FDR Seeks 7 Billion for British Aid Program
President Roosevelt plans a 7 billion dollar request to Congress to fund Britain’s aid bill. The cash only appropriation would cover the life of the bill and may include transfer of current U S war supplies. Britain seeks ships and trained personnel to man the U S fleet for the Battle of the Atlantic.
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May
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Vinson
Stephen Early
London
United States
Licensing of U S Business Is Urged In Senate Report
In a Senate report chairman Senator O Mahoney urged national charters for national corporations as part of a four point program to revive private enterprise. He called for enforcement of anti trust laws, tax revisions to spur new employment and industry, and a national conference of business labor agriculture and consumers. The report frames democracy as at risk from economic instability.
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O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Roosevelt
Murder Charge Snowballs Over Kenyan Aristocrat
Nairobi dispatch reports Major Sir Delves Broughton accused of murder in the Earl of Erroll case. The Earl, Scotland Yard's high constable, is slain amid a sensational scandal touching British high society and nobility.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Sir Delves Broughton
Earl of Erroll
Scotland
Dollars to Doughnuts Serial Begins in Kingsport Times
Edith Ellington writes a 30 chapter romance titled Dollars to Doughnuts starting today on page 3. Four leads drive the plot The Heiress a store owner who sells her own business The Business Man who professes loathing for glamour yet falls for love The Count a jealous suitor and rival The Working Girl whose past secrets threaten happiness The serial promises thrilling surprises and long weekly runs.
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Kingsport Times
Edith Ellington
Times
French Leaders Reach Agreement on Africa Defense
The government news agency says French leaders reached complete agreement on defense of Africa. Reports indicate resistance to Axis demands for a base at Bizerte, the Tunisian naval stronghold.
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Vichy
France
Africa
Bizerte
Tunisia
Nine Men Reported for Fourth Draft Quota in Kingsport
Kingsport local board No. 1 announced the nine men called for the fourth draft on March 17, plus three replacements from call No. 3. The group, to report at 7:45 a.m. at the post office building, will depart for Fort Oglethorpe Ga., for induction. Names and addresses are listed in full.
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Kingsport
W. J. Donnelly
Fort Oglethorpe
Preston Nycewaunger Brockman
Watauga Street
Robert Taylor King
Steadman Street
State Gets Lion's Share from TVA
Knoxville Tennessee will receive two thirds of a total of a million and a half dollars to be paid by the Tennessee Valley Authority in lieu of taxes to state and county governments in the Tennessee Valley by June 30. General Manager Gordon Clapp said the figure is almost half a million more than the states and counties received in real estate taxes from TVA properties and reservoir lands. States amounts listed include Alabama 321 799 Georgia 64 841 Kentucky 28 096 Mississippi 48 174 North Carolina 33 889 and Tennessee 1 002 618.
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Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
Gordon Clapp
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Mississippi
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Legion Post Party To Be Held Tonight
The annual American Legion Auxiliary party for Legion members is set for 7 p m tonight in the Kingsport Utilities building opposite Kingsport Inn. All Legionnaires and Auxiliary members are urged to attend.
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Auxiliary
Miners Seek $1 Daily Pay Increase Across Appalaches
The United Mine Workers of America urged a $1 a day raise for about 450,000 soft coal miners in eight Appalachian states including Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Ohio Eastern Kentucky Maryland Michigan and Tennessee. The move accompanies a push for a two week paid vacation and a minimum of 200 working days per year while preserving a 7 hour day 5 day week and a 6 hour day principle for future talks.
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CIO
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Ohio Coal Association
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Maryland
Michigan
Tennessee
Poisoned milk blamed in death of Walter L Samples
An autopsy reported today that poisoned milk likely caused the death of elderly bachelor Walter L Samples. Police say professors from the University of Tennessee Medical School found poison in the milk bottle and in Samples's body. His brother urged investigators to treat the death as murder.
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Memphis
Walter L. Samples
Joe Boyle
University of Tennessee Medical School
Sample
Daniel R. Samples
Nowata
Okla
Japs See British Warships In Far East
Asahi reports American aid to Britain would begin with destroyer exchanges for British capital ships to move to Far Eastern waters against Japan. Other papers say Senate passage of the bill brings the U S closer to involvement in the European conflict and boosts pressure on Japan.
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Asahi
New York
Ford Warns Plants to Power Future Cars and Plastics
Henry Ford predicts future autos and fuels will come from fast growing plants. He cites lightweight plastics from cellulose, corn cobs, and tree bark for bodies tiles and even socks. Ford says farmers may supply materials and fuels from potatoes corn and rice, reducing mineral use.
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Detroit
Ford
Georgia
Harry G. Akkelberg
Thomas A. Edison
Hunter Declares Best Offer From Borden Company
E G Hunter counsel for Borden Mills says management has submitted its best offer to the employees committee and that the strike negotiations are definitely terminated. About 900 workers remain idle as the wage dispute enters its third week with a 20 percent general pay increase demand and a shift to piece work.
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E. G. Hunter
Hunter
New York
Sadistic Slayer Still At Large In Kansas City
Police hunt continues for a killer who mortally assaulted Leila Adele Welsh in her bed and fled with a severed hip fragment. A $500 reward was posted as blood evidence linked to a vacant-house bathroom prompts analysis while officials pursue leading suspects.
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Kansas City
Leila Adele Welsh
Kansas City Star
Instruct Police to Arrest City Tag Violators
Kingport public safety director L Lineback said officers will arrest drivers of cars without new city tags starting Wednesday. Fines have not been imposed yet though the Feb 1 deadline passed, with over 1,000 cars still without tags and 3,679 of about 5,000 tags sold.
Six On Airliner Injured In Crash At Cincinnati Airport
Six of eleven aboard an American Airlines twin motor aircraft were injured when the plane landed in heavy rain at Lunken Field, skidded into a river dike, and the crew cut ignition to prevent a fire. Captain Lester Bryant and passenger Wesley McCleaster suffered possible skull fractures. J W McNeil and James J Murray also injured.
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Chicago
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McCleaster
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Evanston
Ill
Lunken
James J. Murray
Bryant and Murray
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Little Miami River
Girl Hit by Truck in Gate City Injures Teen
Evelyn Stokes a 14 year old of Gate City was admitted to Community Hospital Monday night with minor scratches and bruises after being struck by a truck. She is under observation.
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Mussolini
England
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Moscow
Balkan
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Crown Council
Adolf Hitler
Evelyn Stokes
Gate City
Community Hospital
Kingsport Days Plan All-American Theme for March Event
A Kingsport Merchants Association committee met at United Furniture Store to outline Kingsport Days on March 27 28 and 29 with certified values and All-American emphasis. H G Dunning chaired the Days Committee and announced prize sections merchandise street decorations tickets transportation publicity and other supporting subcommittees with named chairmen and members.
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United Furniture Store
Appalachia Boys Given Transfer to Norfolk Navy Station
Four young men from Appalachia Virginia who enlisted in February were transferred to the Naval Training Station in Norfolk to complete their training. The group includes George Clements Hurshell Besley K C Roller Jr and George E Nal, previously stationed at Bluefield West Virginia.
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U. S. Navy
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
George Clements
Hurshell Besley
K. C. Roller, Jr
George E. Nal
Bluefield
W. Va
Hull seeks clemency for Spanish Republican prisoners
United States officials, citing humanitarian grounds, appealed to Francisco Franco through letters from the State Department for clemency toward thousands of Spanish Republicans held as prisoners in Spain or as political refugees in unoccupied France. The Vichy regime denied any refugees were handed to Franco. Franco’s government announced 1,200,000 informaciones filed against Republicans and about 500,000 political prisoners arrested.
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United States
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Hull
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