Two Kingsport Men Die in Lake Drowning Accident
Coroner's inquest at Lake Lure North Carolina rules the deaths of Paul Warrick and Roy C Prater an unavoidable accident. Carl Ingram the sole survivor tried to save them as the boat capsized during a severe storm. Warrick and Prater of Kingsport were on a fishing trip about three hours when the tragedy occurred. Funeral services for Prater were held at the Church of God with burial in Vermont Cemetery. Warrick's service took place at Broad Street Methodist Church with burial in City Cemetery.
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Lake Lure
N. C
Kingsport
Paul Warrick
Roy C. Prater
North Coroline Sra
Olen
Carl Ingram
Trent Solomon
John Hawkins
Prator
Brashear Motor Company
Church of God
Vermont
Lillian Prater
Lucille
Howard Ray
Walker
W. I. Head
Howard Waters
D. Ketron
Eric Hickman
Joe Hammons
Charles Green
Walter Bingham
Guy Robinson
A. R. Brashear
Charles Odom
R. Davenport
Joe Kelly
L. Quillen
E. D. Wampler
Warrick
Broad Street Methodist Church
Frank Y. Jackson
J. A. Bays
City Cemetery
Weather Brief for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky Tonight and Wednesday
Tennessee and Kentucky expect local showers and thundershowers tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Virginia remains partly cloudy with local showers tonight and Wednesday in the south portion, also with little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Nudists At World’s Fair Face Police Indecency Edict
Two showgirls Fay Krop and Joan Vickers were arrested at the New York World's Fair on indecency charges during backstage raids. Managers Arthur Gayener and David Bell were also arrested. Police Inspector Charles Mooney pledged ongoing raids to target indecent performances at the event.
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New York
Fay Krop
Joan Vickers
Arthur Gayener
Paterson
N. J
David Bell
Congress of Beauty
Charles Mooney
Krop
Vickers
Mooney
Submarine Squalus Air Induction Sparks Court Debate
Portsmouth report from June 20 shows Lieut Oliver F Naquin telling a naval court that the sunken submarine Squalus would face fatally defective air intake in war unless automatic snap action valves close flooded pipes. He called for immediate safety upgrades while noting no fault found in rescue operations beyond needed corrections.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Court of
Oliver F. Naquin
Naquin
Downhall
Senate Eyes One Term for Roosevelt in 1940
Washington June 20 An effort to limit presidential service to a single six year term gains momentum among Senate opponents of a third term for Roosevelt. The judiciary committee plans a July 3 vote on a constitutional amendment. Senator Burke and Senator Van Nuys urge stopping renomination and endorse McNutt for 1940. McNutt said he would back Roosevelt if renominated.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burke
D-Ned
van Nuys
D-Ind
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
McNutt
Honolulu
Anglo Japanese Clash Deeper Than Surrender Of Four Chinese
The British and French concessions at Tientsin face a Japanese blockade in a broader struggle for Asia’s hegemony. The clash marks Japan and Britain vying for economic and political dominance in China, with Northern China and Tianjin as pivotal trade gateways.
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Dewitt McKenzie
Associated Press
New York
Tientsin
Japan
Asia
Britain
China
America
Peiping
Senate Moves Business Tax Revision Bill To Senate Passage
The House passed the business tax revision with one dissent. It repeals the undistributed profits tax and extends excise levies for two years. Rep. Tinkham opposed excise taxes. Senate finance planned no hearings and aims to send the bill to Roosevelt for signature to keep excise collections continuous.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tinkham
R-Mass
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Slate Fall Injures Six Miners in Virginia Mine
A district engineer from the U S Bureau of Mines was ordered to investigate a mile underground slate fall at Kemmerer Gem Mines in St Charles Virginia. A 20 foot two ton slab crashed onto the third and fourth cars of a 14 car man trip injuring six miners. Three were critically hurt including Hilton Gilliam and Givens. An emergency crew freed the injured and they were taken to Pennington Gap hospital.
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ST. Charles
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Norton
Kemmerer
Ike Fultz
Happy Abandons Probe of Charges
Kentucky judge says Johnson’s charges do not justify a special grand jury expense. Gov Chandler is informed. Bardstown political leader Ben Johnson will still be subpoenaed to testify in September if needed. Judge Ardery notes concern over rumors and funds.
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Frankfort
Ben Johnson
William B. Ardery
A. B. Chandler
Ardery
Bardstown
Johnson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Chandler
Commonwealth
Wild Man Ends Up In Hospital After Carnival Feat
William Ryan a 27 year old man who performed as a wild woman in a Boston carnival is hospitalized with a severe stomach ache. He claims two men forced him to swallow razor blades light bulbs carpet tacks and other objects under threat of beating and a possibly doped cigarette. X rays confirmed the objects in his digestive system and doctors say nature will take its course to pass them.
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Beverly
Mass
William Ryan
Boston
Ryan
Doctor Payne Shot By Patient Receives Three Bullets
An x ray shows three of four bullets hit Dr. Wilbur B. Payne in the upper right leg and abdomen after a patient shot him with a .38 revolver. The right leg broke near the hip by a hollow point dum dum bullet. Payne shows improvement and is nearing the danger point. Carl Johnson, brother of suspect Okvey Johnson, donated one blood transfusion.
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Community Hospital
Wilbur B. Payne
Payne
Carl Johnson
Okvey Johnson
Slaying Baffles Davidson Probers
Nashville, June 20. District Attorney General J. Carlton Loser says the case is at a standstill as investigators and attorneys press for evidence in the attack slaying of Marian Ellis, 12. A man initially counted as a suspect was released after questioning. a truck driver who reported seeing a girl matching Marian’s description crying in a car with a man was also questioned. The girl’s ravaged body was found in a concrete culvert near her home after about 10 hours missing. Two white men and a Negro were arrested last week on vagrancy charges and held for questioning.
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Nashville
J. Carlton Loser
Marian Ellis
Loser
Richard M. Atkinson
Mariana
Ellis
Mystery deepens in Velma West escape from state reformatory
Maryville Ohio June 20 a deepening mystery surrounds how Velma West a 33 year old wife slayer and three fellow inmates escaped from the state reformatory for women authorities say keys were likely used but no keys appear missing. The escape involved unlocking cells and a corridor door while the yard was open and the courage note left by West reveals a wish for one last adventure before life dulls her pain. West awaiting sentence for second degree murder faces five years to life.
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Maryville
Ohio
Velma West
State Reformatory
Marguerite Reilley
Jurist Manton Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Former U S Circuit Court of Appeals judge Manton received a two year federal prison term and a $10000 fine for conspiracy to sell judicial favors. The judge appealed for the verdict to be set aside but was overruled.
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New York
Martin ‘. Manton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Manton
W. Calvin Chesnut
United States Protest Over Bombings in China Continues
Secretary Hull reported that the American charge d affaires in Tokyo protested Japan's continued bombing of American properties in China, signaling ongoing U.S. protests amid the June 20 dispatches.
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Washington
Hull
Tokyo
Japan
China
Connecticut Governor Baldwin Linked to Cotton Mill Shifts
Two representatives of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin said lower southern wages are driving cotton mill transfers from Connecticut to the south. The statement frames wage levels as a key factor in industrial relocation within the region.
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Washington
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
British women and children evacuate from besieged concession
One hundred twenty British women and children begin evacuation today from the beleaguered British concession as relief efforts continue amid the siege in Tientsin.
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Tientsin
WPA Bill Draws Protest by FDR
President Roosevelt urged two changes in the relief measure including scrapping a proposed three man WPA board and removing a 125 million provision for public works. Harrington testified on the 1.735 billion relief bill as Byrnes and Adams opposed the three man board. Byrnes proposed states finance at least one third of WPA projects within their borders. The Hatch bill faced potential drastic changes to bar political coercion by government employees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
WPA
Byrnes
D-Sc
Col
F. ©. Harrington
Senate Appropriations
Harrington
Senate
Appropriations
PWA
Adams
D-Cole
Appropriations Subcommittee
Celler
D-Ns
House Judiciary Committee
Reciprocal Truck Laws Sought By East Tennessee Group
Johnson City officials and East Tennessee truckers pressed Tennessee to sign reciprocal licensing pacts with North Carolina and Virginia. Private carriers reported frequent arrests for out of state licenses, warning the policy harms interstate commerce and business in the mountains. George Brandt cited over 30 carriers stopped for North Carolina tags last week.
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Johnson City
Tenn
East Tennessee
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
George Brandt
Brandt
Baby Near Death Father Arrested In Penn Live Shot
In Charleroi Pennsylvania Clair Young a coal miner and evangelist shot his 19 month old daughter Ada Young in the head with a .22 pistol as she crawled toward him in their home. He admitted the act saying he did it to "go to heaven." The mother and grandmother found the child and the father standing over her. The incident prompted the arrest of the father by State Policeman J C Conway.
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Charleroi
Ada Young
J. C. Conway
Conway
Clair Young
Young
TVA Compromise Fails to Reach Agreement in Conference
Senate and House conferees adjourned after initial talks on a TVA bond authorization of 100 million dollars to fund part of a 78.6 million dollar TEPCO purchase and related deals. Norris noted House limits on TVA operations as a major obstacle, while May said nothing settled. Conference to resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris
TVA
May
D.-Ky
Tennessee Electric Power Co
TEPCO
Commonwealth & Southern
Chattanooga
Nashville
Japan Says Britain Must Seek Peace Formula In Amoy Crisis
Tokyo asserts Britain must find a peace solution as Japan tightens the Tientsin blockade and refuses to back down over Amoy. Washington notes broader aspects of the crisis while Dooman protests a Kulangsu blockade. Britain, France at Amoy ringed by high voltage lines as 1,500 Britons siege Tientsin. Japan demands revised Kulangsu governance and greater representation.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tientsin
Amoy
Washington
Hull
United States
Tokyo
Britain
U. S
Eugene H. Dooman
Kulangsu
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Japanese Foreign Office
China
Emperor Hirohito
London
Asia
Shanghai
Goro Uchida
East Asia
France
Automobile wrecker helps free horse from 40 foot well
Alton Illinois June 20 Virgil Hoffstetter of an auto service rescued a 1,500 pound bay mare that fell 40 feet into a well and became wedged 25 feet down. After two hours of failed efforts, chains were secured and the horse was pulled out, seemingly uninjured.
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Motor Age Rescue
Alton
Ill
Virgil Hoffstetter
Hoffstetter
Convicted Slayer Bernardi Told He Loved Victim
Herbert H. Bernardi, 42, was found guilty of manslaughter in Louisville after admitting he loved his common law wife Wilma Ruth Ingram, 30, whom he killed March 26 with a butcher knife. He faces 21 years in prison.
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Louisville
Herbert H. Bernardi
Wilma Ruth Ingram
Harmony meeting ends as stars take it on the lam
A harmony meeting of the American Federation of Actors in New York broke up in disorder with Sophie Tucker and Broadway stars fleeing. Harry Richman Morton Downey Milton Berle and Rudy Vallee left with Tucker as police cruisers arrived. Ernie Mack said he was bitten. The clash stemmed from AFL relief funds misdirected by AFA officials.
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New York
American Federation of Actors
Sophie Tucker
Harry Richman
Morton Downey
Milton Berle
Rudy Vallee
Ernie Mack
Helen Johnson
Texas
Tucker
Miss Tucker
Associated Actors and Artists of America
AFL
AFA
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Chris Hilton
B. Givens
Dudley Gilliam
Hilton
Gilliam
Givens
Rucker Jones
Hack Hilton
Buster Ball
Ray
Davidson
Chesnut
John T. Cahill
Talullah Bankhead
Intnl
HOPE
Mukden
North China Port
International Bridge
East Station
Taku
Tangku
Hai River
Fdr
Threeman Executive Board
Carolina
House Committee
England
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