Roosevelt denies plan or desire to annex powers
President Roosevelt rejects charges that his government reorganization plan aims to make him a dictator. In a letter published by Secretary McIntyre, he asserts no inclination or qualifications for dictatorship, and notes the opposition has manufactured a political issue a year into the debate. He recounts bogies like abolishing the army engineer corps and Hannahstrung forestry as examples of alleged fears.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
United States of America
Marvin McIntyre
ICST
Fort Benning
Pine Mountain Valley
McIntyre
Senate
Army Engineer Corps
Congress
Forestry Service
Forestry
United States
Powers Consider Withdrawal Plan From Spanish War
The Spanish non intervention group of major European powers met to discuss a British withdrawal formula as the civil war nears resolution. Franco's planners pressed east against Barcelona and Lerida while government forces retreated. 3,000 soldiers crossed into France seeking sanctuary after Pyrenees crossings by others. Continued on page twelve.
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Presa
Spanish Non-Intervention Committee
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Soviet
Russia
Barcelona
Eight Thousand Auto Tags Sold in Sullivan County
Sullivan County motor vehicle tag sales hit 8,000 by noon led by County Court Clerk H W Cosenhayer. About 5,000 more sets were sold last week with 6,500 class C tags included. Offices in Bristol Blountville and Kingsport close early today leaving many drivers tagless until tomorrow. The 1937 tag deadline ends at midnight with 1938 tag enforcement by state patrols. Copenhaver estimated roughly 3,000 of 13,000 tags remain unsold amid rush effort.
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Sullivan County
H. W. Cosen-_hayer
Bristol
Blountville
Kingsport
Copenhaver
Weather turns much colder in Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Weather reports indicate much colder air sweeping Tennessee with thundershowers in the east this afternoon, light frost possible in exposed west and central areas tonight, and colder conditions continuing Friday. Virginia sees showers this afternoon and tonight then fair Friday with colder conditions late tonight and Friday. Kentucky expects dry but very cold conditions with frost possible tonight and a fair, colder Friday in the east and central portions.
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Tennessee
Portzon
Virginia
Kentucky
Politicians Admit Inability To Predict Primary Races
Sullivan county politicians concede they cannot forecast Saturday Democratic primary results. Eight sheriff candidates remain in, with four or more seen as potential nominees. For trustee, four of five contenders persist as a torrid race looms, led by W. C. Bis Pedol, T. L. Holt, Paul Gray, and Carter of Bristol.
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Sullivan County
Sheriff Stants
Trustee
Suil
W. C. “Bis” Pedol
Kingsport
T. L. Holt
Blountville
Paul “Gray
Carter
Bristol
Search starts for six airmen lost in flight
Honolulu March 31 Six US warships and 240 planes joined an intensified dawn search for six naval airmen missing after a mock warfare flight that already claimed five lives. One plane vanished over Waianae Island as a bomber crashed in bad weather during maneuvers. Survivors and rescuers worked through the night while naval officials stressed hope remains.
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Honolulu
Waiamae
Oatu Island
Lieut
L. O. Grane
Nashville
Tenn
California
Charles Signer
R. J. Barrobinn
Aval
Walton R. Sexton
Loyalists Escape Into French Town From Pyrenees
About a thousand Spanish government militiamen, cut off east of Jaca by insurgent advances, escaped into Hospice De France near Tarbes, surrendering arms without resistance. They said a thousand more were en route from the Pyrenees, claiming they evaded Barcelona guards and saw no other escape. French guards rushed to assist as weary soldiers trudged down mountain trails.
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Tarbes
France
Jaca
Pyrenees
Hospice de France
Barcelona
Screen Fame Ahead for Rosella Towne
Critics praise Pretty Rosella Towne as a Screen newcomer with a bright future in filmland according to Central Press notes.
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Rosella Towne
Central Press
Three Obstacles Bar Adjournment
Washington reporters saw three possible obstacles to a May adjournment the wage hour bill Hungary debt settlement and railroad legislation. Democratic Leader Barkley urged quick tax revision naval expansion and relief measures in April to clear the calendar unless Hungary debt talks stretch debate. Rayburn believed the House could finish its present program by May 1. A revived wage hour bill could upend plans while railroads aid remains unsettled though Roosevelt may propose action soon. Debate on government reorganization began in the House.
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Washington
Barkley
D- Ky
Senate
Hungary
Rep
Rayburn
D.-Tex
House
Chamber
Roosevelt
Congress
Garner Silent On Choices For Probe Of TVA
Washington march 31 vice president garner and speaker bankhead kept their own counsel on selections for the congressional committee to probe the tennessee valley authority the house adopted a senate approved resolution for the inquiry with minor changes senate criticism centered on whether the investigation would be a whitewash or real effort the vote followed debate over who should serve and possible hearings in the valley or in washington president roosevelt must sign the resolution and administration aides expected no obstacle the clash over additional probes into private power firms alongside the tva was defeated
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Washington
Garner
Bankhead
Congressional
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Barkley
Senate
Bridges
R-N.h
TVA
Arthur Morgan
Rep
Boileau
Wis
Congress
Roosevelt
H. A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley
FDR
Czech premier Hodza to unveil minority statute
Prague dispatch reports government spokesmen insist a new minority statute by Premier Hodza will be fair and democratic for Czechoslovakia. President Benes is said to be aiding Hodza on the draft while denial comes from claims the plan merely retitles existing minority regulations.
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Louis P. Lochner
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Lis
Eduard Benes
Hodza
Last Minute News Flashes Notice Of Naval Build Up
United States formally notified Great Britain and France today of its intention to build battleships over 35 000 tons. Detroit reports warn of a stop work strike at the Chrysler Plymouth plant as a one year UAW contract expires. Senate action completed on a TVA probe resolution after Barkley motion. In Barce lona five insurgent planes dropped 40 bombs on Matara killing five and wounding 20 before heading toward Barcelona.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Plymouth
Barcelona
Matara
Seven Deaths Tied to Cancer Serum Injections
Orlando report details a seventh death today amid an investigation into fatalities following injections of a cancer treatment serum. The bottle was sealed and seized by federal agents as officials assess contamination risks. Dr. Neal defended the serum’s past success, while acknowledging the current outbreak and ongoing inquiries.
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Orlando
Fla
F. BE. Moonett
Winter Park
T. A. Neal
Federal Food and Drug Administration
J.J. Durrett
Federal Bureau
Drug Division
Neal
Memphis Mayor lashes at slime commission in clash over crime probe
Memphis residents see new round of public feud as Mayor Overton denounces Gov. Gordon Browning’s crime commission as a slime outfit aimed at defaming the city. Chair B. C. Durham defends the inquiry amid stay orders, while officials call for open enforcement of the law. In Kingsport, a three week warm spell ends with a cold wave forecast, with possible snow flurries as temperatures drop below freezing tomorrow night.
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Gordon Brawhing
Crime Commission
Watkins Overton
Shelby County
B. C. Durham
Ripley
Overton
Durham
Nashville
Commission
Citien
State
Slime Commission
Kingsport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
McKellar
Rabbi Refuses Parley In Kidnap Case In New Rochelle
Rabbi Abraham Nowak a mediator in the February 24 kidnapping of 12 year old Peter Levine said he refused an appointment with the kidnapers because the meeting could not be exclusive with no interference. He offered to assist only if the contact involves both parents and kidnappers in a confidential, exclusive discussion, and added he stands ready to act if abductors contact him again.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Rabbi Abraham Nowak
Peter Levine
Kidnazers
Rabbi Nowak
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Halifax Attacks Neutral Backers in Europe Warning
Britain’s foreign secretary Lord Halifax told the Foreign Press Association luncheon that the English people cannot remain aloof from Europe’s crisis and criticized isolationist sentiment as envoys from Europe discussed plans for early withdrawal of foreign troops from Spain. Halifax asserted English public mood shifts but remains practical about policy.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Europe
Spain
Foreign Press Association
Lord Halifax
Storms Leave At Least 250 Hurt In Wake Of Tornadoes
Storms torn through central Illinois, southeastern Kansas, and surrounding states, killing at least 32 and injuring about 250. Rail depots and homes destroyed, hundreds homeless, and damage estimates exceed $1,000,000. Emergency crews mobilized as Pekin, Columbus, and nearby towns faced wreckage and casualties.
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Mlinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Pekin
Rushville
Astoria
Arkansas
Heber Springs
Ark
Poplar Bluff
Conway
Mitchell Baird
Minturn
Illinois
South Pekin
Roger Morris
Hamer Sullers
Hileo Johnson
Venice
Vel-Stevens
Chicago and Northwestern
Ralph Goar
Pekim
State Highway Patrol
Hlindis
Paul Smith
Alten
Columbus
Kas
Buddy Palmer
Fred Simkin
Cherokee County
Highland Grade School
Chetopa
Virginia Sappington
TVA Power Steered to Sullivan County Plan Details
Jurist Leon Jourolmon, ally of rural electrification, will address Blountville county court Monday on How to Get Tennessee Valley Authority Power in Sullivan County. His talk follows committee work and a Republican convention lunch break, with the address to occur after the meal and after court adjournment.
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Leon Jourolmon
TVA
Blountville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sullivan County
Jourdman
Jourolmon
T. R. Bandy
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