Lawmaker Brewster faces lobby probe over utility bill vow
Witnesses Rankin and Maverick describe Brewster claiming he could win 25 Republican votes to abolish holding companies as the House rules committee investigates lobbying. Brewster later opposed the abolition favored by Roosevelt amid charges that Corcoran threatened Passamaquoddy project funding. Rankin also cites tapped telephone lines during debates.
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Washington
Brewster
R-Mex
House
House Rules Committee
Rankin
D-Mills
Mave Tick
D-Texas
Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoren
RFC
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Justice Department
Communications Commission
Maverick
Thomas Corcoran
Corcoran
Senate
Brewster Walt
Would Eliminate Dems Primary In Sullivan County
A bill by Senator John R. Todd Sr proposes a Democratic primary board in Sullivan County to oversee all party nominations for sheriff, court clerks, trustee, tax assessor, highway commissioner, education superintendent, county attorney and tax collector. A second Todd measure would cap the Sullivan County Attorney salary at 100 dollars monthly and directs attorney fees from delinquent taxes to the county treasury.
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Nashville
Sullivan County
John R. Todd
Sullivan
Democratic Executive Committee
Todd
Regional Weather Outlook for Several States
Forecast shows fair and cooler conditions across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia with general fair weather tonight and Wednesday. North Carolina may see local thundershowers on the coast this afternoon or tonight while temperatures trend cooler than recent days.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Donights
Teamerature
North Carolina
Sunshine light range cures rickets say MIT researchers
John W. M. Bunker and Louis Harris report to MIT on precise ultra violet wave lengths that cure rickets in rats fed a vitamin D deficient diet. The measured range is 2537 to 3025 Angstroms, illustrating how sunshine energy helps bone health.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John W. M. Bunker
Louis Harris
Department of Biology and Public Health
Massachusetts Tech
United States
Bunker
Harris
Curious Millions Watch Celestial Eclipse Captivates Nation
The longest total lunar eclipse in 50 years darkened the moon with copper hues as sun, earth, and moon aligned. Eastern observers in clear skies enjoyed the spectacle while clouds and rain impeded view along the Atlantic coast and in New York.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Johnson Seeks 500000 Airport for Kingsport
Fred Johnson, Kingsport businessman, asks Col Harry Berry for a half million dollar WPA airport near Kingsport. Berry will study the plan and take it to Washington next week. Airports get special WPA consideration on the Memphis Nashville New York route.
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Nashville
Fred Johnson
Kingsport
Harry 5. Berry
Tennessee
Works Procreas Administration
Berry
Washington
Colonel Berry
New York
New Italian Divisions Mobilized for East Africa
Italian militarists say two new divisions will ready Italy for any East Africa scenario. They note ten white divisions plus 75,000 native troops in Eritrea and Somaliland could push into Ethiopia. Blackshirt volunteers surge to join the new division. Mussolini may inspect colonies.
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A. E. Stuntz
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Rome
Italy
East Africa
Eritrea
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Sila
Duce
Mussolini
Huey Pushes Vaudeville for New Orleans Theaters
In New Orleans July 16, Mayor Walmsley’s party shifts away from Sen. Huey Long’s bid to oust him. Long appoints Mrs. Henry Williams and A. W. Newlin to a movie censorship board to raise standards for nickel theater programs, aiming to attract Vander Bach to the city, while local leaders feud over loyalty and power.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsle
Huey P. Long
Long
Sthenia
Similey
Miss Clark
Harry Williams
Louisiana
King George Reviews Broad Fleet of British Warships
At Portsmouth the king and royal party inspect 257 ships in a four hour jubilee review, the largest since 1914. The Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert carries the Prince of Wales and other princes as 11 lines of steel warships pass in formation.
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Portsmouth
England
Snithead
King George
Victoria and Albert
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Duke of Kent
Duke of Gloucester
Averralia
Bar Group Opens Annual Sessions in Los Angeles
The American Bar Association’s annual convention began in Los Angeles with President Scott M. Loftin urging reverence for the supreme law. He warned that courts must retain power to rule on constitutionality to protect rights and prevent tyranny. Debate over public defenders versus private counsel surfaced as Judge Charles W. Fricke defended private lawyers, while Mayer C. Woldman pressed for reform and more public defenders. The press-bar committee’s report drew criticism from the Attorney General, who called it unfair. a modified statement was planned.
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Los Angeles
American Bar Association
Scott M. Loftin
America
Loftin
Mayer C. Woldman
New York
Charles W. Fricke
Los Angeles Superior
Press-Bar
Bruno Hauptmann Lefense
R Enounsel
Bar Association
Poor Choosing Accident In Athens Lands Injured Woman
A sleeping woman wandered from her home in Athens Tennessee and lay on a highway. Oliver Nichols, a autoist, mistook her for paper and ran over her. She suffered superficial cuts and bruises.
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Athens
Tenn
Oliver Nichols
Processing Tax Is Declared Unconstitutional by Appeals Court
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled unconstitutional the processing and floor taxes under the agricultural adjustment act. The decision, reversing authority claims, held no delegation from the constitution or supreme court decisions granted such taxation power to the secretary of agriculture. The Hoosac Mills receivers sought 81 694.48 in recovery. Judge Scott Wilson and Gen. F. Morris joined the ruling with a dissent by Judge George H. Bingham.
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Secretary of Agriculture
High Court
Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Nireri Nents
Hoosac Mills
Scott Wilson
Gen. F. Morris
George H. Bingham
Congress
Major Leach Survives Burning Plane Drop In Arizona
Maj. Gen. George E. Leach head of the national guard parachuted to safety when his Army plane burst into flames during a flight from Washington to California. Capt. Charten M. Cummings continued to Santa Maria after the descent, then organized a recovery and alerted officials. Leach, nursing a cut arm, joked about wandering desert wastelands as rescue planes and guardsmen searched the area near Kingman.
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Ariz
George E. Leach
National Guard
Arizon
Washington, D. C
Santa Maria
Calif
Charten M. Cummings
Cummings
Seligman
War Department
Washington
General Leach
A. C. Dick
Leach
Minneapolis
Joe Arlaloros
British Air Defense Expansion and Italo Ethiopian Crisis
London reports Britain allocates over 25 million dollars to strengthen air defenses and add 5.8 million pounds for Royal Air Force expansion including new stations and personnel. Parliament debates air raid precautions as Mussolini mobilizes two Ethiopian offensives. Lord Davies seeks League Council action for peace and a full investigation, with Britain negotiating with France ahead of a July League meeting.
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London
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
House of Commons
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
East Africa
Davies
House of Lords
League of Nations
Lord Davies
League Council
League
France
League of Nations Council
Cattle rustling twist in Colfax two men charged
Two men are under arrest in Colfax Louisiana after allegedly shooting cows and loading the carcasses into a passenger car to haul them to market. The case marks a new twist in local cattle thefts and remains under investigation.
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Colfax
Blanche Dunkel Held for Death Conspiracy in Hammond Area
In Chicago police custody, Blanche Dunkel is alleged to have confessed hiring a Chinese man to kill her son in law Ervin Lang for 500 dollars. Lang's mutilated body was found on a prairie near Hammond Indiana. Police theorize Dunkel blamed Lang for her daughter's death.
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Chicago
Ervin Lang
Blanche Dunkel
Dunkel
Lang
Hammond
Ind
Plan to Continue Housing Program in Louisville
Louisville Mayor Neville Miller proposes using municipal condemnation to push forward low cost housing. He cites a Kentucky statute granting city powers superior to federal authority in land condemnation for public housing, amid a national 249 million plan. PWA housing division reportedly approves reallocating 1.6 million earmarked for Louisville to two separate projects.
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Louisville
Neville Miller
Miller
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Kentucky
PWA
Washington
Berlin Faces Police Warning Over Anti Jewish Riots
Anti-Jewish riots in Berlin prompted a state police warning to curb anti government and anti Nazi agitation. Police and Nazi storm troops quickly moved to quell disturbances after Kurfürstendamm demonstrations, pledging close future cooperation to maintain public order.
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Berlin
Kurfuerstendamm
Polmet
Ander
Tax relief bills move through Tennessee Senate hearings
Senate hears a general appropriation measure aimed at saving state funds and providing land tax relief, plus a turnover tax bill proposing a 1.5 percent gross receipts levy to fund schools and state programs. The package targets operating expenses, with allocations to elementary and higher education and a Cordell Hall Parkway designation in the works.
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Nashville
W. G. Hardin
Maury
Hardin
McAlister
Tennessee
Robert Murray
Carrall
Brack R. Sims
Sullivan
Murray
Mutual Associations
Farmers Mutuals
Department of Institutions
Highway Department
University of Tennessee
House
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky
The
Smoky Mountains National Park
East
Cordell Hall Parkway
J. Arthur Atchley
iXnox
Ashhley
Atehley
Great Smoky Mountains
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Huey
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AAA
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Associated Press Foreign
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