Death request in case against three Knox County defendants
Knox County Attorney General J Fred Bibb seeks the death penalty for H L Pendleton Cecil Coon and Elgie Smith as prosecutors and defense counsel clash over trial procedures in the murder of Lloyd G Alley at Gate City Virginia The case features strong testimony from Elgie Smith and statements about a purported confession and alleged threats by Pendleton The defense motions for industrial and exclusion of witnesses were denied at trial end by Jude E G Stooksbury.
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Knoxville
Mat
J. Fred Bibb
H. L. Pendleton
Cecil Coon
Elgie Smith
Lloyd G.alley
Gate City
Tarmer
Coon
Alley
Sims Road
Himer
Pendevon
Coan
Pendleton
Aileys
Georgia Coughlin
Bigs Stone Gap
Slains
Walker Quillen
I. L. Pendleton
Quillen
Carl
Aura Alley
Jude E.G. Stooksbury
Coon and Smith
Nashville man takes office as state labor compliance officer
W v Tanksley of Nashville arrived in Memphis to begin duties as state labor compliance officer. Appointed by Hugh Humphreys, state director of the National Economic Council, Tanksley will run offices in Nashville and Memphis and oversee labor compliance for NRA bodies.
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Memphis
W. v. Tanksley
Nashville
Hugh Humphreys
National Economic Council
Tankstey Willl
NRA
Owl and Shakespeare Tale At Southwestern College
Memphis reporter notes janitor Will Elkins recalls entering Southwestern College library to find a wise old owl perched on a shelf with Shakespeare volumes, suggesting a link between owls and literary wisdom. The snippet frames a curious scene without further details.
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Memphis
Tenn
Will Elkins
Southwestern Collyre
Germany May Sit in on Conference with Italy and Hungary
A Rome dispatch reports Germany may join the Italy Austria Hungary conference next week. Vice-Chancellor Franz Von Papen would arrive March 14 as Chancellor Dollfuss and Hungary's Julius Goem byes meet Mussolini. The visit centers on a papal event, but fuels talk of a possible Austro German peace or bloc.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Franz von Papen
Engelbert Dollfuss
Julius Goembyes
Mussolini
von Papen
Knights of Malta
Vienna
Europe
Emil Fer
Dollfuss
Budapest
Gormbacs
Fey
Paseist Heimwelhir
Cuba Faces Internal Trouble Amid Labor Unrest
AP dispatches from Havana report violent labor disturbances across Cuba including shootings in Santa Clara and Camaguey. President Mendieta and his cabinet remained in session into the early hours attempting to quell the strike situation as four people were arrested and several wounded, two gravely, near Santa Clara's provincial palace.
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Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press
Havana
March
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Tlavana
Carlos Mendieta
Reece Cool After Storm During Bond Trial
Nashville reports a tense bond trial where defendant J. J. Reece steadies during cross examination after a heart attack. Prosecutor Seth M. Walker, previously combative, shows restraint as Reece apologizes to Judge Charles Gilbert and explains his prior nervous state. Reece recalls receiving $90,000 in bonds from Joseph Tobin and defends not inspecting their origin or possession.
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Nashville
Mar
Seth M. Walker
J. J. Reece
Reece
Charles Gilbert
Walker
Joseph
Tobin
Maketing
Lem
Blue Sky Division
Fidelity Investment Association
Blue Sky
Prince Sigvard Marries Erika in London Registry
Prince Sigvard of Sweden marries Erika Patr ek a 22 year old Berlin industrialist's daughter at a London registry office. The couple, abandoning princely rights, wed in a simple ceremony watched by a mixed crowd as song birds provided celebration sounds outside. Continued on page six.
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Prince Sigvard, Luke of
Uppland
Sweden
Berlin
Royal House of
Fraulein Erika Patzek
Fress Foreign Staff
London
Sigvard
Erika Patrek
Princelike Lenhart
Labor unrest spreads as workers vote to strike
Across the nation workers vote on strikes in San Francisco and Cleveland. The Fisher Body plant in Cleveland, representing 4500, moves toward a strike vote despite government mediation. Longshoremen in San Francisco consider a March 23 strike. Other disputes involve Alabama coal miners, Lansford and Spindale miners, Toledo machinists, and various textile and shoe plants, with union recognition and wage demands at center.
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San Francisco
Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
International Longshoremen's Association
Pacific Division
Lansford
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
National Labor Board
Chevrolet Mator
Fisher Body
St. Louis
Libel in Hollywood Shapes Screen Craft and Risk
Hollywood writers and producers fight a persistent fear the word libel. The industry tightens scripts to avoid accusations, especially with biopics like Rasputin and the Empress. Notices on real persons, addresses, and numbers are carefully avoided. releases protect living subjects.
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Hollywood
Galif
Trena Youssoupoff
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
London
House of Rothschild
Inssanes
Boris Karoff
Paramount
Tory
Entire Crew and Passengers Saved From Ill-Fated Ship
The steamer Black Eagle rammed and sank the freighter Concordia near Sable Island. All hands survived after abandoning ship in four lifeboats as fog and chaos followed. Captain Allan Murray reported a perilous collision and a dramatic rescue with the Black Eagle picking up survivors.
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Weenaween, N. 3
Mareh K
Black Eagle
Concordia
Sable Island
Atlantic
Bvery
Allan Murray
Murray
Weather outlook Tennessee and Virginia brief report
In Tennessee fair weather expected with notably colder readings tonight, especially in the east. Friday brings fair skies with warmer conditions in the west and central areas by Friday afternoon. In Virginia rain to the southeast, with rain or snow likely moderate to heavy in the north and west this afternoon into tonight. Friday should be fair but colder, especially in the extreme south portion.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Chiappe charges Frot with riots threaten to crown himself
Paris parliamentary inquiry hears Jean Chiappe accuse former Interior Minister Eugene Frot of recruiting followers to back a personal coup during the Paris riots. Frot denies the claim as Chiappe asserts he warned Daladier about the plot. The probe links to the Stavisky scandal and a Bayonne pawnshop fraud case.
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Stuart Moroney
Associated ‘Press
Paris
Jean Chiappe
Eugene Frot
France
Frot
Chiappe
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
Viets
Bayonne
Serge Stavisky
Stavisky
Navy and firms freed of collusion charges in aviation report
A House committee received a report clearing the Navy and its airplane makers of collusion and profiteering after weeks of inquiry into naval aviation affairs. The document said profits since 1926 have been moderate and reasonable and found no evidence of contractor collusion with naval officials.
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Clarence M. Wright
Washington
Navy
House
Naval Aviation
Hoover Administration
Land Utilization Plans Of Government Discussed
Government land experts focus on three regions to reclaim sub marginal land. In a representative county 228,450 of 319,260 acres are badly eroded with little produc tive soil. They propose buying the sub marginal lands, relocating farm families to subsistence homesteads, and building churches and schools nearby to rehabilitate rural life and restore resources.
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Stephen McDonough
Associated Press
Washington
A. P
Maryland
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Atres
Lind ’ Planning l Group
Reno Divorces Declared Invalid by District Court
Washington reports Justice Jesse C. Adkins ruled that Reno divorces are not entitled to Full Faith and Credit when a Nevada trip is for separation. The DC Supreme Court granted a limited divorce alimony and attorney fees to Mrs Margaret Emma Holt of Washington, invalidating Lawrence James Holt's Reno divorce and prompting doubt among other capital divorcees.
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Washington
Aatir
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Reno
Nevada
Jesse C. Adkins
Mra
Margaret Emma Holt
Lawrence James Hoft
Debates Rise Over Roosevelt Airmail Plan in Congress
Washington March 8 A heated debate over President Roosevelts call for a private airmail system on a revised basis looms as Republicans prepare to weigh in when the bill reaches the floor. Supporters and critics argue about competitive bidding three year contracts and a six month qualifying period while committees rush to shape the measure for return of mail to private carriers and strict contracting safeguards.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Capitol
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wynekoop Reads Psalms for Consolation in Courtroom
In Chicago in March 63-year-old Dr. Alice Wynekoop, serving 25 years for the murder of her daughter-in-law Rheta, read the Psalms of David all morning. She seeks recovery from the verdict and renewed immotence while lawyers prepare arguments for a new trial.
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Checago
Alice’ Wynekoop
Rheta
White House pressure on budget amid caucus actions
President Roosevelt and key White House aides maneuver to soften Senate budget blows on veterans pay and federal salaries while courting industrial leaders to back stimulation plans. Secretary Morgenthau and Hull urge constitutional and trade measures, with Senate debates on farm relief and war department appropriations continuing.
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Roosevelt
House
Senate
White House
Morgenthau
Hull
United States
Connally
Texas
War Department ‘Appropriations
Leo T. Crowley
The
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Senate -Banking
New York Curb Exchange
Fletcher-Rayan Securities Exchange Control
Calle
Washington
March
Lewis Douglas
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