Bond Issue Passes by Narrow Margin in Sullivan County
Unofficial totals show 903 voting for and 847 against a 235000 school bond with a total county turnout of 1750. Bristol led support with 355 yes to 65 no while Kingsport cast 246 in favor. The final margin hinged on the last district, and the county court will issue bids at four percent.
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Sullivan County
Bristol
Kingsport
Bluff City
Blountville
Lynn Garden
West Twelfth
Old Kingsport
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Kentucky Virginia North Carolina
Cloudy and cooler with scattered showers possible in Tennessee Sunday into early Monday. Kentucky experiences showers Sunday with generally fair and cooler Monday. Virginia sees partly cloudy skies Sunday then fair Monday cooler. North Carolina has partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with possible scattered thundershowers and cooler interior Monday. Readings show highs near 92 Friday, 96 yesterday. lows around 60 with no rain on both dates.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Sailors Called Back as Tension Mounts in Tsingtao
In Tsingtao on June 28 angry Japanese crowds gathered before the Chinese customs headquarters and the home of British customs commissioner Andrew Campbell. Fearing incidents, the United States Navy recalled sailors from shore as the American Asiatic squadron remained docked for summer maneuvers. Police from the Japanese Consulate reportedly blocked a possible attack on Campbell's residence.
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Tsingtao
China
United States
Asiatic Squadron
Andrew Campbell
Campbell House
Danzig Crisis Tightens League Tensions In 1930s Belt
The League of Nations faced anxiety over Danzig amid Nazi moves in the Free City and fear of a Berlin driven showdown. Talks among Britain France Poland and the Soviet Union weighed sanctions Italy and rearmament concerns as Forster denounced Lester. Il Duce eyed counter sanctions as punitive measures hung in the balance.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Pate Ae
Nazy Fee
Danzig
League of Nations
Italy
Germany
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Yvon Delbos
Joseph Beck
Free City
Albert Forster
League
Sean Lester
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Forster
Lester
Poland
Geneva
Foster
Il Duce
Democratic national committee names campaign leadership and HQ plans
The Democratic National Committee elected James A. Farley as national chair and approved campaign directors. Headquarters were set for New York City's Biltmore Hotel with July 15 as the target to begin the presidential drive. Officer slate includes L W Robert Jr, W Forbes Morgan, and multiple vice chairs from states including Georgia Connecticut Kansas Kentucky and more.
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Philadelphia
Democratic National Committee
New York City
James A. Farley
Biltmore Hotel
Farley
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
National Committee
L. W. Robert, Jr
Atlanta
the Treasury
W. Forbes Morgan
Garner
David E. Fitzgerald, Sr
Connecticut
Lynn Broderick
Kansas
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Louis Jiggits
Mississippi
James P
Loyola aide charged with manslaughter in New Orleans wedding death
James S. Percy Loyola University athletic aide 27 was charged with manslaughter after allegedly striking Sumners Carpenter 21 interior decorator at a gay society wedding reception at the Orleans club. He posted 2500 bail as detectives linked the incident to a kitchen confrontation over a remark. Police described a larger fight among about 600 guests before the couple Willoughby E. Kitridge Jr and Ruth Sullivan departed for their honeymoon.
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New Orleans
James S. Percy
Loyola University
Louis Kueprefkie
Frank Lannes
Sumners Carpenter
Orleans
Percy
Carpenter
Willoughby E. Kittredge, Jr
Ruth Sullivan
Special Drought Committee Maps Plan to Aid Farmers
Washington officials establish a special drought committee to coordinate relief. Jesse W. Tapp chairs a panel with C. W. Warburton Hugh H. Bennett A G Black W F Callander and Joseph L Bailey also joining. The group will oversee AAA PWA FSC Rural Resettlement and Soil Conservation programs to address ongoing drought distress following a Roosevelt meeting.
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Jesse W. Tapp
AAA
Wallace
C. W. Warburton
Agricultural Extension Service
Hugh H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
A. G. Black
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
W. F. Callander
Joseph L. Bailey
Roosevelt
PWA
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Rural Resettlement Administration
The
Relief Administration, Rural Rehabilitation and Soil Conservation Services
Delegates Begin Homeward Trek From Democratic Nominating Convention
Kentucky delegation leaders depart Philadelphia returning to Frankfort after a breakfast praising Governor Chandler. Forecasts predict a 200000 victory for Roosevelt in Kentucky with broad party harmony reflected by speakers including Rep. Fred Vinson and other state figures.
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Philadelphia
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
J. C. W. Beckham
Washington
U. S
Fred M. Vinson
Ashland
Garner
Vinson
Chandler
Elizabethtown
Rep
J. Guthrie Coke
Auburn
James Breathitt, Jr
White Fugate
Middlesboro
William C. Clay, Jr
Sterling
Arthur W. Sager
Kathleen
Campaign Plans Nearly Complete For Election 1936
The 1936 campaign progresses with Townsend followers and Huey Long's movement awaiting decisions. Communists, Prohibitionists, and Father Coughlin’s Union Party shape contrasting platforms, while Roosevelt, Landon, and Lemke lead major ticket plans with calls for reforms and constitutional changes.
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Francis Townsend
Huey P. Long
Gerald L. K. Smith
New York City
Four Die As Planes Crashed In Good Will Flight
Four killed and six injured as a sudden storm and fog caused three planes to crash during a goodwill flight from Roosevelt Field to Montreal. One ship sank in Lake Champlain with all occupants presumed drowned. two others made forced landings in Westport New York and Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Essex
N. Y
Roosevelt Field
L. I
Montreal
Lake Champlain
Floyd Bennett Field
L. L
Frank Saglimbene
Brooklyn
Steve Kaye
Woodside
Dolly Zarling
Geo. W. Erickson
Good Will
Westport
Pittsfield
Mass
Montreal Light Aeroplane Club
Jackson documents to join Hermitage collection in Tennessee library
Mrs. Mary Caldwell announces seven Andrew Jackson documents will be added to the Ladies Hermitage Association collection in the Tennessee state library. The set includes six letters from Jackson and a veto proof with his marks. The papers go on display in Philadelphia and will be photographed before Nashville delivery within two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Mary Caldwell
Nashville
Ladies Hermitage Association
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Caldwell
Jackson
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Bank of the United States
Hermitage Association
Roosevelt Renominates Amid Attack on Economic Royalists
In Philadelphia President Roosevelt accepts renomination and denounces the power of economic royalists. Across the nation heat and drought prompt Wallace to coordinate relief, while the army weighs modern war plans and recruitment proceeds. In Essex New York four drown in a goodwill plane lake dive. Foreign dispatches report Soviet divorce tax and incentives to boost births. Paris sees workers seize a tax challenged munitions plant. Mussolini pledges $100 million for colonization. London notes ongoing empire arming. Belgrade reports two killed in police clashes with monarchist farmers.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt Accepts renomination at Philadelphia rally
President Roosevelt accepted renomination with a war on economic tyranny from Franklin Field. He linked democracy and economic freedom to fight monopolies and the economic royalists, while John Nance Garner accepted the vice presidential nomination by acclamation. The convention emphasized a new economic program and unity for the fight ahead.
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Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
John Nance Garner
Garner
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
New Deal Cief
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Alfred M. Landon
Frank Knox
Chicago
the Platform
Union Party
William Lemke
North Dakota
Thomas Charles O’brien
Boston
Lemke
Father Coughlin
Socialist Party
Hermitage
By John Hightower
News of World
Essex, N. Y
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Mussolini
London
Empire
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