Morgans feud resumes with lifting of ban
Knoxville July 28. Harcourt A. Morgan, TVA chairman, reopened the old feud by attacking Dr. Arthur E. Morgan before a congressional investigation. The committee tentatively lifted the ban on personalities, but lawmakers debated full reply rights and disclosures as Morgan pledged to show there was no basis for Dr. Arthur Morgan’s charges.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Morgan
Lynn Frazier
North Dakota
Charles Wolverton
New Jersey
Arthur Morgan
David EB. Likenthat
Wolverson
H. H. Sehwarla
Williamson County
David E. Lilienthal
H. A. Morgan
Wolverton
A. E. Morgan
Seven Valley States
Muscle Shoals
Weather outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Weather forecast notes generally fair tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers Friday afternoon. Temperatures little changed. Highlights include interior Virginia and Kentucky where showers may occur with minimal temperature change.
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Tennessee
Vumganta
Kentucky
Browning to Have Guard in Invasion of Shelby County
MEMPHIS July 28 A police escort and city officers will patrol the fairgrounds for Governor Browning as he campaigns in Shelby County next Monday night. Mayor Watkins Overton, allied with the Crump organization, promises full police protection and defends Memphis reception of Browning. The speech will be broadcast statewide and he will be introduced by either District Attorney General Joseph Hanover or Gilmer Richardson.
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Memphgs
Browning
Shelby County
Memphis
Watkins Overton
EB. H. Crump
Joseph Hanover
Gilmer Richardson
Shelby County Browning Committee
Missing Plane Leaves Wall Street Bears Plus Ontario Premier
New York brokers say Bernard E. Smith is aboard the overdue airliner carrying Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn. Smith, longtime McKnnon associate and McIntyre Porcupine mine vice president, travels with mining magnate I. Bickell. both linked to oil lease intrigues with Mexico and a British agent. Juneau awaits the overdue craft from Whitenorse on a 2601 mile flight.
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New York
Wall Street
Bernard E
Smith
B. E. Smith
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Alaskan
Yukon
Thomson and McKnnon
Northwest
I. — Bickell
Bickell
Mc [Intyre Porcupine
Mexico
Ameerican
Juneau
Alaska
Whitenorse
Y. ZT
Miss United States winner seeks annulment in Tennessee marriage
Nashville July 28 A former Miss Margaret Smith of Clinton Tennessee prize beauty crowned Miss United States last September at Biloxi has asked for an annulment of her marriage to C B Yandle Sr a Nashville orchestra member After 17 years of marriage and three days before the wedding Miss Smith told reporters she wanted a career The petition filed here alleges she is only 15 and the marriage occurred in Francetown Tennessee on July 11
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Nashville
Tennessee
Biloxi
Miss
Margaret Smith
Clinton, Tenn
C. B. Yandle
Yandle
Clintos
Memphis politics heat up as primary nears in Tennessee
Memphis political battle intensifies with Governor Browning facing opposition from Prentice Cooper in Shelby County. Dual purge hearings by the state crime commission and Waldauer’s elections team resume amid delays. Browning registration checkers report no fraud in Shelby wards as a black PWA worker warns of job losses to compel registration.
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Memphis
Halllesmund Cehoens
Fet
Browning
BH. Crimp
Shelby County
Tennessee
Gaveenne Browning
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Shelby
Governor's State Crime Commission
Abe Waldauer
anti-Browning
Waldauer
PWA
Crime Commission
Civilians Flee as Japs Press Besieged Hankow Area
Civilians evacuate Hankow Wuchang and Hanyang as Japanese forces close on the Yangtze river cities. In Spain, Franco loyalists push on the Ebro with plans to dam rivers. government units press Gandesa and surround the town, while Valencia and Estremadura offensives pause. Neville Chamberlain delays Scotland fishing trip amid war news.
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Pres
Hankow
China
Japan
Eri-city
Spain
Catalonia
Yangkee River
Wuchang
Hanyang
Ester Hupeh
Hupeh
Kiukiang
Francisco Franco
Ebro
Gandésa
Fratco
Gandesa
Alicante
Valencia
Estremadura
Far West
Neville Chaiberlein
Scotland
Fights in Streets Kill Six in Rangoon
Six people died and about a hundred were injured in savage street fighting between Burmese Buddhists and Indian Muslims in Rangoon Burma. Shops looted and burned, prisoners fled jail, armored cars patrolled, and police stood by as troops with machine guns were deployed. Business houses closed, traffic paralyzed, and rumors of stabbings and murders spread amid a big fire near Keighley street.
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Rangoon
Burma
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Keighley Street
Traffic Deaths Fall In First Half Of 1935
The National Safety Council reports U.S. motorist fatalities dropped 22 percent in the first six months of 1935 from 1934. Despite a 2 percent rise in highway traffic in early 1935, drivers saved about 4,670 lives, with June marking the eighth straight monthly decline at 2,270 deaths, 24 percent below June of the previous year.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Court Martial Hearing On Giffin Ally Testimony
Mrs James Smith Jr wife of a reserve lieutenant at a CCC camp testified at Gover nora Island court martial alongside other women in defense of Lieut Col Stewart 8 Giffin who faced charges after he allegedly drank and danced at a March 1937 party. A conviction could cost Giffin his pension after 30 years in the army. Central Press.
Barkley hints Roosevelt may seek third term in 1940
Covington Kentucky July 28 Senator Alben W Barkley hinted that President Roosevelt might run for a third term at a rally. Barkley noted the president guided him to the White House twice and suggested it could happen again. He spoke in support of his renomination against Governor Chandler. Barkley praised Roosevelt as the greatest humanitarian since Washington. Logan floated a possible run for governor and even his own successor.
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Covington
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Barkley
White House
Lo £An
Chendier
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Berkley
George Washington
Logan
Senate
Chandler
Deepening probe eyed in Tennessee senatorial race
Tennessee candidates reacted as the Senate campaign expenditures committee alleged schemes to raise funds and influence votes in the Democratic senatorial contest. Dr John R Neal of Kingston accused coercion of federal workers and officials by Tom Stewart, while the committee planned rapid investigators to assess alleged improper assessments of federal and state employees.
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Nashville
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Tennessee
Washington
John R. Neal
Knonville
Tom Stewart
Sheppard
Texas
United States
United States Senate
Weal
Tennes
Scott Man Killed on Railway Track
Scott Lane, 34, was killed near Gate City when a westbound Southern freight train severed his head and body while he was on the tracks. Investigators doubt foul play as the engineer reported he could not stop after spotting Lane, who appeared asleep. Funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Lane residence, with burial at Carter cemetery near Manville. Surviving are his wife Jona Hensley Lane, one son, four brothers, three sisters, and his mother.
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Times
Gate City
Kelly Lane
Southern
Scott County
Lane
McConnel Funeral Home
Byrd
McConnell
Carter Cemetery
Manville
Jona Hensley Lane
Rhea
T. Dy
Pearle Lane
Clay Arnold
John Pierson
Fenley Lane
Wilkie to Testify in TVA Hearing in Tennessee
WILKIE, president of Commonwealth and Southern Corp, accepted invitation to testify in congressional TVA investigation in Knoxville Tennessee. Also reports include mention of a court martial of Lieut Col Stewart Giffin on July 28 and his reduction on the army promotion list, a Canadian premier Hepburn plane report from Skagway, Alaska, and Germany forming a federation of Jews to represent German Jewry in dealings with the Nazi government.
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Wilkie
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
Wendell L. Wilkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Congressional
Tennessee Valley Authority
Safi
Washington
Army Signal Corps
Skagway
Alaska
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Corcross
Federation
Berlin
Germany
Centralverein Zeiburg
Browning May Send Militia To Memphis For Election
Nashville dispatch reports unexplained orders delaying national guard units for out of state maneuvers fueling rumors Governor Browning may deploy militia to Memphis for the Democratic primary. Browning plans to announce his plan next Tuesday and will speak in Memphis where the county organization is led by Democratic committeeman H. Crisp. Some advisers urge against militia use amid tense Shelby county race, while others push for enhanced state police to deter registration games. Continued on page ten.
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Nashville
Browning
Memphis
Bailwick
H. Crisp
117Th Infantry
Jackson
Mississippi
Col
R. H. Bond
Smith
Shelby County
Crump
Larry Hauck
Cleveland
American Bar Association
U. S. Supreme Court
Hugo L. Blacks
Nazi Germany
Association
L. B. Day of
Lincoln
Neb
Germany
CGGC
Burlingham
New York City
Supreme Court
Alabama
Albert Levitt
Dean Edward T. Lee
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Agreement Opens Bar Body Path to Spending
Washington July 28 RFC and PWA officials opened a path to large public works under the spending lending program. RFC would lend 1.5 billion dollars for projects receiving grants from PWA's 960 million, allowing PWA to devote funds to grants. Immediate effect could expand PWA power and approve large undertakings. proposed projects include a 870 million New York tunnel, a 60 million all weather Pennsylvania highway, and a 35 million Chicago subway.
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Washington
RFC
PWA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Power
Jesse Jones
Ickes
Pwaa
New York
Manhattan Island
Benoklyn
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Congress
Jones
Government counsel urges acquittal in Harlan anti labor case
London Kentucky July 23 government counsel told the Harlan anti labor conspiracy trial jurors a verdict of acquittal would end bloodshed in Harlan county He asked for the conviction of 39 individuals and 17 coal companies charged with depriving miners of Wagner Act rights Assistant Attorney General Welly K Hopkins warned jurors against bloodshed and prejury saying the facts are brutal and too many and likened conditions to the feast of Bel.
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London
Harlan
Hopkins
Mrs Divine Bound Over For Murder In Tennessee
Mrs Luly M Divine, former postmaster of Johnson City Tennessee, waived arraignment and was held for grand jury on a $45000 murder charge in the shooting death of Reginald M Randall son in law of Randall a Summit New Jersey resident. Tom Mitchell attorney for Mrs Divine said the waiver avoided a binding magistrate action and the case could still go before another magistrate.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Luly M. Divine
Reginald M. Randall
Summit
N. J
Randall
Tom Mitchell
Mitchell
Divine
State scandal drives closer primary in Tennessee race
The Senate campaign expenditures committee sent investigators nationwide after alleging pervasive fundraising schemes to influence the Tennessee Democratic primary. It named five candidates including Senator George L. Berry and Tom Stewart, and warned the Senate may face an election-contest outcome. The panel also urged probes into Farm Security Administration mailings in South Dakota supporting Berry and ordered further inquiries into Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Dakota, Indiana, Illinois, and California.
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Tennessee
George L. Berry
Tom Stewart
J. Ridley Mitchell
John R. Nesl
C. L. Powell
Senate
South Dakota
Far Isy
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Tom Berry
Chan Gurney
Gurney
Kentuccky
Pennsylvania
Georgia
North Dakota
Iadians
Illinois
California
Missouri
Farley
Berry
Jews Face Uphill Quest to Emigrate from Germany
Berlin reports Jew emigration remains nearly insurmountable under Nazi regime. George Brandt surveys refugees for the international relief body, but influential Jews doubt many will depart. Deterring rules force cash deposits and limit carryable goods at border.
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Ethiopia
Francis W. Rickett
Huiie Selassie
James Smith
Fdr
Louisville
U. S
A. B.happy
Dan Talbott
Aiben W. Barkley
Scott
Gieftn
Governor's Island
Stewart
Giffin
Hugo Black
Counsel Pictures
Harlan Case
Mrs. Divine
D-Tex
Louis P. Lochner
George Brandt
Brandt
International Refugee Organisation
Hitler
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