Bullitt Warns of Global Urgency in Aid Debate
Former Ambassador Bullitt told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that boosting wartime production could help Britain defeat Germany, but failure would invite a Western Hemisphere invasion. He warned the United States faces a terrible urgency and likened lawmakers to crew aboard a ship, stressing decisive action before Britain falls.
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Bullitt
Britain
Washington
United States
Wiliam C. Bullitt
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Germany
France
Bloom
D-Ny
John F.o'ryan
New York
War Department
Dorothy Thompson
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
South America
Japan
Pacific
Tonsevelt
Submarine sighting off Pacific coast prompts mystery note
U S ship Arcadia reportedly sent an SSS message indicating a submarine sighting 34.19 north 133.12 west off California between Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Coast Guard and Marine Exchange questioned the signal while several vessels named Arcadia exist, none matching Lloyds records.
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Los Angeles
Mackay Radio
United States
Arcadia
California
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
The
Marine Exchange
Columbia River
San Pedro
Byrnes Seen as Possible Supreme Court Justice
Washington sources say President Roosevelt selected Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina to succeed James C. Mc Reynolds on the Supreme Court. Mc Reynolds retires February 1. Byrnes’ appointment, while not yet announced, is reportedly under consideration amid White House discussions with Senate leaders.
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Senate
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
James C. McReynolds
Supreme Court
Byrnes
Barkley
Dky
Class
D-Va
Harrison
D-Miss
White House
Norris
Ind-Neb
Building permits total $74,000 for January report
City recorder reports January building permits and repairs totaling 74000 dollars. It includes two new downtown buildings and a repair to a fire damaged structure. Notable entries: Alley Construction Co. 1000. P. W. and E. B. Collins 2000. Earles and Flora 20000. Beverly 2500. Cawood 30000. Blue Ridge Glass 10000. Barnum five room frame on Myrtle Dr. Tipton repair 8000.
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Alley Construction Co
Shelby Street
P. W. and
E. B. Collins
Riverview Homes
George W. Earles
J. A. Flora
Center Street
H. C
W. W. Cawood
Broad Street
Blue Ridge Glass Co
Carl T. Barnum
Myrtle Street
Dr. E. W. Tipton
British Forces Reach Derna and Cairo Front Advances
British forces reported reaching Derna Libya after engaging Italian tanks and advancing along the coast road west of Tobruk. RAF reconnaissance noted eight Italian planes burnt on Derna airfield amid desert fighting. Elsewhere in Africa the British pursued Italians into Eritrea past 100 miles inside, and pressed into Ethiopia opposite Gallabat.
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Il Giornale D’italia
New York
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Britain
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Tobruk
Libya
Lossel
Eumaeus
Atlantic
Eleni
DNB
Berlin
Ireland
East Anglia
Cairo
Egypt
Derna
Martuba
Africa
Red Sea
Massawa
Ethiopia
Gallabat
Safety drive targets East Highland Park circle accidents
Residents press the state highway department to install warning signs and lighting at the East Highland Park circle after a survey shows about 200 accidents in 18 months with more than 50 injuries. The Brooks circle area has benefited from a floodlight funded privately, but the East Highland Park circle lacks such deterrents. The group plans to send the request to Nashville in the coming days.
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State Highway Department
East Highland Park Circle
Highway Department
Brooks’ Circle
Johnson City Highway
Highland Park
Nashville
Tennessee Draft Totals 1334 From Fourth Corps Area
State selective service reports 1334 whites and 1334 negroes to be drafted from the fourth corps area between February 17 and March 11 for selective service. Tennessee will supply 1312 whites and 22 negroes with all Tennessee inductees headed for Oglethorpe after training. Call days list whites February 17 through February 28 with daily draftee counts and negro call dates March 4 and 5. Allocations by county await completion early next week.
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Fourth Corps
Tennessee
Oglethorpe
State Selective Service
Russia Claims Depth for Movies
Moscow reports Russia claims a three dimensional color film surpassing Hollywood. Soviet scientists unveiled a depth illusion film where birds appear to leap from the screen and sail over the audience heads, promising a superior spectacle.
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Moscow
Russia
Hollywood
Halifax Appeals For Greater Aid
Britain seeks rapid U S mobilization of industrial strength to supply ships and material. Viscount Halifax, after talks with Cordell Hull, pressed for speedy aid as Germany’s threat looms and Hitler intensifies sea blockade. He warned of a tough spring but said Britain would not yield.
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Washington
Viscount Halifax
Britain
United States
Cordell Hull
Halifax
George V
Lord Halifax
Germany
20000 Soldiers Move Into State Camp In March
Nashville reports that 20,000 officers and men will transfer to Camp Forrest near Tullahoma, Tenn., from March 1 to March 15. The move involves units including 168th and 191st Field Artillery, the 181st Field Artillery, the 33rd Division, the 107th Cavalry, and the 75th Field Artillery Brigade with Colorado and Tennessee affiliations.
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Nashville
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Camp Forrest
Tullahoma
Tenn
168Th Field Artillery
Colorado
191St Field Artillery
Tennessee
181St Field Artillery
33Rd Division
Illinois
107Th Cavalry
Ohio
75Th Field Artillery Brigade
Negro Gets 20 Years In Slaying
Emmett Whittenburg, a 66 year old Kingsport man, was found guilty of second degree murder in Sullivan circuit court at Blountville and sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary. The verdict followed a Friday afternoon trial and Whittenburg’s defense claim of self defense was rejected.
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Kingsport
Sullivan
Blountville
Whittenburg
Circuit Court
Fire destroys barn near state line causing $6000 loss
Kingsport police and Scott county authorities investigate an incendiary fire that destroyed a barn on O. M. Smith Jr. property in Carter's Valley, about one mile north of the state line, at 3 30 a m. The blaze killed 200 bushels of corn, 20 tons of hay, and five head of thoroughbred longhorn cattle. Patrolman Jim Broyles, Sheriff George Williams and deputies pursued clues expected to lead to an arrest.
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Kingsport
Scott County
O. M. Smith, Jr
Carter's Valley
Jim Broyles
Smith
Broyles
George Williams
Beans Restore Huxley Eyes Through Relaxation Therapy
English novelist Aldous Huxley testified in court that Mexican jumping beans helped restore his eyesight by gazing at the gyrating beans as a relaxation treatment. He aided Mrs. Margaret Corbett and Miss B E Smith who face charges of running an unlicensed eye treatment studio.
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Hollywood
Aldous Huxley
Huxley
Margaret Corbett
B. E. Smith
Forrest Name Change Sparks Civil War Controversy in Tennessee Camp
Controversy over renaming Camp Peay near Tullahoma to Camp Forrest after Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest drew protests from Illinois National Guard leaders led by Major General Samuel T. Lawton. Officials confirmed the change, with protests unlikely to halt it, as the 33rd division trains at the Tennessee post ahead of mobilization. Forrest praised by some as a war figure, while criticized as a slave trader and slayer of enslaved people.
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Romania
Iron Guard
Ion Antonescu
Horia Sima
Russia
Antonescu
Manfred von Killinger
Washington
War Department
Camp Peay
Tullahoma
Tenn
Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Samuel T. Lawton
Illinois National Guard
Stimson
Tennessee Post
Illinois Guard
Tennessee
William T. Sherman
Cherokee Dam Camp Houses 270 TVA Workers
The Tennessee Valley Authority completed a construction camp at Cherokee dam on the Holston river to house about 270 workers. The camp lies a half mile from construction, with five white worker dormitories and one for Negro workers, plus a mess hall recreation building office and a combined hospital and personnel office.
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Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cherokee Dam
Holston River
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