Henlein Goes to Berchtesgaden for Hitler Meeting
Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein slips from Prague to Berchtesgaden to confer with Adolf Hitler and Franz von Papen about Prague's autonomy proposals. British mediation aide Ashton-Gwatkin and Runciman discuss temptations of compromise as Europe watches.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Phe
Praha
Hen Jein
F. T. A. Ashton-Gwatkin
Marienbad
Henlein
Hitler
Fuehrer
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Ashton-Gwatkin Henlein
Jenbad
F. T. A. Aion Gwen
Viscount Runciman
Praha Sovern
Europe
Runciman
Eduard Benes
London
Britain
France
Konrad Henleim
United States
Roosevelt
Bavaria
Weather Outlook With Showers Across Tennessee and Kentucky
Local thunder showers this afternoon or early tonight in Tennessee. Friday generally fair with little temperature change. Virginia sees cooler tonight and Friday after localized afternoon showers in the south. Kentucky mostly fair tonight and Friday with cooler air.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Heaviest Test of New Deal Due With September Races
The 1938 primary season opens with three major defeats for the Roosevelt administration and three decisive New Deal contests ahead in Maryland Georgia and New York. Upsets shift focus to President Roosevelt influence and party prospects across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Maryland
Georgia
New York
Ellison D. Smith
D.-S.c
William G. McAdoo
D.-Calif
Idaho
New Deal
James P. Pope
Rep
D. Worth Clark
Herbert Hitchcock
South Dakota
George L. Berry
Tennessee
McAdoo
Sheridan Downey
South Carolina
Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Walter George
Millard Tydings
John O'Connor
Tydings
David J. Lewis
16Th
O’connor
James H. Fay
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Maine
Senate
South
Three Now Claim Post in Memphis
Shelby county faces a three way claim to the district attorney general post as Marion S. Boyd, Joseph Hanover, and another gubernatorial appointee jockey for the job. Boyd sits in the prosecutor’s office amid supporters while Hanover’s staff clings to its desk in the adjacent attorney general quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Shelby County
Nashville
Marion S. Boyd
E. H. Crump
Criminal Courts
Joseph Hanover
Browning
Memphis Post
40 Are Given Oath in County Offices
In Blountville on September 1 about 40 people were sworn in to county roles for two years. Eight major office holders include Worley Fain trustee Ward Gardner highway commissioner Roy E Clark school superintendent and R A Milam sheriff, all Republicans. Democrats sworn in include H W Copenhaver county court clerk Miss Pearl Cross registrar A N Hawk circuit court clerk and Thomas Curtin county attorney. Milam said four staff from Kingsport area will serve as deputies and jailer Hensley joins from Kingsport while Still Dade and Jones are chief deputy and deputy.
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Blountville
Worley Fain
Ward Gardner
Roy E. Calrk
R. A. Milam
H. W. Copenhaver
Kingsport
Tom Still
R. B. Dade
William Jones
H. H. Hensley
Sam Feathers
Parents Held Young Man Prisoner in Home
DE KALB Ill Sept 1 A two year confinement case prompted an investigation after Deputy Sheriff Lymon Sebree found Vincent Redmond 24 in a dark room at his parents tar paper shack A Malicious mischief warrant was served and the parents jailed at Sycamore pending a hearing Redmond was committed to the state mental hospital at Elgin for care and confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Kalb
Ill
Vincent Redmond
Lymon Sebree
Matt Redmond
Sebree
Redmond
Elgin
Sycamore
Quebec avalanche kills five and injures many
A landslide from a 200 foot hillside struck a four story Quebec suburb apartment building at 4 15 am. Eighteen injured were rushed to hospital as rescue efforts by police and volunteerscontinued. Five dead include two unidentified infants and three women. thirty more residents were unaccounted for amid debris.
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Quebec
Candian Press
St. Gregoire de Montmorency
L’enfant Jesus Hospital
Lachance
Delphis Lachance
Patrick DeLisle
Corinthia Audet
Rosa LaChance
Railways Ballot Strike Question Sparks Nationwide Vote
Sept 1 193? Railway workers across 19 unions will vote on a nationwide strike after mediation efforts failed. Ballot among 929000 workers to oppose a 15 percent wage cut. arbitration urged by mediation board but rejected by union leaders. Strike vote to be counted in about six days.
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Chicago
National Mediation Board
H. A. Enochs
Railway Labor Executive Association
Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
Enochs
George M. Harrison
Dixie Davis Faces Stryker’s Attack In Racket Trial
New York September 1 Dixie Davis a star witness in the James J Hines racket conspiracy case tests defense questions with calm defiance He recalls resisting testimony to protect Hines before deciding to become a state witness and reveal Schultz mob ties The exchange shows his reluctance and eventual shift to cooperation with prosecutors.
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E. C. Daniel
New York
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
James J. Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Davis
Hines
Tammany District
George Weinberg
Dutch Schultz
Weinberg
Schultz
Stryker
New York State
Schultz “Policy Empire
TVA Attorneys Criticised by Rep Barden in Hearings
Knoxville report outlines Rep. Barden criticism of TVA legal staff as inexperienced and relying on outside counsel. Testimony notes 27 attorneys earning over 4000 dollars yearly with outside fees of 75000 paid to John Lord O Brien. Clapp defends staffing while addressing negro employment in white collar roles and a tied case for potential desegregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
TVA
Rep
Barden
James Lawrence Fly
John Lord O’brian
Buffalo
Gordon Clapp
Clapp
Wolverton
R.N. J
Frances W. Steele
Washington, D. C
Harvard
Steele
Fire destroys Slant grade school in Scott County
Gate City reports the Slant grade school in Scott County burned early today delaying local classes. Sheriff J E Quillin used bloodhounds but no arrests were made. About 75 to 80 students would be bused to another school. The three room library was also destroyed.
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Gate City
Scott County
J. E. Quillin
Scott
Scott Noblin
Slant
Elizabeth Salling
Avis Murray
Mexico Rebuffs Hull Plan Says Agrarian Policy Will Continue
President Lazaro Cardenas told Mexico's Congress that the country will not halt land expropriations and will continue its agrarian program despite Hull's request.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Hull
Ickes backs Lewis in Maryland Democratic primary
Secretary Ickes aligned with President Roosevelt to oust Senator Millard Tydings by supporting Representative David J. Lewis in the Maryland Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Millard Tydings
David J. Lewis
Maryland
France expands standing army as labor opposes mobilization
Paris reports France increases its standing army to 825000 amid labor protests against mobilizing industry for national defense. Atlantic City notes AFL leaders vow to reject a move to form an independent labor party at the Houston convention in October.
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Paris
France
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Houston
Four Held in Power Strike Conspiracy
Four men were charged with conspiracy to destroy private property in connection with damage to Tennessee Electric Power Company lines. The suspects include D. L. Staley TVA employee and Coy Houston Willard Fox and John Sterling Teefolfer, all company workers out on strike since August 22. Staley jailed on $2,500 bond. others on $1,000 each. Preliminary hearing set for Friday afternoon.
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Nashville
Tennessee Electric Power Company
W. J. Barnett
Waynesboro
Tennessee Valley Authority
John R. Rust
Barnett
D. L. Staley
TVA
Clarksville
Jackson, Tenn
Coy Houston
Willard Fox
John Sterling Teefefeller
Staley
Typhoon devastates Japan killing and leaving hundreds homeless
A 75 mile per hour typhoon struck Tokyo and Yokohama causing at least 34 deaths and widespread damage. Police report 15,000 homeless in Tokyo, many ships driven aground and villages near Maebashi wiped out. communications crippled and casualties abroad uncertain. Rapid movement toward Asia noted by meteorologists.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Asia
Japan Sea
Maebashi
Japan
Tydings recounts push to oust Hughes over court plan
Senator Tydings told a Hyattsville audience that administration negotiators would accept a court restructuring bill only if Chief Justice Hughes resigned. He said foes offered to resign other justices instead and noted Justice Van Devanter had retired and Justice Sutherland might follow. The offer was rejected and the bill returned to committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tydings
D.-Md
Charles Evans Hughes
Hyattsville
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
van Devanter
Sutherland
Hughes
Robinson
Arkansas
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Lewis
Italy Expels Jews From Nation Under Postwar Decree
A cabinet decree ordered all Jews who settled in Italy since January 1919 to depart within six months. The ban affects those who gained citizenship since then, annexes Libya and the Aegean Isles, and excludes Italian East Africa. Estimated 10,000 plus affected, with numbers rising in Milan Turin and Trieste.
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Rome
Italy
Libya
Aegean Isles
Benito Mussolini
Il Tevere
Milan
Germany
Austria
Turin
Trieste
Reverend Cook to resign pastor post for regional director role
The Rev. W Norman Cook announced his resignation as pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Knoxville. He will become regional director of religious education for the synod of Appalachia serving Chattanooga to Pulaski Corbin and Asheville. He will keep headquarters in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
W. Norman Cook
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Synod of Appalachia, Presbyterian Church
The
U. S
Cook
Chattanooga
Pulaski
Corbin
Asheville
N. C
Man Happy About Returning to Prison for Looting Mail Box
Chicago reports Egerton Rhayden a 46 year old charged with looting a mailbox expressed happiness at the prospect of returning to prison. He recalled a prior four terms at Leavenworth penitentiary and said better wages await him, up to 22.30 dollars monthly.
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Chicago
Egerton Rhayden
Leavenworth
Kas
Hayden
Michael Ahern
Civil Service Plea to Cover NRLB Employees
The National Civil Service Reform League urged that all National Labor Relations Board employees be placed under civil service rules. In a letter to the U S Chamber of Commerce, the group called for Wagner Act amendments to remove exemptions for attorneys examiners and experts on the board. Robert LJohnson, president, cited political partisanship and bias as major weaknesses due to these exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Civil Service Reform League
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
League
Chamber
Robert L. Johnson
Labor Relations Board
Johnson
Craven Testifies He Passed Prison Cell Night Men Died
Deputy Warden Craven testified at a Philadelphia county prison inquest that steam was on in the Klondike cellblock at least 15 hours before four convicts died. He linked Guard Sergeant James Hart to an unauthorized heat order and denied giving such instruction.
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Craven
Philadelphia
Frank Craven
James Hart
William B. Mills
Hart
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Venice
Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow
Woolworth
TEPC
Baltimore
Millard E. Tydings
Sen. Tydinigs
Civil Service
NRLB
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