Weapons Next War Displayed Before Hitler in Rome
In a May Rome parade honoring Hitler, Mussolini showcased a chemical regiment, tanks, artillery, and even child units in a totalitarian warfare display. Hitler and Alfonso of Spain attended as thousands watched Alpine troops, Bersaglieri, and diverse fascist formations march past. The review, at Via dei Trionfi near Rome’s ancient monuments, underscored Italy and Germany’s military power.
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Mussolini
Tr Duce
Hitler
Alfonso
Spain
Amanullah
Afghanistan
po+ dee
Ber-saglieri
Muscians
Weather notes for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
The forecast covers Tennessee with fair to cool east and cloudy west areas tonight with lingering showers in the southwest Saturday. Virginia looks generally fair and cooler tonight and Saturday. Kentucky is fair and cooler in the east tonight and Saturday with increasing clouds and showers in the west late Saturday. wetter in the east by Saturday night.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Ten Months of War Ends With Chinese Still Firm
The war in the Orient reaches ten months as Chinese forces resist Japan's mechanized power and even strike back. Southern Shantung shows Chinese offensives while Japan suffers defeats. Neutral observers weigh a possible turning point in the broader struggle.
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Associated Press
Ching
Japan
China
Shantung
Election Board Resumes Hearing In Ouster Probe
The Tennessee state board of elections resumed hearings amid ouster charges against Cocke County Commissioner Frank Huff and W A Robinson. The board also weighed cases against five other county election officials as witnesses testified on mayoral race irregularities in Ripley. Final decisions were not announced.
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Nashville
State Board of Elections
Cock c
Frank
Huff
W. A. Robinson
Acord
B. ©. Durham
State Crime Commission
Carney, Jr
Haynes
Hannah
Burgess
Abe Waldauer
State Board
Carney
Publisher says stores tried to sabotage Roosevelt book
New York May 6 publisher Random House head Ben Nett Cerf said major booksellers attempted to sabotage The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D Roosevelt. He cited several big department stores and noted New York City ordered copies, Philadelphia on consignment then sold at a higher prepublication price. About 4,000 of 4,500 copies sold, with another printing likely this year.
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New York
Bennett A Cerf
Random House
Franklin Ls. Roosevelt
Bool Eeliers
New York City
Cort
Mas
Philadelphia
Cerf
Heads of bankers to relinquish job in Tennessee
In Knoxville May 1 D F Biges of Dyersburg will relinquish the presidency of the Tennessee Bankers Association to Minor A Bland of Clarksville who will chair the executive council. H Grady Huddleston announced at the convention that banking units fell from 600 to about 350 since 1931 though total resources stay near 3156 000 000. Harding Williams of Morristown was elected president of the state bank section and Walter Brown of Sumner secretary. J B D Tidman of Nashville became fiscal group president with O M Preston of Knoxville as vice president and Huddleston secretary.
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May
D. F. Biges
Dyersburg
Tennessee Bankers Association
A. Bland
First Mal Bank of
Clarksville
H. Grady Huddleston
Flo
Hoover Offers Recovery Plan Raps New Deal
Oklahoma City May 6 Herbert Hoover attacked New Deal policies in a national speech broadcast from a Republican convention. He urged the Roosevelt administration to abandon the road he called dangerous for democracy and outlined steps to restore confidence, curb spending, reduce relief costs, and decentralize relief administration. The address follows a large Okla homa GOP gathering with about 7,500 attendees.
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Herbert Moover
The
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Roosevelt
New York
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Hoover
Europe
Congress
Board Affirms Ford Labor Case in NLRB Ruling
The National Labor Board reaffirms findings that Ford Motor Co violated the Wagner Act, restoring 29 Michigan plant workers to reinstatement and urging end to coercion claims. A U.S. Circuit Court decision returned the matter to the board as hearings loom on Ford's bid to reconsider.
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National Labor Board
Ford Motor Company
U. S
Michigan
NLRB
Ford
Tris
NLRS
Supreme Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Lifetime In Dark Or Certain Death Confronts Child
Chicago The Herald Examiner reports a five week old infant with retinoblastoma faced two grim choices. Undergoing eye removal to stop the tumor could save life but leave the child blind. Without surgery, doctors warn the infant will die within two months as the cancer spreads to the brain.
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Chicago
The
Herald-Examiner
Herman Colan
Estelle
Methodists Move Toward Union After Quadrennial Conference
Birmingham May 6 Southern Methodists completed a four year conference culminating in approval of a plan to unite with the Methodist Episcopal North and Methodist Protestant churches forming a single denomination of about 300 000 adherents. A unite conference expense fund of 75000 was approved and commissions will coordinate final union within 12 months as church law was upheld despite a potential civil court challenge by Preservation of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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Birmingham
Southern Methodists
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Souta
Southern Church
Conference of
Methodist Episcopal
North
John Wesley
Uniting Conference
Cat mothers five baby squirrels in hollow tree tale
WOODHULL Ill May 6 The Emery Norberg family believed their black cat had kittens but could not find them. The cat climbed into a hollow tree where Norberg discovered she was caring for five baby squirrels, making a surprising wildlife moment.
Hudson Nashvind's TVA bid gains Gullett backing
May burl. B. Hudson, candidate for the Public Utilities Commission, receives unexpected support from Nashville attorney B. B. Gullett who withdrew from the race, stating the TVA program advances faster with an undivided effort.
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Nashvind
May
B. Hudson
Public Utilities Commission
B. B. Gullett
Gullett
Nashville
Hudson
TVA
Last Minute News Flashes provoke reactions in Rome and U S
May 6 Virginia Gayds a fascist spokesman claims Washington remarks by Secretary Woodring on dictatorships could trigger dangerous reactions. Boaz Alabama robbers flee after bank heist netting about 1 000 and a later escape battle with pursuers. Laymen delay court action on Methodist unification until legal committee sets procedure. Nashville warden says he may send a rep to Fort Wayne to return a prisoner known as Edward Vincent Bagwell and Richard Cortez.
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Virginia Gayds
Coday
Washington
Woodring
Atlanta
Laymen's Organization For the Preservation of the
Southern Methodist Church
Messee
Nashville
Joe Papa
Fort Wayne
Ind
Weiarvested
Edward Vincent Bagwell
Richard Cortez
Upset as House Debates Study Bill On Wages Vote
Washington May 6 A rush to sign a petition to force a house vote on the wage hour bill sparked uproar as 100 members crowded the chamber within minutes. Chairman Norton filed the petition at convening time needing 218 signatures for a new test. Members jostled and threats to tear the document arose. Speaker Bankhead struggled to restore order as the first signee Mrs Norton led the procession.
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Washington
Norton
House Labor Committee
House
Bankhead
Nortom
Dixon
DeOhio
Labor Committee
Flannery
D-Pa
Curley
D-N.y
Welch
R-Calif
Lesinski
D.-Minn
Police to Allow O Connell Speech in Jersey City
Public Safety Director Daniel J. Casey said police will not infringe on citizens rights as congressmen Jerry O Connell and John T. Bernard plan to speak in mid town Jersey City amid earlier threats from war veterans. Casey noted no disorder expected despite a claim of 800 uniformed men with rubber hoses.
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N. J
Public Safety
Daniel J. Casey
Casey
Journal Square
Gold Star Mothers
Charles Brephy
Jerry O'Connell
D.-Mont
Washington
Crump Calls for Poll Tax Payoff in Tennessee
Memphis reports May 6 as Crump urged voters to pay poll taxes with promise that next January’s legislature would end poll taxes for voting. He attacked Browning and Luke Lea, claiming to defeat them and end poll taxes forever. Taxes must be paid before voting in county elections, with advance payment required for primary participation. Reynolds resigns from TVA post, effective April 33, per Knoxville Journal.
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Memphis
Edward H. Crump
Tennessee
Shelby County
Joe
Gordon Browning
Browning
Crump
Reynolds
Knoxville
Iaxvate Journal
FLX
A. E. Morgan
TVA
France and Britain Warn Germany Not To Start Violence
Police hunted for Paul Bunge in Tampa Florida over the mysterious deaths of his wife and two young daughters. A guard was set around his 21 year old daughter Ingeborg Bunge in fear of being marked for death. Mrs Bunge was found with her throat slashed and her two children fatally harmed.
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Paul Bunge
Tampa, Fig
Ingeborg Bunge
Pittsburgh
Fourth man dies in single slaying case
Heber L. Hicks forty from Cincinnati was executed in the Indiana state prison electric chair after a last of four killers in the Miller slaying. Hicks walked to the chair with a priest at his side who prayed aloud while the current flowed. The other three alleged accomplices were already executed last summer, finalizing Indiana's first triple execution.
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Michigan City
Heber L. Hicks
Cincinnati
Harry R. Miller
Hicks
Andrew Matthew
Puble
Indiana
U. S. Supreme Courts
Joan J. Poholsky
Kim Kuhlman
Frank Gore Williams
Hill
Miller
Flora Miller
Whitewater River
New Trenton
Ind
Eminence
Carrollton
Franco British Move To Press Czechs On Nazi Minority
France and Britain plan a joint appeal to Czechoslovakia to grant concessions to the Sudeten German minority and a warning to Germany against violence. The move, timed with Hitler Mussolini talks in Rome, aims to deter a German coup and avert European war while reaffirming France Britain and Czechoslovakia defense ties. Sir Neville Henderson will carry the message to Berlin and Prague as part of a coordinated front.
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Great Britain
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Czechoslovakia
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London
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Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Fuehrer
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Foreign Office
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Europe
Austria
Konrad Hensein
Protection Sought For Two Filipinos In White-Women Marriage
Miami police and Coast Guard clash over protection for two Filipino guardsmen Francaskio Rubia and Pedra Acoba married to white women. Commander C B W Abel demands local protection or he will ensure safety. police promise shielding but deny guarding homes. Delegation delivers crude warning to Rubia.
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C. B W. Abel
U.S .Coast Guard
Kylux Klan
Francaskio Rubia
Pedra Acoba
Mojave
H. Leslie Quigg
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