Confession In Hallmark Murder Read In At Trial
In Peoria Illinois Gerald Thompson admitted to police a detailed confession of abducting and killing Mil dred Hallmark, a 19 year old convent graduate, in a cemetery last June. He described the attack, struggle, and disposal of the body, and testified about police promises of leniency in exchange for the confession.
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Hallmark Girl
Feoria
Ill
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Joseph Daily
Edwin V. Champion
John Hallmark
Thompson
Champion
Ben Thurman
Miss Hallmark
Weather outlook updates for several states</T:
Tennessee forecasters call for generally fair weather Sunday and Monday with a slight temperature change. Virginia expected to see warmer conditions with showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, especially in the northern region. North Carolina remains generally fair and warmer over the weekend. Kentucky shows generally fair conditions Sunday and Monday with possible scattered thundershowers later Sunday afternoon.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Norte Carolina
Whisky distillers back bootlegging allegations before Senate
Lester P. Barlow, Yale and Towne engineer, told a Senate finance committee that National Distillers Corporation heads a bootleg ring. He displayed bottle lock samples and claimed the glass industry and big liquor firms conspire in bootlegging, prompting questions from Senator Clark and a potential contempt citation.
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Preston L. Grover
Associated Press
Washington
National Distillers Corporation
Senate
Lester P. Barlow
Jack
Senator Clark
D-Mo
Barlow
Finance Committee
House Treasury
Yale and Towne Company
Stamford
Clark
Naps Ques
Amerigan
Paralyzing disease prompts county bans on public spaces
In Johnson City and Washington county, fear of infantile paralysis grows after two deaths in nearby communities. An 8 month old Grady Huskins died in Erwin and an 81 year old died near Jonesboro. Health officials order children barred from public buildings including churches and theaters. Theatres and theatre managers agree to exclude under 15s. Action takes effect after 12:01 a.m. Monday in Unicoi and immediately in Carter health unit. Continued on page fourteen.
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Timen
Johnson City
Washington County
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Grady Huskins
Erwin
Unicoi
Board of Health
Route Four
Jonesboro
Wallace Poole
Washington County Board of Health
Ban Foole
Johnson City Theatres
J. R. Moody
Unicoi County Health Board
Russell B. Howard
Carter Health Unit
Washington
Carter
Wiicoi
Five candidates vie in Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial primary
Louisville dispatch notes a heated Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial contest with five candidates including Thomas S. Rhea and A B Chandler spreading messages statewide. If no majority on primary day, a September 7 runoff will decide the nominee amid a quieter Republican scene featuring King Swope.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Thomass. Rhea
Russellville
State Highway Commission
A. B. Chandler
GOP
King Swope
Lexington
D. M. Bingham
Pineville
Sam Hurst
Beattyville
Missing Roosevelt Portrait Returned to New Orleans Club
New Orleans July 27 A missing Roosevelt portrait was tucked back at the old regular political headquarters. Senator Long invited the man who took it to claim his own Roosevelt collection. Arthur J. Ramaguera, former chauffeur for Mayer T. Semmes Walmsley, returned the image after a petty larceny charge was filed. Wilcod Burke, ward leader, said Ramaguera came to the club to take a photograph of Mayor Walmsley.
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New Orleans
Pre Roosevelt
Waey Long
Arthur J. Ramaguers
Mayer TL Semmoes Walmsley
New York
Long
President Roosevelt
Romaguera
T. Semmes Walmsley
Look Before You Advice Tragedy Under Freight Train
Knoxville July 27. A man named Noah Fulton fell from a freight train at a trestle while it moved. He was found unconscious, taken to a hospital, and diagnosed with a possible fractured pelvis and skull concussion.
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Knoxville
Noah Fulton
Ruffing
Hoover and 1936 plans loom over Republicans
Washington observers scan for signals from Herbert Hoover amid G O P stirrings in Palo Alto. Some say Hoover is discussing a comeback or backing others, but aides call calls social with no political meaning. The San Francisco Republican committee cites a political conference with Hoover as context, fueling speculation as conventions approach.
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James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Washington
Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover
Maryland
Germany Severes Treaty With U S Over Massaur Dispute
Berlin reports the official German press service says Germany has terminated its commercial treaty with the United States over an incident in New York where a German resident was denied a massage license amid alleged Nazi anti Jewish acts. The communique charges a breach of the 1923 treaty and calls on the U S government to enforce the agreement.
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Berlin
Germany
America
Fiorillo la Guardia
New York
United States
Bremen
Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
de Angriff
Rebecca
Washington
la Guardia
Boersen Zeitung
Moscow
Rogersville Files for Bankruptcy to Reorganize Debts
Rogersville declares inability to pay $234,899 in bonded indebtedness and files a Chapter 78 petition in the U S District Court at Greeneville. Special master H C Haynes will oversee a bondholder meeting August 15 at Rogersville courthouse to consider a refunding plan drafted under Mayor Jim Lyons.
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the Times
Rogersville
United States District Court
Greeneville
H. C. Haynes
Jim Lyons
Congressmen Tour Fort Knox In 20 Minute Review
Ten members of Congress and Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring viewed a 20 minute mechanized parade at Fort Knox Ky after arriving by air from Bowman Field. The visit included a luncheon with Col James P Barney and a review at Roosevelt Ridge as the group eyed potential war housing projects.
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Fort Knox
Congress
Harry H. Woodring
Scote Field
Ill
Bowman Field
Louisville
Fort Nox
State Police
James P. Barney
Old Kentucky
Officers' Club
Roosevelt Ridge
Woodring
Military Affairs Committee
War Department
J. J. McSwain
South Carolina
Secretary of War
McSwain
Don W. Harter
Ohio
Andrew Emiston
West Virginia
Edwin M. Schaefer
Frank J
Federal Airport Funds Assured for Sullivan County Airport
Federal Works Progress Administration confirms immediate final approval of 400000 for Sullivan county tri city airport. Kingsport, Bristol, Johnson City donors pledge local 50000, with bonds up to 15000 from Kingsport and 10000 each from Sullivan county Bristol and Johnson City. Johnson, Col. Berry and local businessmen credited for persistent effort to establish the project.
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Federal
Works Progress Administration
Sullivan County
Tri-City
Holston Institute
J. Fred Johnson
Kingsport
Col
Harry S. Berry
WFA
Nashville
Johnson
Bristol
Johnson City
Harry L. Hopkins
TVA Opens Third Year Operations
Knoxville July 27 The Tennessee Valley Authority enters its third year buoyed by a circuit court ruling upholding its power program as constitutional. Created to plan the Tennessee river basin development the agency has grown from scratch and now employs over 16 000 workers across East Tennessee to Alabama advancing projects for social and economic welfare.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Tennessee River
East
Tennessee
Alabama
Johnson seeks funds for East Tennessee airport project
J Fred Johnson a Kingsport citizen leading the Right for East Tennessee's tri city airport at Holston Institute has been promised funds for its construction. Johnson with Col Harry S Berry TWPA administrator and other local officials presented the applications in Washington.
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J. Fred Johnson
Kingsport
East Tennessee
Holston Institute
Mr. Johnson
Col
Harry S. Berry
TWPA
Washington
Explosion at Italian factory kills dozens in Italy
A huge blast at the Bickford Smith munitions plant in Taino near Varese, Italy, claimed about 50 lives and injured many. Many workers were women. Witnesses reported subsequent smaller explosions and widespread debris as militiamen and fire brigades searched the site.
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A. E. Stunti
Varese
Italy
Bickford-Smith
Taino
McAlister Pardons Two TVA Workers To Protect Families
Governor McAlister grants clemency to Arlie Morgan 21 and Alford Franklin 83, freeing them from a penitentiary term for petit larceny. The pardon, sought by TVA officials and the Tennessee Valley Workers Council, allows them to return to jobs at Norris Dam where they had worked as laborers after earlier wage raises and promotions.
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Nashville
McAlister
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Valley Workers Council
Arlie Morgan
Alford Franklin
Clay County
Move to tack liquor rider on pension bill stalls in House
SAMS TALKS WASHVILLE July 27 The house deferred action on the old age pension measure to attach a liquor rider. Debate centered on revenue sources from soft drinks amusements cosmetics and a soft drink tax and the impact on bottlers and workers. A second shooting incident in Jackson left Taylor Cope dead and Luther Deaton wounded as Dewey Cross fled the scene.
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Washville
House of Representatives
William Martin
Davidson
House
Walter M. Haynes
Robert Murray
Carroll
Rep
C. C. Brown
Shelby
Robert Brown
Hickman
Ren. Howell Buntin
Madison
Youll
Buntin
Marshall Warren Williamson
Brack R. Sams
Sullivan
Sams
Martini
Cope
Jackson
Tenn
Taylor Cope
Haddix
Luther Deaton
R. A. Collier
Dewey Cross
Deston
Guying
Gross
Jin Oul
Collier
Beter
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