Italy moves to enlarge troop concentration in East Africa
Italy accelerated troop buildup for action in East Africa as observers foresee possible war with Ethiopia before the rainy season. Blackshirt divisions increased to 15 000 with four completed and another ready, while 3 000 soldiers and officers sail to Africa. Some believe hostilities could begin before September despite hopes for border dispute talks at Scheveningen.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
East Africa
Ethiopia
Africa
Conciliation Commission
Scheveningen
Netherlands
Parce Cisht
Weather Outlook Across States
Weather forecast for Tennessee Virginia Kentucky and North Carolina. Generally fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday. Virginia expects occasional showers tonight and Tuesday in northeast portions. Kentucky mostly fair with cooler tonight. North Carolina mostly cloudy with occasional showers in east and central portions, slightly cooler tonight in the extreme southeast portion.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Convict Ends His Life Escape Bid in Jail Break Fatal
In Birmingham on July 8 a failed escape from a jail led to the death of Richard Darrafou, 24, a condemned slayer of Patrolman F. J. Harris. Wesley Vincent, 19, of Shelton, Wash., aided in the attempt, fainting beside Darrafou’s body after two shots were fired from a gun wrested from a warden. The two men, who had overpowered deputies and seized knives, were slated for the electric chair for the January 30 Roosevelt birthday ball robbery at the Pickwick Club. The escape plan began when they seized Deputy Warden J. Dol Bussum as guards opened their cell. The alarm was triggered after Vincent and Darrafou seized knives and overpowered Chief Warden J. D. Pinson, who tried to intervene. Pinson reached for his pistol as they entered, but the weapon was not used. The incident centered around the control of the jail kitchen and the attempted breakout amid the Roosevelt birthday ball receipts intrigue.
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Birmingham
Richard Darrafou
Wesley Vincent
Shelton
Derrafou
Darrafou
F. J. Harris
Pickwick Club
J. Dol.Bussum
Vincent
Carrafan
J. D. Pinson
Pinson
Mr. Whited
Darrafeu
WT. Wited
Louisiana legislature seals Huey Long control in fast session
Baton Rouge reports the legislature finalizes twenty five bills amid Huey P. Long dictatorial powers. The special session ended after midnight with broad authority over elections finances hiring and firing of teachers and state spending. Feeble opposition noted as measures passed swiftly under Long's direction. Continued on page eight.
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Quince Ewing
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Legislature Today
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Huey Long
Long
Washington
Double killing probed by police in Alabama tragedy
In Montgomery on July 8 a wholesale confectioner Louis J Kontos and his companion Mrs Katherine Morton were shot dead near a roadhouse. Coroner M B Kirkpatrick ruled homicide and death by own action after Kontos killed Morton with multiple shots then himself. Jemison, owner of Red Bird Inn, relayed the scene as police found both bodies in the car.
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Montgomery
Ala
Here
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Louis J. Kontos
Katherine Morton
Kirkpatrick
Morton
John D Rockefeller Celebrates 96th Birthday Unbroken Routine
John D. Rockefeller Sr. marked his 96th birthday in quiet fashion as 25 servants kept observances minimal. His son John D. Rockefeller Jr. joined him, doctors reported excellent health with no dental work needed. The milestone underscores a career rise from humble beginnings to vast wealth and half a billion donated to philanthropy. Excessive heat kept him from church yesterday.
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John D
Lakewoo
N. J
John BD. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Max Geddsteit
Rockefeller
Produce Commission
Cleveland
Mother May Face Murder in Kalamazoo Tragedy
Police guard watched Mrs. Paul L Tubbs in a Kalamazoo hospital after she allegedly suffocated her 9 year old son Jess and attempted suicide. Found Saturday at home she held the child’s body as gas jets were opened in the kitchen. Described by police as a mercy killing, authorities await her recovery before deciding on charges.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Paul L. Tubbs
Jess
Eight Die as Electric Storms Ravage New York State
Albany July 8. Electric storms caused eight known deaths four missing and millions in damage across New York. Bridges and tracks washed out roads flooded gas and electric service halted in Bath and Hornell. Hundreds fled homes as rivers rose threatening crops and livestock. Red Cross and Governor Lehman mobilized relief efforts.
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Albany
N. Y
Upstate
New York
Bath and
Hornell
American Red Cross
Herbert H. Lehman
Leon F. Wheatley
State Temporary Relief Administration
Bath
Conhocton
Canisteo
Tioga
Steuben
State Highway Division
Conner to Decide Fate of Dr Sarah Ruth Dean
Jackson Miss July 8 Governor Connor weighs full pardon or continued punishment for Dr Sarah Ruth Dean once convicted of poisoning her medical colleague Dr John Kennedy. A suspended sentence expires today as Connor considers pardon alternatives after a sensational trial and disputed midnight tryst allegations.
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Ion
Dr. Dean
Dean
Kennedy
la Jackson Hospital
State survey says 63 agencies create government chaos
Nashville dispatch outlines an efficiency survey showing 63 independent state agencies, many answerable to no single authority. The report urges a central executive with a limited team of assistants to coordinate operations, planning, and oversight, arguing the current fragmented system hampers accountability and effective governance.
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Nashville
McAliater
Thea
EIGHT DIE DURING SULTRY WEEKEND IN TENNESSEE
A hot weekend boosted drownings and traffic deaths in Tennessee. Among the dead were 18 year old Lillian Green and youths George Hewett 14 Paul Gann 13 and Lester Shaw 27 from boating or swimming accidents. Car wrecks killed Otis Colins 23 and musician Frank Garrett near Lynnville. Lola Phillips 3 died when a picnic table collapsed at a church near Oliver Springs. A Bristol driver Lester Shaw died after his boat capsized on Holston river. George Hewett and Paul Gann also drowned in rivers near Carthage and Benton respectively.
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Nashville
B.P
Tennessee
Lillian Green
George Hewett
Paul Gann
Lester Shaw
Lynnville
Otis Colins
Frank Garrett
Memphis Mra
J. A. Thompson
Clarksville
Gutherie
Somerville
Oliver Springs
Lola Phillips
Bristol
Blut City
Holston River
Cumberland Springs
Cumberland River
Carthage
Hiwassee
Benton
Young Gann
Congress probes TVA lobbying influence amid opposition vote
Representative Rankin charged that members of the House military committee met nightly with power lobbyists at their hotel headquarters as debates on TVA expansion and utility control moved forward. Senate debates whether to regulate binding companies or abolish them, a proposal Roosevelt backs but the House previously rejected. House Rules Committee planned hearings to probe lobbying for and against the utility control bill.
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Washington
Rankin
Mississippi
House Military Committee
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Communists May Battle in France
Paris dispatch reports Col. Francois de La Rocque warning Croix de Feu followers to be ready for a mobilization order against the leftist front. Leftist leaders plan Bastile Day demonstrations as royalist forces rally, while an effigy of Pierre Cat is burned in Strasbourg reflecting rising tensions amid Daladier ties to the left.
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Robert Parker
Associated Press
Paris
Francois de la Rocque
Croix de Feu
Bastile
America
de la Rocque
Pierre Cat
Strassbourg
Cat
Edouard Daladier
Striking Lumber Men Under Guard in Pacific Northwest
Washington National Guard troops moved into Aberdeen Hoquiam and Tacoma to guard workers returning to mills as strike tensions Heightened. Six mills planned to resume with new crew rosters while a union vote on a wage compromise loomed. The conflict centers on pay increases from 40 50 cents to 75 cents per hour with many mills granting up to 50 cents.
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Seattle
Washington National Guard
Pacific Northwest
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Tacoma
Grays Harbor
Clarence D. Martin
Grays Harbor County
Everett
Sawmill and Timber Workers Union
Sawmill and Timber Workers’ Union
Pirates Escape With 32000 Taken From Gambling Barge
Five pirates boarded the Monte Carlo gambling barge near Long Beach California and fled eight miles offshore with about 32000 dollars in cash and jewelry. The attack occurred while the crew slept, and the boarders used chains and armed weapons. Local police say the case is federal and are coordinating with authorities as they pursue suspects.
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Long Beach
Calif
Monte Carlo
Turner
Akme
Trons
Aveamen
Ureraash
Mac Wilt
White House Avoids Specific Rates for Tax the Rich Plan
Morgenthau testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee outlining estimates for new taxes on high inheritances high incomes and a graduated corporate tax. The White House signals no firm rate recommendations while aiming to raise revenue to fund current spending and reduce the national debt amid recovery concerns.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
National Welfare
Jenkins
Ohio
Stnathon
Minn
Fiona Ocredit
Morgenthin
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Associated Frees
London
Benito Musgolini
Coun
T. A. Lambie
Abyssinian Mission Service
Lkely
Dr. Lambie
Haile Selassie
Lambie
I Duce
Eritrea
Somaliland
Mussolini
Red Cross
Farmer-Labor Meet
Roy M. Harrop
Farmer- Laborite
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Farmer-Labor Party
Trusty
Conner
Sarah Ruth Dean
Tenn
Crown
Boost
Boston
Henry P.fursdon
South Aurora
Julie Gilbert
Leedsville
Sim Hindl
Tarsdon
Miss Gilbert
TVA
Frank B. Harper
France
Cross of Fire
Edward Lee O’conner
Iowa
Grand Jwy
Sioux City
Walter Maley
Cata
National Guard
Pacific Lumber Strike
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