German Troops Massed On Border of Soviet Ukraine
German troops massed in Moldavia facing Soviet Ukraine as a broader war move gathers. Reports describe Axis forces infiltrating into Syria and flights of German and Italian airmen toward the Middle East with a German troop ship to sail from Salonika. Authorities caution against a major forthcoming announcement while observers note strategic moves near the Dardanelles and Rhodes.
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Soviet Ukraine
Moldavia
Astern
Romania
Ukraine
Balkans
Middle East
Berlin
Syria
Dardanelles
Salonika
Greece
Rhodes
Europe
Bucharest
Russia
Black Sea
Reuters
Ankara
Bulgaria
Britain
Turkey
Buckingham Palace Grounds Bombed and Landmarks Damaged
London reports confirm renewed bombing of Buckingham Palace grounds with shattered windows and fire. The Charterhouse Great Hall and cloister suffer severe fire and water damage. St. Luke's hospital loses doctors in a fatal blast. Mansion House and Metropolitan Tabernacle are damaged. four killed including two physicians at St. Luke's.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Charterhouse
Duchy of Cornwall
Palace
Court Post Office
Queen Elizabeth
James I
John Wesley
Roger Williams
Charterhouse School
St. Botolph’s Vicarage
Catherine Parr
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Mansion House
Labor Party
St. Mary's
Kennington
St. Luke's Hospital
Senate Leaders Move to Allow Government Takeover of Key Plant
Washington report says a Senate amendment to the Selective Service act would let the President seize or operate plants facing existing or threatened production failures during national emergency. The plan, tied to war needs, aims to reassure defense readiness and delay other military seizure bills. Roosevelt would act if strikers stayed out, using emergency powers.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of War
Navy
White House
Roosevelt
Inglewood
Calif
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
War Department
War Or Navy Department
Secretary of War Or Navy
Plane Plant Strike Held Work Of Reds
The government plans to seize North American Aviation in Inglewood California if the strike by CIO United Automobile Workers aircraft division continues. Richard Frankensteen labeled the walkout as Communist maneuvering while union leaders push for wage gains and a union shop.
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Reds
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Calif
CIO
Communist Party
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers Aircraft Division
Elmer Fei<tag
Defense Mediation Board
United Automobile Workers, Aircraft Division
Roosevelt
White House
Harvey W. Brown
AFL
San Francisco Bay Area
AFL Metal Trades
Abingdon Soldier Dies In Wreck On Greeneville Highway
Jessie Newman of Abingdon Virginia is dead and Paul Powell of Newport News Virginia is seriously injured after a car crash on the Greeneville Kingsport highway en route to Bristol. Both men are soldiers from Camp Crest South Carolina. Four other soldiers were riding with them. they were only lightly injured and not treated at the hospital. Powell reportedly was driving when the car left the road and hit a ditch.
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Greeneville
Jessie Newman
Abingdon
Paul Powell
Newport News
General Hospital
Greeneville-Kingsport
Bristol
Camp Crest
S. C
Powell
Kingsport unopposed election names two aldermen
In Kingsport's unopposed city election Glenn Bruce received 147 votes and J E Myers 145 with two complimentary ballots for I M Fuller. A total of 150 votes were cast with one voided. Officials will recount Monday and finalize Tuesday night. Bruce and Myers succeed E W Tipton and J L Kincheloe in July.
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Kingsport
Glenn Bruce
J. E. Myers
I. M. Fuller
W. F. Moody
B. M. Brown
C. E. Brooks
T. J. Palmer
Bruce
Myers
Bruce and
E. W. Tipton
J. L. Kincheloe
Military leaders favor revised draft age 21 to 24
Washington reports indicate U S military leaders back limiting conscription to ages 21 through 24. Administration allies seek to give the president flexibility on age limits while senators push for a definite statutory ceiling and a return to the War Department draft bill.
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U. S
Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Reynolds
D-Nc
Military Committee
Senate
War Department
Gurney
R-Sd
Martinique U S Guarantees on Vessel Movements
Secretary Mead released a Hull letter detailing an arrangement with Martinique that grants guarantees on French vessel movements in U S waters and requires prior notice of gold shipments. It allows daily patrols by ship and aircraft around Martinique and Guadeloupe with a naval observer in Fort de France.
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Washington
Mead
Fort de France
John W. Greenslade
United States Navy
Georges Robert
Antilles
Hull
Havana
United States
Area Planning Project Discussed in Tri City
Johnson City Tennessee. Seward H. Mott director of the FHA land planning division in Washington addressed a joint Johnson City and Bristol planning commission meeting. He outlined a proposed test project for the tri city region stressing citizen cooperation for tangible results. Paul Oppermann, newly appointed area land planning administrator, said mapping summer activities was progressing. Kingsport representatives could not attend due to a city election.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Seward H. Mott
Federal Housing Authority
Washington, D. C
Bristol
Mott
Tri-City
FHA
Tricity
Paul Oppermann
Oppermann
Kingsport
U.S Armaments Dominate Suez Defense Effort
British sources on Saturday said rapid dispatch of American war material to Britain's Middle East forces is a key factor in defending Egypt and the Suez Canal. Italian reports of American tanks near Tobruk spark Cario interest as W. Averell Harriman heads to the region to assess aid.
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Iran
London
Middle East
U. S
Africa
Kruk
Suez
Britain
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Tobruk
W. Averell Harriman
Cairo
Harriman
Axis
Middle Mediterranean
Crete
Germans Return Curfew After Acropolis Flag Theft
German authorities impose a 10 PM curfew on Athens following the theft of the German military flag from the Acropolis. An official warning threatens death for thieves. The commander cites hostile local sentiment toward German forces and criticizes Allied sympathy in Greece.
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Athens
Greece
Acropolis
Europe
Crete
Insurance Firms Cut Foreign Ties
Three large marine insurers cut foreign ties and withdrew from marine fields at the urging of U S Attorney General Robert H Jackson. A fourth company pledged to stop issuing policies or joining transatlantic pools. A conference with Jackson occurred on May 14 where leaders argued data on ship cargoes and sailing times could reach Axis powers.
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New York
The
New York Herald Tribune
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Herald Tribune
Jackson
Wise Lee mines lease new management from Virginia Iron
The Blue Diamond Coal Company of Knoxville and Cincinnati will take over and operate the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company's mines in Wise and Lee counties under a lease and rental arrangement consumated now. The action becomes effective July 1, announced by D. D. Hull, president of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, a pioneer coal and iron concern of Southwestern Virginia.
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Roanoke
Blue Diamond Coal Company
Knoxville
Kingsport Times Father’s Day letter contest offers $80
Readers from Kingsport, Church Hill, and Gate City may enter the Father’s Day contest offering $80 in prizes. First prize $25, second $15, third $10, plus thirty $1 awards. Letters must be in by noon June 10 and all entries published Father’s Day with the fathers’ photos.
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Kingsport
Church Hill
Gate City
Father
Kingsport Times
Tenn
Office of
the Times
Helen
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Rumania
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Vivian Daniel
Betty Anderson
Gus Caton
CIO International Woodworkers of America
Seattle
O. M. Orton
Stephen Early
Ford
Plainville
Conn
Marlin Rockwell Corporation
Times’ State News Service
Myer
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Dorothy Dix
State Newes
Martinique
Wise, Lee Mines
Tate
Gate City, Va
A.D. Brockman
Ross N. Robinson
Bob Delius
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