Middle State Hiring And Firing For State Men Approved
Tennessee officials reported a new high in state personnel changes as Governor Cooper's administration cleared 49 appointments and 34 dismissals. The tax department led with 19 appointments and 14 dismissals, while F. C. Hudson was named supervisor of the Memphis tax office at $225 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Cooper
Tax Department
Hudson
F. C. Hudson
Memphis
Dennis Henley
J. ©. Johnson
Robert Irvine
Ben C. Ezell
Claude Doherty
Harold F. Sykes
James Lehman
Robert T. Choate
H. M. Ross
Robert
Hale Loses Nomination for Roving Federal Judge Post
Attorney Winfield Hale of Rogersville a leading East Tennessee lawyer failed to gain the recommended appointment as roving federal judge from Senators McKellar and Stewart. His name had been a likely choice but did not secure endorsement. Bob Taylor of Johnson City also surfaced as a nominee possibility.
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Winfield Hale
Rogersville
East Tennessee
K. D. McKelar
Tom Stewart
Hale
Bob Taylor
Johnson City
Tennessee Senators Recommend Davies for Middle District Judge
In a surprise move the Tennessee senators recommend Elmer D. Davies of Nashville for judge of the middle district and Leslie R. Carr for the roving eastern district. They note the vacancies arose after the deaths of Judge John J. Gore and William Baxter Lee, and explain geography and merit influenced their choices despite a wealth of strong applicants.
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Davies
John J. Gore
Middle District
William Baxter Lee
Tennessee
Elmer D. Davies
Nashville
Leslie R. Carr
Jasper
Tenn
Weather outlook for Tennessee and nearby regions
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with light rain possible. Temperatures rise tonight then fall slightly Saturday afternoon. Tennessee forecasts show warmer tonight and cooler Saturday afternoon. Virginia reports cloudy day with light rain and a slight warmup in extreme western areas tonight.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Krenev
Bridge Washout Prompts Fatalities in Mississippi
A bridge washout near Vilkburg Mississippi left at least 14 dead after a large salvage operation recovered four more bodies from the mud and water. Ten cars and a truck were swept away with two still missing as gas ignited on the river floodwaters and rescuers faced dangerous conditions.
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Vilksburg
Miss
Clear Creel
O. H. Kitchens
Greenville
Oak Grove
Sam St. Campbell
Annette
Jackson
Bradley
Childs
Schillings
Campbells
Ralph Hollister
State Highway Patrol
Vicksburg
Washolt
Mercer Faculty Faces Heresy Charges In Georgia
Masreh 21. Five Mercer University faculty members face charges of heresy weighed by university officials after allegations from 13 ministerial students. A student body demonstration followed as letters were sent to 3,000 Baptist ministers accusing instructors of denying biblical inspiration and portraying Adam and Eve as myths.
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Macon
Mercer University
Too Much Imagination Orphan Sent Home By Woman
In Nashville Marea 21 a boy named Robert Hickson recounted an orphan tale to Mrs Virginia Sprouse who sheltered him briefly. She deemed his story a hoax after questioning him and sent him back to his parents in Oak Dale, Kentucky. Meanwhile police had found him at Nashville station seeking farm work and many applicants offered help before the boy chose the Burrus home.
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Nashville
Marea
Ollert Hickson
Ozkale
Tony
Robert
Virginia Sprouse
Robert Burrus
Sprouse
Iin
Andrew Hickson
Oak Dale
Danville
Tom H. O'Neal
Burrus Behe
Extra care used to hold suspects in county jail
Special measures have been taken to safeguard three suspects in the 3000 mail robbery case. Floyd Bruce, 29, and his brother Ray Bruce were indicted, and Helen Volks alias Helen Bruce is charged with harboring Floyd. They were moved to separate cells. arrangements for arraignment at Bowling Green are planned as jail rules were tightened.
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Louisville
Guthrie
Martin Connors
Connors
Floyd Bruce
Ray
Hilaville
Conners
Bowling Green
Wy Conners
Britain France ready to back Poland against German invasion
Britain and France indicate willingness to support Poland militarily amid looming German aggression. In Washington on March 31, Administrator Elmer F Andrews urged passage of Norton wage hour amendments to improve enforcement and reduce hardships, while the Social Security Board proposed disability annuities tied to prior earnings, not yet committing to immediate enactment.
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Britain
France
Poland
Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Congress
Norton
D.-Nul
House Labor Committee
Andrews
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
United States
County May Hire Out Jail Workers Proposal Considered
A plan to hire Sublivax county prisoners to nearby counties for work was discussed at Blountville during the quarterly standing committees meeting. Magistrate George B. Bradley said Sullivan County officials ruled prisoners may work elsewhere under state statute, with the host county paying the hire as agreed.
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George B. Bradley
Blountville
Sullivan County
Ceesar
Slum Clearance Survey Notes Fifty Standard Houses In Kingsport
Kingsport officials disclosed a Slum Clearance Committee study showing 351 substandard and 98 near standard dwellings among 500 inspected. only about 50 houses meet standard conditions across five slum districts. The Gibsontown area could be upgraded cheaply with sewer connections via a city project. districts surveyed include East Sullivan to Oak Streets area and Slabtown. The Kingsport Housing Authority plans to submit data and photos to USHA in Washington next week.
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Kingsport
Gibsontown
WEA
East Sullivan
Bristol Highway
Oak Streets
Poplar, Dale
Myrtle
Mead Corporation
Slabtown
USHA
Board of Commisioners of
Mussolini Says Italians Ready to Wait for France Claims
Reggio Calabria Italy March 31 Premier Mussolini declared Italians ready to wait decades for fulfillment of claims on France. He accused detractors of being weak minded beyond the Alps and praised Italian unity of people and armed forces. He tied the issue to Tunisia Djibouti and the Suez Canal and pledged readiness to defend an empire built by the people.
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Reggio
Calasria
Italy
Mar
Mussolini
Aspeech
France
Rome
Tunisia
Jibuti
Suez Canal
Daladier
Duce
Alps
Last Minute News Flashes and Global War Updates
News briefs report a Black man executed in Baton Rouge for assault on a LSU co ed, a U.S. House vote defeating an administration relief bill increase for WPA through June, Hitler’s planned remarks in Wilhelmshaven, Slovakia agreeing to Hungarian terms, and Spain’s embassy transfer to Colombia as US recognition of Franco government looms.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Japs Take Over Spratly Islands
Tokyo announces Japan has assumed jurisdiction over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, a 247 acre group between British North Borneo and French Indo China. The move blocks the Philippines and isolates Hong Kong, placing Japan near Hai Nan and within reach of the Dutch East Indies.
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Tokyo
Spratly Islands
South China Sea
British North Borneo
Indo-China
Singapore
Japan
Philippines
Hainan
Hongkong
Dutch East Indies
Sau
South Failed Contends Editor at Education Meeting
Mark Ethridge, Louisville Courier-Journal executive, told 600 educators at the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools that the South could become wealthy but remains a colonial possession under unfair freight rates and self imposed tariffs. He urged free trade within the region as delegates from 11 states convened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
South
Mark Ethridge
Jie
Louisville, Ky
Courieger
Louisville
Cowrierdournal and
Times
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
United States
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N.C
World seen held in grip Nazi fear
World nerves taut as Nazi expansion fears rise. White House sources say Britain and France pledge to defend Poland and others, while Roosevelt avoids press briefing. Officials warn responsibility for any general war rests with Germany if invasion occurs. Roosevelt rests in Georgia and stays in touch with Europe via phone.
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Warm Springs
Ger
Roosevelt
Chamberlain
House of, Commons
Britain
Poland
France
Germany
State Department
Europe
Hope
White House
Munich
Near East
Far East
Africa
Americas
Church Unions Aimed to Protect Property in Union
Nashville March report outlines safeguarding property interests of the merging Methodist branches ahead of the April 26 Kansas City conference. The plan, in a yearlong study by eight committees for the joint commission on union of the northern and southern Methodist churches and the Methodist Protestant church, appears in the prospectus of discipline.
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Nashville
Kansas City
Diszipplin
Joint
Commission On Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Conferences Limited
Ste Church
Britain and France Back Poland With Arms Support
London March 31 Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Britain and France would back Polish independence with arms while seeking to stabilize Europe. He said their governments would lend the Polish authorities all support in their power if Poland resisted threats to independence, and that France stood in the same position. The announcement signaled a reversal of a year-old stance and came as UK and Soviet Russia discussed the momentous decision.
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London
Chamberlain
Germany
House of Commons
Britain
France
Poland
Danzig
Arontiers
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
Foreign Office
Kennnedy
Free
Pomorze
East Prussia
Russia
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Soviet
Beloved Ky Farmer Captured After 27-Hour Siege
Virgil Patterson a 63 year old Lawrenceburg farmer held off state police deputies for 27 hours from a barricaded four room pine house. Officers finally forced entry with assistance from Phil Spencer and Carl Estepp and took Patterson into custody without further incident. Patterson had been released from Western State Hospital at Lexington two years earlier after being confined as insane.
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Lawrenceburg
Marci
Virgil Patti
Phil Spencer
Patterson
Carl Estepp
Brugn Stinett
Eastern State Hospital
Spencer
Estepp
Virgil Patterson
Sherif Ernan Stinnett
Western State Hospital
Lexington
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E. D. McKellar
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Knights Templars
Blue Lodge
Palmer
Spezik
B. W. Palmer
A. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Clyde Hubert Wilson
Knoxville
St. Omar Commandery
Bristol
Hackman
Morris
Town
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Deiks
Artos Cera Brown
Martin Madison Allen
Masonic Hall
Shelby Street
Ellahugh Waymen
Kingsport Lodge
W. W. Martin
Pulaski
Cowper
Board of
Dental Examiners
Charlotte, N. C
Thio
Okeh
Social Security Board
Ways and Means Committee
Arthur J. Altmayer
Rior
Memphis, Tenn
Pretty Hope Brewster
Helena
Ark
Nena
Mississippi Rive
Baton Rouge
Dave Johnson
Louisiana State University
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Slovakia
Budapest
Fernando Denos Rich
Lopez Pumarejo
Spain
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