Influenza Epidemic Here Wanes in Region
Influenza grip eases in Kingsport Sullivan County and nearby areas as absentees drop in schools. Kingsport city and county school boards extend the semester by one week to recover lost time, with new start date January 27. Several rural schools including Rogersville and Dante report closures or shortened sessions amid the decline.
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Kingsport
Sullivan County
Upper East Tennessee
Virginia
J. W. Erwin
Ross N. Robinson
Kingsport High
Robinson
Dante
R. N. Butt
Dante Atre
Navy Eyes Six Day Work Week In Shipyards
The navy considers a six day work week in its shipyards as instructions go to commandants to speed up production. Officials are laying groundwork to end the five day 40 hour week and similar demands arise for all defense industries.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Yards
First National Bank of Kingsport names officers for 1941
Stockholders reelect J. Fred Johnson to presidency and approve a board including A. D. Brockman C. P. Edwards Jr W. R. Jennings J. Fred Johnson F M Kelly W F Smith J C Stone E W Tipton J C White The bank reports 1940 as its best year with resources totaling 6 469 166 10 and deposits 5 965 365.
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J. Fred Johnson
A. D. Brockman
First National Bank
First National Bank of
Kingsport
C. P. Edwards, Jr
W. R. Jennings
F.,m. Kelly
W. F. Smith
J. C. Stone
E. W. Tipton
J. C. White
C. C. Hamlett
P. L. Basinger, Jr
J. B. Catron, Jr
Knoxville
Roanoke
Hull Warns Of Japan s New Order
Secretary Hull told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the proposed new order in the Pacific would mean domination by one nation at the expense of others. He urged that the United States seek friendly relations with Japan while hearings on Roosevelt’s lease lend bill to aid Britain and resisting nations proceed. The hearing opened with Chancellor Bloom noting the 10:25 am start.
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Washington
Hull
Pacific
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Japan
Hall
Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Bloom
W. Y
Wheeler
Mont
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Secof War Stimson
White House
Pressman Wreaks Havoc With Type
Fresno, Calif. Japanese Weekly Times will miss publication after a discharged pressman objected to his dismissal. Tatsumi Watanabe, 49, is jailed on charges of malicious mischief disturbing the peace and assault. He struck publisher S. Nagaoka and toppled eight cases of Japanese type, delaying thousands of ideographs.
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Fresno
Calif
Times
S. Nagaoka
Tatsumi Watanabe
Nagaoka
Watanabe
Aga Khan to Get Weight In Gems Gift Planned in Karachi
In Bombay the Aga Khan, leader of Ismaili Muslims in India, East Africa and Central Asia, may receive his weight in diamonds as a gift if a Karachi campaign succeeds. The estimated value is about 25 million dollars, to be presented in 1945 on the diamond jubilee of his accession. His followers gave twice his weight in gold on his 1935 golden jubilee.
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Bombay
India
Aga Kahn
East Africa
Central Asia
Karachi
Greek Truck Drivers Fight Elements To Aid Greek Front
Greek supply drivers endure ice, mud, and rugged passes to keep food and ammunition moving to soldiers in Albania. Mike, a 12 year old flivver owner and bus operator, works nonstop under a sputtering engine, sleeping little while delivering cartridges and gear to front lines.
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Albania
American Rockies
Mike
Greece
Repeal Poll Tax Effort Defeated In Tennessee Senate
In Tennessee the effort to repeal the poll tax failed in the state senate by a 21 to 11 vote. The outcome places continued resistance to abolishing the poll tax within the state legislature.
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Tennessee
Senate
Wife to Listen To Downey Plea
Barbara Bennett, Downey's wife, says the lyric tenor Morton Downey has telephoned from New Orleans asking another chance to save the marriage. She promises to delay divorce hearings while they discuss reconciliation as Downey plans to fly to Hollywood to seek a settlement.
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Hollywood
Morton Downey
Downey
Barbara Bennett
New Orleans
Miss Bennett
Murder confession in McCreary County killing
Major Le land Barnes of the state highway patrol said Leslie Hardy Vaughn 18 of Tateville Pulaski County admitted killing James Henslee of Lithia Springs Ga in McCreary County on January 9 He is held at Whitley City jail and police seek an accomplice believed to be a Fort Knox soldier Henslee was shot three times near Greenwood McCreary County while returning to Georgia after delivering fruit to Ohio
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Frankfort
Leland Barnes
State Highway Patrol
Leslie Hardy Vaughn
Tateville
Pulaski County
James Henslee
Lithia Springs
McCreary County
Barnes
Whitley City
Fort Knox
Henslee
Greenwood
Georgia
Ohio
U. S. Bombsights Still Held Best
United States military experts examined German bombsights captured in Britain and found American devices superior. Britain may exchange access to German sights for the latest American bombsight models for the Royal Air Force under a bargaining arrangement.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Uncle Sam
Royal Air Force
Gannett Urges Support for FDR
Publisher Frank Gannett urged backing Roosevelt's Britain relief program but kept opposing the president. In Miami Beach he told the committee of 100 that the United States is now in a war, praising how Roosevelt has handled his duties while remaining a critic.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Frank Gannett
Roosevelt
Britain
Gannett
Committee of 100
Rochester
United States
Chapman Defends Eakin Amid Political Row
Senators exposed political fault lines as J. Ross Eakin's management of Great Smoky Mountains National Park drew crossfire. Col David C Chapman of Knoxville testified Eakin's character was excellent and attributed criticisms to a political setup, while Thomas Raoul praised Eakin and North Carolina Park Commission backed him.
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Washington
J. Ross Eakin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Senate
Senator McKellar
D-Tonn
Eakin
Thomas Raoul
Biltmore
North Carolina Park Commission
David C. Chapman
Knoxville, Tenn
Chapman
Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains Park
Austin ,Peay
Dewey Seeks Quick End to Eaton Plant Strike
Federal conciliator James F. Dewey reports hopeful progress in the Eaton Manufacturing dispute that closed four of five plants in two states. He urged the United Automobile Workers to end the strike and reopen sites while a permanent truce is negotiated. A telegram from UAW-CIO President J. Thomas confirms acceptance of the demand. Thomas says the dispute could end within hours if rival UAW-AFL agrees to a national labor relations board election for the Saginaw plant workers.
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Detroit
Eaton Manufacturing Co
James F. Dewey
Dewey
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
J. Thomas
U.a.w.c.lo
Rumor Spikes of LaGuardia Ambassadorship to Britain
New York Mayor LaGuardia denies rumors he will become the United States ambassador to Great Britain. He calls the idea unthinkable and quips about his appearance, saying I have cowboy legs and would not look well in knee pants.
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New York
LaGuardia
United States
Great Britain
Secretary Hull urges law for unlimited war materials to Britain
Secretary Hull urged Congress to enact legislation authorizing unlimited supplies of war materials to Britain and other nations fighting a world movement of conquest, stating the need to invoke the law of self-defense before it is too late.
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Washington
Hull
Congress
Britain
Nazi Attacks London Likely to Open Africa Route
Nazi air force expected to strike London in strong aerial attack as German military sources say the assault aims to clear the way for transporting troops to Africa from the British Mediterranean region.
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London
Africa
Navy seeks 400 small vessels for patrol and mine sweepers
The navy asked Congress for authority to build 400 small boats including sub chasers mine sweepers and torpedo craft and requested additional facilities to construct them.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Briton Kills Wife Rather Than Let Her Face Future
London UP reports Professor Arthur Lloyd James an English language expert and BBC adviser was remanded for 9 days after stabbing his musician wife. Both suffered shock in an air raid before Christmas. Detectives say James claimed he could not face the future and chose her death.
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London
Arthur Lloyd James
Great Britain
James
British Broadcasting Company
Oxland
Ships Crippled By Atlantic Gales
Wireless reports detail extensive storm damage to Atlantic shipping. Three people drown near Nassau in a small boat while the Dutch steamer Buitenzorg is aground and sinking. Freighters West Kebar Otho limp to port. Santa Rosa tied at Bermuda with injured passengers and crew. The yacht carrying the Duke and Duchess of Windsor endures the seas, and the Manhattan luxury liner remains stranded on a Florida sand bar.
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Atlantic Ocean
Nassa
Buitenzorg
West Kebar
Santa Rosa
Bermuda
United States Lines
Florida
Tennessee Senate Rejects Poll Tax Repeal Bills
Tennessee senate voted 21 to 11 to reject all three White bills repealing the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting. The decision blocks similar proposals for two years. Senators argued over procedure before and after the vote as crowds filled the chamber with interest in the debate over poll tax policy.
Probe Mix up of Cartridges at Fort Dix
Fort Dix N J authorities investigate a dangerous cartridge mix up. Brigadier General Robertson acting commander of the 44th division says the error possibly fatal was found Monday night when a regiment preparing for night maneuvers discovered real bullets among blank cartridges issued for the maneuvers.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Robertson
Britain Loses Philanthropist Lord Wakefield Dies at 81
London Viscount Wakefield, 81, noted philanthropist and oil magnate, died today in Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire. He supported British enterprise in automobile and speedboat racing and civil aviation, shaping industry and innovation.
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London
Viscount Wakefield
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
Lord Wakefield
State Pushes Check of Alibi in Slaying Case
Commonwealth Attorney Ira Quillen said a complete check of the alibi offered by Fred Kelly 20 is in progress as part of the probe into the Walden Fink slaying. Investigators traced Kelly’s claimed hitchhiking route from Castlewood toward Roanoke with reports from Christiansburg of a youth fitting Kelly’s description visiting a car dealer and a filling station before the 7 p.m. incident.
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Clintwood
Ira Quillen
Fred Kelly
Walden Fink
Quillen
Castlewood
Roanoke
Kelly
Christiansburg
Buckles Votes To Reject Bill In Senate Roll Call
Nashville Tenn The roll call on the motion to reject the three White poll tax repeal bills shows 21 votes for rejection including Buckles and 11 against with lawmakers Bass Beasley Brooks Crawford Graves Hatfield Holladay Lindsay Mahoney Kite McKinney and W. Crawford of Lincoln passed.
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Senate
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Broome
Bryan
Buckles
Buntin
Calloway
Cole
Dossett
Fuller
Garner
Gilkey
Headden
Hickerson
Kinkle
Loveless
Lyon
Mitchell
Morgan
Riggins
Tigrett
Tal
Bass
Beasley
Brooks
Crawford
Graves
Hatfield
Holladay
Lindsay
Mahoney
Kite
McKinney
Lincoln
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