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KINGSPORT THE i' CITY OF INDUSTRY KINGSPORT TENNESSEE FRIDAY JULY 13 PRICE THREE CENTS" VOL NO 167 MEMBER A I EIGHT PAGES TODAY i Mrs Carrie Gill "Sunshine I of Jeffersen Wia has pleaded not I HELD IN MURDER guilty of murder of Earl Gentry one-time bodyguard to former Indiana Klan Kleagle Stephenson Carl Church who GERMANY TENSELY AWAITING SPEECH IRON CHANCHLOR PRESIDENT PLANS STOP FOR FISHING AT COCOS ISLAND I said Mrs Gill paid him $60 to kill Gentry already has begun a life for the crime With her brother Ferdinand Probst Mrs Gill shown here with her pet faces trial scheduled to begin July 1L Chief Executive Cruises in Wafers of Pacific Looks to Real Vacation in Hawaiian Islands 12-DAY VOYAGE EMPLOYES WALK OUT AT GADSDEN ALABAMA PLANT Hitler Will Defend in Ad- dress Tonight His Purge-By-Death Order of Saturday FACES GRAVE TEST By WALTER BROCKMANN (Associated Press Foreign Staff) BERLIN July 13 OP) Chancellor Hitler drew up a defense today of his purge-by-death of the Nazi ranks a defense he pre- sents to the world tonight in one 1 of his greatest oratorical chal- lenges I While the sat down in seclusion to write his1 speech his cohorts built up a 1 super-staee for him before the all-Nazi Reichstag fight and pray for was emblazoned on huge banners unfurled over -the doors of the theater where the Reichstag will li By Francis stephenson ABOARD NEW OR- I NS EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVFLT July 13 President Rosyelt cruised across the Pacific today for Hawaii with his immediate oI a fishing ground off Cocos Island 500 mles irom ranama In the waters of this old ren-dezvous of buccaneers Mr Roos-' evelt has been told lie the test jof the game fish in the Pacific and late today he is going to jdefy the superstition of Friday Bing Crosby Is Papa Of Twins HOLLYWOOD Calif July Bia Crsibjr and Itu wife the former Dixie Lee screen ectress today the parent of twin boys While Bing singer actor and pretty fair amateur golfer was passing out the cigars he was told that he and his wife had established some sort of for screen couples i No other couple in the movies has twins The babies -were placed in an incubator at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital immediately after birth and were not weighed DrJ Joseph Harris explained this was merely a precautionary measure and that the twine Mrs Crosby and even Bing i himself were doing The Croshys have another child a 13 -months -old boy so Bing is looking forward to fu-s foursomes on the golf Knits- SELECT ALLIANCE DENIED BY SIMON Girl Killer Slain Helen Spence Eaton Thousands have viewed the LITTLE ROCK Ark July 13 A Sted- man whose administration FRISCO PREPARES FOR STOPPAGE OF ITS FOOD SUPPLIES Threatened General Labor Strike Spurs Residents to Lav in Food Commerce Already Tied Up MENACE GROWING Laundry Six Hundred laundry drivers and 2000 laundry workers swelled the walkout ranks here by voting to strike at 8 tomorrow retail delivery drivers imion th rnembershp of 375 hah loted to leave their trucks at mid So confident was he of good her the Chancellor at 8 abort" "by th' sehedule calls (ahent 2 Eaatern SUndard trust PPard in atemntin tr red tolt escape from the state farm for -f i in row afternoon women at Jacksonville Ark Ihe -i The Houston nosed out of Panguard who killed her faces an ama Bay last night before sunset with Mr Roosevelt and his sons i Franklin Jr and John on the such a test I Ml ll IX A rJx VIFW jforward superstructure watching Two-Fold Task lllvUUXlllU VlLiir the colorful entry to the Pacific A two-fold task confronted Hit-i Dini UTAH Ill'll cruser New Orleans trailed ler to convert an untold number! rIIIjY fA I I 111 lilKI as a convoy of skeptics at home and to placate aaxagwll VJkslls After days of inspection of a world abroad embittered by American possessions in the At- Nazi financial and eco- a Martin Heavily I lantic and the Cana Zone and nomic policies and mistrustful of a i meeting with representatives of uuaraed Awaits Results gouth and Centrai American gov- ot Investigation ernments the president planned! MAY FAPF Tpi i to devote most of his 12-day mAi rALL 1K1AL voyage to Hawaii in a real vaca tion trip its military aims What the Chancellor would say beyond a defense Of the bloody June 30 none knew SAN FRAN CiSCO July 13 Of) San Francisco facing a strike-threatened stoppage of food supplies duff in today like beleag-ured city The threatened ffeneral labor strike towering offspring of the Pacific maritime walkout spurred residents to -lay in food and other commodities Commerce already badly tied up by the two month old maritime disppute and the newly-ordered teamsters in San Francisco and the east bay cities of Oakland Alameda and Berkeley other un! ions were falling in line either voting walkouts or support for a general strike if one is called The -2500 members of the taxicab drivers and chauffeurs union balloted to strike at 5 a Aside from the maritime strikers this brought the total number of union workers in the bay cities who have voted to join the walkout to 10800 R- uiiRRAPn irFAVV Retail and whole sale butchers unrivwnnn vr -joined in 'the movement The Cal of their 1687 members will WV-Censorship now the roost knlye3 cleavers important question before motion tomorrow picture producers costs the Indus- CENSORSHIP COSTS FILMLAND BIG SUM Workers' Join Some believed that he would try and indirectly the public an estimated $500Q000 ayear The movie industry has to pay to have its films censored official- Unofficial reviewers for large organizations take a farther toll The movies pay to the official boards in seven states and- 133 come forward bluntly with an The state penal board mem- offer of international cooperation bers of which were called from designed to break the strangle- their beds at 2 this morn- hold of isolation that has been by Chairman Walter Helms of fruit of the Nazi foreign policy Texarkana met in closed session The stage was set not only today to investigate the fore the Reichstag but throughout killing of Helen Spence Eaton the nation so that all might hear escaped girl convict who was shot words of self-justifica- to death by a trusty guard con- Hitlers words jui vict Wednesday afternoon I Assurance Given I Meeting with the board wasf waited WMe the nation ihStoUheimor ehelmet municipalities': to the Provinces Saturday of Canada and to the govern- Most of the other unions with ments of every other nation aia total membership of approxi-reviewing toll of from two to ten tely 75000 either directly or dollars a reel through central councils have For the unofficial -groups Tthe 'pledged support to British Foreign Minister States Position on Continental Affairs DISCUSSES PACT By HAROLD BRAMAN (Associated Press Foreign Staff) LONDON July 13 (IP) Great Britain has reinforced the pact of Locarno but has not entered any with any country Sir: John Simon foreign secretary declared today before the house of commons" In his anxiously-awaited statement of position on continental affairs Sir John said the recent Anglo French conversations had resulted in a greater feeling of peace and security in Europe and trying to effect permanent peace in Europe Denies Inferences At the same time the foreign secretary denied French inferences the general walkout walkout is- imminent indicated by Edward president of the central council and chairman committee to say what the committee will recommend asked: 1 have to see a hay in the air before latter left London that Britain which way the straws and France were cooperating in will greatly improve conditions on the continent if powers affected fully enter tfce proposed Eastern regional agreement He added that Premier Mussolini of Italy agrees with Britain as to the necessity of an Eastern pact and fully approves of it Sir John supported the statement of Louis Barthou- the French foreign minister when the movies supply the film the theater and pay the operator This item is small- but it-helps to- boost the total cost of censorship tq the estimated' five million i dollars a year All of the official boards in this country are self-supporting propositions It is reported here that most of them show a profit for their state or city treasuries Objects to Interference It is these points Hollywood has used and use in ihe fu- are committees in if it is called A city-wide it was Vandeleur labor of the While declining Vandeleur you stack whirling you can see been under fire several times since tiiTltorm tKODwouW not be ie was hy Governor General Hugh Johnson oli hpd Futrell and was investigated by a ing verbally on recent exe- Lead of the Stahl PPecial legislative committee which cutions in Germany says he ex- hm ntw on vLS 'Off vects no rebuke from the state de (Continued on page ix) i incompetency Rumor persisted partment and will stand by his I as the board went into session at guns rkTiTOn mAXT tie that Stedman would Stopping here last night on his kAk Kpf-Il rs A I If IN or be transferred He de-jway to the Pacific coast in an iJialV IkLiUlU 1 i nied the rumors army airclane the militant chief wrYvr fPA A hTPTPM'rP Frank Martin the guard who cf the NRA reiterated the de-K 111 FA I ANNlhri I A i killed the girl when he said she nunciation of the German jrefused to heed his command to which he voiced yesterday in a jhalt and attempted to draw a gun speech at Waterloo la 1 Names of 43 Who Register-I was brought before the board was speaking as an indi- ed From Transient Shelters ToZtnn 3180 appeared not fforf th state Pfrt' i I10 i ment and not for the admimstra- lo Be Kulea Uut Tompkins a member of Johnson declared Jthe penal board said that helms- meant everything I said ssued his call for jneet- will not take anything back and I T-imvvn tt i -o at 2 a today Prison Ido not expect to be called down KN5XVILLE JU A Stedman by the state The Knox county elections present at the meeting and few davs Johnson mission took steps today to ruleirumor persisted that he would said in his speech out the names of 43 men who feither resign or be transferred to in Germany occurred have registered from the Tennes-another post Redman denied -which shocked the world I don't! see transient bureau shelters lo- the rumors know how they may have affected! 'you but they made me sick not! cated in the third ward Minneapolis Emplo yen Strive to Avert Second Strike of Truck Drivers -Called For Monday BALLuiS TAKEN (By the' Associated Press) Strikes threatened a food short- ge in San Francisco and vicinity' today A tightening blockade par alyzed both -water and land com-' asorce as 3700 teamsters walked out in sympathy with the striking waterfront workers Three striking Seattle maritime unions voted overwhelmingly fsr arbitration of the waterfront dispute which has virtually halted Pacific coast shipping for several weeks At Gadsden Ala 1500 employes of the Dwight Manufacturing Company large cotton mill walked out in protest against the discharge of five men active in United Textile Workers of America Minneapolis employers strove to avert a second strike -of truck drivers called for Monday They offered concessions to the drivers St Paul truckmen balloting secretly refused last night to strike in sympathy with the men in Minneapolis HAUK IS ASSISTANT MGR FOR BACHMAN Local Attorney to Manage Sen Campaign-Lower End Sullivan Ray Hauk prominent Kingsport attorney has been officially named by Senator' Nathan Bachman as assistant campaign manager for Sullivan county according to word received here today Mr Hauk is a staunch Democrat' and for several years has been- active in Democratic circles of this section of the state Thb appointment expected to be a ye ry popular one to the- Democrats of this end of the county Dr Nat Dulaney of Bristol? been named manager for Sulivan county assisted in the upper end of the county by Hicks Route No 1 BristoL Mr Hauk will have charge of the campaign in this-section of Sullivan county SYRIAN EXECUTED IN GAS CHAMBER Joseph Behiter Pays For 'in Nevada For Murder Dance Hall Girl WHISTLES TUNE CARSON CITY'Nev July 13 Joseph Behiter y36 Syrian formerly of St Louis Mo was executed in the Prison Lethal gas chamber at sunrise today vi The convicted "slayer of Maxine Armstrong Las Vegas dance hall girl whistled a tune as he walked into the small gas chamber from hb celL across a corridor of the building f- strap me -to the chair too he said to prison officials might1 keep the gas from my tL Fifty-five witnesses gathered about the glass windows saw Eehiter enter the chamber' at' 4:33 a Two minutes arid 15 seconds later the heavy' door had' been-clamped shut' and at 4:36 a crockery jar beneath the condemned chair Dr James Thoni prison physician said he was apparently unconscious within 30 seconds and certainly unconscious in one minute and 20 seconds' r- He was pronounced 'dead at 4:45 a r' Behiter1 was the seventh man executed by lethal gas in Nevrida since that method of capital pia-7 ishment was adopted by the state Ha was convicted of killing the Armstrong girl with a pick in Las Vegas In 1931 and for nearly three years attorneys lad been waging court battles to have his sentence commuted to life imprisonment the 13th to try his luck lfimTPn IT lAITMPAM LrNrK Al lUHttdUil ULillLilVTiLi Jl11 inrpiimn fyir AITITPJ Nl KV llUIllJ Meant Everything Tie Said Denunciation of German FEARS NO REBUKE After the execution his body 6 Irna a f1 was taken to Casa Grande near! here lor burial ture in combatting the problem of censorship It mind the cost of five millions a year since neighboring cities checked sup-the public indirectly has to pay! plies heard reports of an imme- TROOPERS JOIN IN i SEARCH FOR CHILD Blue-Eyed 18 Months Old Bobby Connor Believed to Have Been Kidnapped 1 PEDDLER SOUGHT HARTSDALE July 13 (IP) Search for an eccentric peddler as the kidnaper of 18-months-old Bobby Connor) son of Charles Connor New! York mortgage broker was or-j dered today after fruitless search by an army of state troopers police and volunteers dashed hopes that he might have into the underbrush of nearby estates Bobby had been missing 18 hours at noon He disappeared from the home of his parents last evening shortly after a peddler had been chased from the neighborhood The fact that no ransom de-1 mands had been received by parents nor at the home of his grandfather Charles Connor of Arlington Mass led Police Captain Phillip MacQuillan to tjie belief that it was the work of a de- generate Daylight searching parties re- turned empty-handed as had hundreds of police firemen and neighbors who beat the woods all night by the aid of flash- i lights fire engifte searchlights i and lanterns A call was sent for 200 more Boy Scouts and they joined the search Dozens of posses had covered mnes di ground a trained (Continued on page lix) of Ehiefding oneTf bomber Both also were accused of espion- CCU-I U) that more than he meaning some sort of alliance are undertaking' no new obligations whatever there is no select alliance with any he said I In the first government state- 'ment since the departure of Bar Life that but it does object to Rupert Peyton Explains How to' Become Unsuccessful Politician HAS EXPERIENCE Movement Gains Support While San Francisco and the gasoline shortage and took such steps as were possible to meet the emergency the general strike movement gained support at other cities Eighty unions in Portland were reported ready to strike Los Angeles unions discus- sed a similar proposal Snipers bullets whined on the national guard-patrolled San Francisco waterfront and a 19-year old sailor fell seriously wounded in a small boat in which he was leaving for service on a freighter National guardsmen who took into custody four men from another Eest secretary of LITTLE ROCK Ark July 13 figuratively 'but and DAMDEDC ADF IM the Third Ward Democratic pre- Heavily guarded Frank very sick DuMdlKo AKh IN cinct committee said he hauled Martin trusty-convict awaited in have seen something of the transients from the shelters toijail today results of an investiga- sort in Mexico during the Villa the Third Ward registration booth tjon which will determine whether ravaees and among the Semico help the He said he he is to be tried for the fatal people or savages half acted under the impression that shooting of Helen Spence Eaton drunk on sotol and marijuana the transients could vote in the ES she sought to make good her i'fcut that such a thing should hap-August election because the nad escape from the state prison farm fen in a country of some supposed resided here six months and been Extra deputies were assigned to culture passes in the state a year i guard Martin by Sheriff Johnson said normal reac- Officials of the transient bur- Branch who heard reports of pos-: tion of this on NRA is eau said that no transients cared sible violence which he discount- fthat 4if power of any kind can be for by the bureau could claim td Meanwhile Assistant Prose- seized there is no limit to its to have established residence in cuting Attorney Auten con- i Knoxville The shelters operated tinued an investigation he launch- power exists in this ad-by the federal government hae ed after Coroner Aday had ministration that has not been been open two months Hatcher secretary of the county election commission said the commission would check all registrations in the Ward and probably rule out those from the transient bureau SHADOW GALLOWS 1 Death of Woman May Teat Austrian Anti-Bombing Law SEVEN ARRESTED By WADE WERNER (Associated Press' Foreign VIENNA July 13 (IP) death of a woman victim ordered Martin held on a technical: freely granted by the Congress bombing for which seven (Continued on page six) (Continued on page six) suspects are in jail placed seven in the shadow of the today if the bombing can fastened on them No Nazi has yet been under the laws thou Sir John revealed that Britain is urging Germany to enter an Eastern pact and return to the league of nations He said Britain deems inclusion in the league a paramount necessity for the peace of- Europe Sir John emphasized that Britain regards an eastern pact as a peace move not a war move aimed at any one country He said' he and Barthou were fully agreed there was no intent or thought of up one against making it clear that the pact was aimed to aid Germany and not aimed at her (Continued on page six) Victim Staff) Th of a Nazi the gallows be hung emergency for anti-government bombing offenses which have plagued Austria for months Frau Hermine Graubna from Graz one of four members of a travel party injured in a bomb explosion at Salzburg yesterday died last night 1 Meanwhile the strenuous campaign of Major Emil Fey against Austrian Nazis seeking to oust them from positions in the state police produced a concrete result with the i arrest of Edouard Fischer Salzburg inspector police Woman Arrested A woman employee of the director of public security in Salzburg province also was arrested in connection with the Salzburg bombing which blew up police headquarters there The woman was charged with actually participating in the bombing while Fisher was accused STATE PRISON Florence Ariz July 13 (A5) George Shaughnessy 19-year-old killer1 from Albany was executed at a- m- today in the lethal chamber of the state prison Shaughnessy convicted of the ayear ago of Lon Blan-j kenship in a holdup met' death calmly He walked without aid to the death chair where he was! 1 14 nrvnI sv I without a show of emotion for the fatal fumes which were released at 4:56 a Three minutes later the last few hours before execu- tion He sang songs to the tune cf an accordion played by Louis Douglass the only other occupant of death row Douglass is under sentence to die on August 31 for the killing of a prospector The youth smoked several cigars drank ginger ale and chatted almost gayly with a young couple who came to the prison i i i th him almost until warning they will be in here just like I am NEW ORLEANS July Representative Rupert Peyton who burlesqued Senator Huey Long by proposing a bill at the recent legislative session making every man a king and every woman a queen turned columnist today to explain how to be an Pinch-hitting for Eds Herbert New Orleans States columnist the jocund lawmaker' who is also a newspaperman gleefully parodied the political precepts of the Louisiana Peyton said not the most important thing in politics getting in after you are elected is the thigg I got elected fairly easy but it has) out of seclusion today to stopped there So here I go about concerning the alleged telling you how to be an which led to the filing cessful politician of morals charges against two was elected with but one other persons in the film colony pledge to carry out-that was The flaxen haired extra has boat for questioning said 15 shots were fired in the outbreak of sniping fire The four men were later re leased and militia officers said the unseen sniper had apparently escaped despite a pier-to-pier search by the guardsmen The sailor shot was Jerry Duffy of Hollywood (Continued on page six) JUNE DELONG ALLEN MORAL LOS ANGELES July 13 (IP) Delong film i extra FAIR NO CHANGE TENNESSEE- Generaly fair tonight and Saturday except I scattered thundershowers Satur- day afternoon in north portion! little change in temperature VIRGINIA: Generally fair to night and Saturday followed by local thundershower late Satur- day afternoon or night in west and extreme north portion TO TELL ALL IN CHARGES A 1 witness has been under con-June stant guard In participation of her appearance and testimony sheriff's dep uties made preparations td handle the largest crowd yet to attend the triaL A previous witness who said she stumbled accidentally onto the party in Mbs apartment here last April 26 held the sweltering courtroom breathless with a description of what she claimed she saw She was Mr Peal wings who yesterday withstood a severe cross-examination the hands of defense coupsel Jerry Geisler denying repeatedly that she and others had conspired to Allen been absent' from the crowded courtroom where David Allen fomer manager of Central Casting Corporation and Gloria Marsh another motion picture extra are defending themselves on charges that they and Mbs Delong engaged in acts violating a statute pertaining to the public morals Prior to the start of the trial and ever since she told her story to the grand jury the slightly warmer tonight in north he wag pr0n0unced dead as his and central porton body convulsd a A moment before he entered High temperature yesterday 96 the chamber walking with the Same date one year ago 88 fprjson chaplain he stopped and Low temperature yesterday 66faced Warden A Walker Dame date one year ago 64 Hove you God bless he said Ttain yesterday in inches 60 to the warden No rain one year ago After spending the early part to vote for the bill to pay the salaries of legislators this I became a very free and independent membej I have found out however that to be successful in politic is not to be independent Advocate Corkscrew reason I am not a successful politician is that 1 want to change things too much For instance I (think it would be more appropriate to open the leg U) each day for preceding 24 hours Readings taken at 600 mof the night in prayer Shaugh- Jped hght-hearUd th nessy.