Primaries Are Three Seek Governor's Seat
Maryland voters begin voting in four state primaries with Roosevelt facing Breckinridge in Maryland. California shows intra party splits as Sinclair and McGroarty push for Roosevelt while Warren denies Hoover pick claims. Tennessee names Browning Dossett and Wright in governorship race while Berry declines candidacy citing duties with Roosevelt program. Georgia and Arkansas report lynching incidents. three killings linked to mob violence shock region.
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Berry
South
Associated Preas
Maryland
Roosevelt
Henry Breckinridge
New York
California
All M. Landon
Kansas
Upton Sinclair
John S. McGroarty
Sinclair
McGroarty
MacGronity
South Dakota
Borah
Idaho
London
Alabama
U.S
Nashville
Tenn
Gordon Browning
Huntingdon
Burgin E. Dossett
Jacksboro
C. W. Wright
Oneida
George L. Berry
Pretty Pennies EMEA NOX Treasuryholdings Query
Treasury official John Ficster reports tangled holdings across EMEA and NY slate accounts. Incomplete records show fragmented shares and potential conflicts over the first aversion event amid ongoing financial scrutiny by Coroukarti Thests.
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EMEA
Nox
Tressurer
John
Ehorks Fostven
Ohwyntais
Coroukarti Thests
Weather Outlook by Region
Cloudy and warm in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky with fair skies and slightly warmer tonight. Virginia expects fair and cooler conditions in the east, while North Carolina forecasts cooler Tuesday with gradual warming elsewhere.
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Wrat
Ain Warner
Mirginia
North Carolina
Hagood to retire from active duty after brief command
Washington May 4 Major General Johnson Hagood retires from active duty after serving one full day as commanding officer of the sixth army corps area in Chicago. He spent seven weeks in military exile over WPA spending questions and plans to return to Charleston to write a book on national defense costs. He worked with Sears Roebuck while inactive and declined a permanent position. His friends say he was vindicated. He says retirement is needed to preserve his dignity and prestige. Continued on page eight.
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Washington
Sixth Army Corps
Chicago
Johnson Hagood
Charleston
United States
Th Corps
San Antonio
Hagood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Congress
Remai
Republicans Will Hold Convention In Nashville
Tennessee dispatch reports the Republican state executive committee arranging for the state convention to endorse Alf M Landon for the presidential nomination. The first seven congressional districts pledge 11 delegates. the eighth district votes May 12. the ninth district fights between Church and McCall factions in Shelby county Memphis. Two conventions in Memphis split. Church group for Landon, McCall group silent. Four delegates to be chosen at the state convention Tuesday.
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Nashvelle
Tenn
Republican
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Kansan
Shelby County
Memphis
Robert Kh.church
John B. McCall
Landon
McCall
How
Contioun
New Clue Sought in Brutal Chattanooga Murder
Chattanooga police seek new clues in the case of Mrs. Eula Mac McConnell a 23 year old who was beaten in her apartment last week and died the following day radio cars patrol the district to deter further attacks funeral services held in Montgomery Alabama as her husband theater manager Tommy Y McConnell says no plans are made until things settle down parents live in Albany and Montgomery further details remain unclear
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Chattanooga
Eula Mac McConnell
Montioemery
Ala
McConnell
Tang
Montgomery
Tommy Y. McConnell
Beis
Albany
Jury Hears More Testimony Amid Legal Battle Pending
Prosecution in the Shoemaker flogging case presents further testimony as a high court ruling on obtaining transcripts of grand jury witnesses stalls. Seven former Tampa policemen face trial, with one victim dead. Mayor Chancery accuses remaining defendants of wrongdoing as changes shake the police ranks.
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Joseph Shoemaker
Vicetim
Talbissee
Sis
High Court
R. F.L. Chancey
Tampa
DP. G.tittswarth
Tittswarth Andromedy
Rex Farrier
Swight Yates
Page Eight
Labor Convention Under Way In Chattanooga
The Tennessee Federation of Labor opened its 49th annual convention in Chattanooga with about 165 delegates expected. Leaders anticipated talks on the Rockwood strike and Memphis city employee unionization efforts, while Major George L. Berry was slated as a principal speaker. The three day meeting included a banquet Tuesday night and officer elections on Wednesday.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Memphis
Tennessee Federation of Labor
RS. McCann
Rockwood
Nyarsen
S. Matt. Lynch
Nbor
Lynch
McCunch
Memphis Trades and Labor Council
Urere
Leftists Win French Votes Gain Control
Socialist leader Leon Blum announced readiness to take power as the Socialists emerge as the largest party in France's parliament with 146 seats. They claim authority to form a people's front government as the existing cabinet stays on until the chamber convenes on June 1.
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Richard KR. Massock
Associated Press
Paris
France
Leon Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Taxes And Relief Problems Viewed In Washington
Legislators faced another week on taxes and relief as House leaders planned to bring the relief question to the debate stage by week’s end. The appropriation committee staff worked overtime on a deficiency bill including a 1.59 billion dollar relief appropriation requested by President Roosevelt for next year. Debates on WPA plans to receive the bulk of funds continued, with WPA administrator Harry Hopkins asserting the program favors road work as an asset to the nation, while Senator Bourne contends costs exceed those of the Civil Works Administration.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
WPRA
WPA
Senator Barbour
Civil Works Administration
Wallace criticizes high farm tariff during Nebraska talk
In Lincoln at the University of Nebraska Secretary Wallace denounces a high tariff as a cure for agriculture and outlines a four-part program. He warns farmers they risk being sold down the river, urges maintaining supply, reopening world trade, conserving soil, and boosting the home market while seeking durable farm protections.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wallace
University of Nebraska
Wallned
Walhiee
Fudusley
Rioting Natives Repulsed by U S Fighting Diplomat
Mrs. Murray Bleefeld depicted as a mystery woman in the Paul Hendel abduction case. Sol Marcus, a 33-year-old Trenton bookmaker, is shown being questioned in New York as authorities pursue leads. Marcus denies criminal intent and says a New Jersey tavern keeper ordered him to pay 150 dollars to Bleefeld, whose husband Murray Bleefeld remains at large.
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Murray Bleefeld
Paul Hendel
Sol Marcus
Trenton
New York
Marcus
New Jersey
Bleefeld
Central
Pair Accused in Murder Life Insurance Is Sought
Los Angeles May 4 A murder charge naming Robert James a 38 year old barber as the slayer of his fifth wife was prepared by District Attorney Baron Fitts. Also held as a material witness was Charles Hope a 37 year old unemployed ranch hand allegedly accused by James as the fellow plotter who drowned the 28 year old woman in her bathtub last August. James sought double indemnity on the life insurance policy and released a letter from Mrs James to her sister describing illness. The case hinges on the drowning in a tub and a claim of a snake bite during a staged accident.
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Los Angeles
Pii
Robert James
Baron Fitts
Charles Hope
James
R H. Stewart
Lis Veens
Topo
Dstrict
Jones
Hope
Paige
Berryman Brother Imprisonment Prompts Last Train Hope
Dalton Berryman of Dyersburg travels toward Sacramento to visit his condemned brother Johnnie, who awaits execution for killing a California farmer. A Good Samaritan bought him a ticket as a Bible class group offered aid and prayers. The drama unfolds with Dalton, illiterate, clinging to faith and a possible reunion before May 25.
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Memphis
Dalton Berryman
Dyersburg
Sundey Schooel
Sacramento
Calif
Dalton
Johnnie
Poulsom State Prison
California
Tim
Dilton
Cane
Ruireud Elcot
Gage
Genial old man predicts 110 years or more
Abw Brn North Carolina May 4. The Hughes, a man who is father at 4 predicted today he would live at least 110 years. He ridiculed reports of improved health and said he expects to see his next child born in June. The Confederate veteran tends a garden and does chores, married since 1933 to his second wife 28.
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N.C
Pughes
Ratie Tillman
Tim
New
Hughes
Ethiopian Crisis Deepens as Engert Fends Off Mob
American Minister Cornelius Van H. Engert and a small guard repelled a mob at the U.S. legation in Addis Ababa. One attacker was killed or wounded while Italian forces advanced toward the city. Reports say Eritrean troops moved up as Badoglio issued daily communiques on the rapid Italian march. Refugees total about two thousand from twenty three nationalities.
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Associated Irons
Cornelius van WW
Engert
United States
Ethiopia
U. S
Addis Ababa
Washington
Haile Sedanrille
Djibouti
Palestine
Mtalopia
Munnelin
Rome
All Tonty
Altice
Sclansie
Ming
H. MM
Dilberstt
Nmfiland
Hid
Cornelius van H. Engert
State Department
Legation
Fietro Badoglio
East Africa
Italy
Badogio
Dogeah Bur
Omor Samantar
Ogaden
Mioy
Jritish Jugation
Jozation
Tywars
Addis Abia
Aymerbeah
A. R. Surbin
Leonia Lines
Calif
American Medica
Geneva
League of Regions
League of Nations
Africa
Mussolini
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Earl Warren
G O. P
Hoover
Warren
Randolph Hearst
Frank F. Merriam
Apter Sinclair
John S. McGreaty
McGreaty
McAdoo
Dossett
Browning
Wright
Major Berry
Tennessee
TWA
Pavo. Ga
Georgia
Arkeansas
Lise
John Rushin
Marion Pate
Avanta
Arthur Raner
Interracial Commission
Royston
Enes
Colhort
Willie Rees
Lepanto
Ark
Walter Miller
Huntsville
Vivian Woodsward
Herbert Kennedy
Alf Landon
Mrs. Murray Blesfeld
Berryman
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