Bombers drop leaflets over portion of Japan
Chinese air crews flying American Martin bombers returned to Hankow after a long non stop flight over western Japan dropping leaflets instead of bombs. They covered about 2,500 miles, claimed as the longest non stop flight by Chinese airmen, and were greeted by Premier H H Kung and War Minister General Ho Ying Ching. Leaflets urged Japanese people to oppose invasion of China and stressed no enmity toward Japanese people or the imperial house.
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Hankow
China
Gva
Japan
H. H. Kung
Ho Ying-Ching
Naval Base
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Sasebo
Great Naval Base
E Berlier
Tokyo
Osaka
Hanken
Osa
Chitose
Imperial House
War and Navy Ministry
Kobe
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Soliesmen
Chiang Kai-Sheh
Suchow
Tray
China Sea
Kyuchi
Sasho
Weather Showers Bring Cooler Temperatures Across States
Weather fronts bring showers tonight with cooler readings in Kentucky and Tennessee. Virginia reports local thundershowers tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions, while the western portion of the region remains cooler into Saturday.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Rust
Jrortonts
Wight
Extrinse
West Portion
Girl 15 Wed Two Years Is Divorced By Judge
Ellen Crow Morrell a 15 year old from Cardens Bluff received a divorce from her 50 year old husband Walter Morrell after testifying she was led into the marriage by her parents who obtained the license. The judge Chancellor Miller urged the parents to be ashamed for permitting the union and noted the tragedy of the case. The girl said she ran away after three months of living with Morrell and has since lived with an aunt. Her father testified he warned the couple of likely failure, noting he has raised 22 of his own children and three stepchildren.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Ellen Crow Morrell
Carden’s Bluff
E. Miller
Walter Morrell
Morrell
Roosevelt says he takes no part in Oregon primary
President Roosevelt announced he would take no part in the Oregon Democratic primary and would not comment on Pennsylvania results. He avoided addressing criticism of Oregon Governor Charles H. Martin by Ickes and Norris, and was joined at the White House by CIO leader John L. Lewis, who supported defeated Kennedy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Goverminor
Thomas Kennedy
Janes A. Farley
Charles H. Martin
Ickes
Norris T Ind.-Neb
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
White House
Lewis
Kennedy
Jury Seated as Harlan Wagner Act Case Advances
Eleven jurors chosen for the Harlan coal fields Wagner Act trial and a twelfth awaiting acceptance filled the jury box when the case reconvened in Odon Kentucky. Each side holds peremptory challenges to remove the remaining tainted juror, a state highway department employee. The lineup includes a bookkeeper two country storekeepers and eight farmers. If the employee is removed two alternates will be selected to complete the panel for the terrorism case involving 66 defendants including 21 corporations.
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Ondon
Harlan Coal Fields
State Highway Department
Tlen
Harlan County
Charles I Dawson
H. Church Ford
Lexington
Quints to Move to New Family Home in Corbid
NORTH BAY Ont May 1934 The five Dionne quints will join all seven siblings under one roof as a single family. A new home at Corbid five miles north of Callander will house the quints and the other children and be ready by September. The family will fund the house from earnings and contracts, with a design allowing isolation in case of illness. Continued on page eight.
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North Bay
Papa Olive
Mamma
Quints
Dionnes
Hheir Umious
Father Dionne
Jude J. A. Valin
Qua
Jtuplet Board of
Guardlians
Corbid
Callander
Dionnes and I
Neer
de, A. R. Dafoe
Peasant Army Rises in Mexico to Defy Government Orders
In San Luis Potosi on May 20, General Saturnino Cedillo mobilized a peasant army said to number between 16 000 and 29 000 to wage guerrilla warfare against President Lazaro Cardenas. Cardenas counters with 10 000 troops in the state and plans a swift response as planes and regiments move. Cedillo claims he will resist with arms while fearing a forced crush.
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San, Luis Potosi
Mexico
Saturnino Cedillo
Lazaro Cardenas
Cedillo
Cardenas
San Uis
Spain
San Luis
Chihuahua
Las Palomas
Cedille
Monica
Cavalry Invades East Tennessee in Major Maneuver
Fort Knox May 24 The seventh cavalry brigades moves in two motorized columns toward the Smoky Mountains of southeastern Tennessee in a 70 mile march from Fort Oglethorpe Georgia to confront a rumored raiding force. Brigadier General Daniel Van Voorhis will direct the operation from the air, marking a first for such a large U S force.
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JH. Anderson
Fort Knox
Seventh Cavalry
Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Fort Oglethorpe
Daniel van Voorhis
U. S
Girl Repudiates Early Testimony In Murders Trial
Eighteen year old Louise Bags testifies she lied to prosecutors asserting defendants Albert Davenport and Lee Nesbitt were in a cabin with others when a fire was found nearby. She says Davenport boasted of using a shotgun and Nesbitt killed two other victims with an ax. She claims illness and fear affected her earlier statements and cites care since giving them.
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Ashland
Tenn
Louise Bags
Albert Davenport
Lee Nesbittt
Davenport
Carney Brizentine
Robert Williams
Nesbitt
F. M. Simpkins
Bertrand Spicer
Nashville
Son of President Elliott Roosevelt visits McKellar airfield
Elliott Roosevelt son of the President arrives at McKellar field aboard the Southern to greet well wishers and photographers during a brief visit en route to Washington. Mrs Roosevelt also visits the airport as postmasters and local residents observe the arrival with exchanges of mail and photos.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Kurt Worth
Texas
McKellar Airport
American Airlines
Southerner
Roosevelt
McKellar Field
Fort Worth
Washington
White House
Kingsport
Bristol
Johnson City
Sullivan
Shrez
Barred Lawyer Bogart Loses Appeal in Tennessee
David Clyde Bogart a prominent Sevierville attorney had his appeal rejected by the Tennessee court of appeals upholding a five year disbarment for professional misconduct The decision notes the proof warrants permanent disbarment while affirming the circuit court's judgment The case centered on a conflict with Smoky Mountains National Park Commission over a 500 retainer and included Bogart's Nashville federal conviction for filing false income tax reports in 1931
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Knoxville
David Clyde Bogart
Sevierville
Tennessee Court of Appeals
Circuit
Bogart
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Conley Huskey
Atorney
Smoky Mountains National Park Commission
Commission
Nashville
Knoxville Plows Ahead as Power Transfer Stands In Question
May 20 Knoxville continues building a municipal power distribution system while National Power and Light officials accept a TVA offer of 37.9 million for Knoxville area properties. Bids for equipment valued around 450 thousand are set to open. Mayor Mynatt pledges to proceed despite potential injunctions, noting previous 1934 terms and stock control by Wielectric Bond and Share. Council meeting planned to review negotiations without a vote.
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Knoxville
National Power and Gight Company
City-Tva
Walter W. Mynatt
TVA Power
N. P
Knoxvile
Tennessee Public Service Company
TVA
National Power and Light
Wiectrie Bond and Share Corporation
N, I, and L
Mynat
Newspapers Are Lauded For Fight By Tennessee Editor
Nashville May 20 Frank R Ahlgren executive for the Memphis Commercial Appeal lauded the press for defending the unit bill deemed a monstrous scheme to deprive citizens of votes He said Shelby county registration details were blocked and warned leaders had forgotten they served the people not themselves The address was prepared for delivery at the Young Democratic clubs of Tennessee convention.
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Nashville
Frank R. Ahlgren
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Unit
State Supreme Court
Young Democratic Clubs of Tennessee
Memphis
Iit
Ahlgren
Deei
Shelby County
Shelby
Jorg
Last Minute Labor Case Jury Accepted in Kentucky
A jury of eight farmers two country storekeepers a bookkeeper and a carpenter was accepted by both sides today for the trial of Harlan county coal operators and officials charged with conspiring to deprive miners of labor organization rights.
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London
Harlan County
Bernstein Wounds Bourdet in Paris Duel with Veteran Playwright
Paris May 2 AP Henry Bernstein veteran duelist wounded Edouard Bourdet in a sword duel at Neuilly. Bourdet touched in the right upper arm but the injury not serious. duel observed by many newspapermen and cameramen as Bernstein and Bourdet used epees on a field within the estate.
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Paris
Henry Bernstein
Edouard Bourdet
Bourdet
Bernstein
Comedie Francaise
Neuilly
Patty
Increase for WPA Approved by Committee
A Senate appropriations subcommittee tentatively raised the WPA work relief bill from 1 256 billion to 1 425 billion, funding eight months of relief. House figures had set 1 249 billion for July through February, with discussion of a supplemental WPA appropriation.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
Adams
D.-Cole
House
W.P.A
Appropriations
Congress
Marty L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Chicago
Cleveland
Social Security Board
WPA
D-Cole
Edward A. O'Neil
American Farm Bureau Federation
Adams’ Subcommittee
Senate
Bmfonday
Taxpayers Seek Phosphate Study and Better Officers Approved
The Tennessee Taxpayers Association issued a call for stronger citizen involvement in public office as part of its 1938 39 objectives. The group, with EL Palmer on the legislative committee, outlined ten aims including urging competent, character driven leaders and moderating taxes to ease burdens on farmers, businesses, and homeowners. Roosevelt urged Congress to study the phosphate supply to guide policy on production, conservation, and exports, noting Florida, Tennessee, and western deposits as core sources.
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Tennessee Taxpayers Association
EL ¥ Palmer
Tennessee
Tennes
Washington
Rooosevelt
Todey
Roosevelt
Congress
Rocky Mountain States
Idaho
Florida
West
Senate
House
Rare Case of the Bends Strikes Sewer Workman in Tunnel
Memphis May 2. The bends disease sickened Charles Patrick O Day 35 itinerant sand hog after 82 feet underground on a downtown sewer job. Doctors report seven workers recovering while O Day’s case is described as one of the rarest in medical history. He suffered burns days earlier and may regain use of his left forearm though his paralysis persists.
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Memphis
Agealsson
Charles Patrick O'Day
Sandhog
O'Day
Hays Challenges Hague City Ban On Public Speaking
Arthur Garfield Hays chief AC LU ally fights Jersey City ban on speaking without permit. He declares open air talk next time and invites arrest if cops present. Day brings offers of aid to Justice Dept. Vito Marcantonio to present charges to Attorney General Cusomings unnamed anti Hague Democrat convicted of election law violation.
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Jersey City
N. J
Arthur Garfield Hays
Frank Hague
Hays
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Hague
Red Invaders
Ele
Federal Department of Justice
Vito Marcantonio
New York
Curomings
Kingsul to Take Over Three Theaters June First
R B Wilby of Atlanta announced Kingsul Theaters Inc will begin operating Strand Rialto and Gem theaters June 1. Local Nu Strand stockholders keep their interests as operations follow the same standard. L J Pepper, State theater manager, will become city manager of the four Kings port theaters.
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R.B. Wilby
Atlanta
Kingsul ‘Theaters, Inc
Strand
Rialto
Gem Theaters
Ithres
Wilby
Kingsport
Nu-Strand Corporation
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Kfartin
East Tennessee
Capital
Airport
Knox
Avers
Naseville
Peyton Hooper
Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Comittee
Harcourt A. Morgan
David Lilienthal
Five Principles
Comedie Frencaise
Senate Committee
FDR
FBI
Kingsul
Broad Street
L. J. Pepper
Kingsbort
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