Gas Tax Cut Proposal Faces Political Hurdles in Tennessee
Nashville reports pressure to cut the gasoline levy from seven to five cents, led by the Tennessee petroleum industries committee. The plan envisions a two cent cut in 1939, funded by bond reserves and not reducing county road allocations, but faces opposition from cement dealers, road contractors, and bondholders.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Tennessee Petroleum Industries Committee
Lew W. Collins
Arkansas
Collins
Florida
Louisiana
Prentice Cooper
Highway Department
Cooper
Welfare Department
Weather Outlook Kentucky Virginia West Virginia
Kentucky and Tennessee see generally fair Sunday and Monday with a chance of showers in eastern areas Sunday. Virginia mostly cloudy and warmer with light local showers Sunday and cooler Monday night. West Virginia sees generally fair conditions Sunday and Monday with possible scattered showers Sunday and cooler Monday.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Back to School Kickoff for 12,000 Sullivan Students
About 12,000 Kingsport and Sullivan County students resume classes this week with opening day next Wednesday. Kingsport enrollment in seven schools should reach 3,000, while county schools expect 2,500-plus in elementary and high schools. Ross N. Robinson reports teachers assigned. students told to skip morning attendance on opening day until 1 p.m. for classroom setup.
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Kingsport
Sullivan County
Ross N. Robinson
Roy E. Clarke
R. Brown Jenkins
Sullivan High School
Virginia Hatcher
Piney Flats
Claude Maines
Bristol
Clarke
Charges against Acuff discounted
Welfare Commissioner George Cate said there was no basis for a warrant charging Bates Acuff deputy warden at Fort Pillow prison farm with beating two convicts. Cate called the warrant an act of reprisal by a dismissed guard and said Acuff would be defended by the state legal department.
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Cate
Nashville
George Cate
Bates Acuff
Fort Pillow Prison Farm
Acuff
Gordon Browning
State Legal Department
N. C. Bowen
Senator Sheppard pushes uniform limit on race costs
Washington reports Senator Sheppard of Texas will urge Congress to broaden the corrupt practices act to set a uniform expenditure limit for senatorial campaigns. He cites state disparities from 3,000 in Oklahoma to unlimited in over a dozen states and notes primaries are currently state matters under the Supreme Court Newberry decision.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Congress
Supreme Court
Newberry
Oklahoma
New Deal Attack by Republican National Committee
Washington Sept 3 The Republican National Committee blamed the Roosevelt administration for farm price and income declines and labeled New Deal farm programs a failure. It argued the policies push toward a fully planned economy with federal control and the erosion of constitutional democracy.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Teen dies from wreck injuries near Columbia
Albert Davis, 14, of Knob Creek near Columbia Tennessee, died from injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile and a truck. Five other people were injured in the crash yesterday evening.
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Columbia, Tenn
Albert Davis
Knob Creek
Here
French Strike Reaches 15000 as Labor Pressures Daladier
Paris reports 15000 French workers on strike while Amiens Abbeville jute workers plus Lille truckers remain out. Labor leaders blast the national defense policy as Daladier delays extending 40 hour week to defense industries. A new decree restructured France's air force.
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Paris
Daladier
Amiens
Abbeville
Lille
National Defense
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Czechoslovakia
France
Today
Red Head Cochran Wins Bendix Race At 246 MPH
Jacqueline Cochran 27, wife of Floyd Odlum, won the Bendix trophy at Cleveland in 10 hours covering 2 446 miles in a Seversky plane. She beat rival Frank Fuller by 23 minutes earning 11 500 dollars after flying solo with tomato juice nourishment.
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Cleveland
Jacqueline Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
Seversky
Frank Fuller
Miss Cochran
Floyd Odlum
Germans Move 30 000 Troops to Border Line
German forces near 50 000 to 60 000 troops moved toward the Siegfried line facing France’s Maginot fortifications. Reports say units occupied the border from Luxembourg to Kehl, with tank detachments seen in the Saar basin and along frontier roads.
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Metz
France
Reich
Germany
Berlin
Saar Basin
Adolf Hitler
Kehl
Basle
Switzerland
Siegfried Line
Maginot Line
Meeks appeals to kidnapers in missing wife case
In Yuba City California William R Meeks appeals to abductors to contact him for a ransom of 15000 by midnight after authorities withdrew from the case. Dust samples from Meeks car are said to offer a possible clue as the hunt for his 55 year old wife stalls awaiting new contact.
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W. R. Meeks
Marysville
Cal
National Guard
Yuba City
Calif
William R. Meeks
Meeks
FBI
South Has Lower Income Than Any Other Region
The national resources committee reported the south’s middle family earned $905 in the year ending June 30, 1936, the lowest among regions. It notes 56.3 percent earned under $1,000, and only 10.6 percent over $2,500, with wide gaps by race and urban versus rural areas.
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South
Washington
National Resources Committee
Roosevelt
United States
New England
North Central
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
District of Columbia
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
Mobile
Ala
Albany
Sudetens May Ask Aid From Germany On Autonomy Plan
Ellen McAdoo, daughter of Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and granddaughter of Woodrow Wilson, will marry William A. Hinshaw, a French musician, on Sept. 13 in Santa Monica California. She previously wed Rafael Lopez de Onate in 1934 and divorced him in 1937.
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William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Woodrow Wilson
Ellen McAdoo
Santa Monica
Cal
William A. Hinshaw
Western floods kill five in Colorado region
Floods on a 200 mile front of the eastern Rocky Mountain slope killed at least five people and left three missing. Morrison near Denver saw four deaths as flood torrents hit resort towns. Eldorado Springs lost 15 to 20 houses and a dance hall. widespread damage approached half a million dollars.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Morrison
Eldorado Springs
Pueblo
Fort Collins
Colorado Springs
Colorado State College
Hull Urges GOP To Back Trade Pacts Over Chairman
Secretary of State Hull urged Republicans to defy national chairman John M. Hamilton and support the administration's trade agreements program. He accused Hamilton of misusing figures to alarm farmers and called for focus on national interests. Hull's open letter responds to Hamilton's August 13 critique of the program's role in peace and diplomacy.
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Washington
Hull
Republican Party
John M. Hamilton
Hamilton
State Department
GOP
Sudeten Leaders Urge Direct German Aid Over Autonomy Dispute
Sudeten German leaders push for a direct appeal to Germany for aid in their autonomy dispute with Czechoslovakia. Henlein silent on return from meetings with Hitler, while mediation efforts and new British envoy join discussions.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Asch
Hitler
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
F. T. A. Ashton-Gwat
Eduard Benes
Viscount Runciman
British Mediation Board
David Stephens
Secretariat
Britain
House of Lords
Austria
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Associated Press
Berlin
Metz
France
Bordeaux
United States
City Stores Closed for Labor Day Observance
Kingsport stores including groceries, post office, bank, and city offices will close tomorrow for Labor Day. The post office stamp and general delivery windows open one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Postmaster Howard Long notes drug stores keep Sunday hours and theaters run on regular weekday schedules.
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Kingsport
Howard Long
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Murray
J. E. Murray
D-Mont
Coolidge
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Bendix
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