Cloudburst Tightens Norton Streets and West Virginia Storms
Winds and heavy rain swept southwest Virginia and nearby areas with cloud bursts. Norton and Wytheville reported flooded streets, damaged telephone lines, and fallen trees. Kingsport measured three inches of rain as East Tennessee farmers welcomed relief from drought amid continuing heat in the Midwest.
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Richmond
Virginia
R. W. Arthur
Wytheville
Norfolk Sad Western
Bristol
Wythe
Marion
Damascus
Virginia-North Carolina
Saltville
Norton
Wise County
Midwest
East Tennessee
Appalachian
Kingsport
Denials of Misconduct Ridiculed in Balm Suit
In Miami July 6 counsel for James Edgar Jr of Detroit cross examined his ex wife Kathryn Crawford Moran who denied Mallory had given her a cigarette lighter with E E M initials. She said the engraver’s error created the initials by coincidence and that she kept the Moran maiden name. She confessed no lasting love for Edgar and referenced a lonesome telegram sent from Detroit, with a tense exchange about the message.
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Miami
Fils
James Edgar, Jr
Detroit
Lewis E. Mallory
Fred Botts
Kathryn Crawford
Edgar
Ion
Mallory
Moran
Kathryn Crawford Moran
Botts
Kathryn
Weather Brief Fair and Warmer Areas
Tennessee Kentucky enjoy generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Virginia sees fair skies tonight and Tuesday with slightly warmer conditions in the north. North Carolina reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers. Overnight low around 62 and rain measured yesterday at 0.74 inches. Readings taken at 7 am daily for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
North
Carolina
Whitwell Miners Continue Strike Despite Contract
Whitwell Tennessee July 6 Whitwell coal miners idle after one month refusing work under a contract with United Mine Workers of America. Union cites vague terms and risks for workers. Abbissell of Black Diamond Coal Co appeals for patience. several hundred miners listen. W M W, company, and local leaders held meetings in Chattanooga with no deal.
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Whitwell
Tenn
Whitwell Coaltainers
United Mince Workers of America
Agpeal
Abbissell
Black Diamond Coal Company
Borah Turns Bachelor in Boise Hotel Stay
Senator William Borah returns to Idaho to live solo in a small downtown hotel apartment. He avoids cooking and housework, bikes or taxis replace his car, and he reads aloud to himself as Mrs. Borah visits friends at an Atlantic coast resort. He jokes about being too poor to keep a horse.
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William FR. Goetcher
Associated Press Star
Boise
Idaho
William Edgar Borah
Washington
Borah
Tian
Senate
Ington
Sarah
Danzig Moves to End League Control in City
The Free City of Danzig pushes to end League of Nations control as Nazi leader Dr Arthur Karl Greiser asserts Danzig will sever ties with the League. Italy’s sanctions are lifted July 15, and British Foreign Secretary Eden reports limited progress with Germany amid rising tensions.
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Associated Press
Free
Danzig
Earape
League of Nations
League
Italy
Premer Mussolini
Europe
Arthur Karl Greiser
Dansig
Greiser
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Germany
John A. Bouman
Berlin
Free City of
League Assembly
Geneva
Dean Lester
Free Territory
Continuance Sought in Gas Tax Fraud Trial in Nashville
In Nashville on July 6 counsel for W H Land of Memphis and G G Gean of Halls asked to reset their conspiracy to defraud the state of gasoline taxes case. Land cited malaria fever. Gean’s attorney said both would plead guilty when called. Trial reset to September 21. Gean expected to plead guilty as well.
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Nashville
W. H. Land
Memphis
G. G. Geau
Halls
Chester K. Hart
Gerald Stratton
Land
Wil
Strattan
W. N. Beasley
Gean
Women to Lead East Campaign for Landon says Couch
Natalie Couch, a Nyack attorney and early female GOP organizer, predicts women will do most of the work for Gov. Alf Landon in the East. She aims to mobilize every street and alley, prefers initiative over regimented effort, and plans to return to her law practice after the election.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
Associated Press
New York
Natalie Couch
Repblican
Alf M. Landon
Aarney
Atlantic Seaboard
Landon
Nyack
Port
John D. M. Hamilton
Park Avenue
Main Street
Wellesley
Miss Couch
John Hamilton
Bond theft gang sought by G men in New York
Federal agents hunt a two-man pair linked to an international bond theft syndicate credited with two phantom sites totaling £2,046,000. Agents, who rounded up five men including a kidnapping witness in St. Paul, recovered two US$100,000 Treasury notes from a bag at Grand Central. Total recovered about $950,000 plus $440,009 in securities.
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New York
Concords
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Wanim, Jr
St. Paul
Treasury
Grand Central Terminal
Rhea Whitley
Federal Bureau
Morris Reisner
Hamm
Heurone
Airship Flights Questioned Over Britain
Airship flights over England raise parliamentary scrutiny as Viscount Swinton air secretary faces Wednesday questions on allowing foreign aircraft to fly over Great Britain without adherence to specified routes or safe altitude. The Zeppelin Hindenburg passed over two military camps and a royal flying seaplane base yesterday, drawing attention to air defense and policy.
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England
Viscount Swinton
Air Spertary
Great Britain
FDR Studies Plan For His Campaign
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a four week Virginia tour and begins campaign planning before a sailing vacation. He dedicates Shenandoah National Park and delivers a Jefferson home speech, then sails aboard the presidential yacht Potomac. Farley is summoned for a campaign conference while Roosevelt contemplates Hyde Park and a Maine coast cruise with his son aboard the Sewanna.
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Washington
Old Dominion
Roosevelt
New England
Shenandoah National Park
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Yorktown
Georgia voters confront new deal issues in 1936 primaries
In Atlanta on July 6 1936 Georgia campaigns center on Roosevelt versus Talmadge. Senator Richard Russell Jr and Governor Eugene Talmadge emerge as main figures with Redwine named by Talmadge as his candidate for governor while anti-Talmadge candidates Fortson Larsen and Rivers contend in the race. Talmadge supports the Philadelphia platform and Roosevelt Garner nominees.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Talmadge
Georgia
Richard B. Russel, Jr
Eugene Talvandge
Thoosevelt
Blanton Fortson
W. W. Larsen
E. D. Rivers
State House of Representatives
Last Dive Ends in Canonsburg Teen’s Death at Pool
Eighteen-year-old Henry Bojanow ski of Canonsburg heard the whistle at a public swimming pool and shouted I’m taking one last dive. He struck the bottom, broke his back, and died a few hours later in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Henry Bojanowski
Canonsburg
Freed Surrenders to Police in Death of Blonde
Pi Freed 82 owner of the Nut House on North Clark Street turned himself in to Chicago police today but refused to answer key questions about the murder of Miss Vallette. His wife Ruth Carmella Freed did not surrender and was not known to be in police custody.
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Chicago
Pi Freed
Wirderead Phaygird Auedrey Vallette
Ruth Carmella Freed
North la Salle Street
Miss Vallette
Freed
Clark Street
Freedas
Anabelle
Pige Eight
Sullivan County Court Agrees to 1.65 Tax Levy and Indigent Aid
In a stormy session the Sullivan County Court fixed a $1.65 fiscal year tax rate for the highway fund and approved $11,200 in county pauper relief, including $7,000 for Kingsport indigents and $1,200 for Bristol. final action followed debate on highway department cuts and additional requests. The court also allocated $5,000 for Kingsport indigents via the Kingsport Community Chest and noted health and school funding considerations, with Judge W D Lyon urging adherence to the levy and a lengthy session likely to continue tomorrow.
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Blountville
Renn
Sullivan
Highway Department
Kingsport
Fate Cox
Sullivan County
W. D. Lyon
B&b
F. L. Moore
Worshipful Quarterly
County Court
Tennessee
Eno
Bank of Aristocles
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Craig Street
Lynch
Ouy
Fla
James Edger, Jr
Michigan
Miss Crawford
Lewis E. Mallory, III
Imeeh
John L. Lewis
Whitwell Focal
Ccompany
Chattanooga
Frankfort
Main
United States
Sen. Borah
Jerusalem
Hearst
Metrotone News
G-Imen
Hama
Farley
Dedicates Park
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