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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1941

Page

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Ford CIO Meet Aims to End Rouge Plant Strike

Ford Motor Company officials including Harry H. Bennett and I. A. Capizzi held in Detroit with CIO President Philip Murray at Governor Van Wagoner’s request to settle the Rouge plant stoppage. A referee would arbitrate disputes, wage talks would continue, and no strike or lockout could occur for a year.

Ford Motor Company CIO Philip Murray Ford Rouge Murray Detroit Van van Wagoner Ford Harry H. Bennett I. A. Capizzi Ford Assembly Rouge Aluminum Company of America Cleveland Alex Balint CIO Die Casters Union Roosevelt Michigan Washington Stephen Early Allis-Chalmers National Defense Mediation Board

Wrecked Naval Bomber Sighted Off Cape Charles

A wrecked naval bomber was sighted off Cape Charles Virginia by searchers for a missing naval patrol craft with ten aboard. Authorities said it matched the missing ship and survivors were unconfirmed as a life raft was seen but not verified. Coast guard cutters and the TC14 blimp were dispatched to the area.

Norfolk Cape Charles Navy Coast Guard Washington New York New Jersey Atlantic City Dionne Lakehurst N.J.) Naval Air Station

Greeks Fight Fiercely As Slav Move Exposes Flank

Reports from the Balkans note a fierce Greek response as Slav movements threaten Balkan positions. President Roosevelt sent assurances of support to Yugoslavia and the hope for resisting the alleged aggression. In the U.S. coal sector, E C Mahan criticized northern operators for terms with United Mine Workers, while William H Davis urged stronger industry labor responsibility.

Washington Roosevelt Peter II Yugoslavia Balkan Knoxville Tenn E. C. Mahan National Coal Operators’ Association United Mine Workers

Death Takes Mrs. John B. Nall in Kingsport

Mrs Zollie Williams Nall longtime Kingsport resident and civic worker died Monday at 5 p m at her Hillcrest home after a two year illness. Survived by husband four daughters one grandson two sisters and a son who died in infancy funeral Wednesday at 10 30 a m at Broad Street Methodist Church with burial in City Cemetery.

Zollie Williams Nall Kingsport Hillcrest John B. Nall Blountville I. M. Fuller C. E. Brooks Sam Anderson G. P. Roller John G. Preston C. H. Massengill H. C. Brooks J. Fred Johnson Henry Miller K. B. Keener Shelburne Ferguson F. J. Brownell William Wiley Kingsport Book Club

New Jail and School Plans Loom for July County Court

Blountville reports show Sullivan County magistrates debating a $100000 jail program and a $108000 school project. Other items include funding for a second high school, WPA housing in Bristol, road work, and a planned state prison camp in the county. The July term will address tax rates, budgets, and site decisions amid ongoing Balkan war updates.

Blountville Sullivan County Kingsport Sullivan High Berry Bradley Chase Crumley Estep Fain Frazier T. M. Ketron O'Dell Peters Rogers Shouse St. John Yoakley Zimmerman Anderson Arnold Burrow Carroll Greene Griffith Holt Huddle Lady Moreback Neal Rutledge Thomas Warren Wolford Wood Johnson and Shipley Holston Institute T. R. Bandy Bandy Bristol Paperville Valley Pike Prentice Cooper State Highway Department Don Eler Tenneva Water Company

Snow Hauk Named To Election Board

E Ray Hauk circuit court clerk and Joseph D. Snow of Bristol named to Sullivan county election commission. State board of election supervisors appointed commissions for most counties at a Monday meeting. Clint Jones reelected state board chairman. Additional appointments listed for Washington Johnson City Greeneville Hamblen and related counties, with Carter county awaiting action.

E. Ray Hauk Joseph D. Snow Bristol Sullivan County Election Commission State Board of Election Supervisors Clint Jones Waverly Democrat Upstate Washington Sam Taylor Johnson City Jones Robert Hannabas Jonesboro Hale Greene H. R. Sharp Sr Greeneville Q. N. Styke Hamblen Will E. Hodges Morristown W. J. Barron Carter County

Balkan Front And Coal Talks Extend As War Eases NATO Pressure

Senate foreign relations Chairman George argues a Balkan front could blunt Nazi air raids on Britain and curb convoy needs. In the coal region, Southern operators and CIO miners extend wage talks by 24 hours amid a north south differential dispute affecting 330000 Appalachian miners after a week of idling.

Washington George Senate Foreign Relations Committee Great Britain United States Greece Yugoslavia British Isles Congress Britain New York Southern Coal Operators United Mine Workers Union CIO Appalachian John R. Steelman United States Conciliation Service

Willkie Denies Pact With Dewey on 1942-44 gambit

Washington reports discuss a possible working agreement where Wendell L. Willkie would back Thomas F. Dewey for the New York Republican governor nomination in 1942 in exchange for Dewey backing Willkie for the 1944 Republican presidential nomination.

Washington Wendell L. Willkie Thomas F. Dewey New York Dewey Willkie

Lone Ranger Killed In Wreck In Farmington Michigan

Earl W. Graser 32 known as the Lone Ranger died when his car hit a trailer in Farmington. His radio exploits as the Lone Ranger had aired for nine years on a Detroit area network. Bruce Beamer to return as the Lone Ranger.

Farmington Mich Earl W. Graser Graser Detroit Bruce Beamer

Axis Forces Capture Derna In Libya Drive

An official statement reports Italian and German troops occupying Derna Libya a deep water port 175 miles east of Benghazi. The push to reclaim eastern Libya began two weeks earlier with El Agheila seizure. Barce and Tocra towns also occupied.

Nevrokopi Berlin Germany Balkans Greece Struma Salonika Sarajevo Franz Ferdinand Yugoslavia Albania Rome Derna Bengali Libya el Agheila Bengasi

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