Roosevelt third term talk sparks GOP push and relief claim
Washington July 22 The claim by WPA head Harry Hopkins that 90 percent of relief recipients back the Roosevelt administration provokes GOP charges of a bid to perpetuate power. Republican John Hamilton says the remarks hint at a third term drive, while administration aides defend WPA voters as supporting policy, not dictating votes.
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Washington
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
WPA
John Hamilton
Sheppard
Senate
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
United States
Hopkins
Hamilton
Brookins
Aubrey Williams
Wearin
Gillette
Weather outlook shows showers in Kentucky Tennessee
Fragmented forecast indicates possible showers across Kentucky and Tennessee this weekend with temperature changes. Virginia may see showers tonight and Saturday with warmer trends. Alabama reports cloudy conditions with probable showers and light coastal winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Alaiama
Cientle
Perjury Claim Reported in Harlan Trial
London Kentucky July 22 witnesses testified of coaching in the lawyers office to give false testimony. Albert Hoskins said he and three others were paid to testify and named Keller Skidmore Vernon Keily and John Barnes. Barnes testified of payment but chose not to appear. The alleged coaching related to linking union organizer Belton Youngbrond to a slaying.
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London
Harlan
Hoskins
Keller Skidmore
Vernon Keily
John Barnes
Barnes
Belton Youngbrond
Bennett Musick
Fate of Feodists in State Court Row
Ripley Tenn July 22 Forces of Governor Browning and the Crump Shelby county political machine awaited a decision by State Supreme Court Justice OC P McKinney on requests to block a Memphis August 4 special election for a new district attorney general The Shelby county election commission sought certiorari and oper sedeas to cancel an injunction by Chancellor L D Bejach ordering the election The injunction was dissolved after City Judge Marion Boyd a Crump ally filed a petition signed by more than a score of Memphis attorneys Boyd has Crump backing Justice McKinney said he would mail his decision to J B Springhett clerk at Jackson and noted Browning had recently appointed
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Ripley
Ten
Browning
EB. Hi Crump
Shelby County
State Supreme Court
OC. P. McKinney
Memphis
Shelby County Election Commission
L. D. Bejach
Marion &. Boyd
Caneldate
Boyd
Crump
Justive McKinney
J. B. Springhett
Jackson
Johnson City Woman Held In Death Of Her Son-In-Law
Johnson City reports Mrs. Luke B. Divine, tied to a prominent family, is free on $5,000 bond after being arrested on murder charges in the fatal shotgun shooting of Reginald M. Randall of Summit, N J. Police say the shooting occurred at her home last night and she claimed she acted to shield her daughter from further beatings by her husband. Randall died from a high chest wound, with details of events not yet released.
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Divine
Randall
Five Miners Trapped in Arizona Gold Mine
Five men are trapped behind a cave-in in the Shamrock shaft of the Veta Mines near Duncan Arizona. Rescue teams dig from the 600-foot level as food and water are sent through a pipe. The trapped workers are Alfred Gillingwater C Robin son Albert Carlson B W Wright and D H Grissom. The mine employs about 85 men and the men are reported unharmed and in good spirits.
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Alfred Giilingwater
C. Roberson
Albert Carlson
B. W. Wright
D. H. Grissom
Galapagos Itinerary for Roosevelt Cruise on Houston
President Roosevelt's vacation fishing cruise progressed toward the Galapagos Islands aboard the Houston after leaving Clipperton Island. A 1,300 mile voyage lay ahead as the party caught fish during a five hour expedition. Clipperton's location was refined by Captain G N Barker, and Smithsonian scientist Waldo Schmitt gathered specimens while Navy planes surveyed the area.
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Houston
Panama
Roosevelt
Cme
Clipperton Island
Acapulco
Mexico
G. N. Barker
Waldo Schmitt
Smithsonian
Arbitration with Mexico Sought Over Land Seizures
Secretary Hull sent a strong note to the Mexican ambassador seeking arbitration under the 1929 Inter-American treaty. The note protests expropriation of American farm land without just compensation and cites about one million acres taken since 1927 with farm values claimed at over $16 million. It notes unresolved claims over American oil properties expropriated in March and mentions White House discussions on scope and valuation.
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Washington
Mexico
Hull
Francisco Castillo Najera
Roosevelt
United States
Flull
King Declares Strong Ties Bind Britain and France
King George in Villers-Bretonneux reiterates unbreakable Anglo French bonds during a memorial dedication for Australia’s WWI dead. He says never a time when relations were more intimate, as Hore-Selish and General Gamelin coordinate Allied trench plans amid ceremony.
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Villers - Bretonneux
Rence
George
England
Britain
France
Australia
Paris
Leslie Hore-Selisha
Martie Gustave
Gamelin
National Defense
State stumpers continue battle in Democratic primary
Nashville reporters note the August 4 Democratic primary campaigns. Governor Browning refrains from speeches in Shelby County, predicting up to 45,000 votes may be cast there and claiming one third. Prentice Cooper attacks Browning’s tax record, citing a year’s tax increase over 5 million plus social security taxes. Roy Wallace delays campaign addresses due to throat silmone.
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Nashville
Middle
West Tennessee
Browning
Shelby County
Prentice Cooper
Ripley
Roy Wallace
Bitter Words Drawn From Japanese and Russian Tense Clash
Tokyo reports quote a foreign office spokesman asserting Japan's right to take necessary steps against Soviet Russia over the Manchoukuo border dispute. Earlier Tokyo said no force would be used, while Moscow’s actions near Changkufeng prompted Japan to warn of responsibility for outcomes. Russian naval activity and troop movements around Possiet Bay are detailed, with estimates of forces in the Far East and Japan’s Manchoukuo defense. The piece notes Dr. Herbert von Hindenburg?
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Russia
Manchoulsuo-Siberian
Foreit
Tatsuo Kawai
Moscow
Changkufeng
Manzhoukuo
Vladivostok
Manchoukuo
London
Herbert Vsen
Berlin
Hitler
Governor Hurley Opposes Northbound Freight Rate Revision
Massachusetts Governor Charles F. Hurley told the Interstate Commerce Commission the proposed northbound rate cuts for southern goods would harm industrial areas. He argued rate changes would tear down high-standard localities to aid others with lower standards, referencing Massachusetts worker compensation and factory inspection laws. He joined northern governors in urging rejection of parity with southern rates.
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Buffalo
Massachusetts
Charles
Hurley
Interstate Commerce Commission
LCC
Burley
Subhh
Gov. Hurley
A. Harry Moore
New Jer
Japan will not force issue over Siberia borders in dispute
Reports from Tokyo say Japanese officials will not press Moscow over Soviet troops in Manchuria and Korea boundaries near Siberia and Manchukuo. In New York, District Attorney Bevey hints a high official touched funds in the Borg matter and a World Fair confessional is alleged. In Knoxville, Davi B. Lilienthal denounces changes in TVA minutes as a defamation campaign tied to ex-chair Arthur Morgan. In Washington, Philip Murray blasts U.S. Steel as the worst employer-employee relation case.
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Japan
Tokyo
Russia
Maxenoukuo
New York
The
World Telegram
Distriet Autorrey
Thomas E. Bevey
Julius S. Borg
Berg
German Nordmeer transatlantic flight lands at Port Washington
A German 19 ton catapult ship Nordmeer landed on the water at Port Washington after a 2397 mile Atlantic run from the Azores in 17 hours 42 minutes. Crew included Capt. Joachim von Blankeburg and Otto Brix. Luft Hansa officials and immigration staff welcomed them. The voyage is part of Luft Hansa planned 14 round trips to New York. France’s Air France will begin Bordeaux to Port Washington flights next month. Separately the SEC filed a complaint in New York federal court charging Associated Gas and Electric with violations of the public utility holding company act of 1935 and the Securities Act of 1933 in relation to its 12.5 percent convertible notes.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Germany
Nordmeer
International
Atlantic
Azores
E.S.T
Otto Brix
Wilhelm Kueppers
Allred Eger
Frederick von Boetticher
Washington
Rudif Jahn
New York
Luft Hansa
Pan American Airways
Friesenland
Luft € Hausa
Nordwind
Nordstern
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S. District
Associated Gas and Electric System
Public Utility Holding Company
SEC
Associated Gas and Electric Corporation
Supreme Court
Innocent Negro Killed by Posse in Canton Mississippi
In Canton Mississippi a manhunt ended with Claude Banks being killed by a citizens posse while fleeing late at night. Wilie Jones was arrested after the incident as part of the search for Earl Pate amid accusations tied to a robbery and heating incident against O B McAdams of Brandon. Eight bullets were fired, Banks died instantly, Jones jailed, and Mayor Harris noted the suspect list and ongoing search.
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Canton
Miss
CG. M. Harris
Earl Pate
O. B. McAdams
Brandon
Claude Banks
Willie Jones
McAdams
Banks
Jones
Browning Seeks Void of Shelby County Registration
Memphis July 22 Governor Browning said he would seek to void the entire Shelby county regular registration of about 5000 as Crump counters that the U S army cannot prevent those who registered last year and in the supplemental registration from voting. The 1837 registration was void when the Shelby county election commission’s rolls were held for a long period. Crump cites Attorney General Beeler that those registered in the regular period are affected.
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Memphis
Browning
Shelby County
E. H. Crump
U. S. Army
Shelby County Election Commission
pre-Browning
Shelby
Press
Scimitar
Witness says all TVA directors altered minutes
Knoxville July 22 Congressional investigators ordered impoundment of all legal opinions by TVA counsel and the minutes of the TVA board after testimony that all three directors Arthur E. Morgan David Lilienthal and Harcourt A. Morgan ordered changes. Hoffman testified changes were mostly by Lilienthal and that he acted on board orders. Lilienthal released a letter defending his deletion of certain minutes stating the secretary missummarized the record.
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Knoxville
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jenkins
R-Obio
Charles Hoffman
Arthur E. Morgan
David MH. Lilienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Hoffman
Liliienthal
Lilienthal
Dr. Morgan
Harcourt Morgan
Francis Biddle
BE. H. Cassels
Chicago
Cassels
Biddle
Ply
James Lawrence Fly
TVA Genera
Morgan
Lijienthal
Hollman
Wendell L. Willie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Laljenthal
Secretary of Interior
Ickes Speed
Sullivan County Education Board Seeks Bond Increase
The Sullivan county board of education seeks to revise a prior bond request from 158000 to 200000 dollars for school improvements. The plan includes a potential six room building at Indian Springs costing about 12000. County court to meet Monday at 9 am to reconsider the bond issuance after a narrowly favorable vote fell short of the required majority.
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Sullivan County Board of Education
Vernon Miller
Miller
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