Argentina balks at Hulls plan to guard region
Delegates from Argentina Chile and Uruguay object to a Pan American trusteeship scheme for European colonies in the Americas. The United States proposed a joint trusteeship to prevent European domination, while Costa Rica and Guatemala discuss amendments. A peace commission was named to finalize measures for the Pan American conference and consider sovereignty changes and debt issues.
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Hull
Havana
New World
Leonel Melo
Mull
Homsphere
P—Cuatemala
Bath Hoendwray
Europe
Bern
United States
Muniermata
Britain
U.S
Americas
Commission For Peace Maltenace
U. S
Siasonimidtoe
Staty Core del Bull
Mauricio Ffabuco
Bizits
Ani Marco Cady
Panama
Slut
Mwisua
Economic Committee Watch
Small Loan Firms Agree to Comply Across Seven Cities
Arch enard Douglas of the state department of insurance and banking announced today that 24 small loan companies in Knoxville Johnson City Cleveland Chattanooga Nashville Bristol and Stock Row have agreed to comply with the small loan acts or close. The act requires lenders of 30 or less to be certified by the state banking department and pay fees for operation under a special license.
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Archenard Douglas
State Department of Insurance and Banking
Knoxville
Johnson City
Cleveland
Chattaynooga
Nashville
Bristol
Stock Row
Dempster Says Board Stacked Against Him
Knoxville report notes George Fy Dempster alleging the Tennessee primary process is unfair. He threatens federal intervention to challenge alleged stacked boards amid mounting tensions in the August primary.
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Knoxville
George Fy. Demater
Tennessee
J. Oathit
Starkerl
Blonde Widow and Boarder Slain in Pittsburgh
In a parked car, Mrs Carrie Kolb a 48 year old blonde divorcee and J Edgar Twins a 45 year old boarder at her home were shot dead by an unknown assailant who fled on foot. Police detained a suspect later claiming to be widower near the Kolb residence. Detective Inspector Walter Monaghan said the man mingled with witnesses, appeared unusually agitated, and was not at the scene when the killings occurred.
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Pittsburgh
Carrie Kolb
J. Edgar Twins
Nata
Kolb
Walter Monaghan
British Action Called Absurd By Italian Newspapers
Italian papers denounced Britain's recognition of Eduard Benes as head of a provisional Czechoslovak government and Haile Selassie as ruler of Abyssinia as the most absurd step, arguing the mighty British empire must fall back on isolated refugees and allies.
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Tnscelbed
Britain
Eduard Benes
Cavcho
Rblovak
Haile Seb Hassie
Eyes Turn Toward Party Leaders in Key County Primary Prep
Sullivan County voters near the home stretch as Democratic and Republican contenders prepare for the Aug primary and general election. Interest centers on State Senatorial races and county offices. A major Friday night Arcadia school meeting draws hundreds of GOP and party activists as campaigns align behind district leaders.
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Sullivan County
William Buckles
Datar
R. Potich Jevebis
Klinesport
Arcadia School
Atte 1
Trustea Worley Path
Willer F. Moody
Dyeniave
Roby A. Miluin
Newland
Roy Clarke
Lewhi J
Chase
Reebuliewn
Gardner
Hon Attias
Donerah
Hicks
JM. &. Hilenberg
Mal Care
Electinn
Horney
247 Are Listed Among Victims Of Heat Wave
Nations wide heat wave continues with 247 deaths attributed to heat and drownings. Temps reached 135 in Pierre and over 100 elsewhere while thundershowers offered brief relief. Death toll stood at 72 from heat and 175 from drownings. readings spanned Detroit Albany Chicago and many towns as eight day heat persisted.
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Dnte Jasueda
Ted Tren
Seaboard
Great Plains
Pierre, & C
Papestone
Minn
Detroit
Albany
N. C
Nebraska
New York City
Terre Haute
Ind
Richmond
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Middle Atlantic
Indiana
Diry
New Mexico
Kingsport Housing Project Dedication Planned This Saturday
Officials of the United States Housing Authority and local leaders will dedicate Kingsport’s first Negro low rent housing project on Saturday at 4 p.m. J Fred Johnson will deliver the principal address with Walter Smith serving as master of ceremonies. Participants include Administrator Straus Senator McKellar regional director Edwin Pairo and local dignitaries. Free bus service will be offered for the Negro population to the Douglas school area.
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United StatesHousing Authority
Nathan Straus
U. S
Kenneth D. McKellar
J. Fred Johnson
Walter 3. Smith
Kingsport
Kingsport Housing Authority
Administrator Straus
John P. Broome
USHA
Edwin T. Pairo
Mek Kellar
Washingon
Board of
Mayo and Aldermen
FP. L Cloud
J. G. Hughes
Frnal Baptist Church
A. H. Howell
Douglas Athons
East Tennessee city growth shown by 1940 census data
An editorial notes Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City population gains from the 1940 census. Kingsport rises from 5,692 in 1920 to 14,391 in 1940 with greater totals when including Greater Kingsport. Bristol totals combine Tennessee and Virginia sides for 23,795 and Kingport’s area figures are contrasted with Johnson City.
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East Tennessee
Tennessee
Kingsport
Bristol
Tenn. Va
Virginia
Johnson City
Greater Kingsport
Greater
Kingsport Growth Cartoon by Cal Alley Featured
A special Times cartoon congratulates Kingsport on rapid growth. Drawn for the Times by Cal Alley, famed cartoonist of Hambone panels seen in many American newspapers.
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Kingsport
The
Times
Cal Alley
Hambone
Demonstrations Blamed on Army in Hangchow
UP Japanese army trucks transported demonstrators to the homes of American residents in Hangchow to shout anti American slogans. Missionaries report three such anti American demonstrations this week. A Japanese embassy spokesman called the incidents unfortunate but denied a growing anti American movement. The Shanghai mayor backed deportation of Americans named on a list from the inter national settlement and demanded action by the American consul in Shanghai. The US consul declined to guarantee safety if deported.
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Hangchow
Hangzhow
Shanghai
United States
Convict Ends 19 Hour Protest At Atlanta Prison Perch
Andrew Jackson Wynne of Hama Arkansas climbed a water tank perch inside Atlanta federal penitentiary to protest being sent back to a Georgia chain gang. He waved a machinist hammer and cried rebel yells as guards waited him out. Ten thousand attended a robbery radio artists event.
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Andrew Jackson Wynne
Hama
Rebel Yell
Atl
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Georgia
Wyre
Chain Gang
Wynne
Air raid fears grip ancient Rome as planes approach
Ancient Rome faces air raid scares as anti-aircraft fire targets a phantom British flight toward the capital. Reports say several people were wounded by falling shell splinters. Britain fights off raids as Nazi losses mount. cautious signs of open conflict with Germany persist. In Romania King Carol seizes a major British oil company asset. In Washington draft registration for a home army targets September with 400,000 initial conscripts and a projected 1.4 million by October 1943.
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Great Britain
Navzy
London
Reich
Sub
High Command
North Sea
English Channel
Hitler
British Isles
Europe
Carel I
Britain
George VI
George V
Romania
Washington
I I
Home Army
Congress
U. S. Exports Rise After Italian Shock in June
U S exports totaled 344 million dollars in June, an eight percent rise from May, aided by larger shipments to Great Britain and South America. UK exports jumped from 49.4 to 76.96 million, Canada 59.31 to 64.23, and South America 39.91 to 44.49 million, while shipments to France reached 45.67 million before its armistice cut future demand.
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Washington
Italy
U. S
Great Britain
South America
Commerce Department
United Kingdom
Canada
Cuba
France
Department
Mediterranean
Faces 30 Years In Wife Slaying
Dandridge Greene County farmer Glen Smelcer faced a possible 30 year sentence after a 89 year prison term on a murder conviction for his wife’s drowning in the French Broad river near May 42. Special Judge George Shepard denied a new trial and gave defense 45 days to appeal to the state supreme court.
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Dandridge
Cann
State Supreme Court
Svenue
Glen Smelcer
Greene County
George Shepard
Smelcer
Smeleer
Rally Plans Stir Harrisonville Democrat for Treasurer
Robert Tones, a Democrat seeking county treasurer, announced plans for a large campaign rally in Harrisonville Missouri inviting about 1000 attendees. The event aims to energize supporters ahead of the county treasurer race.
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Harrisonville
Robert Tones
Minister Pax Vilas Zadejkis Refuses Legation Turnover
Washington reports that Pax Vilas Zadejkis of Lithuania announced he would refuse any demand to turn over his legation to Soviet Husais. Secretary Knox outlined a plan to recruit skilled interior workers to shipbuilding cities, while a defense briefing featured an antiwar spokesman declaring no draftees with dependents in peacetime. The Justice Department filed Sherman Antitrust charges at Lexington Ky against eight major tobacco companies, 26 other corporations and 33 individuals.
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Washington
Pax Vilas Zadejkis
Lithuania
Husais
Knox
Ananemy
Justice Department
Lexington
Eigct
Army Budget Set For Defense Program Next Year
High Army officials told a House committee that the total defense program for the Army will cost 6 billion dollars next year.
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Washington
House
Nazi Air Attacks Deepen as Britain Fights Back
United Press reports intensified Nazi raids on Britain with at least 11 planes shot down in one battle of 190 participating aircraft. Berlin says southern England roads and depots were targeted while Britain bombed German sites. Italy and Axis allies expand roles as Tobruk raids continue and Balkan diplomacy frays.
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United Press
Adolf Hitler
Britain
English Channel
London
Nazi High Command
England
Germany
Balkan
Slovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Berlin
Russia
Bucharest
Bessarabia
Italy
Malta
Rome
Africa
Tobruk
Libya
Channel
Scotland
Thames Estuary
Treaty Proposed At Havana Conference For Hemisphere Neutrality
At the American foreign ministers conference in Havana the Panama declaration on a hemisphere neutrality zone was proposed to be converted into a formal treaty.
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Havana
Conference of American Foreign Minnisters
Russian ultimatum rumor and Finnish army demobilization
Stockholm reports the foreign office has no information on Russian ultimatum claims asking for the Finnish army’s complete demobilization. Vatican sources say Pope Pius has abandoned hope for a Britain axis peace settlement. Secretary of War Louis Johnson says U S factories can produce full equipment for one million soldiers every three months.
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Stockholm
Foreign Office
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Britain
Assieane
Louis Johnson
Germans Capture Arch Foes Grynszpan and Strasser in France
A German report says exiled Nazi foe Otto Strasser and Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan were captured after Germany’s conquest of France. Grynszpan was detained in La Santé prison Paris pending trial for the 1938 killing of Ernst vom Rath.
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Berlin
Otto Strasser
Nassism
Gestapo
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Herschel Gryngz- Span
Paris
France
Grynszpan
la Sante
Ernst von Rath
Soviet to Add Nonreligious Courses in Schools
Announcement states new nonreligious courses will be introduced in high schools and universities across the Soviet Union, marking a shift in religious instruction policy. The measure aims to broaden secular education while reducing religious influence in curricula.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Bond Revokes Beer License On Charge of Selling to Minor
City Judge Napoleon Bond revoked the beer license of Main Street restaurant proprietor Sam Boast, operator of the Blue Eagle Cafe, after a minor was sold beer on several occasions. Pa trolman Jim Broyles testified the information came after arresting the youth for intoxication and the youth corroborated that beer was purchased at the restaurant. Boast was fined 2.59 and the license permanently revoked, with Bond vowing stricter enforcement. Two Kingsport residents, Lewis E. Crawford and William Price, were fined 15 each for speeding, along with several other traffic cases including violations at stop signs and near a fire plug.
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Napoleon Bond
Egein
Kingsport
Sam Boast
Blue Eagle Cafe
Jim Broyles
Boast
Broyles
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