Prison Camp Land Leases Stalled Near Gate City
Reports surface that land near Daniel Boone four miles west of Gate City has not been leased for a prison camp. State prison warden M Youell says authorization from the highway department is needed for a camp this summer. Unconfirmed tips claim a lease existed in county offices.
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Gate City
Cormet
Daniel Boone
M. Youell
Times
Youell
State Highway Department
Tlaniul Boone
H. HM. Holmes
Henry G. Gillier
Helmes
Sal
T Hemi
Richmond
Scott County
Holmes
Tinos Sty
Toay
Youll
State Highway Commission
Public Enemy No 1 Suspected in Auto Theft Ring
Font Michigan May 19 The night’s events center on a car theft involving Suspects fleeing with about $33,000. Police found no fingerprints matching John Dillinger in the vehicle, deepening the belief that Dillinger did not participate. The report continues on page six.
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Font, Mich
P| Pulice
Vebbers
Weather fair and warmer across Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee will see generally fair skies and rising warmth into today and Monday. Virginia expects fair weather with a brief unsettled period on Sunday into Monday, cooler in the far north. Highs and rainfall details are inconsistent. readings mention prior dates but exact figures are unclear.
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Tennessee
Virginia
League Urges Global Arms Embargo on Paraguay and Bolivia
Geneva dispatch reports the League of Nations, spurred by President Roosevelt's push, sending cables to 22 nations asking if they will enforce an embargo on arms to Paraguay and Bolivia. The move follows a unanimous council resolution to act at the earliest moment, aiming to halt the jungle conflict by stopping material flow. Countries contacted span Great Britain to Ireland and include the United States, Denmark, Canada, and Argentina, with a third group seeking regional cooperation to block transit.
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Roosevelt
America Senate
League of Nations
Paraguay
Bolivia
Council
Chaco
Congit
Great Britain
Italy
France
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Spain
China
Mexico
Panama
Guatemala
Ireland
U.S
Denmark
Australia
Belgium
Canada
United States
Finland
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Holland
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Trupuay
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Demonstrations planned to back new Kentucky tax measure
In Frankfort on May 19 Associated Press reports the largest mass protest in years will unfold Monday as supporters of a three percent gross receipts tax march on the capitol. Teachers students state workers and farmers from across Kentucky are expected to join, with up to ten thousand anticipated. A counter demonstration by merchants and workers opposed to the levy was held Wednesday. House action on the tax bill is possible as hearings may be delayed. State officials express confidence in crowd management.
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W. F. Arbogast
Associated Press
Frankfort
Kentucky General Assembly
Special Legislative Interim Committee
House of Representatives
Firebug Sought in Costly Newburyport Blaze
In Newburyport Massachusetts on May 10 a major waterfront fire destroyed fifteen businesses and a dozen homes including an eight family block. Police and fire crews from 18 towns battled the flames which caused about 800000 dollars in damage. Two boys and an intoxicated man were questioned as investigators linked earlier small fires to the disaster.
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Newburyport
Mass
Merrimack
Market
Progressive Party Formed in Wisconsin Led by La Follette Jr
Fond du Lac Wisconsin May 19 progressives create a new party led in 1984 by Senator Robert M La Follette Jr who will campaign as a Roosevelt ally The Progressive Party severs ties with Republicans and targets the Democratic Schemedeman administration asserting reactionary interests seek to control both major parties in the 1984 elections The move follows decades of Wisconsin liberal labor and reform currents and signals a defined party alignment against utility interests and allied Democrats
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Progressives
Robert M. la Follette Jr
Progressive Party
Robert M. la Tolelotke
Republican Party
Revubblican Party
Democratic Schmedeman
la Pollette
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
End of Congress Week Ahead as Tariff Bill Looms
Washington May 1942 congressional leaders said the first week of June could see adjournment unless housing tariff and silver bills stir resistance. The Norris constitutional amendment on the electoral college may reach a Senate vote, with House action likely after.
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Nathan:robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Senate
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Fletcher
Senate Committee
House
Communications Commission
Norris
Chamber
Bulgaria under dictatorship as army seizes power
The Bulgarian army struck before dawn and dissolved parliament establishing a military dictatorship. King Boris signed decrees placing Kiman Gueroguieft as premier as soldiers arrested cabinet members and seized government buildings. Hundreds reportedly arrested as troops secured Sofia and cities nationwide with heavy guards and many indoors.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Sovia
Kiman Gueroguieft
Tyops
Court test on NRA bids in Washington
A Ford dealer from Bethesda Maryland won a court move to test whether government track-contract bids must certify all materials come from code-signing manufacturers. The DC Supreme Court set a hearing on a permanent injunction while the case challenges rail department bid rejections and the Roosevelt order cited by Sabine.
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Washington
Ford Motor Company
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Northwest Motor Company
Bethesda
Ford
Agriculture and Interior Departments
R. P
Sabine
Tek
Ickes
Wallace
Word Motor Company
Northwest Company
Chevrolet
J. R. MecGarl
Comptroller General
Maryland
War Department
Department
Roosevelt
Chicago Blazes Sweeps 10 Million in Packingtown Fire
A massive Chicago fire in Packingtown destroyed 42 blocks, with losses estimated at 10 million dollars. Firefighters and 2,000 personnel battled the four and a half hour blaze near the stockyards, leaving 1,200 homeless and injuring 25, with several in critical condition. Major buildings damaged included Livestock Exchange, Percheron Society hall, stock yards amphitheatre, and Dexters pavilion.
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Chicago
Chicara
Packingtown
Stockyards
Michael Corrigan
James Allman
Halsted Street
Livestock Exchange
The
Percheron Society of America
Stock Yards
Dexter Pavilion
Drovers National Bank
Stock Yards Inn
Stock Yards National Bank
P. Brennan
Agac Packing Company
America Express
Omaha Packing
Equipment Corporation of America
Jost
Effort Made to Block Parole in Ketchel Slaying Case
Springfield Missouri May 19 Parole revocation sought against Walter Dipley who served 23 years of a life sentence for the murder of former middleweight champion Stanley Ketchel. Attorney Dickerson and associates move to block Dipley's parole after learning of his release and planned trip to a Colorado ranch. Ketchel was shot at breakfast October 15, 1910, after Dipley entered with a rifle and ordered him to raise his hands.
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Blanche Leckey
San Francisco
Millard Hickman
Louise Jeppaseny
Ogden
Utah
Golden Gate ‘Park
Jeppesen
Hickman
Mies ‘McKay
Springfield
Walter Dipley
Whic
Missouri Penitentiary
Stanley Ketchel
Ketchel
Webster County
Guy B. Parks
Dipley
Colorado
L Ketcher
Walter
William Hurtz
C. E Bailey Ranch
Kecchel
Labor Turmoil Sparks Violence in Minneapolis Strike
Widespread street fighting and rioting erupted in Minneapolis as police attempted to clear arteries for commercial truck transport amid a city wide union truck drivers strike. Injuries were reported as pickets attacked fruit trucks and police guarded the warehouse. Governors and labor officials sought a settlement while other transport sectors reported partial truces and resumed work.
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Associated Press
Rckbats
Minneapolis
Olson
Minnesota
Judge declares NRA unfair as applied to local affairs
Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson denounces the National Recovery Act as applied to local affairs as the boldest kind of usurpation and warns it could spell the end of constitutional government. He granted a temporary injunction to halt prosecutions of 34 Western Kentucky coal operators under the NRA code, noting wage claims and interstate limits.
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NRA
Charles I. Dawson
Dawson
Western Kentucky Cou
Supreme Court
Congress
NRA i
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
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Ind
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