Britain withholds arms licenses for Ethiopia shipments
British foreign policy aims at peace in East Africa as Sir Samuel Hoare told Parliament that Britain would not grant export licenses for munitions to Ethiopia. Reports say several nations paused arms sales, including France and Denmark, with two British applications pending. Crandi suggested a peace plan in London, while Rome discussed a possible Ethiopian protectorate as a last effort to avoid occupation.
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England
Ethiopia
Great Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
East Africa
Sir Samuel
Stanley Baldwin
Downing Street
Italy
London
Dino Grandi
Haile Selassie
Crandi
Foreign Office
Rome
Grandi
Joseph A. C. Avenol
League of Nations
Baldwin
Avenol
Britain
Weather outlook shows scattered showers in the Southeast
The forecast covers Tennessee Virginia Kentucky and the Carolinas with generally fair and warm conditions tonight and Friday. Local afternoon thunder showers are expected in extreme east portions of Tennessee and South Carolina with heavier activity possible Friday afternoon and Friday night in some areas.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Carolina
Krakatoa Erupts Prompt Warnings Across Isles
Krakatoa volcano continues to erupt with ash drifting toward southern Sumatra. Coast guard strengthen and sea vessels report dust showers as past events warn of deadly outcomes. A New York reader, 11 months old, mocks a young mathematician predicting tremors linked to celestial pulls.
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Singapore
Krakatoa Island
Coast Guard
Krakatoa
Java
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
New York
Reuben Greenspan
Rooter Greenspan
Greenspan
Greenwich Time
Australia
Mediterranean
South America
Lobby charge weakened as hearing held
Ernest Gruening, Interior official, testified to the House Rules committee that no threat or promise was made to push Rep Brewster to vote to abolish holding companies as Roosevelt wished. Corcoran denied the claim. Brewster had said Corcoran threatened to halt Passamaquoddy tide harnessing project unless he supported the administration.
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Frankie
Harper Associated Press
Washington
Ernest Gruening
Interior Department
House Rules Committee
Representative Brewster
R-Me
Roosevelt
Brewster
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Gruening
The
National
Portland
Corcoran
Cruening
House
White
Representa
Japan Quake Kills 24 in Shizuoka. 58 Hurt
A severe earthquake in Shizuoka district Japan left 24 dead and 58 injured. Shizuoka City and Shimizu suffered the worst damage with 47 buildings reported destroyed and fires suppressed. Power plants were knocked out plunging cities into darkness by 5 PM as crews worked to restore service.
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Tokyo
Shizuoka
Japan
America
Shizouka City
Here
Shimizu
Derrick Seeks New Trial in 32-Year-Old Murder Case
Sevierville Tenn July 1 James Derrick 32-year-old mountaineer seeks a new trial after a second degree murder conviction left him with a ten-year sentence. Defense argues for fresh argument while witnesses fade. Derrick testified he struck Denton with a rock to ward off a knife attack, then fled across states before returning with his wife and child.
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Sevierville
Tenn
James Derrick
Derrick Mt Ai
Denton
Theefendant
North Carolina
Memphis
Spokane
Wash
Anthony
Kas
Biven Tree
Derrick
Sevier County
Nude dancer Toan Warner on trial in Paris
Paris July 11. Noted aviators painters novelists and a zoology professor defended Miss Toan Warner the American nude dancer charged with offending morals. At opening the judge ruled the dance artistic and the case would hinge on whether her antics were obscene rather than artistic. The packed courtroom heard the dispute as authorities face a sensational case.
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Paris
Toan Warner
Faris
Association
Tennessee Tax Commissioner predicts state revenue rise
Nashville July 11 Dancey Fort commissioner of finance and taxation estimated that the state tax collections will rise by at least 1,000,000 next year based on tax act amendments from the special session and inherent growth. He cited tobacco tax reform to curb single use stamps and noted expected increases from inheritance income and excise taxes. He also anticipated more motor vehicle revenue and toll bridge income, and defended two license plates.
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Nashville
Dancey Fort
Finance and Taxation
Fort
Tennessee
Kentucky
Davidson County
Venersal
Florida
Government predicts AAA ruling by Christmas
Washington officials forecast a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Agricultural Adjustment Act by December. More than 150 processing tax suits are pending, with about a billion dollars involved. Two Justice Department lawyers known as Mutt and Jeff lead the defense, citing three cases already deciding the issue and an $81,690 Hoosac Mills tax dispute in Massachusetts.
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Edwin Gb. Harkinson
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
Florida
Frank J. Wideman
Justice Department Tax Division
James W. Morris
Mutt
Jeff
Justice Department
Wideman
Morris
Hoosac Mills
New Bedford
Mass
Federal District Court
Boston Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Claims
Interlawian Mills
Providence
R. L
Continental Mill<x
Philadelphia
Virgin Islands inquiry recess announced by Tydings
Senate Virgin Islands investigation was recessed by Chairman Tydings after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. Robinson noted discussion of various phases of the situation and witnesses from the islands were asked to leave names and addresses with the secretary, with no resumption date given.
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Washington
Senate
Virgin Islands
Tydings
Robinson
Territorial Committee
White House
Ickes
Norris Confident Celebrates Birth
Senator George W. Norris, 74, marks his birthday in Washington praising a future democracy. He cites two main issues: holding company legislation and taxing large inheritances, urging progress with Roosevelt's help and noting past fights led to TVA projects, anti injunctions in labor disputes, and Nebraska's one-house legislature.
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Munro Kezer
Associated Press
Washington
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Norris
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Laura Ingalls Seeks Transcontinental Flight Record
Laura Ingalls faces a crosswind challenge as she lifts off from Floyd Bennett airport at 4 31 30 a m EST in a low wing monoplane. She aims to set a coast-to-coast woman’s speed record and would attempt the first east to west nonstop flight. Her route would pass Pittsburgh Columbus Indianapolis Kansas City and Albuquerque New Mexico.
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New York
Laura Ingalls
Burbank
Calif
Floyd Bennett
Amelia Earhart
Miss Ingalls
F. William Zelcer
Laura
Kenneth Behr
WAA
TWA
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Albuqquerquys
N. M
Foiled Twice
In McMinnville Oregon a nervous youth tried to rob 70 year old Richard V Waldo who is deaf. Waldo offered paper and pencil and kept moving. The would be robber followed and drew a gun but fled after finding Waldo penniless. In Dickson Tennessee 28 year old civil engineer Moses Allen was struck and killed by a westbound train while seated on the rails.
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Mceminnville
Ore
Richard V. Waldo
Waldo
Dickson, Tenn
Nashville, Chattandge
St. Louis
Mosé Allen
Camden, Tenn
Revolt Foreseen in Austrian Crisis
Vienna July 11 unrest grows among the fascist Heimwehr as dissension emerges over a potential restoration of the Hapsburg dynasty. Tyrolean leaders warn legitimacy factions that their stance risks trouble while the Austrian diet passes a law to restore the former ruling house and seized properties, pending president Miklas signature.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press
Vienna
Home Guard
Ernst von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Albert Schober
Tyrol
Germany
Austria
Hapsburgs
Federal Diet
Diet
WPA plans to start August 1 in Tennessee
Nashville July 11. County and district staffs await the WPA launching of a vast building program to place 50 000 of the state's employables. Col Berry says 70 619 certified as employables will be reduced to 50 000 after medical exams. Three classifications are listed heavy work white collar and unfit.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Tennessee Emergency Relief Administration
Tamra Lawn Chinics Inn
Harry 5. Berry
Colonel Berry
Burgess Askew
Barton Brown
TERA
W. R. Dyess
Arkansas
Malcolm J. Miller
New Orleans
Advertising Pays Expert on Research Releases Figures
New York July 11 An advertising study by Charles C. Stech shows advertising doubles brand familiarity, triples trial, and quintuples regular use. The 27 bond paper brands were tested among printers, revealing wide gaps in familiarity, trial, and loyalty across brands.
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New York
Charles C. Stech
Stech
Utilities Bill Advances in TVA Fight After Revisions
The House passed a broadened Tennessee Valley Authority utilities bill after deleting major Roosevelt objections and sent it back to the Senate for conference. Supporters hailed a victory in a series of compromises, while critics warned of lingering risks to the agency’s independence and financial controls.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
TVA
Andrews
R-Ny
Military Committee
TWA
Mageveli Ted
House of Representatives
New Deal
Tennessee Valley
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Howard W. Blakeslee
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