Kingsport Sees 1939 as Banner Year Despite 1938 Losses
Civic leaders in Kingsport express cautious optimism for 1939 after 1938 saw a deep downturn. Officials cite recovery beginning in July, automobile industry gains, and expected resumption of buying, with hopes for full production and stronger earnings at Kingsport Press and Eastman.
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Kingsport
Tennessee Eastman
Tne
E. W. Palmer
Kingsport Press
Ta Nv
Wet
Eastman
Hias
Federal Reserve Board
Johnson
Wour
Nazis Planning to Strengthen German Nation
Berlin dispatch reports a 1939 push by Hitler and Goebbels for a stronger Germany. Speech excerpts show calls for a bigger army navy and air power, with vows to defend the nation’s right to live. Goering and Raeder echoed themes of national might and continued hard work for 1939.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Berlin
Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Memel
Danzig
Goering
Fermann
Wilhelm Goering
Hiller
Erich Raeder
Kaiser Wiilhelm
Baldur von Schirach
Miith
United States
Weather outlook hints at modest change in temperature
The report notes fair conditions with slightly cooler Sunday night and a likely rise in cloudiness. It mentions generally fair skies on Sunday and Monday with little temperature change, though some areas show uncertainty about exact values.
Babson Foresees 20 Percent Business Gain in 1939
Babson Park Mass December 31 predicted total business for 1939 will reach or exceed the year end 1929 peak with about a 20 percent rise over 1938. He cited stronger volumes in jobs wages retail sales stocks and farm prices and saw 1939 as a year of moderate prosperity with no hedges in his forecast.
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Babson Park
Mass
Ald Sol
Washington
Woodrum backs defense relief plan in push for state role
Representative Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia endorses shifting relief spending control to the states, aligning with Vice President Garner and signaling weight behind a new relief framework. Industrial leaders report Roosevelt defense expansion faces a setback after November election results, with utilities expansion potentially weakened and support divided among business interests.
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Virginia
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Dec. St
Clifton A. Woodrum
D-Va
Woodrum
House
Garner
Senate
Congress
Senator George
D-Ga
Sy Henry Paynter
New York
Roosevelt
St Fdr Defense
Old World Sees dismal outlook for 1939
European leaders foresee a troubled year with crises and risk of war. A British official warned that surviving 1939 without war could push danger away for years. Hitler offered mixed signals as Europe ends the old year amid unresolved ideological conflict.
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J. C. Stark
London
Europe
Reichsuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
State Solons Map Plans for Legislations in Tennessee
Nashville reporters describe lawmakers gathering in hotels to map the 1938 Tennessee General Assembly opening January first. Democratic caucus favors Alan Maxwell for Senate speaker and J Ed O'Dell for House speaker as Republicans prepare a slate. The two houses will organize, elect clerks, and adjourn likely after presenting readiness to Governor Browning.
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Robert N. Sturdevant
Nashville
Tennessee
State House
General Assembly
Prentice Cooper
House
Senate
Alan Maxwell
Memphis
J. Ed O’dei
Bristol
Browning
County Court to Study School Build program funds and Democratic primary repeal
Blountville court session will review the county school board's request for 312,500 to complete the school construction program and a recommendation to repeal the special Sullivan county compulsory Democratic primary statute. The court is expected to approve both measures, with the session likely to last all day.
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Blountville
Sullivan County
U S Flatly Rejects Japan Plan for New Order in China
In a wartime note the United States dismisses Japan's New Order project in China. In Clinton Indiana a mine disaster traps 20 or 21 miners at Crown Hill No 6. Rescue teams press through flame gas and cave-ins as crowds watch anxiously for word on trapped men.
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U. S
Japan
China
Harold Harrison Clinton
Ind
Rescoe
Crown Hill
No. 6
State Polive
C. A. Herbert
Vin
Cennes
Bureau of Mines
Fuis
Herbert
Flaes
Tillsworth Graves
Rosedale
TVA Forecasts 300000 Profit for Current Year
The Tennessee Valley Authority predicted a 300000 profit for its power navigation and flood control operations for the current fiscal year, versus a 1155000 deficit the year ending June 30, 1835. The annual report says net power income should cover program costs starting 1939 and yield a surplus, with power sales reaching about 2.11 million through November and total 1943 revenues projected at 6.5 million.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Seay
Nome
Shex
Wife Forgives Man Who Killed Baby In Despairing Note
Cleveland coroner outlines a grim case in which Andrew J. Macey, 35, killed his 15 month old daughter Carole Ann and then himself after missing wife Mary Navell disappeared. He wrote a note to Mary and another to Carole Ann, expressing despair and claiming life unbearable. A police finding of their bodies in a snow covered sedan near the downtown post office followed a troubling confession in a notebook.
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Cleveland
Dec. al
Andrew J. Macey
Sanwel R. Gerbert
Carole Ann
Gerber
Macey
Mary
Andy
Carole
Lee
Year 1938 News In Kingsport Area Highlights
W M Thompson reviews a diverse year in Kingsport Sullivan and Hawkins counties and Scott County Virginia. The most significant event was the April primary poll tax fraud exposed by The Times leading to county investigations and grand jury actions. About 2000 bogus poll tax receipts prompted 14 arrests and 16 trials with convictions and continuances into January. The fraud triggered petitions by defeated candidates, a brand jury inquiry, and multiple indictments. For the first time in history four Republican candidates won county offices, aided by the primary scandal and a Democratic split.
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W. M. Thompson
Times
Kingsport
Sullivan
Hawkins Countie
Scott County
Virginia
The
the Times
Sullivan County
Ciircuit Court
Shelburne Ferguson
Sarly
Tudge” Ferguson
Upper East
Tennessee
Little Confederacy
FDR May Compare Aerial Defenses
President Roosevelt plans expanded air force with startling figures on German and Italian air freight. Representative Bruce Barten questions defense vs political agitation and Congress to scrutinize the program. Representative McCorrmack says he will urge Congress to act at the coming session.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Roosevelt
Bruce Barten
Congress
McCorrmack
D-Mass
Mercury Begins Upward Journey
New Year’s heat wave brings temporary relief from extreme cold across many regions. Temperatures rose but remained below freezing in spots like Marquette Michigan and Devils Lake North Dakota. Richmond Virginia saw slight gains yet skating continued on lakes that often stay unfrozen. In the South and New England warmer air prevailed with forecasts for scattered rain and snow.
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Marquette
Mich
Devils Lake
N. D
Richmond
U S Reserves Rights Over China Policies in Face of Japan
In a formal note to Tokyo, the United States asserted it reserves all rights in China and rejected Japan's push for a new order in East Asia. Amb. Joseph C. Grew delivered the position, echoing nine power treaty obligations and repeating warnings against changes undermining American interests in China.
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Charles P. Nutter
Washington
PA Paintblank
Japan
China
United States
East Asia
State Department
Manchuria
Chia
Joseph C. Grew
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Hoover
Manchukuo
Ching
U. S
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J. Fred Johnson
Palmer
Babson
By Roger W. Babson
Babson Outlook
TVA
H. P. Richards
Mercury
New England
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