DANGER OF WAR Insurgents Plan to-Cite America to Snub AFL
Charlottesville July 1 United States must strengthen navy air force and army or risk not keeping out of a future European war said John Ross Delafield former Brigadier General. He warned Congress and Rotary conference attendees that Germany France and Great Britain could be drawn in. Also discussed county government roles and planning in the Tennessee region. A train accident in Memphis left Claude Shepherd critically injured. Jacob George Young sought a refund of a $14.14 speeding fine citing obscene jail stories. John L. Lewis reported a mass labor movement backing Roosevelt reelection and tensions with the AFL CIO over steelworkers organizing.
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Charlottesville
United States
John Ross Delafield
New York
Army Ordinance Corps
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Delafield
Germany
Frances
Great Britain
Europe
Rotary Clubs of
Virginia
Frank W. Prescott
University of Chattanooga
Prescott
Commonwealths
South
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
North Carolina
Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Authority
America
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Presott
Miami
Fla
Jacob George Young
L. L. Lee
Lewis
Isbor
Labor
Roosevelt
CIO
White House
William Green
A. F. of
Craft Union
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Nearby States
Fair and warm conditions expected across Tennessee and Kentucky with continued warmth into Friday. Virginia remains generally fair with slightly warmer tonight and warmer Friday. North Carolina forecast shows fair conditions tonight with central and southeast areas warming. report notes rain yesterday and a 7 am Rendin observation for the prior 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Rendin
Plans Proposed to End Gasoline Tax Evasion in Tennessee
Nashville July 9 governor McAlister and investigators discuss practicable methods to curb gasoline tax evasion. Two plans are studied including border entry operations and interstate information exchange, plus a proposed formal compact among states and potential federal taxation at refineries.
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Nashville
McAlister
Tennessee
R McAlister
Congress
Tenants and Farmers End East Arkansas Strike
A general strike by tenant farmers sharecroppers and day laborers in East Arkansas ended today by declaration of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. H L Mitchell said the action secured higher wages for thousands and showed black and white workers in cotton fields unite for common interests. Officials said the strike never affected labor supply and stayed at about 75 cents daily. The dispute rose after Willie Sue Bligden and Rev Claude Williams reported a flogging near Earle as proof of a death from an alleged beating of Frank Weems, who Sheriff Howard Carlin says is alive and will be produced soon.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
H. L. Mitchell
Cross
Crittenden
St. Francis
Willie Sue Bligden
Claude Williams
Little Rock
Earle
Ark
Frank Weems
Howard Carlin
Weems
Enid
Okla
Lawrence de Val
Karpis-Harker
Minnesota
Cal Palmer
Ralph Knorr
Leron Coyle
Coyle
Jim O'Neal
Pay Vice
Donald Render
de Vol
St. Peter, Minn
Auvumn
Hanks
Turon
Kus
St. Peter Hospital
Frank Gibson
Albert Saroko
Oklahoma City
Dossett Explains Platform Planks Across State Tour
Nashville July 9 Dossett spoke in Williamson county towns on his campaign for governor outlining a free text book old age pension and TVA stance. He visited Franklin and ten communities delivering brief remarks and urging voter engagement while Gordon Browning criticized gasoline tax disclosures in Ripley and spoke in Stanton Henning and Ripley.
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Nashville
Bur- Lin Dossett
TVA
Orgain Leary
Hillsboro High School
Bis
Gordon Browning
Dossett
Stanton
Henning
Ripley
Artificial method to create new human blood cells
Two University of Oregon doctors describe tiny glass factories that make blood cells from marrow in a jelly tube. The apparatus, simple yet effective, grows and moves cells, killing germs and producing blood, with preliminary reports dating to May.
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John Lear
Associated Press
Chicago
Pacific Coast
University of Oregon
Edwin K. Osgood
Inez E. Brownlee
Soing
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Osgood
Alfred N. Muscovitz
New Deal War Opens in Georgia Primary Fight
Atlanta July 9 The battle over Roosevelt policies intensifies in Georgia two months before the November election. The Democratic primary on September 9 will decide whether Senator Russell or Governor Talmadge holds the junior Senate seat. Talmadge, a critic, vows to back party nominees while promoting a platform of capped federal spending, two cent postage, and bond limits by popular vote.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Eugene Talmadge
Russell
Talmadge
Philadelphia
McRae
Senate
Indicted pair linked to trap gun cabin slaying
In Kingston Tennessee two suspects Edith Nance and Floyd Doughty face trial for the fatal trap gun wounding of Charles Clark Jr at a Rockwood cabin. A 75-member venire was summoned as the case proceeds. The incident followed a group seeking water after swimming.
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Kingston
Tenn
Charles Clark, Jr
Rockwood
Edith Nance
Floyd Doughty
Joan J. Blair
Missy Nance
Doughty
Young Clark
Miss Nance
Drought and Hoppers Wreak Western Farm Woes
Photographs illustrate drought and grasshoppers hitting midwestern farms. Scenes show a lone fence post on M Lone Ster’s land and a ruined corn field near Pierre South Dakota, with a wheat field barren and dead, as 168 people reportedly die in the drought’s spread.
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United States
M Lone Ster
Pierre
S. D
Institutions Need Fund Pardue Says In Tennessee
Nashville July 9 The State Department of Institutions commissioner E L Pardue urged funding in the upcoming legislative session to expand housing in Tennessee institutions. He noted current facilities are at or near capacity with overcrowding in prisons and hospitals including the central and eastern state hospitals and the home for the feeble minded where two to three inmates share a bed.
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Nashville
State Department of Institutions
E. L. Pardue
Tennessee
Pardue
State Planning ‘Commission
French Bank Cuts Its Discount Rate
The Bank of France lowered its discount rate to 3 percent from 4 percent and reduced the rate on 30 day advances to 3 percent from 4 percent. Advances on securities fell to 4 percent from 5 percent as gold returns supported easing to relieve business and industry of high rates.
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Paris
Bank of France
France
Troops Fight Off Rebels In Mexico
In Mexico City on July 9 two skirmishes between troops and rebel bands in Southwest Mexico left 13 insurgents dead. Eight killed at Vaz Queza ranch near San Sebastian Jalisco were followers of rebel leader Estanislao Vazquez. Another two hour engagement on Torres Hill near San Luis Agustinas ranch in Guantanamo province killed five insurgents.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Vazqueza
San Sebastian
Jalisco
Estanislao Vazquez
Torres Hill
San Luis Agustinas Ranch
Guantanamo
Armed Forces To Oust Strikers In France
Paris July 8 The interior minister said an armed force will be used with care to eject strikers who ignore evacuation appeals. Police without bayonets will act, after appeals by the mayor union delegate and local MP fail, the plan endorsed by Paul Faure following renewed strikes.
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Paris
Roger Salengro
Paul Faure
Salengro
Chamber of Deputies
Salengra
Agreement Stops Hapsburg Return In Austria
Vienna July 9 a Heimwehr spokesman said Italy and Germany reached a far reaching pact to block a Hapsburg restoration in Austria for at least three years. The accord allegedly includes Germany recognizing Italian sovereignty in Ethiopia and guaranteeing Austria’s independence, Italy ensuring no restoration, and a cabinet expansion to include Nazi sympathizers bound by no Nazi activity. Officials said they had no information on the pact.
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Vienna
Heimwehr
Italy
Germany
Austria
Ethiopia
Beoud
Legation
Fish pond owner reports letters after tale of attacked chicken
Swainsboro Ga July 9 Will McMillan a fish pond owner said a recent story that a fish in his pond attacked a frying size chicken brought many letters and visits from strangers. He notes odd suggestions including a Columbia man Charlie Hooper claiming a goldfish can be trained to hook and snag chickens with a harness and line. Continued on page twelve.
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Swainsboro
Will McMillan
Swainshora
Middle West
East
Florida
McMillan
Columbia, S
Friend of
Maine
Red Bank
Columbia
Charlie Hooper
New Jersey
Raular Hass
Pilec
Picler
Heat Wave Grips Nation As Drought Ravages Farms
Scattered rains offered brief relief but no broad break in the heat. Deaths topped 168 nationwide as drought damaged crops from the Midwest to the East. ADRIAN MICHIGAN hit 105.5 degrees while New York and New England feared record highs. Relief efforts were ordered for stricken farm families amid widespread agricultural losses and fires from lightning.
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Middle West
North Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Devils Lake
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New England
J. R. Lloyd
New York State
Connecticut
New Jersey
Michigan
South Dakota
Rapid City
North Platte
David City
Nebraska
J. B. Hutson
AAA
C. A. Russell
Wyoming
Elmer Holt
Montana
Havre
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Mitch Drecare
Claude Shepherd
Troy
Ala
Briark
Shepherd
T. A. Griffin
United Mine Workers
Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Federation
Ohaull Ra Cuenanstad
Burg
Lewisburg
Lynchburgh
Middleton
Bolivar
Whiteville
Selmer
W. F.C. Caldwell Press
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Karpis- Barker
Heid
Grasshoppera
Kansas
Hapsburg
Adrian
Moring
Wisconsin
Department of Markets
Finois
York County
Carolina
Big Horn Mountain
South Dakotaa
Frayne Baker
Walter Welford
Ohio
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