Coal Strike Threatens GM Steel and Railroads
The defense mediation board delayed a GM strike by urging continued production during talks. The CIO UAW deferred action, while GM promised retroactive settlement to April 28. A hearing is set for May 2 as coal shortages loom and White House cancels Warm Springs trip. Senator Norris urged presidential seizure powers amid wage and closed shop disputes.
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United Automobile Workers
White House
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Donnelly Named Captain to Lead State Guard Unit
William J. Donnelly former World War I veteran and Kingsport draft board chairman received a captain’s commission from Governor Cooper to organize a 60 member Tennessee State Guard unit here. He will recruit with Lieutenants Pylant and Johnson assisting.
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William J. Donnelly
Cooper
Tennessee State Guard
Donnelly
State Guard
National Guard
American Legion Home Guard
Joe Pylant
J. F. Johnson
Aged Capitalist Dies In Florida
Lake Wales Florida August Heckscher 92 year old New York financier and philanthropist died at Mountain Lake home after long illness Born in Hamburg Germany August 27 1848 He arrived in 1867 with little capital Worked as coal mining laborer and rose to prominence in finance and philanthropy His favored charity aided underprivileged children and elders and he contributed to slum eradication in New York City
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Fla
August Heckscher
New York
Mountain Lake
Hamburg
Germany
Heckscher
City of
Cautious White House Inquiry on Convoy Legislation
Washington reports cautious White House inquiries into Senate mood on convoy legislation for Britain. A tentative list suggested 45 of 95 senators oppose, including 25 of 28 Republicans, amid a split over presidential authority to order convoys.
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White House
Senate
Britain
Senator Tobey
Congress
Atlantic
Tax burden to reach 25 percent of national income
National income is expected to rise to 90 billion dollars next year with taxes totaling about 22 billion. Federal, state, and local levies will take roughly a quarter of Americans earnings, amid proposed new levies and defense tax talks led by President Roosevelt and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau.
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Federal Treasury
Treasury
Roosevelt
National Defense Savings Program
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Walker
Congress
Separation case ends in two minute divorce
Mrs Adelaide Harlan and Marion E Harlan advertising man secured a fast separation in San Francisco Court. She testified in under a minute that her husband precipitated the separation and opposed reconciliation. In the next minute the judge approved a property settlement and granted the decree.
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San Francisco
Adelaide Harlan
Marion E. Harlan
Cost of Living Seen On Way Up
Secretary of Labor Perkins forecast a 3 percent rise in the cost of living by early autumn. She noted that urban living costs rose 0.4 percent in the four weeks to mid March, lifting moderate families to 2.6 percent above prewar levels. She warned further increases in wholesale prices, furniture, food, and rents may push costs higher into fall.
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Washington
Perkins
Americas Plan Seizes Axis Ships to Aid War Needs
A committee representing 21 American republics approved a plan to seize idle Axis and allied vessels in Latin American ports. A pool will meet inter-American trade needs with excess tonnage sold or chartered to Britain, while owners are compensated under international law. Legislation to use 69 ships held in protective custody was prepared for action.
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England
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Guani
Uruguay
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
House
Fair and Warmer Today and Monday
Kingsport area forecast calls for clear skies and rising temperatures today and Monday with a chance of showers Tuesday. Highest temperature at Tri-City airport Saturday was 67. Mean 24 hour temperature ending 10:30 p.m. was 56.4. low 45.8. 10:30 p.m. reading 51.6. Workers uncover ancient mastodon bones at Camp Davis construction site in Holly Ridge NC.
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Navy Seizes Floyd Bennett Field to Host Neutrality Patrol
New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia announced the navy would take over Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn. The field is to become New York base for the neutrality air patrol with development costing 15 million dollars, including 3 million federal funds. The field has trained 140 cadets for flying service.
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F. H. la Guardia
Navy
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Neutrality Air Patrol
Britain rushes troops to Gibraltar and Suez Canal fronts
London reports Britain hurries soldiers and arms to Gibraltar and the Suez Canal as air battles intensify. Churchill to broadcast Greece withdrawals while bombed districts of Manchester are inspected. officials brace for further German strikes on Kiel and Berlin. The focus remains defense of the Mediterranean lifelines and Atlantic approaches.
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Suez
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Dover
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Atlantic
Electric Organ Installed At Dobyns-Bennett High School
Final installation of a Hammond electric organ was completed at Dobyns-Bennett High School on Saturday. The instrument was funded by magazine subscriptions PTA gifts and a Class of 1941 donation with future payments expected from school activities. Plaques will honor contributing groups. It is the first electric organ in a Tennessee public high school and will be used for class activities and occasional outside recitals.
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Kingsport
Brooks
Broad Street
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Lawrence, Trivette
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Citizens Supply Corporation
Tennessee
Hester Nelms Brooks
Ann Brooks
Dorothy Brooks King
Jane Brooks Gan
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Parent- Teacher Association
Nazi warning rages as editors attack Roosevelt policy
Influential German editors accuse President Roosevelt of seeking war far from home and warn the Axis still regards the Red Sea and Suez Canal as zones of war. They question the U S move to allow ships into the area and mock his Greenland claim as hallucination or joke.
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Suez Canal
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