Economy backers align to fight relief program backed by FDR
Washington May 20 Economy advocates and backers of larger federal aid to the unemployed fused in house debate against supporters of President Roosevelt's 1.5 billion relief bill. Rep Woodrum Virginia Democrat in charge urged raising to 1.3 or 1.5 billion while others proposed 1.25 3 billion. Administration supporters predicted passage of the president's plan by tomorrow or Monday as Congress weighs five major issues including court reorganization farm aid flood control and CCC extension. A Mississippi congressman urged prompt flood control action linked to power development. Plantation owner George Wheatley dies at 73 in Greenville Miss after leading the Cotton States league president role.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Woodrum
Virginia
Interior Department
Umstead
North Carolina
Boileau
Wisconsin
Rep
Maverick
Texas
Teadhers
Senate
Whittington
Mississippi
Flood Control Committee
Rep. Rayburn
Sident Roosevelt
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Greenville
Miss
George Wheatley
Catton States Baseball League
Pear
Wheatley
Flam Ridge
Germany to Pay More for Babies
Pi Wilhelm Frick, Nazi Germany's interior minister, told public health officials that government will boost payments to workers and farmers to encourage larger families. He cited births rising from 993,126 in 1932 to 1,290,000 in 1936 and urged extending the goal to three or four children per family.
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Wildbad
Germany
Pi—Wilhelm Frick
Frick
Eastman Workers to Get Vacations
Tennessee Eastman Corporation announces one week of paid vacation for hourly workers with at least one year of continuous service. Time and a half will be paid for Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Changes to life and health insurance benefits take effect June 2 1937, with cost reductions for additional life insurance and extended disability coverage from 26 to 32 weeks. Group hospital service plan reopens for thirty days from June 1 with company contributions of 4 or 7 dollars per year depending on dependents.
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Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Tennessee Eastman
Confession Bared in Trial of Pair
In Jersey City May 2 a confession by the girl in the murder trial of an engaged couple is read. The statement places the girl and Donald Wightman at the Macknight home in the kitchen when the mother appeared with a knife. The girl says Donald embraced her and kissed her, then wrestled with the mother and struck with a hatchet about five times as the mother lay on the floor.
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Mary Elizabeth
Jersey City
N. J
Helen MackKnight
Glad
Donald Wightman
Dona
Une Eat
Eleith
Donald
Macknight
G'sdys MacKnight
Klling
Helen Macknight
Hummingbird Poaching Described In Kingston
In Kingston North Carolina May 2017 a man named Jurman described a method to trap hummingbirds using Git as bait mixed with honey. He explains the scent draws the birds into traps where they feast then fall and are captured. he notes the birds drink the mixture and collapse, inviting others to approach.
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Kingston
N.C
Jurman
Negro
Pnre
Weather Forecast Summary for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee expects fair conditions tonight and Friday with slightly warmer temperatures. Virginia will be fair and cool with frost in northwest areas tonight, then rising temperatures Friday in the north. Kentucky remains mostly cloudy, with slightly warmer conditions tonight and Friday.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Steel Plants Ballot Today on CIO Unions
Employes at Jones and Laughlin Steel plants in Pittsburgh and Aliquippa cast ballots today to decide on representing by a CIO affiliated committee for bargaining. The 27,000 workers vote marks the largest NLRB supervised election to date. Bethlehem Steel faced a Johnstown strike as CIO organizing efforts spread. A wage dispute truce restored power in 12 Michigan counties while Consumers Power service was suspended in several cities. Negotiators planned talks with Governor Murphy amid calls for broader unionization in light of the current labor unrest. Scattered Indiana strikes idled about 9,000 workers including 7,000 Studebaker employees in South Bend over non-union staffing concerns.
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Associated Press
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Johnstown
Committee For Industrial Organization
Michigan
Consumers Power Company
Saginaw
Bay City
Flint
Indiana
Studebaker Motor Co
South Bend
Alcoa Plant Spare Exemption Amid Strike in Tennessee
Alcoa Tennessee May 20 about 3000 workers are on strike at the fabrication unit while the carbon and reduction shop with about 1000 workers remains open. Union leader Fred Wetmore says no strike in the reduction plant due to cost and delay. Company official doubts a walkout. reopening would take about three months if closed. Pickets few. most workers idle. Wetmore cites pledged support from AFL United Mine Workers and National Council of Aluminum Workers plus CIO aid from New Kensington. Googe says AFL will offer assistance. continued on page twelve.
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ALCOA
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Fred Wetmore
The
Aluminum Workers’ Union
Wetmore
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
United Mine Workers of America
National Council of ‘Aluminum Workers
New Kensington, Pa
W. B. Gravatt
New Kensington
Windsor Plans Bold Standoff to Back Brother King
Paris May 20 Four close to the Duke of Windsor report he will fight critics in England and bolster the royal family’s position with the government. He believes quarters opposing his marriage to Mrs Walls Warrfield and downgrading his influence are behind abdication. Windsor aims to aid King George VI, with no action disclosed, as friends say the first move was fired from Chateau de Cande after royal wedding obstacles cleared.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
England
Edward VIII
George
Walls Warrfield
Edward
Windsor
Victor
Chateau de Cande
Hing
Herman L. Rogers
Mary
Duke of Kent
Princess Royal
Kent
House approves monetary parley on tax plan in Tennessee
WASHINGTON May 23 Treasury officials report Morgenthau opposes a general monetary conference. He favors bilateral talks to stabilize finances with nations. He notes past success of a tri power arrangement and hints talks with Uruguay’s finance minister touched on monetary matters.
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Washington
Treasury
Ural
Morgenthaul
Rformed
Morgenthau
Great Britain
France
United States
Capitol Hill
America
Will Rogers
Rogers
Cesar Charlone
Uruguay
Fright Helped Belleville Player Survive Cistern Incident
Warren Frank Paulé, age 2, fell into a cistern and stayed under water for two minutes. Doctors say no water entered his lungs or stomach and he returned to play, noting his fright and clenched teeth saved him as he held his breath underwater.
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Belleville
Warren Frank Paulé
Anniversary of Epic Flight Averts Public Celebration by Lindbergh
WEALD Eng May 20 Charles A Lindbergh avoided public celebration on the tenth anniversary of his solo New York to Paris flight. He stayed at Long Barn garden with his wife and baby Jon, disconnected the telephone to keep visitors away, and declined observances. Residents report a quiet day as telegrams poured in, while Lindbergh expresses reluctance to mark the milestone.
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Weald
Eng
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Long Barn
Lindbergh
United States
England
St. Louis
Atlantic
Germany protests Hitler ribbing over Mundelein speech
Berlin and Washington clashed as Dr Hans Dieckhoff German ambassador protested anti Hitler remarks by Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. Berlin rejected insults to Hitler while US officials logged protests over Nazi attacks on American citizens and institutions.
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Berlin
United States
Hans H. Dileckhoff
Washington
Nazi Germany
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Dieckhoff
Adolf Hitler
Chiicago
Paul Joseph Goebbe
Hitler
Holy See
Vatican City
Konstantin von Neurath
Reich
Farmer gets life term for murder in Louisiana
Melvin Vidrine 27, Evangeline parish farmer, convicted of murder without capital punishment in the death and burial of his common law wife Frozina Vizinat 24. Judge J Cleveland Fruge praised some jurors and called for justice, noting the case merited the death penalty. The verdict yields life in prison with hard labor.
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State
Fruge
Three Bills Pass on Carter County
Three senate bills passed by the general assembly yesterday and sent to Governor Browning authorize Carter county election officers to receive $2 a day and let the Carter county school board sign three-year contracts with teachers. The bills also authorize Unicel Washington Carter and Johnson county courts to establish building zones.
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Nashville
Senate
Jesse G. Smith
Washington
General Assembly
Browning
Carter County
Unicel
Carter
Johnson County
Referendum liquor bill delayed as senate adjourns briefly
In Nashville May 20 the house approved liquor referendum legislation and sent it to a special senate order for tomorrow at 10 am. The delay followed Speaker Pope and Senator Maxwell noting copies were unavailable for members to study, prompting postponement to allow amendments. The bill would trigger a July 4 vote if authorized, with Governor Browning signaling possible action after a wet outcome. The senate also approved a separate measure letting counties hold liquor manufacture referendums, aiming to resume Jack Daniel No. 7 production if voters approve, with licensing and revenue provisions outlined.
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Browning
Elmer Davies
Davidson
Davies
House
Tennessee
State Aeronautics Bureau
Senate
Rep
J. €. Jackson
Maury
Shelby
Nashville
Bletcher Morgan
Hamilton
Alan Maxwell
Maxwell
Morgan
Byron Pope
Ander
Fletcher R. Morgan
Lem Miollow
Jack Daniel
Moore County
Upstate
W. W. Craig C Laudersdale
Craig
Kaps
Ti Xouw
Celtics
Tennessee liquor bill fails in House vote
Tennessee lawmakers blocked a bill to legalize manufacturing of liquor but not its sale. Rep Lon S Austin, author, pledged to press again after 44 voted against and 48-2 short of the required majority. Gov Browning indicated he would sign if passed, aiming to help Lem Motlow resume Old Jack Daniel No 7 production. Opposition led by Rep Andrew Tanner warned of back door to whiskey.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House
Senate
Lon S. Austin
Henderson
Lem Motlow
Lynchburg
Andrew Tanner
Davidson
United Forces For Prohibition
Shelby
Tanner
Second fatality near airport as road work accident occurs
Carlis Rupe, 35, of Rocky Springs, was killed at the McKeMar Airport to Johnson City highway site when a loaded tractor crushed him. It follows Lenoir Jones’s fatal steam shovel accident nearby two days earlier. Rupe worked for B G Young Construction. funeral set at Hacky Springs near Piney Flats. He is survived by wife Relphia Belle Rupe and his parents Mr. and Mrs. B S Rupe.
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Carlis Rupe
Rocky Springs
McKeMar
Johnson City
Rupe
Lenoir Jones
B. G. Young Construction Company
Ripe
Joneshore Undertaking
Hacky Springs
Piney Flats
Relphia Belle Rupe
B.S. Rupe
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Lewis
Planta
Aluminum Company
Atlanta
George Googe
Aid Brother
Morganthau Rapscrease
Washville
Tmg
Col. Lindbergh
Farmer
Boone Terre-Flat River
Missouni
Airport
Tri-City Airport
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