Kingsport gets 541000 USHA loan for slum clearance
President Roosevelt approved a United States Housing Administration loan of 541000 to Kingsport for slum clearance and low rent housing. Construction will start after contracts and funds are available with plans for 178 units split between white and Negro residents. The project totals were to cover 90 percent of costs with local funds filling the rest.
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Roosevelt
United States Housing Administration
Kingsport
Walter F. Smith
Rocal Authority
Smith
Chriiriman Smith
USHA
Weather Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia Summary
Weather details indicate generally fair conditions across Kentucky and Tennessee with continued warmth tonight and Friday. A thundersnow disruption is noted with a high near 66 Friday afternoon. Virginia forecasts show unsettled skies with showers likely in Seattle area tonight and Friday, little temperature change.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Seattle
Father of Three Pleads Innocent in Attack Slaying
Thomas Allen Boys 27 pleads innocent to charges in the rape and murder of Elizabeth Derukhk ur, a 16-year-old farm girl from near Attica. Boys was bound over to the county grand jury and sent to Pendleton Reformatory for safety, after testimony in Covington. Derukhk disappeared on Sunday after a 4 H Club meeting and was found buried in a shallow grave the following day.
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Covington
Ind
Thomas Allen Boys
Elizabeth Derukhkur
Boys
Wounain County
Pendleton Estate Reformatory
Elizabeth
Attica
Baptists urge freedom from state church control
Atlanta July 27 A Baptist World Alliance congress resolution denounces state church and church state links as violations of religious freedom. It condemns USSR hostility to religion and Romanian restrictions on churches while urging Russia and Romania to grant full religious liberty and improve intergovernmental relations.
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Atlanta
The
Baptist World Alliance
Russia
Romania
Ussr
Rumania
Franco Faces Threat to Leadership Amid Spanish Political Crisis
July 27 New York report notes deepening rift between Franco's Fascists and Monarchists threatening the unity of Nationalist victory forces. If accurate, the split endangers Franco's plan to reconcile factions and stabilize Spain's government with broad support.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Irene Forelen
Soviet Orders Rank Removed From 79 Men
Seventy nine prominent Russians including several high Soviet army officers are stripped of decorations by a decree. Names listed include Falvoff former Soviet Minister to Mongolia Division Commander Sergeyeff Air Force Commander Lapin and Shevchenko chief of the Political Administration in the Ural district. Publication signals probable arrest of those named.
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Moscow
Oras
Washington
Rappaport
Frunze Naval Academy
Batis
Hichabarosik
Ovchinnikoff
Soviet Union
Reward to passer for returning wallet in Santa Rosa
A Western Union messenger found and returned a wallet with more than 2900 dollars in Santa Rosa California on July 27. The finder received a reward of five cents for the act. The same date in Frankfort Kentucky Gilbert Wood of Bedford was declared the Democratic nominee for the state senate in the 21st district, representing Carroll Henry Oldham Shelby and Trimble counties after his lone opponent was ruled ineligible.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
John Curtis
Western Union
Frankfort
Gilbert Wood
Bedford
Senate
Carroll, Henry
Oldham
Shelby
Trimble
Absent minded professor drives car then trains home
In Blacksburg Virginia a Virginia Tech professor reportedly drove his car to a nearby town forgot the vehicle, rode the train home, and on realizing the lapse returned to the station to buy a round-trip ticket.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Toth
Wide-Open Split Threatens Demos
Washington July 27 The Democratic party shows deep factional strife as Chairman Farley and House Leader Rayburn confront leadership threats. Past ties and neutrality failed to weld the party, risking open warfare before Congress convenes. Farley now stands in a hot spot amid ongoing internal sniping.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Democratic Party
Farley
House
Rayburn
Congress
Rosevelt
Georgians Vexed at Price of Weed Protest in Douglas
A group of south Georgia tobacco growers met in Douglas to protest low bids and seek state aid to close warehouses. Governor Rivers said he could close warehouses if the public good demands it. Opening sale averages in 1939 ran about 16 cents per pound, sharply below 1938.
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Douglas
South Georgia
E. D. Rivers
Atlanta
Florida
Georgia
Bristol officers sued over alleged false arrests at Riverside picnic
A $20,000 damages suit was filed in Bristol claiming 10 couples were unlawfully arrested for disorderly conduct trespassing and drunkenness at Riverside on Matt Cox property. Plaintiffs allege the actions were to humiliate and extract fees, carried out by D. H. Hendricks Fred Saults Porter Marshall with Sheriff Milam's knowledge and consent. charges were not sustained. Plaintiffs include Paul H. Bishop Catherine Rutherford Harrell Rutherford Bruce Rutherford Paul Phipps and Patricia Hyles.
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Bristol
Sullivan County
Roby A. Milaro
Milam
D. H. Hendricks
Fred Saults
Porter Marshall
Riverside
Matt Cox
Leon Starnes
Paul H. Bishop
W. H. Bishop
Catherine Cross
Harrell Rutherford
Bruce Rutherford
Paul Phipps
Fred Wilson
Patricia Hyles
Hendricks
Saints
Marshall
U S Ends 1911 Japan Treaty Abruptly Sparks Debate
Secretary Hall notified Japan with President Roosevelt's approval that the 1911 treaty governing basic relations would terminate in six months. Tokyo called the move unfriendly and warned of retaliatory steps if American actions discriminate after termination. The pact covered citizenship, residence, trade, navigation, and a pledge against discriminatory duties. The State Department noted a Senate committee ruling just before the notice.
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Japan
Nhen
Tokyo
Iiius
America
Foreign Office
Washington
Taft
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
British cabinet placed under guard amid bombing search
London July 27 Scotland Yard placed Prime Minister Chamberlain and other cabinet members under special guard and questioned three men as part of a terrorism probe after five bombings the Commons adopted strict IRA measures. Extra precautions were posted at rail stations and gates to Parliament and the British Museum.
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London
Scotland Yard
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Houses of Parliament
British Museum
Last Minute News Flashes At Waycross Train Crash
A man believed to be George Fields was struck by a Clinchfield railroad train near Waycross six miles north of here at noon today. He remains unconscious in hospital with a poor chance of recovery as physicians report severe injuries. Bethlehem Steel declares a 50 cent dividend, first since 1937. Roosevelt nominates James L Why to the Federal Communications Commission to replace Frank R McNineh who has resigned.
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Community Hospital
George Fields
Clinchfield
Waycross
Here
Fields
Bethlehem Steel
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
FCC
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
James L. Why
Tennessee
Federal Communications Commission
Frank R. McNineh
AFL to Back Auto Industry as UAW Strike Looms
Detroit July 27 The AFL indicates an auto industry campaign with 15 international presidents of AFL building trades locals meeting to discuss their interests amid the CIO UAW strike against General Motors.
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AFL
Detroit
American Federation of Labor
AFL Building Trades
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corporation
Banished from Crime Davis to Live Hidden Life
By Roger Greene New York July 27 Davis 34 once dubbed Kid Mouthpiece of the $20,000-a-year Schultz policy racket will be freed from Bronx jail soon after midnight. District Attorney Dewey orders tight security to shield him from gangland vengeance as he enters a life of fear and shadowy freedom. His career ranged from a struggling law clerk to a flashy heir apparent in the underworld.
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Roger Greene
New York
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Manhattan
CIO Chief Scores Garner and Calls Him Evil Old Man
CIO chief John L. Lewis accused Vice President Garner of fomenting anti labor sentiment in Congress labeling him a poker playing whiskey drinking evil old man Lewis said the attacks on labor originate in the Democratic party and he would oppose Garner as he seeks the presidency in 1940 The confrontation followed Lewis testimony before the House labor committee on wage hour law changes.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Garner
Congress
Lewis
Senate
House Labor Committee
Democratic Party
John WN. Garner
Drought Hurts Staten Island Farms In Heat Wave
The New York drought spreads through the East as Staten Island truck farms suffer from 27 rainless days. Heat and dust sweep residential areas. Staten Island farmers report losses over 300,000 with broader crop damage across ten states in a century's dry spell. Thunderstorms were forecast, but officials warned two days of rain are needed for relief. A 3,000 strong crew labors to restore trees and shrubbery.
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New York
Staten Island
Prairie States
Two Rescued One Missing in Woods
In Minnesota two people were found safe in the woods while a third person remained missing. Six year old Russell Jensen was rescued near Pau Bunyan forest, 175 miles northwest of Minneapolis, after being missing since Monday. Frank C. Lambert, 53, Chicago sanitary district chief, was later reported found somewhere north of Lake Manitou near International Falls. Stanley Booth, Hibbing resident, was still unfound after an all day search around the Togo Bear river area, north of here, with a CCC team aiding. a Park Rapids dog led to the Jensen boy at a berry patch.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Woods
Pau Bunyan Forest
Here
Russell Jensen
Albert Lea
Minn
Fromorth
Lake Manitou
International Falls
Frank C. Lambert
Chicago Sanitary District
Stanley Booth
Hibbing
Togo Bear River
Booth
CCC
James Wall
Park Rapids
Penalty May Be Placed On Japan Exports
Washington reports Morgenthau announced treasury studies possible counter moves after Hall’s termination of the Japanese treaty. Hull’s note to Japan anticipates treaty expiry in six months, prompting possible embargo on raw material shipments and sales of gold and silver to fund purchases elsewhere.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Hall
United States
Thes
State Department
Japan
Hull
Roosevelt
Kensuke Horinouchi
Congress
Moergenthan
Executive Branch
China
Great Britain
Tokyo
Little Likelihood Astronomers Will Find Life On Mars Tonight
London observers report close Mars approach the nearest in 15 years with no expectance of life indicators. Dr B C Slipher in Bloemfontein notes weak winds hindering study though photographs will be sent to Lew Observatory. Br W H Steavenson adds Mars shows vegetation spread linked to surface changes.
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Mars
London
Astronouers
Bloemfontein
South Africa
B. C. Slipher
Bayman
Slipher
Lew Observatory
Mlaystaff
Avivo
W. H. Steavenson
India
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Harry Bridges
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