Assassination Attempt Was Only Protest
London dispatch reports George Andrew McMahon, an Irishman born Jerome Bannigan, claims the firing at King Edward VIII was a protest not an attempt. He faces charges as police comb Brixton jail and Bow Street for witness statements while the king remains calm amid a flood of messages.
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Associated Press Foreign Staff
Associated Prean
London
Edward VIII
Scotland Yard
George Andrew McMahon
McMahon
Edward
York House
John Banningan
Glasgow
Jerome Bannigan
New Scotland Yard
Seeks
John Simon
Violer van der Elst
Britain
Multant
Brixton
Bow Street Dock
Empire
Buckingham Palace
Hyde Park
Weather outlook across Tennessee Virginia and more
The report notes generally fair conditions in Tennessee and Kentucky with slight warming in western and northern areas. Virginia is fair tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers this afternoon, then little temperature change. North Carolina shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with isolated showers in the mountains. Readings indicate highs near 74 and lows around 7 with no rainfall yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Slichty Warner
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolia
Dissension at Townsend Old Age Pension group over Gomer Smith removal
In Cleveland and Oklahoma City reports, Francis E Townsend disavows Gomer Smith as a member, while Oklahoma leaders threaten to form a separate Townsend club if Smith is ousted. Smith criticized Coughlin and Gerald L. K. Smith as Townsend sides split. Townsend urged Smith to resign, with directors asked to decide this afternoon.
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Ds. Townsend
Teft
Gerald Smith
Charles
Coughlin
Inset
Townsend
Smith
William Lemke
Cleveland
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Francis E. Townsend
Gomer Smith
Townsend Movement
Okahoma City
J. F. Nighswander
Oklahoma
Townsend Club
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Smith the Oklahoman
Gerald L. K. Smith
Dr. Townsend
United front urged by Browder at Virginia talk
In Charlottesville on July 7 Earl Browder communist candidate for president urged a united people’s front against reaction. He described a former labor party as the American form of such a union and said the core is found in the trade union movement farmers groups progressive Republicans and Democrats plus socialist and communist groups. He urged raising mass standards building a strong union movement saving farmers from ruin extending social and labor legislation and balancing the budget at the expense of the rich. Browder labeled Republicans as reactionary and said Roosevelt stands for capitalism but pursues a middle course.
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Charlottesville
Earl Browder
United People's Front Against Reaction
Browder
Institute of Public Affairs
The
University of Virginia
Tennessee farm crops hurt by wet spring dry summer
Knoxville July 17 A U S Department of Agriculture report shows wet spring and dry summer up to July 1 making this year among the worst in state history for farmers. Tobacco crops suffer from April freezes and May and June droughts, low stands, and poor transplanting conditions.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Middle and East
Plan Control of Paralysis in Tennessee
Tennessee health authorities moved to halt infantile paralysis spread as eight new Carroll county cases raised Tennessee totals to 29 since July 1 with no deaths. Alabama saw no new outbreaks. nine deaths and 150 cases overall. Precautions closed gatherings. Dr Williams planned talks with Dr Armstrong, co-developer of a nasal spray preventative, amid a general saline shortage for the spray. Military training camps at Fort McClellan were cancelled as Alabama and the corps area reassess guard camps and coordination with Georgia and other officers.
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Washvills
Alabama
Tennessee
Carroll County
Tenn
Mississippi
H. C. Hicks
W. C Williams
Charles Armstrong
Armstrong
Williams
J. N. Baker
George van Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Fort McClellan
Alliston
Ala
John c. Coleman
Georgia
Corps
California Snake Case Nears Jury
Los Angeles July 17 The wife murder trial of Robert S James advanced toward the jury as defense testimony concluded with a firm denial. Prosecution rebuttal witnesses were called to support the charge that James drowned his seventh bride and mother-to-be after torturing her with rattlesnakes. Judge Charles W Frick es warned the courtroom to avoid sensationalism and the jury of 10 men and 2 women may hear closing arguments Monday with a verdict possible Tuesday. James, calm, ended his testimony and disputed the charges while witnesses described the alleged torture and the courtroom scene included a brief disturbance over a snake exhibit.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
James
Charles W. Frickes
Rirrus
Jaros
Charce
Fricky
TVA Turns Norris Lake Area Into Big Recreation Playground
Norris Tenn July 17 AP TVA opens two large parks around Norris Lake to the public. Norris and Big Ridge parks offer boating swimming hiking and camping with cabins lodges and trails. The lakeshore area will be stocked with bass and bream and a fish hatchery is being built.
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Norris Lake
Norris, Tenn
Norris Dam
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Clinch
Powell River
TVA
Forestry Division
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Norris
Big Ridge
National Park Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
Big Ridge Park
Norris Park
Mystery murder prompts manhunt for blonde student in Asheville
Police hunt a mystery man after Helen Clevenger, 19, NYU honor student, was slain in her Asheville hotel room near 1 a.m. A gunshot from an unusual foreign make and a possible attempted assault accompany the brutal murder. A witness reports a hatless man fleeing a hotel mezzanine.
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York University
George F. Baier, Jr
W. L. Clevenger
North Carolina State College
Baier
Durham Jones
Browning Backs Federal Old Age Pensions Push
Car son Browning spoke in Bristol and Mountain City urging cooperation with federal old age security laws and matching funds. He cited Tennessee eligibility for over a year and named Dr. George Leavell at Bristol. Dossett, a gubernatorial hopeful, displayed telegrams supporting his claim in the race and noted past regional associations with McCall.
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Nashville
Carson Browning
Bristol
Tennessee
Browning
George Leavell
Austin Peay
Mountain City
Bluffity
Riegin Dossett
Six Cars Wreck in Freak Knoxville Accident
In Knoxville on July 17 a simple wreck escalated into a six car crash near the Asheville highway. William Blair and Carl Allen of Graysville Tenn drove two cars. a TVA truck aided, then was struck by a state highway car. A wrecker was damaged and beer truck sideswiped it, with five people injured including C. O. Bhjr of Newket.
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Knoxville
Willliam Blair
Carl Allen
Graysville
Tenn
Asheville
TVA
O. Bhir
Newket
Two Aviators Die in Plane Crash Near Murfreesboro
Two Naval Reserve officers Ensign O. W. Lowmaster and Machinist Mate A. J. Yassay died when their Gruman two seater crashed near Murfreesboro Tennessee during a training flight from Pensacola to Detroit. Investigators from Pensacola will handle the crash, with the Detroit area to receive the bodies, and a heavy rain and lightning likely contributed to the wreck.
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Murfreesboro
Tenz
Dais
Naval Air Reserve
Navy
Air Reserve
O. W. Lowmaster
A. J. Yassay
Naval Air Base
Pensacola
Fla
Detroit
J. H. Kimpler
G. FB. Greber
Michigan
Lieut. Greber
Grosse Ne Air Base
Woman is Carried to Electric Chair at Sing Sing
Frances Creighton became the first woman wheeled into Sing Sing’s death chamber and electrocuted for poisoning Ada Appelgate. Everett Appelgate, her co‑conspirator and husband of the victim, walked to the chair moments later after declaring his innocence. The punishment marked a historic procedure amid governor ordered review and a Catholic chaplain visit.
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Silerman Miller Associated
Ossining
Frances Creighton
Ada Appelgate
Sing Sing
Creighton
Everett C. Appelgate
Appelgate
Herbert Lehman
John F. Creighton
John
Appelgite
Socialist Candidate Praises Roosevelt At Charlottesville Session
Norman Thomas, Socialist Party presidential hopeful, declared Roosevelt more progressive and attentive to human problems than Landon or his backers. He spoke at a Virginia institute round table, criticizing fear and incitement from Landon supporters and noting Roosevelt’s reforms that benefited various classes.
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Charlottesville
Watts
Norman ‘Thomas
Sec
Rovelt
Landon
Roosevelt
Garner
Robinson
Arkophias
Bartley
Thomas
Institute of Public Affairs
The
University of
Drought Grips Midwest With Record Heat and Losses
Midwest weather worsens as drought persists across Iowa Missouri and Nebraska with 400 heat deaths in Iowa and crop losses near 1 billion dollars. Forecasters predict scattered showers but no substantial relief. Farmers face steep declines in corn yields and rising market prices amid intense heat.
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Preav
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Atate
ST. Louis
Missouri
Lincoln
Neh
Nebraska
Bismarck
N. D
Walter Welford
Anks
North Dakota
Federal Land Bank
J. R. Lloyd
Central States
UPI
Porecasters
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Wingis
Minais
Indiana
S. E. Decker
Missori
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Pension Organization
Frank Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Townsend Board of
United Front For People
Va. Institute
California
Nears Jury
Megny
University
Dossett
McCall
Gordon Browning
Jonesboro
Elizabethton
Johnson City
Burgin Dossett
Gainesboro
New York
Union Square
Middle West
South Dakota
Kansas
Olmets
Illinois
Lloyd
Phoenix
Ariz
Concordia
Kan
Devils Lake
North Platte
Neb
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Valentine
Wichita
Kansas City
Huron,& da
Omaha
Boise
Ida
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