Tobacco quotas win in Kentucky and Tennessee votes
Early unofficial returns from farmers across Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia show approval for marketing quotas on dark air cured and fire cured tobacco. Indiana counties rejected the plan with less than two thirds support.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Indiana
Kentuck
I. M. Vogler
Indiana Conservation Association
Ientucky
Nashville
C. E. Brehm
University of Tennessee Extension Service
Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Missppi
Missouri
North Carolina
Weather bulletin for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia routine forecast
Intermittent light rain with mild temperatures expected Sunday across Tennessee and Kentucky. Monday brings rain and cooler air. Virginia sees increasing clouds and warmer Sunday, then light rain Sunday night and Monday with cooler conditions Monday afternoon.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West
Sanday
Hoon
Eighteen Russians Sentenced to Death in Moscow Treason Trial
In Moscow a major treason case concluded with eighteen of twenty one defendants condemned to death. Notables spared include Christian Rakovsky with twenty years and D D Pletryeff with twenty five. Nine others named among the death sentences include Nikolai Bucharin and Genrikh Yagoden. The court gave five days before execution and two extra for appeals. Trotsky, living in exile in Mexico, is noted in the report.
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Christian Rakovsky
France
A. Bessonoff
Berlin
D. D. Pletryeff
Alexis T. Ryknoff
Soviet Union
Lenin
WN. M. Krestinsky
A. F P. Rosengoitz
Joseph Stalin
Rosengoltz
Stalin
Jurist to rule on death appeals in dyname death case
In Elizabethton March 12 Circuit Judge Ben Allen spent five hours hearing defense evidence on appeals for a new trial by Carroll Laster and White Tollett two Carter County men convicted of first degree murder in the dynamite deaths of three children. He announced a decision next Saturday at 10 am with no indication of outcome.
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Elizabethton
Ben Allen
Carter County
Allen
Caurcll Laster
White Tollett
Harrison seeks broad tax relief to spur investment
Washington March 12 Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee proposed expanding tax relief beyond the house tax bill to unlock frozen credit. He urged killing the undistributed profits tax and returning to a flat corporation tax as simpler and more understandable. He also noted the house approved capital gains provisions.
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Washington
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
House
Sullivan County Schools Rise in State Rank
A state classification shows Sullivan County elementary schools now include 10 in class A, 18 in B, and 42 in C. Superintendent Orr notes dramatic improvements since term start as many buildings, libraries, sanitation, and textbooks were added with state aid for new pupils totaling 313,840 to offset local costs.
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Sulem
Fiow
Crump to Defy Board Demand for Voting List
Nashville March 12 Members of E H Crump Memphis political machine hinted the Shelby election commission would defy the state election board in producing Shelby voter registration lists at an ouster hearing Thursday The Memphis Press Scimitar said the books weigh about a ton and a half and contain about 200 000 names A Shelby county official suggested dumping the nonks and mounting another registration The Shelby commission planned a midday meeting to decide whether to defy or comply with the state board Also noted were Tennessee political moves including Roy Wallace entering the Democratic gubernatorial race and Congressman Sam D Me To not run
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Nashville
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Shelby Election Commission
State Election Board
Shelby
Abe D. Waldauver
Browning
Mephis Press-Scimitar
Press-Scimitar
Ross Mathews
Shelby Commission
State Board
Tennessee
Roy ©. Wallace
McAlister
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Sam BD
Senator Vandenberg Outlines New Arms Theory Plan
Washington March 12 Senator Vandenberg Republican from Michigan floated a congressional program touching on a prospective arms conference. He spoke of government reorganization with veto power over individual items in appropriations and a career service in the post office. He also urged labor reform including mutual responsibility for unions and employers and collective bargaining elections, plus a constitutional amendment acceptable to all states.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Frequen
Post Office Department” Labor
Move to Release Mooney Halted by Senate Vote
In Sacramento on March 12 the California Senate killed by an overwhelming majority an Assembly approved resolution to pardon Tom Mooney, convicted in the 1916 San Francisco preparedness day bombing. The move to table the measure ended the question of legislative pardon power for now, with only a few negative votes.
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Sacramento
Calif
California Senate
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Senate
W. P. Rich
Ruies Committes
Assembly
Frank F. Mor Tiam
Mooney
Roosevelt action point to probe grows in TVA row
Washington March 12 Senators pressed for a broad congressional probe of the Tennessee Valley Authority citing internal dissension and President Roosevelt health questions. Senator Bridges warned the White House delay signals an attempt to thwart inquiry and urged possible resignations if needed while Senator King joined the skeptical chorus.
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Washington
Tennssee Valley Authority
Presi- Jent
Congress
Bridges
King
Nazis Celebrate Coup in Austria
Berlin dispatch reports German Nazis joyful as Hitler proclaims extension of Reich to Austria. estimated 50,000 to 60,000 German troops enter Austrian frontiers. two chancellors named in Austria and Germany. Proclamation hints at future moves toward Czechoslovakia. Schuschnigg blamed for misreading mood.
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Austria
Fuchrer
Arthur Seysz-liquart
Fieid
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Aeting
Germany
Hitler
der Fuchrer
Czechoslovakia
Schuschnigg
Kurt Schuschnigg
Hawkins Countian Dockets Jail Trial and Sentencings
Rogersville Tennessee March 12 Hawkins county criminal docket continued over the weekend Clyde Sams changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to 11 months and 24 days for operating a house of ill fame. Witnesses testified Sams sanctioned immoral acts involving his wife and prostitution for 25 cents. Willie Pyne granted release after a pardon. he had six months with three suspended for liquor possession. Guy Barrett found guilty of age of consent and faces three years in the state penitentiary with an appeal implied. C D Creasy received five years for pocketbook snatching.
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Rogersville
Teno
Hawking County
Clyde Sams
Shelburne Ferguson
Wite
Mrs. Sams
Hous
Sams
Willie Pyne
State Supreme Court
Tower Court
Ferguson
Pyne
Gordon Browning
Guy Barrett
State Penitentiary
D Creasy
Etta
Hitler annexes Austria in Pan German union drive
The world faces a new crisis as Adolf Hitler proclaims the Pan German union with Austria from Linz. Nazi troops flood across borders, seize control, and arrest officials while Austria’s frontiers close. Hitler vows no force can part the German people and hints at a Vienna entry. (Continued on Page Sixteen)
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Edolf Hit Ter
Austria
Germany
Linz
Hitler
Europe
Fuehrer
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
St. Germain
Reich
Frontiera
Kurt Schuscheigg
Belvedere
Nazie
der Fuehrer
Tun
Braunau
Upper Austria
Ther
Schuscheigg
Brenner Pass
Benita Biasso
Diplomats Visit Secretary Hull In Washington
European ambassadors pressed for U S support as Secretary Hull avoided pledging sides. British ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay and French envoy Rene de Saint-Quentin met separately, while concerns over Czechoslovakia and Austria were not disclosed. Lindsay joked his chest is steel and would not comment on the German seizure.
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Washington
Sam
State Department
Hull
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Ronald Lindsay
Rene de Saint-Quentin
Every Resident in Austria Affected by Swift Change
Vienna March 22. The switch from an Austrian authoritarian regime to a Nazi regime today touched every life. Delivery boys wore new emblems and shouted Heil Hitler, while a policeman who once chatted now avoided contact. Prices rose slightly as stores closed for celebrations. Americans in Vienna received many visitors, with questions about what happens next as the situation continues to unfold.
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A. D. Stefferud
Vienna
Fatherland
Toray
Bod Fearing
Jaws Solight
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