Shelby County Election Held Valid by Judge
Shelby County voters face August 4 election for district attorney general as Marion S. Boyd and Tom Collier contend. Supreme Court Justice McKinney ruled the issue merits full court consideration later, while Chancellor Bejach ordered the ballot placement. Browning allies push Boyd despite contest and a Browning-backed candidate withdrawal reshapes the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby County
Nashville
Marion S. Boyd
Tom Callier
Supreme Court
Colin P. McKinney
Joe Hanover
Browning
W. Tyler McLain
Shelby County Election Commission
Hanover
L. D. Bejach
Boyd
Justice McKinney
Berard
General Hanover
McLain
E. I. Crump
Collier
Election Commission
T. Galen Tate
Tom Calliger
Tate
State Supremes Court
F. McKinney
Jackson
Lois D. Bejaeh
Memphis
Weather outlook shows showers and variable rain by region
Virginia expects showers Sunday and Monday with generally fair interior and possible thunderstorms Monday afternoon. Kentucky forecasts generally fair conditions with isolated showers Monday afternoon. North Carolina notes mostly cloudy skies with occasional light showers Sunday and possibly Monday. temperatures change little.
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Virginia
Andy
Thane
Monlay
Kentucky
North Carolina
Leading Economists See Better Business Ahead in 1938
A dozen or more top economists from across the nation share a cautiously optimistic forecast for the remainder of 1938. Most expect some recovery in consumer goods and industry, though few predict a boom. Opinions vary on timing and duration, with government spending seen as a key factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Paynter
New York
Rescued Women Describe Lava Land Ordeal in New Mexico
Three women tourists Irene Piedalue Laura Piedalue and Mike Antoinette De LaForrest were found exhausted after four days in lava lands near western New Mexico. Rescuers carried them to Albuquerque after a harrowing journey over razor sharp lava flows. They spoke of hunger exposure and torn shoes yet stayed hopeful despite the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants
NBL
New Mexico
Clyde Tingley
Albuquerque
Irene
Laura Piedalue
Mike Antoinette de LaForrest
Lave
Java
Jury Tampering Charged by Judge in Harlan Case
London July 23 Disclosures of a plot to influence the Harlan anti labor conspiracy trial jury emerged as the area around the jury quarters was roped off. Judge H Church Ford disclosed that Lee White a state highway patrolman reported the plot and a further report would follow. An FBI agent was assigned to probe. Defendants were ordered to remain in the courtroom daily under bond forfeiture risk as a no trespassing zone extended along the sidewalk and into Main street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harlan
Ted
Lee White
Todey
White
U. S
Brien McMahon
FBI
Ford
Main Street
John Moore
Yage
Shortage of used cars predicted by Ward's survey
Detroit July 23 Ward's automotive reports a forecast of a car shortage in September as several plants close for the model year. The industry is seen moving into recovery with Ford and Chevrolet continuing output, but August deliveries may fall below normal due to model shortages.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Ward
Automotive
Ward's
Ford
Chevrolet
Stocks Rally on Heavy Bids amid Market Recovery
New York traders pushed shares higher with gains across motor and steel stocks. General Motors rose to 43.50 while U S Steel reached 62.37 as the market closed at week highs, led by renewed buying and optimism for car demand later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Wall
Uains
U. S. Steel
TVA Rates Probe Highlights Method of Fixing Costs
Knoxville July 23. TVA Director David E. Lilienthal testified before 12 joint congressional committees on how power rates were established prior to allocating costs for power, flood control, and navigation. He said most steps were taken with board knowledge though few formal reports existed, and noted pressure to settle the work. Critics questioned procedures and the basis for recent rate announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Joint
Congressional Investigation Committee
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Arthur B. Morgan
Morgan
Lilienthal
Harcourt A Morgan
Charles Wolverton
Borden Mills Unit Appeals Report Exceptions
Bills of exception to Trial Examiner James G. Enwell's report on the NLRB hearing were released by the National Labor Relations Board. The Borden Mills group argues the report is unfair and unreliable for failing to cite the record and for inferences drawn from facts. They seek to file written briefs supporting exceptions and additional arguments referenced in their bills.
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James G. Enwell
NLRB
Borden Mills, Inc
Borden Mills
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
B.M.W.A
Laken Borden Mills, Inc
Bmlela
Local Drivers Pedestrians Warned To Learn Traffic Rules
Kingsport police warn drivers and pedestrians to learn the new traffic signal ordinance. Chief C G Crawford urges waiting for the green signal at intersections to avoid accidents as enforcement begins tomorrow in the business district.
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Kingsport
C. G. Crawford
C. CG
Crawford
British Appeal To Czechs On Minority Autonomy
London calls on Czechoslovakia to grant liberal concessions to minority groups as Britain basks in renewed Anglo German talks. Basil Newton carries assurances from Prime Minister Chamberlain to Praha, amid reports of possible four power talks to resolve Czechoslovak minority issues.
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London
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Basil Cochrane Newton
Praha
Milan Hodza
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Herbert von Dirksen
Poth
France
Kratee
Hone
Ambaasedor
Berlin
Antire Francois- Dencet
WPA Intimidation Probe Ordered
Washington July 23 WPA probe on intimidation in relief efforts to be fast tracked after Gov William Langer of North Dakota complained that relief workers faced political coercion. The investigative committee plans hearings by midweek. The three topics include Langer’s charges, a Georgia official dismissal thought linked to supporting him, and WPA chief Hopkins’s claim that 80 percent of relief workers favored the Roosevelt administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Wiliam Langer
North Dakota
Langer
George
D-Ga
Georgia
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Roosevelt
Unchecked Blaze Blackens Timber Northwest
A fierce forest fire spreads across sun baked timber land in the Pacific Northwest. Smoke blankets the region while winds push the Vancouver Island fire toward Bevan and threaten mining settlements and timber lands. Lightning storms raise new outbreak risk as heat continues.
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Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Padget Sound
British Columbia
Vancouver Islind
Idaho
Montana
Bevan
Vancouver Island
Forbidden Pla
Bitter County Court clash over beer distance rule in Blountville
Bitter fight looms as Sulivan County Court meets in extra session to consider a petition to lower the 2 900 foot beer dispensing distance from churches schools and dance halls. Officials note the petition has support from roughly half the court and outsiders plan to attend. The issue stems from a long running dispute between beer sellers and dry groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulivan
Long & Dene
Blountville
Cheer
T R. Bandy
Orpenhaver
Circuit
A. N. Hawk
Soviet Mockery Of Jap Peace Efforts In News Dispatches
Moscow reports depict Japan as tangled in China conquest and unable to avoid clashes with the Soviet Union. Two Japanese Manchoukuoan troops were driven from a hostile Ussuri river island as warnings against provoking the USSR, with Izvestia calling Japanese militarists clumsy and misguided.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
China
Ussuri
Siberian
Khabarovsk
Changkufeng
Manchoukuoan
Faingov
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Tokyo
U.S.S.R
Manchoukun
Kwangtung Army
Manchuria
Manchoukno
Kwangtung
Dog Ignores Thief in Atlanta Burglary
Thomas Ragan’s dog slept through a burglary as a thief cut a screen, entered the window, stole 170 dollars from a trunk, then left the scene. Morning discovered. Also Detroit incident: two patrolmen in accident prevention unit suspended after a patrol car collision amid alleged drinking.
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Atlanta
Thomas Ragan
Ragan
Ragans
Detroit
Accident Prevention Bureau
Adelbert ©. Brown
Navy Airmen Die As Plane Crashes
Three U S navy airmen were killed when their bombing plane nosedived in a rain squall near Woodbridge Connecticut. The victims were Lieut. J F MecDonough of Boston pilot Lieut. junior grade William J Drumtra of Gloucester and aviation Cadet John Richard Patch of Boston. They were attached to a squadron at Norfolk Virginia. The plane crashed in Charles H Carpenter’s vegetable garden after nearly missing his home and did not burn.
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Woodbridge
Conn
U. S. Navy
J. F MecDonough
Boston
William J. Drumtra
Gloucester
Mass
John Richard Patch
Norfolk
Charles H. Carpenter
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McKinney
Charles M. Bryan Boyd
Coump
Shelby
Enunsel
Salynce Browning
Hoyd
Jolge McKinney
Shelby Velinty
Harry Light
Constable
Watkins Overton
Browning Checkers
Spain
Associated Press
Anstwers
Sullivan
Sullivan County
G. C. Baker
Baker
Holston
Atlantic Sea‘“Board
Maine
Florida
San Saba
Fiat Revea
Lynn Frazier
R-Nd
Shelburne Ferguson
Maxim Litvinoff
Siberia
Izvestin
Eevestin
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