City OKs giant 400000 PWA program
City officials move to apply for PWA and WPA federal grants after council resolutions authorize three major projects. A 2800 foot Center street viaduct costing about 175000, a 102000 canal, and a 50000 armory/community building at Legion Park. Bonds to cover city share. referendum if 5 percent protest. Construction set to start on paving project after petitions, and a bridge alteration to ease Reedy creek overflow.
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WPA
West Center Street
Shelby Street
Reedy Creek
Roller Street
National Guard
Legion Park
Center Street
Sullivan Street
C. P. Edwards, Jr
American Legion Post
Edwards
Legion
Yadkin Street
Oak Street
Linville
Yadkin
Wateree
Alley Construction Company
Bristol
Gibsontown
T. A. Dodson
City OK
Weather Outlook Across States
Tennessee remains fair and warm tonight and Thursday. Virginia sees mostly cloudy skies with possible showers in the north tonight and Thursday, warmer interior east tonight, cooler Thursday. Kentucky reports fair southern areas, increasing clouds in the north, likely showers and cooler eastern and northern portions Thursday.
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Virginia
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East
Kentucky
North
Pardon Proposed for Sullivan Man McElroy
James Fred McElroy of Kingsport faces a ten year sentence for second degree murder in Sullivan county court. A pardon board recommendation urged Governor Browning to grant clemency. McElroy fatally stabbed Roy Barr on June 18 1933 after an altercation at a residence south of the Kingsport Country Club golf course. Eyewitnesses Ina Kilgore and Jean Lance testified McElroy was the aggressor and Barr did not strike first.
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Kingsport
Sullivan
Pardon Board
Associated Press
McElroy
Roy Barr
Browning
Barr
Frank Taylor
Kingsport Country Club
Ina Kilgore
Jean Lance
Willkie Urges SEC Price Determination for Commonwealth & Southern Assets
Wendell L. Willkie, president of Commonwealth & Southern, proposes the SEC set the price for its Tennessee Valley properties. TVA officials’ approval is uncertain as they negotiate with Willkie and municipalities for the facilities. TVA Director Lilienthal was not reachable for comment.
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New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commonwealth & Southern Corp
Tennessee Valley
Wendell L. Willkie
TVA
Willkie
David E. Lilienthal
Washington
Seek Negro Bandits for Holdups and Slaying
In Memphis on September 7 a group of three armed Black men shot L. J. Gerard dead and wounded Dr. Eugene Rosamond and another man during hold ups at Saddle and Spur Club. Mississippi and Arkansas police joined Memphis in a three state manhunt with rewards totaling 1150 dollars.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Arkansas
L. J. Gerard
Saddle and Spur Club
Eugene Rosamond
Campaign finance details emerge in Hines rackets trial
Henry Sobel testifies that James J. Hines routed 11 000 to William Copeland Dodge through campaign funds. Dutch Schultz associates say 30 000 in numbers money supported Dodge era. Sobel recounts envelopes of cash and orders from John F. Curry as testimony continues.
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New York
Henry Sobel
William Copeland Dodge
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dodge
Dutch Schultz
Hines
6000 Clerks Strike Shuts West San Francisco Stores
Massed picket lines of 6000 retail clerks formed in front of San Francisco department stores signaling the start of a major strike. Twenty seven major stores, including the Emporium and J C Penney, faced organized protests as workers voiced demands amid the citys shopping district.
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San Francisco
America
Emporium
J. C. Penney
Indictments Handed Down Against 94 Truck Operators
Nashville dispatch reports the county grand jury returned indictments against 94 truck operators and drivers for overweight truck law violations. Names were withheld until arrests are made after a month long investigation with over 100 witnesses. The jury cited a prior report accusing highway patrols of non enforcement and consideration from the truck industry.
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Nashville
Who Is Affected By Adoption Pay Hour Provisions
Washington report explains which workers fall under the hours rules of the new labor standards law. Exemptions cover executive, administrative, professional roles, local retailing, common carriers, fisheries, agriculture, small newspapers, and certain learners apprentices messengers and handicapped workers may be exempted. First year 44 hours weekly, second 42, thereafter 40. No industry-wide hour exceptions. employers must pay overtime if limits are exceeded.
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Elmer F. Andrews
Associated Press
Political eyes shift to more fertile fields
National attention moves from Nevada to Maryland and Georgia as Democratic senators Tydings and George face intra party tests. Roosevelt seeks their defeat and backing for successors in a springboard of national implications. Maine also enters spotlight with its early general elections and governor race.
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Nevada
Maryland
Georgia
Roosevelt
Millard E. Tydings
Walter F. George
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Arthur E. Hungerford
Baltimore
Roosevelt warns of war power shortage threat
President Roosevelt warned that a potential electric power shortage during war poses a serious threat to national security. He appointed a special committee to find definite ways and means for emergency power facilities, naming Louis Johnson Frederic Delano Basil Manly Harold Ickes and Charles Edison to the panel.
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William B. Ardery
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Frederic A. Delano
National Resources Committee
Basil Manly
Federal Power Commission
Harold L. Ickes
the Interior
National Power Policy Committee
Charles Edison
Reformed Robber Is Made Free Man
Cecil Miracle, a Kentuckian with prison terms in three states, was freed by Acting Governor Keen Johnson, who rejected California Governor Merriam's extradition request. Miracle had escaped Kilby prison in Alabama and a Florida road gang, later returning to Pineville to run a business. Affidavits from Pineville residents aided his parole, and he resumed his reformed career.
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Frankfort
Cecil Miracle
Keen Johnson
Frank Merriam
California
Miracle
Johnson
A. E. Funk
Kilby
Alabama
Florida
Pineville
Czech Talks With Sudeten Groups Halted by Clash
Negotiations between Czech officials and Sudeten representatives were interrupted by a clash. The city council adopted a $2.15 property tax levy tied to higher assessments and delinquent tax collection. The 1938 budget shows $463 000 of $489 000 projected expenditures, with 99 percent delinquent tax collection and $4 383 000 total collected since 1917 leaving $64 000 outstanding through 1937.
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United States
Kentucky Prison Hearing Attacked in Frankfort
A hearing on charges against Warden James Hammond of Oldham County's state prison farm was to resume despite Dr. John Lowe Fort and associates withdrawing from participation. Fort sent a telegram urging a fair, independent investigation, while State Welfare Commissioner Frederick A. Wallis urged continuing proceedings and urged openness.
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Frankfort
James Hammond
Oldham County
John Lowe Fort
Louisville
Fort
Louisville Council of Churches
Frederick A. Wallis
Paris
Brooke slaying trial seeks time frame in Fort Benning case
In Columbus Georgia on September 7 the trial of Major John R Brooke Jr an infantry instructor at Fort Benning moved to fix the time he was at home on June 8 the day his wife Elizabeth was slain The defense says he was at a distant point on the army reservation while the prosecution aims to prove he answered a telephone call at their Fort Benning home about 9 am Mrs Frank E Brockaw testified she called the couple and was told no one answered The district attorney said the government will show Brooke an habitual gambler and held insurance policies for the couple See Brooke Slaying page 8
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Columbus
John R. Brooke, Jr
Fort Benning
Elizabeth
Brooke
Frank E. Brockaw
U. S
T. Hoyd Davis
Heiress of Patent Medicine Weds Foreign Nobleman
New York confirms Mad cap Merry Fahrney a Chicago patent medicine heiress, twice divorced, married Count Oleg Cassini after a secret elopement by plane in Elkton Maryland. Countess Margaret Cassini announced the wedding, noting the couple wed last Friday.
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New York
Merry Fahrney
Chicago
Margaret Cassini
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Cassini
Oleg Cassini
Elkton
Franco May Hand Over Leadership Hinted by Times
The Financial Times reports General Franco may relinquish command of insurgent Spain to a moderate politician, suggesting possible mediation in the civil war if it occurs. Also notes two men found burned to death in Philadelphia and Pat McCarran leading late returns in Nevada Democratic primary.
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London
Financial Times
Generalissimo
Spain
Philadelphia
William Greenhaugh
Louis Cole
Jack Eisenhart
McCarran
Reno
Pat McCarran
Roosevelt
Seton Hall Institute Makes Americanism Courses Required
Seton Hall College in South Orange announces compulsory Americanism courses for all undergraduates, per Rev. Dr. James F. Kelly president. The policy aims to deepen civic and patriotic understanding among students.
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South Orange
N. J
Seton Hall College
James F. Kelly
France orders mobilization dock workers
The Sudeten German party halted talks with the Czechoslovak government over autonomy after reports three Sudeten deputies were assaulted by Czech police near Marisch Ostrau. Officials notified President Benes and Premier Hodza that negotiations would stop pending investigation.
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Praha
Marisch Ostrau
Edouard Benes
Milan Hodza
French mobilize Paris docks as war measure at Marseille
The government announced a mobilization of about 5,000 dock workers at the Port of Marseille under military discipline. The action follows a cabinet decree to place the port under military jurisdiction and uses the wartime organization law passed July 11. Marseille remains a critical gateway for troops and supplies from Africa and Asia.
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Paris
Marseille
Organization of
France
Sudeten Deputies Attacked as Talks Falter in Prague
Sudeten deputies Mai Koller and Knorrer were reportedly attacked by police during a jail dispute over treatment of Sudetens in Marisch Ostrava. Police allegedly tried to arrest them but townspeople intervened. Viscount Runciman met with Karl Hermann Frank as Prague pushes fourth plan offering limited self government to three German cantons amid uncertain concessions and economic aid.
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Koller
Knorrer
Marisch Ostrau
Praha
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Runciman
Karl Hermann Frank
Sudeten Party
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Sudetenfuehrer
Konrad Henlein
Nazi Germany
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Ernst Kundt
Henlein
Adolf Hitler
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Ational
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Bohemia
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Czechoslovakia
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