Dramatic Squalus Rescue Ends After 29 Hours
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on May 24 rescuers freed 15 men trapped for over 29 hours inside the sunken submarine Squalus at 240 feet depth. The dramatic undersea recovery followed an underwater entombment and culminated in their safe extraction.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Joseph Patterson
Oklahoma City
J. C. Nichols
Chicago
Nichols
O. F. Naquin
J. William T. Doyle, Jr
Baltimore
Robert N. Robertson
Quanah
Texas
Falcon
Naval Hospital
Roland Blanchard
Pershey
Mich
Harold C. Prebble
Navy Department
Washington
D. C
William Isaac
Theodore Jacobs
Staten Island
N. Y
Gerald McLees
Richmond
Kansas
Charles Yuhas
New Salem
Deatherage linked to Newport socialites in anti Semitism drive
Washington May 24 George E Deatherage head of the Knights of the White Camel lia told the house an American committee he had discussed an anti Semitic campaign with wealthy socialites at Newport Rhode Island prior to the 1936 election He said he went to Newport late in 1935 or early 1936 to meet interested people including Howland Spencer a New York real estate man who sold land to Father Divine The testimony ties Nazism interests to U S social circles as investigators probe propaganda funding.
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Washington
George E. Deatherage
Knights of the White Camellia
House
An American Committee
Newport
R. I
Deatherage
Howland Spencer
New York
Father Divine
Hudson River
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Youth in jail after shooting near Jonesville
In Jonesville Virginia on May 24 18 year old Jack King is held without bond on a warrant for shooting Bill Wilder. Jeff Livesay is also detained for aiding King in the attack. King was arrested two days after the shooting in Kingsport by Con.
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Jonesville
Bill Wilder
Jack King
King
Redman
Jeff Livesay
Wilder
Kingsport
Con
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee and Kentucky mainly fair tonight and Thursday with scattered afternoon thundershowers and a slight temperature change. Friday brings showers. Virginia Fair tonight and Thursday with local afternoon thundershowers in the extreme southwest, cooler tonight, and Friday showers.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
South Portion
Queen Mary injured in car crash eyes hurt but condition satisfactory
Queen Mary suffered an eye injury when her car overturned and spent a restless night. Doctors said her general condition is satisfactory and routine updates were expected later. Sir Richard Cruise and other physicians attended at Marlborough House with Sir John Weir joining for the visit.
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London
Queen Mary
Richard Cruise
Malborough House
Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson of
Penn
John Weir
Weir
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
France
George VI
Duke of York
King George VI vows no force to settle Canada U S disputes
King George VI declared on Empire Day that force or threats will never again settle differences between the British empire and the United States. He spoke in Winnipeg during a rain-soaked tour with Queen Elizabeth, praising self-government for Canada and the shared faith in reason and fair play.
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Winnipeg
George VI
Empire
United States
George
Canada
Britain Seeks Quick Accord With Soviet Union on Mutual Aid
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced new British proposals to Soviet Russia for adherence to the British French front. He said talks in Geneva between Viscount Halifax and Ivan Maisky clarified views and hoped for full agreement at an early date.
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London
Chamberlain
Russia
Geneva
Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
House of Commons
Lord Halifax
Paris
Eastern State Hospital to Get New Clinical Director
Lexington Kentucky May 24 Superintendent F K Foley announced Dr J H Rompf of Gulfport Mississippi U S Veterans hospital will assume duties as clinical director at Eastern State Hospital for the insane on June 1. Rompf is a Louisville native and a graduate of the University of Louisville and its medical school.
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Lexington
F. K. Foley
Eastern State Hospital For the Insane
J. H. Rompf
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Gulfport
Miss
Rompf
Louisville
University of Louisville
Broadbent urges constitutional convention for Tennessee
Secretary of State A B Broadbent urged a convention to draft a new Tennessee constitution to replace the aging charter. He proposed tax reforms including an income tax, a $1500 home tax exemption, and empowered counties and cities to consolidate. He warned amendments are slow and called for strong leadership to curb rising government costs.
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Clarksville
Tenn
A. B. Broadbent
Tennessee
Rotary Club
Broadbent
Supreme Court
Nashville
Ford Surplus Declines in 1938 Ford Motor Co
Boston May 24 A decline in Ford Motor Company surplus for 1938 was reported in the annual statement to Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation. The year end balance shows surplus of 588,821,274.90 and total assets of 673,496,284.26 with Henry Ford II listed as director for the first time. Edsel B. Ford signed the balance sheet as president and treasurer.
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Boston
Ford Motor Company
Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation
Ford Company
Henry F. Long
Long
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Edsel B. Ford
P. E. Martin
Bull suffocates after nose traps in bucket
In Blytheville Missouri on May 24 a bull owned by Jerry Roche suffocated after its nose became stuck in the neck of an empty gallon bucket. The accident underscores farmyard dangers from curious livestock.
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Nosey Blytheville, Mo
Jerry Roche
Negro 106 In Hospital In Lexington
Addie Murphy, who said he was 106 years old and a former slave of Richard M. Johnson, 1837 41 Vice President, was a patient in a Lexington hospital today.
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Lexington
Addie Murphy
Richard M. Johnson
United States
Foes Prepare Heavy Attack On Profits Tax
Senate finance committee pressure grows to repeal the undistributed profits tax. Chairman Harrison signals only elimination will spur business, while Roosevelt favors repeal if revenue shifts from large corporations and avoids evasion loopholes. Congress also moves to swap short term government bonds for long term ones.
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Washington
Harrison
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
American Retail Federation
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Byrd
Byrd D
Garner
Chie
House
Senate
Treasury
11 Year Old Found Guilty of Slaying
In Newport Tennessee a Cocke county jury convicts 11 year old Charles Green of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 9 year old Joyce Arrington. The jury recommends eight years in a state institution and Judge W P Monroe delays final sentencing for a defense motion. Joyce was shot at her Grassy Fork home.
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Newport
Tenn
Cocke County
Charles Green
Joyce Arrington
State Agricultural and Training School
W. P. Monroe
Joyce
Charles
State Reformatory
Grassy Fork
Here
Wall Street Up on Buying Wave Across Many Shares
New York trading rose as buyers pushed shares up more than two points with the day’s activity the strongest in weeks. Washington eyes Townsend pension plan with an early house vote as Roosevelt holds two tax talks to reassess corporate levies.
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New York
Townsend Plan
Washington
Roosevelt
Public relations expert cites talks with officials on AG&E construction funds
Ben Gray a PR expert who was described as a mystery man in the SEC inquiry into Associated Gas and Electric told reporters he spoke with two administration officials about how much money the utility would spend on new construction.
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Washington
Ben Gray
SEC
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Mining district tense after alleged attack near Morrison mines
Scott County sheriff reports no new trouble after an attack on Echol and Atwell Hill near Morrison and Penley mines. Ten men face preliminary assault charges. three men posted $500 bonds while others remain jailed. Sheriff Quillen warns outsiders could worsen tensions as hearings begin.
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Times
Gate City
Scott County
J. E. Quillen
Morrison and Penley
Martin B. Compton
Quillen
Echol
Atwell Hill
Quillin
Settlement Seen In Guild Walkout
In Chattanooga a potential settlement emerged as Chattanooga News Guild officials and paper management agreed to a conference. Guild president Travis Hedrick said picketing would continue until a settlement, with about 30 striking workers from editorial and other departments. George Fort Milton was to join from Washington.
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Chattanooga
Chattanooga News
Chattanooga Newspaper Guild
George Fort Milton
The
News
Washington
Travis K. Hedrick
Youths in Squalus sinking Feared Dead
Three youths from this area implicated in the Squalus disaster are feared dead. Bascom Sleep Scyphers of Bristol Tennessee, Robert P. Thompson of Nashville, and Elvin Leon Deal of Copperhill were not listed among survivors or rescued. Deal, 27, a machinist's mate from Copperhill, starred in football at Copperhill High School and had four years in the submarine division. Thompson, 22, formerly from Nashville, is also reported among the trapped crew.
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Tennessee
Bristol
Copperhill High School
Navy
Carmen
Nashville
Robert P. Thompson
Atlantic
Robert .N. Thompson
WPA official sees WPA as pump primer for industry
Mrs. Florence S Herr assistant administrator of the Works Progress Administration told a regional conference of Democratic women that the pump priming is aimed at private industry. She noted Europe rebuilt with private spending and said America must supply wages to revive factory demand and jobs.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Florence S Herr
Works Progress Administration
Kerr
Conference of Democratic
South Central
South Atlantic States
America
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