Martial law awaited as strike tension rises in Elizabethton
In Elizabethton Tennessee Gen W B Boyd arrived after a conference with local command to assess the rayon workers strike and martial law measures. An explosion near Bowling and Teague homes sparked fear as authorities investigated dynamite use and possible car damage. The situation escalates with government officials preparing next steps in the ongoing labor dispute and state response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thton
Sutheritus
Elizabethton
W. ©. Boyd
Henry Horton
Nashville
Colcochelle
Boch
Bowling
Ed Ten
Teague
Orker
Tenn
Rayon
State Capitol
Weather Summary From Yesterday
Readings taken at 6 p m for the preceding 24 hours show cloudy skies with a high around 89 degrees and a low similar to yesterday. No rainfall recorded on the date, as reported by L Bunn of the U S Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Bunn
City Faces Audit Block While Theft Haunts North Little Rock
North Little Rock faces political turmoil as 109 pounds of city records disappeared stalling an audit. Officials, led by Mayor Ross T. Lawhon, searched the mayor and city clerk homes with warrants but found no records, while a vault yielded only torn pages from an improvement district assessment book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock City
Ross T. Lawhon
C. M. van Dyke
van Dyke
Board of Public Affairs
Lawhon
Wes
Oppi
Ban on religions in Russia may be taken away soon
Moscow May 11 AP reports that Soviet Russia may lift constitutional religious restrictions soon by an amendment to the Soviet constitution. Alexei Rykoff chairs the council of peoples comings and says the Russian Congress of Soviets will ratify a move to separate church and state and schools and grant citizens the right of religious practice along with anti religious propaganda limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Soviet
Alexei Rykoff
Council of Peoples Commings
M. Rykof
Congress
Half of Jury to Try Quinn is Selected
Nashville May 15. With six men chosen to hear the trial of Jack Quinn itinerant boiler maker on perjury charges arising from his testimony at the first mistrial of Walter Liggett slayer of Turney Cunningham attorneys today hope to complete the panel and proceed with the trial. Two hundred fifty men were summoned on opening day. twenty who failed to appear were fined fifty dollars each for absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Jack Quinn
Walter Liggett
Turney Cunningham
Aurneys
Graf Zeppelin Transatlantic Flight Delayed by French Edict
In Friedrichshafen Germany on May 15 1971 the Graf Zeppelin's planned dawn departure for the United States was delayed by a French authorization halt. Dr Hugo Eckener announced a 6 am (12 am EST) takeoff after securing a permit permitting only 7 to 9 this morning. Weather looked favorable for a Lakehurst arrival by Saturday night with a route via Bay of Biscay to Loire, then Azores and the U. S. coast near Virginia or the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fridgdrichshafen
Germany
Friedrichshafen
United States
Hugo Eckener
Jurgarten
Lakehurst
Besa Con
The
Loire
Cape Finistere
Azores
Virginia
District of Columbia
Eckener
France
Constitutional Issues to Fore in Long's Trial
Baton Rouge report describes the second day of Governor Huey P. Long's impeachment trial. Long faces eight state offenses and potential test votes on impeachment legality as his nine-lawyer defense team, led by John H. Overton, raises constitutional objections likely to extend hours of debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
John H. Overton
Battle to Stop Break Near Kennett Levee
In Kennett Missouri a large-scale levee alarm mobilized all available men along the St Francis river near White Oak as a crevasse threatened. About 100000 acres of fertile farmland could flood if the dam failed. Stores closed and women brought hot coffee to workers while emergency repairs continued for at least 24 hours. The St Francis river level was dropping through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Kennett
St. Francis
White Oak
Stam Francis
Ark
White River
Graf Zeppelin Plans Third U S Flight Amid Arctic Run
Berlin reports the Graf Zeppelin will attempt a third U S flight in late July, carrying American passengers as part of a round the world cruise with Tokyo San Diego and Lakehurst fixed as landing points. A midnight sun trip is also announced for late June over Lapland and the Norwegian coast to the Arctic circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York
United States
Tokyo
San Diego
Lakehurst
Lapland
Arctic Circle
Congress Daily Review of Tariff Debates and Bills
The Senate moved on a census re apportionment proposal while the House continued tariff bill discussions. The Ways and Means Committee heard Republican suggestions for rate increases and census related changes. Senate interstate commerce hearings on the federal communications commission proposal resumed. Senate irrigation discussed boosting southern agriculture. The Senate approved a relief bill with debenture provisions by a 54 to 33 vote. Debenture advocates pledged to challenge any House move to decline the Senate bill. Cattle state representatives outlined tariff ideas to the Ways and Means Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Senate Irrigation Committee
Trouse
Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means
Citadel students begin second day hunger strike protest
Seven hundred students at the Citadel in Charleston arise with empty stomachs to press their protest over mess hall meals. Portes Gil announces a national temperance campaign in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
Citadel
South Carolina Military College
Mexico
Portes Gil
Arkansas Horse Racing Bill Sparks Indictment Fallout
A 1929 Arkansas racing bill triggers further probes as Reece A. Caudle of the railroad commission faces a bribery indictment. The Pulaski county grand jury also indicts another person, while Gov. Harey Parneyy and legislative aides are questioned. Prosecutors say the probe covers bribery tied to the defeated inverse racing bill and alleged tampering after passage. Caudle received 33,900 for his release following indictment.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Reece A. Caudle
Arkansas Railroad Commission
Pulaski County
Boyd Oynett
Caudle
Harey Parneyy
Snd
Iverse
Candle
State House of Representatives
Alfred A Taylor Improves at 81 in Tennessee
Johnson City Tennessee May 15 AP The vanquished in the 1886 war of the roses for Tennessee governance rallied around Alfred A Taylor as illness eased his condition He neared eighty one and, after a night of anxiety from a chill relapse, was lifted into his rocking chair at bedside Doctors said no pneumonia risk if no complications arise and the famed fox hunter and storyteller seemed to be recovering sustained by his strong constitution
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
Tennessee
Alfred A. Taylor
First Methodist Church
Happy Valley
Terrific Double Blast Followed by Fire at Cleveland Clinic
At least 89 people are dead and many injured after a deadly explosion and fire at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. By 2 pm the known dead stood at 73 with 7 to 18 unaccounted. Victims included patients, nurses, and doctors as gas and burns caused horrific suffering. The toll could reach 93 as rescue efforts continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Women Organize to Seek Repeal Prohibition Law
New York May 15 AP Formation of a national organization of women to seek modification of the prohibition law through political activity was under way today. Miss M Louise Gross, chair man of the women’s committee for repeal of the 18th amendment, announced formation and said assistance would be given to those opposing the law similar to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union aiding supporters. Notable backers include Mrs. William J. Harkness, Mrs. Thomas Dewees Wood, Mrs. Chauncey Oscott, Rep Mary Norton, Miss Emile Sweeney, Mrs. Philip King Brown, Mrs. M F Hudson, Mrs. Spencer Penrose, Mrs. F Lothrop Ames, Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons, and Mrs. Robert Weeks Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
M. Louise Gross
Women’s Committee For
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
William J. Harkness
Thomas Dewees Wood
Philadelphia
Chauncey Oscott
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Emile Mr. Sweeney
St. Louis
Philip King Brown
San Francisco
M. F. Hudson
Memphis
Spencer Penrose
Colorado
F. L. Wayland
South Carolina
F. Lothrop Ames
Boston
Paul Fitzsimmons
Newport
Robert Weeks Kelley
Farm Relief Bill of Senate May Be Refused by House
Washington May 15 The House faced the choice of accepting or returning the Senate farm relief bill over the disputed export debenture section. The Senate passed the measure 54 to 33 despite White House opposition to the debenture provision, viewed as revenue legislation. Thirty one senators opposed the final vote on the debenture section, with Wagner and Walsh among the dissenters, while nine who opposed the debenture vote supported the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Administration
Wagner
New York
Walsh
Massachusetts
Stamp's Report on Reparations Completed in Paris
The long awaited report of Sir Josiah Stamp, chief British delegate to the reparations conference, was completed at noon. It embodies German reservations to the annuities plan proposed by Owen D Young and was sent to printers immediately. Delegates expect to receive it tonight and meet again Thursday afternoon to take action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Josiah Stamp
Owen D. Young
Dawes Committee
Public Men of Alabama Denounced for Intolerance
Mrs. Mabel West of Birmingham, head of the Alabama Woman's League for White Supremacy, denounced certain public men of Alabama for promoting religious intolerance. Speaking at the Alabama Federation of Labor, she urged stamping out bigotry and condemned political utterances she said reflect personal notoriety rather than duty to constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Mabel West
Birmingham
Alabama Woman’s League For
Alabama Federation of Labor
Alabama
West
Jeersons County
United State
J. Thomas Heflin
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Hernshaw
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Wilmott Clgima Morriggy
Eax
Mack Elliot
Miles
Elliot
Kennett, Mo
Graf Zeppelin
U. S
Associated Press
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Tennnessee
Alness
Tom Mix
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Mix
Minneapolis
Stamp
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