Jaywalking crackdown triggers citywide enforcement
Kingsport police announce strict enforcement of the new jaywalking ordinance beginning tomorrow after a day on Broad Street and Five Points where pedestrians dodge cars and red signals. Officers cite danger from both drivers and walkers as they prepare to issue citations and curb reckless crossing.
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Settlement Seen Soon in Oil Fight
Washington forecasts a settlement within weeks as the United States seeks to resolve Mexico's seizure of American owned oil properties. Major T. R. Armstrong of Standard Oil suggested two options to the State Department: submit the dispute to The Hague international court or form a triad of American British and Mexican managers to oversee the confiscated assets. The note cites softer attitudes by American oil companies as a key factor in the anticipated resolution.
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University of Virginia, Institute of Public Affairs
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International Court
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Holy Land Offers Picture Of Death
July 9 in Palestine shows Arab Jewish clashes with bombings and shootings increasing sectarian violence across trans-Jordan borders under British mandate. Death toll stands at Arabs 58 and Jews 43 with hundreds wounded as Haifa market bombing adds to the crisis and troops deploy to restore order.
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FDR Hints At Candidates At Oklahoma City Speech
President Roosevelt urged liberal progress at the state fairgrounds in Oklahoma City, indicating support for Senator Elmer Thomas and praising Thomas for advancing the Grand River dam project. He reassured Oklahoma voters that administration policies favor strong, sane government and noted old ties with Thomas and Josh Lee while outlining federal works and reform efforts.
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Oklahoma
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Kentucky
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A. B. Chandler
McAlester
Ofsla
Josh Lee
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Marland
Homer Smith
Townsend
Washington
Probe in TVA May Last All Summer
Knoxville July 9 a summer long probe of the Tennessee Valley Authority opens with 10 members of a congressional committee. Chairman Vic Donahey says hearings will be open to all and aim to be honest fair and unprejudiced. Former TVA chairman Arthur E. Morgan charged directors Harcourt A. Morgan and David Lilienthal with mismanagement. President Roosevelt removed Morgan from the post in March for contumacy. Testimony is planned to begin around July 18 with Morgan and others expected to "lay their cards on the table."
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Knoxville
Tenessee Valley Authority
Vic Donahey
D-Obié
Dr. Morgan
Reckless Driver Pleads Guilty in Central Prose
Reckless driver pleads guilty as Mrs Stan Laurel the blond Russian dancer linked to Stan Laurel must serve five days in jail and pay a $1060 fine. Driving ban of six months stands. An additional 25 days in jail was suspended.
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Stan Laurel
Central
Hughes poised for world flight after delays and weather
New York July 9 AP Aviation Editor Devon Francis reports Howard Hughes plans a late night or early tomorrow takeoff from New York for Paris as the first leg of a round trip to beat Wiley Post’s world record. Mechanical issues delayed the start and rain fell as crowds gathered.
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AP Aviation
New York
Howard Hughes
Paris
Wiley Post
Qualified voters scarce in Memphis ward canvass
A July 4 report from Shelby County reveals less than 21 percent of 766 registration entries were qualified voters in a Crump stronghold ward. Door-to-door canvassers for pro Browning forces found 164 valid names. many registrations tied to vacant addresses, suggesting widespread illegitimate entries.
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Memphis
EB. A. Crump
McCann
McCain
Shelby County
South Divided Over Proposal of Roosevelt
The solid South split over President Roosevelt's economic rehab plan. Of 23 Southern officials surveyed, 11 endorsed the statement and its conference plan. others offered mixed or cautious views, with several too busy or declining to comment. Some accused the move of political timing while Bailey credited past leaders for southern progress.
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Democratic Party
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Virginia
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Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
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Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Bailey
Cardozo Dies at 68 After Long Illness in New York
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo of the U S Supreme Court died at 6 40 p m at the home of Judge Irving Lehman in Fort Chester New York He was 68 May 24 and served on the Supreme Court since 1932 He was a liberal ally of the New Deal and had long been a friend of President Roosevelt His death ends a weeks long relapse from a heart ailment Funeral plans were to be announced Cardozo born in New York City in 1870 and educated at Columbia He had risen from a self taught attorney to a leading jurist and authored rulings upholding 22 of 27 New Deal laws.
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N.Y
Benjamin N. Cardozo
United States Supreme Court
Irving Lehman
New York Court of Appeals
Joseph Rauh
Justice Cardozo
Roosevelt
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New York
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Supreme Cours
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Port Chester
Henry S. Hendricks
Edgar J. Nathan, Jr
Addie Cardozo
Sne
Shereth Israel Cemetery
Cyprus Hills
Long Island
New York City
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Rebecca Washington
Nathan Cardozo
Political rallies planned in Kingsport and county
Kingsport and Sullivan county host a slate of Democratic candidate appearances this week. Prentice Cooper for governor Tom Stewart for U S Senator and W D Hudson utilities meet at Five Points Tuesday. Mitchell to speak at Kingsport City Hall Wednesday. Thursday events in Blountville and Johnson City with a Dutch luncheon at Kingsport Inn. Reservations urged with free transport to Blountville rally. Mitchell notable for Murfreesboro veterans hospital funding and as a Senate candidate.
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Sullivan County
Prentice Cooper
Tom Stewart
U. & Senator
W. D. Hudson
Public Utilities
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At & Mpm
J. Ridley Mitchell
Kings Bort
Mitchell
Blountville
County Court House
Crump
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Johnson City
Tennessee
Congress
Murfreesboro Veteran's Hospital
Kingsport Group Backs Higher Education Budget Push
Kingsport led campaign by educators and parents for higher education funding in Tennessee. The effort seeks to remove impoundments, raise school appropriations, set teacher minimums, fund transport and libraries, support higher education, pensions, and a general tenure law, plus a constitutional tax amendment to free general funds from earmarking.
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Jist General Assembly
Tennessee
Tennessee Education Association
Institutions of Higher Learning
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PTA
70Th General Assembly
FDR to Pick Third High Jurist for Supreme Court
President Roosevelt may appoint a third Supreme Court justice after Justice Cardozo's death. Senate confirmation required, but a recess appointment is possible before January. If named, the appointee likely won’t sit until Senate acts in the new term. Previous picks filled seats left by Van Devanter and Sutherland.
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Supreme Court
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van Devanter
Sutherland
Geenrally
Hugo, Block
Alabama
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
Need for broader wartime scope in China policy
Senator Pittman said a year of war in China shows the Roosevelt administration should be granted wider latitude in economic and commercial dealings with China and Japan. He favors revising the neutrality act to allow more presidential discretion on when and how its terms apply, noting the act bans arms shipments to both sides in a war.
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Pittman
D-New
China
Roosevelt
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Press
Ouster Trial Set in Hawkins Court
Rogersville July 9 Hawkins Circuit court to hear two trials tomorrow before Judge Shelburne Ferguson. Murder trial of Gurney Winstead linked to Deputy Drew Hartell death when a car overturned during an arrest. Ouster case against Hawkins county school board members W D Kenner F B Pearson and K Long from the July 1997 term set to resume after state supreme court reversal.
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So the Times
Rogersville
Hawking
Shelburne Ferguson
Gurney Winstead
Hawkins County School Board
State Supreme Court
Winstead
Drew Hartell
W. D. Kenner
F. B. Pearson
Ik Long
Hanover Carries On Fight For Post
Memphis July 9 Joseph Hanover awaits weekend end to attempt a second swearing in as Shelby County district attorney general Armed with Gov Gordon Brownings second commission he may present to Criminal Judge Phil Wallace for out of office Monday Judge Wallace had invalidated the first commission and had appointed W Preston Battie Jr as district attorney general pro tem succeeding W Tyler McLain who died last Monday He declined to comment on the new commission which instructs Hanover to serve until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified The judge refused the original commission calling it an attempt to appoint until September 1 1942 beyond three recurring terms
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Joseph Hanover
Shelby County
Gordon Browning
Hanover
Phil Wallace
Wallace
W. Preston Battie, Jr
W. Tyler McLain
New’ Commission
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