County tax rate to be held at two dollars maximum
County officials project tax assessments will rise but the total rate will stay at or near two dollars. The budget and equalization board reports a possible four to five cent levy shift among sinking fund, insurance, and welfare funds while contemplating an overall increase to cover aging and other needs.
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Sullivan County
Tzamoun
Cansit
Incrose
Sam Ne
Kins
Insurance
Lyon
Favors Schon Kaire
Bandy
Tennessee
WAR STATION IN NORTH CHINA AGAIN CRITICAL
A two week special parliamentary session opened as tensions from the North China crisis weighed on the empire. Prime Minister Hirohito presided, with focus on military and economic armament, and Foreign Minister Kaki Hiveta slated to present government policy on the crisis and China relations Tuesday, amid calls for a broad program from the cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yomyo
Smrpeor Wirohito
China
Imowa Laat
Kaki
Hiveta
Weather Thundershowers Hit Tennessee and Ohio
Weather bulletin notes fair conditions across Tennessee and Kentucky with scattered thundershowers in Sunday afternoon and Monday. Ohio and West Virginia see thundershowers Sunday and Monday with slightly cooler temperatures and only modest changes overall.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Copeland Sparks New York Political Fight in July
July 24 reports Royal Copeland plans to run in both Republican and Democratic mayoralty primaries on an anti‑New Deal line advised by Governor Alfred E. Smith. The City Fusion Party backing La Guardia faces an internal rift as some Republican leaders back Copeland with two Fusion candidates, provoking Fusion discontent and signaling broader party strains amid local fights over roosevelt policy.
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New York
Royal
Copeland
Alfred E. Smith
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Roosevelt
Fursle
la Nuardiz
Kentucky PWA spends across four years totals and allocations
Louisville July 24 George N. Sager Jr state director of the PWA said today that 348,665,887 had been spent under the Kentucky Public Works program during the last four years. Included are estimated costs of projects under construction totaling 30,263,228 and 14,571,349 in a second group. Federal projects cover agricultural department, Quartermaster corps, and engineers with Fort Knox additions among the items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
George N. Sager, Jr
PWA
T Hat
Kentucky Public Works Program
Sager
Bureau of Public Reads
Agricultural Department
Quartermaster Corps
War Department
Fort Knox
Corps of Engineers
The
Ciger Lm
Strikes Spark Nationwide Tension Across Industry
AP report details ongoing strikes disrupting Buffalo food supplies as 2000 meat packers and truck drivers halt deliveries for 24 hours. Philadelphia dairy drivers shield trucks with wives as aid is sought amid violence. Cincinnati miners accuse Clover Fork Coal of staging dances to lure workers from meetings. company denies actions. A five week sit down at Robeson Rochester Corp ends with a plan for a national labor relations board election for 200 workers. Senate debates government protection of strikers as administration policy split persists. Pittsburgh Mine Workers suspend action pending broader talks.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
State Labor Board
Robeson Rochester Corporation
Rochester
National Labor Relations Board
C.I.0
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Plans For Peace Endorsed by Hull
Secretary Hull endorsed, in principle, any European sponsored effort to stimulate economic education and world economic reliability. He commented on King Leopold of Belgiums proposal to create an international institute to draft ways for achieving commercial equilibrium and financial stabilization. Hull noted he had not studied the proposal in detail and could not judge its specifics. He stressed that sound economic foundations and impartial organizations are vital to global stability.
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Washington
Hull
Leopold
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Brussels
Roosevelt
Accidents Hurt Three In City Yesterday
Three people were injured yesterday in non motor vehicle accidents. Mack Newland 65 of Bloomingdale was pinned when his horse fell on Cherokee Street near Center prompting left collar bone and two left rib fractures. Paul Newman 21 Exeter Va softball player was treated for a severe oral concussion at Legion Park after a game against Eastman.
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Mack Newland
Bloomingdale
Newland
Cherokee Street
Center
Atteres
Paul Newman
Exeter
Eastman
Legion Park
Scottsboro case ends freeing four defendants
In Alabama on July 24, prosecutors dismissed charges against four prisoners deemed juveniles or unfit, while five others remain under sentences from 20 years to death. The outcome follows eleven trials in the long Scottsboro rape case, with new declarations of guilt from prosecutors for the remaining defendants and continued defense challenges.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
Paint Roerk
Ruby Bates
Victoria Price
Ozie Powell
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Clarence Norris
Andy Wright
Heyward Patterson
Charlie Weems
Olen Montgomery
Willie Roberson
Roy Wright
Samuel S. Leibowitz
New York
Stocky
Local lad Thomas Hutchins dies in bike truck crash
A Bloomingdale youth, 18, lost his life when his motorcycle collided head on with a Ford truck in Highland Park. He died at 8:30 p.m. three hours after the crash at Community Hospital, suffering a crushed skull and severe internal injuries. Deputy Sheriff M. H. Whit said the two vehicles were moving slowly at impact and the rider was thrown into the truck’s radiator. The fatality marked the first vehicular death in the Kingsport area from a road collision.
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Thomas Hutchins
Dleguc Community Hospital
Highland Park
Gre Bank
Kingsport
M. H. Whit
Edgewood Street
Wall
T Ford
George Hea Amunden
Reiking
Nall Street
Edgewood
Hamlett-Dobson
Two youths held on attack count
Two youths, Tor Bailey and C. W. Meade, were held in the city jail awaiting arraignment on warrants charging carnal knowledge of a 15 year old girl forcibly and against her will. Bond set at $1,000 each. The pair were arrested in Highland Park after warrants were issued by Ernest Williams following investigation by Constable Bruce Barker.
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Gir
Tor | Bailey
C. W. Meade
T. Mack Keéetron
Highland Park
W. L. Frazier
R. M. Wright
Ernest Willams
Bruce Barker
Bailey
Meade
Barker
Sormethze
Bach
Relief Funds Spent For Ohio and Mississippi Floods
The American Red Cross reports 20,997,942 spent to date on field relief in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys since January. Admiral Cary T. Grayson says the $25,281,000 fund is largely allocated with ongoing spending around $1,000,000 weekly. Kentucky leads with 2,241,500 for relief and rehab, others include Ohio 4,934,900 Indiana 4,705,250 and Illinois 1,361,500.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Fing
Ohio
Mississippi
Cary T. Grayson
Red Cross
Admiral Grayson
Congress
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
West Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Friends And Foes Of Administration Deny CIO Charges
In Washington on July 24 administration allies and critics in the Senate dismissed a claim by United Mine Workers chiefs that the federal government neglects striker protections and that steel corporations violate national statutes. Senator Minton called the criticism completely unjustified as the Steel Workers Organizing Committee report challenged officials for inaction.
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Washington
Senate
C.L
United Mine Workers’ Chiefs
Steel ‘Workers’ Organizing Committee
Minton
Ind
Steel and Mine Workers
Insurgents Seize Brunete in Fierce Madrid Battle
Spanish insurgents under General Franco reached Brunete 15 miles west of Madrid after a day-long assault. Government reports say heavy shelling and close-quarters fighting preceded insurgent entry hours after noon, with high casualties and many Moors among the attackers. Brunete had been the insurgents' main objective in battles west of Madrid.
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Madrid
Bruneta
Francisco Franco
Brunete
Swere
Salvador Resigns From League of Nations Move Declared
Salvador's cabinet announces the country will withdraw from the League of Nations. Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua had already given notice. under the covenant a two year wait applies before withdrawal becomes effective.
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San Salvador
League Nations
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Prisoners Strike Halts South Pittsburgh Beautification Effort
In South Pittsburgh Tennessee a prisoner work crew of about fourteen stopped work in a sit-down strike on July 24. They demanded free tobacco and the right to sit on the city hall lawn each evening. Police Commissioner Acklin ordered bread and water until the strike ends. Officer H N Minnis Sr led the crew and reported the stoppage after being told the men would not come out.
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South Pittsburgh
Tenn
H. N. Minnis
Minnis
City Hall
Labor Organization
The
CI0
Sandnets
Ambrose Acklin
Clamor rises to end session with adjournment in sight
Washington July 24 The clamor for adjournment grows as Congress debates trimming the Roosevelt program. Senator Barkley travels with the President to salvage measures while Republicans and many Democrats urge a quick adjournment after passage of the court reform bill. House and Senate debates focus on wage hour bills low cost housing and farm legislation amid efforts to speed action. The judiciary committee moves to polish a six point plan to speed federal court action with talks of constitutional proposals on curbing supreme court powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Potomac
Woodrum
Vieginia
Congress
Barkley
Senate
House Labor Committee
Chanse
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
House
Representative Dies
D.-Tex
Representative Beiter
D.-N-Y
Gin Companies Cannot Pass for Distillers
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Fairfield Distilling Company and Byrd Distilling Company of Louisville, Kentucky, to stop representing themselves as distillers of alcoholic beverages when not true. The ruling excludes gins produced by rectification where alcohol is redis tilled from existing stock.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Fairfield Distilling Company
Byrd Distilling Company
Louisville
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International Labor Defense Tonight
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Salvador
League of Nations
FDR
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