Coal Strike Moves Toward Settlement Amid Senate Pressure
The Senate defense committee summoned John L. Lewis and mine operators to appear Friday unless coal production resumes. In New York, southern operators and the United Mine Workers moved toward ending a three week strike, with northern miners idle awaiting the outcome. Talks resumed with a $7 daily wage fight over regional differentials, and Roosevelt urged action to reopen bituminous mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
John L. Lewis
New York
Southern
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
Great Appalachian
North
South
Britain Receives Nearly 1000 Aircraft From U S and Canada
Lord Beaverbrook told the House of Lords that nearly 1,000 assembled American and Canadian aircraft have been handed over to the RAF amid convoy losses. He noted steady sea losses but only one aircraft lost on the ferry route, and reported large inflows of engines and parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Beaverbrook
House of Lords
RAF
America
Beaverbrook
Berlin Says British Troops Desperate to Escape Greece
Berlin reports British troops are attempting a chaotic withdrawal from Greece amid the Allied retreat. The Associated Press notes tense fighting and widespread troop movements as retreat becomes urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Zomba
Yugoslavia
Greece
20 Torpedo Boats Sent to Britain From U S Yards
Secretary Knox announced about 20 fast naval motor torpedo boats were ready for delivery to Great Britain under lend lease. The boats would be shipped rather than sailed, with 28 available and additional craft under construction. Canada was to build warships for potential transfer to Britain, and negotiations covered using these in the broader Allied effort.
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Britain
U. S
Washington
Knox
Great Britain
Canada
U. S. Navy
United States
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
British and Greek Positions Intact in Greece
Authoritative sources say British and Greek positions remain intact in Greece. Some Greek forces in the center were cut off from supply bases by German troops crossing the main communication line, likely unable to withdraw as an organized force.
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Balkans
Berlin
Albania
Greece
Thermopylae
London
Epirus
Macedonia
Athens
Piraeus
Aegean
Five Held for Mail Robbery in Memphis Case
Five indicted by a federal grand jury for a October 21 1940 air mail robbery that netted securities including 2350 shares of Mississippi Shipping Co. stock. Indicted are Henry Laughter and his wife Lillian, Laughter’s brother Lucian, William Ernest Brown, and Thomas M. Davidson.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Henry Laughter
Lillian Laughter
Lucian Laughter
William Ernest Brown
Michigan
Thomas M. Davidson
Chester
Mississippi Shipping Company
Hibernia National Bank of New Orleans
Gilbert H. Perkins
Chemical Bank and Trust Company
New York
First Evidence Of Congress Opposition To Plan Increasing U S Taxes
The article reports early opposition in Congress to a treasury proposal for increased income taxes aimed at raising about 3.6 billion dollars. It outlines proposed surtaxes up to 11 percent on the first 2000 of income, removes earned income credits, and details tax amounts for a $2,500 earner with a $2,000 exemption.
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Congress
U. S
Washington
Treasury
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
House
Ways and Means Committee
Taft Pushes Price Control Board for Foods
Senator Taft proposes Congress create a price control board with authority to regulate consumer prices of basic commodities such as food coal and steel. He also weighs a resolution to investigate the office of price administration led by Leon Henderson, arguing it lacks lawful authority to compel plant expansion for civilian needs.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Office of Price Management
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Senate
Henderson
Darlan and German Officials Confer in Paris
French vice premier Admiral Darlan met with German authorities in Paris as talks began with possible plans for an interview with Adolf Hitler. Reports cited Paris sources as Laval’s presence in the city and suggested Darlan’s potential move to German headquarters in France.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Pierre Laval
Darlan
Claiborne Bank Robber Escapes Brushy Mountain Prison
Frank Hopson a 27 year old bank robber and killer from Claiborne county escaped Brushy Mountain prison yesterday afternoon. Deputy Warden Dolph Farris said he climbed an iron pipe to scale a 17 foot wall and fled around 5 00 pm. Hopson, in a 99 year sentence, was part of a 1936 Tazewell bank trio where gunfire killed Sheriff Hutchinson and two companions were later punished.
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Brushy Mountain
Frank Hopson
Claibourne County
Dolph Farris
Farrs
Knox
Union
Claibourne
Hopson
Gus McCoig
Pete Dean
McCoig
Dean
British cruiser H M S Rajputana torpedoed and sunk
The British admiralty announced that the armed merchant cruiser H M S Rajputana was torpedoed and sunk. Reuters from Cairo reported that easing German pressure in Greece allowed Britain to consolidate new positions.
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London
H.M.S. Rajputana
British Admiralty
Reuters
Cairo
Greece
Few Declared Job Deferment Among Local Draft Registrants
Fourteen of more than two thousand men registered with Draft Board No 1 were granted occupational deferments after completing questionnaires. Deferments arise mainly from scarce applications for this type, though some workers in chemical and machine trades and in vital transport were approved. Two farmers received six month deferments, with one brother seeking six more months while the other served.
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Draft Board No. 1
State to Rescue Millions of Fish From Drought
A $75,000 program by the State Department of Conservation will stock mid and east Tennessee with millions of fish. Officials say fish will be collected from western lakes and sloughs as they dry in mid summer and transported by special trucks to other parts of the state.
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Nashville
State Department of Conservation
Middle
East Tennessee
The
Conservation Commission
Chattanooga
West Tennessee
Ina
Gate City Man Hit By Auto at Noon Today
F. F. Bellamy aged 72 of Gate City Virginia was treated for shock and bruises to the left ear and hand after being struck by an automobile on Sullivan Street shortly after noon today Holston Valley Community Hospital reported this afternoon.
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Gate City
F. F. Bellamy
Sullivan Street
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Brest Bombed and Plymouth Hit Hard In Raids
London reports British air forces bombed Brest targeting the naval base where the Gneissenau and Scharnhorst shelter. In Plymouth a major night raid caused fires and heavy damage as emergency feeding centers opened and aid convoys arrived. Luftwaffe aircraft hovered coastal areas into dawn.
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Brest
Plymouth
London
Gneissenau
Scharnhorst
Air Ministry
England
British Fleet Bombards Tripoli in Major Naval Strike
British Mediterranean battle fleet shells Tripoli harbor for 42 minutes starting at 5 a.m. causing fires across the Barbary coast base. Six Axis ships were damaged or sunk with railroad, power plants, and naval HQ hit as bombers followed the strike.
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Tripoli
Libya
Britain
I Duce
Slavs to Remain As British Allies
In Parliament Anthony Eden stated that 17 year old King Peter of Yugoslavia and his government have established themselves in the Middle East and will continue the struggle as British allies. He said Yugoslavs can expect full British support to maintain their independence amid German pressures in Iraq. Eden rejected German agent concerns and warned no tolerance for interference in Iraq.
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London
Anthony Eden
Peter
Yugoslavia
Mid- the East
Britain
Jerusalem
Eden
Iraq
Henry Morris-Jones
Foreign Office
Morris-Jones
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Truman
D-Mo
John R. Steelman
Steelman
L. Ebersole Gaines
Fayettesville
W. Va
Northern
NEA Radiophoto
Associated Press
Dunkerque
George II
Isle of Crete
Flanders
Rome
Il Giornale D’italia
B.E.F
Dorothy Dix
Edson
Holywood
Society
Surtax
Price Control Board For Foods
Claiborne Desperado
Bulletins
South Wales
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