Justice Black Appointment Again Spotted
Two Alabama lawyers and Hugo L Black friend attempted to withdraw a resolution asking the ABA to seek Supreme Court information on Black. Judge Richard D Evans urged the court has already ruled on eligibility and the ABA should not press it. Lee refused to withdraw, saying the bar owes the people clarity. The assembly opened sessions on dues and liability issues while SEC head Jerome Frank challenged a committee report defaming Chairman Douglas. A resolution asked the Supreme Court to determine if a member is improperly seated under constitutional limits. Continued on page eight.
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Lynn Heinzemloing
Cleveland
Alabama
Hugo L. Black
American Bar Association
U. S. Supreme Court
Black
Edward T. Lée
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Association
Resolutions Committee
Richard D. Evans
Birmingham
Ala
Supreme Court
Marvin Woodall
Bar Association
Fairness
Jerome N. Frank
SEC
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Commission
William O. Douglas
SHC
Frank
Sin
Douglas x x
Douglas
United States
Weather Summary for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Weather for Tennessee and Kentucky shows generally fair tonight and Wednesday with slight temperature changes. Virginia chapter notes mostly cloudy skies in the western part tonight with a chance of rain early tonight, then Wednesday fair and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West
Man Ignores Pleas To End Death Marathon On Ledge
NEW YORK July 26 API Clinging to a narrow ledge on the 17th floor of the Hotel Gotham on Fifth Avenue a slender young man ignored the tearful pleas of his two sisters and stayed aloft for hours. At 2 pm he had clung to the 200 foot high porch while crowds below blocked traffic. The man was identified as John Ware visiting the sisters Mrs Patrick Valentine and Mrs Katherine Bull, socialites believed to be present at the hotel. He shouted I want to be left alone and I figure this thing out for myself as a fireman and sisters urged him to come inside.
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New York
Gotham
Fifth Ave
John Ware
Patrick Valentine
Katherine Bull
Birl
Valentine
FDR Leadership At Stake In Races
Washington July 26 Democratic candidates in six states enter final campaigns before early August primaries testing President Roosevelts leadership and their own vote draw. August 2 sees Kansas Missouri Virginia and West Virginia votes. August 6 Kentucky renomination fight pits Senate Leader Barkley against Gov Chandler amid broader liberal election pleas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kansas
Missouri
Virginia
West Virginia
Essee
Kentucky
Senate
Alban W. Barkley
A.B. Chandler
Corrigan Reconsiders Postflight Career Plans
Corrigan says he may take the best job offered after returning from Europe. He plans a two week tour starting with New York, then Brooklyn, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, with stops in Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio and Galveston before visiting West Coast cities and returning through St. Louis.
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London
Douglas G. Corrigan
Bes
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Worfalk
Virginia
Galveston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
St. Louis
Pigue
Nose pulling test for Russo Japanese tempers
New York July 26 The vigorous nose pulling between Russia and Japan over a Soviet Manchoukuoan border incident is seen as a test of tempers and a trial balloon by both sides. Each side seeks to gauge the others mood for a possible war as Moscow fortifies disputed ground and Japan objects in strong terms.
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Russo-Japan
Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Russia
Japan
Conspiracy Jury Closely Guarded In Harlan Labor Case
In London Kentucky jurors in the Harlan anti labor conspiracy trial lounged in a rooming house as counsel clashed on legal points. Testimony ended yesterday the eleventh week of the trial with federal officers frisking attendees. Judge Ford ordered three men confined after they past the jurors in a defendant's company. Closing arguments loom with defense surrebuttal from Everett Fleenor denying payments for false affidavits and testimony tied to Belton Youngblood, a union organizer.
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London
Harlan
Tverett Fleenor
Albert Hoskins
Belton Youngblood
Union Organ
Property Seizure May Harm Trade
Washington July 26 Senator Pittman chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee warned that Mexico's property seizures could profoundly affect the United States world trade. He said the nation would not permit confiscation of American property abroad and that Hull's note to Mexico serves as a warning to all governments. Continued on page eight.
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Washington
Pittman
D.-Nev
Mexico
Senate ‘Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Null
Blexico
Hull
Chamberlain May End Czech Crisis
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a move to settle the Czechoslovak crisis and hinted Britain may aid China. In a 50 minute Commons speech he touted improved European appeasement, pledged strength, and noted less need to use arms. Viscount Runciman will go to Prague as unofficial investigator to aid minority dispute. He said pullout of Spanish volunteers might enable the Anglo Italian pact to take effect.
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J. C. Stark
London
Chamberlain
Britain
China
House of Commons
Europe
Viscount Runciman
Praha
Spain
Continaci
Expense of races may be revealed
Washington July 26 Senator Sheppard D Texas threatened to publicize the names of senatorial candidates who have failed to report their campaign expenses to the campaign expenditures committee. He said if a candidate refuses to fill out the questionnaire the people in his state should know that fact. A brief extension was noted allowing time for reasonable excuses for delays. The senate committee will meet tomorrow to consider complaints of improper political practices.
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Washington
Sheppard
D-Tex
Batra
Senate
Kew
Pace
RIOTING DEATHS IN JERUSALEM AND HAIFA RIOTS
Arabs suffer most as five killed in Holy Land violence. A time bomb found in an Arab market halted a planned explosion. Three terrorists slain in a clash with Special constables. Four Jews killed in ambush near Mishmar Hayarden. Haifa fires and military police curb attacks. 65 dead and 107 wounded. 61 Arabs and four Jews among the dead. Continued coverage warned of Arab retaliation.
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Hata
Palestine
Holy Land
Haifa
Old Jerusalem
Mishmar Hayarden
Jordan River
Sie
Associated Press
Advisory board to discuss county school needs Thursday
The county advisory board appointed by County Judge T. IR. Bandy will meet Thursday at Ford town school to review needs for county school improvements and fund allocations for new buildings. Members will inspect sites including planned schools at Indian Springs and Rock Springs described as dangerous from collapse and fire hazards.
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A. m
Fordtown
T. IR. Bandy
George E. Bradley
J. B. Morelock
J. 8
Huddle
C. D. Thomas
Paul Gray
Andrew Lady
L. Frazier
Indian Springs
Rock Springs
Last Minute News Flashes in Detroit and Harrisburg
A reinforced guard was posted at United Automobile Workers offices in Detroit to blunt potential protests during a delayed trial of four suspended officers. In Harrisburg, Senator Cavalcante challenged Gov Harle’s grand jury quashing program after it cleared a House committee.
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Harrissurg
Anthony J. Cavalcante
George H. Harle
House Committee
Riot injures forty in Rangoon over book insult to Buddhism
In Rangoon Burma on July 26 a riot between Burma Buddhists and Indian Mohammedans wounded about forty. The clash was sparked by a Mohammedan book allegedly insulting Buddhism. In Knoxville on the same date TVA head Lilienthal testified the power program is losing money in its undeveloped stage.
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Rangoon
Burma
Mohamme
Mohammedan
Ari
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Iva
David E. Lilienthal
Registration purge in Shelby county exposed irregular registration
Nashville July 26 state crime commission investigators reported on Shelby county registration purge that 42 106 names checked in Memphis area showed 13 437 not legally registered nearly one third irregular. Fuqua said figures were not public except Memphis Mayor Overton. Rural checks to follow.
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Nashville
State Crime Commission
Shelby County
Memphis
W. Mack Fuqua
Jackson
Bristol
Knoxville
Chattanooga
WREC
Fuqua
Overton
Deficits in Steel Income Reported by U.S. Steel
U S Steel reports a June quarter deficit of 35,610,426, widening from the prior quarter and far below last year’s net income of 36,173,682. Directors declare a regular 1.75 dividend on 7 percent cumulative preferred stock. Since mid July demand shows improvement with rising orders and production. Second quarter shipments reach 1,445,110 tons at 32 percent capacity, down from 3,665,244 tons at 35.3 percent capacity in Q1.
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New York
U. Steel Corporation
Kentucky Probe Into Poisoning Of Gov Chandler
Kentucky highway patrol advances its inquiry into the alleged water poisoning of Gov. A B Chandler during his campaign for the senate. Mayor Joe Burman and police officials say the incident is not isolated to this race and aim to identify who tampered with the governor’s water. Chandler, ill since Friday, told a radio audience from his hospital bed that the campaign has become desperate. Dr. J W Bryan said the water was doctored with a poison and could have been fatal in sufficient quantities. Louisville detectives, after a five hour probe, found no evidence substantiating the doctor’s claim.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Highway Patrol
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Joe Burman
State Bureau of Identification
Chandler
Alben Barkeley
Senate
Burman
Louisville
J. W. Bryan
Bryan
Executive Mansion
Joseph Stewart
Weet Tom Shouse
James WW. Stephenson
Jack Hughes
W. Dowden
Ex-Labor Leaders Face Quiter Case Trial
Detroit July 26 four suspended international vice presidents of the United Automobile Workers faced trial before the UAW executive board on charges of conspiring to disrupt the union. The trial began after doors were tightly guarded to prevent disorders that led to police involvement. The four defendants Richard T. Frankensteen Wyndham Mortimer Ed Hajt and Walter Wells were described by Homer Martin as stooges of the Communist party. they denied the charges.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Homer Marti
Richard T. Frankensteen
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hajt
Walter Wells
Martin
Stooges
The
Communist Party
Big
TVA clash ends as Lilienthal pressed for record
Knoxville July 26 The congressional TVA inquiry moved on to constructive phases after David E Lilienthal returned to the stand for the fourth day. He read a 23 page statement denying charges by former TVA chairman Dr Arthur E Morgan accusing him of collusion with private utility executives in 1936 and of releasing false publicity. The committee, with only three members present, cut the reading short and ordered the remarks placed in the record.
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Knoxville
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
Arthur E. Morgan
Lilienthal
Dr. Morgan
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and
Southern
Lynn Frazier
R-Nd
H. H. Schwartz
D-Wyol
Charles Wolverton
Jazite
Welverton
Frazier
Congress
Schwartz
Vig Donahey
Ohio
Wolverton
Harcourt A. I Morgan
Woolverton
Poorly Addressed Letters Still Harass Mail Clerks
Washington dispatch notes the U S Postal Service faces a long running issue with poorly addressed mail. An official cites that rude handwriting careless abbreviations and bad spelling cost about 1.5 million dollars annually. He warns that illegible names street addresses and unclear state abbreviations increase misrouting and delay across cities like Cleveland and beyond.
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Wddy Gilmore
Washington
U. &. Postal Service
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
Continental Post Office
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Duke and Duchess of
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Corrigan
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Moscow
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Labor Case
Jerusalem
Red Pulse
United States Automobile Wo Union
Earle
Murray Vs. Girdler
Philip Murray
G. L Os Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Tom L. Girdler
Senate Civiliberties Committee
Republic
Girdler
Murray
Republic Steel
America
Central Press
Shelby
Shelby Purge
W. Fuqua
Roy Wooten
U. S. Steel Corporation
Llerks
Montana
Ghia
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