Second Flood Restrictions Tightened in Mississippi Valley
Mississippi flood crisis worsens as Illinois Missouri and Mississippi face evacuations and property damage. National guardsmen assist in Missouri while forecasts warn of rising flood stages near Cairo and a possible major crest. In Nashville the legislature moves to tighten control over state departments, proposing penalties for overspending and demanding accountability, amid budget cuts and political tension.
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Weather summary from Tennessee and Virginia reports
Readings describe rain and warmth in Tennessee with cold in the east and a mostly cloudy Virginia forecast. Tonight forecasts show fair to partly cloudy skies with a slight dip in temperatures in western sections. Expect a mild Thursday with showers possible in some areas and a gradual cooling trend into Friday morning.
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Well Known Britisher to Be Deported as Red
Evelyn John St Lee Strachey British author former member of parliament rested last night on bail bound for imagined trip to Chavel and today to continue his journey. He is described as a communist advocate and as a nephew of the late Lytton Strachey and son of John S Lee Strachey. A statement by immigration officials says he uses the term we communists and identifies himself as a communist. The arrest order comes amid a crackdown on alleged subversive agitators amid broader debates on immigration policy.
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Ashes of Memphian Christopher Warner Spark Debate
The ashes of former Memphian Christopher C. Warner aged 80 who died in Los Angeles arrived in Memphis by express. He asked the Commercial Appeal to cremate and scatter his ashes in Court Square, but the city park commission refused. The newspaper asks Warner's relatives to decide the final disposition.
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Lynch Negro for Shooting Worker in Slayden Miss
In Slayden near Rossville a 29 year old Black man Ab Young was hanged by a mob of about 50 after the death of Hardy Mackie a 45 year old state highway employee. Young rode to the end of the rope atop a car while a crowd prayed and sang a hymn at the scene two miles east of Slayden. The inquest was opened as Prosecuting Attorney EL Cut of Holly Springs prepared the case.
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Weathered Skull 45 Evidence In Murder Trial
In Witte Plains New York a murder trial features a weathered skull and plant debris found in an abandoned cottage named Old Wisteria. Prosecution and defense debate the skulls admissibility while Detective Fish testifies about tracing bones to the scene and a suspect's confession in New York. The chaotic testimony centers on the skull recovered from a cardboard box and the improvised scene reconstructed at the cottage.
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Future Dark Uncertain Roosevelt Policy In Congress
Washington report describes a tenth week with no New Deal enactments as Congress remains deadlocked. Analysts split on White House strategy, some seeing cautious patience aimed at 1936, others calling it back to normal partisan stalemate. Key issue remains the prevailing wage amendment in the massive work relief bill and broader debates over social security banking and labor measures.
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Chattanooga Voters Back TVA Bonds Amid Power Dispute
Chattanooga citizens approved issuing 8 million dollars in bonds to acquire a municipal electric system and support TVA power, a decisive referendum at 27 753 total amid opposition from the Tennessee Electric Power Co and a Birmingham federal judge ruling TVA power programs unconstitutional. The vote signals strong public support for TVA despite ongoing legal and utility conflicts.
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Dems Who Stray To Be Disciplined
Washington March 18 1944 Progressive Democrats face possible sanctions from Speaker Byrns as they form a bloc calling it a third party movement. He hinted 14 House members may be questioned though no firm action promised. The bloc’s spokesman warned that legislators would lose funds and patronage during campaigns if they cross the line.
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Socialist Norman Thomas urges union support in Arkansas
Norman Thomas campaigned among sharecroppers in Little Rock urging organized agriculture as a defense of civil liberties against a proposed sedition bill. He warned Arkansas lawmakers that enacting the measure could resemble despotic regimes and pledged to press for opposition during the legislature’s actions.
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Firing squad predicted for rebel leaders
Athens March 13 The government has begun wholesale courts martial for more than 300 Greek rebels involved in an 11 day revolt. Mass executions earlier followed by Premier Tsaldaris' public pledge to enforce the law. Eleutherios Venizelos, rebel leader, has sought asylum on the Italian island of Rhodes as authorities pursue disloyalty cases.
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Flemington Quiet Its Glory Is Dead
Flemington recalls its brief day as the world’s news center after Hauptmann’s trial. Local residents describe a quiet town, once bustling with crowds and activity, now returning to normal as streets empty, businesses close, and the air clears.
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M Fox Buck McCoy Die Highway Wreck
Kingsport youths Buck McCoy 20 and Max Fox 24 were killed instantly at 3 50 pm when their motorcycle left Lee highway six miles from Kingsport on Chestnut Ridge east slope. Indications suggest the bike was traveling at high speed when it careened from the highway. both men rode the same machine.
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Anti-Long bloc in house forms to curb Huey Long power
Washington March 13 Formation of an anti Long bloc in the house to curb Huey Long power was under way led by Rep P L Gassaway with Disney and Dies among others planning ridicule as tactic. Witnesses place a motorcycle crash involving McCoy and Fox on a wet road near Kingsport. both youths died from injuries. Fox employed by Blue Ridge Glass Corp and McCoy son of local contractors. Funeral plans pending.
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Reynolds Join Torch Singer in Fight Over Heir's Estate
In Winston Salem North Carolina Reynolds family members and Libby Holman oppose Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith as she seeks to claim the 30 million estate of tobacco heir died from a pistol wound in 1932. Attorneys prepare as Judge Clayton Moore hears arguments on shares for Christopher Reynolds and Anne Reynolds Smith.
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