Dean Still Has Chance To Live Says Physicians
Memphis January report quotes doctors giving clergyman Israel Harding Noe a "chance" to live after 22 days of abstinence. He received intravenous feeding and ice water while remaining in seclusion. His condition described as grave but not hopeless, with recovery expected to be gradual over months.
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Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
University of the South
Sewanee
Noe
James M. Maxon
Mr. Noe
Jesus
Weather turns colder with scattered rain in the South
The forecast shows Tennessee fair but much colder with light rain in the northeast tonight and colder west and east. Kentucky expects light rain with possible snow flurries and much colder air. Virginia has rain tonight then clearing Tuesday morning with snow flurries in the far west and warmer east. Tuesday turns colder across the region.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Saulsbury Youth Dies in Prison After Stabbing
Sam L. Saulsbury Jr. who faced an electric chair after a 1st degree murder conviction was killed in Brushy Mountain penitentiary. Warden Swafford reported 13 stab wounds by fellow prisoner Buzz McClain 20 of Kingsport. Investigation ongoing. no charges yet.
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Sam L. Saulsbury, Jr
Sullivan County
Mercy
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
Associated Press
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Saulsbury
Swafford
Buzz McClain
Kingsport
McClain
Sullivan Circuit Court
R. M. Kinnick
Piney Flats
Morristown
Kinnicks
Kinnick
Sam L. Saulsbury
Brushy Mountain
Slain in Prison Farm Admits Shooting Mrs Kin
Prison farm inmate confesses to shooting Mrs Kin resulting in her death. The admission followed a confrontation and subsequent investigation by authorities. Investigators review case details and motive as part of formal proceedings.
Slain Scott County Youth Charged Neighbor Held
In Gate City Virginia 21 year old J Edgar Dishner died from a shotgun shot to the chest and neighbor Bob Frazier is held on murder charges. Sheriff J E Quillin said Frazier claimed self defense after Dishner and associates allegedly forced entry at his home near Rye Cove. The shooting occurred about 1 am and investigators pursue background details.
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Gate City
J. Edgar Dishner
Bob Frazier
J. E. Quillin
Frazier
Quillin
Dishner
Matt Dishner
John Frazier
Young Dishner
Rye Cove
Scott County
Volcanoes blamed for shock quake in Hawaii report
Residents repaired minor damage after an earthquake in Hawaii while scientists monitored volcanic activity on the island chain. Officials proposed Mauna Loa as the quake origin, with experts noting no eruption is imminent. The quake centered near Molokai or Lanai and caused widespread damage to homes and lines.
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Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Mauna Loa
K. H. Peters
Coast Geodetic Survey
Peters
Hawaii Island
Hugh Waesche
Thomas A. Jaggar
Hilo
Molokai
Lanai Islands
Molokai Channel
Maui
Hanna
Jaggar
FBI targets death penalty for confessed kidnap killer
John Henry Seadlund, a 27 year old lumberjack, sits in a Chicago jail as FBI agents build a case under the Lindbergh law. Prosecutors plan to indict him for the Ross kidnapping and murder after his confession and trail of evidence.
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Chicago
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Seadlund
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ross
James Atwood Gray
Wisconsin North Woods
Hoover
Reed Named To Supreme Court By Senate Judiciary Panel
The senate judiciary committee unanimously approved the nomination of Stanley F. Reed to the supreme court. Reed, solicitor general, is expected to be confirmed in time to join the court when it reconvenes next week. He succeeds Justice Sutherland who retired after 15 years on the bench.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stanley F. Reed
Supreme Court
Senate
Reed
Sutherland
Louisville hosts flood gratitude revue of 100 performers
Louisville on January 24 welcomed thousands from within 100 miles with a flood gratitude revue. The event honored aid during last year’s flood emergency and featured 100 performers from national radio stations comprising the flood emergency network.
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Louisville
New Controversies Hit Senate Leaders Over Milton Probe
Washington January 24 Two new troubles face Senate leaders as a labor group plans a bill of particulars against John Milton newly appointed New Jersey senator. A housing bill risked defeat without reinstating Senator Lodge's prevailing wage amendment. The dispute unfolds amid ongoing southern filibuster over anti lynching legislation.
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Senate
Cart Holderman
New Jersey
League
John Milton
A. Harry Moore
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Milton
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Holderman
Elections Committee
George
Georgia
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Texas
White House
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House
Wagner
New
Bigny
Labor
Virginia lawmakers begin work on 150 bills and resolutions
Richmond January 24 The legislature moved into session work with about 150 bills and resolutions. The House appropriations committee chaired by Delegate Frank Moore set its first meeting for today and may hold joint hearings with the Senate on the general appropriation bill next week. The House general laws committee will hear the eight hour day for women in industry. Governor Price studies the budget to finance old age assistance and school funding, while debates over trimming Peery era items continue.
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Richmond
House Appropriations Committee
Frank Moore
Lexington
Senate Finance Committee
House General Laws Committee
Price
Senate
House
George C. Peery
Cregger Ends Campaign Marrying Scott County Widow
R N Cregger a 47 year old foundry worker who ran an ads for a wife wed 30 year old Scott county widow Winnie Breeding at Gate City Baptist parsonage with Rev J B Craft officiating. The engagement to 23 year old songwriter Mary Evelyn Lamb was called off.
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Winnie Breeding
Scott County
Gate City Baptist Parsonage
J. B. Craft
Upper East Tennessee
Cregger
Anti-Lynching Bill Gets Right of Way in Senate
Democratic Leader Barkley moved to speed the anti-lynching bill debate, diverting the conference report on the administration housing bill in Washington. The exchange followed quick on Jan 24 reports from Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
France protests rebel air raids over Puigcerda attacks
The article reports a weekend of deaths and destruction from Spanish air raids affecting France, with 11 bombs dropped on Puigcerda near the French frontier. It notes casualties in the town and surrounding reprisals as both sides press attacks amid the Teruel volunteers dispute.
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Associated Press
France
Teruel
China
Puigcerda
Dutch Increase Naval Defense in East Indies
The Netherlands plans to bolster its naval and military strength in the Dutch East Indies amid rising Japanese fishing activity seen as potential spies. With Japan’s China campaign unsettling the region, the Indies are valued for their strategic and resource wealth, as Crown Princess Juliana’s birth looms.
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New York
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Japan
China
Indies
Orient
Juliana
Unemployment Relief Debate As Senate Panel Hears Business Plea
Washington says a senate committee studying unemployment in recession hears a final appeal from the U S Chamber of Commerce for lower taxes and fewer new regulations. President Roosevelt plans talks with small business leaders as hearings proceed and a report on relief policy is prepared.
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Senate
George H. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Roosevelt
Defense Lines Bombarded Around Suchow and Shanghai
Japanese planes pounded Suchow defenses along the Lunghai railway today with sheds trains and nearby barracks reportedly destroyed. Japanese columns pressed toward Shanghai as fighting remained indecisive near the city. In Pootung Chinese forces clung to barricades across the Whangpoo River amid Japanese attempts to seize the Shanghai area.
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Suchow
Lunghai
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Peiping
Outer Mongolia
Suiyuan
Crump Attacks Browning Power Plan to Roosevelt
Memphis leader E H Crump, national committeeman, mails a letter accusing Gov Gordon Browning of siding with the power trust and opposing TVA. He urges President Roosevelt to reject private ownership moves and defends municipal power against proposed purchase of Commonwealth and Southern assets for TVA distribution. Browning replies in Nashville defending a plan to distribute cheap power to all Tennesseans.
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E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Gordon Browning
Roosevelt
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Browning
Power Trust
TVA
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Washington
Tennessee
Col
Luke Lea
North Carolina
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Aurora Dam
Lea
U. S
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Lake Lea
Raps Trust
Chattanooga
Hall of Congress
Nashville
Zest
Fame, Riches Do Not Change Champion Skater Sonja Henie
New York report on Sonja Henie as she tours five cities post Christmas. The 25 year old former Olympic champion remains driven by movie fame and live shows, enjoying crowds and planning Hollywood work ahead. Her career shift keeps her ahead of the Olympic past.
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New York
Sonja Henie
Madison Square Garden
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Miami
Hollywood
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