Roosevelt proposes seven regional power boards in new bill
President Roosevelt urged Congress to create seven regional authorities to oversee federal power projects and plan flood and drought safeguards. The plan, likened to Little TVA's, would cover areas from the Great Lakes to the Pacific, with permanent coordination through the National Relations Board and regional financing partnerships.
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United States
Wasiington
Roosevelt
Congress
Little Tva
Hedandlants Ta
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Cumberland
Missouri
Red River
Arkansas
Red
Rio Grande
Colorado
Pacific
Calisippi
Becas
Roosevelt Doit
Attor
Tate
Jacuitien Genta
Immein Thi Sama
Calurshie Wiegennies
Wers
Witerspower
Suite
Caress
Local thundershowers forecast for several states
Weather notes show thundershowers in Kentucky and Virginia tonight and Friday with mild temperatures. North Carolina to see partly cloudy skies and scattered storms this afternoon into Friday, while Georgia expects partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers through tonight or Friday.
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Kentucky
LHS
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Hope for settlement in seven state steel strike
Governor Martin L Davey of Ohio voiced optimism on the seven state steel strike and hoped for an early settlement that would return 72,000 workers to independent producers. He planned talks with steel workers leaders as Philip Murray convened strategy meetings in Youngstown.
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Martin L Davey
Ohio
Davey
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
Chicago
Brffain
Ohio Steel
Youngstown
Sherman Dalrymple
United Rubber Workers
Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Dalrymple
Akran Rubber
Phil
van A. Bittner
Roosevelt
Ween Wee Wilang
Arient
Republic
Superior Coal Colony
Wilsonville
Trahtar
Little Fails
Earhart Advances Toward Guianas On World Flight
Amelia Earhart and Captain Fred Noonan took off from Dearville Venezuela at 11 48 a m Greenwich time bound for Paramaribo Netherlands Guiana on the third leg of their round the world flight Pan American Airways reports the takeoff was normal Paramaribo lies 750 miles southeast of Camipito and weather forecasts promise clear skies over the 1750 mile initial sector Earhart has averaged about 150 mph on the first leg to San Juan and 190 mph to Carinto, with a top speed near 250 mph amid plans for a night jungle landing if needed. The pair previously set a record last March from Oakland while a prior attempt ended with a crash in Honolulu.
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Miame
Fla
Amelia Earhart
Dearville
Venezuela
Paramaribo
Netherlands Guiana
Pan American Airways
Miss Earhart
Avine
Fred Noonan
Camipito
Georgetown
British Guiana
Miami
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Carinto
Carinilo
Hamen
Faramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Oakland
Califta Hosolutu Jin
Honolulu
Nashville strikes widen as workers walk out in protest
Nance joins a group seeking to close the Nashville strike. About 1,100 Werthan Bay workers are said to have been laid off after the walk-out. Ingram Manufacturing reports over 500 quit. National Labor Relations Board election at Neuhofk Packing determines if AF of L or an independent union should represent employees.
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Nance
Nashville
CIO
Atlanta
Ingram Manufacturing Company
Walcers
National Labor Relations Board
Neuhofk Packing Company
A. F. of L
Jurge ©. Co. Curtis
Girl and Sweetheart Sentenced to Prison in NJ
Gladys MacKnight, 17, and Donald Wightman, 19, were sentenced to 29 to 30 years each for second degree murder in the Bayonne kitchen slaying of Gladys mother Helen MacKnight after a 10 day trial. The judge rejected death penalty despite state requests, noting no quarrel with the jury verdict.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Helen MackKnight
Thomas F. Mesney
MacKnight
Bayonne
Donald
Gladys
Wightmar
Menney
Hawkins Man Dies From Lightning in Rainstorm
Special to The Times Rogersville report of a Hawkins county lightning fatality as a man crossing a wire fence during a hail storm collapsed. His younger brother witnessed the strike and the victim died en route to Lyons hospital. In nearby Hawkins county, Maud Burnsleeves was knocked unconscious by a lightning strike that toppled a tree, with additional property damage reported.
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Rogersville
Lloyd Tweney
Surroinsville
Nore Ye
Ward x
J.lyons
Lyons Hospital
Hawkins County
Maud Burnsleeves
Rain slows rescue as Oliva burning near Manila
Five severely burned crewmen from the German motorship Oliva are aided by U S Army amphibians carrying a surgeon and medical supplies but rain hampers visibility and firefighting. The Oliva’s bridge is destroyed and a German rescue steamer ferries the men, while a hospital doctor is unavailable aboard the engaged ships. In Nashville, Governor Browning pardons Harry P Colfelt for slot machine possession, praising the sentence as unjust and noting clemency after support from officials.
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Manila
United States Army
Tloilo
Winderun
Oliva
Hamburg-American Line
Friéerun
Tjikarang
Agamemon
Colfelt
Nashville
Browning
Harry P. Colfelt
Unicoi Criminal Court
said _Coheit
Body Sought After Drowning Near Owensboro
The body of Ivan Rey Ballard a 36 year old man was sought near Owensboro Kentucky after he reportedly stepped into a deep hole while wading in the Ohio River. His companions described the incident.
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Owensboro
Ivan Rey Ballard
Ohio River
Here
Roosevelt urges enlarged civil service merit system
President Roosevelt urged Congress to place all but policy forming positions under the merit system. He cited a Civil Service Commission letter noting many bills seeking full exemption and urged opposition. The commission argued merit system ensures economy and efficiency and urged steps to block exemptions. New York greeted Lindbergh’s Paris return with a record 1,800 tons of ticker tape.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Garner
Bankhead
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Plaase
Harry B. Mitchell
Lucille Foster McMillin
Leonard D. White
Commission
New York
Lindbergh
Paris
Duke and Duchess of Windsor wed in two ceremonies
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor married today in a French civil ceremony and an Anglican service. They left the Chateau de Courteau in Monts for a honeymoon in Austria aboard a motorcade, amid celebrations and cautious royal etiquette.
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King of England
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George Stanley Labroois
Windsor
Duchess
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Will
Gen Emilio Agl a killed in plane crash near Bilbao
Reports from Salamanca and Victoria said General Emilio Mola insurgent commander at Bilbao front died in a plane crash while reconnoitering near the Bay of Biscay. Two pilots and two officers also killed. Mussolini and Von Blomberg coordinating and urging vigorous insurgent offensive on Bilbao. German shelling of Almeria followed similar deaths among Italian crews. Low gas cars available in Europe at about $5 a day for tourists.
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Salamanca
Victoria
Emilio Mola
Mola
Francisco Franco
Bay of Biscay
Rome
Fremier Mussolini
Werner von Blomberg
Fransco Franco
I] Duce
Germany
Spanish
Almeria
Hoth
Basque Republic
Madrid-Valencia
Mussolini
von Blomberg
Town
Ibiza
Balearic Isles
Barletta Weer
Europe
New York
Wallis in Blue Gown for Windsor Wedding
Wallis Warfield wore a soft blue gown described as Wallis blue for her marriage to the Duke of Windsor in Monts. The dress featured sweeping lines with a jacket, pink feather trim on a blue straw hat, and complemented by a blue travel outfit. The bride’s appearance highlighted her blue eyes and slim waist, with trunks in Cannes bringing honeymoon clothes.
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Charles Mercier
R. Anderson Jardine
Dartington
England
Wasterloonpurg
Noetsch
Austria
Duchess of Windsor
Hai
Monts
Chateau Salon
Wallis Warfield
Chateau DE Candm
Mont
France
Wallis
Duke of Windsor
Baltimore
Trousseau
Cannes
Azure
Mainbacher
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U. 5. Army
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Emilio Agla
Plare
Italy
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