Kingsport Bristol Officials Meet on Relief Projects
Judge Barton Brown of the Tennessee Emergency Relief Administration conferred with Kingsport and Bristol officials on the Beaver Creek drainage project and on emergency educational salaries for Kingsport teachers. Brown said the project would pass from TERA to WPA and urged a July 15 meeting with WPA head Col. Harry Berry for a definite status update. Final decision on salaries is pending completion of the education plan and a talks with State Education Commissioner Dr. W D Cocking. Participants included Commissioners Vance, Arthur Green, Joe Brown, F L Cloud, and Kingsport city manager.
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Nashville
Barton Brown
Tennessee Emergency Relief Administration
Kingsport
Bristol
Beaver Creek
Sullivan County
Civil Works Administration
TERA
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Col
Harry S. Berry
Brown
W. D. Cocking
Vance
Arthur Green
Joe Brown
F. L. Cloud
County Surveyed by Taxpayer Assn in Roane County
Kingston Tennessee June 28 a 16 page survey by the Tennessee Taxpayers Association says excess expenditures over receipts left Roane County with funding bonds totaling 943000 and unfunded debt around 300000 as of April 1 1935. It cites lack of financial planning and suggests better tax collections through monthly or quarterly deposits. County records show 1200 plus properties sold for taxes totaling 34253 75 and bid in by the state from 1923 to 1930, many multiple times.
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Kingston, Tenn
Roane County
Tennessee Taxpayers’ Association
Near Yet So Far in Flooded Saline River Crossing
HAYS Kansas Ed Rathbun reached a flooded Saline River with his cows on the far bank after crossing hours before a heavy rain swelled the stream. He then faced the task of driving 106 miles to reach them and milk them.
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Hays
Kas
Ed Rathbun
Rathbun
Turn About Fails Divorce Alimony Idea
CHICAGO judge R F Desort proposed requiring wives to pay alimony to cut divorces. He cited John and Mary Cawkwell, who after Mary secured an injunction over funds, were ordered to pay $15 weekly. They later settled their quarrel and remained together, citing cost savings from living apart.
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Chicago
R. F. Desort
John Cawkwell
Mary
Weather outlook for Tennessee Virginia and nearby states
Regional forecast notes generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Virginia may see partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with possible afternoon thundershowers. North Carolina expects fair tonight, Saturday partly cloudy with interior showers. Kentucky forecasts partly cloudy conditions with possible local showers tonight and Saturday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Flying Keys Still In Air Over Meridian
Meridian Mississippi June 28 The Flying Keys Fred and Al in their silver-hued Plane Ole Miss roared over the city working on a new endurance record after shattering the former 553 hour 41 minute 30 second mark set in 1930. They plan to stay aloft and continue the flight as long as the plane remains reliable. The city council renamed the Municipal Airport Keys Field in honor of the aviators amid the spectacle. The duo aim for the unofficial 647 hours 29 minutes record set in 1930 by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, with Ole Miss at 579 hours 32 minutes and motor purring smoothly.
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Meridian
Miss
Flying Keys
Fred
Ole Miss
Hunter Brothers
John
Kenneth
Chicago
Keys Field
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Big Show Reaches Its Intermission in 1935
Chicago dispatch notes the midterm of a turbulent year with sharp dialogue and memorable lines. Huey Long’s 15 hour monologue dominates, while Father Coughlin and General Johnson figure in the political debate. Roosevelt cites NRA ruling as a return to the “horse and buggy” era. Quotes from Trenchard, Hoover, Ickes, Ruth, and others frame a charged scene.
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Chicago
Huey P. Long
Senate
Father Coughlin
General Johnson
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
NRA
Roll Is Long By Volkmaer
The six men with state aid pressed a mop up against the criminal fringe as Chicago targets reformists and supporters, listing physicians, nurses, lawyers, gun molls, sweethearts, and college students tied to kidnap rings. Louis Piquett, once linked to ex mayor Thompson, was sentenced to two years at Leavenworth and fined $10,000, signaling a victory in the crackdown.
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H. Alan Volkmaer
Associated Press Star
Chicago
Ringe
Piquett
Louis Piquett
William Hale Thompson
Leavenworth
Dixie Memorial Highway proposal aims to link Chickamauga to Fort McClellan
A resolution by Representative Staines of Alabama seeks a commission to plan a Dixie Memorial Highway linking Chickamauga and Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia with Fort McClellan and Fort Benning. The plan would coordinate with public road bodies to honor Civil War and World War service, with Alabama and Georgia funding and possible future federal-aid allocations.
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Alabama
Washington
Chickamauga
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort McClellan
Als
Fort Benning
Staines
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Republic
Congress
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Tulsa Vets 4000 Dogs In Citywide Vaccination Drive
Tulsa mobilizes a mass rabies vaccination effort for 4000 dogs in groups of 100. Free serum and license-fee waivers draw in owners as 88 bite cases prompt intensified action to vaccinate or license every dog. Health officer Dr. Jeff Billington says about 1000 dogs remain to be vaccinated.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jeff Billington
Borah to Reach Three Score Ten
Washington June 78 AP Senator William E Borah dean of the Senate will be 70 tomorrow He long has been an authority on constitutional law and foreign affairs A Republican Independent he helped shape bipartisanship and national policy through years of opposition and leadership His record includes opposition to US entry into the League of Nations and the World Court support for Rusian recognition and civil liberty campaigns
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Washington
William E. Borah
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Theodore Roosevelt
Jong One
America
League of Nations
Harding
Coolidge
Russia
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt
Peiping Mutiny Suppressed in Ancient Capital Clash
Loyal government troops repulsed mutinous Manchurian soldiers who tried to seize Peiping the forbidden city. Martial law was declared then lifted after victory for peace preservation forces. City gates remained closed and traffic suspended while railroad service to Tientsin resumed later. Shankhai censorship limited details of the uprising led by Pai Chien-wu near Fengtal railroad division point.
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Associated Press
Peiping
China
Forbidden City
Tientsin
Shankhai
Fengtal
Pai Chien-wu
Wu Pai-Fu
British peace burdened as Eden reports Mussolini aims at Ethiopian conquest
London dated June 28 marking 21st anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand's assassination. Captain Anthony Eden returns from Europe with word Mussolini intends to press a East African war for a complete border solution, rejecting Geneva mediation and threatening an Italian protectorate over Ethiopia if the League fails. Sir Samuel Hoare says no official statement on Eden's Rome visit before Monday.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
London
Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
East Africa
Eden
I Duce
Samuel Heare
House of Commons
Capt. Eden
Rome
Roale
Mussolini
War Cry Grows In Italy In Park Killing A New York Lawyer
Detroit police and investigators seek a lead in the slaying of Howard Carter Dickinson a 52 year old New York attorney and nephew of Chief Justice Hughes. A car reportedly linked to a Lansing resident is being sought as a potential clue amid a broader probe.
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Italy
N. Y
Detroit
Lansing
Mich
Mick
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Dickinson
Rouge Park
Michigan
Ohio
Robert Kallman
Wayne County
Roosevelt Completes Recommendations to Congress for Session
Washington reports President Roosevelt has finished his legislative recommendations for the current session. He may urge quick action on nuisance taxes extending two years and bank deposit insurance to 5,000 dollars for 60 days. Administration circles expect approval of the Wagner Labor disputes bill and anticipate steps to clean up pending legislation including utility holding company regulation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
House
No Clemency for Convict Trickster in Jail Call
Louis Francis, jailed in Lewis and Clark County, tried to gain release by impersonating Governor Cooney phoning the sheriff. He claimed pardon and asked to be freed, but the sheriff initially agreed only to have the decision reversed after officials checked the governor's office.
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Helena
Mont
Louis Francis
Governor Cooney
Francis
Short Vacation Returns After Brief Jail Stay
SAN RAFAEL Calif Mrs Albert Ley who chose a 25 day jail sentence to let her husband see how much work she does is back home. Mrs Ley convicted on cruelty to animals was released after serving only two days when her husband paid the fine.
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San Rafael
Calif
Albert Ley
Wagner Bill Near Final Vote Today
The Wagner labor disputes bill moves toward enactment as Roosevelt weighs signature. In Appalachia a new clash emerges in coal talks with United Mine Workers seeking a 30 hour week and 10 percent raise, while operators push 35 hours at current wages. A June 17 walkout was delayed to allow congressional action on the Guffey-Snyder coal stabilization bill, contracts expire Sunday at midnight.
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Joseph L. Miller
Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Congress
Guffey- Snyder Coon
Guffey-Snyder
Double execution at Sing Sing ends $12,000 life murder
Elva Coe, convicted of murdering a handyman for $12,000 to collect insurance, was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing. She spoke to two matrons before the sentence and was then followed by outlaw Leonard Scarnici, who was executed after her for a bank holdup in Rensselaer. Witnesses described the grim scene as the warden and guards prepared.
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Ossining
Elva Coa
Sing Sing
Harry Wright
Cooperstown
Ontario
Coe
Wright
Martha Clift
Darlings
Leonard Scarnici
Hopkins to Send Special Agent to Pioneering Alaska
June 28 report that Harry L. Hopkins will dispatch S. R. Fuller Jr. of New York, a WWI naval supply officer, to Alaska with a small technical staff to accelerate government relief housing construction for colonists. Fuller gains full authority to act. Bone defends the Alaska colonization program amid criticism of conditions and slum housing in the lower 48.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Alaska
S. R. Fuller, Jr
New York
Naval Supply Corps
Fuller
Hopkins
Senate
Bone
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
United States
Burns Scoffs at Revolt Threats Delays on Wealth Taxes
Washington June 28 Speaker Burns denied reports that revolt threats could delay wealth distribution taxes. He said Democrats on the Ways and Means committee would push a tax bill this session and send it to the Senate. He favored quick passage of the gold bill and TVA expansion, with hearings to begin by July 8 amid talk of gag rules to curb amendments.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press Star
Washington
Burns
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Pheré
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
LeFollette
Steagall
Banking Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Roosevelt
Harrison
Democraat
Mississippi
Runkip
Democrats
Ways and Means
White House
Florida justice laughs at death report rumors
Tallahassee Florida March 3 Justice Rivers Buford of the Florida Supreme Court was questioned about a false death report. He replied with a grin I knew the report was false the minute I heard it.
Tasty Loot Leads To Missing Teeth Theft Claim
In Pasadena a man described as Hugo Kelly said a robber stole his top and bottom dental plates after he was knocked unconscious. He told Detective Ben Knighten he would recover the teeth if returned with no questions asked.
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Pasadena
Caliti
Hugo Kelly
BenkKnighen
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