Solons Oppose Bankhead Plan to Quit June 15
Washington May 2 senators Johnson Connally and Burke voiced opposition to Senator Bankhead plan to adjourn June 15 urging Congress stay in session to keep us out of war. Johnson demanded continued action on neutral taxes and social security amendments while warning a war would end the republic. Connally and Burke supported remaining in Washington to monitor European developments and potential involvement.
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Solons
Bankhead
Congress
Washington
D-Ala
Senate
Johnson
R-Calif
Nally
D-Tex
Congress of the
United States
Senate of the
League of Nations
Chamber
George
D-Ga
Connally
Europe
Burke
D-Ned
Ush Jong
Weather forecast for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee fair tonight and through Thursday with a slight warming by Thursday. Virginia fair and cool tonight and Wednesday with light rain on the coast this afternoon and light frost in exposed western areas tonight. Kentucky fair and cool tonight then gradually rising temperatures through Thursday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
West
Kentucky
Pendergast Associate Schneider Sought as Possible Death or Foul Play
FBI teams lead a search for E L Schneider long a secretary to T J Pendergast as authorities probe whether his disappearance is suicide or foul play. Schneider's sedan and hat were found near a Missouri river bridge while federal charges against Pendergast for income tax evasion intensify.
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Kansas City
FBI
E. L. Schneider
T. J. Pendergast
U. S
Maurice M. Milligan
Pendergast
Schneider
Missouri River
Business leaders urged to restore confidence amid tax and debt strains
S Clay Williams chairman of R J Reynolds called on U S businessmen to re sell themselves to the country to rebuild confidence as the treasury suffers a widening gap between outflow and intake. He warned that the government cannot fund all demands and urged a going basis for the economy while George H Davis urged Congress to curb government growth to preserve incentives and foreign trade.
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Washington
S. Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
NRA
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Harry L. Hopkins
Williams
United States Treasury
United States
George H. Davis
Chamber
Congress
America
New Wing Reduces Air Drag To Speed Up Planes
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics announced an experiment that reduces wing drag by 65 to 75 percent, boosting speed for aircraft including military planes. Col Charles A Lindbergh serves on the committee, and the development promises faster, safer flight.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Langley Field
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Charles A. Lindbergh
Yearling Wins Pulitzer for Novel by Newspaper Woman
Marie Kinnan Rawlings, who left journalism in 1928 for fiction, wins the $1000 Pulitzer prize for The Yearling. The Florida cracker chronicle follows a 12 year old. she previously wrote South Moon Under and Golden Apples.
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New York
Marie Kinnan Rawlings
Florida
Cross Creek
Hawthorn
Fla
Louisville
Rochester, N. Y
South Moon Under
Gal Young
Columbia University
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Robert Emmet Sherwood
Revision of Taxes Grows Complex
Washington May 2 The turmoil over modification of business taxes has left the House Ways and Means Committee uncertain which path to take. Earlier plans aimed to wrap up tax legislation in two resolutions one preserving gasoline and other levies and the other suspending the social security payroll tax increase slated for next year. Now calls for a broad revision have grown with proposals ranging from ending the undistributed profits and capital gains taxes to a full overhaul of the corporate tax structure.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
House
World Methodist Union Seen Near United States Union
Bishop Frederick D. Leete of Deland Florida said the world wide union of Methodist churches is near. He spoke at a conference about uniting three branches in the United States and hinted at joining the western American and eastern European groups. Dr Gordon A. Sisco of Canada supported eventual unification.
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Kansas City
Frederick D. Leete
Deland
Fla
United States
Lette
America
England
Canada
Gordon A. Sisco
United Church of Canada
Methodist Church
Safety zone debate spans 12 mile limit to curb rum running
The State Department studies replacing the three mile territorial line with a 12 mile zone possibly reinforced in defense if war with Europe begins. Senator Pittman favors the idea only at the department's request. Europe times indicate Britain notified the German embassy of Nazis not welcome in England as Hungary’s leaders visited Berlin to boost Hungarian German ties.
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Associated Press
United States
State Department
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
British Home Office
England
Hitler
Berlin
Britain
Germany
Paul Teleky
Stephen Csaky
Hungary
Slovakia
Kingsport AHA seeks city backing for slum clearance plan
Kingsport Housing Authority board seeks cooperation from the Kingsport city council to push a USHA grant of 750000 for 250 new homes. The group defines sub standard housing as lacking running water sanitary facilities and adequate space and plans to demolish such structures and close streets if needed. Rush to complete the USHA application was noted with a May 9 return date to A J Webster.
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Board of Commissioners
Kingsport Housing Authority
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Rush
Walter F. Smith
United States Housing Authority
A. J. Webster
USHA
Kingsport
Webster
Bruce Will Not Seek City Council Re election
Kingsport vice mayor Glenn Bruce said he will not run in the June 3 city race joining Mayor W. B. Holyoke and Alderman Ed Cate who also retire. Three incumbents will depart in July leaving three newcomers to join Dr E W Tipton and J L Kincheloe. Candidates named include Karl Goerdel A L Addington and Russell Stone with filing due by May 20.
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Glenn Bruce
Kingsport
Board of Aldermen
Bruce
W. B. Holyoke
Ed Cate
E.W. Tipton
J. L. Kincheloe
Karl Goerdel
Tennessee Eastman
A. L. Addington
Russell Stone
Kingsport Press
Election Board
Bring Back Borrowed Books Week Proposed in Chattanooga
A Chattanooga notice from May proposes naming a bring back borrowed books week inviting residents to return overdue library volumes. The brief urges community participation and goodwill toward city libraries.
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Chattanooga
Slow Voter Turnout in Chattanooga Local Option Vote
May 2 Chattanooga reports only four voters in four major wards during the first two hours of polls for the local option referendum. Everett Mass. calls on cities to assist in quelling a riot amid the seamen's strike. Detroit Yankee manager McCarthy says Lou Gehrig will play today after benching himself in his 2120th straight game. Senator Bankhead's plan to adjourn June 15 prompts senate voices urging war avoidance actions.
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Chattanooga
Everett
Mass
George O. Kenney
Detroit
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Detroit Tigers
Jailed Pons Fan Seeks Personal Verdict From Lily Pons
Norwalk Connecticut May 2 Arthur Casper faces jail or a year of fines after arraignment on breach of peace charges. He traveled thousands of miles to see Lily Pons and insisted he must hear from her directly. Prosecutor John J. Cuneo said the singer wants no contact.
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Pons
Norwalk
Conn
Arthur Casper
Lily Pons
Bridgeport
California
Miss Pons
Lily
Casper
Paul R. Connery
John J. Cuneo
Poll taxes near deadline for city election in Paris
With two days left to pay 1938 poll taxes, 1 100 receipts issued as Paris Pendleton says payments may reach 1 500 before the May 4 deadline for residents to vote in the city election to replace three of five mayor and aldermen. A supplemental registration is set for May 12 and 13.
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Paris Pendleton
Pendleton
European peace faces a new hurdle over Danzig demands
In a May report From New York Chancellor Hitler presses for control over Danzig and a German extraterritorial highway through the Polish Corridor. Poland counters but does not close the door to negotiations, keeping hopes of peace alive despite hardline positions.
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Dewitt Mackenzied
Associated Press
New York
Hitler
Danzig
East Prussia
Germany
Warsaw
Poland
der Fuehrer
Green Denies AFL Amendments Tied to Manufacturers
Washington May 2. AFL President William Green denied in a letter to Senator Thomas he conferred with the National Association of Manufacturers in drafting Wagner Act amendments. Green called President Lewis's charge propaganda and said no corporate representatives advised him on the amendments to the National Labor Relations Act.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
William Green
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Manufacturers
AFL
Green
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Lewis
Labor Committee
Perkins Steps Into Deadlock Over Contract
Secretary of Labor Perkins arrived from Washington to urge settlement in the Appalachian coal contract deadlock with the United Mine Workers. James Walker Carter resigned from the operators’ delegation as talks stalled. John L. Lewis planned to present union positions to the policy committee pending a March 31 contract expiry and ongoing idle mines across the region.
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New York
Perkins
Washington
John R. Steelman
Labor Department
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
James Walker Carter
Carter Coal Company of
Carter
Lewis
Morrow
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh
TIMW
UMW
McKellar Wins Crump Backing For 1940 Reelection
E H Crump Shelby county organization will support Senator E D McKellar in his 1940 bid. Crump praised McKellar as a strong, hardworking representative who has made Tennessee well represented and urged Memphians and others to back him.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. D. McKellar
E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Crump
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
1939 Kodak Exhibit Opens Here Today
Kingsport hosts a 1939 Kodak photographic exhibit at the Tennessee Eastman recreation building through Wednesday with over 300 photos, 100 color prints, and talks by Herbert Johnson of Eastman Kodak today and Edmund Zacher tomorrow. The display runs 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, and Kingsport is the smallest city to host the tour.
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Kodak
Kingsport
Tennessee Eastman
Herbert Johnson
Eastman Kodak Company
S P.m
Morrow
Edmund Zacher
Irving Johnson
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Spain
Polish Corridor
Cenfer
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