Ten Die As Stratocraft Plane Plummets Near Earth
Ten persons die when a four-engined Boeing airliner designed for high altitude flight crashes during a test near Wash. The aircraft breaks apart in flight while passengers and crew remain at their stations. Several Boeing engineers and Royal Dutch Airline executives are listed among the dead. An 11th person may have been aboard, and recovery teams collect wreckage amid a loud, roaring descent. The stratoliner was a planned fleet’s first unit, valued at about 300000 dollars, undergoing tests near Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Bers
Boeing
Earl A. Werguson
Joan Itra
Ralph L. Cram
William Doyle
Harry West
Ben Pearson
Giubonard
Royal Airlines
G. von Baumayer
Dutch Klm
Haris Hull
Transcontinental and
Western Airways
E. B. Nerman
Boeing Company
Seattle
Barr
Tacoma-Mount Ranier
Blane
L. W. Cilbert
Zagrande
Weather outlook fair and warmer in the southeast
Tennessee shows fair conditions and warmer trend with Sunday and Monday gradually raising temperatures in central areas. Virginia predicts fair weather with slowly rising temperatures in western and northern portions, with Monday warmer. West Virginia expects fair skies and a warming trend Sunday into Monday across east and central parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
Eyewitness Crash Account From Alder Boeing Stratoliner
Eyewitnesses in Alder Washington recount the Boeing Stratoliner crash that killed all aboard. Stanley Scurlock describes a high altitude dive a wing tear off and the plane hitting a grove of woods. State Patrolman Mike Weyns confirms instant death for those aboard. Don Christenson notes sighting the plane near ground level before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alder
Wash
Washington
Setlay
Stanley Scurlock
Frome
Mike Weyns
Tacoms State Patrol
Don Christenson
Audit rates Sullivan County offices as sound finances
A state audit by Walter F. Moody found three Sullivan County departments self sustaining and returning excess fees. The review covered former Trustee H. P. Richards and offices of S. H. Garst clerk and master and A. N. Hawk circuit court clerk, with two weeks more needed for county court clerk offices. The report cites solid records and orderly administration with good tax and bank handling, including past fund transfers and a minor overpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Walter F. Moody
H. P. Richards
S. H. Gerst
A. N. Hawk
Moody
Kingsport
Bristol
Richards
Cas
S. H. Garst
Clievit
Audi
County
Rail Collapse Feared If Help Does Not Arrive
New York March 18 leading railroad executives and Wall Street bankers study a plan to avert nationalization by allowing real management for a trial period with penalties for misconduct. The plan aims to eliminate arbitrary competition and enable timely rate changes, while warning that current federal action may only postpone a looming takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerry Paynter
New York
Wall Street
Legislatin
Washington
Pankerm
Ttn
Liiberties
U. S. Boosts Levy on Nazi Products
Washington says the Treasury imposes a 25 percent countervailing duty on many German exports effective April 23, following State Department denunciation of Germany’s Czech actions. The move, under the 1930 tariff law, targets subsidized goods and comes after Attorney General Murphy’s ruling on bartered German imports. Details on affected items were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Germany
Washington
Ceecho-Slovakia
Treasury
Reich
Czech Republic
Murphy
Plane Production and Pilot Training Near War Speed
Washington reports accelerated plane production and pilot training as the nation moves toward wartime speed. The Air Corps will double trained militia output by training 20,000 college students annually and speeding attack bomber production with a $352 million program. WPA notes 112 million for aviation facilities. 154 new airports built and hundreds expanded in 3.5 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Corps
Army
War Department
Senlate
Works Progress Administration
F. C. Harrington
WPA J
Peters Wins Nomination For Sheriff In Scott County Clash
Scott County Democrats nominated four county officers and a House of Delegates candidate at their convention. Sheriff race saw four contenders before R Leonard Peters, a Wood resident, edged out Clifford Davidson, C M Flanary and Lloyd C Gilley after three ballots. W Coleman Jr was nominated for Commonwealth Attorney and A R Quillin for Treasurer by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
House of Delegates
Scott County
Commonwealth Attorney
Wood
Clifford ¥. Davidson
C. M. Flanary
Lloyd C. Gilley
Oe W. Coleman, Jr
A. R. Quillin
Frey Charges C10 Plan Has Red Tint
AFL official John P. Frey condemns John L. Lewis proposed AFL CIO and Railroad Brotherhoods national labor federation as a Communist backed plan. Frey calls the idea identical to a two year old Communist party proposal and labels it impractical amid AFL-CIO peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frey Charges
Washington
AFL
Blanhe
John L. Lewis
John P. Frey
AFL Mere Trades
Lewis
Communist Party
CTO
AFL, Cio
Railroad
Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
White House
CIQ
APL
Cash Carry Plan For War Goods Sought
Senator Pittman proposed revision of neutrality laws to allow a cash and carry basis for American goods to warring nations. He said he would submit a resolution to repeal existing neutrality statutes, though not tied to a Stop Hitler agenda. The plan could influence British wartime advantages and Congress debate on neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittman
D-New
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
State Department
Great Britain
Committes
Hitler
J Pittman
Congress
RFC chairman chides Rep Taylor over loan denial
Washington March 18 RFC Chairman Jessus Jones quoted in the Congressional Record accuses Rep J Will Taylor of Tennessee of insinuations and misrepresentations. Jones says the RFC has derelicted in duties to small firms and explains efforts to qualify every loan despite debt. Taylor notes a Knoxville loan request of 25000 for a small aluminum plant. loan refused but expected gains cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marsh
Jessus Jones
Re- Fonstruction Finance Corporation
The
Congressional Record
J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
SFC
Bankhead
D-Ala
Jones
Craaller
Taylor
RFC
Knoxville
Tenn
Banknord
Hitler Rebuffs British and French Protests
Berlin reports Hitler rejected British and French denouncements of Germanys Czecho Slovakia actions, noting the notes were illegal and a violation of the Munich agreement. He recalled his London envoy to report, while Hitler moved to consolidate control over Bohemia Moravia Slovakia, as Europe watches the Nazi advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Enc
Agersee
Hitler
London
Herbert von Dirksen
Britain
Nbyma
Czecho- Slovakia
Foreign Office
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
Bohemia-Moravia
Slovakia
Fuehrer
Ber Wen Wiley
Alimoa
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Frotest
Cooper Axfacing turnover in 3000 Tennessee state jobs
Nashville March 18 AP Dont Look now My State Employe the chances are one in two you will be off Tennessee payroll as new governor Cooper returns from vacation. Turnover begins with dozens of appointees from Browning era facing replacement while legislators seek patronage. An official estimates 3000 of 6800 job holders may go with shift in administration and appointments to key posts including assistant and director of unemployment and tax offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tennessee
Browning
Cooper
Estes Kefauver
Chattanooga
Waisky
Hughton Aiken
Browning Apppointee
W. C.hake
Dickson
Hugh Clarke
Brownsville
N. R. Patterson F
Chattanooge
Hit and Run Victims In Four Mishaps Leave Several Injured
The report details four separate accidents with multiple injuries. A. L. Alterman, 33, of Lynn Garden, suffers a compound leg fracture and head trauma and is semiconscious in Community hospital with little hope of recovery. He was walking with his son toward Kingsport when a car sped by, struck him, and fled. The son could not identify the vehicle. Howard Strickler, 25, of Jonesboro, received chin and mouth lacerations after a highway collision between Gresneville and Geraldstown. County officers report a car driven by W. B. Hincke of Kingsport and another by Arlington Fuller swiped near the junction of highways 1 and Johnson City road. Fuller's injuries are minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Alterman
Lynn Garden
Paul Brosengill
Alterman
Gate City
Kingsport
Massengill
Howard Strickler
Jonesboro
Gresneville
Geraldstown
W. B. Hincke
Arlington Fuller
Highway 1
Johnson City
Officials demand immediate action on Sullivan County jail
Recent jail breaks drive county officials to push for a new county jail in Blountville. Circuit Judge Shelburne Ferguson County Judge TR Bendy and Sheriff Roby Miriam lament the outdated unsanitary conditions, noting Morristown Rogersville and Greeneville have modern facilities. Ferguson cites district grand jury reports urging construction as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Couty
Blountville
Ist
Shelburne Ferguson
TR. Bendy
Roby Miramih
Sullivan County
Upper East Tennessee
Ferguson
Grand Jury
Morristown
Rogersville
Greeneville
Bandy
Britain and France Move Against German Aggression Over Czecho-Slovakia
London reports Britain and France issued bitter notes to Germany over the seizure of Czecho-Slovakia and seek Soviet aid to defend Romania. Chamberlain chaired a 12 hour cabinet session, while France plans to bolster the army. Berlin and Bucharest deny some reports as diplomats report Britain and France ready formal protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
France
Germany
Romania
Soviet Russia
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Datadier
Chamber of Deputies
Tmaveting
Reich
Berlin
Busharest
Press Association
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Viscount Halifax
Actress Toby Wing Delivers Second Surprise Birth
In New York on March 11, Toby Wing and aviator Dick Merrill, who recently revealed their marriage, announced the birth of a baby boy at Calcutta Medical Center amid the ongoing surprise around their union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Toby
Wing
Dick Merrill
Fires Gain Control In Muckland Everglades Blazes
In March 72, Mu ckland fires that devastated large parts of the Everglades region were reported under control. Fire warden Stafford estimated over a quarter of a million acres burned, with remaining Broward County fires waning in two patrolled areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fiz
Everglades
We NL Staffad
Stafford
Broward County
Ares
Grundy Fire Halted By Bucket Brigade
A downtown blaze in Buchanan county town was stopped by a bucket brigade tonight after it threatened multiple business buildings. Sheriff Ratliff estimated damage at about 25,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeath
Buchanan County
F. MM. Ratliff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sullivan
U. S
Angeline Maravola
Ahave
R. Leonard Peters
Sherif
Metal Trades
Jesse Jones
John J. Hart
Fuller
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!