Europe Awaits Hitler Appeasement Plan
European diplomats hear Hitler soon will propose a plan for world appeasement within a month. Berlin sources say the nature remains unclear as Britain France and the United States weigh concessions after talk of a world conference on German colonial demands. Roosevelt hosts King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Hyde Park as Kennedy calls the handshake a milestone. Mexican officials seek U S cash and credit to fund Tehuantepec canal to Japan.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Berlin
Fuehrer
United States
Brit
France
Hitler
Germany
Bohemia-Moravia
Kladno
Foreign Office
Britain
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Washington
New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Mexico City
Tehuantepec
Japan
Mexican Communications Department
Pilots Escape Death In Twin Plane Crashes Near East St Louis
Two army reserve pilots Lieut Paul Christian Droz and Lieut George McNeese of the 77th pursuit squadron at Barksdale Field La bailed out as their pursuit planes crashed almost simultaneously southwest of East St Louis amid a severe thunderstorm. They were returned to St Louis by automobile and escaped injury.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Army Reserve
Here
Paul Christian Droz
George McNeese
77Th
Barksdale Field
St. Louis
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Kentucky Virginia West Virginia
Partly cloudy and cooler with showers and thunderstorms in the east Sunday. Local showers and thunderstorms in Virginia Sunday with slight cooling Sunday night. West Virginia shows scattered showers and thunderstorms, warmer in north and east, cooler in extreme east, Sunday. Monday brings fair conditions across the region.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
States Pick Governors Ahead of 1940 Presidential Nominations
The piece notes that 34 of 48 states elect governors in 1940, tying party strength to gubernatorial races. It argues state considerations may shape Democratic and Republican tickets more than Washington debates, with pivotal farm and mountain states highlighted and New York and Pennsylvania notably out of contention.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Nebraska
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
New York
Lehman
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Maine
Former Officials Upheld by Court
Nashville June 10 Three former state officials won in the Supreme Court their bid to destroy presentments charging conspiracy to neglect duties in enforcing Tennessee’s maximum weight truck law. Wallace Edwards Joe Boyd Williams and Homer Cook left office after Governor Browning’s January succession. The court ruled the presentments void for technical reasons and did not address merits, allowing possible re indictment.
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Nashville
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Cooper
Gordon Browning
Wallace Edwards
Joe Boyd Williams
Homer Cook
Browning
Davidson Court
Nat Tipton
Davidson Criminal Court
J. Carlton Loser
Earle Aides
Destroyer Hammann Demonstrates Speed and Agility at Sea
On her builder's trials near Fire Island the destroyer Hammann, named for Ensign Charles Hammann, reached 39-40 knots, halted in 58 seconds, and reversed 20 knots. Navy officers, civilians, and a first group of newspapermen observed the showcase aboard the $5.5 million ship during trials off New Jersey before official acceptance. The launch dated Feb. 4 marks her as a state of the art 2341-foot, 1500-ton vessel built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
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Gregory Hewlett
U.S. Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock
N. J
E.S.T
U. S. S. Warrington
Sandy Hook
New York
Two Killed and Dozens Hurt as Indiana Storm Hits
A severe storm in Indiana left two dead and scores injured as high winds and lightning struck. Martel Briles, 3 miles south of Swayzee, died when a rain-soaked car struck a tree blown onto the road. Gerald W. Brown, 26, of Schneider, was crushed by a falling implement house. Ten people, including six children, were in Briles’s car. five others were injured. The storm’s center traced a 12 mile path near Sheldon.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Martel Briles
Swayzee
Gerald W. Brown
Schneider
Briles
Sheldok
Committee Cuts TVA Bond Request
A House military subcommittee voted to reduce the TVA bond authorization from 100 million to 65 million dollars to finance purchases of two private power firms. It requires retiring 3.5 million in local loans, creates a sinking fund, and makes TVA obligations standalone with federal audit. Area limits apply, and concerns arose over taxing power and local compensation.
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Washington
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
May
D.-Ky
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Comptroller-General’s
Hay
Trade Agreement Debate Continues as Renewal Nears
Secretary Hull defends the five year old trade agreements program as a cornerstone of Roosevelt policy while critics say commerce would have grown more without it. In 1937 38 exports to agreement nations rose 61 percent, imports 35 percent, with Britain and colonies boosting trade further.
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Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
State Department
United States
Great Britain
House approves social security amendments for extended benefits
The House passed amendments to extend and increase social security benefits while keeping the old age insurance tax at its present level for three years. The 361 to 2 vote included two dissents. The action delays a tax hike and projects three year savings of 1.71 billion with 1.2 billion in added costs over five years, offset by long term costs.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smith
Ohio
Thill
R.-Wis
Carlson
R.-Kan
Ways and Means Committee
Gate City to Pick Mayor and Council
Gate City voters will elect a mayor and five council members in the biannual city election with about 300 corporation voters. In the mayoral race are Prof. I C Coley incumbent D A Johnson and C T Meade, with Meade favored by many observers. Council candidates in the West Ward include E H Hill C T McClellan J W Cox W E Barker B P Howard W L Starnes and H H Reed, while East Ward hopefuls are E F Hilton and J M Yates.
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Gate City
Corporation
B. P. Howard
E. F. Hilton
J. M. Yates
Prof. I. C. Coley
D. A. Johnson
C. T. Meade
Meade
West Ward
E. H. Hill
C. T. McClellan
J. W. Cox
W. E. Barker
W. L. Starnes
H. H. Reed
East Ward
Disillusioned Feline Disrupts Royal Carpet Reception
A stray cat roamed the 300 foot red velvet carpet laid for a royal visit in New York as crowds surged at Battery Park. Police controlled the throng while the queen and king briefly appeared, with onlookers getting limited glimpses from nearby skyscrapers. The animal was shuffled away and the crowd pressed back along the barriers.
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New York
Battery Park
Cat
Farmers Facing Curtailed Exports Pressures in New Crop Season
Washington report shows foreign market curtailment hitting American farmers as exports in the first ten months of the fiscal year fell 21 percent in value to 612.7 million dollars from 777.3 million a year earlier. Cotton led the decline with 44 percent drop in value and 39 percent in quantity. total non cotton farm exports fell 8 percent. Officials urged new export efforts and continued subsidies possibly extending to dairy, lard and other pork products.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Foreign Service
Europe
Orient
United States
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Constable Pierce Bound Over on Fee Grabbing Charge
Sul llivan circuit court bound over D. C. Pierce constable of the 13th civil district on a charge of fee grabbing extortion and demanding and receiving fees in violation of state statute. Two other charges were dismissed including conspiracy with Mrs Thelma M West and perjury. Cowden of Kingsport filed warrants after being arrested by Pierce on Feb 20 and April 2. Cowden testified he paid a $30 fee to Pierce for a favorable handling of the case. the payment was later stopped.
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D. C. Pierce
Sullivan
Thelma M. West
H. C. Cowden
Kingsport
Pierce
Cowden
Mrs. West
Hemlock Road
Ted
O. W. Huddle
West
T. Mack Ketton
Pennsylvania Officials Face Corruption Charges
Harrisburg report says 12 former Earle administration figures, including three ex-cabinet members, face trial on charges of conspiring to cheat the state. Roy W. Brownmiller, former highways secretary, is first to stand trial for alleged payroll padding totaling over $600,000.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Little New Deal
Commonwealth
Roy W. Brownmiller
Earle Administration
Highway Department
Britain Readies Emergency Posts for War Time
The British government plans to move bulk of administration from Whitehall to country safety zones, shifting about 200000 officials to temporary depots. London offices will house key staff in bomb proof basements with anti gas gear. Some see Oxford as a potential war time capital while others favor dispersed departments.
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London
Whitehall
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Oxford
University
Britain
Royal Britons visit New York amid vast crowds
King George and Queen Elizabeth visited New York for a World’s Fair preview, drawing millions of cheers as they rode 51 miles through the city. The queen waved tearfully at the crowd while the king, somber, noted the American way of saluting. The royal couple met Mayor LaGuardia and Governor Lehman before heading to Harlem Park and the fair.
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New York
George
Elizabeth
West
Columbia University
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Canada
George Washington
United States
Warrington
Fort Hancock
N. C
Manhattan
Governors Island
Empire
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Herbert H. Lehman
Brittania
Lower Manhattan
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