Stimson Warns Of Prolonged War Emergency
Secretary Stimson testified before Sen Truman's defense committee that the nation faces a dangerous emergency possibly lasting five years as the military program expands. He noted civilian needs may be subordinated to war production and training under the selective service act until 1945 to meet future crises.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate
United States
Defense
Truman
D-Mo
War Department
Army
Croats Rally in Vienna for New Croat Government
A German censor caption shows Croats in Vienna protesting for Zagreb’s separatist Croat government. Banner reads Croatia Goes With Germany. Budapest and Berlin sources claim Yugoslavia asked Germany for armistice, denied by officials. London sources call it propaganda. axis likely to pressure Serb forces as with Poland.
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Vienna
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Germany
Budapest
Hungary
Berlin
London
Goebbels
Four slain and 15 injured in Kentucky gun attack near Fork Ridge
In Middlesboro Kentucky gunfire near the Fork Ridge coal mine left four men dead and many wounded. Victims include C W Rhodes president of Fork Ridge coal and American Association and E W Silvers vice president with other miners and officials hospitalized. Police say violence followed union miner actions amid contract talks between CIO United Mine Workers and Appalachian operators.
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Middlesboro
Kentucky
C. W. Rhodes
Fork Ridge Coal Company
The
American Association
E. W. Silvers
Bob Robinson
Tazewell
Guy Harrell
Bell
CIO
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Fork Ridge
Tennessee Line
Harrell
Harlan County
Harlan
Keen Johnson
Tennessee
C. C. Harmon
Claiborne County
Harmon
John Rhodes
Fork Ridge Mine
James Golden
Pineville
J. W. Ridings
A. T. Page
Earl Alley
Balkan
John Holland
Cary
Millard Forester
Clayton Webb
Capito
R. W. Lawson
Bell County
Field
Alford Smith
Bella
Walter Polly
Arjay
Napier
Defense Taxes to Hit Every Pay Check Debate Topic
Senate talks on tax reform and defense funding feature calls to tax all earned income. Labor Secretary Perkins pushes for coal settlement to reopen 55 percent of Appalachian fields. negotiators expect quick progress with the CIO and northern bituminous operators.
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Congress
New York
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
United Mine Workers Union of America
CIO
Appalachian
John R. Steelman
Bright
Two Kingsport Boys Injured in Spring Sports
Two Kingsport youths were injured Monday as spring sports activities continued. Richard Lee Price, 17, fractured his right wrist after a fall while roller skating. Ronald Frost, 10, received a forehead laceration when struck by a ball during a baseball game with playmates. Both were treated at Holston Valley Community Hospital.
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Kingsport
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Richard Lee Price
G. R. Price
Route 1
Ronald Frost
Ellis Frost
Brook
Higher Textile Wages Studied Ends Hearings
A 21 member industry committee finished hearings on a proposed rise in the cotton textile workers minimum wage from 32 to potentially 36 cents per hour. AFL CIO urged 40 cents while employers sought no more than 35 cents. If approved by Brigadier General Fleming the change could take effect by July. Boris Shishkin urged 40 cents, arguing wartime increases show industry capacity to pay.
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South
North
Miss Perkins
Washington
CIO
AFL
Philip B. Fleming
Boris Shishkin
Students Begin Final Six Weeks At Dobyns-Bennett High
Students returned to classes after a four day Easter break to start a six week term. Many took trips with families to celebrate Easter while others enjoyed spring weather and outdoor recreation. Some caught up on studies while a few pursued leisure activities.
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Dobyns-Bennett High School
Permit to Build Granted to Two Hall Minor
A $1 500 building permit was issued at City Treasurer J R Pecktal's office for a one story frame five room home on Spring street. A second permit authorized remodeling and repairs valued at 150 for John W Nelms at 1146 Cherry street.
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Hall Minor
J.R. Pecktal
Spring Street
John W. Nelms
Cherry Street
Paul Whiteman to Headline Kingsport Dance on April 28
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra will play for a dance at the Civic auditorium in Kingsport on Monday April 28. The event is sponsored by the Bristol American Legion drum and bugle corps a 65 piece unit that appears in Kingsport’s Fourth of July parade. Ticket sales will be arranged through central drug stores in Kingsport Bristol and Johnson City. Profits will support the bugle corps general fund for instruments and uniforms.
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Paul Whiteman
Kingsport
Civic Auditorium
Ernest Fleenor
Bristol American Legion
Bristol
M. P. Repass
Legion Committee
Johnson City
Robert H. Halbert
Kingsport Inn
Whiteman
Repass
Bugle Corps General Fund
Warrants Issued In Traffic Cases
Judge Napoleon Bond issued warrants for six traffic offenders who failed to appear in city court. Violations included overtime parking, running red lights at fueling stations, and operating a taxi without license or signs. Three men were fined $15 for public intoxication, one man $25 for whiskey possession, and a driving while intoxicated case was continued to Wednesday.
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Napoleon Bond
Aged Man Shot. Woman Is Held in Hawkins County
Sheriff Curtis Combs says Myrtle Gulley 35 of Bulls Gap is jailed on charges of shooting Boyd Jordan 73. Jordan is in Greeneville hospital with a serious groin wound from a 20 gauge shotgun fired east of Bulls Gap near the Jordan home Monday night. Gulley is held without bond. Jordan, a Bulls Gap resident, is the father of seven.
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Times
Rogersville
Curtis Combs
Myrtle Gulley
Bulls Gap
Hawkins County
Boyd Jordan
Combs
Jordan
Greeneville
Southern Railway
Gulley
No Deferment For Senator's Son
Washington Ellison D Smith Jr the son of Senator Ellison D Smith of South Carolina was denied deferment in the selective service He sought Class 2 due to work as clerk for the Agriculture Committee chaired by his father But he was placed in 1 D as a student subject to call in July being a second year law student and not among the 12 supporting senators.
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Washington
Ellison D. Smith, Jr
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Draft Board
Davis G. Arnold
Smith
Senator Smith
Arnold
British Claim 200 Tobruk Prisoners in Allied Counterattack
The Middle East command said 200 Germans were captured at Tobruk with over 100 Axis troops killed and 15 tanks destroyed after a repulsed attack. The British reported eight of their tanks lost. In Salam area British forces said they inflicted losses on the enemy by patrol and artillery. Egypt debated defense measures with Wavell as Axis threats to Suez and Alexandria grew.
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Salam
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Wavell
Egyptian Finance Ministry
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Hungary
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Ethiopia
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Libya
Salum
London
Nazis break Greek line seize Phlorina force Greek retreat
Adolf Hitler forces breach the V shaped Allied front in Greece with a drive from Bitoli Pass and seize Phlorina. German and Italian troops push toward Ptolemais while pursuing remnants of the Serbian army in Yugoslavia. British on Mt Olympus report some success. The pace of the German advance is described as a German pursuit south of Salonika with counter claims from British forces.
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Adolf Hitler
Greece
Phlorina
Bitoli
Athens
Hitler
Ptolemais
Kozane
Yugoslavia
Mostar-Sarajevo
Mt. Olympus
Aegean
Rome
Berlin
Salonika
Aliakmon
Veria
Wisconsin Farm Girl Becomes Mrs Roosevelt Son in Civil Ceremony
Romelle Theresa Schneider a 25 year old Wisconsin farm girl who cared for Franklin D Roosevelt Jr as a child marries Capt James Roosevelt 33 in a simple civil ceremony in Beverly Hills. The roosevelt family attended the wedding with gifts and a kiss from the first lady replacing obey with cherish in the vows.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wisconsin
Romelle Theresa Schneider
Capt
James Roosevelt
U. S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Roosevelt
Romelle
Charlotte
N. C
Miss Schneider
Independence
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Todt Leads Inspection of Eastern Fortifications in Poland
Berlin reports Minister of Munitions Fritz Todt has traveled to Ostroleka Poland with three trusted aides for a thorough survey of Germanys eastern defenses including the Siegfried Line and West Wall.
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Berlin
Fritz Todt
Ostroleka
Poland
Germany
Talks Under Way Between Soviet Russia and Turkey
Delayed report states undisclosed political discussions were underway last night in Ankara between Soviet Russia and Turkey. The talks were understood to be in progress at the Turkish capital.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Russia
Ankara
British raid on Sofia sparks fires and munitions explosions
Cairo reports British planes attacked Sofia on the night of April 13 14. Fires broke out in storage yards and munitions trucks were blown up as RAF command announced.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sofia
Bulgaria
RAF
Germans advance in central Greece near two towns and Klisura
Reuters reports German forces push toward Kozane and Siatista inside Greece and toward Klisura in Albania. Greek high command confirms withdrawal from Corizza sector, while Mussolini’s command claims the Italian 9th Army advances into Greece. Berlin says British retreat is being prepared.
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Kozane
Siatista
Phlorina
Reuters
Klisura
Tepeleni
Corizza
Korizza
Albania
Mussolini
Berlin
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