Kingsport Driver Dies After Church Hill Crash
Fred Howard 23 of Dale Street and a Robinson Transfer driver died at Community Hospital after a midnight collision between Church Hill and Surgoinsville. Daniel Wolfe 23 of Lynn Garden and Ray Robinson 17 of Blountville were involved. investigation by State Patrol and local police continues.
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Fred Howard
Daletreet
Robinson Transfer Company
Kingsport
Community Hospital
Church Hill
Ray Robinson
Blountville
Heward
Surgoinsville
Here
Robinson
Henard
Daniel Wolfe
Lynn Garden
Wolfe
Howard
Hawkins County
Philadelphia
Rogersville
Mead Corporation
Frank Williamson
John Martin
B. L. Hays
McIntosh Death Sentence Set Aside for New Trial
In Hazard Kentucky Perry Circuit Judge Sam M Ward set aside the second death sentence for Stephen McIntosh in the murder of Jerry Engle a teacher who punished McIntosh s 18 year old son for playing hooky McIntosh granted a new trial after the earlier conviction and sentencing in the same case.
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Hazard
Barkley and Chandler Share Same Bed-Apart
Senator Aiden W Barkley arrived for a weekend visit in Pikeville for informal renomination campaigning. Governor A B Coller, Barkley’s opponent, also stayed at the same hotel last Saturday night with a similar campaign presence.
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Barkley
Chandler
Pikeville
Sy. Maren
Aiden W Barkley
James Hatcher
A. B.coller
Chandler Opens State Headquarters in Louisville
State headquarters for Governor Chandler will be opened at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville on Monday. He opposes Senate Majority Leader Albert W. Barkley for the Democratic senatorial nomination in the August primary.
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Chandler
Louisville
Kentucky Hotel
Senate
Albert W. Barkley
Weather Outlook for Tennessee West Virginia and Virginia
Showers scattered in east and central Tennessee with fair conditions in the extreme west. Monday likely fair except for more showers in the far east. West Virginia sees showers Sunday and Monday with cooler Monday. Virginia experiences showers with variable temperatures Sunday and Monday. Kentucky expects showers Sunday and Monday with cooler conditions, except again in the extreme east.
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Falk
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Kingsport Favored for New National Guard Unit Site
Tennessee officials consider Kingsport as the home for one of two new national guard units in the East Tennessee region. Adjutant General R O Smith evaluated cities including Morristown Johnson City Lenoir City Greeneville and Rockwood. A decision will hinge on manpower armory facilities and community support.
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Kingsport
Chattanooga
R. ©. Smith
Browning
Smith
Tennessee
War Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Morristown
Johnson City
Lenoir City
Greeneville
Rockwood
R. O. Smith
Tares
National Guard
Youth Confesses Extortion Note in Newark Case
A 16 or 17 year old Newark probationer was held on 25 bail after confessing to writing six letters demanding 30000 for the return of Peter Levine missing for weeks. Stanley Jasosky, arraigned after police and FBI questioning, admitted writing the notes but said he did not take part in the kidnapping. He was placed on five year probation in 1935 for an attempted holdup and transferred to Jersey City after arraignment.
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Newark
N. J
Murray Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Levine
Peter
Peterson Bagliva
Stanley Thomas Jasosiy
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jersey City
Jasozky
Coalition For ME Churches Faces Splits
Southern Methodist leaders debated unification with northern branches as plans move toward a Birmingham vote on April 28. Editor Wirm P. King praised the merger for the Southern element while Bishop Collins Denny warned that unity would require accepting racial equality and Negroes in church schools.
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Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal
Birmingham
iWirm P. King
Christian Advocate
Methdrst Episcopal Church
South
Hishop Collins Denny
Richmond
Atlanta
Denny
Augusta
Lindy snatch law appeal by Sea Lund lawyers
Attorneys for kidnapper John H Sea Lund filed a notice of appeal challenging the Lindbergh law after his sentencing to death by electric chair. The appeal grants an automatic stay and delays execution at least until May 9, while court-appointed lawyers prepare. Sea Lund pleaded guilty to the $50,000 ransom abduction of Charles A Ross, with his deputy James Atwood Gray slain at the hideout near Spooner Wisconsin.
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Chicago
John Henry Sealund
Hie
Seadlund
John P. Barnes
Charles
Ross
Sead
June
James Atwood Gray
Providence
Spooner
Wis
Barnes’ Court
Blood and rubble mark Barcelona air raid respite
After two days of relentless bombardment Barcelona shows a brief lull as Insurgent raids pause. Death tolls run into the hundreds with thousands wounded. hospitals overflow while city life tentatively resumes amid scenes of destruction and fear.
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Robert Okin
Barcelona
Spain
Clinic Hospital
Judge refuses new trial for White Tollett
In Elizabethton on March 19, Circuit Judge Ben Allen overruled a defense motion for a new trial in the dynamite slaying case. White Miller Tollett, sentenced to die, awaits execution as co-defendant Lester hanged in his cell.
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Elizabethton
Lester
J. M. Moreland
Tollett
State Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
Moreland
Harmon Gouge
Hampton
Here
Ulyses Walling
Lee Waller
East Tennessee
Craye Tollett
White
Four Toronto Mothers Win Stork Derby Estate
In Toronto on March 1, Justice W E diddiction announced that four mothers share the $50,000 Charles Vance Millar stork derby, each with nine eligible babies born after Millar’s death. Winners are Mrs Annie Smith, Mrs Kathleen Nagle, Mrs Lucy Alice Timleck, and their families.
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Toronto
Charles Vance Millar
Millar
W. E.diddicton
Ontario Supreme Court
Annie Smith
William
Kathleen Nagle
John
Nagles
Lucy Alice Timleck
Arthur
Timlecks
Heart Balm Suit Tops Docket Here
Mary Evelyn Lambe a 24 year old song writer and RN Cregger former fiancé face a $50 damager suit in Kingsport court Tuesday. Witnesses have been summoned as Lambe aims to collect from Cregger who wed Winnie Breeding in Gate City Virginia days after announcing engagement to Lambe. Lambe contemplates breach of promise claims amid the public testimony.
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Mary Evelyn Lumhe
Benn
N. Cregger
Julge Shetfurne Bersnsan
Cregger
Thy Vimes
Weiter
Miss Lambe
Mary Evelyn Lambe
Kingsport
Scott County
Virginia
Beore
Winnie Breeding
Kingsport Times
Gate City
Cregret
Judiciary Shakeup Urged To Halt Crime In Kingsport
Judge Shelburne Ferguson told a Kingsport League of Women Voters open meeting that the current judiciary promotes crime. He cited national statistics, citing lax enforcement, high numbers of criminals at large, and potential for executive pardons to thwart justice.
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Ferguson
United States
Shelburne Ferguson
Kingsport League of Women Voters
League
Kingsort
Massachusetts
Jrom
J., Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Perguson
Lithuania Holds Indépendence Amid European Pressures
Lithuanians insist on independence while facing Polish demands and German pressure as Prague Vienna and London react to Nazi moves. Czech government expands German district authority, while Lithuania capitulates on border tensions without surrender.
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Europe
Lithuania
Poland
Austria
Great Britain
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Russia
League of Nations
Paris
Wilns
Wiltto
Baltic
Germany
Shelby election body doubled in Shelby county dispute
Memphis political clash over election control erupts as Crump and Browning factions contest registration and voting authority. Circuit court actions suspend board moves while Tennessee officials wrestle for influence ahead of the August Democratic primary pitting Governor Browning against Crump ally Prentice Cooper.
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Tent
Shelby County
Gordon Browning
Crump
Central
Cipenit Court
Lale
State Election Board
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T. Galen Tate
Samuel Johnson
David Hanover
Nashville
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W. Lytle McKee
Joel Thompson
Ross Mathews
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Roy Wallace
Comptro
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