Ouster Hearing Opens Amid Shelby County Election Board Conflicts
Clashes between board members and counsel opened the State Board of Elections hearing on ouster charges against three Shelby County election commissioners. Abe Waidauer accused Cornelius of dual roles and demanded impartial counsel, while others pressed motions, recusal requests, and procedural disputes as the Browning faction sought to dismiss or delay.
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Sashville
State Board of Elections
Shelby County
Alerag
Memphis
Abe Waidauer
Browninig
Charles Corpesius
Nashville
Tom Taylor
Cornelius
Waidauer
Peen
Defense Counsel
Robert T. Johnson
pro-Browning
Waldaver
Johnson
Waldauer
Board
Worhir
Cornelis
Charles M. Bon
Menphis
Sheley
Russia
Bryan
Frank Cinnor
Browning
Lee F. Ware
Shelby
Hiimself
Ton Tay- Inr
Weather forecast summary for Friday and weekend
Weather notes show generally fair conditions with a warmer trend on Friday and Saturday. Light rain possible in extreme west tonight. Calder in southeast and extreme west portions experience rain. Friday turns slightly colder in eastern and central portions with showers likely in the east.
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Ik Asd
Nancy Holbrook to Wed Guy Stillman in Chicago Society Tie
Chicago high school senior Nancy Holbrook, 17, will marry Guy Stillman, son of Mrs. Fowler McCormick and James Stillman of New York, according to reports.
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Chicago
Nancy Holbrook
Guy Stillman
Carmack Enters Senate Race in Tennessee Primary
Nashville March 17 Edward Whird Carmack former Murfreesboro publisher and son of the late Senator announces Democratic bid for U S Senate. He backs the Tenner Valley Authority program and urges two committed representatives for vigilant support of the policy. He seeks the remaining four years of the Bachman term, succeeding Senator George L Berry appointed by Governor Browning.
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Nashville
Edward Whird Carmack
Mireesboro
Theate
U.S. Sente
Hiev
Tenner
Carmack
Nathan L. Bach
George L. Berry
Browning
Mississippi Synod Faces Rebuffs in Court Row
Memphis march report on Prechancery court action involving the Mississippi Synod of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Judge Swapston upheld a 1924 concurrent resolution limiting college board seats to four directors including a Memphis resident, while Mississippi Synod had seated a Jackson pastor and kept opposing seats, with further rulings on oaths and seating.
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Memphis
Mippi
Southern Presbyterian Church
Southwestern College
John EB. Swapston
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Pacobeec
Clarksville
Tenn
Mississippi Synod
W H. McIntosh
Jackson
Miss
College
Dic
New Hospital Expected Soon in Wingsport
Reports say a new hospital in Wingsport is virtually assured with ground to be broken within three months. About four dozen physicians have expressed support and a building site of two and a half acres has reportedly been donated. Details on location funding capacity and type of hospital remain undisclosed.
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Snothiy Hospital
Wingsport
Ickes Will Aid TVA In Buying Private Power
Secretary Ickes said he would not let PWA's 150 million municipal power program block TVA negotiations to purchase private electric facilities in the Tennessee Valley. He noted possible Senate House inquiry into TVA and said the PWA does not intend to dictate municipal actions. He added cities with loans may take time to consider purchases, and Willkie welcomed steps toward government purchase of Commonwealth and Southern assets.
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Washington
Marcel
Ickes
PWA
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate House
Tekes
Public Works Administration
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern
David E. Lilientaaj
Parley Called to Study Dangers of War and Aggression
Soviet Foreign Minister Litvinoff urged major powers including the United States to discuss joint action to curb aggression and prevent a new world massacre. He aimed to save Czechoslovakia from German attack and address conflicts involving Lithuania and Poland. The plan envisions exchanges tantamount to a conference to deter war.
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Moscow
Litvinoff
Germany
Japan
Italy
United States
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Lithuania
Penick to Face Federal Charges in Embezzlement Case
Jackson attorney Penick surrendered in Los Angeles after a warrant for embezzlement of U S Veterans Administration funds. He remained in custody as authorities consider plans for his return to Jackson. Penick said he was ready to face charges and had fled Jackson after learning of the investigation.
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Jackson, Tenn
Albert K. Penick
Jackson
U. S. Veterans’ Administration
U. S
L. R. Featherstone
Memphis
Los Angeles
Tom Patton
Penick
Sieviff
Morris
Feff Jackson
Insurgent Raids Claim 284 Lives in Barcelona
Barcelona reports eight insurgent air raids over 13 hours leaving at least 28 dead and hundreds wounded. Rescue teams faced ongoing bombardment as debris cleanup began and a central district six story buildings collapsed after a direct hit.
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Barcelona
Spain
E.S.T
Mother slays six of nine children in Texas farm home
A Texas mother, Lillie May Curtis, 43, confessed to killing six of her nine children at a lone farm house, kissing them goodbye as they slept. District Attorney Wardrow Lane planned murder charges. Curtis was under a five year suspended sentence for killing her husband in 1936. Justice of the Peace Ben Eddins said the six bodies lay in one room as officers arrived just after midnight.
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Tex
Wardrow Lane
Lillie May Curtis
Robert Curtis
Marcie Jack
Margie Ree
Robert
Billie Burke
Gloria Jean
Curtis
Justice of the Peace
Ben Eddins
Lile
Arrest Orders Issued for Clericals as Vienna Tense
March 17 Vienna reports Himmler ordered arrest of all persons in clerical quarters for spreading rumors about a new national socialist Austria. The move targets clericals, blamed for unrest and harming Reich foreign relations. Flying squads to act. Free Mason lodges to be watched and closed. Buerchel launches April 10 plebiscite drive for Austro German union. Reich War flag raised over old Austrian war office with Von Bock present.
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Vienna
Henrich Himmler
Germany
Austria
Reich
Mussolini
South
Tyral
Joseph Buerchel
Saar
Reich War
Gen. von Bock
Eighth Army Corps
River Threatens Town in Alabama Elba Braces For Pea River Flood
Beavers Dem Creek flood breach threatens Elba Alabama as the Pea River rises after heavy rains. Mayor Mullins hopes for no repeat of 1929 disaster while weather officials warn of potential 35 to 50 foot crests along nearby rivers. Backwaters flood downtown areas and the levee breach spans about 100 yards amid a 7% complete levee project costing roughly 250000 dollars.
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Elba
Ala
L. P. Mullins
A. A. Stoessen
Pensacola Weather Bureau
Gav. Bibb Graves
Alabama
Courthouse
Beaver Dem Creek
River Falls
Choctawhatcher
Geneva
Florida
Brewton
Lowland
Blunt cabinet backed by 462 to 110 vote in Paris
In Paris the premier Leon Blunt secured cabinet backing with a 462 to 110 confidence vote amid a declaration of an immediate expansion of Pragice's armament program. In Washington Senator Norris opposed expanding presidential power to reorganize government bureaus despite IWA inclusion. In London sources warned Chamberlain's government faced pressure on foreign policy from war secretary Leslie Hare-Betisha. In Hendaye, rebels seized Caspe after driving government defenders from the town as they advance toward the Mediterranean.
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Blum
Paris
Leon Blunt
Chamber of Deputies
Ster
Pragice
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Letley
IWA
London
Sai
Chamberlain
Leslie Hare-Betisha
Caspe Hendaye
Francs
Caspe
Mediterranean
Winston Churchill
Robert J. G. Boothey
Labor Party
Earl Baldwin
Bewsley
America Must Strengthen Armed Forces to Protect Itself
London reports a cabinet crisis as Prime Minister Chamberlain faces pressure from Youth Secretary Leslie Hore Belisha and influential conservatives urging a firmer war stance. Threats of resignation and possible interim government loom as debates over policy toward European dictators intensify.
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America
Sec
Hull
Leslie Hare
Belisha
Europe
Thaat Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Gate City Youth Killed Crossing Road
Elmer Hackney an 11 year old son of a highway employee was killed when struck by a car driven by Jack Johnson near Gate City. The accident occurred about 4 15 am as Hackney darted across the road. Johnson rendered aid and reported the incident. No charges were filed. the crash is deemed unavoidable. The body was taken to McConnell Funeral Home.
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Sperint
the Times
Gate City
Elmer Hackney
Hackney
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Shariff J. E. Quiltin
Young Hackney
Audrey Estepp
Elbert Estepp
Carl Jennings
Clifford Davidson
Quillin
Davidson
Daniel Boone Railway Yards
Lancaster Church
Quillini
McConnell Funeral Home
Welfare Director Slashes Tennessee Public Assistance Funds
Nashville reports a 1.5 million dollar cut in Tennessee public assistance. Welfare Director Roy L. Garis says no reduction in case load will occur, explaining the shortfall means unspent money simply remains unfunded, not impounded. The cut affects matched state, federal, and county funds, with quotas already reached.
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Nashville
P— Welfare
Roy L. Garis
Tennessee
Garis
Blum Announces Large Arms Fund
Paris March 17 Premier Leon Blum announced an immediate arms expansion as he presented the new people's front government to the Chamber of Deputies. The cabinet authorized defense ministers to commit extraordinary armaments expenditures of 4650000000 francs to buy new fighting planes and asked parliament to approve additional exceptional spending.
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Paris
Europe
Leon Blum
People's Front
Chamber of Deputies
Roosevelt names three ICc members to form emergency rail plan
White House says railroad finances are critical and President Roosevelt designated IC C members Walter Selwit Joseph Haste man and Charles Mahaffie to a special committee. They will report on March 24 with concrete recommendations for immediate congressional action to stabilize the rail system amid possible consolidation measures.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Walter M. W Selwit
Joseph B. Hasteman
Charles D. Mahaffie
Stephen T. Early
I €C
Sprawn
Hull Urges Armed Peacefor World Security
Secretary of State Hull outlines nine months of arming for protection against international lawlessness. He argues force cannot become the standard of global order and calls for peace through consultation, collaboration, and preparedness while opposing seclusion. He warns that withdrawal from world affairs threatens security and cites rising lawlessness and threats of war in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Hull
America
National Press Club
Europe
Asia
Litvinoff
Germany
Japan
Italy
Breach of Promise Hearing Slated To Be Aired Tuesday
Mary Evelyn Lambe a song and poetry writer sues FR N Cregger for 50000 alleging he advertised for a wife and promised marriage. The case set for trial next Tuesday in Kingsport Law Court with jury and nonjury docket details noted. The suit drew publicity before and after filing as Lambe claims a wedding date was promised before Cregger wed another woman.
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Mary Evelyn Lambe
FR. N. Cregger
Kingsport Law Court
A. N. Hawk
Hawk
Gourt
Lambe
Cregger
Miss Latthe
Scott County
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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