03 Mar 1941
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1941
Page
1
The War Department disclosed a limited quantity of non combatant gas masks for civilians in areas under military jurisdiction. Officials said the masks are designed for general civilian use and offer protection against all known war gases, though not for long life or rugged troop use.
Borden Millis Inc halted operations Saturday amid a wage dispute as workers in the weaving room protested the pay changes from hourly to piecework. Pickets remained at the plant while a wage proposal was reviewed by a nine member employee committee and mill officials. A National Labor Relations Board hearing on a union election was postponed to March 10.
Weeneville William K. Munsey aged 42 dies yesterday from injuries from a collision last month. One man was killed outright in the accident.
Field Marshal General Sigmund List, commander of German Balkan forces, is reported to have installed his headquarters in Sofia to oversee operations in the region.
A Berlin spokesman stated today that German troops entered Bulgaria as guests and are in no sense an occupying force controlling Bulgarian affairs.
A 14 year old boy attempting to cross the elevated track at a West Side street level station was struck and killed. The incident triggered a rear end collision involving several parked or passing trains, injuring a number of passengers.
Cordell Hull declined to discuss retirement today as he completed eight full years serving as Secretary of State. He remains the first American to hold the post for that length of time, continuing in office amid speculation about his future.
Skilled AFL workers walkout at Camp Davis in eastern North Carolina as 5000 employees vote for a preferential shop. Officials report 2000 to 4000 picket entrances while others join wartime production and conciliation talks continue with Ford and International Harvester plants.
The senate leadership aims for a vote on the British aid bill by Saturday amid debate over limiting filibuster tactics. Barkley and George push faster action while opponents doubt action by the weekend, as Walsh and Smathers clash over war implications.
The State Aeronautics Commission will approve a grant of about $10,000 for Knoxville Municipal airport developments. The Tri Cities airport receives $700 for an office for Pennsylvania Central Airlines and other improvements. Knoxville plans an $80,000 expansion to handle growing passenger traffic with new aprons a temporary hangar and an addition to the admin building. Public officials praise rapid Knoxville growth with three new passenger lines.
Greeneville Tenn. 55 year old Emory Eron Sapp, a Johnson City policeman, pleads not guilty to a 9 count federal indictment. He is charged with three counts false affidavits to obtain a Spanish American War pension in his dead brother Thomas Sapp’s name and six counts of mail fraud in receiving pension checks. Trial set for March 13 after prosecutors seek distant witnesses. He appeared calm, said not guilty, and seeks counsel though no attorney retained. He was a Texas prisoner fugitive serving 99 years for murder of his first wife, escaped in 1930, and lived under his brother’s identity during a decade in Washington County.
Airline official C Bedell Monro president of Pennsylvania Central Airlines and PCA officials will attend Tuesday celebration marking the start of the Pittsburgh Birmingham flight.
About 225 people are expected at 7 p.m. in the Civic auditorium for a banquet honoring departing members of the Kingsport unit of the National Guard. FE W Palmer will be the guest speaker, with patriotic songs, slides, and a menu of country ham and cherry pie. The event is sponsored by five Kingsport civic groups including the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.
Funeral services were held yesterday for Thomas Rhea Williams 60 longtime editor of the Talladega Daily Home and Our Mountain Home He died of a heart ailment Saturday night Williams survived by his widow a brother Lawrence Williams of Talladega and a sister Mrs A A Richardson of Williamsburg Kentucky
The Tri-Cities area plans a March event to welcome Pennsylvania Central Airlines with a Pittsburgh to Birmingham service christening Miss Tri-Cities. James D. Henry and George Mason arrive to lead ceremonies at Tri-Cities airport Keller Sevier hotel reception follows.
The Treasury reports early income tax receipts running 58 percent ahead of last year under the defense tax, with 10,000,000 taxpayers to file by March 15. Personal exemptions were cut to 2000 for heads and 800 for singles, and a 10 percent defense tax was added to all taxes.
Police reported two people found dead in a car parked on a Nashville street. Elmer L. Graham 29 an army sergeant with Troop A 14th Cavalry stationed at Camp Forrest and Sara Elizabeth Ratcliffe 21 a beauty parlor worker from Mooresville were identified. The car engine was running when found shortly after daybreak indicating possible gas fumes. Graham was a Rochester Kentucky native in the army since 1936.
Turkish navy has mined all but a narrow channel in the Dardanelles while closing the straits to most ships. Turkey faces German moves in Bulgaria as officials promise full defense measures and mobilization rumors swirl amid Baltic and Soviet anxieties.
Blanket authority was issued for exporting 138 key war products to Great Britain and Northern Ireland including aluminum and aircraft parts. A daily check will curb exports if volumes threaten supplies, with licenses not needed for listed items but defense critical goods requiring clearance from the office of production management.
Fire destroyed the Oakmont elementary and Junior High school in Dickson Tennessee causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Built in 1912 with a 1928 annex the structure housed about 600 pupils who will resume classes next Monday in church buildings around the city. The city council meets tonight to discuss replacement plans.
A collision between a church passenger truck and a car near Charleston Tennessee killed three people and injured nine others. Dead are Walter Fair 40 and J P McCosh 36 Charleston identified as drivers, and Sergt. George Riggs 26 Fort Oglethorpe. McCosh was en route to the Cleveland Church of God with family when it happened. Three McCosh children were reported dying.
A deputy collector of internal revenue set up offices in the post office building to assist in handling income tax reports. He will remain in Kingsport with office hours from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. through March 15. Offices are on the second floor in rooms 203 and 205.
Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, has shelved temporarily his plan for a look see trip to China. He spent several days in Indiana and has returned to New York to resume private law practice.
The article analyzes a tense Balkan outlook with Nazi aims to secure the Dardanelles and pressure Turkey Greece and Bulgaria. It notes Russia and Germany' long rival claims, potential Turkish defense, and Eden's talks in Athens shaping possible peace or war dynamics.
German armored units push through Bulgaria toward Greece and Turkey as Turkey closes the Dardanelles to nonpermitted ships. Bulgaria nears a break with Britain while Vyacheslav Rendel meets in Sofia amid Balkan war alarms.
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