Local option liquor bill introduced in both houses
A Shelby county delegation pushed a local option liquor bill in the Tennessee legislature. It would allow sales only in incorporated municipalities with taxes split among city state and counties. The measure contemplates a referendum after 30 days and includes tax schedules for manufacturers wholesalers and retailers. Governor Browning voiced opposition to a nonreligious option and urged speedy action on related measures.
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Nashville
Mew
Shelby County Legation
General Assembly
Crump
Will Gerher
Memphis
Shelby
Edward Crump
Watkins Overton
Hughton Ak
Madison
Fletcher R. Morgan
Hamilton
Huch
House
John C. Hammer
Warren
3. Beer Jr
H. A. Fowle
Lincoln
Henry Foutch
Davidson
Charles J. Sanders
Henry D. Jamison
James Bass
Lan Ausin
Hardeman
W. N. SicKinney
Montgomery
Brooks Stroupe
John T. Mahoney
Fred Latimer
Obion
John Pratt
Henry
Albert Griffith
Browning
Voting machines gain approval in legislature
In Nashville on May 6 the House approved a measure to authorize voting machines in counties and cities but attached an amendment awaiting Senate action. The bill requires bonds for machines only with voter approval and would cost cities and counties, with critics likening machines to slot devices. Debate touched on machine security and uniformity, while other bills on livestock liability and teacher pension plans faced shifts and defeats.
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Nashville
House
Senate
Oaver
Harry Phillips
Wilson
Charles C. Brown
Shelby
Brown
James B. Ragan, Jr
Hamsilten
J. BE. Deford Hardin
Grover C. Davis
Knox
Davis
Tennessee Education Association
T. W. Hunter
Sumner
Tennessee Senate
Testi
Thomas L. Uimmings
Davidson County
Elmer Davies
Davidson
Fletcher R. Morgan
Hamilton County
Weather Outlook Says Warm, Mostly Fair Across Regions
The forecast notes Tennessee continuing warm with fair skies and improving conditions. Virginia shows generally fair nights through Friday and Saturday. North Carolina predicts cooler evenings with clear to partly cloudy skies, except in the far southwest where warmth lingers.
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Tennessee
Kostu
North Carolina
Bomb scare halts Duke Windsor wedding gifts
Police inspect packages addressed to Windsor and his bride to be as they reunite at Chatel de Cande. Guards exclude any that Mrs Simpson doubts, returning several unopened. Windsor’s five months in Austria prompt household issues ahead of a possible marriage, while a Paris shopping trip hints at wardrobe needs and economy concerns.
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Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Vlase
Chatel de Cande
Mrs. Simpson
Austria
Edward
Paris
England
No arrests in Blountville dynamiting case
Special to The Times Blountville May 6 Officers reported no arrests yet in the Tuesday night dynamiting of 18 combined home and barber shop owned by Delaney. Delaney and his wife narrowly escaped death. The blast damaged the building and nearby homes and businesses, shattered glass, and injured a man who cut his hand. A full investigation continues with meager clues and no motive given.
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Times
Blountville
Sullivan County
Doe Delaney
Delaney
Vinal
May strike part from wage bill in textile proposal
Representative Henry Ellenbogen, a Pennsylvania Democrat, says he may drop fair trade provisions from his bill establishing an $18 minimum wage and 35 hour week for 1,250,000 textile workers. He favors keeping a child labor ban, may seek 40 hour weeks, and backs abolishing any north south wage differential. Chairman Connery cited Roosevelt urging action and reducing commissioners.
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Washington
Henry Eenbogen
Pennsylvania
Ellenbogen
House Labor Subcommittee
Orth
NRA
United States
South
Labor Committee
FDR
Wiliam P. Connery, Sr
House Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Claudius E. Murchison
FDR seeks court probers support for reform plan
Washington May 6 Administration leaders hinted President Roosevelt may appeal to the public or hold private sessions with uncommitted senators after May 15 to win support for court-reorganization. GOP senators suggested backing some Democratic foes in 1938 races. The article notes Supreme Court arguments on Social Security pension and unemployment provisions, plus budget-cut ideas from Byrd and McKellar. Abnormal demand warnings follow capi tal developments as Senate investigators proceed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Gop
Maxy
Senater Bridges
R-Nh
van Muys
D-Ind
Gillette
R-Ii
Clark
D-Mo
Supreme Court
Byrd
D-a
Home Loan Bank Board
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Home Credit Administration
McKellar
D-Tenn
Roper
Soother
Kentucky
Amendment proposals seek fixed Supreme Court size
Washington May 6 Senators McAdoo and Andrews proposed constitutional amendments to reshape the Supreme Court. McAdoo would fix the court at 15 members for 25 years with later size increases by legislation and retirement rules at 70 and 75. Andrews urged a court of 11 with automatic retirement at 75 and a companion bill to raise court size.
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McAdoo
Washington
California
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Congress
McAdon
Wilson
Andrews
Florida
Denhardt Jury Fails to Agree on Verdict
Brig. Gen. Weary H. Denhardt's jury in New Castle Kentucky failed to reach a verdict after 14 days of testimony and arguments. The panel, consisting of 41 jurors, stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction, was polled and deadlocked. Judge Charles C. Marshall thanked the jurors and ordered a new trial, noting the high cost to both the state and defendant.
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Denhardt
New Castle
Weary H. Denhardt
Verna Gart Taylor
Phv
Charles C. Marshall
Pale Land
Marshall
Bertha Denhardt
Mrs. Taylor
John Marshall Berry
Taylor
Widlaw
Firm Administration Main Arm of Court, Hughes Says
Chief Justice Hughes urged a competent independent judiciary parallel to legislative and executive branches as essential to preserve individual rights. He emphasized the primacy of fair administration of justice and noted no delays in the Supreme Court as term end nears. Hughes cited past statements opposing enlarging the court, warning it could hinder efficiency, while acknowledging discussions of Roosevelt’s proposal.
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Hughes
Washington
American Law Institute
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Wheeler
Montana Desocrat
Boy Enters Seventh Week Still Asleep in Tennessee
Connie Mack Henderson, 15, a high school student from Bevierville, entered his seventh week of sleeping sickness at his parents home. Dr O H Yarberry reports an inflammatory brain condition from German measles with partial paralysis and slow recovery. Local friends refer to him as Conie Mack.
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Bevierville
Tenn
Connie Mack Henderson
Here
O. H. Yarberry
Connelly McSpadden Henderson
Hugh Henderson
Conoie Mack
Foley Is Elected State Labor Head
Big red haired Gerald T. Foley, president of the Nashville Building Trades Council, became president of the Tennessee Federation of Labor at its three day convention in Jackson, succeeding B R McCann of Memphis. Foley pledged to uphold A F of L policies, while next year’s meeting will be in Johnson City. The convention adopted resolutions advancing child labor amendment ratification, anti eviction protections, a state civil liberties act, repeal of the sedition law, and abolition of the poll tax. Other notes listed new federation officers from Nashville, Memphis, Jackson, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, and Pickwick. The piece also mentions a reference to the record low January 12, 1916 in Saco, Montana.
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Jackson, Tenn
Gerald T. Foley
Nashville Building Trades Council
Tennessee Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Tennessee
Foley
Nashville
Chattanooga
W. Clay McKenzie
Knoxville
A. F. of L
C.I.O
Johnson City
Tennessee Teachers Union
Highway Patrol
New Federation
Carl Vaster
Memphis
George McNamara
Jackson
J. E. Cooper
W. A. Witt
D. G Long
Lucille Thoroburgh
Pickwick
C. L. Gaba
Spanish Liners Carry 5,000 Refugees From Besieged Bilbao
Five thousand refugees, mostly women and children, evacuated Bilbao under British naval protection as two Spanish steamers sailed toward Bordeaux. Insurgent air raids continued on Barcelona and Valencia as government forces battle near Teruel. The refugees boarded the Habana and Izarra, each child bearing a name card, while Royal Oak and two destroyers provided escort.
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Bilbao
Bay of Biscay
France
Barcelona
Valencia
Sebastian Porras
Paris
Emilio Mola
Bilbro
Maginot
Aragon
Usey
Teruel
Mediterranean
Sierra Palomera
Robert B. Parker
Silbao
Spain
Biscayan
Habana
Izarra
Bordeaux
Royal Oak
Almirante Cervera
Volraca
Woman Takes Active Part At State Labor Convention
TACISSON Tenn May 6 Gill Thornburgh a 27 year old woman made history as the first female delegate in the Tennessee Federation of Labor encounter. She represented the Knoxville musicians union and spoke on organizing workers in Morxville bars under the American Federation of Labor scheme. Thornburgh, a former textile worker, left her job during the nationwide strike and now serves in two unions as a stenographer for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Tacisson
Tenn
Gill
Frupelio
Pavernings Cauicus
Tenessee Fedeation of
Teleparaat
East Tennessee
Id Lafeie
Phorte Burgh
Federation
Knoxville Musicians Union
TWOC
John J. Lew Textile Workers Organizing
Mroxvile Bars
Panier
Miss Thornburgh
Enasville Textile Workers Union
Narionewide
Eamployes
Ternerece Valley Authority
Musician's Union
Tuelve
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George VI
Queen Elizabeth
London
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Sen. McKellar
Alexander and
Janet Thompson
San Francisco Bay
Alexander
Tommy Thompson
Atdl
The
Thompson Flying School
Saw Lake City
Utah
New Londononn
Boy
Federation of Labor
McCann
Saco
Mont
Bill
W. W. Craig
Ripley
Barborous
Crair
Beene Graig
Hughton Abin
Thomas L. Cummings
Bendaye
Valladolid
Madrid
Red Cross
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