Ships and babies draw Britain France in wary times
Britain mobilizes naval power with Rome fleet battleships sailing on training cruises ahead of mid August maneuvers. France offers baby bonuses after a birth deficit while warning of nerves in a tense European pause. Japan Britain China tensions flare with anti British rallies planned in Tokyo and Shanghai as London protests continue.
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Europe
England
France
Great Britain
Minnea
Julianna
Shanghai
London
Vkyo
China
Pohtatho
Seacoast
Tientsin
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Oates
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Rome
Mianiy Oe Gerverk
Fragmented regional weather note with errors
A garbled weather bulletin covers Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky with showers cooler Sunday night in Virginia and generally fair conditions but with some extreme east portions. Kentucky forecasts mostly fair and warm. The text shows widespread transcription errors and unclear specifics.
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West Jenet
Virginia
Kentucky
Accidents Injure Four in Hawkins Area Narrowly Avoided
Report from Rogersville July 2 details four injuries from highway crashes. Anson King of Bristol and his wife were taken to Lyons hospital after a main street collision with a Silver Fleet truck. King’s wife severely injured. other passenger Mrs. M. L. Cresger also hurt. Damage exceeds 31,000. one driver charged with drunken driving. Deputy G C Alvis supplied the figures.
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Rogersville
Now- Mins County
G. C. Alvis
Anson King
Bristol
Alvis
King
M. L. Cresger
Tuten
Lyons Hospital
See Lour
Four CCC youths die in brush fire in West
Four Civilian Conservation Corps youths perished and a fifth remained missing as Western forest and brush fires swept vast dry timberlands. Lightning sparked blazes across Nevada and nearby mountains, with reports of burned bodies found in California and Utah, while rescue efforts continued into the night.
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CCC
Ogden
Utah
Cour Civilian Conservation Corps
Nevada
Selena Oblast
Santa Roge
Mr Hes
Tippin
Geneva
New
District Attorney Seeks County Help to Shut Down Vice Dives
District Attorney urges county aid to close vice dens amid letters from residents requesting action. He cites limited police manpower and vows to act when offenses occur, but notes county cannot be everywhere at once. Attorney General comments on statutes and local effort, with reference to community concerns. Page M.
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B. Gray
Gray
County of Wets
Ceneral
Vick
Taxpayers Hit Politics Hiring For Tennessee
Nashville July 29 The Tennessee Taxpayers Association criticized political hiring as unwise and costly. It cited civil service concerns under Governor Cooper, noting up to 2,200 state employees discharged or replaced in six months with inexperienced appointees. Estimated turnover cost about 1.49 million dollars to date.
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Nashville
Eall
Revenue Department
Tennessee Taxpayers Association
Cooper
Association
Tennessee
Public Service
Yaya
Tenn. Vwaxpayers
School Scramble Over Budgets Sparks County Board Row
Scott County faces a clash between state and county officials over the school budget. Supervisors cut itemized instructional costs from 139,622 to 114,712, altering pay scales for principals and teachers and reducing supplies and indigent texts. The dispute centers on conflicting itemizations and average salaries for instructors and principals in the wake of slashed funding.
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Gate City
Scott County
Tacit Senna
Senate Limits Interference With Private Enterprise By Amendment
By Kirke L. Simpson Washington July 23 seven months of strident political uproar dominated by efforts to rally for the 1940 Presidential contest and Congress adjournment next week. The session offered no clear pattern for the 1940 campaign nor new figures to head major parties. Three Midwest senators, Vandenberg Taft and others, gained attention that could strengthen bids for the Republican nomination as adjournment approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Ures
Mid-West
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigin
Taft
Ohio
Kingsport Housing Authority to study housing contract
The Kingsport Housing Authority announced the USHA loan contract for slum clearance and low rent housing worth 441000 will go to the board of mayor and aldermen for approval at the regular meeting Tuesday night. The authority voted not to seek a special session but will sign and forward the contract to TSHA in Washington by Thursday morning.
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Kingsport Housing Authority
USHA
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
TSHA
Washington
Walter F. Smith
Rushbrooke Sees Better Religion For Baptists
Dr James Henry Rushbrooke, 69, will head the world Baptist alliance for five years and aims to end religious oppression. He vows no political agenda, focuses on freedom of worship, and plans international deputations to protest restrictions in Russia and Romania. The alliance will seek conciliation to prevent conflict and pursue stricter jurisdiction agreements.
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Atlanta
James Henry Rushbrooke
Bapliss World Alliance
Russia
Rumania
Rushbrooke
George W. Truett
Dallas
Alliance
Bial
Anti-Terrorist Drive Drives Irish Flight to Ireland
London on July 9 a British anti-terrorist crackdown forced hundreds of Irish Republican Army suspects to flee. The Irish mail train to the coast ran twice, with three mail boats used to move passengers to Ireland. Special officers examined travelers with photo sheets. four men were jailed and detectives named one as a ringleader of the LRA blamed for recent bombings in England.
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London
Lingland
Scoland Yard
Britain
Ireland
LRA
England
Death and Horror Plague Bokoya Maru Sinking
San Francisco dispatch reports the Bokoya Maru burned exploded and sank 3900 miles west of San Francisco on July 28. Captain L. B. Hawkins of the Associated saved 209 aboard. Three others died. a stewardess and a three year old were lost after pushing a child to safety. The Chief Officer and Chief Engineer were knocked overboard.
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San Francisco
Far Pacific
Associated
Manilla
L. B. Hawkins
Oakland
Calif
Chira
Hawkins
S. Amano
Lewis blast threatens union drive says Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt remarks on Jann L. Lewis CIO president blasting Vice President Garner. He claims the attack harms labor progress while noting mixed public opinion and critiques of Dewey Short and John L. Lewis. Roosevelt labels Lewis as a self styled czar of CIO and urges dignity from legislators.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Jann L. Lewis
CIO
Garner
Elliott Roosevelt
Lewis
Nouse Labor Committee
Congress
United States
John L. Lewis
Dewey Short
Missouri
Roosevelt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Export of Cotton May Benefit Japs Policy Debate
Washington officials said subsidizing cotton exports could aid Japan with up to ten million dollars in benefits. They noted the 1911 U.S. Japan treaty would lapse in six months, but current subsidies might continue until January depending on negotiations, affecting whether Japan loses the export subsidy.
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Washington
Japan
Sericulture Department
Athough
State Department
United States
Tokyo
Beer Resolution Heads To Higher Courts Amid Local Compliance Push
Sullivan county moves its Sunday beer ban toward the courts as a retailer declares intent to sell despite Sheriff Milam's enforcement order. County officers pledge to cite violators while most retailers support the ban and await a constitutional ruling.
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Sullivan County
Kingsport
Roby A.milam
T. R. Bandy
Nake
Thomas Curtin
Senate backs amendment to curb government lending bill
Washington July 20 The senate approved 45 to 24 an amendment to a 1 64 billion lending bill to prevent government interference with private enterprise. After adopting the proposal by Senator O Mahoney the chamber limited debate and recessed until Monday. A surge for cutting the lending program moved to the house banking committee causing an 85 million reduction in funds.
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Washington
Senate
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyon
Chamber
Hauke Banking Committee
How They Voted On Reading Of O Mahoney Amendment
Washington tally shows 416 voting for the O Mahoney amendment limiting PWA financing of projects competing with private enterprise. Democrats for include Adams Andrews Bailey Bankhead Barkley Bulow Burke Byrd Byrnes Chavez Clark Idaho Missouri Downey George Gerry Gillette Hatch Herring Holt Hughes Johnson Colorado Lucas Maroney McCarran Murray O Mahoney Pittman Radcliffe Schwartz Slattery Smith Tydings Van Nuys Wagner Walsh. Republicans for include Barbour Bridges Cupper Hale Holum Reed Taft Townsend Vandenberg White. Against the amendment total 24 with Democrats 17 Bilbo Bane Ellender Greene Hayden Hill McKellar Mead Minton Pepper Russell Schnellenbuch Sheppard Stewart Thomas Utah Truman Wheeler. Republicans against include Austin Danaher Gurney Lodge. Progressive against La Follette Independent against Norris Farmer Labor against Lundern.
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Washington
Senate
O'Mahoney
PWA
Adams
Andrews
Bailey
Bankhead
Barkley
Bulow
Burke
Byrd
Byrnes
Chavez
Clark
Idaho
Missouri
Downey
George
Gerry
Gillette
Hatch
Herring
Holt
Hughes
Johnson
Colorado
Lucas
Maroney
McCarran
Murray
Pittman
Radcliffe
Schwartz
Slattery
Smith
Tydings
van Nuys
Wagner
Walsh
Barbour
Bridges
Cupper
Hale
Holum
Reed
Taft
Townsend
Vandenberg
White
Hill
McKellar
Mead
Minton
Pepper
Russell
Schnellenbuch
Sheppard
Stewart
Thomas
Utah
Truman
Wheeler
Austin
Danaher
Gurney
Lodge
la Follette
Norris
Farmer-Labor
Lundern
Banking panel backs bill for 1.95 billion loan package
The banking committee urged House passage of a bill totaling 1.95 billion dollars after prior Senate revisions reducing the measure to 2.8 billion. Debate centered on amendments by Senator Tydings to block political loans to unions without member knowledge, and on opposition from Senator Norris to park loan terms. Committee members said the revised bill, including 14 of 15 votes for the package, would still face House review next week with further cuts possible.
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Banking Committee
House
Senate
Stannic
Tydings
D.-Md
Democratic Party
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
O'Mahoney
Norris
UndeNeb
Steagall
D.ala
Poche Il
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