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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1934
Page
1
The Dillinger gang stormed Hechul's National Bank in broad daylight, wounding a cashier and a jeweler and stealing cash before fleeing in a weaponed escape car. A police chase erupted as a detective and officers returned fire. multiple bystanders and officers were injured amid street violence.
Weather update notes showers in Tennessee with little temperature change and partly cloudy conditions in Virginia. Friday high temps match last year. no rain recorded yesterday or yesterday’s high. Readings show daily precipitation across the preceding 24 hours.
President Roosevelt approved the Grosser retirement act for railroad workers setting a 63 retirement age with employer and worker contributions. The measure, paired with the farm moratorium bill, drew conservative opposition and liberal support, calling for future changes by Congress and a railroad retirement board to administer the fund.
Harriman Tenn June 30 Executives of the Harriman Hosiery Mills faced union leaders charges of responsibility for the kidnapping of Fred G Held vice president of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. The union secretary said the kidnapping was planned and that threats had been made against Held. Workers at the mill had struck to support organizing rights, and the plant closed after a dispute with the NRA over its blue eagle insignia. Continued on page two.
Nashville Tenn Jeane 30 news brief reports 5,181 employed and 88 new projects approved this week by the Tennessee Emergency Relief Administration under Col Walter L Simpson. The state lists 19,44 on ITERA rolls with total earnings $147,558 weekly. A study by J L Meiers notes seven percent of relief workers are women and suggests continued growth in employment.
Campton Kentucky June 30 following their surrender Sheriff Gowrie Rice reports John Stamper and Arlie Hateon jailed on murder charges tied to the ambush killing of prisoner R Boyd Stamper near Slade. Witnesses say the pair claimed they killed to avoid further danger as shots rang out. Authorities say Stamper’s body was found riddled with bullets in front of the Stamper home.
John Astor’s society wedding to Eleanor French drew thousands outside the Newport church as cameras flashed and traffic blocked. The groom and bride appeared on time after a late arrival, then left for a reception amid formality and pageantry before continuing the tale of high society romance.
Kentucky lawmakers adjourned until Monday after a late night vote. The House concurred with the Senate amendment to the sine die adjournment resolution as the special session moved toward a Monday reconvening and a whisk bill schedule.
Henry Ford's company submitted an unsigned letter stamped Ford Motor Company for approval by a Detroit official, then returned for signing by a senior officer. The move, Johnson said, allows Ford to bid on government contracts, a change arranged by Harry Woodring.
U S Senator Nathan L. Bachman assailed Gordon Browning in Murfreesboro as campaign for Democratic nomination to succeed him moves forward. Bachman accused Browning of neglecting public business and failing to vote on key measures. The salvo, reported as the Chattanoogan opened his Tennesse campaign, signals a sharp partisan clash ahead.
Washington reports June 30 that Harriman Hosiery Mills may restore its Blue Eagle- Two status pending the National Industrial Recovery Act terms. A formal statement from the general counsel outlined two conditions for regaining approval. The company agrees on all other points and would return to compliance if the terms are met.
The Abingdon attorney Roby Thorogon placed in nomination and Robert HL Woods of Pearisburg elected temporary chairman at a ninth Virginia district nominating meeting. George E. Comer of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce gave the welcome. Woods delivered the keynote address urging vigilance of constitutional rights amid national crisis.
Article describes a destabilizing clash within the Nazi hierarchy after a leader’s arrest and alleged plot with a foreign power. It references R H Hippler, Hermann Wilhelm, and reactions across Germany Austria and Rome as Mussolini notes possible shifts, with the regime maintaining tight control despite internal violence.
Washington June 30 President Roosevelt signed a broad farm moratorium measure to give debt burdened farmers a five year pause if they cannot reach fair credits arrangements. He urged amendments next session and said fears of widespread evasion are unfounded while trusting farmers to meet their debts.
President Roosevelt, before leaving on vacation, named the Stock Exchange Commission, appointed James Moffett of New York as Federal Housing Administrator, and announced the Farm Moratorium bill and the Grosser Railroad Employee Pension measure. He created a communications oversight commission and a National Labor Relations Board, plus a commission to study aviation problems and propose new legislation. The farm bill sets a five year debtor relief method. the pension bill creates a fund to pension railroad workers after age 65 or 30 years in service.
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