Berry Declares FDR Supports Senate Appointment
Major George L Berry, East Tennessean and federal industrial coordinator, said President Roosevelt assured him of support for the Senate vacancy appointment created by Senator Nathan Bachman’s death. Berry denied a rumor of presidental opposition and noted Roosevelt recommended his appointment during a Washington conference with Governor Browning. The Tennessee Labor convention endorsed Berry, despite a dissenting Nashville delegate’s protest.
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William M. Thompson
Wumnes
George L. Burry
Browning
United States Senate
Nathan L. Bachman
Times
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Major Berry
Roosevelt
Washington
New Orleans
East Tennessee
Knox County
Senate
Gaveston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Mitchell Long
Knoxville
Phil Whitaker
Sam D. McRernalds
Chattanooga
Rogersville
Next Senator? Major George Berry Backed by Roosevelt
Major George L. Berry of Pressmen's Home, Roosevelt's federal com linator, announced he has the full support of Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Senate seat from the Southeast, vacant after Nathan L. Bachman's death.
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George, L. Berry
Pressmen’s Home
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fraklin D. Roosevelt
SE. S
Nathan L. Bachman
Weather Outlook For Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Occasional showers tonight and Wednesday across Tennessee and Kentucky with limited clearing. Virginia sees increasing cloudiness then late tonight light showers, with more widespread showers and possible thunder on Wednesday from west to central areas.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Pernluore
Virginia
Death penalty urged in Brig. Gen. Denhardt case
In New Castle Kentucky on May 4 the commonwealth pressed for the death penalty in the murder case against Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt over the death of his sweetheart Verna Garr Taylor. Closing arguments followed eight hours of witness testimony as jurors heard disputed evidence including paraffin tests, with the judge directing the jury on possible verdicts from murder to manslaughter and even acquittal.
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Alex McNeill
New Castle
Commonwealth
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
Charles C. Marshall
Marshall
Feneral
J. Ballard Clark
Denhardt
la Grange
Rodeskk
Myers
Clarke Otte
Joan I. Messmer
Louisville Police Laboratory
Denhardtt
Fred
Economy Bill Delays Action On Two Plans
Washington May 4 Leaders of Congress paused action on farm and flood control measures to await President Roosevelt input on economy. Action on crop insurance and farm tenancy bills was deferred until the President returns from vacation. House flood control chairman Whittington said projects for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers would wait pending a study linking flood control with power, navigation aids, and development. Reports said the budget bureau rejected the army housing program, while Swanson proposed 18.986 million for naval buildings and related work. A public works bloc urged 300 million in next year’s relief funds for municipal works. some fear voting new funds. Subcommittee members may object, but extending the PWA life likely would pass. Sympathetic views on a compromise sparked talk Senate opponents to court reorganization might accept another measure. Some favored Senator Hatch’s idea to appoint one additional Supreme Court Justice annually. Industry and labor leaders met with Perkins proposing to expand state labor mediation to prevent strikes during growth of collective bargaining. Pearl Bassham of a coal company faced Senate inquiry into Harlan county labor tensions after a union organizer was killed by mine guards. (Continued on page ten)
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Congress
Roosevelt
Whittington
D-Miss
House Flood Control Committee
Ohio
Mississippi
Budget Bureau
Army
Swanson
Woodrum
D-Va
Ickes
PWA
Senate Committee
Hatch
D-Nat
Supreme Court
Perkins
Pearl Bassham
Senate
Harlan County
Agendea
Gelendar
Byron Pone
House
Harry Burke
Browning
George H
Noted Newspaper Woman to Retire
Knoxv ille May 4 Miss Pattie Boyd longtime Knoxville society editor of the Journal retires after 51 years at her desk and 30 000 wedding announcements She recalls flowered prose in the old days and notes she kept out excess frills through a career spanning more than half a century Last year marked 59 years with the Journal with a large reception on April 26
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Knoxville
Pattie Boyd
East Tennessee
Journl
Lodgy
Journal
Miss Boyd
Rights of employees and employers under the Wagner act
A Washington report from May 4 outlines employee rights to form and join unions and to bargain collectively, and details how single employer actions against union activity may be actionable if they discourage unionization. It explains that employee representatives are chosen by workers and discusses remedies after hearings on complaints.
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Washington
Upi
Labor Board
Controversy Over Portrait of Geof Frey Dennis
A contested portrait linked to Geof Frey Dennis and his work Corona tion Corumentary faces censorship in Britain after objections from the Duke of Windsor over passages about King Edward VIII. The author continues to publish in the United States.
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Geoffrey Dennis
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
Edward VIII
Haz
Dennis
Theolame
U. S
Boy Testifies to Harlan Mine Shooting Ambush
A 12 year old Markham Clouse told Senate investigators he saw four deputies shot at union organizers in Harlan County on February 8, with bullets splattering near him. He identified deputies Bill Lewis Melvin Moore Luke Hubbard and Lee Hubbard as the shooters and said he warned a grand jury attempt was discouraged by Pearl Bagshem. Other witnesses corroborated warnings and a miner testified of being beaten by a company thug after joining the union.
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Senate
Harlan County
United Mine Workers
Markham Clouse
A Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Thomas Ferguson
Bill Lewis
Melvin Moore
Luke Hubbard
Lee Hubbard
Clouse
Llnyd Clouse
Grand Jury
Pearl Bagsham
Daddy
John
Bassham
Warsing
Minnie Clouse
Jobs
Wash Irvin
Verda
Baker
Leonard Hobbs
Hobbs
Governor Browning seeks speedy action on constitutional amendment
Governor Browning urges swift action in Nashville on constitutional amendments allowing income tax, higher legislative pay, and tax classing variations. He aims to fast track debt reduction, band reorganization, and a major general appropriation bill for the 1957-39 biennium. Legislators plan a rapid docket as committees set calendars and prepare intro ductions for the session.
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Nashville
Browning
Tennessee
TEPCO Faces Show Cause Over Nashville Power Shortage
Nashville May 4— Tennessee Electric Power Company must explain why it has not expanded facilities amid a possible Nashville area power shortage. The State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission may order TVA purchases, with TEPCO proposing a $2,000,000 steam plant near Nashville and $1,000,000 for transmission lines from TVA. The plan has coal industry backing but protests from 150 Bordeaux residents citing health and property concerns.
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State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Nashville
Eau
Tennessee Valley Authority
Flant
Porter Dunlap
Commission
TVA
Columbia
National Coal Association
Bordeaux
Conn Guild, Jr
Muncle Shoals
Guild
Utilities chief warns of TVA boycott tactics in Tennessee hearing
Nashville May 4 State Utilities Commission leader said private utilities are shifting from court challenges to boycotts against the Tennessee Valley Authority. He described injunctions as the first defense and warned a TVA boycott could hurt TVA revenue and flood control projects. The hearing considered whether Tennessee Electric Power Co will build a 2 million dollar plant or buy TVA power. A stray note about a Portland police inspector birthday follows.
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Nashville
State Utilities Commission
Leon Jouromon, Jr
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Jourolmon
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Jourotmon
Jouromin
Refuge for women and children aboard ships from Bilbao
Reports from St Jean de Luz say about 10 000 women and children will be evacuated from siege Bilbao. More than 4 000 already listed to sail tonight aboard the 10 000 ton liner Habans with plans to move 4 000 more to England. French liners and other ships were preparing to assist as insurgent forces close in on Bilbao. Madrid reports three hundred insurgents killed as government troops attack.
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France
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Bay of Biscay
Habans
England
Bordeaux
Margaux
Wis
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Chateau Palmer
Tor Bilbao
Marquax
Margaret Mitchell Wins Pulitzer for Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell groped for words after news of her Pulitzer Prize for the Civil War era novel. She described herself as astounded and overwhelmed as the prize, worth 1000 dollars, crowned a landmark achievement for the Atlanta author and her best selling work.
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New York
Margaret Mitchell
Atlanta
Georgia
Edward VIII Reunites With Wallis Simpson at French Chateau
In Monts France on May 4 Duke Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield Simpson embraced at De Cande Chateau after five months of exile. A motorcade entered as guards watched and guests prepared a luncheon while crowds gathered outside. The couple plans a late May or June marriage as a mysterious jewelry box accompanied them.
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Austria
James B. Oldfield
St. Wolfgang
France
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Wallis
Tours
Jace
Phil
Ehxteau
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Chateau
Ernest Aldrich Simpsom
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John R. Marsh
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