Japanese Foreign Minister Ugaki resigns after board clash
Tokyo reports the resignation of Foreign Minister Kazushige Ugaki after a dispute with the army over China policy. Ugaki, retired general, long clashed with the army faction on imperial policy and administration of China affairs. Premier Konoye may temporarily hold the post pending a permanent choice.
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Tokyo
Kazushige Ugaki
China
Ugaki
Long
Army
New China Affairs Board
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Weather Summary for Tennessee Virginia and Kentusky
Tennessee shows fair conditions tonight and Friday with possible rain in extreme northeast tonight and cooler readings in east and central areas. Virginia expects rain tonight ending Friday morning with cooler temperatures tonight and Friday eastward. Kentusky offers fair weather tonight and Friday with possible light rain in extreme east tonight and slightly cooler tonight followed by warmer conditions Friday in the west.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentusky
Republicans Push Militant Minority Theme In Opening Congressional Races
Saratoga Springs, Sept. 29 The European war scare is used by Republicans to push for a strong militant minority in the next Congress. Representative Bruce Barton urged a balanced congress to ensure full debate and prevent haste toward war, stressing opposition to war moves. Other party leaders echoed the line.
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Congress
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Barton
Europe
America
Representa
GOP
Dewey Nominated for New York Governor at Saratoga
Thomas E. Dewey, 36, Manhattan prosecutor famed for rackets, was nominated by acclamation by the New York Republican State Convention for governor. The platform praised his record, urged elimination of underworld ties with politics, opposed federal relief for political purposes, and urged Republicans to keep the nation at peace.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Manhattan
Republican State Convention
Dewey
Episcopal Bishops Plan Rally Attendance in Memphis
Bishop James M. Maxon of Tennessee said 91 members of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church have notified him they will attend the meeting in Memphis starting October 31.
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Memphis
James M. Maxon
Tennessee
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church
GOP Employment Attitude Attacked By WPA Leader
WPA Administrator Harry Berry rebutted Republican candidates in Nashville accusing them of mischaracterizing WPA employment gains. Berry cited 311 workers in Scott County as proof of WPA activity and called rivals Hoover loyalists. He also outlined Democratic plans as party leaders prepared opening addresses for November races.
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Nashville
WPA
Harry Berry
Harley G. Fowler
Howard Baker
Scott
Berry
Hoover
Clark Suggests Specific Reorganization Bills for Roosevelt
Senator Clark of Missouri urged President Roosevelt to present concrete government reorganization recommendations to the next Congress rather than seek broad discretionary powers. He warned the Senate may not back a blank check, noting several Democratic colleagues will not return next year.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
The
Missourian
Berry
Tennessee
Dieterich
Illinois
Hitchcock
South Dakota
Milton
New Jersey
McAdoo
California
Pope
Idaho
Reames
Oregon
Payment of Two Accounts Gets OK
Governor Gordon Browning authorized the state division of accounts to make two salary payments from the crime commission account. Payments were Ben Kohn 500 dollars for legal services and Frank Thomson 75 dollars for personal services rendered the crime commission. The division also received bills from State Senator W W Craig 46.47 and C A Duke 57.27 listed as expense accounts.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gordon Browning
State Division of Accounts
Crime Commission
Ben Kohn
Memphis
Frank Thomson
W. W. Craig
C. A. Duke
Jackson
Court May Extend NYA Program in Sullivan County
Sullivan County Court in Blountville plans to consider extending the National Youth Administration program. A proposal to build a large facility for manual training includes housing equipment and materials with no county wages. 40 NYA youth would be paid. Estimated building cost not to exceed 2500 dollars and could become a school if NYA ends.
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National Youth Administration
Sullivan County
Blountville
T. R. Bandy
NYA
Violent Storm Strikes Charleston with Deadly Toll
A tornado hit Charleston early today, about 3 a.m., killing at least 22 and injuring around 300 as wreckage spread citywide. Among the dead were 15 Black residents and four white victims named Ruth Mehrtens, Irvin Mehrtens, Miriam Zeigler, and Floyd Singletary of 25 Market Street.
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Charleston
S.C
S. C
Ruth Mehrtens
Irvin H. Mehrtens
Miriam Zeigler
Floyd Singletary
Market Street
Roosevelt orders aid to Charleston tornado victims
President Roosevelt directed the army navy and the Works Progress Administration to provide aid in Charleston South Carolina where tornadic winds earlier caused significant loss of life and property damage.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Works Progress Administration
Charleston
S. C
Charleston Stirred by Violent Storm and Citywide Damage
Emergency crews rushed to Roper hospital as injured flooded in from a fierce storm. Historic Charleston structures suffered major damage including St Michael's Church, the market, and the city hall roof was blown away. The Timrod Inn and a local negro Baptist church were heavily damaged or demolished. The Battery was stripped of trees and debris filled parks as unroofed buildings spanned the city.
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Roper Hospital
Charleston
St. Michaels’ Episcopal
Market Place
Timrod Inn
Battery
Manning J. Rubin
Charleston Evening Post
Sudeten German Issue Referred to Roosevelt Amid Crisis
Czechoslovakia proposed submitting the Sudeten German dispute to President Roosevelt if other efforts fail. Hitler reportedly authorized a parade occupation of the Eger and Asch regions in early October. Norman Davis said 25 dead and 340 injured in Charleston tornado. Red Cross appeals for hurricane relief include missing 111 and dead 507.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt
Munich
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
Eger
Asch
RED Cross
Boston
New England
Social Security State Cost Reported for Tennessee
Public assistance in Tennessee under the Social Security Act cost 4 770 997 from February 1936 through August 1938. Expenditures from all funds totaled 2 811 946 for the aged 151 667 for the needy blind and 1 807 384 for dependent children.
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Washington
Tennessee
Social Security Board
Czech Observer Attending Parley in Munich Four-Power Talks
Prague dispatch reports the foreign ministry will send an observer to the Munich four-power conferences by air. Czechoslovakia accepts British plan in principle for gradual delimitation and transfer of the Sudetenland with reservations. The note signals a positive stance while withholding details.
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Prague
Foreign Ministry
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Godesberg
Chamberlain
Gov
Sudeten Area May Go To Hitler With Few Reservations
The Munich four power conference on Czechoslovakia enters its second session amid hopes for a peaceful early settlement. Hitler demands a troop advance into the Sudetenland October 1, with a symbolic occupation viewed as likely by observers. Leaders Chamberlain Daladier Mussolini and Hitler gather amid crowds as war fears mount and dispatches hint at a German occupation plan approved by the conference.
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Lon- In
Asch
Free Corps
Prague
Isauk Hitler
Little Republic
Sudeten Area
Hitler
Munich
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Chamberlain
Britain
Mussolini
Italy
Daladier
France
Sudetenland
Fuehrerhaus
Nations' Military Forces Prepared
Berlin reports Germany has massed thousands of motorized troops and equipment on the Czechoslovak border as a four power conference seeks a peaceful solution. Britain France Poland and others guard for peace with strong defenses while Swiss borders tighten.
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Munich
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Chamberlain
Daladier
Mussolini
Britain
France
Poland
Hungary
Switzerland
Sudetenland
Eger
Pilsen
Recluse Leaves Estate to Ballet Dancer and Manager
New York story of Edna Moris Allin Elliott a 70 year old film house patron who died friendless leaving $1 million to ballet dancer Rosalie Spatcher and residue to William J Reilly former Roxy theater assistant manager. Elliott praised their kindness and wealth shifted from a hospital attendant’s wage to a fortune.
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New York
Edna Moris Allin Elliott
West 88Th Street
Rosalie Spatcher
William J. Reilly
Roxy Theater
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Bruce Barton
N.Y
Missouri
Sullivan
Czech
Recluse
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