Hull Defends Reciprocal Trade Aims and Renewal
Secretary Hull denounces critics as he argues the reciprocal trade program opens markets for American farm and factory goods. He urges renewal of the expiring act to aid global economic readjustment after the war, insisting the approach is democratic and benefits citizens, homes, farms, and industry.
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Washington
Jan
Hull
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
State Department
Might Hall
Tennessee
Tul
United States
Red Army Officers Reported Haled Before People’s Court
Reports from Copenhagen and Helsinki say more than 100 Soviet officers were recalled from Finland to face trial before people's commissars. Finnish sources claim major Red Army units suffered heavy losses near Lake Kianta and Suomussalmi, with a frontier strip now held by Finns.
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Red Army
People’s Court
Finland
Copenhagen
Russian Commissariat
Lake Kianta
Keds
Inns
Lake Kaianta
Kuka Karama
Suomussalmi
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Smallest Docket Faces Ferguson in Sullivan Circuit Court
Circuit Judge Shelburne Ferguson will open the January term of Sullivan circuit court at Blountville with 73 causes on the docket, 42 new cases and 31 continuances. New cases come from Kingsport and Bristol areas, while Kingsport city sharply dominates larceny and liquor-law filings. No drunk driving trials are listed from the county’s lower end. 12 city arrests on such charges have resulted in city convictions since September term.
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Shelburne Merguson
Sullivan
Blountville
A. N. Mawk
Kingsport
Bristol
City
Circuit Court
Horner to extradite William Biot for final term
Governor Horner announced plans to sign a requisition to extradite William Biot from California to finish serving the 1932 term for pandering. Biot was sentenced to six months but served only a few days.
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Horner
Springfield
Henry Horner
William Biot
Biotl
Senate approves Edison for Navy chief amid dissent
The Senate quickly approved Charles Edison as Secretary of the Navy after Sen Borah protested a peacetime emergency powers bill. Edison defended the measure as a preparedness step while Borah warned it could enable suspension of rights. Cromwell and other diplomatic nominations were also confirmed to posts including Canad. and Belgium.
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Senate
Charles Edison
Navy
Borah
Idaho
Edison
Roosevelt
Eidison
Congress
Capitol
Iadison
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Canada
Cromwell
Daniel Roper
Canad
Breckinridge Long
Missouri
John Cudahy
Wisconsin
Belgium
George &. Messersmith
Delaware
Cuba
H. Henry Norwe
Super-Tax May Pay for Defense
President Roosevelt backs a 10 percent "super-tax" on income tax to fund emergency defense costs. The idea is informal and could apply retroactively to 1939 and 1940 income. Taxpayers would compute their normal tax and add 10 percent. Officials expect Congress to shape proposals after budget discussions with House and Senate committees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Doughton
D.-N
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harris
D.-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
New Yor
Jap Navy Likely To Match U S Ship Building Rise
Tokyo reports say expansion of the U S navy could trigger a shipbuilding race with Japan. Japanese officials warn the United States may seek naval superiority and note the Washington treaty has expired, prompting concern over 52,000-ton ships and Guam proposals.
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Relman Moren
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Navy
Congress
Harold R. Stark
U. S. Naval Operations
Guam
Asahi
Winter Holds On In East Tennessee And Southwest Virginia
A week of sub freezing weather continues across East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia as Meixellar Airport reports a 24 hour period ending 8 am with a low of 14.1 and a high of 37.6. One eighth of an inch of snow fell after a midnight rain, then light rain returned with a rising thermometer before daybreak.
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Ole Man Winter
East Tennessee
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Meixellar
Nazi Raiders Driven Off British Coast In Fresh Skirmish
German raiders appeared off the Firth of Forth and the Humber and Thames estuaries but were repelled by British fighters and anti aircraft batteries. The air ministry reported significant activity and battles near Newcastle, South Shields, and the southeast coast of Scotland with no bombs dropped in the English channel.
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London
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Humber
Thames
England
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Tyneside
Norfolk
Newcastle-on-Tyne
South Shields
Tyne
Congress Stymies Lynchings Bill in Split Vote
Congressional action stalled on the anti-lynching bill as Southern Democrats threaten filibuster in the Senate. House passage of the bill was anticipated after a 252 to 131 vote, while budget scrutiny measures also block further moves. The Senate approved a joint committee proposal without a roll call, prompting administration aides to resist delaying supply bills.
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Harold Een
Washington
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Harrison
Congressional Committee
Surprise French Assault Fails on Kreuzberg Front
Berlin reports a French surprise attack near Kreuzberg east of Forbach broke German lines briefly but was driven back by a Nazi counterattack. Few prisoners were taken as Germans repelled local flank actions and two French aircraft were shot down in aerial combat.
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Berlin
Today
Kreuzberg
Forbach
Saarbruecken
DNB
High Command
Amas Eve Bride Meets Her Death
Mrs. Sarah Newton, a Christmas Eve bride, died in Shelby County as Memphis records its first traffic fatality of 1940. She was injured in a head on collision near the city limits on Saturday while traveling to Whitehaven with her husband, a railroad motorcar driver. Her death in hospital was due to shock. No traffic deaths had occurred in Memphis this year prior to the incident.
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Memphis
Sarah Newton
Shelby County
Whitehaven
Tenn
Committee Plans Birthday Dance
Members of the committees in charge of holding the annual President's Birthday Ball will meet at the Kingsport Inn at 7 p.m. to select a date for the dance. Al Harkins, chairman, urged all persons interested in the celebration to attend the meeting.
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Kingsport Inn
al Harkins
Rescue crews push forward in Bartley mine tragedy
In Bartley West Virginia, rescue crews pushed through debris and gas toward 87 miners entombed by an explosion that killed at least four. Officials voiced hope that 50 to 60 might be found alive as air conditions improved and teams penetrated deep into the mine.
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Bartley
W. Va
Bartley No. 1
Pond Creek
West Virginia
George Pile
Roy Evans
Charley Moffitt
Evans
R.E. Salvati
Salvati
Carl J. Dickenson
R. E F. Salvati
State Mine Department
H. GG. Houtz
Sco
Challenge to Highway Patrol Liquor Seizure in Knox County
George Holbert filed a writ of certiorari in Knox County on January 11 challenging the state highway patrol authority to seize liquor shipments in dry Knox County. The suit seeks return of a truck and 102 cases of whiskey seized last November and questions patrol power absent county law officers. Judge Hamilton Burnett ordered production of records from Commissioner McCanless and others for a hearing.
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Knoxville
State Highway Patrol
Knox County
First Circuit Court
George Holbert
Hamilton Burnett
George I. McCanless
Holbert
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