08 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
1
The Treasury asks investors to lend 700 million in new money to finance the administration’s programs and build a large temporary cash reserve. Morgenthau also offers new securities to refund 433.46 million in notes maturing December 15, totaling about 1.133 billion in financing.
Tennessee sees fair conditions in the west with scattered thunderstorms possible in the east tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Virginia mostly fair tonight and Friday with possible showers in the far southwest and cooler tonight followed by a rise in temperature Friday in the north. Kentucky expects locally strong thunder showers tonight and Friday with a cooler spell in the north.
Mrs. John Eyre Sloane of West Orange New Jersey daughter of the late Thomas Edison seeks the Republican nomination for representative from the 11th district currently held by Democrat Kedward O Neill. Her brother Charles Edison serves as assistant secretary of the navy under a Democratic administration.
TVA personnel director Gordon Clapp ordered a secret hearing into allegations that Black workers at the Chickamauga dam faced brutality coercion and discrimination. The probe stems from testimony to a congressional committee by NAACP special counsel Charles Houston.
Chicago dispatch quotes Sen. Arthur Vandenberg alleging President Roosevelt seeks to pack the judiciary and legislature with loyalists. He warns the purge threatens coordinate independence of the three branches and cites attempts to influence the Supreme Court.
The American Psychological Association was told that many American homes and schools cultivate authoritarian training in children ages two to fourteen. An experiment at Yale’s Institute of Human Relations, led by Dr. O H Mowrer, found self-government by children reduces infractions and fosters independence, though critics fear it may erode respect for adults.
The senate campaign expenditures committee found no proof that the Salisbury Maryland postmistress Maude Toulson financed Representative Lewis campaign for the Democratic senate nomination. The panel will forward findings to the Justice Department and Postmaster General.
Welfare Commissioner Frederick A. Wallis faces renewed accusations from Dr. John Lowe Fort about the state prison case as he signals a broader probe into La Grange area facilities. Fort urges dropping public quarrels to focus on reforms under the reorganization act and Chandler-Wallis act.
Two former deputy sheriffs were placed under $1000 peace bonds after a hearing where Circuit Judge James M. Gilbert criticized state and county appointments of peace officers with criminal records. He postponed cases against other defendants including state police members, a deputy sheriff, and a roadhouse operator amid raids allegations.
In Old Westbury New York a 27 year old mother Helen Novinski killed her two children Anthony age 12 and Mary Ann age 5 then stabbed herself four times with a carving knife. Inspectors say she feared heredity illness and left a note about not wanting her children to suffer. The act occurred at the chauffeur's house on a Wheatly Hills estate where the father Anthony Novinski found them.
William Frank Raab, linked to the Lorraine Hotel slaying of Marie Lamont, was found unconscious and half submerged in a Garfield Park lagoon. Police described him as intoxicated, while a Fox Lake cafe dice game girl reported a troubling letter Raab wrote before the death.
Army pathologist testifies at Major John R. Brooke trial noting amber glasses halfway up the stairs where Elizabeth Brooke’s body lay in a blood pool at Fort Benning. Lt. Col. Reiber describes the casualty while Brooke shows agitation during testimony.
Soviet police took Ruth Marie Rubens and her husband into custody nine months ago in Moscow on suspicions of spying. Rubens, born in Philadelphia, entered Russia with a false passport under the name Ruth Norman Robinson. She claimed no knowledge of why she travelled to the Soviet Union and refused US assistance, saying she did not want help.
Raymond Clifton, 25, a bondsman, was found guilty by a criminal court jury in Knoxville of second degree murder in the slaying of Rector Taylor, a 30 year old produce dealer. A 20 year sentence in the state prison was recommended.
In Knoxville on September 8 the Wooddale one room school, site of two sit down strikes, will reopen after the county board reversed a prior decision. Parents objected to bus rides for their children and urged transfer to a larger nearby school, but the board voted to reopen Wooddale.
Birmingham Alabama September change in steel pricing prompts bankers manufacturers and steel men to anticipate new southern plants. executives say research shows what finished steel products the region needs most and that previous pricing favored mills in Pittsburgh and Chicago over Birmingham.
Dr. Irvin Abell of Louisville says the medical profession can craft a satisfactory plan to provide adequate care for low income groups. Proposals from the national health conference will be discussed by the American Medical Association delegates in Chicago, with a plan to be submitted to Congress.
London reports Labor leader Attlee urged Prime Minister Chamberlain to summon parliament at once to address growing European anxieties. The move follows a Blackpool resolution by Labour and union bodies. Britain and Ireland discuss mutual defense as Irish coast defenses shift to Dublin under the new government.
London reports Brit ish cabinet to meet before a Hitler address in Nurnberg may spell peace or war over Czechoslovakia. At Nurnberg Hitler orders renewed Sudeten talks while pressing Britain for swift concessions, as Henlein returns to resume negotiations amid border tensions and Czech police clashes.
Washington notes explain limits of the new fair Labor Standards Law to curb oppressive child labor in interstate commerce. The chief of the children's bureau defines hazardous occupations for youths under 18 and ages 16 to 18.
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