Expansion of Plant Authorized at Kingsport Tennessee
Washington reports expansion of a manufacturing plant at Kingsport Tennessee with costs above 5 million dollars. Rep Carroll Reece says Holston Ordnance Works will host the project under U S District Engineers. Engineering and construction contracts go to Frazer and Co Adler and Charles T Main of Boston New York firms. Reece calls Holston and Cherokee Works part of a broader high explosive production program.
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Washington—Ie
Kingsport
Tenn
Carroll Reece
R-Tenn
Holston
Reece
Holston Project
Cherokee Granance
Japs Mass Troops on Manchurian Border Report
The report says Japan massing troops and planes opposite Russia on the Manchukuo border with London noting likely attack on Siberia. Domei claims a northwest China offensive near Suiyuan, while Chinese reports cite forces advancing toward Fukien. Allied raids on Salamaua and Lae, plus Madagascar actions, are noted with few casualties.
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Japan
London
Damei
Far Northwest China
Suiyuan
Outer Mongolia
Siperia
Manchukuo
Russia
Manchukura
Siberia
Adolf Hitler
Lightning Strikes Near Tulsa Family Injures Walter Grubb
A lightning bolt struck near the Grubb home in Tulsa causing a mild shock to Walter Grubb and minor injuries to Mrs Grubb. Another bolt hit a telephone pole about a mile away at the same time, narrowly missing son Lloyd Grubb.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mohawk Pari
Walter Grubb
Grubb
Malta Receives U S Navy Air Aid In World War II
The U S Navy disclosed that the carrier Wasp delivered aerial reinforcements to Malta, with one mission bringing British fighter aircraft manned by RAF pilots. The flights occurred weeks earlier as Axis forces threatened Egypt and Libya, and the reinforcements arrived as Malta’s defenses broke up Axis air power threatening supply convoys.
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Africa
Malta
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Egypt
Sicily
Matta
Yeager
Rommel
American Airlines
EWT
Mediterranean
U. S
Wasp
Point
Italy
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Allied High Command
Rommmel
Cunningham
Hersie
Spa
Remmoel
Tnal
Plane crash near Premier WV leaves ten dead
A converted airliner crashed in the West Virginia mountains near Premier, about three miles from Welch, killing at least ten, many of them identified as army men. Troopers said eight bodies were recovered at first, later two more, all burned beyond recognition. Mrs. Runyon and witnesses described the crash after noon, with witnesses noting the plane’s wing and descent toward a hilltop.
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Welch
W. Va
West Virginia Mountains
Earl Yeager
Tom Harrison
American Airlines
Premier
Welth
West Virginia
Virginia
Lawrence Runyon
Allied raid hits Japanese bases in New Britain and New Guinea
Allied bombers attacked Japanese bases in New Britain and New Guinea before dawn Tuesday in what airmen described as the largest raid in several days. In California nine killed in an Army bomber crash, announced by the Fourth Air Force.
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Australa
New Britis
New Guinea
March Field
Calif
Fourth Air Force
Vichy Said To Supply Nazi Army In Africa
Moscow P Tass reports that the French government aided Nazi General Rommel by supplying war materials and transporting troops through French Tunisia to Egypt. It cites Swiss Geneva sources alleging French collaboration via sea routes and covert troop movements to North Africa.
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Vichy
Africa
Moscow
P—Tass
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Tasa
Geneva
Switzerland
Rommel
North Africa
North African
Banne
Bizerte
Sfax
Gahes
Tripolitanian
Crash Victims Perish As Cabin Smashes In Fire
A wrecked cabin and fuselage were badly smashed and a fire that broke out immediately left all occupants with no chance to escape, even if they had survived the crash.
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Lmat
InGyear & Pune
Henos
Jury Selected To Try Negro In Woman's Death
In Lexington Kentucky a 13 member jury was chosen to try James Lee Robertson a 26 year old Hazard Negro on murder and rape charges in the death of Bertha Lehman a 26 year old religious education worker from Perry County. The Commonwealth will seek the death penalty as Attorney James Pack questioned jurors about scruples against such punishment.
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Lexington
James Lee
Robertson
Hazard
le Colerman
Perry
Miss Lehman
Andrew Johnson
Fi County
Type
Bertha Lehman
Lawrence Jenkins
Cornett
Taman
Jackson
Vielim
Wildman) Robertson
Bertha Lehmen
Hazard Religious Education
Perry’ County
Commonwealth
Fayette Sircuit
Fayette County
James Pack
Six City Court Fines Net 125
Six cases heard in city court resulted in fines totaling 125 dollars and license revocation for six months. One drunk driver was fined 50 dollars with license suspended six months. One speeder forfeited a 15 dollar cash bond and four drunks were fined 15 dollars each.
94 Men Leave For U. S. Army Induction Center
Kingsport drafts 94 men for immediate Army processing under new Selective Service rules. After physicals, they return home for a two week furlough at government expense before being recalled to active duty. A definite return date to local board HQ will trigger transport to an Army reception center.
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Kingsport
Army
Furleigh
Selective Service
German Attempt To Launch New Offense Halted
German forces near IG2hatsk 100 miles west of Moscow faced strong counter-attacks from Russian forces. Real Star reported the seventh German Infantry Regiment lost over 2,500 men as Russians held positions. Kursk front saw ongoing clashes with heavy German losses including 350 tanks. Sevastopol defenses repelled high attacks from a reinforced Axis army. Soviet forces claimed a broad set of tank and infantry actions across the Kursk region and Kharkov to Moscow corridor, with Timoshenko’s units exploiting terrain for ambush and counter-strokes.
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Moscow
Kursis
Kharkov
Mossow
Semeon Timoshenko
Aready
Three U.S. agencies shut down amid sweeping federal cuts
Washington reports nearly 500,000 jobs and benefits disrupted as Congress ends the Civilian Conservation Corps and trims the Works Progress Administration and National Youth Administration. Demobilization begins for CCC enrollees and civilian staff, while WPA and NYA face deep funding cuts, ending era of large federal job programs.
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Washington -Ap
Congress
Halendar
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
CCC
WPA
NPA
Publicn Works Administration
Iasted
Jos
Corps
WEA
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
FERA
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Havel
Tilyik
NYA
Tts
Callmates
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Illinois
Woman Shot in Right Arm in Carter Valley
Virginia Smith, 19, was admitted to Holston Valley Community Hospital with a gunshot fracture in the right arm. Sheriff G W Williams said the shooting occurred at her Carter's Valley home under peculiar circumstances. her husband Julius Smith reportedly drove her to the hospital. The firearm was sent to Kingsport for fingerprint analysis and no arrests have been made.
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Virginia Smith
Holston Valley
Scott
G. W. Wilams
Carter's Valley
Julius 2
iSmith
Unspent World War II Funds Put At 160 Billion By Byrd
Senator Byrd says treasury reports show Army and Navy unspent balances exceed 160 billion dollars while Congress moves toward approving a 42.82 billion army supply bill. He notes ongoing authority to draw cash for war effort and cites potential unspent balances for almost two years if no new authorizations are passed. He also cites reductions in non defense outlays and defense related savings amid wartime policy changes.
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Army
Navy
Treasury
Byrd
Washington
D-Va
Congress
Battle near Nile delta as Rommel presses toward Alexandria
World War II dispatches report Erwin Rommel’s armored spearheads closing on Alexandria as Allied forces counter in the desert and airstrikes target German Italian concentrations. Berlin and London briefings describe a widening clash with strategic stakes at El Daba and Fuka, and the canal’s fate looms amid heavy fighting and troop movements across Egypt.
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Deiro
Erwin Rommel
Nile Delta
Nile River
Claude Auchinbcck
el Diba
Alexandria
Noncome
Imital Nyio
Westerday
Jand
Fuka
el Tabu
Huntiehend
Reyne
Thietsand
Desert
Enfumnse Af Weld
Mareshal
Erwin Raming
Jygne
Daba
Britain
Great Mediterranean
Fe Baba
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Tokyo
China
Domei
Henpfong
Fukien
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
United Nations
Lae
Salamana
New Britain
Madagascar
Maunga
Ambilahe
Diego Suares
Diego Suarez
Ubersa
John A. Hilger
Charles R. Greening
David M. Jones
Harold F. Watson
Ted W. Lawson
Hazard Negro
U.S. Navy
Néan Battle Area
Inut
Bulletin
U. S. Army Induction Center
The
Grants Pass, Ore
Germany
Special Committee On
Civilian Conservation Corps
Berlin
Krom
Flelsiein
Britwin
Offirind Eleles
Red Sea
Port Said
Eoyds
Holts
Palanting
Beirut
Lebanon
Frwkz Rommel
Pole
New York
Bogce Jan Wieniawa-Drugaszewski
Faiand
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