Fierce Sudeten crisis hovers as Hitler demands Czech zone
Reports from Godesberg say Hitler pressed for immediate German occupation of a Sudeten zone, threatening to set frontiers by an international commission. Chamberlain delays talks awaiting assurances. In Montana, seven of eight Fort Peck dam workers are found dead after a 100 million dollar slide, with six others missing.
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London
Weather note for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Fair and slightly warmer tonight and Saturday for Tennessee and Kentucky. Virginia sees fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures on Saturday.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee Seeks Federal Judges for New District
Senator McKellar's desk received applications from at least 15 prominent Tennesseans for the federal judgeship in the new Middle and East Tennessee district. Names include R B C Howell, Jay Stephenson, Bradley Walker, Baxter Lee, and James B Frazier. McKellar will consult Tennessee leaders before recommending.
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Tennessee
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
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East Tennessee
McKellar
R. B. C. Howell
Jay Stephenson
Bradley Walker
Nashville
Baxter Lee
Knoxville
James B. Frazier
Chattanooga
Eight Die in Czech Sudeten Frontier Clashes
Prague reports eight killed and many wounded in frontier clashes between Sudeten Germany party members and Czechoslovak guards. Four Czechs died at Freiwaldau with 12 wounded. three Sudeten members killed at Habakladra. One Czech soldier was shot in the Karlovy Vary region. seventeen gendarmes abducted at Gottergad.
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Sudetenland
Habakladra
Karlovy Vary
Gottergad
Hammern
Tressnitz
Strong Man of Cuba Holds Out to Protect Democracy
Col Fulgencio Batista, Cuba’s strong man, tells AP he supports democracy in the fight against totalitarianism. In an exclusive Havana interview, he says Cuba places itself with democracy amid European tensions, citing France, England, Germany, and Italy as decisive powers shaping world peace.
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Edmund Chester
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Poland Warned by Russia Not to Invade Czechoslovakia
Moscow warned Poland that any invasion of Czechoslovakia would trigger cancellation of the Polish Soviet nonaggression pact. The semi official notice was delivered to Polish envoy T Jankowski by Vladimir Potemkin. Diplomats offered mixed forecasts on Soviet responses to Polish military buildup on the border.
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Czechoslovakia
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Germany
Europe
Russia plans fortification along Ukraine area
Washington reports say the Soviet Union, angered by Hitler's gains in eastern Europe, is fortifying a vast line from the Black Sea to the White Sea as a defense against invasion. Ukraine supplies much coal iron manganese wheat and other minerals, making it a key strategic target in the shift of power before any German action.
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Austria
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France
Bradford Bishop Attacks Britain over German Peace Policy
Dr Alfred W F Blunt, Bishop of Bradford, condemns the treatment of Germany as foolish and unjust. He links Hitlerite reaction to seeding of hatred after the war and notes Edward VIII's abdication crisis amid concerns over his affair with Wallis Simpson.
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Bradford
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Duke of Windsor
Germany
Europe
Church of England
Edward
Wallis Simpson
Duchess of Windsor
Chief to Testify in Poison Hearing in Louisville
Louisville police Chief John Malley was to testify before a grand jury probing the poisoning of Gov. A B Chandler and others at a hotel on July 21. Also expected to testify were Detective Chief Joseph Stewart Dr C W Dowden and detectives who traced a pitcher of ice water blamed for the illnesses. Chandler and State Patrol Lt Jesse Wyatt appeared before the grand jury yesterday and Chandler said the meeting was agreeable.
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A. B. Chandler
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Joseph Stewart
C. W. Dowden
J. Dan Talbott
State Patrol
Jesse Wyatt
Chandler
Wyatt
Grand Jury
Little Banks Face Harder Problems, Tennessee Study Finds
Knoxville report by Dr. M O Ross of the University of Tennessee warns small community banks in Tennessee must adapt to changing conditions or risk failing to serve local needs. Factors include rural population drift, better transportation aiding city banks, fluctuating farm income, chain stores, and new regulation. Recommendations include outside investments, a bank investment advisory service, and a graduate training program for bank staff.
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Tennessee
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University of Tennessee
Ross
Social Science Research Council
Tennessee Bankers Association
The
Bankers Association
Fed
Little Banks
Frontline alert orders hit French border troops
From Strasbourg sources say troops along France's Belgian and German frontiers were ordered to assume alert positions. The move follows tense signals as Europe grapples with potential crisis amid talks at Godesberg.
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France
Repeating Rifle Inventor Savage Dies by Own Hand
Arthur W. Savage 83, inventor of a repeating rifle and founder of Savage Arms, committed suicide with a revolver in San Diego. Police said he left a note citing unbearable pain from illness and phoned his son-in-law to say he would shoot himself. The weapon used was not made by Savage Arms Co.
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Calif
Arthur W. Savage
Ben Wells
Savage
Savage Arms Co
Utica
N. Y
Harold von Briesen
Log Laden Truck Kills 9 Year Old in Virginia
Special to The Times reports 9 year old Eva June Hommel died after a log laden truck struck her as she darted from behind a wagon in Williams Mill community Gate City Virginia Investigating officers said she died from injuries sustained in the incident.
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Lending Concerns Litigate As Supreme Court Watchs
Knoxville September 23 A state supreme court ruling on the small loan amendment seems likely after F M Knowling was convicted of operating a loan company without a banking department certificate and charging exorbitant rates. The jury set the maximum $500 fine. Knowling's attorney said the case will go to the supreme court if a new trial motion fails. The 1937 amendment caps loans under 300 dollars with an 18 percent total rate, up from 42 percent. Six witnesses testified they paid high interest.
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Supreme Court
Banking Department
Storm Briefs Across Seven States Report Toll and Damage
AP tally shows 37 dead in New York with Long Island hardest hit and millions in insured property damage in Metro New York. Upstate rivers rise, telephones still out, milk shortage in NYC area, and 57 dead in Connecticut with Hartford inundated and New London fire damage amid a governor’s call of catastrophe. Rhode Island notes storm brief on page 8.
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Plane wreckage found on tracks near Hudson New York
News of a missing army observation plane prompts search efforts as wreckage is sighted along the Hudson to Poughkeepsie. Spectators halt rail traffic while authorities investigate a mountain crash reported near Mt Merino with one alleged survivor. Fire and state police respond as Albany reports a missing air unit.
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New York
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Long Island
M. C. Harper
L. V. Bange
County coop to build 154 miles of electric lines
W J Cundiff Adair county director of the Taylor County Rural Electric Cooperative announced a contract award for constructing 154 miles of electric lines across Adair Green and Taylor counties.
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W. J. Cundiff
Adair County
Taylor County Rural Electric Cooperative
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Green
Taylor Counties
Floods and Fires Displace Thousands as Storm Deaths Rise
The hurricane ravaged northeast as rivers rose across Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont New York and New Jersey. Hartford counts 1 400 homeless and 10 percent of the city under water while 1 000 workers pile sandbags to hold the Connecticut river dikes. More damage is expected with fresh suffering likely.
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Deadly hurricane floods hit Northeast with Rhode Island loss
As search and rescue continue, Rhode Island bears massive tolls with governor estimating 100 million dollars in damage and the Red Cross reporting over 70 dead in its most devastated city. Officials project a possible half a billion in regional damage amid widespread flooding and evacuations.
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Self-Defense Plea Entered In Shoemaker Testimony
Clifton Shoemaker, 24, testified in Sullivan circuit court that he shot Constable Bruce Barker in self defense after Barker fired at him five or six times. He said officers pursued him after arriving to arrest him on auto theft charges, Barker leading the chase, with Shoemaker claiming he admitted no gunfire in return.
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