Solon backs long range navy program in senate debate
Washington May 0. Chairman Walsh leads a naval committee push for a guaranteed permanent combat strength amid a planned 1.75 million ton expansion. The proposal would authorize 39 combat units plus auxiliaries and aircraft, while timing keeps dreadnoughts and older ships under age for decades. Senator King urges more aircraft and submarines over battleships. Mexican maneuvers prep. defense taxes proposed. Albatross note ends dispatch.
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D-Mass
Sane
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Utah
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Army
Snyder
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
George W. Strong
Army War Plans Division
Aattack
Bankhead Byrnes booster for J P ticket at Chicago
Washington May 11 Democratic vice presidential boosts for Speaker William Bankhead of Alabama and Senate James F Byrnes of South Carolina circulated as calls for Roosevelt renomination grew. South Carolina's Maybank and others urged Byrnes on the national ticket while Bankhead was favored as running mate, with delegates pledged to Roosevelt.
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Cemreia
White House
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Rivens
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Tawa Eniiation
Health Parade Readies 1500 City Students
About 1,500 students in city schools prepare for a health parade citing Blue Ribbon goals. Roughly 3,400 students expected to participate with certificates for those meeting health criteria while Kingsport schools report a big increase in Blue Ribbon awards.
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Clinehfelt Railroad Station
Three Year Old Scratch by Cat Causes Death
In Memphis Tennessee a three year old child died after being scratched by a cat. Hailey Jones Jr and Heth,/chool boy, were among those treated with anti rabies therapy. Doctors note the case worsened after a delay in treatment, emphasizing the danger of delayed development of rabies symptoms.
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Tene
Hailey Jones, Jr
Heth
Jonas
Music Festival in City Schools Tonight
More than 1 200 pupils from city schools will stage a colorful National Music Week pageant at the Civic Auditorium tonight starting at 7 20 p m. Queen Meg presides as Miss Ross reads music, with Miss Marjorie Thomas directing a combined chorus and Miss Mary Stane at the piano. Dances from Denmark Germany Norway Sweden Italy and Hungary will be performed by various grade and junior high groups under Miss Clerine Runyan and Miss Joyce Hammock with the full chorus joining in.
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Dabyns-Bennatt Autior
Civic Auditorium
Percy Granger
Achonla
Marjorie Thomas
Irving Berlin
God Elese Amarin
Mise
Mary Stane
Erado Selonia
Clerine Runyan
Debynse Bantoi TaGihas
Greating
Sellinges
Stu Lente
Arn Gtand
Tare Kork
Ed Wy Garmon
Milas Ruth Rewheed
Dayne Bennett
Joyce Hammock
Bowersley la
South Has First No-Lynching Year
Atlanta May 6: The Southern group reports its first year without a lynching, crediting education and swift police radio action. Jessie Danis Ames notes mobs declined due to direct law enforcement appeals and publicizing facts, with three lynchings the previous year. The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, now in its tenth year, represents about 41,600 members.
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Atlanta
Jessie Danis Ames
Te Association of Southern Women For
Ames
Nod
Germans Use Planes to Aid Warvik Troops
Stockholm May 9 The German air force reportedly dropped parachute troops northeast of Narvik to assist the siege on the German garrison in the Norwegian port above the Arctic Circle. Reinforcements may be behind allied lines but casualty figures and sizes remain unclear amid heavy snow. Allied attempts to halt German advances northward in central Norway are reported checked at Maajavatn, 155 miles northeast of Trondheim, with Norwegian forces holding strong positions.
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Narvik
Arctic Circle
Alenmetad
Narke
Hopemie
Honder
iNet
Germany
Norway
Maajavatn
Trondelag
Trondheim
Nijinsky Denied U S Entry by Consulate
The famed dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, recovering from mental illness, is barred from visiting the United States by the U S consulate citing war spillover risks. His wife Romola laments the setback after a two year effort to bring him to America for treatment.
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Europe
Mma
Romola Nijinsky
United States
Mima
Nijinsky
Waslaw
America
Last Minute War Briefs From The Front
German army seizes control of civilian traffic and railways during a Sunday holiday period. French command claims repulsed German air attack near Masore sector. Union organizers' leader shot dead at Trio Coat plant in Brooklyn. Senate backs 10 percent navy strength increase. Britain and Norway seek renewed Allied help in Scandinavia. Kidnapper and extortion suspect Affonis surrenders in Brooklyn. Budget director says merging aeronautics into commerce department would reduce functional confusion.
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Witin
Union Rownfay York
OFAP
Brooklyn
Trio Coat Corporation
Only Facts, Says Mussolini on European War
Mussolini told fascist crowds on Army and Empire Day that only facts would break his self-imposed silence on the European conflict. He noted Italy’s continued non-belligerence until a new war development, while authorities hinted Italy may delay action despite readiness. The Il Messaggero said arms are ready but not to imply imminent combat.
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Rom
Tr Duce
Italy
Europe
Vieto
Il Mi Ageero
Britain
IL Dock
Shooting Affray Claims South Pasadena Victims
Ruth B. Sturgeon arts teacher died today as the fifth victim of a wild shooting affray at South Pasadena High School. Vorlin Spencer, junior high principal, remained in serious condition with a self-inflicted bullet wound and is held on murder charges as investigators seek motive amid party jealousies and frictions at the school.
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Mai
UPI
Ruth B. Sturgeon
South Pasadena
Vorlin Spencer
Spencer
Baron Fitts
Long put Okeh on machines sparks New Orleans probe
Testimony in New Orleans alleges Lon g authorized Mario Castelo of New York to install slot machines and set a tax of 80 dollars per machine per year. Machines began in 1935, around Longs presidential plans. he was shot in Baton Rouge a month later. Castello and five others face tax evasion charges totaling 529,458 on about 2.5 million income from 1935 to 1987. Also named are Philip Rastel, James Brocato, Jimmy Moran, Jacob Altman, Harold Geirman. In Scranton a youth selling concert tickets for Pettor Tschaikowsky’s Forest Prime misled a buyer with out-of-town bands remark.
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Jale Haas P. Lang
Praple Castelo
New York
Long
Baton Rouge
Sastelo
Philip Rastel
Stamford, Conn
James Brocato Sliss
Jimmy Moran
Jacob Altman
Harold Geirerman
Bant
Scranton
Pettor Tschaikowsky
Acowled
Gald
Russo Allied Aid Seen for Balkans
Allied efforts to shield the Balkans shift toward Russia as Yugoslavs seek protection from the “mother of Slavs” while Britain and the allies offer similar guarantees. A Yugoslav delegation reportedly heads to Moscow for talks. Churchill cited Germany’s numerical edge in Norway as a key defeat factor.
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Germany
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Churchill
Norway
Admiralty
Arrests Planned in Collins Death in Gate City
Sheriff George Williams said one or more arrests are likely by Scott County officers this afternoon in the death of Everson Collins 25. Investigators rule out self-inflicted wound and consider foul play amid questions from Twit Springs residents. A coroner's jury had deemed the wound self defense but new inquiries focus on physical evidence and possible murder. Town Marshal Chit Ford Davidaan sought a missing identification officer to review firearms and whether Collins fired the fatal shot.
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George Williams
Cons Neptlon
Everson Collins
Scott County
Williams
Collins
Conover
Twit Springs
Williaams
Chitford Davidaan Win
C. L. Lineback
Times
Collie
Davidson
Mrs. Collins
Les Collins
Britain’s King Calls Up 2 Million Men in War Move
Britain increases military service pool to 4.5 million as King George VI proclaims conscription. Prime Minister Chamberlain under heavy attack refuses to resign, hints at a Commons war debate set for May 21, while political maneuvering swirls around potential changes in leadership.
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Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Berlin
London Star
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
London
House of Commons
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Jor
Clement Attlee
Labor
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Samuel Hoare
Kimborite Isader
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Archibald Sinclair
Thera
David Lloyd George
Priny
Chiane Werlain
Legor
Enalilten
Authoritative Press Association
House of Command
Whitsuntide
Hordas
Wile
Inferior Allied Air Forces Spur U S Purchases
British admission that allies lag in air power raised expectations of swift American arms orders. Officials say Allied air inferiority, noted by Admiralty First Lord Winslow Churchill, unsettled plans and delayed large imports of US made aircraft.
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Edward FB
BOMAR
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Aled Nurehas
Nekihe
Allied
Winslow Chuarelvill
Admiralty
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