Mongolia. The move aims to protect Soviet arms supplies and may draw outer Mongolia into the Chinese-Japanese war, risking a clash with Russia. Military says Mongolia fields a modern army near two hundred thousand.
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Hankow
China
Associated Press
Suiyuan
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Mongolia
Soviet Russia
Russia
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