Dictator tours spark French alert along borders
France placed armed forces on alert as Hitler and Mussolini scheduled border tours to display fortifications and pressure France. Mussolini planned a Piedmont inspection tour while Hitler eyed western and eastern front fortifications amid European power shifts.
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France
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
T Duce
Asian
Paris
Mussolini
Turin
Italy
Maginot Zone
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Poland
Piedmont
Europe
Tunisia
Libya
North Africa
Jibati
Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky Weekend Weather Update
Tennessee expect fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. Virginia shows Sunday and Monday for the east with increasing cloudiness in the west portions. Kentucky trends fair and warmer Sunday and Monday with increasing cloudiness in the north portion Monday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Registration Boom Signals Voter Interest in City Election
Registration in Kingsport shows 1 349 new voters in two days for the June 3 election to choose three aldermen. Total names exceed 3 700 with 850 on opening day and about 2 000 poll taxes paid. Only one candidate had filed, with several more expected this week as the final filing date nears. A Citizens ticket circular urged voters to reject local politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Holyoke
Glen Bruce
Ed Cate
A. L. Addington
Kingsport
Election Board
Karl Goerdel
Tennessee Eastman
Russell Stone
Kingsport Press
Citizens
Johnson City
Public utilities tax meets favor in Tennessee counties
A Knoxville Journal survey of over 50 county officials across Tennessee shows broad support for taxes on publicly owned utilities, aligning them with private firms. The study collected 56 telegrams from county judges and trustees, with at least two officials noting no need for immediate agitation.
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Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Tennessee
The
Journal
C. E. Camp
Hamilton
Chattanooga
L. L. Owen
McMinn County
Tennessee Taxpayers Association
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Nashville
Davidson
Shelby
Memphis
Camp
German Air Lines to U S Delayed Says Officials
Washington officials say German commercial transatlantic service to the United States will be delayed until after lines to Great Britain and France are established and profitable. Germany sought permission two years ago without a favorable reply, while accords exist with Britain and France for two-way Atlantic service.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Air Accords
Britain
Atlantic
United
Naze Air Lines
Shelby County Seeks Bigger Share Of State Jobs
Shelby County leaders claim about 1,000 of 8,000 to 10,000 state jobs should go to their area. Cooper says Shelby is entitled to more and vows to work out the patronage distribution. Shelby shows 373 on payroll, 80 appointments, 25 dismissals since Cooper’s term began.
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Nashville
Shelby County
Memphis
Cooper
Shelby
F E. H. Crump
Gordon Browning
Capitol
Davidson County
Knox County
Knoxville
Quints Hear Royal Visit News From Nurse
Marie and her four sisters learned England’s Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose would not accompany the King and Queen to Canada. The girls asked if they could see the princesses in Toronto on May 22, but were told they would stay with Queen Mary. Marie then suggested the grandmother might be lonely if the princesses stayed home.
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Callander
Marie
England
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Canada
Toronto
Queen Mary
Molly O’shaughnessey
Coast To Coast Hops Irresistible To 1940 Prospects
Washington May 13 The piece notes coast to coast tours by potential 1940 presidential candidates. Postmaster General Farley begins a San Francisco fair speaking tour. Paul V McNutt travels from the Philippines with a June San Francisco to Washington route. Roosevelt may follow this summer on a similar tour.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Farley
San Francisco Fair
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
San Francisco
Indiana
Roosevelt
Congress
Death Ring Probe Expands to New York
Philadelphia reports three investigators pursuing an insurance murder ring across eastern states while two suspects in Philadelphia are questioned. No charges yet. Police Captain James Kelly and aides met with Brooklyn DA Geoghan. Morris Bolber, a Brooklyn resident tied to the ring, is described as a faith healer by prisoners. Witness John Cacopardo aided the inquiry, linking to Herman Petrillo's trial.
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Philadelphia
New York
James Kelly
Brooklyn
N. Y
William F. X
Morris Bolber
John Cacopardo
Sing Sing
Cacopardo
Herman Petrillo
Women urge state to form tax study commission
Ten Kingsport members of the Tennessee League of Women Voters appealed to Governor Prentice Cooper in Nashville after their three day Norris convention. They asked for an adequately staffed financed tax commission to study Tennessee finances and plan constructive reforms for the 1939-40 program including abolition of poll tax and four year gubernatorial term.
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Prentice Cooper
Nashville
Tax Commission
Tennessee League of Women Voters
Norris
Kingsport
League
Tennessee
Advocates See Congress Spend Above Budget Mark
Washington May 13 Advocates for less spending say the economy drive stalled and total appropriations this session may reach about 9 to 10 billion dollars. Already approved or pending total 383 million over budget with most excess from one measure.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Optimism Filters Through Business Despite Mixed Signals
New York May 13 optimism alternates with doubt as Wall Street weighs tax revision hopes and Shifting government actions. Leaders see potential recovery if Treasury Morgenthau and Senator Harrison push to remove tax obstacles while Hopkins returns to push business friendly legislation. Rising commodity prices and anticipated farm aid also feed cautious confidence amid a calmer foreign scene.
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New York
Wall Street
U. S
Caribbean Island Air Base Planned
President Roosevelt moves to fortify Puerto Rico as a defense outpost with a projected $30 million plus investment to build an Atlantic air base. Long range bombers and patrol planes would intercept European threats to the canal, and expansion of aviation training and skilled labor is urged to meet wartime needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D. Leary
Puerto Rico
Army
Navy
Caribbean
Atlantic
Hawaii
Pacific
Europe
Panama Canal
United States
South America
Gibraltar
White House
Oswald Ryan
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Coal contract ends six week idle period for 300000 miners
New York May 13 Three hundred thousand soft coal miners idle for six weeks will return to work Monday under the first union shop contract signed by John L. Lewis United Mine Workers and a majority of Appalachian conference operators. Fifteen of 21 coal associations signed a two year pact after protracted negotiations aided by Roosevelt. Six Southern associations withdrew with about 45000 workers and 45000000 tons output annually.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CLO
Roosevelt
Big Sandy-Elkhorn
Hazard
Harlan County
Coal Operators’ Associations
Kentucky
Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
Southern Appalachian Coal Operators’ Association
Tennessee
Virginia
Kanawha Coal Operators’ Association
Burgunder to stand trial in Arizona for slayings
El Paso Texas May 13 Robert Burgunder Jr 22-year-old Arizona State Teachers College student was taken to Phoenix to stand trial for the killings of two automobile salesmen in the desert near Van Horn on March 30 1938 Burgunder denied knowledge of the Frome murders of Mrs Weston G Frome and her daughter Nancy of Berkeley California while in custody of County Attorney R F Harless and Sheriff Lon Jordan of Phoenix
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EL Paso
Tex
Frome
West Texas
Robert Burgunder, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona State Teachers College
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
Berkeley
Calif
Royalty Delayed by Atlantic Fog
Dense fog kept the liner Empress of Australia in the North Atlantic iceberg region delaying King George VI and Queen Elizabeth from reaching Quebec for their Canada and United States tour. The ship struggled with limited progress as fog and ice impeded a westward voyage with only brief clear spells and a near iceberg sighting prompting quick engine reversal.
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Australia
North Atlantic
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Quebec
Canada
United States
E.S.T
Berg
Six-Year-Old Vanishes in Philadelphia Family Seeks Clues
In Philadelphia's Passyunk district, the Bruscos kneel in prayer as they search for their six year old son missing 27 days. The family offered a $100 reward and public pleas have drawn neighbors, police, and firemen into the hunt.
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W. R. Yahner
Philadelphia
Joseph Brusco
Lindbergh Boulevard
Passayunk District
Gerald
Stage all set for outbreak in coal fields
Frankfort Kentucky May 13 mobilization of 557 National Guardsmen to guard eastern Kentucky coal mines as operators refuse to sign the New York UMWA contract. Governor Chandler warns against interference while promising peaceful picks and no compulsion to work. warns West Virginia border threats. Mass miners’ meeting set.
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Frankfort
National
Harlan
New York
United Mine Workers of America
A. B. Chandler
John L. Lewis
UMWA
CIO
Lewis
Harlan Coal
Chandler
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Holt
West
Ed Reynolds
Hazard
Sam Caddy
Reynolds
Harry LaViers
Big Sandy-Elkhorn Operators Association
Kentucky
Boyfriend fined for home entry after rooftop intrusion
Waltham court fined Paul Leach $10 for disturbing the peace after neighbors reported him walking on a girl’s roof en route to a second story window she allegedly allowed him to enter. He claimed the girl said he could come in.
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Waltham
Mass
Paul Leach
Leach
New Champion of Original Excuses Surprises Sergeant
West Palm Beach on May 13 reports a comely motorist dodged an overtime parking fine with the line we just bought a new car and I parked it and forgot its color. The desk sergeant praised her as the snow champ and excused the violation.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Charlies Wentworth
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Joseph Pilsudski
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Prague
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Crump
Sullivan
Quints
Little Marie
Women Voters League
Henry Paynter
Peter R. Nehemkis
Securities & Exchange Commission
Pujo
Pecora
Morgan Partners
Robert E. Wood
Caribbean Island Air Base
Hedy Lamarr
Quizz
Texas
George
Schuylkill River
Delaware Bay
W. C. Burrow
Hazard Coal Operators Association
Lexington
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