King George and Queen Elizabeth Visit Paris in State Welcome
King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Paris for a four day state visit to France. A 101 gun salute greeted them as crowds cheered while marines, guards, and police guarded the route from Boulogne to the Quai dOrsay. Doves were released, and the royal party met President Lebrun before a three mile motor tour of the city.
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Paris
George
Elizabeth
England
France
London
Albert Lebrun
George V
Bois de Boulogne
royaHy
Madame Lebran
Reet
Marseillaise
Mount Valerian Fort
Suresne
Elizaneth
Boulogne
Edouard Daladier
Lebrun
Marine Stard
Madame Lebrun
Foreign Ministry
Quai D'Orsay
Bt. Cye Military Academy
West Polat
Naval Academy
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Royal Yacht
Enchantress
Weather Showers Across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Local thunder showers are forecast tonight and Wednesday in Tennessee and Virginia. Kentucky expects showers tonight and Wednesday with cooler readings in western and central portions Wednesday afternoon and night.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Corrigan Nears Release From Irish Authorities After Atlantic Flight
Corrigan, the 21 year old Californian who crossed the Atlantic in a $900 plane, faces technical detention at the U S legation in Dublin awaiting papers and customs clearance. He spoke of homeward passages once the aircraft can be transported, and he thanked the crowd and John Cudahy while awaiting official steps.
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Carrigan
Dublin
Corrigan
U. S
Legation
John Cudahy
Atlantic
England
Ireland
State witnesses testify in Scott county trial
Six state witnesses testified in Scott county circuit court in the second trial of Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell Cox charged with killing her father W. H. Mitchell in Rye Cove. Neighbors J. D. Franklin and his wife described hearing Mrs Cox shout that Myrtle had killed Bil as they hurried to the home.
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Gate City
Scott County
Myrtle Mitchell Cox
W. H
Bill" Mitchell
Rye Cove
Mitchell
J. D. Franklin
Myrtle
Bil
Waldauer to hold own inquiry in Memphis
In July 1941 Ahe Waldauer anti Browning member of the state board of elections began subpoenas for witnesses to appear at the reopening of his inquiry into Shelby county registrations. He and Crump allies seek cross examination of Browning supporters who testified against Lehrby registrations at the crime commission hearings. Witnesses were those who testified illegally. Waldauer promised sworn testimony and no secret sessions as the hearings were readied for public view.
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Memphis
Ahe Waldauer
State Board of Elections
Shelby County
Waldauer
E. H. Crump
Gordon Browning
Lehrby
Browning
Crime Commission
Criti Commission
Nn Star Chamber
Crime ‘Commission
Corrigan's Forgiven Flight Wins Warm Welcome
Corrigan's trans Atlantic flight violation drew a forgiving response from government and public alike. Officials signal light penalty if any as New York Irish-American groups celebrate the daring feat. The welcome follows a revived celebrity trail as audiences toast the aviator's daring voyage.
Convicts Foiled In Prison Break In Ohio
At an Ohio penitentiary guard Raymond T. Thorton was stabbed and in serious condition. Convicts Clyde Staup and Charles Menges were wounded while thwarted by guards as they attempted to kidnap Deputy Warden William Walker and two others. Elmer Callahan fired six shots as the escape attempt unfolded near Walker's office, with alarms spread by a clerk.
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Colubibus
Ohio
Raymond T. Thorton
Clyde Staup
Charles Menges
Cied
Elmer Callahan
William Walker
Esca
Walker
Testimony Finished in NLRB Case at Straight Creek Coal Co
Evidence closed in Pineville Kentucky on July 19 in a case before the National Labor Relations Board alleging violations of the Wagner Act by Straight Creek Coal Co. The Southern Miners Union activities were challenged by the United Mine Workers of America. William Campbell testified he secured 27 UMWA membership cards Sunday night and yesterday.
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Pineville
Straight Creek Coal Co, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Miners Union
United Mine Workers of America
William Campbell
UMWA
Insurgents Bomb Barcelona Cathedral During Air Raid
Barcelona cathedral was struck by an insurgent bomb tearing the roof near the front and dropping to the floor east of the nave. A chandelier and stone blocks tumbled as crowds gathered but exterior damage remained unseen and visitors avoided the hole in the roof. In Philadelphia a firearms safety lecturer accidentally shot Sergt. Andrew Wallace, who died.
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Barcelona
Lae
Generalitat
Catalonia
Philadelphia
National Guard
Harry Ziegler
Andrew Wallace
Wallace
Feud in State Headed for Highest Court
The Shelby county political factions clash with the state administration heads to the state supreme court. Chancellor Bejach ordered the county election commission to place Marion Boyd on the August 4 ballot for district attorney general. Special State Attorney Cornelius said a writ of certiorari may be sought to grant the supreme court jurisdiction and stay Bejach's order pending hearing. Boyd has Shelby backing for attorney general post now held by Browning appointee Hanover. Bateman announces candidacy for city judge. Roy Wallace questions whether rivals will support the party nominee in November.
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Mandamus
L. D. Bejach
Memphis
County Election Commission
Browning
Marion
Boyd
Charles I. Cornelius
Nashville
Supreme Court
Bejach
Shelby Organization
Don Hanover
W. Tyler McLain
Yame
William €. Bateman
Roy Wallace
Bombing hits Hankow mission area killing and wounding many
Japanese bombs struck Hankow area including the American church mission and Boont University campus in Wuchang during raids on Hankow Wuchang and Hansyang. About 150 killed or wounded as bombs hit near libraries and a convent while residents fled alarms.
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Hankow
American Church Mission
Boont University
Wuchang
Hansyang
Yangtze River
China
Sisters of Notre Dame
Cvilian
Health program scorned by AMA leaders critiques public plan
Washington July 14 Officials of the American Medical Association criticized a Presidential committee plan for a 30 million dollar government health program. The proposed effort would expand public health facilities, target tuberculosis venereal diseases malaria and cancer deaths, and fund maternal child health centers using state local and federal money for hospitals free beds and research grants. AMA leaders including Dr Irvin Abell and Dr Hugh Cabot clashed over feasibility and standards, with Abell calling for further localized studies and Cabot accusing the existing system of failing many patients and doctors.
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Washington
American Medical Association
National Health Conference
Roosevelt
Irvin Abell
Louisville
AMA
Hugh Cabot
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mina
The
Medical Association
Olin West
IAMA
Morris Fishbein
Association
Abeil
Finland to host 1940 Olympic Games at Helsingfors
FI Finland accepted today a formal invitation to hold the 1940 Olympic games at Helsingfors. Finland originally bid for the international games and was given first call by the international committee after Japan renounced the games last week. SHIP ISSEES SOS CALL MANILA, July 19. The British steamer City of Derby flashed a radio call for immediate assistance tonight, reporting she was aground in Saino Island, center of the Philippine group. MAY SUSPEND SHIP'S CERTIFICATE Washington, July 16. Director Denis Mulligan said the Bureau of Air Commerce is considering the suspension of the experimental certificate for Douglas G Corrigan's antiquated trans Atlantic airplane. SAYS WAGE LEVEL PERILED Buffalo, July 18. Gov. Wilbur L. Cross of Connecticut told the Interstate Commerce Commission today that if it should grant southern demands for freight rate adjustment, the general level of wages would be reduced.
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Finland
Belsingfors
Helsingfors
Finlane
Japan
Manila
City of
Derby
Sa Ino Island
Washington
Denis Mulligan
Bureau of Air Commerce
Douglas G. Corrigan
Buffalo
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Pickets Driven Away by Police at North Chicago Plant
About 50 officers and deputy sheriffs used tear gas and clubs to disperse 400 to 500 demonstrators at the Chicago Hardware Foundry Company plant in North Chicago. A number of pickets were struck, but no serious injuries were reported. The plant had been closed six weeks amid a strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
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North Chicago
Chicago Hardware Foundry Company
North Shore
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Committee For Industrial Organisation
J. J. Novak
Chicago
Harlan witness dies in accident in Kentucky case
Oscar Skidmore 22, an employee of Harlan Wallins Goal Company, died in a highway crash four miles east of Corbin Kentucky as the Har lan anti lattice conspiracy trial neared its defense testimony. The collision also injured Grant Burkhard and his father Ploy Burkhard. The death raises violence deaths in the ten week case involving 56 coal firms and individuals charged with conspiring to violate the Wagner Act.
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London
Oscar Skidmore
Harlan Wallins Goal Company
Corbin
Skidmore
Grant Burkhard
Ploy
Burkhard
Frank White
Chris Patterson
Lee Fleenor
Bank Teller Confesses to Stealing 100000
Angelo B. Oliva a Paterson New Jersey teller, 31, confessed to stealing 100000 over seven years. He told police he falsified deposits and took 200 to 400 weekly for gambling, insisting he is not crazy as investigators question his sanity.
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Paterson
N. J
James Smith
Angelo B. Oliva
Smith
Oliva
Ernest E. Blauvelt
Caghiar
British Merchant Craft Bombed in Valencia Harbor
A 4,000 pound bomb hit the British merchantman Standland in Valencia harbor, setting her alight but the crew and two observers escaped. Five planes carried out the raid, eight Spanish workers were killed in the dock area, and the Standland, not listed in Lloyd's, is owned by Stanhope Shipping of London. Observers aboard included an Italian and a Dutch national from the group of атакers.
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Valencia
Tofay
Francis
Spain
Standland
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Stanhope Shipping Company of London
Queen Marie Left Burial Directions In Letters
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania died of a fever at 79 while requesting lilac as mourning color and her heart be buried at a Black Sea resort in a special urn. Letters dated 1923 reveal her embalming wish and funeral arrangements, including coffin transport by senior cavalry officers from Sinaia to the royal burial site.
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Bucharest
Marie
Hillac
Black Sea
Carol
Romania
Lile
Kurten de Argesch
Ferdinand
Baltic
Fourth Cavalry
Sinaia
Morgan reveals TVA dissension and hidden rate figures
Knoxville July 13 Dr Arthur E Morgan former TVA chairman testified before a congressional committee alleging the authority fixed power rate bases without his knowledge. He said Lilienthal set the figures in 1933 and accused Harcourt Morgan and Lilienthal of ruling the board rough shod. He described secret meetings and a split of board functions delaying land purchases and dam construction, and he denied proposing a separate coinage for the valley.
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Knoxville
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Congressional Investigation Committee
David EB. Liliggthal
Con Tess
Harcourt Morgan
Lilienthal
Rep
Wolverton
R-Nj
Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Curtia Reeves
Reeves
H. A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley
University of Tennessee
Mississippi Rivermen Challenge California Craft Race
Memphis July 18 The Memphis Chamber of Commerce received a challenge from the Sacramento Chamber for a race on a California waterway. Rivermen tout Mississippi towboats such as Gordon Green and Gordon Eagle could outrun Delta King or Delta Queen while betting five to ten. The article notes various diesel powered boats and potential matchups on San Joaquin or Sacramento rivers.
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Memphis
San Joaquin
Sacramento
California
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Sacramento Chamber
Ohio
Mississippi
Rees V. Fowns
Gordon Green
St. Louis
Russell V. Warner
Mary
Elizabeth
Edward B. Warner
Sprague
Warner
Chamber of Commerce
Sac
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