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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1941
Page
1
City planners propose a 920 556 dollar budget to cover operating costs and capital projects. Officials say the plan prioritizes public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and essential services amid fiscal constraints.
Washington AP reports United States naval forces moved into Iceland under an agreement with Iceland’s prime minister to bolster defense and replace British troops. President Roosevelt defended the action as protecting Greenland and North Atlantic shipping while not altering Icelandic sovereignty.
An air raid warden’s wife hurled a rock into a tank turret as it halted in an English village during maneuvers. The commanding officer declared the tank destroyed, while the incident highlights wartime tensions and the danger of invaders.
Southern West Virginia Virginia Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee coal fields reach a two year contract with United Mine Workers and operators. The deal raises basic pay to seven dollars a day retroactive to April 1 and adds eleven cents per ton for hand loading while preserving a seven hour day and 35 hour week with ten days vacation.
Rogersville Hawkins county court voted 18 to 1 to abolish the poll tax for voting leaving the state tax at 1 dollar. Squire J P Cooper of Church Hill was the sole opponent with Squire Mack Culberson introducing the measure. The meeting planned to discuss the county budget after lunch with a possible 30 cent tax levy rise and road and bridge funding of 24000 dollars pending warrants.
Washington County adopts a new fiscal year budget of 103 000 up from 96 000. County Attorney Robert M. May notes ordinary appropriations stay the same while 6 000 covers extraordinary costs including the August general registration and higher election expenses.
In Nashville, Crescent Amusement and distributors Columbia Pictures United Artists Universal Film Exchange face a federal anti trust case. The government accuses them of monopolizing theater exhibition across Kentucky Tennessee and Arkansas, aiming to bar independent cinemas from top first and second run films.
New York Yankee outfielder Tommy Henrich married Eileen O'Reilly in a ceremony at the Paulist Fathers church. The couple began their romance last year at St Elizabeths hospital where Henrich was recovering from a knee injury and O'Reilly served as his nurse.
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt declared America's stake in Asia must not be abandoned to appease Tokyo’s political machine. He warned a German victory in Russia could push Japan toward Axis collaboration and urged China and the United States to act now to halt a totalitarian front across Europe and Asia.
The region reports 5.37 inches of rain in the last five days, narrowing the monthly deficit but leaving the year still five inches short. Forecasters expect more rain tonight and through the week, with 23 inches recorded in the latest 24 hours and lows around 67 overnight.
Justice Colin P. McKinney of the state supreme court says he notified Governor Cooper of retirement at term end September 1 1942. He will retire with full pay of 7500 dollars annually after serving on the court since 1918 and eight years as chancellor of the ninth chancery division in West Tennessee.
Carter Glass an 83 year old Virginian and longtime Roosevelt ally was chosen by the Democratic majority to succeed the late Pat Harrison as president pro tempore of the Senate this week.
Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of St. Augustine contends Roosevelt should act as commander in chief to decide when the United States enters war with Germany. Speaking on CBS, he says a formal declaration by Congress is no longer feasible due to Nazi tactics.
Miss Rosetta Byrd said her brother Fred Byrd 25 returned on furlough from the army and declared he would not go back preferring death in Tennessee. The body was found at the family home near Norma with a discharged shotgun nearby. Byrd had enlisted as a volunteer and was due to report to the army today.
A lightning strike on a crowded Guadalajara theater caused a stampede and a fire collapse. At least 85 people were killed and 11 seriously injured as patrons rushed for exits and the building fell.
An airman from Johannesburg disguised as a veiled Arab woman leads a camel across 100 miles of desert to reach his squadron in the Western Desert. He had been shot down in Cyrenaica, hid six days at a waterhole, then walked out with an Arab guide and his disguise, returning with blistered feet and a triumphant welcome. He previously trekked from Ethiopia to the Sudan.
U S ships now sending 20 to 25 American flagged vessels weekly to Egyptian ports via Atlantic or Pacific routes to the Red Sea. The shipments, including munitions and tanks, accelerate the Middle East supply line under the lease lend program, despite German claims of a Red Sea zone. The change follows May 9 disclosures and supports Senate testimony of a large delivery volume to the Middle East and India. Albany note follows.
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