New Wage Pact Nears Signature in Northern Coal Fields
A new wage contract for most of the nation’s soft coal industry nears signing after a two state arena wage conference. The agreement targets the United Mine Workers and northern operators in eight Appalachian states with talks to include southern operators. If signed, two-thirds of U.S. coal tonnage could resume normal production as districts unite under a single wage deal.
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New York
John R. Steelman
United Mine Workers of Amer
CTO
Appalachia
Steelman
Union
Pennsylvania
Rthern
West Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Maryland
Indiana
Illinois
Washington
Labor Department
Wthern
Perkins
Uld
Labor and Management
Mexican Quake Wrecks Big Area and Colima Hit Hard
Reports from Colima state indicate the city of Colima with 15000 residents was almost totally destroyed. Federal troops removed 36 bodies and about 100 injured as relief planes carried doctors to the scene. Mexico City, Guadalajara, Manzanillo and other cities reported damage and uncertain casualties across a wide area.
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Mexico City
Pedro Torres Ortiz
Colima
Manuel Avila Camacho
Ortiz
Chilpancingo
Acapulco
Laredo
Texas
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Mexico
Manzanillo
Maltrata
Vera Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
Senate Delays Debate on Ban of U S Convoys
Senate Foreign Relations Committee delays action on a Tobey proposed ban on US naval convoys until April 30. The State Department will be asked for views while Roosevelt asserts merchant ships outside combat zones receive lawful protection.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
State Department
Roosevelt
United States
Egypt
Red Sea
Africa
Greece
Center Street Closure Put to City Board
Kingsport's Board of Mayor and Aldermen faces a perplexing dilemma as petitions circulate to close Center Street over traffic dust, and then reopen it after a prior closure. The panel weighs who is right in this conflicting request.
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Kingsport
Center Street
Wets Seek Gate City Referendum After Dry Victory
Gate City and Scott County voters approved continued prohibition in the county and prepared to seek another election to restore beer wine and liquor to state control. Petitioners claim about 300 signatures and await Judge E T Carter to set a date within 60 to 90 days. Local results show widespread anti liquor results with precinct by precinct tallies and Roller precinct leading for the wet position.
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Gate City
Scott County
Wets
Corporation of
E. T. Carter
Virginia
Carter
Stoney Creek
Cove Creek
Peters
Big Cat
Wininger
Gate City East
Gate City West
Hilton
Stoney Point
Fraley’s
Smith's
Osborne's Ford
Hoge
Frances
Rye Cove
Roller
Belfast Bomb Raid Wrecks Homes and Hospitals
German air force launched a four hour raid across Northern Ireland with Belfast and nearby towns suffering extensive destruction. Hospitals churches and a newspaper plant were hit. hundreds of homes shattered and casualties reported. Dublin sent fire equipment to assist Northern Ireland. Liverpool also hit with deaths and injuries reported.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Dublin
Ejire
England
Liverpool
Board to Act On Stadium Plans
Kingsport officials anticipate starting construction on the new municipal athletic field on the Johnson City highway within weeks. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen reviewed architect plans Tuesday night and referred them to the stadium committee for an immediate report on any changes. Bids are expected within ten days, and approval hinges on committee recommendations at the next meeting.
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Kingsport
Johnson City
Board of Mayor
Stadium Committee
Greeks and Yugoslav Fronts Tilt in Balkans War
Wartime dispatches report British protests over Thai frontier attacks and a Yugoslav army surrender in Sarajevo. Fierce fighting rages along the Greek front as Nazi panzers drive toward Salonika while Axis and Allied troops clash across North Africa and the Aegean region.
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New York
Domei
Bangkok
Thailand
Malayan
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkans
Hitler
Sarajevo
Dusan Simovic
Peter II
Paul
Athens
Cairo
London
Egypt
Suez Canal
Admiralty
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Mussolini
Split
Adriatic
Erseke
Albania
Corizza
Salonika
Bitoli
Fourteen to Go To Camp Thursday
Fourteen men from two Sullivan county draft boards depart early Thursday for Fort Oglethorpe Ga to fill draft quota No The bus leaves Blountville at 7 30 am with five men from Board 2 joining in Kingsport Nine men from Board 1 meet them and the group travels to Knoxville to board a train to Chattanooga East Tennessee conscripts head to the line Names and addresses of travelers are listed along with order numbers and home towns Conscripted men from Sullivan county Board No 2 Bristol will travel by train The article notes army officials will meet the train in Chattanooga
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Sullivan County
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Blountville
Board 2
Kingsport
Knoxville
Lee Coffey
RFD
Island
Arthur C. Hood
William H. Pridemore
Branch Street
Clyde T
Bloomingdale
Bernard L. Fienberg
Center Street
Enoch T. Churchwell
M. Blackard
Childress
George M. Hackler
C” Street
Bountville
Howard Lioyding
Piney Flats
Persey W. Malone
Iney Flats
Joseph W. Neal
Elbert Amith
Indian Springs
Janes McClain
Mith
Army
Chattanooga
Sullivan Navy Board No. 2
Bristol
Army surveys 28 cantonment sites to house 8,090,000 troops
Undersecretary of war Robert P. Patterson announced surveys for 28 new army cantonment sites to accommodate 8,090,000 troops. London reports indicate the US weighs sending a marines detachment to guard the American embassy as in the last war.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
London
United States
Italian Viceroy Envoy Seeks Surrender at British Ethiopian HQ
British general headquarters in southern Ethiopia said the Duke of Aosta, Italian Viceroy of Ethiopia, sent an envoy to negotiate surrender. The move appears aimed at ending hostilities with British forces.
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Cairo
Egypt
Duke of Aosta
Ethiopia
Southern coal states appeal to Roosevelt amid mine idleness
Representatives from coal producing states urged President Roosevelt to intervene to settle disputes delaying soft coal production since April 1, seeking an end to the idle mines and a return to normal output.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Municipal Leaders Back Gas and School Tax Shares Plan
Kingsport hosts 30 city officials from the region at Tennessee Municipal League meeting. leaders from Greeneville Rogersville Johnson City Bristol Elizabethton Mountain City and Kingsport heard talks from Ambrose Fuller W H Newell and Dr J S Lyons. Resolutions favored shared gas and school tax funds with cities and exempt small towns from gas tax on city vehicles.
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Tennessee Municipal League
Kingsport
F. L. Cloud
E. W. Tipton
Ambrose Fuller
Chicago
National Organization
W. H. Newell
The
J. 5. Lyons
Rogersville
Newell
League
Fuller
Greeneville
Johnson City
Bristol
Elizabethton
Mountain City
Death Follows Boundary Fight Between Lee County Farms
In Virginia a boundary dispute between Hobart Rouse and Wess Robinette escalated when Robinette and his son drove onto Rouse land to collect wood. Mrs Hazel Rouse was killed when a confrontation occurred as she and her husband protested the trespass. Robinette claimed self defense saying Rouse struck him with a rock and tried to shoot him. Rouse allegedly dove for the gun. Robinette posted bond and was jailed briefly. The farms lie ten miles west of Jonesville. Also noted Secretary Knox urged Congress to limit defense strike legislation to talks at the conference table.
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Times’ State News Service
St. Charles
Lee County
Hazel Rouse
Wess Robinette
Robert B. Ely
Commonwealth Attorney
Jeff Newman
Hobart Rouse
Robinette
Newman
Rouse
Jonesville
Violence as strike turns violent at St Louis movers
A nonunion worker brandishing a wrench and a baseball bat attacks his truck during a strike by 3000 A F L furniture and piano movers in St Louis, highlighting escalating labor tensions.
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St. Louis
A. F. of L
PCA to Add Four Flights On Pittsburgh Birmingham Route
Pennsylvania Central Airways expands its Pittsburgh to Birmingham service adding four daily flights. New staff include radio operator Jim Jesky and assistant station manager William McBride at Tri Cities airport. Two flights use Douglas 21 passenger planes. others use Boeing 14 passenger planes with stops en route.
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Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Ala
Tri- Cities
PCA
Jim Jesky
William McBride
Flight 142
Flight 141
Clarksburg
W. Va
Charleston
British Claim Attack Success In North Africa Front
An official statement says British forces attacked the rear of the German position at Capuzzo on the Egyptian border and report successes in Ethiopia with patrols routing the enemy at Safartak Ford and forts captured on the Blue Nile left bank. The Libya situation is described as serious but not threatening Egypt. Tobruk remains held with an unchanged situation.
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Greece
Berlin
Hitler
Mt. Olympus
Servia
North African
Egypt
Fort Capuzzo
Libya
Salam
London
North Africa
Capuzzo
Ethiopia
Safartak Ford
Debra Markos
Blue Nile
Aduwa
Dabarach
Cairo
Tobruk
Milan Land Purchases Practically Completed
The land acquisition office at the Wolf Creek ordnance plant near Milan Tennessee will finish all work by week’s end, said John D. Barber who has led the office since E. J. Ellingson’s departure.
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Milan. Tenn
Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant
Here
John D. Barber
Barber
E. J. Ellingson
Editor slain after giving data to Dies Committee
Chicago editor John F Arena 43 founder of La Tribuna was shot dead after leaving a movie hours after supplying information to the House Un American Activities Committee about fascist activities. Police cite publishing threats and two assailants fled in a waiting car.
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Dies
Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
John F. Arena
Chicago
D-Tex
Orange
Tex
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arena
Patrick O’connell
la Tribuna
Dorothy
Eleanor Herrmeyer
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