Tydings Lead Grows in Maryland Vote Against Lewis
In Maryland Democratic primary 1936 style lines the Tydings lead widened over Lewis with Hungerford trailing. Maine backed Barrows Oliver Smith Brewster in first election of year 1938 and Georgia eyes George Camp Talmadge clash as Roosevelt foes face renomination.
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Associated Press
Maine
Roosevelt
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Lewis O. Barrows
James C. Oliver
Clyde H. Smith
Ralph O. Brewster
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Lewis
Hungerford
Baltimore
Arthur E. Hungerford
Congress
Weather Outlook for Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee sees fair skies in the east with showers in the west tonight. Wednesday brings more showers and thunderstorms and a touch cooler. Virginia remains mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with showers and cooler temperatures. Kentucky expects showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday followed by cooler night conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
West
Virginia
Kentucky
FDR Keeps Close Watch On James Roosevelt
President Roosevelt maintains close oversight of his son James at Mayo Clinic Rochester after gastric ulcer surgery. Bulletin notes a comfortable night and satisfactory convalescence with vital signs: temperature 99.6, pulse 90, stable respiration and blood pressure.
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Rochester
Minn
Roosevelt
James
Mayo Clinic
James Roosevelt
O Connor Hinted as Tennessee Senate Candidate
John T. O Connor city welfare director and former Knoxville mayor may run as an independent in the U S senate race. Knoxville attorney Guy Webb said petitions to qualify him were mailed to all 95 county election commissions. Webb added friends are taking responsibility to place him in the race and that Tennesseans deserve a senator who represents the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
John T. O'Connor
Tennessee
U. S. Senate
Guy Webb
O'Connor
Webb
U. S
Washington
FDR Two Down and Two To Go in Purge Campaigns
President Roosevelt appears two down and two to go in his campaign against four conservative lawmakers. A South Carolina loss for Senator Smith precedes a likely Maryland victory for Senator Tydings. The third target Senator George of Georgia faces renomination, with Rep. John O'Connor of New York due next. Vote outcomes show rebound from early rebuffs.
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FDR
Theodore F. Koop
Washington
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Smith
Tydings
Maryland
Senator George
Georgia
John O'Connor
New York
House Rules Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
PWA Projects Face Peoples Will Referendum Planned
City officials said a referendum will decide if residents approve three major projects funded partly by federal grants. If federal funds are approved, bonds covering about 55 percent of costs would be issued. Estimated total cost at least 300000 dollars with PWA construction for Center Street viaduct and causeway and an armory building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Cloud
Public Works Administration
Atlanta
Works Progress Administration
Center Street
Armory Building
PWA
Shelby Street
Reedy Creek
Roller Street
Separation of jail workhouse in county plan faces court opposition
County court members opposed the workhouse commission ruling to discontinue indefinitely the working of prisoners in rock quarries and on roads. A road camp for county prisoners may be established to separate the jail and workhouse, with potential savings cited as up to ten thousand dollars, though full figures await the auditor's report. County Judge T. R. Bandy noted ongoing county effects and referenced county court coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workhouse Commission
Blountville
T. R. Bandy
Georgia primary spectacle draws national attention
President Roosevelt intervenes in the Democratic senatorial primary as Walter F. George campaigned for the New Deal against Eugene Talmadge and Lawrence Camp. McRae withdraws, leaving George Camp and Talmadge in a tight three way race ahead of the vote.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Roosevelt
William G. McRae
Townsend
Walter F. George
Lawrence 8. Camp
Eugene Talmadge
Camp McRae
Camp
Barnesville
George
Senate
Dewey to seek new trial on same Hines indictment
New York prosecutors plan to retry James J. Hines on the same indictment after a mistrial. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey said he will press for a new trial at the earliest date and pursue the signature link on the disputed $500 check to connect Hines to the $20,000,000-a-year Dutch Schultz racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
James J. Hines
Tammany
Hines
Dewey
J. Hines
Dutch Schultz
Justice Pecora
Stanley Fuld
Felia Benevanga
William Travers Jerome
Pecora
Hacket
Britain calls defense ministers to high level war conference
London Sept 13 Britain summoned its four defense ministers to a surprise meeting with Prime Minister Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street. The gathering signaled possible war footing steps as tensions rise over Czechoslovakia and Hitler’s Nürnberg speech. Also present were inner cabinet members and service chiefs signaling a decisive warning to Hitler or readiness to act if France's integrity is threatened.
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London
Britain
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
Kingsley Wood
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Thomas Inskip
Defense
Viscount Halifax
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Coventry
Viscount Gort
Army
Roger Backhouse
Hitler
France
Gas Fatal to Jay Gould's Mother in New York
Mrs Harold C Strotz 49 mother of young Jay Gould died of illuminating gas poisoning in her Park Avenue apartment. Rescue crews used six oxygen tanks over four hours but failed to revive her. A sealed note addressed To Jay was found. Detective Crimmins opened an inquiry while Jay Gould was in Hollywood.
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New York
Harold C. Strotz
Jay Gould
Park Avenue
Frank Crimmins
Jay
Hollywood
Hull says he talks daily with Roosevelt on European crisis
Secretary Hull disclosed daily telephone contact with President Roosevelt to monitor the European situation. He declined to offer a personal verdict, saying one person can assess the crisis as well as another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
Textile workers to get minimum wage committee named
Washington September 13 Elmer F Andrews administrator of the federal wage hour law named a 21 member committee the first under the wage hour act to recommend minimum wages for the nations 1 300 000 textile workers.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Dutch Cooper Granted Commutation by Governor Browning
Nashville reports Dutch Cooper serving seven of a twenty year bank robbery sentence received commutation from Governor Browning. Cooper was convicted in Maury County.
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Nashville
Dutch Cooper
Browning
Cooper
Maury County
Tennessee veterans invited to Confederate gathering in Chattanooga
Nashville dispatch reports General John J. Lively announced that 20 veterans and their aides have accepted invitations to attend the United Confederate Veterans convention in Chattanooga from September 18 to 20.
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Nashville
John J. Lively
Tennessee Convention of the United Confederate Veterans
Chattanooga
Sudetens End Negotiations For Peaceful Settlement
Six people die and 13 are injured in a rain swept highway crash near Oxford Massachusetts when a Greyhound bus from New York to Boston collides head on with a tractor trailer. Four identified dead include Albert Roscoe and Margaret Hogan of Boston. The truck driver Henry Brown is listed in critical condition.
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Oxford
Mass
Greyhound
Albert Roscoe
Medford
Margaret Hogan
David Cohen
Mary Sumner
Boston
Worcester City Hospital
Charlton
Henry Brown
Hanover
Theron Dustin
Melrose
Henry Jenkins Transportation Co
Springfield
NLRB Delays Local Arguments Over Borden Mills Case
The National Labor Relations Board postponed two weeks oral arguments on bills of exception to Trial Examiner James G. Ewell's report in the TWOC vs Borden Mills Inc and BMEA. The examiner found TWOC did not have a majority and disestablished BMEA as a company union. References to coercion claims and back pay were noted as issues in the case.
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National Labor Relations Board
James G. Ewell
TWOC
Borden Mills, Inc
Borden Mill Employer Association
Washington
Aximiner
BMEA
Borden Mill
National Labor Relations Act
Borden Mills
Earth surface area and water coverage
The Earth's total surface area is about 196 950 000 square miles. Approximately three quarters of this area is covered by water, highlighting the dominance of oceans and seas on the planet.
Tennessee crops show above average yields in UT survey
The University of Tennessee agricultural extension service reports better than average yields across crops for 1938. Based on a Sept 1 survey, hay prospects are record high while fruit crops lag. Tobacco and barley forecasts drop from last year, with corn and hay also adjusted higher than 1937 figures.
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
Tennessee
France Holds Wartime Military Readiness in Face of Threats
Paris reports the French government keeping the armed forces at wartime strength after Adolf Hitler's Nürnberg speech. A two and a half hour cabinet meeting with President Lebrun confirmed no easing of measures and thousands more troops sent into the Maginot zone. Orders also placed Rear Admiral Jean Abrial in command of the Mediterranean fleet and declared a border highway near Metz as urgent public utility for troop movements.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
France
Albert Lebrun
Maginot Zone
Germany
Jean Abrial
Metz
Boyd Victory in Court Fight Over Shelby County D.A. Post
Nashville Sept 13 Supreme Court Justice W L Cook refused to reinstate a Nash ville criminal court injunction barring Marion S Boyd from taking office as district attorney general in Shelby county The injunction had been granted by Judge Charles Gilbert and later dissolved by a Memphis chancery court Lawrence J Monteverde appointed district attorney general by Governor Browning obtained the injunction after taking oath of office Hanover appointed by Browning after W S McLain's death contends his appointment runs through 1940 See OFFICE FIGHT page 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Supreme Court
W. L. Cook
Nashville Criminal Court
Marion S. Boyd
Shelby County
Charles Gilbert
Memphis Chancery Court
Lawrence J. Monteverde
Browning
Boyd
Joseph Hanover
Hanover
W. S. McLain
Eight Die in Sudeten Riots and Martial Law
Pragu e reports eight deaths after disorders in the Sudeten German districts. Czechoslovakia imposes martial law and sends tanks to eight towns near the German border. Nazi and Sudeten leaders condemn actions as provocation and vow no talks with Prague while celebrations flare in border towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ullrich
Associated Press
Prague
Reuters
Czechoslovakia
Falkenau
Moehmisch-Kerman
Karlovy Vary
Elbogen
Eger
Neudeck
Pressnitz
Kaaden
Republic
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
Europe
Kingsport 11-W Fatalities 14 Since 1931
Police statistics show 14 deaths from vehicular accidents along Kingsport section 11-W between Dale street and Chestnut Ridge since 1931. Seven occurred inside the city limits, three at the death curve, and three near Glenwood Baptist Church as federal officials consider routing changes to reduce through traffic in Highland Park.
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Police Department
Dale Street
Chestnut Ridge
Kingsport
Glenwood Baptist Church
Highland Park
Bureau of Roads
Highway Department
Johnson City
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Ramos
Manila
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Hankow
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10 Downing Street
Names Textile Committee
Sudetens
N.L.R.E
Crump
Justice Cook
Oscar Ullrich
Berlin
Sudeten
der Angriff
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Nachtausgabe
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