Flood relief bill moves fast in Congress
The $790 million flood relief measure advances with House passage in one sitting and Senate promise of prompt action. Administration aides seek quick enactment while Democrats defeat GOP and farmer labor amendments to trim or raise funding.
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Senate
Congress
House
Democrats. Com
Senate Appropriations Committee
Works Progress ‘Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Caiendar
Roosevelt
Fred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Perkins
Chrysler Corporation
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Herman L. Weckler
DeSoto Corporation
Chrysler
Richard Whitney
New York Stork Exchange
Helding
Red Cross Warns Against Donating to Solicitors
Red Cross officials at a noon Kingsport Inn meeting warned residents against local solicitors seeking flood relief funds. Kingsport police repeat the caution that no authorized fund exists and donations should go through official channels only.
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Red Cross
Kingsport Inn
Kingsport
Flood relief efforts amid town’s sudden hardship in Linden
Townspeople in Linden mobilize to raise funds for flood relief after a sudden disaster. Residents gather at a local grocery store where collaborations with volunteers and officials unfold. The scene shows community resilience and urgent aid distribution to affected families.
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Tennui
Weather summary unclear due to OCR garble
The readable portions describe rain and warmer trend centered on a near term forecast with mentions of specific regions and fluctuating temperatures. The text is heavily garbled and lacks coherent dates or locations. It appears to reference stormy conditions followed by warm days in parts of Kentucky and nearby areas.
Russian plotted with Japanese to overthrow USSR
Witness in a Moscow court testified a Trotzkyist plot to sabotage the Soviet regime. He claimed 3,500 train wrecks were planned in 1935–36, with 63 killed and 164 injured, and alleged Japanese agents supplied instructions and letters as proof.
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Yroscow
Ivan Alexandrovich Kninzett
Southern
Urals
Kniazeff
Kingsport Relief Fund Passes Two Thousand Dollars
Kingsport Relief Fund rose past 2000 dollars as Industrial plants individuals civic clubs and firms added donations for Red Cross flood relief in the Ohio and Mississippi basins. The Kingsport Times tally reached 65880 dollars by noon with 28580 dollars since yesterday noon.
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Kingsport
Ohio
Mississippi River
Red Cross
Kingsport Times Fund
Rialto Sponsors Relief Show For Flood Victims
An announcement from MW BL, minister of the theater, states proceeds from a Rialto show will go to the Red Cross for flood relief. The event will feature regular admission with some added value for donors, aiding distribution efforts in the affected area.
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Helseerzy
Taalto Theater
Nat Pris
Hallandins
Minster
Eeu Lelief
Red Cross
Centralized Red Cross Relief Office Opened in Kingsport
After a noon meeting at the Kingsport Inn leaders from Red Cross, business and industry set a new central location for relief funds and supplies. The Red Cross relief office will operate from the old Hinesport Laundry building at Market and Commerce, with donations directed to treasurer George Williams and a contact number 23 or 630 for pickup.
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Red Cross
Kingsport Inn
George Willams
Kingsport
Red Crows
A. BD
Bracksaan
Hinesport
Market and
Commerce Streets
RED
Industrial plants raise funds amid incomplete reports
At noon industrial plants had collected 1587 dollars toward the fund while Tennessee Eastman remained unaccounted for. Eastman officials conducted a canvass to determine how much that company contributed, with results still unclear as the report continues on page six.
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Bighs
Tennessee Eastman
Eastman
Muc
Flood Relief Fund Near One Hundred Dollars
The Times reports a flood relief fund advancing toward the one hundred dollar mark on the third day of contributions. Donors listed include individuals and local businesses such as Haney Co, Mallis Restaurant, Malone Furniture Co, Cherokee Barber Shop, and other community members, with names like Sadie Robertson, Dr. J E Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Trent Brashear, and Glenn Broce among contributors.
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OM. Haney Co
Jack Huffaker
W. Coun
Obenshain Dopdyns
Glenn Broce
Blick
Haney’s
Tinee - OQ
K. Barber Shor
Nell
Sele
Frank
Ed King
FDR Moves to End Power Pool Talks Amid TVA Tension
President Roosevelt gears toward expanded public power and halts government private power pooling after utility firms contest the Tennessee Valley Authority plan. Commonwealth and Southern protested injunctions while Wilkie warned of TVA control risks. Contract with TVA power remains under renegotiation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Toware
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Commonwealth and Southern Utility Company
Wendell Wilkie
New York
TVA
Commonwealth and Southern
Lamoun
Singer stabbed by Tibbett dies in New York
Metropolitan Opera chorus singer Giuseppe Sterzini died of heart disease after a stab wound to the hand during rehearsals. Lawrences Tibbett, famed baritone, was cleared of blame by Assistant District Attorney Sylvester Cosentino after autopsy findings. Sterzini, 32, had long suffered high blood pressure and died hours after a minor hand operation.
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New York
Asssistant
Sylvester Cosentino
Joseph Sterzini
Metropolitan Operas
Lawrence Tibbett
Cosentino
Sterzini
Blezzini
Tibbett
Opera House
Thomas A. Gonzales
Giuseppe Sterdini
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mississippi River Levees Weaken Threatening Collapse
Flooded Ohio River valley toll climbs with 200 dead from disease in Louisville and hundreds missing. Cairo prepares bulwarks as levees hold. evacuation urged for Tiptonville and New Madrid amid rising waters and warlike emergency measures.
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America
Louisville
Hugh R. Leavell
Kentucky flood toll and relief efforts update
Reports tally flood deaths and homelessness across Kentucky with hundreds more dead or missing residents. Louisville and Paducah indicate evacuation and refugee movements as police and aid reach devastated areas and hospitals overflow. Henderson reports refugees concentration as rescuers coordinate aid and assess damage.
Groups Unite for Flood Relief Across Tennessee and Kentucky
Federal state and city relief agencies plus Red Cross WPA GCC and Resettlement Administration pooled aid for flood refugees from Kentucky to West Tennessee. Police from Nashville and Chattanooga helped, while Cumberland River leveled off at 53.8 feet. food bread and medical supplies were ferried by plane and truck to overwhelmed towns including Louisville Paducah and Mayfield.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
West Tennessee
Red Cross
WPA
GCC
Resettlement Administration
State Welfare Commission
Louisville
Mississippi River
Chattanooga
Neville Miller
R. M. Williamson
Cumberland
Clarksville
Middle Tennessee
Knoxville
Bowling Green
Americport Legion
Scottsville
Xtrin Kon
Willy Frnad
Masields
Paducah
Mayfield
Roo An Hhor
Union City
Tenn-Railway
Tiptonville
Winchester
Jantucky Houses
Ehuintingdon
Tete ‘Wellms
Entucklans Waverly
West Tennesseans
Huryrareys
Disaster hovers over once beautiful city
Floods and fires devastate Louisville and nearby towns as 400 flood deaths, $100 million in damage, and mass homelessness strain relief. Federal, state, and local authorities coordinate amid disease fears, logistics, and emergency aid from Bowman Field and fort benjamin harrison units.
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New Lowisville
Louisville
Westwind
Pephans
Ciaruti
Bates Sa
Nevile Miller
Federal Dry
Givan Thorilies
Bowman Field
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Mississippi Flood Evacuation Mobilizes 35000 Trucks
Army high command prepared to evacuate all residents within 50 miles of the Mississippi from Cairo to New Orleans as flood fears rise. Some 35,000 motor trucks to be used with railroad flat cars to move people to higher ground, with headquarters at Jackson Mississippi and plans to evacuate up to 500,000 if needed.
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Dr. Leavell
Ohio River
Army
Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Tiptonville
Tenn
New Madrid
George Myer
Rel Cross
Cal
Eugene Reybold
Torday
Reybold
Reevees
Memphis
Washington
Army High Command
New Orleans
Woodring
Jackson
Miss
Red Cross
Red
St. Francis
Arkansas
Secretary of War
Fourth
Seventh
Eighth Corp
War Department
Corp Ares
Atlanta
Omaha
Neb
San Antonio
Tex
Regular Army
Civilian Conservation Corp
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Louisvile
Usr
Neville Miler
Joowisville
Miller
Feders
Loviecile
Tral Fren
Cincinnati
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Mr. IX
Kingsport Relief Fund
Rialto
Show For
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Chicago
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Singer
Flinois
Henderson
Jeffersonville
Albany
Army Command
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