Wheeler Charges Smearing Campaign Against Lindbergh and Wheeler
Senator Wheeler accuses President Roosevelt and Secretary Stimson of plotting a smear against him and Lindbergh over opposition to European war policy. Stimson says Wheeler mailed postcards to army officers urging anti-entry protests, while Wheeler says 1 million cards quoted Roosevelt speeches and may have reached military addresses.
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Emil Hurja
Wendell Willkie
van Nuys
Ind
Paris Chosen For Barrage Balloon Training Center
The War Department announced Paris Tennessee will host a new barrage balloon training center on a 1000 acre tract seven miles southeast of the city. The facility will train up to 7000 men, with construction to begin after plans and contracts are finalized. Training with hydrogen balloons has started at Camp Davis North Carolina and the school will formally open next Monday led by Major General Joseph A Green.
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Paris
Tenn
War Department
Camp Davis
N. C
Joseph A. Green
Coast Artillery Corps
From Paris Sorbonne to Spanish jail via American ambulance aid
Josephine Winter, 25, of St. Louis, traces a recent history from the Paris Sorbonne to a Spanish jail, via time with an American volunteer ambulance corps. She spent 11 days in Figueras before being allowed to sail home, deemed suspiciously pretty and suspected of espionage.
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Josephine Winter
St. Louis
Miss Winter
Figueras
Medical Student Dies As Martyr in Rochester
Frederick L. Truax 25 a University of Rochester medical student and biochemistry research assistant died after taking a new iodine compound used to visualize the gall bladder for X ray. The post mortem found latent nephritis and drug hypersensitivity.
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N. Y
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Frederick L. Truax
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Helen D. Caley
Kingsport
Tenn
George H. Whipple
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Torrential Rain and Windstorm Strikes Kingsport Area
Kingsport and Sullivan County endured a severe rain and windstorm causing widespread flooding and downed trees. An automobile at 202 West Charle mont Street suffered damage from a falling tree while basements flooded in several homes. Fall Branch reported uprooted trees gullies washed fields and crop damage as rainfall reached .94 inches and temperatures dropped from 90 to 63 degrees.
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Senate Military Committee Considers One Year Extension
Senate military committee members discussed a resolution to declare a limited emergency allowing selectees, national guardsmen and reserves to stay in active service beyond the one year. Leaders signaled willingness to a one year extension to win broader support and keep the army intact amidst wartime needs.
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Hearing On Radio Chains Postponed
The FCC postponed the effective date of its chain broadcasting rules to Sept. 16, delaying July 30 start. The delay was requested by NBC and CBS to allow more time for talks with the commission. NBC must dispose of one network under the regulations.
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Federal Communications Commission
Chain Broadcasting
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
James Lawrence Fly
FCC
Fly
NBC
Army's No 1 Movie Fan Heads to Hollywood on Special Furlough
Buck Private Kenneth Wilkinson, a red haired infantryman from Oklahoma, earns a paid week in Hollywood after watching more than 300 films since October 4 at Fort Lewis Washington. Major General Kenyon Joyce will bid him farewell, with Wilkinson awaiting Hollywood’s verdict on his film fate.
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Kenneth Wilkinson
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Four Divorces Granted by Ferguson Judge in Kingsport Court
Ferguson Judge Shelbourne Ferguson presided in Kingsport this week issuing four divorce decrees this morning and preparing to hear more non jury cases. Bernice Fueston was granted divorce from Vernon Fueston with alimony of 15 dollars weekly and a $50 attorney fee. Dana Staffey received custody of the children from John Staffey. Other decrees issued include Helen Nell Ferrer versus Maxine Ferrer and Willie Mae Ketron versus Roscoe Ketron, plus a temporary divorce in Mary Morley versus James K Morley. The court ruled in favor of Morris Plan Bank against H C Cowden Jr for the debt, ordering payment of the note remainder. A settlement awarded John Krajack a $2,500 lump sum after a dispute with Kingsport Foundry. Jury trials are set for Monday through Wednesday next week.
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Vernon Fueston
Dana Staffey
John Staffey
Helen Nell Ferrer
Maxine Ferrer
Willie Mae Ketron
Roscoe Lee Ketron
Mary Morley
James K. Morley
Morris Plan Bank
H. C. Cowden, Jr
John Krajack
Kingsport Foundry
Krajack
Wheat quotas proposed for next year's crop in referendum
Secretary Wic kard announced a plan to impose rigid marketing quotas for the 42 wheat crop with a two thirds approval needed in a grower referendum. Quotas were first used this year and carry a 49 cent per bushel penalty for over quota grain amid farmer criticism. President Roosevelt traveled from Washington to Hyde Park for a weekend at home with a press conference planned before 11 a.m. local time.
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Moscow Drive Gains Force as Nazis Hurl Reserves Into War
Soviet dispatches claim the destruction of a German infantry division near Smolensk and note renewed Nazi reserves entering the Moscow corridor. Hitler’s high command says the 34 day campaign proceeds, while the Red Army reports stubborn five-sector fighting and defending air raids over Moscow.
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U S Navy to assume Key West defense work amid strike
The U S Navy prepared to take over nearly two million dollars of defense projects in Key West Florida after a spokesman for over 800 striking workers rejected a 10 cent wage increase compromise.
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U. S. Navy
Reckord Reports 90 Percent Back Extended Service
Major General Milton A Reckord commander of the 19th division testifies that 90 percent of the men and all officers favor extended military service if the need exists.
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Washington
Milton A. Reckord
Canal Zone labor camp clashes amid 90 minute disturbance
Police reserves were called out in Cristobal A to quell a 90 minute conflict in Gatun involving Latin American workers and British West Indian laborers at a defense project site. About 3,000 men participated. In New York cotton rose above $2 a bale, the highest since January 1930.
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Japan Mobilizes a Million as Indo China Crisis Grows
Japanese forces accelerate mobilization amid a widening Far East crisis. Reports say 1,000,000 men are ready while Tokyo seeks to secure bases in Indo China and nearby regions as Western powers consider oil embargoes and sanctions.
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Norris Poll to Decide U S Course in Japanese East Indies Crisis
Norris Tennessee voters in the town nicknamed the model town will decide next week how the United States should act toward Japan in the East Indies. W P Cortelyou chairs a 700 resident poll using a mimeographed form with five options from resigning to declaring war.
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Who’s Frances Sent Love Post Cards to 117th Infantry
A dozen Tennessee soldiers in Fort Jackson South Carolina’s 117th Infantry receive daily postcards from Elizabethton signed with “With love, Frances.” The troops seek to identify Frances and learn who she is as the kindly messages arrive.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Singing Meet Slated
The Scott County Singing Convention will meet Sunday at 1 30 p m at Weber Chapel Church on the Bristol highway between Gate City and Hilton.
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Scott County Singing Convention
Weber Chapel
Bristol Highway
Hilton
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