London seeks clear line on Germany in post Locarno era
Britain asks Germany to declare if it can enter genuine treaties and uphold Versailles terms. The British questionnaire probes Germany’s view on Rhineland occupation, western air pacts, and non aggression pacts within League of Nations constraints. Also notes mixed signals on enforcing Versailles and future European status.
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Oscar Leiding
Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
Rhineland
Europe
Britain
Reich
League of Nations
Weather forecast for Tennessee Kentucky and nearby states
General pattern shows fair conditions with continued warmth in Tennessee and Kentucky. Tonight into Saturday expect fair skies with slight warming in some areas. North Carolina and Georgia also anticipated fair tonight and Saturday with continued warm conditions overall.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Leprigel
Judd
North Carolina
Georgia
SELASSIE REACHES PALESTINE SAFELY
Emperor Haile Selassie arrives at Haifa after fleeing Ethiopia as Harar falls to Italian troops. He boards a train to Jerusalem, while British warships guard Arab Jewish tensions in Palestine. Harar’s capture completes Italy's Ethiopian objective. News from Rome Geneva and London follows.
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Associated Press
Haile Sellassie
Palestine
Harar
Haifa
Jerusalem
Rodolfo Graziani
Addis Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Europe
Rome
Mussolini
Southern Parley Studies Security in Chattanooga
The second annual Southern Policy conference opened in Chattanooga Tennessee with social security as a main topic. Delegates from liberal professions and business in the South discuss three days of closed sessions to shape regional policy, addressing emigration and its economic impact, production, and taxation.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
H. Clarence Hixon
Tulane University
Southern Policy Committee
Jages
Labor heads and officials confer at Rockwood strike
Labor representatives and a Rockwood citizens committee met to seek a peaceful solution to the hosiery mill strike. Edward Callaghan of the AFofH Workers said progress at yesterday’s initial talks was satisfactory. James Huff of the mill said the citizens committee did not officially represent the mill and he would not meet picketers.
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Rockwood
Tenn
Ham
Edward Callaghan
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Rockwood Hosiery Mill
James A. Huff
Citizens’ Committee
Refu. Johns
Huff
Public Welfare Commission to decide on press access
Nashville Tennessee May meeting to determine if the commissions finances should be released to the press Judge Barton Brown says he will allow questions from reporters while others attend The panel discusses withholding relief figures Governor McCalister ordered secrecy and Brown notes May cash allotment of 22000 plus commodities valued at 360000 argues disclosure is a crime against taxpayers while questioning public interest
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Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
H. V. Kaltenborn
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Welfare Commission
Barton Brown
Burgess Sr
Commission
McCalister
Aster
McAlister
Nuitler
Noted Specialist Delays Operation In Lung Case
Pauline Lane a 16 year old girl from Knoxville Tenn is awaiting a two week delay before the removal of an inch long metal fragment lodged in her lung The girl arrived in Philadelphia from Knoxville yesterday and is under observation at Temple University Hospital in the clinic of Dr Chevalier Jackson inventor of the perfected bronchoscope Despite two unsuccessful operations preliminary localization studies are complete and access to the patient is restricted The delay is attributed to the delicate nature of the planned removal and the mental strain on the patient Dr Jackson and other physicians emphasize the operation is complex and must be timed carefully A three year old Australian boy Kelvin Rogers is en route to the clinic after swallowing a nail surgeons at home could not remove it
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Philadelphia
Pauline Lane
Knoxville
Tenn
Temple University Hospital
Chevalier Jackson
Reece Fattergson
Lane Family
Philadelhia
Tre Ie
Kelvin Rodgers
Australia
Probe renews into Robert S. James deaths
Authorities study additional deaths linked to Robert S. James the 38 year old barber accused of drowning his fifth wife after she survived a rattlesnake torture. Deputy District Attorney Eugene Williams cites peculiar circumstances around a Colorado auto crash that killed James third wife four years ago and skull fracture. An earlier investigation into James nephew Cornelius Wrights auto death was reopened at the urging of Charles Hope charged in the case and in the alleged plot to collect 21400 in insurance.
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Los Angeles
May
Robert S. James
Eugene Williams
James
Colorado
Renew
Cornelius Wright
Charles H. Hope
Hope
Tam
Democrats Back Independent Norris In Nebraska Senate Fight
In Omaha on May 8, Nebraska Democrats urged independent Republican Senator George W. Norris to seek re election while declining to endorse their own Senate nominee, ex congressman Terry Carpenter. The convention platform praised Norris as the ablest champion and warned that supporting him would outweigh party interests, while Carpenter denounced the platform as rushed with most delegates gone.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Senate
Terry Carpenter
Congress
Nolyras- Shabe
Lhere
Carpenter
Grandmothers Honored in McAlester Day Event
In McAlester, Grandmother's Day observance began ten years ago and now has nearly 100 members. The event honors the oldest and youngest grandmothers present with prizes.
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Mcalester
Oktn
McAlister
Wec
Wis Wi
Test Case Opens in Gas Tax Battle Memphis
On May 8 a test case opened in Memphis challenging Tennessee's gallonage tax on gasoline. Modern Gas and Oil Co. officials, including Abraham Horn, claim interstate commerce exempts them. Two Memphis men, Max Lazar and J B Isliwitz, were fined $25 each for delivering untaxed gasoline and contesting the charges.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Tennessee
Modern Gas and Oil Co
Hulbert
Ark
Abraham Horn
Memphis Ittarency
Max Lazar
J. B. Isiiwits
Horn
Lager
Airship Expected to Arrive Saturday on Hindenburg Crossing
On board the Zeppelin Hindenburg en route to America the crew predicted an American landfall near Lakehurst NJ by tomorrow if the current course holds. Weather improved after Grand Banks passage but heavy seas and wind challenged the voyage. Captain Lehmann guided the ship past an iceberg sighting while Dr Bekner noted ballast water gained from rain.
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Louis I. Laikhner
Associated Press
America
Hindenburg
Lakehurst NR. I
Friedrichshafen
Nanuacket
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Ernest Lehmann
Hugo Wbekner
Zeppelin Company
Bekner
Hough
Assengers
Humboldt Strawberry Festival Draws West Tennessee Crowds
Humboldt marks the third annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival with 26 towns sending beauties atop parade floats along festooned streets. About 3,500 attendees witnessed Pauline Landis of Nashville win the horser show Blue Ribbon in the five gaited class, with Bob Christian Burhan of Milan taking second on Peavine King. An encore mentions continued coverage on page six.
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Foxere
Pauline Landis
Nashville
Tady
Tennessee
Miss Landis
Bob Christian Burhan
Milan
Bloodless raids end two kidnap gangs, Mahan captured
Attorney General Cummings hailed swift, bloodless raids that closed two interstate kidnap rings. William Mahan was seized in San Francisco as the hunt focused on Thomas H Robinson Jr, the remaining wanted figure. J. Edgar Hoover led the Toledo raid that netted Harry Campbell of the gang.
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William M. Pinkerton
Prem Star
Washington
Atttorney
Cummings
William Mahan
Justice Department
San Francisco
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Trke Crampbell
J. Edgar Hover
Toledo
Harry Campbell
Barke-Karpis
Alvin Karpis
Kate “Ma" Barker
Hoover
New Orleans
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Clerix
M Berry V. Stoll
Louisville
Contra
Cumming
Karpis
Campbell
Maria
Isidn&ping
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