Taft Calls for Killing Lease-Lend Plan
Senator Taft urged outright scrapping of Roosevelt’s lease-lend aid to Britain and proposed a substitute loan program limited to 1.0 to 1.5 billion dollars, usable only after British assets were exhausted. He argued Congress should keep aid separate from national defense and limit presidential powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Dag
R-Ohio
Taft
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Ohioan
Wheeler
D-Mont
Commerce Department
United States
Rooset
Backers Doubt Poll Tax Bill To Be Approved
Nashville voters face a heated week as the poll tax repeal bill reaches the senate floor amid doubts of passage. Senator Weldon B White and supporters push for action. Shelby county delegates undecided. Rep Samuel C Davis proposes sterilization and criminal reporting measures tied to reform. Senator Hubert C Brooks adds a new poll tax limit measure.
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Nashville
Tenn
Senate
Hugh Calloway
London
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Weldon B. White
White
Shelby County
Memphis
Samuel C. Davis
State Department of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Davis
Mississippi and
Tennessee Peace Officers Association
Hubert C. Brooks
Johnson City
Haysi Gun Duel Victims May Leave Hospital Soon
Dante Virginia Deputy Sheriff Estil Willis and John Hall, seriously wounded in a Christmas Eve street gun duel in Haysi, are reported to be recovering and expected to be released from the hospital soon.
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Times
Servic Dante
Estil Willis
John Hall
Haysi
House May Ask Willkie's Views
Washington reports that Wendell Willkie may be asked to testify at hearings on the President's arms lending bill. The House Foreign Affairs Committee postponed hearings to allow Secretary Hull or Secretary Morgenthau to testify first. Roosevelt returns to the capital after Hyde Park trip and will discuss public reaction to bill 1776 with leaders. Committee chairman Sel Bloom welcomes Willkie as a witness. others consider inviting him before his trip to England.
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ULP
Wendell Willkie
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Hull
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Sel Bloom
Willkie
England
14 More Trainees Leave City For Training Camp
Kingsport sent 14 volunteers and draftees to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia for a year of military training under the selective service act. W J Donnelly chaired the local draft board and led the group to the bus station with relatives present. some first quota members had already left over a month earlier. The group includes named trainees and volunteers. two had first order numbers drawn in Washington. Many are expected to fail physicals at induction camps and may be reassigned.
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Kingsport
Fort Oglethorpe
Beverly Izlar
Harim Ketron
Glenn Sergent
Joe Lewis
Elmer Moore
Walter Wells
Wester Young
Elijah Whitson
Preston Kestner
Ralph Pratt
Hugh Boyd
Fred Wright
W. C. Minor
Wells
Kestner
Stimson
W. J. Donnelly
Washington
Wien
Fire at Powder Plant Injures Three at Hercules Factory
In Kenvil New Jersey a 3 a.m. fire tore through a small building used for fuse compound at Hercules Powder Company. Three men were injured and treated at Dover General Hospital. The cause was a flash in the nitrat ing section. damage declared small.
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Kenvil
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Dover General Hospital
Dover
P.E.T.N
Mendoza Abandons Blockade Dash Ensuing Diplomatic Battle
The French steamer Mendoza halted by a British ship off the Uruguayan coast abandons its plan to run the blockade. It was bound for France with food and now is heading to Montevideo. Uruguayan Foreign Minister Guani denies a protest but signals possible future complaint.
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Mendoza
France
Guani
Nations urged to give up luxuries to speed rearmament
Representative Vinson of Georgia urged Americans to sacrifice peace time luxuries to accelerate plane production for national defense. He favored expanded sub contracting and argued that output could rise if manufacturers share work with suppliers and divert nonessential items to defense, noting design changes slow mass production.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Naval Committee
Burdette Wright
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division
United States
Ropean
Court Bill Approved by Kingsport Bar Association
The Kingsport Bar Association unanimously approved a draft bill to establish General Sessions courts in Sullivan county. The plan moves to the Bristol Bar Association for approval, then to state legislators to enact within 60 days after passage. If Bristol agrees, the Legislature will be asked to enact without a referendum despite Senator Buckles's opposition.
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Kingsport Ba Association
Sullivan County
Bristol Bar Association
E. G. Hunter
Kingsport
Bristol Association
William Buckles
Propaganda films flop at box office in Hollywood
Hollywood rejects anti Nazi pictures as propaganda failures. Senator Wheeler cites charges, but makers say they won’t produce more propaganda. From Beast of Berlin to The Great Dictator, anti dictator films drew empty houses and public apathy. No propaganda films remain in production today.
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Hollywood
Wheeler
Montana
America
Berlin
Charlie Chaplin
Influenza Epidemic Strikes Ohio Schools
Ohio health authorities battled a state wide influenza outbreak that crippled operations in many schools. Two deaths have occurred and State Health Director R H Markwith reported 683 cases in 20 counties, noting the survey understates the situation.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
Virginia Schools Closed As Flu Epidemic Spreads
Kingsport and lower county districts report standstill in cases while Scott County high schools Clinchport Rye Cove Shoemaker and Nickelsville close leaving 551 students out. Castlewood Temple Hill High School shuts for a week amid ongoing influenza spread across Russell County and surrounding areas.
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Scott County
Kiegepert
Clinchport
Rye Cove
Shoemaker
Nickelsville
Castlewood
Temple Hill
Italian General Argentina Seized by RAF Boat
Cairo reports Italian Blackshirt General Argentina, commander at Sidi Barrani, captured by a British motorboat after being spotted hiding by the water’s edge. RAF Hurricanes tracked and located fleeing officers along coastal caves as part of a larger pursuit of generals escaping Bardia.
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Egypt
Argentina
North
Africa
Sidi Barrani
Rodolfo Graziani
RAF
Bardia
Tobruk
5Dji Barrani
London
Archibald 0
Masel
Authoritative Press Association
East Africa
Convicts Kidnap Five In Escape From Tucker Farm
Two inmates Hum bert Rhodes and Homer Watson escaped from Tucker prison farm in Arkansas and abducted truck driver Paul Creek England and two soldiers Private W. A. Cope and Private R. J. Rodgers along with two women. They forced Creek to drive toward Little Rock and robbed Cope and Rodgers of about 38 dollars and a borrowed car.
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Ark
H. R. Barrett
Tucker Prison
Humbert J. Rhodes
Homer Watson
Pulaski County
Rhodes
Watson
Barrett
Paul Creek
England
Here
W. A. Cope
R. J. Rodgers
St. Louis
110Th
Adams Field
Willkie Receives 800 Messages On His Stand
Wendell Willkie has received more than eight hundred telegrams and telephone calls regarding his endorsement of Roosevelt's aid for Britain plan. Friends say most were congratulatory, with only a few negative reactions.
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Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Britain's Losses At Sea Decline This Week
Britain's merchant navy suffered 14,687 tons in seven ships sunk in the week ending January 5, all British vessels. The admiralty credited bad weather, RAF strikes on German bases, and more convoy escorts for the lighter losses, noting these were conjectures.
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London
Admiralty
Plymouth
British Warships Damaged Escorting Greece Convoy
The admiralty announced that three British warships were damaged while protecting a convoy carrying important material assistance for Greece through the Mediterranean.
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London
Admiralty
Greece
Mediterranean
Government should draft labor and industry for defense
Washington state reports Glenn L. Martin, head of the airplane maker, telling a congressional committee that the government must have power to draft both labor and industry for defense production. He argues centralized control would speed crucial war material during the emergency.
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Washington
Glenn L. Martin
Congressional
Destruction of nine planes in raid on Catania Sicily
Cairo reports a heavy Sunday night raid on Catania Sicily believed to be German Junkers 87s. RAF headquarters released the estimate noting nine aircraft destroyed in the attack and marking the operation as delayed yet confirmed.
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Egypt
Catania
Sicily
RAF
Dewey to demand reopening of Eaton plants
Federal labor conciliator James F. Dewey announced a defense measure requiring the reopening of all Eaton Manufacturing Company plants and the return of striking employees to work. The move aims to restore production and resolve labor disruptions across facilities.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
Eaton Manufacturing Company
Lendoern-OVP-Adoolf Presses Spain to Join War
Lendoern-OVP-Adoolf reportedly made a strong but unsuccessful bid at the start of the month to persuade Spain to join Germany and Italy in the war. The effort aimed to align Spain with the Axis powers amid rising global tensions.
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Lendoern—Ovp
Adoolf Hither
Spain
Germany
Italy
Education appropriation bills show increases in Tennessee
Tennessee lawmakers introduced administration and education appropriation bills in the House and Senate. Education funding rises include UT by 750000 to 900000 annually and the three state teachers colleges, agricultural and industrial school, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and Austin Peay Normal by 100000 to 110000 each. High schools gain 150000 over last biennium while elementary and transportation lines hold steady. Eastern Tennessee State Hospital and Central State Hospital also receive boosted appropriations.
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Nashville
Tenn
House of Representatives
Senate
University of Tennessee
Agricultural and Industrial School
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
Austin Peay Normal
Eastern Tennessee State Hospital
Central State Hospital
British Answer With Assaults On U-boat Bases
Allied air and naval actions reported across a broad front as British forces targeted U-boat bases at Lorient and near Dunkerque while a heavy incendiary and high explosive bombardment battered Plymouth. RAF raids supported by civilian fire spotters aid, with casualties feared but later deemed modest given the damage. In the Mediterranean and Balkans, Mussolini touted Axis successes against British ships, while Greek forces pushed Italian lines at Klisura Berati narrowing Italian positions in Albania.
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Lorient
Dunkerque
Uty
Rome
Il Giornale d'Italia
Britain
England
Greece
Egypt
Hitler
Bulgaria
Turkey
Sofia
Russia
Klisura
Berati
Greeneville Sun Press Affected By Influenza Outbreak
Greeneville Tenn newspaper staff including the composing room foreman pressman two lino type operators and the society editor are ill with influenza. The paper asks readers to bear with them as they strive to publish in the coming days amid the illness.
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Greeneville, Tenn
Greeneville Sun
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