British Officials Form Inquiry Team On State Hospital
Governor Cooper appoints Dr Achis Palmer University of Chattanooga Prof Paul Boynton Peabody Nashville and Dr B G Waterhouse Knox County Medical Association to probe claims of barbarous conditions at Eastern State Hospital for the Insane in Knoxville. The Knoxville Journal urged the inquiry after publishing the charges. The panel will meet today and plan its process before calling witnesses.
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Nashvilla
Thalr
Hastern State Hospital
Knoxville
Cooper
Achis Palmer
University of Chattanooga
Paul Boynton
Peapody College
Nashville
Anc x
B. G. Water
Taylor
W. D. Martin
Nazi Prisoners Drown as Sub Torpedoes Liner
The 26,501 ton British liner Andora Star, converted to a prison ship, was sunk off the Irish coast by a U boat with 1,000 or more drowned or felled, most victims German and Italian prisoners bound for Canada. Survivors spoke of a dawn hit on July 9 as men scrambled for lifeboats. Trolkner carried 1,500 prisoners and 500 guards. The 28,124 ton trench nor Cham plain also was sunk after a mine off the trench coast. In air raids, seven killed and 77 wounded in England and Scotland. Six German planes shot down, one train bombed killing the engineer. Germany reported 14 killed and 20 hurt in British bombings at Bayrmsbeek near Flaming. Diplomatic notes claim Allies planned to wear Germany down by bombing sources of supplies and widening the war. Swiss reports say Germany settled 16,000 German-appearing farmers and plants in Alsace and Lorraine, with disruptions to French resistance.
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Canada
Eyavere
England
Scotland
Corman
Germany
Bayrmsbeek
Flaming
Germaany
France
Germainy
Balkans
Alsace
Lorvadito
Legion Condemns Army Formation Amid Civilian Guard Talk
David N. Harest of the State Department of the American Legion warns no authorized civilian army can form without government request. Memphis officials note Legion claims. they refuse hasty action and promise calm deliberation at the upcoming state convention in Chattanooga.
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David N. Harest
State Department of the
American Legion
Memphia Autorney
Pennes
Legion
Elvilimia
Amapiros
Mayland Legionnaires
Pln
Legon
Chattanoomn Auras
Rae
Willkie's Akron Life and Political Fight Recap
The article profiles Wendell Lewis Willkie's Akron years and rise as a lawyer. It notes his clashes with the Ku Klux Klan, his Democratic National Convention role opposing Al Smith, and his early career at Mather Nesbitt where he built a powerful client base. It also mentions his stance on government ownership and his view that betrayal of trust affects both industry and public office.
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Tom Wolf
NBA
Starr
Hityer
Wilkin
Jy Akron
WiMelo
Willkie
New Yorke
Hebel
Akron
Wendell Lewis Wilkie
Lewis Wendell Willisie
Uhty
Lewis Willkin
Akeran
Mee
Willie
Hku
Galieric
Neo
Catre
Thre
Wilkia
Firestone
Willis
Mather & Nesbitt
Goma
Son Welleig
Britons Ordered Out of Rumania Within 24 Hours
United Kingdom nationals faced expulsion from Romania within 24 hours as Romanian authorities moved to seize foreign oil interests. British officials protested, while many Britons had already left or were already being escorted to leave the country. The crisis followed broader wartime controls and oil sector nationalization concerns affecting Allied energy supply.
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Rumania
400 000 German War Casualties Listed by Britain
British military circles estimate Germanys total war deaths since May shifted toward 400000 with private counts suggesting higher figures. Official German tallies of early engagements show tens of thousands killed or wounded between May and June, while missing numbers and prisoner losses are debated.
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Britain
Landa
Germany
France
Virelos
Corman
cas‘Nadlios
Movale Engagement Rout Briefly Recalled
A concise report notes a small but effective clash at Movale where British forces faced Uneniad and Thilians in a sharp engagement. The melee yielded a decisive routing of Leydon and the iatish faction, marking a notable battlefield outcome for the period.
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Leydon
Movale
French Defy British Order to Surrender at Oran
British action at Oran against French battleships Dunkerque Strasbourg and Provence escalates into a major naval clash. DNB reports two French ships aflame and Bretagne blown up, with Strasbourg escaping into open Mediterranean as British fleet seeks to prevent French ships falling to Germany or Italy.
British Navy Seizes Fleet Units at Key Ports
Bulletin reports Britain takes control of two light cruisers several submarines eight destroyers and 200 mine sweepers and anti-submarine craft at Parkamouth Plymouth and Sheerness as Churchill faces new demands from Bucharest and shifting loyalties in Europe. It also notes Italy rushing aid to France after a British attack off Oran and mentions Soviet pressure on Romania amid pro German government moves.
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Parkamouth
Plymouth
Sheerness
Church
Bucharest
Carol
Hanes
Russia
Rumania
Roosevelt Hull Ticket in Democratic Circles Hinted
In high Democratic circles a Roosevelts Hull ticket to forecast Tolley is discussed as a possibility, with growing conviction that the president will accept a third term nomination.
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Washington
Tolley
Romania Installs Nazi Tied Regime Under Ion Gigurtu
Bucharest forms a new cabinet led by Ion Gigurtu aligned with Nazi Germany. The government includes Iron Guard figures like Horla Sima and Ion Antonescu, signaling a pro allied stance shift and potential royal abdication pressures.
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Romania
Ion Gigurtu
Hitler
Mussolini
Gigurtu
Gigurlu
Ghedrghe Tatarascu
Cara
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Crral
pro-Naal Iron Guard
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russia
Tatarescu
Germany
Tolaresu
France
Ion Antonescu
Gaza
Radu Budisteanu
Lkely
Iron Guard
Horla Sima
Party of the Nation
Ernst
Uirdenau
General Stantasu
Eugene Vayu
Gogay
City Slicker field yield overestimated at 78 bushels
A county commission member A Eaton claimed a field yielded over 78 bushels per acre but farm members Hoyt Lefever and Joe Volmer said the average was 92 bushels per acre. Separately Jules Judels age 66, a Metro politan Opera House rehearsals master, was found dead from gas poisoning last night.
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Chante
New York
Jules Judels
Metroopulitan Opera House
Accused Slayer Still at Large Hunts Continues
Deputy Sheriff Tom Still said the arrest of Frank Cregger had not been effected and he was almost certain Cregger was in the Wytheville section of Southwest Virginia. Still traveled into Southwest Virginia and West Virginia to trail Cregger from Uplands, Virginia, into West Virginia, then across the state line to Wytheville. Virginia officers learned they were close to Cregger when a house at Uplands was raided about 2 a.m. Sunday. Local officers said they had information on Cregger’s whereabouts and expected to capture him within 48 hours. Cregger, 34, of Long Island, is sought on a first degree murder charge in the June 25 slaying of Sam Lyons, labor foreman at Kingsport Foundry and Machine Corp.
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Frank Cregger
Wytheville
Virginia
Kingaport
Southwest Virginia
West Virginia
Cregger
Uplands
State Line
Les
Tennessee
Virgnia
Creggar
Long Island
Sam Lyons
Kingsport Foundry and MachinesCorp
Negro Convicted In Hawkins Death
Rogersville Hawkins County jury finds Conley Cox a delinquent for voluntary manslaughter in the death of Gyles Watterson of Kingsport. Sentencing set after motion for new trial Friday. Cox admitted he killed Watterson after claiming Watterson molested his wife. Watterson, a former Kingsport garage employee, was found dead in a field near Surgoinsville from multiple stab wounds.
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Rogersville
Conley Cox
Surgoinsville
Gyles Watterson
Kingsport
Gircuit Iudne Shelburne Ferguson
Watterson
Walter R. iGrey
Hou
Cox
Watter- Wallerson
Gsport
Surgoineville
Kingsport Hallmarks Fourth of July Festivities
Kingsport celebrated its fourth of July with a major Independence Day show attracting many out of town visitors via rail and road. The day featured a large parade with six bands, more than 60 autos, and diverse acts including a Legion carnival, air show, fireworks, and a baseball game between Kingsport and Bristol at 8 18 p m at Cherokee Park. The Civic Auditorium hosted Buddy Marsh and his swing band. the parade formed on Market Street and proceeded to Main Street before dispersing.
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Legion Carnival
Civic Auditorium
Legion Pool
Cherokee
Bristol
Legion
Buddy Marsh
East Tennessee
Southwest Virginia
Bristol Sum and Bugle Corns
Market Street
Cumberland
New Street
Bristol Drum and Bugle Corps
Sullivan High Hand
Hoy
Greeneville Bend
Amercer Legion Ford
Highland Park Youth Injured in Early July 4 Crashes
A Highland Park youth, Calvin Defriene, 15, sustained a minor injury to his right hand when his bicycle collided with a car driven by G D Hoskins of High Point North Carolina at the F Street Bristol highway intersection outside Kingsport. He received emergency treatment at Community Hospital and was released. A second accident on highway B1 near Eastinia Road involved an unidentified driver whose car narrowly avoided an 15 foot embankment at an overhead bridge after striking the abutment.
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Highland Park
Calvin Defriene
Kingsport
Jim Broyles
Defriece
G. D. Hoskins
N.C
Hoskins
Broyles
Jeter
John Martin
Taom
Eastinia
Martin
Italians Advance as Axis Forces Push Front Lines
The Italian high command reports troops from Lida crossed the Egyptian frontier to Musaid near Sollum while native Duhai troops from Ethiopia seized the British fort at Moyale on the Kenya border, signaling gains on multiple fronts.
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Rome
Ilalian High Command
Lida
Musaid
Sollum
Ethiopia
Moyale
Kenya
Strike Aborted as Picket Line Plans Abandoned
In San Francisco at midnight the anticipated strike by CIQ marine cooks and stewards was cancelled shortly after the deadline. The move would have affected 175 American flag ships as workers planned to set up a blockade along the coast.
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San Francisco
Nest Coast Marine Alrike
CIQ Marine
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