Extra Session State Legislature Is Seen
Tennessee lawmakers brace for sine die adjournment as a $9 million deficit looms, blocking revenue or bond bills. Administration blocs push to block controversial measures while a potential $10 million highway bond issue is debated. Unrest grows as congestion and bids to fund highway safety and hospital needs surge amid final adjournment.
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Henry H. Horton
W. Y. Boswell
Horton
Nashville
Tenn
House
Senate
State Highway Patrol
Central State Hospital
Shelby
Davidson
Chamlee
Hamilton
Stockton
Fentress
Gilbert
Weather Rain and Cooler Tennessee and Virginia
Weather forecast shows local thunder showers in Tennessee tonight and Friday with cooler Friday. Virginia expects generally fair conditions tonight and Friday, with isolated interior thundershowers Friday afternoon and little temperature change. Moderate northeast winds turning variable. Readings taken at 9:00 p.m. by T. C. Harris U.S.W.0.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W
Horton asks for right to borrow to avoid extra session
Governor Henry Horton asked the Legislature to authorize the funding board to borrow money to cover legislative appropriations. He argued an extra session would not serve the public interest and urged action to prevent a deficit, noting revenue measures cannot now prevent shortfalls.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Legislative
Ice in July chills Spokane and Lind gardens
July ice swept eastern Washington and northern Idaho with frost nipping gardens and flowers. Lind residents found ice in irrigation ditches and a 31.3 F reading at Pullman as the region felt a chilly July breath.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Lind
Pullman
Scientist Stephen Babcock Dies at 88 in Madison
World famous dairy scientist Dr Stephen Babcock died at his Madison Wisconsin home during the night He was 88 years old The death removes a pioneering figure noted for dairy research and fat measurement methods shaping the dairy industry.
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Madison
Wis
Stephen Babcock
Heat Wave Stretches From South to East
Associated Press reports show a major heat wave moving from the middlewest into the east and south. Cooler, normal temperatures are forecast for tonight in many areas, while Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania endure the hottest conditions. Defiance Ohio hit 107.5, with Baltimore and Frederick Maryland at 101 and 102 respectively as storms disrupt travel and workers.
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Associated Press
Middlewest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Middlewestern
Mlingis
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Kipan
Defiance
Norwalk
N. P
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
Martinsha Pa
Harrisburg
Maryland
Baltimore
Frederick
Billion Dollar Deficit Faces U S Government
Washington on July 2 indicated Uncle Sam aimed to pull from a large financial hole with a July 1 check showing about a billion dollars short for the past year. The treasury blamed rising expenditures for culture and relief, veterans benefits, accelerated construction, and a sharp tax decline in income, customs, and internal revenue receipts.
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Washington
Sam
Actin
The
Treasury
Dispute Over Lake Cargo Shipments Reaches Final Phase
Washington July 2 The interstate Commerce Commission hearings on lake coal cargo rates shift to final phase as northern operators from western Pennsylvania and Ohio press for a larger differential to rival southern fields. Southern coal interests from Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee argue the current rate structure is fair and a change would hurt them. An examiner had urged dismissal of the northern petition citing reduced shipments since the new schedule. Ellis M Ballard contests the examiner's conclusions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern
Pennsyyvania
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ellis M. Ballard
Ohio Lake Cargo Rate Committee
Failure to Agree Rotherwood Plan Affects France Debts
Washington reports a tense moment as Hoover's one-year suspension proposal prompts France to warn a moratorium could follow if Germany delays conditional reparations under the Young plan. An American note outlines potential flows: France would gain 105 million in annuities, pay 196 million into the BIS guard fund, and owe about 110 million to the United States and Britain.
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Washington
Hoover
France
Paris
United States
Germany
Bank For International Settlements
Fliers Girdle Globe in Less Than 9 Days
Officials compared air routes and site options for a new regional airport noting mixed results. McKenzie and Edwards rejected several sites due to winds or defects while selecting Rotherwood Farm near The Circle as the most suitable location for development potential.
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W. J. McKenzie
U. S Department of Commerce
JT. Edwards
Tennessee
Country Club Golf Links
Johnson City Highway
Rotherwood Farm
Circle
Kingsport
Charles
McKenzie
Edwards
Rotherwood
Prohibition Needs Churches for Success Says M E Board
The Methodist Episcopal Church South board votes to recognize the Anti Saloon League, the W C C U and the World League Against Alcohol as accredited church agencies guiding prohibition efforts. Bishop James Cannon to address the board on prohibition and the campaign plan. The meeting also hears Dr A C Milles condemn the United States divorce surge as a national disgrace and a stain on civilization.
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Lake Junaluska
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Episcogal Church
South
Anti-Saloon League
W.C.C.U
World League Japainst
Christian Churches
James Cannon
Cannan
A. C. Milles
Little Roch
Ark
United States
Miller
Home Protective Association of Arkansas
Arkansas
Roane jail escape and coal conference in Washington
A Roane County jail break freed a woman slayer Abe Lawson and twelve others including Jim Dalton and Albert Drake. A posse pursued the fugitives while Roy Chitwood, implicated in a separate killing, was in the broken area. In Washington, Doak and Lamont pursue a national coal conference as Hoover favored by John L. Lewis faces miner and operator positions.
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Kingston
Tenn
Roane County
W. Roberts
Abe Lawson
Rassa Jett
Jim Dalton
Supreme Court
Albert Drake
W. H. Campbell
George Pendergrass
Charlie Clower
Smith Andrews
Ed Huddleston
Jim Moore
Bill Vann
George Walton
Roy Chitwood
Anna Grace Gilliland
Virginia Morrow
University of Tennessee
Dallas
Texas
Fall’s Fate To Be Decided Next Week In DC
Albert B. Fall awaits word from Washington on whether to report to begin his prison sentence in El Paso. A medical exam by Amy physicians at William Beaumont hospital is with the district attorney, with action unlikely until special prosecutor Atlee Pomerene arrives from Cleveland. Fall, ex interior secretary, was convicted of accepting a bribe, fined 100000 dollars and sentenced to a year in jail.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
el Paso
Amy
William Beaumont Hospital
Atlee Pomerene
Cleveland
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Sidelights on Flight at Roosevelt Field in New York
About 45 minutes before Post and Gutly arrived a young woman drove a car with a man seated back in the tonneau through the main gate at Roosevelt Field New York. They were Mr and Mrs Colonel Charles A Lindbergh. The Colonel said it was a great flight. The Winnie Mae will not be placed in a glass case. sponsor F Hall said the plane will be given to his daughter for whom it was named.
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Associated Press
New York
Post
Gutly
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Tonneau
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winnie Mae
F. ©. Hall
W. W. Chaplin
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Graf Reppelin
Gatty
Edmonton
Cleveland
Canada
New Foundland
Ireland
England
Holland
Germany
Russia
Lindbergh
Chamberlain
Byrd
Publica
Earth
S Gatty
Manhattan
FC. Hall
Hall
West
Jimmie Mae Hall Fain
Los Angeles
Life story of Wiley Post told in brief
A 1931 Associated Press profile chronicles Wiley Post, Texas born pilot who built model airplanes as a boy and pursued aviation with unflagging dedication. It traces his pioneer lineage, taciturn nature, and drive from cotton patch tinkering to automotive mechanics training, inspired by the Wright brothers and early flight legends.
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Associated Press
Leon H. D
Winnie Mae
Oklahoma
Wiley Post
Post
Wirmie Mac
Harold Gatty
W. PF. Post
Wiley
Kansas City
Wright Brothers
Burns, Okla
Hugh Austin
Okla
Defense blocks questioning of Caldwell on state funds
Nashville Tenn July 2 Defense attorneys objected to prosecutors efforts to question Rogers Caldwell investment banker on trial for fraudulent breach of trust about state deposits in Caldwell Bank of Tennessee closed after its fall. Assistant DA General J Carlton Loser pressed to show Caldwell Co used bank funds via a sale and repurchase deal, but W Meck Fuqua defense counsel repeatedly objected. Cross examination ended at noon with Caldwell’s lawyers planning character witnesses next.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell
Bank of Tennessee
Caldwell & Co
J. Carlton Loser
Trict
Loser
W. Meck Fuqua
Fuqua
New York Hauls Gatty and Post Home After World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed a round the world flight in 15 days 15 hours 31 minutes covering 13474 miles. They landed at Roosevelt Field New York after a taxing reception with crowds and police, discussing future plans and a possible Pacific flight.
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Nelly Bly
New York
George Francis—arain
Turnlay-Campbell
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt
Paris
John Henry Mearns
U. S. Army
Seattle
Edward Evans
Linton Wells
Mears
C. B. Collyer
Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
N. d
Post and Gatty
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Gatty and Post
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