Hitler scoffs at warning by Lord Halifax
Rumors of a new Nazi coup rise as British and French leaders issue strong warnings that further aggression will be met with force. Berlin downplays threats while Mussolini stays in touch with Hitler. Japan attacks Foochow amid U S warnings of accountability for damage, and Dutch politics stir over defense funds.
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Weather Forecast Fragments Across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Partly cloudy to showers expected in Tennessee this afternoon and tonight in the far east. Virginia forecasts partly cloudy skies with showers possible tonight and Saturday. Kentucky expects partly cloudy conditions with lingering evening showers in the southeast and little temperature change in the northwest.
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Boy Admits Killing Mother in Bludgeoning Case
Hollywood cover story reports 25 year old Campbell McDonald, a student, confessing to murdering his mother Mrs. Margaret Campbell 56, with a hammer in Santa Monica after claiming she planned to commit him to an institution. He recalled nothing after going to sleep, and police linked him to a separate case involving dancer Anya Sosoyeva.
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Roosevelt Signs Tax Revision Bill
President Roosevelt signs the business tax revision bill ending the undistributed profits levy. The measure, effective at 10, enacts excise taxes and revamps corporate taxes to ease perceived irritants for business. He warned of uncertainties about revenue and noted ongoing work to ensure the law functions properly.
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Demand for slower tobacco sales voiced at convention
President I. B. Mickson of the Tobacco Association of the United States urged a policy to extend the selling season and ease the continuous shortening of sale periods. He noted buyers and pickers face growing difficulty from rapid sales while Wicklen of Greenville urged serious study of correction mechanisms.
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Petros Manhunt to Feature Bloodhounds and Convict
Public event at Brushy Mountain penitentiary in Petros will stage a dogs-treiling-convict hunt as ten bloodhounds chase a released volunteer inmate. Warden Gore says the training uses different trail actors each day and aims to provide realistic hound work for spectators.
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WPA Compromise Passed by House Amid Budget Fight
The House approved a WPA compromise funding bill totaling 61.756 billion for the coming fiscal year starting tomorrow. It abolishes federal theater projects, trims the Senate total by 53 million but adds 20 million to the House figure, and removes several restrictive House provisions including a three man board to run the WPA. The measure must win Senate action and a presidential signature by midnight to avoid funding interruptions, with new funds required for the 1949 fiscal year beginning tomorrow.
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Andrews Reviews Wage Arguments at Hearing
In Atlanta on June 80, wage argument sessions before Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews continued over the fifth day. Southern mill operators and large mill owners joined in opposing the 32 12 cent hourly minimum, with Georgia mill owner R. O. Arnold of Covington noting modernization plans hinged on the election outcome described as “Communistic or Radical.”
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New TVA Extension Moves Sought as City Probes Power
Nashville and Chattanooga pursue independent electric distribution while seeking TVA options after the doomed 78.6 million Commonwealth and Southern contract. Nashville Mayor Cummings says city will build its own plant if needed and plans for duplicating distribution systems proceed as officials confer with Commonwealth president Willkie in New York.
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Commonwealth & Southern
Better business noted in review in sixth district
The Federal Reserve Bank reports May conditions in the sixth district show gains in residential construction contracts and department store sales. District activity in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee outpaced nationwide trends, with higher contract awards and textile output, while pig iron and electric power showed mixed results.
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Breakout attempt at Blountville jail ends in arrests
Sheriff Milam denied reports that two people including a 12 year old girl were arrested for smuggling hacksaw blades into the Sullivan county jail. Prisoners planned an upstairs break using sawed bars and blades. another escape attempt was thwarted by night jailer Dan Wreendt and staff. The dilapidated facility has seen multiple escapes, with seventeen inmates having fled since a recent exodus.
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Buckner case goes to jury in federal conspiracy trial
The Buckner case and four co-defendants charged with conspiracy and mail fraud over altered Philippine railway bonds went to a federal jury of nine men and three women at 2 p.m. EST. The report notes the case centers on manipulation of defaulted bonds and the defendants faced serious charges.
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Playboy
Executions at Tucker Prison Farm Shock State
Three young Black men were executed by electric chair for a Dec 23, 1884 Blytheville assault and murder case involving two 1 year old white girls. Caruthers and Clayton confessed or maintained guilt. Williams, 20, protested innocence as the trio faced capital punishment.
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Bob Bailey
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Chicago
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Burgunder Case Dismissal Denied in Murder Trial
Aviv Phognin argues court remarks on attempted bribery prejudiced jurors while the trial for a college sophomore accused of killing two auto salesmen continues. judge La Prade defends statements as precautionary and not an inference against the defendant.
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Richard Warless
Prevention drive cuts litter as burglars warned
Stillwater police chief Horace Andrawa urges removing litter left by absent residents to deter burglaries. Knoxville patrolman Hugh M Gean dies at 62 after a long service of 18 years from a heart ailment. Nashville election commissioners to be named in a special session starting July 1 across 20 counties.
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Knoxville
Hugh M. Gean
Nash
Lin &Inte
Filibuster Looms Over Bill In Senate Block Move
Washington's senate Republicans say the administration monetary bill will be talked to death, with Taft and Roosevelt sparring over devaluation and silver buying. A bipartisan anti devaluation bloc could derail the measure as debate stretches to midnight and beyond. The house faces an uncertain path as a conference seeks a year end extension of the devaluation authority.
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Half Concealed Potentials Weigh in on Danzig Clash
New York June 6 Political analysis weighs the Danae crisis amid half concealed potentialities. Germany seeks to reincorporate Danzig into the Reich but a weekend move is not confirmed and observers question whether annexation would trigger a broader conflict.
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