Alley Murder Near End. Sister Offers Evidence
In Gate City Tennessee the murder trial of HU J Pendleton Cecil Coon and Smith progresses with no Coon testimony as Smith faces witnesses and Pendleton’s sister Mrs QO Templeton testifies. George Gibson Kingsport painter had claimed Pendleton offered to kill Alley for $1000. Elder Pendleton recounted conversations about funding murder and alleged plots connected to kinship andGate City area.
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Knoxville
HU. J. Pendleton
Cecil Coon
Lie Smith
Lloyd C. Alley
Gate City
George Gibson
Kinjsport
Aline Vendleton
Alley
Pendleton
QO. F.tumpleton
Baltimers
Mdendlevon
Ory
Kingsport
W. RB
Jetl
George Dibson
Min
Han
Llosid Alley
Miossapes
Gibson
Pendleton Treinge
Lloyd
Walker Quillen
Loyd C. Alley
Quillen
Anade
Knoxville Plans Distributing Uni Knoxville Power Project
City leaders authorize a TVA power based project to build a central transmission line and distribution system. City Manager authorized to draft designs and specs for a blocking bar system while negotiations with Tennessee Public Service Co. continue. A $2.5 million loan and grant package supports construction as bonds outstanding total about $7.8 million. Local officials meet TVA and utility executives to finalize power arrangements.
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Knoxville
Osmnessee Valley Authority
W. We. Mynal
W. J H. Peters
W. A. Cockrant
Jess
Tenessee Public Service Company
Lowgl
Spe
Lilienthal
TVA Poweor Dirertos
Com Jae
Chulding
de Joos
Utilieg
Saturn
TVA Power
May Modify Bill to Control Stock
Washington March A contentious stock market regulation bill looms over Congress as White House officials express no clear stance on Fletcher Rayburn measures. Frederick L. Johnson of the San Francisco Curb Exchange urges modifications to curb abuses. John J. McKean of the Connecticut Investment Butkers Association warns against overreach harming investors. Johnson supports reasonable regulation while opposing the bill’s full scope, fearing a destruction of the exchange and shifts to over the counter trading. The exchange backs Richard Whitney’s plan for a coordinating regulatory authority to add flexibility if adopted.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Fletcher-Rayburn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Frederick L. Johnson
San Francisco
John J. McKean
Martford
Connecticut Investment Butkers” Association
Pletcher Rayburn
McKean
AleKeon
Johnson
Curh Exchange
California
Richard Whitney
New York
Stock Exchange
Reece Hearing Sparks Farce in Nashville Trial
In Nashville on March 7, defense defendant J. S. Reece clashed with Gov. McAlister’s special prosecutor Seth M. Walker over questions about a letter to Tobin and a $22,000 back-tax scheme. The exchange grew heated as Reece accused Walker of defamatory lies and the court urged restraint while Walker pressed for concise yes or no answers.
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Nashville
J. S. Reece
Seth M. Walker
Walker
Reece
Joseph $. Tobin
Insurance Department
Hill McAlister
Welker
Tobin
McAlister
Reeve
Richard M. Atkinson
Cherles Gilbert
Jeff McCain
Defense Counsel
W Ness
Bean
Father Kills Family Then Takes Own Life in Living Room
In Mareh City Pa a father Axel G Anderson killed his son Tau Lo and daughter Mildeed with a hunting knife, then fatally shot himself as a radio played. The family home was found with a meal cooking and an orchestra on air. Deputy Coroner J R Sharp said the double slaying and suicide appeared planned after Anderson handed a car title to his son and left for work, excusing the boy from school earlier in the day.
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City
Mareh Tari
Axel G. Anderson
Iueleas
Tau
Clas
Tarry
J. R. Sharp
Anderson
Justice of the Peace
Harry
Ot Well Supply Company
Paul
Distribution of Gold Advocated by Vanderlip
Frank A. Vanderlip, a New York banker, urged a more equitable distribution of gold before a house banking sub committee. He said the country has too much gold and supported the Golds borough bill for a federal monetary authority with sole currency issuing powers.
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Washington
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
House Banking
Vanderlip
Federal Monetary Authority
Chicago hotel sued for damages over diphtheria outbreak
A $600000 damages suit was filed against Dr. Herman Bundesen, Chicago health commissioner, and the Congress Hotel over a diphtheria outbreak during the World’s Fair. Dr. Clarence Boren and his wife accuse the defendants of withholding information for financial gain and to protect the hotel’s reputation. They allege failure to quarantine and to inform the medical public, claiming infection occurred after visiting the Congress Hotel. The Borens were in New Orleans when filing.
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Chicago
Mar
Br. Herman Burndesen
Congress Hotel
Clarence Boren
Gertrude
Marinaite
Wis
Dr. Bundesen
Ms. Boren
New Orleans
Stavisky jewels sought by police in pawnshop case
Paris reports a search for missing jewels tied to Serge Stavisky and the Bayonne pawnshop scandal. A young mannequin and Rita Georg are linked to the probe as investigators parse check stubs and Stavisky’s annotations to uncover political protection networks.
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Richard G. Maslock
Associated Press
Paris
Serge Stas
Bayonne
Stavisky
Rita Georg
Mmne
Annette Stavisky
Serge
Mme. Stavisky
Federal police join manhunt for Dillinger
The Federal Government joined the hunt for outlaw John Dillinger after his dramatic jail break. Two Crown Point jail guards were arrested for aiding the escape and another was released on own recognizance. Authorities cited the Dyer Act in Dillinger’s interstate flight from Indiana to Illinois.
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J. Dillinger
Chicago
John Dillinger
Will Murray
Cahoon
Sam Cahoon
Dillinger
Indiana
Illinois
Cook County
Paul McNut
Crown Point
Holley
Lake County
Halsey
Democratic Party
Seon
Mason City
Youngstown
Elaine Burton
John Hamilton
George Sanger
Ernest Blunk
Peotone
Wey
Bullitt Arrives as U S Ambassador to Soviet Union
William C Bullitt returns to Moscow to assume his post as the first American ambassador to the Soviet Union. He is with John Wiley and 23 attaches, welcomed by M Floreins kin and foreign office staff at the station, after leaving Moscow since December 21 for final embassy preparations.
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Moscow
Verner
Wiliam C. Bullitt
Soviet Union
John Wiley
Bullitt
M. Floreinski
Foreign Office
United States
Reduction in Code Hours Foreseen by Roosevelt Admin
President Roosevelt weighs code hours cuts and wage increases as NRA powers linger before June expiration. Hugh Johnson to speak to code authorities on potential revisions while Congress debates licensing and war debts. Treasury data shows public debt rising over 5 billion dollars in the year, affecting regulation prospects.
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Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Connecticut
Wasndington
Widespread Hunt in Bank Robbery
Officials across South Dakota and nearby towns comb air and land for the machine gun bandits who robbed the Security National Bank and Trust Company of Sioux Falls, taking 410,000 in cash after terrorizing employees and citizens. One police officer was wounded as bystanders were used as shields. Names of several women and a man taken along are noted, with the burglars releasing a fifth prisoner at city limits.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Security National Bank and Trust Company
Alice Blegen
Mildred Bostwick
Emma Banbach
Mary Lucas
Leon Olson
Tesler
Sea Monster Turns Out to Be A Poor Sick Dogfish
Paris reports that a sea creature washed ashore near Cherbourg is a large dogfish, not a sea monster. Professor Petit of the Museum of Paris identified the specimen after microscopic exam, noting it was sick and lacked stomach contents.
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John Evans
Paris
Cherbourg
Petit
Querqueville Rocks
Cherebourg
Greville
Osville
Congress to End by May at Latest
Washington reports President Roosevelt plans to adjourn Congress by mid May at the latest. He favors concluding the program and sending only one more message on war debts negotiations. Focus shifts to funding next year with appropriation bills and tax measures while a single communications commission bill is expected to pass before adjournment. The Senate, after approving the navy bill, will tackle agriculture and army supply items as the House debates the Army budget.
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White House
Treasury
Roosevelt
Capitol
Harry K. Woodring
House Military Committee
Air Corps
Benjamin 2. Foulois
Foulois
Air Mail
Washington
Brown
Maz
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Printers Meet Memphs on March Seventh Convention
W G C Garrett of Nashville, secretary of the Southern Master Printers Federation, told the Memphis Chamber of Commerce that code problems will be discussed at the convention. About 150 persons were expected to attend the meeting in Memphis as part of printer code authority for Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi.
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Southern Master Printers' Federation
W. GC. Garrett
Nashville
Fenness
Louisiana
Alabama
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Weather Update for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy and much colder with rain ending tonight. Thursday expects fair, colder conditions. In Virginia, cloudy with rain tonight, possible snow flurries in extreme west, colder Thursday. Yesterday’s high and low compared to last year. readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily.
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Tennessee
Virginia
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UNI
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Banter
Dillinger’s
George Saager
Ernest Elunk
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Grady Hospital
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