Word: tennesseean
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some papers, like the Nashville Tennesseean, went shouting out into the street at the sinking of the Athenia: "German frightfulness . . . again roams the seas. . . . This nation wants no war, but there is no question where its sentiments lie." Others, like the Baltimore Evening Sun, remained stiffly in the parlor: "Neutral, as a nation, we are. And neutral we must be. A nation cannot afford the luxury of living-room emotions...
Then up to Willkie stepped in succession the representatives of 35 Tennessee cities, towns and cooperatives with checks totaling $33,696,795. First was Mayor Thomas L. Cummings of Nashville, who had been chivied by the Nashville Tennesseean and public opinion into following Tennessee's move to general public ownership. Said he, unmindful of TVAsters who stood near by: "Tennessee Electric Power always has given us the very best service. We regret that it is leaving the State of Tennessee...
...Nash Buckingham, Derrydale's headline author, is unknown to most plain readers, will probably remain so. But to sportsmen, who buy his sporting tales on sight, this middleaged, powerfully built Tennesseean is famed as the world's greatest long-range duck shot...
...newshawks in the same city were in the dark as to its backers. They knew it had evolved from a small weekly (Shop and Play) and the story was that it was being put out on the pooled resources of men who lost their jobs when the long-established Tennesseean (a. m.) and Banner (p. m.) consolidated all but their editorial departments. Even well-posted Editor & Publisher was not aware of the Times's existence for three months...
...date the Times has made no dent in the circulation or advertising revenue of the Banner or Tennesseean, though it sells for 3? while they sell...