Republicans and Demos Enter Home Stretch in Pre-Convention Drives
Campaign reports show Democrats with 552 of 1,100 delegates and Republicans with 685 of 1,001 pledged as primaries unfold in California, South Dakota, and other states. Uninstructed delegates count rises. Landon leads among instructed. Violent crime note ends item mentioning Chattanooga murder of Eula McConnell.
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Leonard B. Shubert
Associated Press
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Frank Knox
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London
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Townsend
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John H. Bankhead
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Weather update shows fair and warmer conditions regionally
Readable text indicates a weather forecast across several states with warm conditions in some areas. Virginia and Kentucky portions expect continued warm air, mixed clouds, and showers. North Carolina forecasts fair tonight with slight warming inland. Affected areas include Tennessee and portions of West Virginia with cooler nights and possible showers Thursday.
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Second operation planned for girl
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 6 16 year old Pauline Lance will be taken to Philadelphia to have an inch long cigarette lighter top removed from her left lung. Dr Chevalier Jackson the famed bronchoscopist will attempt the extraction. The first successful operation failed and a second was tried with special forceps from Dr Jackson's clinic. Despite swelling and fever the girl showed improvement and is prepared for the trip. Dr Reece Patterson plans to accompany her and will cover expenses.
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Pauline Lance
Philadelphia
Chevalier Jackson
Reece Patterson
Pauline
Jackson
Patterson
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Tax and relief issues studied by capitolites
Washington May 6 The capital s anxiety for Americans in Addis Ababa gave way to interest in U S tax and relief conflicts. A new trade agreement with France was signed as the Roosevelt tariff barganing program continues. The house debates the 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 relief request while hearings on the house tax bill move toward the senate floor.
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Strike Develops Sabotage Charge in Rockwood
Roane County jailer W M Littleton said Joe Polston and James Hinds, Rockwood Foxfire Mill strikers, were jailed at Kingston on charges of conspiracy to dynamite the Rockwood water system. Bonds set at 1090 each. Dynamite damaged a water main near the 2,000,000 gallon reservoir Monday night crippling the town’s water supply. The Tennessee Power Company will repair the main today.
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Rockwood
Tenn
W. M. Littleton
Roane County
Joe Polstan
James Hinds
R. C. Walzi
Tennessee Power Company
New air cruiser groomed for first flight to America
The Hindenburg moves toward its first North America cruise with 30 pioneers and a two and a half ton cargo. Sir Albert Wilkins and Father Paul Schuite are among passengers. Captain Ernst A. Lehmann will command, with Dr. Hugo Eckener aboard for the voyage to New York aboard the Bremen at sea, expected Friday.
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Primdrichshamiin
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Sud
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Paul Schuite
Shin
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Hindenburg
South America
Ernst A. Lehmann
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Germany
Lehmann
Riegenhein
Bremen
New York
Auto Stolen Babe Sleeps In Car Theft
Frances Louise Smith, four, slept through a car theft in Memphis on May 6 as her mother left the vehicle to buy sandwiches. Police pursued the thief, who leaped out and fled as officers approached. Frances awoke to a policeman at the car door.
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Memphis
Frances Louise Smith
R. G. Smith
Frances Louise
Labor Group Will Select Officers in Tennessee
The Tennessee Federation of Labor endorsed Roosevelt and backed constitutional amendments while nearing its 39th annual convention. R. S. McCann of Memphis was expected to be reelected unopposed, with other races probable. resolutions on industrial unions and Memphis city governance drew debate. The body suspended its by laws to back Roosevelt and adopted a call to amend the U S Constitution to permit regulation of manufacturing mining and agriculture.
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Tenn
Tennessee Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
U. S
Memphis
R. S. McCann
William Turnblazer
Jellico
United Mine Workers of America
Paul J. Aymon
Future of League Studied by Britain
The British cabinet debated the future of the League of Nations after Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden leads one group urging Britain to take a drastic reconstruction initiative, while others favor waiting for other powers to propose next steps at Geneva. The Addis Ababa crisis and Mussolini’s mobilization dominated House of Commons discussion.
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Associated Press
London
League of Nations
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Britain
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Genevany
Athiopia
Atussolini
Ranuin Posiere
Addis Ababa
House of Commons
Eden says League must go on amid Italo Ethiopian crisis
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament the League of Nations must continue and Britain will study the Italo Ethiopian victory impact. He said consultations with dominions would proceed and the future course to be decided at the Geneva meeting. The government will be ready to announce its views when the time comes.
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30000 Troops March Into Capital Amid Ethiopian Assault
Washington reports from Addis Ababa that 30000 Italian troops withdrew their guard from the American legation after disarming locals who had fired overnight. Minister Engert sought refuge in the British legation as Ethiopian bandits attacked the mission. Italian reinforcements relieved the siege and the U.S. building was found undamaged.
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William M. Cramp
State Department
Addis Ababa
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Haile Selassie
Giuseppe Bottai
Rome
Benito Aiuesolini
Ethiopia
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Fascist Italian forces aid Addis Ababa defense and reach palace
Fighting diplomat Carnelius Engert and three navy radio operators repulsed a third rioting attack on the American legation in Addis Ababa. Italian troops and guards entered the city as 30,000 soldiers poured through streets and fascist salutes greeted the occupiers.
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U. 8S
Ethiopia
Navy
Engert
Lawyer recounts pain of operation in press freedom talk
In Columbia Missouri May 6 a New Orleans attorney Eberhard P Deutsch spoke at a Missouri University Journalism Week on press freedom. He defended the Supreme Court repeal of a Louisiana tax on newspaper advertising and urged the press to maintain integrity as trustee for the public. He warned against licensing and noted recent defamation and tax cases as abridgments of press freedom.
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Columbia
William Caxton
England
Missouri University
Eberhard P. Deutsch
New Orleans
United States Supreme Court
Louisiana
Huey P. Lang
Deutsch
Minnesota
France Opposes Italian Move on Ethiopia and Seeks Model Plan
Paris reports France will oppose outright annexation of Ethiopia by Italy and may push a model where Britain’s Iraq treaty guides Italian domination of Ethiopia. Paris seeks trade privileges akin to Morocco in exchange for support, with Djibouti as Ethiopia’s entry port. French sources say sanctions would lift if the fascist regime ends aggression.
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Ethiopia
Paris
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Iraq
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Morocco
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Somaliland
Ebioyia
Sourcces
Great Bitain
Sanetians Lid
Italy
Tl Duce
Pie A Day Miser Leaves Fortune To Charity
Niqay Chalmans May 6. Hohn Chivand, 70, a pied n day saver who stacked pennies, died after taking poison three weeks ago. His will bequeaths over 110000 to friends and Catholic charities. Lawyer reports confirms death by his own action after a prior inquiry. He owned a hardware store and saved money by restraint and giving to the poor.
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Niqay Chalmans
Hohn Chivand
Pat
Felix J. Pig
Grivaud
Rennet
Prison guards seize 509 improvised weapons at Southern Michigan prison
Jackson Michigan May 6 guards conducted a surprise search of the prison cell blocks and seized 509 knives blackjacks and other improvised weapons. Officials said the weapons were made from materials gathered by inmates through the prison industries program.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Two Names Added Candidates Group Nomination Meeting
A county Republican group announces two new candidates for upcoming nominations. Roy Clark, previously a challenger for superintendent of education, joins the slate for Linstoend Cantard and A Sweat contests at Lys Gardens for highway commissioner. Clark ran two years ago, losing by about 20 votes to John Dail.
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Thy ‘Ada
Roy Clark
A. Sweat
Lys Gardens
Canuni
Clark
John Dail
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