Landon Cruises Toward Convention Amid Platform Fight
Republicans press into a pre con vention weekend amid bitterness and talk of a coalition to halt Landon. Van denberg withdraws from the vice presidential list altering expectations for the ticket. London boosters push for a liberal platform while figures like White weigh labor amendments.
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John F. Chester
Associated Press
Cleveland
Landon
Vandenberg
Michigan
Coalition Limited
Alf M. London
Kansas
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Lowden
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Borah
Idaho
John DM. Hamten
Kansan
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions expected across Tennessee with a chance of scattered showers and a cooler west portion. Virginia shows partly cloudy skies with a warmer trend and showers in the west, spreading east, with cooler conditions Monday. Kentucky anticipates scattered showers, cooler Sunday, and partly cloudy Monday with specific high and low readings noted for Friday night and Friday. Readings taken at 7 am for prior 24 hours.
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Mondsay
West
Virginia
East
Kentucky
Hunt Bodies in Wreckage After Tama Explosion
Rescue workers combed tangled debris of four business buildings in Tama on June 6 after an explosion killed and injured multiple people. A missing boy, Billy Bartling, was believed trapped, with fears of more victims. Glass debris left over 30 injured and seven in critical condition as Fire Chief Henry Anderson cautioned the toll could rise.
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Tama. In
Billy Bartling
Henry Anderson
Hoey Leads In North Carolina Democratic Primary
In Charlotte on June 6 Clyde Hoey built a growing lead in the governor race as late returns from 60 of 100 counties came in. Hoey led with 15,682 votes to McDonald 11,654 while Bailey trailed in the Senate race. Lieutenant Governor candidates and other officials posted varying tallies as 1,856 precincts reported partial results.
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Charlotte
Clyde BR. Hoey
Josiah W. Bailey
Ralph W. McDonald
Hoey
McDonald
J. H. Graham
John A. McRae
Bailey
R. T. Fountain
David L. Strain
W. H. Griffin
River Pollution Measure Passed
Washington June 6 The Senate approved a bill by Senator Albin Barkley authorizing federal supervision of stream pollution investigations sought by Ohio Valley officials. Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia officials urged passage at a meeting last week. Governors Davy and McNutt said health concerns were worsening. A companion House bill by Fred Vinson accompanies the Barkley measure to create a stream pollution control division in the Public Health Service with federal aid for states agencies and industries.
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Senate
Albin Barkley
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Ohio River
Martin L. Davy
Paul V. McNutt
Barkley
House of
Fred Vinson
Public Health Service
Junior Commerce Group Ends Meet in Memphis
The National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention closed in Memphis after its largest delegation. Tampa civic achievement award honored for political reform work. The group urged relief be administered nationwide as industry reabsorbs unemployed workers, noting uneven implementation. Continued on Page Six.
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Memphis
Premier Blum Seeks Social Reform Amid Paris Turmoil
In Paris on June 6 Premier Blum pressed a social reform program as large scale strikes pressed the government. Pickets clashed with police and deputies as Blum sought a confidence vote. the chamber faced upheaval with far right and left factions shouting insults including antisemitic taunts. The government won broad support by a 384 to 0 vote as efforts to end the strikes continued.
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Robert B. Parker
Paris
Republican Guilds
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
France
Blum
Bis
Peoples’ Front
Moscow
Funeral Held for Speaker of House in Nashville
President Roosevelt joined Tennessee mourners at the funeral of Speaker Burns in Nashville. Some 40 000 people filled the War Memorial Auditorium as eulogies praised his 40 years of public service. A 60 member House delegation and 14 Senators attended, with tributes from ministers and leaders. The service ended at Mount Olivet Cemetery where Burns’ body was laid in a vault awaiting burial.
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Tenn
Joseph W. Byrns
Tennessee
Roosevelt
National
House of Representatives
War Memorial Auditorium
Hull
Farley
James Shera Montgomery
House
Burns
W. F. Powell
Costen J. Harrell
West End Methodist Church
Mount Olivet
Andrew
Hour and wage regulations for women urged by Hoover
Former president Herbert Hoover urged states be given constitutional authority to regulate hours and wages of women workers. He spoke during a stop in Ogden Utah en route to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Hoover endorsed using constitutional amendment if needed to allow state laws against sweated labor, noting California’s minimum wage laws have done much good but unsure if the GOP platform will address the issue.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
London
Landon
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
White
Edward Hayes
Ilinois
Hayes
Knox
Chicago
Oregon
Iowa
Ogden
Utah
Herbert Hoover
Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
New York
Supreme Court
Hoover
California
Relief costs gain in 1935 over 1934 in Washington report
Federal emergency relief spending rose by nearly 300 million dollars in 1935 versus 1934. Harry L. Hopkins released a final FER A report detailing total relief costs from 1933 through 1985, showing federal, state, and local shares and noting the work relief program reached 3.5 million jobs in 1935.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
FERA
Taper
Hopkins
Senate
House
Works Progress Administration
CWA
WPA
PWA
Civilan Conservation Corps
New York
Delaware
Three More Arrested in Escapades Black Legion
DETROIT June 6 A brigadier general of the Black Legion and two other men were arraigned on charges linked to a series of lashings by the masked night riders. Prosecutor Duncan C McCrea said one investigator was suspended for possible involvement in Black Legion initiation ceremonies. The investigation widens as officials seek higher ups while detectives uncover a key meeting where Poole’s abduction was planned.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Duncan C. McCrea
War Here
N.' Rey Markland
Sububan Highland Park
McCrea
Markland
Clyde Markland
Jas. J. Chenot
Farmere i
Marklands
Charles A. Poole
Ao Victor Nicholas Schultz
Felat
Poole
John A. Rhea
Schultz
Harvey Davis
Posie
Five narrowly escape death as span drops in river detour
A bridge collapse on U.S. 11-W near Rotherwood sent traffic on a nine mile detour via Weber City Holston Springs and the north fork of the Holston. Five people miraculously escaped death when a truck and two cars teetered on the failing span. Officials expected a new concrete bridge to be recommended after an investigation led by J A Waldrop. The missing span caused major disruption for East Tennessee travelers and prompted highway authorities to seek state action within days.
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Forly
Holston
Rotherwood
State Highway Commission
John 3 H. Caldwell
Johnson City
Sullivan
Hawkins
Fruit Company
Kingswort
Awrat
J. A. Waldrop
Knoxville
State Highway Department
Briggs Smith
The
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Waldrop
Ramage
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Gate City
Holston Springs
North Fork
Morristown
Greeneville
E. G. Trent
Trent
Rogersville
Charles Grindstaff
Laura Grindstaff
Associated Press
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Wilma Jones
Arts
C. R. Jones
Paris
Blum
Beckley
W. Va
Grindsta
Kong
South China
Japan
Vatican City
Cardinatl Dougherty
Legion
Grindstaff
Twisters and floods sweep the South across Oklahoma City
Severe weather in Oklahoma and Kansas leaves nine dead as tornadoes strike isolated towns. Five die in Oklahoma, one man drowns, three others killed by lightning. A Waurika hospital roof is torn off and replaced, injuring twelve. Hastings sees a farmer’s wife killed and three business buildings wrecked. The dead include Mrs. LaF Brewer near Hastings, George Kid near Clay Center, and Randall Bush near Snyder.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Waurika
Jury
Hastings
la FL Brewer
Okla
George Kid
Clay Center
Isis
Randall Bush
Snyder
Vandenberg Declines VP Post As Roosevelt Attends Burns Funeral
In Washington, Senator Vandenberg rejects the vice presidency amid GOP tensions. Hopkins reveals relief costs soar by 500 million dollars in 1935 versus 1934. President Roosevelt attends Burns funeral services in Nashville with about 40 thousand in attendance as Congress moves to wrap up unfinished business.
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London
Vandenberg
Washington
Hopkins
Nashville
Roosevelt
Burns
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