Kingsport Leads Tennessee In Retail Sales Gains
Kingsport posted the highest percentage rise in Tennessee retail sales from 1935 to 1939, up 72 percent to 89.6 million dollars. Statewide gains ran 27 percent with Kingsport outpacing Johnson City and others. diverse sectors such as groceries furniture and building materials all saw increases, signaling a narrowing gap with larger cities.
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Kingsport
Ate
Tennessee
Washington
Ted States Department of Comree
Kingsrt
Johnson City
Dyersburg
Ap Flores
Ark
Lumber
Youngest Soldier Pictures 15 Year Old Private Wohlfell
Private Harry Wohlfell Jr at Fort Custer Michigan attached to the 50th Field Artillery is described as the youngest soldier in the U S. at age 15. He serves despite his youth, illustrating wartime enlistment realities and the Army accepting younger volunteers.
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Harry Wohlfell, Jr
Fort Custer
Mich
50Th Field Artillery
U. S
Holiday Wrecks Put 2 In Hospital
Two people were injured in New Year’s Day motor vehicle incidents in Kingsport and nearby. Mrs. Banner Cox of Kingsport was hospitalized with a fracture and facial lacerations after her car left the highway north of Gate City Virginia. Miss Bess Penley of Kingsport suffered facial lacerations in a collision at highway 1 and East Mean Road involving Hugh Boyd Hall and Willard Sutherland. Hall, 34, of near Fall Branch, was fined for drunken driving and bound over to circuit court.
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Kingsport
Banner Cox
Gate City
Jim Broyles
Cox
Bess Penley
Highway 1
Eastmean Road
Broyles
Hugh Boyd Hall
Fall Branch
Willard Sutherland
Near Kings
Hall
Uplice Court
Napoleon
Betsy’s receipts reach record year in Elizabethton
In Elizabethton Betsy’s Post receipts for 1949 total $34,818.34, an increase of $3,855.09 from 1939 when receipts were $30,963.34. The figures show persistent growth and record performance for the year.
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Hton
Tenn
Elizabethton
Greater Old Age Benefits Face Congress
Washington lawmakers urged broader social security aid for seniors proposing a flat federal grant of 20 to 30 dollars monthly for those over 60 or 65 and a revised matching formula. Sen Donahey backed direct federal payments while Sen Connally urged a two to one government-state match up to 15 dollars monthly, with higher limits possible if states add funds.
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Donahey
D.-Calif
White House
Senator Connally
D.-Tex
Finance Committee
Connally
Vic Meyer Vanishes On Flight
W J Meyers disappearance prompts a search in the Hampton to Roan Mountain area. Flight instructor Louis Hilbert reports a plane heard in dense fog while Meyer's private aircraft, owned by the Hedgehoppers Club, is missing after leaving Hickory toward Kingsport. Rescue parties and ground crews spread from Damascus as fog and low ceilings hinder aerial search. Meyer, president of the Hedgehoppers Club and a Tennessee Eastman employee, was last seen departing Hickory airport Monday noon.
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Louis Hilbert
McKellar
Hampton
Roan Mountain
W. J
Vic) Meyer
Hilbert
Hampton-Roan Mountain
Meyer
Hickory
Damascus
New Orleans
Here
N. C
Myers
Kingsport
Hedgehoppers Club
Roy Bowers
Club
Long Island
Charlotte
Bowers
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Chest to Select Officers For 41
Kingsport Community Chest will hold a special board meeting at the Civic Auditorium today at 7 30 p m to elect officers for the coming year and to name board members. Current officers are H J Shivell chairman J H Lewis vice chairman and C H Walter secretary treasurer.
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Kingsport Community Chest
Civic Auditorium
H. J. Shivell
J. H. Lewis
C. H. Walter
U S Debt Passes Forty Five Billion Mark
The treasury announced the public debt surpassed 45 billion dollars, exceeding the former limit. Officials noted the rise occurred days earlier but was delayed in posting baby bond sales from distant post offices. On December 30 the debt stood at 45,001,757,537.38 with a new limit of 49,000,000,000 set earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Army Seeks 3 Billion More for All-Out Defense Plan
The U S Army will ask Congress for an additional 3 billion dollars to expand the all-out defense program. Proposals include 1 billion for 3,600 bombing planes, 1.6 billion for guns tanks and other materiel for 2 million troops, and 400 million for new munition plants.
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U.S. Army
Washington
Congress
House adjourns as Senate calls final meeting tomorrow
The 76th Congress adjourned its last session this afternoon while Senate leadership ordered a final meeting of that chamber tomorrow morning.
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Washington—.P
House
Senate
White to resign as head of defends aid to Allies panel
William Allen White, chairman of the Committee to Defend America By Aiding the Allies, was reported today to be ready to resign as soon as the committee can meet and name his successor.
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New York
William Allen White
America
Nazi Reply to Wheeler Peace Plan Sparks Europe Order stance
An unofficial German source reflecting Nazi opinion responded to U S Senator Burton K Wheeler's peace plan by stating that the new order in Europe requires no advice from any other continent. The comment asserts Germany will not offer guidance to other living spaces now or in the future.
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Berlin
U. S
Burton K. Wheeler
Europe
RAF bombs hit Bardia as siege continues in Libya
Cairo dispatch reports RAF bombers smashed at Bardia during the night as the official communique notes no sign of a full land sea and air assault required to take the eastern Libyan port from the Italian garrison.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
German Air Force Bomb Totals Reported Against England
The German high command reported today that it has dropped 25 pounds of bombs on England for every pound based on Germany. It gives a total since August of 92,400,000 pounds of high explosives and 3,520,000 pounds of incendiaries.
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Berlin
England
Germany
German High Command
Germans Admit Raider Sinking Ships In Pacific
Berlin reports a German warship in the Pacific sunk ten enemy merchant ships totaling 64 15 gross register tons and brought crews to safety on a South Sea isle. Survivors from seven ships say 496 people were on board and three crafts remained held. survivors were ashore Dec 21 on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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Berlin
German
High Command
Pacific
South Sea
Australia
Emirau Island
Bismarck Archipelago
Equator
Monetary Plan Receives Favorable Early Congressional Response
Washington reaction to a broad monetary reform plan from federal reserve officials favors repeal of greenback laws and curbs presidential power over dollar valuation. Senators King and Adams praise the ideas, while Rep Crawford hopes Congress enables the Fed to curb inflation. Currie participated in talks prior to release.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
King
Utah
Damociles
Adams
D-Cole
Rep
Crawford
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Lauchlin Currie
British Bombers Hit Bremen In Retaliation Raid
British air forces launched a three and a half hour attack on the German port of Bremen using heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries. The raid, described as highly successful, targeted invasion ports and submarine bases, with early reports noting very large fires.
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London
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Air Ministry
The
Press Association
British News Agency
DNB
Germany
One Man Missing As Workers Dig Into Avalanche
Salt Lake City workers dug into a 50 foot snowpile in the Wasatch near Rustler's Peak to locate possible casualties after an avalanche swept a group of skiers. Kenneth C. Wright of Salt Lake City was reported missing. Witnesses saw four people swept down the slope. skis identified Wright among the debris while the other five companions escaped.
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Salt Lake City
Wasatch
Wright
City License Tags On Sale Here In Kingsport
City officials announced that 1941 Kingsport motor vehicle license slips are available at the city treasurer's office in city hall. The tags must be placed on all vehicles during January for the 12 month period. Price remains 2 dollars for all vehicle types. Tags are required for all motor vehicles in the city regardless of residence. No purchase deadline set yet, but a reasonable window will be given before citations. State tags go on sale in March.
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Kingsport
Seaplanes Prepare for Britain's Defense Flight
A squadron of six long-range reconnaissance seaplanes, built by Consolidated Aircraft in Diego, California, is set for a non stop flight to British territory from Elizabeth City North Carolina. The 13 crew members expect two more arrivals today and two tomorrow before departing tomorrow to an unannounced destination under the British flag. Each plane carries two bombers for defense duties.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
England
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Diego
Calif
Dublin Air Assault Kills At Least Three In Ireland Bombings
German origin fire bombs and high explosives struck eastern counties last night and early today. Bombs fell near Drogheda Julianstown and Duleek with no casualties reported there. The Curragh Kildare and Terenure Dublin areas suffered damage to homes and haystacks.
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Dublin
Neutral Ireland
Eire
Irish Department of Defense
Curragh
Kildare
County Kildare
Terenure
Borris
County Carlow
Southern and Western
Drogheda
County Meath
Julianstown
Ireland
Boyne
Duleek
Liverpool
Erie Department of Public Defense
French Grow Restive Under German Demands
Reports from Martinique relay UPI correspondent Peter C. Rhodes on rising French opposition to Nazi demands in unoccupied France. French visitors say anti British sentiment faded, with support for Britain to defeat Italy. Marshal Petain seen as leveraging fleets and North African armies to curb occupation. Joy over Italian defeats in Egypt and Albania noted as France regains strategic importance in the Mediterranean.
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Peter C. Rhodes
United Press
Martinique
Europe
Rhodes
France
Great Britain
Italy
Marshal Petain
North
Africa
Egypt
Albania
Mediterranean
Railroads Boost Employes Wages Across the South
Wage and hour division reports twenty railroads operating in the south will raise annual pay by about 4.45 million dollars starting March 1. Approximately 70,000 workers receive higher wages with a 36 cent per hour minimum on trunk lines and 33 cent per hour on short lines. Major increases include Illinois Central 443,000 dollars and Southern Railway 412,000 dollars.
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Atlanta
South
Department of Labor
Illinois Central
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Fate of Albanian Campaign Hinges on Valona Stand
Italian troops fight to hold Valona and Elbasani positions in southern Albania as Greeks press their advance. Observers say the clash around Tepele ni and Klisura may decide whether Italy can resume offensives or withdraw to a Tirana Durazzo line.
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Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Valona
Elbasani
Albania
Tepeleni
Klisura
Tirana
Durazzo
Valona-Elbasani
Tirana-Durazzo
Li Duce Planes Aid Nazis Back Home From Mediterranean Front
Rome says Rome-German planes and pilots were sent to Italy to aid the Medi terranean aero-naval fight. Gen Piccolo calls the German air corps a great Italian unit and demands full facilities in Italy. Some Italian units that aided the British air siege returned home as axis air activity eyes intensified action in January.
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Li Duce
Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
Francisco Piccolo
England
Piccolo
Alber Kesselring
Britain
English Channel
FDR Seen as Well Wisher by Italian Circles
Italian political circles interpreted Roosevelt’s wish for a righteous peace in 1941 as peace with justice prompting fighting by Italy. They said his message to King Vittorio Emanuele created a favorable impression in Rome.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Stork Delivers Four Babies On New Year in Kingsport
A Kingsport New Year’s roundup reports four babies born to local families as a stork reportedly visited during the day. At Community Hospital a daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mellon at 4:35 a.m. followed by a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Casteel at 5:35 a.m. A baby boy joined Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lamons at 9 a.m. and a final baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Compton at 4:30 p.m.
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Stork
City
Kingsport
Ed G. Mellon
Fairview Avenue
Community Hospital
Theodore Casteel
Fordtown
John M. Lamons
Bloomingdale Highway
A. E
Oak Grove
Fleet of German Raiders in the South Seas
Survivors from seven Allied ships report a German South Seas fleet operating south of the Equator with heavily armed raiders, light store ships, and crews including prisoners aboard some raiders. Some ships fly Japanese flags, with at least ten Allied vessels sunk. Survivors reached Melbourne after escaping Emirau.
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Melbourne
Australia
Germany
Emirau
Equator
Babe Burned to Death in Louisville Hospital
A two pound baby born premature on December 19 at City hospital Louisville died when oxygen in the incubator ignited. Deputy Coroner M Rodger Dougherty ruled the death accidental after hospital superintendent John B Buschmeyer testified a spark from an undetermined origin caused the fire.
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Louisville
City Hospital
Jefferson County
M. Rodger Dougherty
John B. Buschmeyer
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Hunter
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Libya
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