Japan Warns of Long War as Sugiyama Seeks Army Boost
In Tokyo War Minister Gen Sugiyama told Diet the China war is grave and Japan must prepare for a country other than China. He urged a larger army and warned the conflict could broaden. In Washington Secretary Hull protested Japanese interference with American rights in China and called for tighter military control over Japanese troops.
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Tokyo
China
Gen Sugiyama
Japan
Diet
Gener
Mongolia
Canton
Indo-China
Washington
State Department
Nanking
Hangchow
Wuhu
Hull
Weather outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Forecast shows increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures tonight and Saturday. Light rain possible in western Tennessee and lighter snow possible in Kentucky with colder conditions Saturday night. Virginia expects continued cold tonight, then rising temperatures with possible light snow in the north Saturday and interior south Saturday night.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Portion
South Portion
Writ Sought for Tollett Release in Dynamite Death Case
Crave Tollett of Pikeville and four others are charged in the Hampton area dynamiting that killed three Gouge sisters Sonia nine Luena seven and Roma Jean five. A habeas corpus hearing is set with Sheriff Moreland notified. Bond issues arose when Magister Allison refused to approve $40,000 surety unless from Pikeville bondsmen sworn to financial worth.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Crave Tollett
Pikeville
Here
J. M. Moreland
Ben Allen
R. A. Allison
Tollett
Allison
Bledsoe County
White Tollett
Crave
Lee Walker
Ulysses Walling
Church Lester
Sonia
Luena
Roma Jean Gouge
Harmon Gouge
Gouge
Hampton
Loyalists battle to take highway in Francoist zone
At the Spanish frontier town of Hendaye on January 28 fifty troops clashed along a five-mile eastern front. Government forces pressed to sever the insurgent supply line between Singra and Torre la Carcel, north of Teruel, as fighting raged along the Cala Macha corridor used by Franco to move men and arms toward Teruel.
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Hendaye
France
Singra
Torre la Carcel
Teruel
Calamacha
Francisco Franco
Palomera
Zog Chooses Countess Geraldine Apponyi for Albania Future Queen
Ruler of the Balkans King Zog of Albania has reportedly found a prospective queen in Countess Geraldine Apponyi, a year-old Hungarian noble. The 42-year-old monarch sought an American-leaning bride with an income of about one million dollars yearly, amid prior engagements and varied候 suitors.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Zog
Albania
Napoleon
Geraldine Apponyi
Zog Long
Gladys Virginia Stewart
Page Eight
Not Suing Mr. Cregger, Says Ailing Song Writer
Mary Evelyn Lambe, 23 year old poetry and song writer, says in a signed statement to The Times she will not sue R. N. Cregger, a Kingsport foundry worker and her ex fiancé who sought marriage.
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Mary Evelyn Lambe
The
Times Today
R. N. Cregger
Kingsport
Mr. Cregger
Mrs. Cregger
Cregger
Lambe
Knoxville
World economic pact proposal draws cautious official response
Washington officials offered no stance on Paul Van Zeeland's five power conference idea aimed at a broader pact to lower trade barriers stabilize currencies and revise international debts. Secretary Hull called the Belgian report a valuable contribution as Britain and France also weighed the plan, with no immediate commitments from the United States.
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Washington
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
United States
van Zeeland
Roosevelt
Hull
Hull Long
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
General Conference of Nations
Support for Bill Sought From F D R for Licensing Reform
Washington January 28 Proponents of an anti monopoly licensing bill gain White House momentum after Senator Borah Idaho invited to luncheon Borah helped draft the measure with Senator O Mahoney Wyoming who discussed progress with President Roosevelt O Mahoney said public support is growing as the plan gains understanding The Federal Trade Commission would issue licenses to all corporations and oversee compliance
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Washington
Senator Borah
R.-Idaho
White House
Borah
Idaho
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert H. Jackson
Federal Trade Commission
TVA to Buy Private Power Units in South
Washington report says David Lilienthal and Wendell Willkie to meet to discuss selling large private power utilities in the TVA region. Willkie proposes government take over key operations of his Commonwealth and Southern holdings. TVA board authorizes Lilienthal to negotiate for useful units as Browning pushes state purchase ideas.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Wendell L. Willkie
Tennessee Valley Authority
Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
TVA
TVA Board
Lilienthal
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Browning
Roosevelt
Virginia Legislature Opens Debate on School Textbook and Legislation
In Richmond on January 28, both houses prepared to debate issues including the Haag-Waddell alcohol text Spiers overload truck bill and annexation questions affecting Newport News and Elizabeth City County. Critics urged amending a resolution by Senator Hunsdon Cary to bar distributing the book in public schools with Cary agreeing to carry over the measure.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Cary
Three Children Die In Unicoi Fire Near Johnson City
A fire near Unicoi five miles from Johnson City, Tennessee, killed three young children and seriously injured another in their home. The tragedy was reported today as investigators began piecing together the cause and securing the site.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Unicoi
Extreme cold grips Kingsport and region with record lows
Low temperatures plunged across Kingsport and Sullivan county with readings around 7.5 degrees, while McKellar airport logged two straight days of extreme cold. Subfreezing conditions caused river ice and flood impacts from Niagara to Arkansas, with forecasts predicting a warming trend and lingering cold in the east.
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Sullivan County
Bureau of Air Commerce
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Honeymoon Bridge
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Eas
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Calion
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el Dorado
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission
Lewistown
N. Y
Florida
Mercury
Atlanta
Michigan
Mastodon Township
Alpha
Mich
K. W. Schultz
Kentucky Solons Face Night Sessions for Sine Die
The Kentucky general assembly, adjourned for the weekend, weighs night sessions to adjourn sine die on March 1. House measures include police in fifth class cities, bond exemptions for second class cities, and other tests. The senate moved on a single bill amid over twenty pending measures.
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Frankfort
Kentucky General Assembly
John Hunnicutt
Ludlow
House
Assembly
George S. Clay
Henderson
Senate
Senators Split Over Probe Form for Labor Board Inquiry
A Senate judiciary subcommittee favored a probe into the National Labor Relations Board but split on whether to hold full hearings. Senators Burke and Neely urged action while Norris Hatch Connally Logan Austin urged funneling hearings through the labor committee or limiting scope. The anti lynching bill debate continued on the floor as the cloak room discussion focused on the probe.
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Senate Judiciary
National Labor Relations Board
Burke
D-Neb
Norris
Ind-Neb
Judiciary Committee
Senator Hatch
D-Nm
Senate Labor Committee
Neely
D-W Va
J. Warren Madden
Labor Board
Senate
Roosevelt asks Congress for huge defense boost in 1938 plan
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize about 800 million dollars for Navy expansion and 17.33 million for Army improvements including anti aircraft gear. He proposed two new battleships and two new cruisers in 1938 and predicted a 29.2 million overall long range defense program starting next July.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Proram
Navy
Roosevel
Pair Executed For Murder Of Man For His Insurance
Two lives were claimed in a double execution in Chester Illinois as Marie Porter and Angelo Ralph Giancola faced the electric chair. Porter, 37, a St. Louis mother, and Giancola, 22, the hired triggerman, died within 13 minutes after last words to the warden and witnesses.
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Chester
Illinois
Marie Porter
St. Louis
Angelo Ralph Giancola
Southern Illinois
Joseph Montgomery
Giancola
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