Tobruk Surrounded as Italians Face New Trap in Libya
Tobruk, Italy's eastern Libya base, is cut off with 30,000 Fascists trapped as British and Greek forces tighten the siege. Reports say 150,000 Italians have been killed, captured, orMissing in Africa and Greece. Luftwaffe and RAF raids threaten shipping off Ireland and Greece, while El Adem falls and Tobruk’s blockade tightens.
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Italy
Libya
Bardia
Nile
Africa
Greece
Cairo
Annibale
Bergonzoli
Fallen Bardia
Lord Woolton
London
el Adem
Salum
Egypt
Tripoli
Aegean
Tax exemption bill for civic welfare nonprofits
Nashville bill aims to exempt from taxation property owned by non profit corporations or associations that are devoted exclusively to civic and public welfare purposes. The proposal was introduced in the House today by the Hamilton County delegation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hamilton County
Britain agrees to Roosevelts request aid through blockade
The British government disclosed that it will permit clothing and foodstuffs for children in unoccupied France to pass through the blockade, following a personal request from President Roosevelt. The concession aims to ease humanitarian relief for French children amid wartime shortages.
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London
Roosevelt
France
Bulgarian cabinet gathers at Cham-Kouria for health visit update
Virtually the entire Bulgarian cabinet gathered today at Cham-Kouria mountain resort near Sofia. Ministers reportedly joined King Boris III to hear Premier Bogdan Philoff recount his health visit to Germany.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Cham-Kouria
Boris III
Bogdan Philoff
Germany
Red Cross to Ship Relief Supplies to Europe
The American Red Cross announced plans to dispatch an American ship late this month loaded with condensed milk and other relief goods for unoccupied France and a consignment of flour and milk for Spain.
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Washington
American Red Cross
France
Spain
Balkans May Hide Next Nazi Blows
Balkan observers warn that German troop movements through Romania toward Bulgaria could be a smoke screen for attacks elsewhere such as Greece or Turkey. They cite massing of up to 600,000 troops over the Danube and note Berlin calls it a splendid fog. German sources in the Balkans hint at actions toward the south with 400,000 troops reported in Thrace.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
Balkan
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Danube
Romania
Balkans
Assembly Names State Officers, Ready for Issues
Nashville Tennessee General Assembly convened in a joint session to elect constitutional officers and clear the way for major matters. Gov Prentice Cooper’s address drew guarded praise from lawmakers including Rep James H Cummings and Sen I D Beasley who touched on poll tax repeal and redistricting while Speaker John Ed O Dell reported broad support for repeal in some form.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee General Assembly
Prentice Cooper
Cooper
General Assembly
James H. Cummings
Dcannon
Tennessee
Assembly
Cummings
I. D. Beasley
Carthage
John Ed O'Dell
Bristol
O'Dell
Navy to Up Manpower and Reorganize Into Three Fleets
Secretary Knox announced a three fleet reorganization of the US Navy into Atlantic Pacific and Asiatic fleets to take effect February 1. President Roosevelt authorized a 42000 increase in enlisted manpower to crew the expanding forces. Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel will become commander in chief of all fleets and head the Pacific fleet, replacing Admiral James O. Richardson who moves to undisclosed duties. The Atlantic fleet will comprise about 125 ships, the Asiatic fleet the current Asiatic squadron, and the Pacific fleet the Hawaii-based ships. Knox said more destroyers would not be detached from the fleet without harming efficiency and that Congress would soon be asked to authorize 280 auxiliary vessels.
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United States Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
All Rag
Kimmel
James O. Richardson
Atlantic
Asiatic
Pacific
Hawaii
United States
Navy
Congress
United States Pacific Fleet
Richardson
Secretary of the Navy
Henderson
United States Battle Force
Cooper Inauguration Date Set On Jan 16
The senate adopted a joint resolution setting Thursday January 16 as the inauguration date to induct Governor Prentice Cooper into office for another term. Senator Roy Hickerson of Winchester presented the measure and a committee to handle inaugural arrangements was to be appointed. A second resolution fixed Friday January 10 at 10 am for canvassing votes from the November election.
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Nashville
Senate
Prentice Cooper
Roy Hickerson
Winchester
Munitions Train Explosion Destroys Berettyoujfalu
A German munitions train crashed into another on the Budapest to Nagyvárad line, wrecking much of the village of Berettyóújfalu and its tracks. Repairs will take weeks. The town lies near the former Hungarian Romanian frontier, about midway between Pospolodany and Nagyvárad. Casualty figures were not immediately known as Hungarian censorship limited details. With the main line out, only two tracks remain for German troop movement into Romania.
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Budapest
Hungary
Rumania
Berettyo Ujfalu
Puspokladany-Nagyvarad
Stork Leads Grim Reaper In Sullivan County 1940
Vital statistics show 1000 births to 269 deaths across districts 7 10 11 12 14 15 and 18 in Sullivan County. Kingsport based Community Hospital recorded the largest share of births as December saw 121 births and 26 deaths. Prospects for 1941 look brighter.
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Stork
Grim Reaper
Sullivan County
Kingsport
German Headlines Dismiss Roosevelt Plan for Britain's Fall
Berlin papers denounce President Roosevelt's congress message as historically wrong and ineffective. They warn Britain’s doom is sealed and American aid will arrive too late, portraying Roosevelt as pursuing imperial goals and postwar debt absolution as fiction.
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Britain
Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
South
Central America
Farm Budget Tops a Billion For 1942 Programs
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 1.0139 billion dollars for Agriculture Department activities in the 1942 fiscal year. The request includes subsidies for soil conservation, parity payments, and sugar control, plus defense power work for TVA projects Cherokee Dam Watts Bar Wilson Dam Pickwick Dam and related dredging and construction. TVA estimates a net obligation of about 71.4 million for the new year with most funding from appropriated funds.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Department
AAA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Defense
Cherokee
Holston River
Watts Bar
Wilson Dam
Pickwick Dam
TVA
Cherokee Dam
Hales Bar Dam
Fort Loudon
Coulter Shoals Dam
Man Who Started Boy Scouts Dies
Lord Baden-Powell 83 founder of the Boy Scout movement and veteran soldier dies at his Nyeri Kenya Colony home after years of fragile health. He founded the Scouts in 1910 to promote good citizenship and world peace and had long resided in Nyeri since 1937.
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Kenya
Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Nyeri
John Smith
United States
Boy Scouts of the World
San Francisco
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Boy Scouts of America
The
Boy Scouts
London
City Orders Removal of Sub Standard Houses in Kingsport
City plans slum clearance under a federal program. Walter F. Smith of the Kingsport Housing Authority reported that unless 159 of 184 sub standard houses are demolished or vacated by June, the city will lose a $10,000 federal grant as part of a $12,000 bond payment. Already 25 have been removed or vacated. improvements may count toward elimination. Mayor Tipton also formed a committee to curb hogs in Gibson town after a petition by residents.
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Kingsport
E. W. Tipton
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Walter F. Smith
Kingsport Housing Authority
Housing Authority
City
Smith
Gibsontown
Tipton
Roosevelt Seeks 10 Billion for Defense Budget
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a vast peacetime budget totaling 17.5 billion dollars, with 10.8 billion for defense. The plan forecasts a 1942 deficit around 9.21 billion and a public debt near 58.4 billion by midyear. It emphasizes expanding army and navy, factory capacity, and higher taxes, while noting aid to Britain and allies would be funded separately.
Parts of State Suffer Slight Epidemic of Flu
An influenza outbreak reaches light epidemic levels across Tennessee with Memphis and Chattanooga faring better while Knoxville and Nashville report rising cases. Schools closed in Blount McMinn and Rockwood counties as officials weigh further closures. Health officials warn of continued spread and growing case numbers.
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Tenn
Tennessee
East Tennessee
Nashville
Memphis
Chattanooga
Blount County
McMinn County
Rockwood
W. H. Enneis
Knoxville Health Department
John Overton
New Board Urges Nation To Place Defense Needs Above All
Four men named by President Roosevelt as an industrial general staff urge citizens to subordinate everything to the defense effort. The executive order creates the office of production management with Knudsen as director general and Hillman as associate director general, plus Knox and Stimson as members. The group has broad powers to accelerate production, regulate supplies, and mobilize plants for national defense, with final policy decisions resting with the President only in rare cases. The existing defense advisory commission continues with personnel shifts. In Somerville, Ralph Nash of Boston College is hospitalized with convulsions after suffering a reported ailment. he was the substitute quarterback who played in the Sugar Bowl loss to Tennessee.
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Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Navy
Knox
War
Stimson
America
United States
Gf the
National Defense Advisory Commission
Knudsen
Hillman
B. C
Somerville
Mass
Ralph Nash
Boston
Nash
Tennessee
New Orleans
Tennessean Pilot Dies In Bat Wing Plane Crash
Sam Hughey, 24, a Tennessee born pilot educated in Ogiumbia, Tenn, was killed yesterday in St. Petersburg Florida when an experimental bat wing aircraft on a test flight burst into flames. His parachute failed to open as he plummeted to his death.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Sam Hughey
Hughey
Ogiumbia
Tenn
Supplemental 10 Billion Armament Program To Aid Britain Considered
Washington leaders weighed a supplemental 10 billion armament program to aid Britain as part of a new federal budget. The plan envisions lending or leasing military equipment over several years, with Treasury attorneys drafting the required legislation. Details to be separated from regular defense appropriations as leaders expected rapid action.
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Greece
China
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Congressional
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Treasury
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