Flood Victims Counted At 159 As Check Made
Los Angeles March 5 4 percent toll from Southern California flood rises to 159 dead or missing after rechecking lists. Identified deaths include 31 in Los Angeles county and small counts in San Bernardino Riverside and Ventura. Demolished or damaged homes total 4445. nearly 10000 people in Red Cross care. Rehabilitation of roads, bridges, stores slow. Weather outlook worsening with a new storm area forming off the coast. WPA relief workers and National Guard patrols aiding emergency efforts.
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Los Angeles
Calif
California
Associated Press
San Bernardino
Riverside County
Ventura
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Santa Ana
Riverside
San Fernando Valley
Camp Baldy
San Gabriel
Bigtujunga
Soledad
Lytle Creek Canyon
Camp Baléy
CCC
San Antonio Canyon
Avistors
WEDB
Los Angeles County
Nazi Flier Killed In Bomber Crash Near Neu Brandenburg
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Wilhelm of Schaumberg Lippe a lieutenant in the German air force died when his bombing plane crashed near Neu Brandenburg in a military accident. Details remain secret as authorities withheld specifics.
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Berlin
Prince Wilhelm of
Post Office Safe Blown Open in Pine Knot Robbery
Whitley City Kentucky March 6 postmaster RC Rytil reported the local post office safe was blown open. Forty dollars and two pistols were taken. In Lexington Charles R Thompson former imaver and councilman died after an operation for appendicitis. He led the Gentry-Thompson stockyards. funeral set for Monday.
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Whitley City
Maren
RC. Rytil
Pine Knot
Charles Thompson
Lexington
Charles R Thompson
Lexington Imaver
Gentry - Thompson Stockyards
Weather Outlook Tennessee and Kentucky Snow Likely East
Generally fair and much colder Sunday with light rain in the extreme east portion possibly changing to snow flurries Sunday morning. Monday remains fair and continues cold across the region.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
One Dead After Car Truck Crash in Kentucky
Part of a front page report notes a fatal crash near Gate City Kentucky when a car collided with a dairy truck. Echal Cookenhour of Kingsport died in Community Hospital with his brother Estel critically injured. Other occupant J E Cookenhour and William Hancock were treated for injuries as authorities investigate.
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Howton Valley
Hoss Pital
Gaté City
Clinehport
Echal Cookenhour
Kingsport
Estel Cookenhour
J. E. Cookenhour
William Hancock
Westerly
Cookenhoul
Jenkins, Ky
Appalachia
Cate City
W. L. Holmes Sie
Carter's Valley
Cookenhour's
Toay
Hamlett
Dobson Panoral
Hancock
Police Seek Two Hooded Gunmen In Labor Slaying
East St. Louis police investigate the murder of trader Lea W. Quick a labor union official shot seven times by two gunmen seen by his wife Alma Quick from a kitchen window. Authorities link the killing to bitter labor politics following Quick's defeat in the East St. Louis central trades union election.
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East ST. Louis
Meren
Lea W, Quick
St. Louis
A. 1. Lateman
Quick
East St. Louis Central Trades and Labor Union
Former Scott Woman Dies After Attack By Husband
In Cincinnati Ohio Mrs Calle Frazier 41 died after a husband attacked her then slashed himself to death. George Frazier 64 worked in a railway company accounting department. Mrs Frazier found unconscious in their home, husband’s body in a bath. Adopted daughter Mary Frazier survived along with sisters and brothers. Funeral plans uncertain between Cincinnati and Scott county.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Calle Frazier
James Harris
Alley Valley
Here
Ohio City
George Frazier
Ziers
Mary Frazier
Frazier
FW. D. Harris
Yuma
James Warris
Cincinnsati
Scott County
Political pots start boiling in county race
In Sullivan County a record number of candidates seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff and other offices in a bitter primary. A Sullivan Democratic Women’s Association meeting in Blountville heard candidates present platforms and urged good, clean elections. Key debates include uniform salaries for deputies and the wet vs dry issue shaping the race.
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Sullivan
Blountville
Fannie St. John Thomas
Women's Democratic Group
Varius
Howard Long
Fred Slaughter
Jay Thomas
Fannie Sanders
Arlie Weaver
Prnhanly
Tirst
American woman struck by Japanese sentry in Shanghai
In occupied central China a U S consul protested after Grace Brady, a San Diego born teacher at St Mary's Hall Episcopal school, was struck by a Japanese sentry while opening her bag. The incident followed a Chinese-Italian? claim that the Chinese woman with her spoke back.
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Shanghai
Central China
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Grace Brady
Miss Brady
San Diego
Calif
St Mary's Hall Episcopal School
Atii
Whangpoo River
Nantuo
French Parliament Backs 10.9 Billion Franc Defense Fund
Paris March 5 with no dissent the French parliament laid the foundation for a 10 909 000 000 franc defense investment fund after Premier Camille Chautemps urged unity against Hu rapes perils The Radical Socialist premier asked for unanimous cabinet approval and a public subscription The Senate adopted the bill with minor textual changes then the Chamber reconfirmed approval The move signals plans to invest retired francs in work and security of the nation.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Caamner
Chamber
Senate
Chautemps
Acisn
TVA waves money at private power bid
TVA chief David Lilienthal announced plans to buy private power facilities in the south east, saying the agency would pay up to 60 million dollars from an emergency fund to outpace private firms. He invited officials to a Chattanooga conference on March 11, aiming to take over the Muscle Shoals area and expand thereafter.
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Washington
March
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
David FE
Lilienthal
Arnurd. Morgan
TVA
Ity
Harcourt A. Morgan
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alghanie
Mississippi
Tennessee
Isguea
Vuy
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Arthur BE
Congress weighs annual wage system for industry
Senator Watch disclosed study of proposals to replace hourly pay with a year long fixed wage. Senator Hatch favored tax concessions to encourage voluntary adoption in big industries like automobiles and steel, arguing it would boost purchasing power and federal revenue while providing employee security.
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Washington
Maren
Senate Unemployment Committee
Watch
D.N.M
Dent Roosevelt
Hatca
Aduiig
Hatch
Ttx
Hateh
Mrs Roosevelt to briefly stop at Metellar Airport
Eleanor Roosevelt will stop at Metellar Airport today en route to Fort Worth, Texas. The American Airlines flight will refuel for eight minutes at 2:30 p m before continuing via Knoxville Nashville and western points. Secret Service details were not fully disclosed.
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Metellar
American Airlings
Fort Worth
Texas
Knoxville
Nashville
Westen Points
Secret Service Department
Bucharin Confesses in Treason Trial Moscow
Nikolai Bucharin, a top Bolshevik leader, admits guilt to all charges in Russia's treason trial. He acknowledges leading a Rightist Trotskyist bloc aiming to restore capitalism with foreign powers’ aid, and outlines alleged plots against the Soviet state.
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Marsh
Mikolai Bucharin
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Germany
Japan
England
Cougi
Buchanin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Prostigutor
Rakovsky Tan
Missing Peter Levine Snatcher Search Drains Local Lake
Police in New Rochville New York drain a lake in a manhunt for Peter Levine missing since December 24. A ransom demand of $30 000 triggered the search as two crews grappled the ice covered lake following anonymous calls. Acting Captain William J Sullivan said the hoax messages would be investigated.
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New Rochiville
N.Y. Mare
Peter Levine
Rebbery
Maurray Levine
New York
Peter Woul
Cema
William J. Sullivan
Indian Lake
Cro‘ona Park
Bent
Levine Bey
Ake
Evergency
Tennessee cities await TVA test in Clarksville case
Tennessee cities eye TVA power as the State Supreme Court prepares Monday to hear arguments in the Clarksville municipal distribution case. The court has yet to rule on the viability of enabling acts for TVA power, following conflicting lower court decisions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Martha—Light
Ternnessee
TVA
Supreme Cort
Clarksville
Chancellor
Marable
Lytle
Columbia
Feyetteville
Supreme Court
Payetteville
Tax Assessment Of County Increased Million Dollars
The Schvan county tax on real property rises by over 1 million dollars for fiscal year 1987, yielding about 512,376 dollars in county revenue. Officials estimate 500 thousand to be collected under the 2 dollar tax rate, with exact totals due after six months as books close. An earlier audit shows 340 thousand collected by March 27 last year.
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Schvan
Office of
Trustee
A. P. Richards
H. W. Copenhaver
Browning Gets Control of State Election Board
Nashville March 5 The enlarged state board of elections won Supreme Court approval for its size and plans an early reorganization meeting at the Capitol Thursday noon. Abe Waldauer of Memphis, likely to be chairman, faces possible replacement as per reports. J B Miller of Clarksville calls the meeting. Lee Ware of Jackson seeks chairmanship with Miller as secretary. The court’s unanimous ruling upheld the law increasing membership from three to six, dissolving a temporary injunction and enabling Browning allies to run election machinery.
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Nashville
State Board of Elections
Supreme Court
Abe Waldauer
Memphis
J. B. Miller
Clarksville
Capitol
Lee Ware
Jackson
Iiné
Miller
Browning
E. H. Crump
Waldauer
Memdhia
Waldauerana Neen Sharp
Section Board
Acton
R. B. C. Howell
High Court
Waldaner
Shap
Howell
Election Board
Tenas Manch
Ian
Crump
Shelby Envicy
Shelby Election Commission
Iow
Supreme Court Iecision
Shelby
Daly
Shelby Corami
Jon Withel
Shelby Conmision
W. Lytle Mic- Xee
Joe Thompson
Ross Matthews
State Board
Knoxville man faces murder count in Kentucky crash
London Kentucky March 5 Sheriff Fred Lucas brought Clarence Landreth 28 of Knoxville Tennessee to jail to answer charges that his truck struck a hay wagon killing Raleigh Gaines 29 and injuring four members of the Gines family yesterday in Livingston Kentucky.
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London
Fred Lucas
Clarence Landreth
Knoxville
Tenn
Livingston
Raleigh Gaines
Gines
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