Brazil suppresses fascist revolt at Guanabara palace
In Rio de Janeiro on May 11 President Geltio Vargas led forces as Fascists loyal to the Integralist faction tried to seize the Guanabara palace and other sites. The uprising ended in hours with rebels killed or arrested, and a partial capture at the naval arsenal.
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Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia Regions
Mostly cloudy in Tennessee with a fair, cooler trend on Thursday. Eastern areas see slightly cooler conditions Thursday. In Virginia, generally fair tonight with a cooler Thursday, light frost possible in extreme southwest. Northwestern sections cooler tonight, colder tonight and Thursday in northern areas.
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Plan joint meet for farm labor in Tennessee
Chattanooga May 11 Pi C Cox chairman of the planning committee said a meeting of labor farm and progressive organizations will be held in Nashville to draft a legislative program. He noted half the state capitol had been secured for the meeting and that the Nashville Trades Council recently denied use of the Ishor temple.
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Hamilton County Labor
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Nashville Trades Council
Memphis Quiet City Plan Aims to Curb Noise
Memphis officials move to enact a three reading ordinance to curb excessive noise citywide. Fines range from 1 to 50 dollars for horn blowing loud radios and 11 pm to 7 am selling. Prohibits street corner singing after 11 pm and noisy animals or vehicles. Construction bans 1 pm to 7 am. The plan notes Memphis’s 1937 award as the nation’s safest traffic city.
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Natlional Safety Council
100 Million Year Old Clay Boosts American China Effort
Norris Tennessee May 11 The Ceramic Laboratory of TVA at Norris Dam reports a discovery of a vast deposit of 100,000,000 year old clay in the Tennessee Valley. The laboratory has produced fine china in an antique electric furnace and aims to develop mass production methods for high grade dinnerware. The work seeks to reduce reliance on cheap oriental labor by enabling U S workers to supply the market. Continued on Page Eight.
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Associated Press
Norris
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Ceramic Laboratory
TVA
Norris Dam
Tennessee Valley
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TVA Ceramis Laboratory
Boy Climbs Back From 150 Foot Bluff Fall
Little Patrick Woods miraculously survived a 150 foot fall into the Tennessee River gorge near Chattanooga. He regained consciousness after a dramatic rescue by city firefighters who could not reach him by ladder and used a boat to bring him to safety.
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Patrick Woods
Tennessee River
Patrick
Rive
Rehabilitation focus shapes parole policy in Atlanta talk
Atlanta May 1 The chief parole officer Vance E. Thomas urged that convict rehabilitation begin after release. He told the Southeastern States Probation and Parole Conference that education vocational training and citizenship courses can correct and remake prisoners. He noted prisons should better prepare inmates within one to three years versus prior decades.
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Vance E. Thomas
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Southeastern States Probation and Parole Conference
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Vance
24 Persons Die in State Wrecks in May Report
Nashville dispatch notes 24 fatalities last month in 24 automobile wrecks. Ten of the 24 victims were pedestrians and eight drivers in the incidents were arrested for drunken driving. The report cites stricter license controls, with 500 licenses revoked or suspended, and compares three months to prior year totals.
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Nashville
State Highway Patrol
Lieber Advocates CCC Civil Service Reform
Indianapolis leader Richard Lieber urges placing the Citizens Conservation Corps and national park service under civil service to remove politics from park development. Speaking at the National Conference on State Parks in Norris Tennessee, he calls for “the whole works” to be under competent civil service, covering CCC and park operations.
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Gorden Browning
David C. Chapman
Knoxville
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lieber
Utilities Move Regarded Step to End Dispute
Washington report on an agreement by five utility officials and the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek compliance methods under the Utilities Holding Company act. President Roosevelt backs the talks while defense power needs prompt study. The goal is to simplify holding companies and may require disposals to meet the law.
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Mey MW
William ©. Douglas
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SEC
Utilities Committee
Roosevelt
Louis Johnsoi
Basil Manly
Federal Power Commission
New York City
Hudson River
Death by Own Action Ties Murder Plot to Hire
Canton Ohio May 11 471 The death by own action note of Miss Theresa Ludwig says hired killers shot to death Mrs Deuber S Cable contractor's wife in March 1537 price paid for the shotgun blast set at 200 Prosecutor Barthelmew said he would release the letter text later while questioning a man who was quinzed then released Miss Ludwig 48 year old divorcee and Cable's confidante left the note when she killed herself in Conneaut Ohio Monday.
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Deuber S. Cable
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Conneaut
Last Minute News Flashes Powerless in Sale of Helium
The White House said Roosevelt was unable to settle the helium sale controversy with Germany as Ickes balked at approving a contract without guarantees against its use in foreign military actions. Hosiery workers protested to FDR over perceived curtailment of rights, urging justice department and civil liberties committee investigations. Authorities report arrests of cler gy men in Leringi province on charges including fascist spying and debauchery. Congress backed the administration’s naval expansion plan, approving a conference report despite some minority opposition.
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White House
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Ickes
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Assembly
Jersey City
Department of Justice
la Foillette Civil Liberties Committee
Kingsport Trade Days promises new stock and sales surge
Kingsport merchants prepare for the annual Trade Days, boasting a broader inventory and modern stores post paving. Local buyers from eastern markets, bustling displays, and open traffic on Broad Street aim to attract patrons from Kingsport and surrounding areas. Washington reporting notes GOP criticisms of Roosevelt policies and a proposed 12-point recovery program amid relief and lending debates.
Abducted Bradford Pa. four year old feared missing
Mrs Shirley M West pleads for return of her daughter Marjory abducted from a family picnic last Sunday. A search in the woods and reports from Thomas West Virginia describe a girl matching her clothing being taken by an unidentified man. A hotel sighting and a light green sedan are noted.
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Shirley M. West
Marjory
American Legion
Thomas
W. Va
T'Rooper L. V. Minnick
Paul Valentine
Parsons. W. Va
Mar Jory
Minnick
Irving Berlin Turns Fifty Celebrated Composer Faces 80th Birthday
Hollywood May 11 Irving Berlin marked his fiftieth birthday while juggling new work on a motion picture at 20th Century Fox. The composer of 600 songs says birthdays mean little, noting he still feels age differently. He is involved in Alexander's Ragtime Band, guiding editors as they assemble the film from his career of hits.
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Hollywood
Irving Bertin
America
20Th Century Fox
Alexander
Berlin
Mystery slaying confession in Newark case
Edward Holle, 24, a truck driver, confessed to strangling Sophie Kujat, 23, and dumping her chain bound body into the Passaic river to hide their platonic friendship from his wife. He claimed he suddenly went mad after a quarrel over her demands to stop sending him messages. Missing since April 21, Kujat’s body surfaced in the river after Holle’s arrest.
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N. J
Edward Holle
Sophie Kujat
Passaic River
John Haller
Bolle
Miss Kujat
Holle
Disney Will Turn Dizzy For 30 Days in Okla Town
Disney Oklahoma declares a 30 day "victory" regime after Billy Baker wins 60 votes to 201 over Mrs Vers Sitar. The town plans a brief curfew and celebrations while the Chief of Police notes a tense mood.
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Okla
Billy Baker
Vers Sitar
Baker
Sitar
Bootleggers Battle Claimed War Across City
City and county officers reported a war among bootleggers over turf after raids last week. Three outside and one inside city establishments were raided on tips, none had liquor. A Gate City highway proprietor claimed three liquor rings operate locally to misdirect police, and in a city raid occupants said any liquor found outside was not theirs. A back yard poured out moonshine was found in evidence.
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