Kingsport Eyes Daylight Time Move With Region Accord
Kingsport officials propose adopting daylight saving time in line with neighboring cities. The board plans to introduce a resolution if Bristol and Johnson City cooperate, citing close business ties with Rogersville and other nearby towns already on daylight time.
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J. M. Creswell
Milan
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Pulaski
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Shelbyville
General Mud Mystery Spurs Kingsport Vets Quick Quiz
Kingsport veterans explain that General Mud is a nickname used for a recurring war-time character in local lore. The column notes readers asked for the identity after a Friday Kingsport Times edition with a sensational headline about Russia, Nazis and rain aided troops.
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Stalin
Public opinion splits on year round daylight saving plan
A Institute survey shows broad support for daylight saving time until autumn with 60 percent in the South favoring it and nationwide 67 percent favoring seasonal saving. Opinions on year round adoption are mixed with regional divides and experience influencing support levels.
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Britain Dominates Luftwaffe Hurdles for Invasion
A foreign source says Hitler likely delays any invasion of Britain next year due to heavy losses on the eastern front. Churchill marks V for Victory day with a midnight broadcast urging resistance as Europe darkens with defiant V signs.
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Massachusetts Schoolgirl Found Slain In Reading
Constance Shipp a 15 year old Reading high school junior was found slain Saturday night in a dwelling in Reading Massachusetts. Police Inspector Edward J Sherlock and Reading Police Chief Jeremiah Cullinane led the investigation with District Attorney Robert F Bradford en route from Boston. She disappeared Tuesday after shopping for her mother and was last seen walking home with bundles under her arm. The death cause was not released and investigators had earlier suggested possible abduction or amnesia.
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Mass
Constance Shipp
Edward J. Sherlock
George Shipp
Sherlock
Jeremiah Cullinane
Robert F. Bradford
Boston
Kentuckian Dies In Bridge Mishap
William Thomas Riggsbee, 44, a laborer from Kentucky, was fatally injured Saturday when knocked from an L and N Railroad bridge over the Barren River as the South Wind passenger train crossed. Witnesses said Riggsbee and others were watching a motorboat. two youths escaped by swinging from a rod as the train passed.
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William Thomas Riggsbee
Barren River
Joe W. Lowe
Riggsbee
Woodford Lee
Hildred Raymer
Officials Discuss TVA Power Plan At Johnson City
Johnson City officials convene in a special session to map steps for TVA power delivery to cities now served by East Tennessee Light and Power. A Friday conference with 23 municipal officers from Johnson City Elizabethton Greeneville Erwin and Bristol teams urged local governments to adopt TVA invitation resolutions.
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City Board of Commissioners
Tennessee Valley Authority
East Tennessee Light and Power Company
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Bristol
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Greeneville
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Tennessee
Virginia
Sam H. Sells
Soviet leader assumes defense post as Timoshenko shifts roles
Moscow P held Stalin takes defense commissariat in addition to premiership of Soviet Russia. Timoshenko becomes deputy defense commissar while serving as eastern front commander. Berlin claims the western gate to Moscow opened by a Nazi thrust past Smolensk. La Paz proclaims nationwide siege and bars Wendler. NBC reports Russian officers captured near Kiev. Chinese sources foresee new Japanese move within fortnight. Nye accuses administration of keeping selectees longer to deploy in Europe.
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Bombers Hit Red Capital in Swedish Report on Moscow Raid
Stockholm reports German raids heavily damaging Moscow including the Kremlin and rail lines behind fronts. Swedish sources cite Leningrad radio but Berlin and Moscow deny the attack. Moscow protests and British RAF strikes Dunkirk docks and shipping.
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East Tennesseans Seek Funds for Defense Areas
East Tennessee city and county officials urged use of a $150 million allotment from Congress to relieve overcrowded defense area facilities. R. E. Crooks, PWA finance officer, led hearings and urged speedy applications to the regional director in Jacksonville. Local governments should plan to provide part of the funds. final decisions rest in Washington.
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Washington cuts auto and appliance output under price controls
Leon Henderson announced a 12 month program reducing automobile production by 20 percent for three months and 50 percent thereafter, plus 50 percent cuts in domestic mechanical refrigerators and 30 percent in washing machines. The plan targets acute material shortages with broader curtailments planned. Ickes urged a one third voluntary gasoline cut in the East to avert rationing amid tanker reassignment and an eastern oil shortage.
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