Senate Studies TVA Bills To Develop Tennessee Power
The Tennessee Senate opened consideration of 12 TVA related bills led by a measure allowing cities to run electric distribution systems. Senator Elmer D Davies attacked the planning and housing measures as pernicious while signaling he would support two TVA only bills if separated. Debate featured calls for quick action and questions about TVA program connections, with references to a governor’s telegram to TVA chairman Morgan.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Elmer D. Davies
Davidson
Davies
TVA
Hind
Citizes
Public Alltes Commission
Judiciary Committee
Hammond Fowler
Roane
Fowler
McAlister
A. EB. Morgan
Morgan
Tennessee
Dr. Morgan
J. D. Mosby
Fugada
Kowler
Weather Outlook Fair Then Colder Across States
Tennessee reports fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with increasingly colder air. Virginia sees generally fair skies with snow flurries only in extreme northwest. Warmer air in the southeast, colder in the extreme northwest. readings note no rain and temperatures similar to the previous year.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Fairbanks Woos English Woman in Rome Stop
In Rome on arrival Fairbanks and Lady Ashley smiled but refused to discuss marriage. Fairbanks called it private business and Lady Ashley said she had nothing to say. The couple extended their embassy trip and plans to sail from Marseille to Trinidad on a West Indian cruise aboard a yacht chartered by Fairbanks.
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Din
Courhis Fairbanks
Lady Ashley
Rote
Fairbanks
Ashley
Marseille
Trinidad
Muirbanks Hyy
Physicians Labor To Aid Young Wife In Flood
In Memphis on January 29 the flood crisis pressed hard as physicians fought to save Mrs Edna Lorraine Goodwin and her newborn daughter Edna Letoise. The 23 year old mother faced blood poisoning despite a perilous journey through waist deep waters to reach care. The baby, now in a hospital, has a cold but is otherwise well. Will Goodwin, 34, recounted his perilous trek seeking aid as floodwaters battered their home on the Coldwater River. The story closes with news of the hospital transfer and the ongoing medical effort.
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Edna Lorraine Goodwin
Coldwater River
Goodwin
Edna Letoise
Will
Sledge
Crenshaw
Deadline Extended for Auto License Tags in Tennessee
Nashville dispatch reports the Tennessee House concurred with a Senate resolution extending the automobile license purchase deadline to February 16 after delays. Rep. Coffman urged action while Rep. Cummings led the floor vote, and lawmakers also pressed for early review of TVA measures. The item continued on page four.
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Nashville
House
Senate
J. Dave Coffman
Giles
James Cummings
Cannon
Coffman
Nouse
Tennessee Valley Authority
Judiciary Committee
Board of Conservation
Fish and
Murder Case Involving Ex-Employer And Daughter
LAUREL Miss Jan 29 The strange murder case of Daisy Keeton 52 her daughter Ouida Keeton 33 and ex employer W M Carter 55 unfolds as Ouida admits witnessing the fatal attack with an iron poker and helping dispose of the body Carter a Laurel wholesale building supply operator is jailed in Jackson charged with murder Ouida Keeton is detained in Laurel on murder charges Deavours Chief Brown say Carter denied involvement as the investigation continues on page six
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Jack Dale
Associated Pres
Laurel
Acers
Jones County
Ouida Keeton
Jack Deavours
Daisy Keeton
W. M. Carter
Carter
Jackson
Miss
Miss Keeton
Keeton
Deavours
Mama
J. E. Brown
Valm
Polite Carter
Libby Holman Fights for Her Son's Reynolds Heir
Libby Holman battles in Winston-Salem court over inheritance rights to Smith Reynolds estate valued at 30 million dollars for her two year old son Christopher. Reynolds' siblings challenge the marriage legality and the prior divorce from Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith, arguing the succession and legitimacy of the heir depend on court rulings amid illness and contested motives.
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Libby Holman
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Smith Reynolds
Christopher
Reynolds Seion
Henry W. Bagley
Charles Babcock
Anne Cannon
North Carolina
Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith
Reno
Mystery of $1.45 Million Treasury Note Theft
Federal agents and New York police investigate the disappearance of $1,450,000 in U S treasury notes from a Wall Street brokerage office. A wallet with the securities vanished in an eight by ten foot room while the custodian stood nearby. The stash also included $6,000 in bonds and all items were insured. The probe includes questioning financial messengers.
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New York
Police Today, Inc
U. S. Treasury
Wall Street
Treasury
G. Alexander
Bank of the Manhattan
Continue Drive to Block TVA Plans
In Birmingham on January 29, stockholders of the Alabama Power Co. seek an injunction to halt TVA electrification citing unconstitutionality. Attorneys prepared for extensive testimony, including deposition from TVA Authority chair Dr. Arthur E. Morgan supporting the yard-still plan and TVA river control, with a challenge to a $2,200,000 transfer contract.
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Birmingham
Abe
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Forney Johnson
TVA
Yates
Phin
Johnston
W. Grubb
U. S. District Court
Arthur E. Morgan
Authority
Morgan
Congress
Tennessee
Federal Power Commission
Limestone Circuit
Federal District Court
Alabama Fower Co
Senate Casts World Court Ballot Today
Washington Jan 22 amid heated congress debate and large radio audiences the United States World Court proposal nears a Senate decision ending a 12 year effort. Leaders on both sides forecast narrow passage or possible defeat with Senators Robinson Borah and Johnson weighing in as Father Coughlin intensifies public opposition.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Cel
Charles E. Coughlin
Sov
Magistrates Are Objects of Bills in Tennessee
Nashville January meeting of bar leaders from four large Tennessee counties will consider a bill to abolish magistrates courts civil and criminal jurisdiction. George H Armistead Jr said attendees include Sam Costen J M Kelley and F B Spurlock to draft abolition of justice of the peace powers. Bills already before the legislature target Hamilton county magistrates.
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Nashville
Tregsee
George H. Armistead, Jr
Sam Costen
Memphis
J. M. Kelley
Knoxville
F. B. Spurlock
Chattanooga
Armistead
Bare love affair at murder trial in Topeka
In a Topeka federal court Maj. Charles A. Shenard, 63, faces a murder charge over the 1929 poisoning of his second wife at Fort Riley. Prosecutors cite his two romances, including Zenana Shepard and Grace Brandon, as motives. Defense portrays Shenard as a victim of two women amid a troubled home life.
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Topeka
Kas
Charles A. Shenard
Zenana Shepard
Forth Riles
Sllaged Witt
Grace Brandon
Brooks Vield
Tex
Kingfish Opposition Organizes for Attack in Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports Ernest Bourgeois rallying his anti Huey Long forces north of the city to head the Square Seal Association. He led about 100 armed citizens routed by Long's militia at the airport last Saturday and is believed to be regrouping in Feliciana parishes. The Square Deal Association aims to end Long's dictatorship by peaceful means amid oil tax protests earlier this month.
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Baton Rouge
Ernest Bourgeois
Huey Long
Here
Square Seal Association
Bourgeois
Long
West Felana
Woods
Square Deal Association
Standard Oil Company
Death Toll Climbs in Gloversville Liquor Poisoning Case
The tally of liquor poisoning deaths in Gloversville rose to 11 with three more men dying and several others critically ill. Victims named include Bert Grant Charles Bates and Andrew Reinel, found wandering in the streets. Additional victims listed are Lena Snyder Benedict Merrill Denee Louis Bondsman Bess Bondsman Nettie Norman Florian Sirmok and Morris Baumgaertel. Authorities, with federal county and city investigators, press the case as arrests loom after a raid on Mrs Mary Derrico’s house yielded 11 bottles of liquor sent for chemists’ analysis.
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Gloversville
Bert Grant
Charles Bates
Andrew Reine
Lena Snyder
Luther Landen Benedict
Merrill Denee
Louis Bondsman
Bess Bondsman
Nettie Norman
Florian Sirmok
Morris Baumgaertel
Willard Lb. Best
Mary Derrico
New Warden Takes Over After Warden Preston Thomas Suspension
Following a 30 day suspension of Warden Preston BE Thomas of Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus, Deputy Warden J C Woodward was directed to assume the warden duties. An investigation is noted.
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Preston BE. Thomas
Ohio
Columbus
Goby
Martin L. Davey
J. C. Woodward
Opposition Grows to Repeal Plans Cite Atlanta Dry Fight
In Atlanta on January 29, opposition to liquor law repeal gains force across six long dry Southern states. Dry forces organize in Alabama and North Carolina ready to battle proposed changes, with governors and legislators facing coordinated resistance and proposed referendums. The effort spreads district by district as debates move forward.
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Atlanta
Arys
Alabama
Senate
House
Bibb Graves
North Carolina
Drys
Raleigh
Hunger strike enters fourth day at Santa Maria hospital
In Cordoba Argentina 600 tubercular patients at the national hospital at Santa Maria enter the fourth day of a hunger strike. Many are weak from lack of nourishment and several have left the hospital to rest at nearby towns. The protest demands discharge of the institution's director and an inspector from Buenos Aires doubts the grievances. A government committee backs the director and urges the patients to return under threat of eviction for disorder.
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Cordoba
Argentina
National Hospital
Santa Maria
Buenoss Aires
Buenos Aires
Hauptmann Faces Cross Examination Over Ransom Notes
Bruno Hauptmann, on the witness stand in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, closely matches phrases from the ransom notes. Prosecutor Wilentz cites lines like "this kidnapping was planned for a year already," while Hauptmann questions how else to phrase such statements. The exchange centers on motives, money, and a Victrola with envelopes of cash, amid tense testimony and courtroom laughter.
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Flemington
Ww. 1
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Germany
David T. Wilentz
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
Hahn Wilenty
Fritz Hahn
Hahn
Mrs. Hahn
Mrs. Hauptmann
Fisch
Florida
Hig
Wilents
Edward 3. Reilly
Wilentz
Charles A Lindbergh, Jr
Wil
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