Axis Moves Against Greece Expand From Bulgaria Frontiers
German warplanes siege Greek towns from Bulgarian bases as Hitler masss troops along the Greece Turkey frontier. Belgrade fears quick Yugoslav capitulation to Rome Berlin Tokyo allies, with signs of a near zero hour and planned invasions of Greece.
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Churchill
U. S
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Turkey
Bulunderway
Werereto
Plovdiv
Europe
Istanbul
Dede Agach
Grecian Thrace
Belgrade
Russia
Danube
United States
Berlin
Roosevelt
Hitler
Britain
CIO Walkout Halts Vital Aluminum Defense Production
A CIO strike at Aluminum Company of America in Edgewater New Jersey shut down all machines and halted defense material output. About 2,000 of 3,000 workers stopped work with a second shift to follow. dispute over overtime pay for Sunday work and 40 hour weeks. Plant superviser E H Grote fend noted continuous operation for defense orders with an annual payroll of 5.25 million dollars and orders valued at 15 to 20 million.
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Edgewater
N. J
CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Vincent McKenna
Aluminum Workers of America
New Kensington
McKenna
Hudson River
Manhattan
Pittsburgh
E. H. Grotefend
Borden Employees Say $16 Only Plant Offer Made
A wage dispute statement from Borden Mill employees claims the company only offered workers to return under the same conditions with a $16 weekly guarantee for weaving department weavers. The committee says their proposal to settle was rejected by workers. Hunter of Borden Mill is expected to attend a National Labor Relations Board hearing and election on bargaining agent status. Meanwhile Roosevelt requests a $7 billion wartime appropriation to support democracies and military supplies, with breakdowns for aircraft, ordnance, and ships.
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E. G. Hunter
Borden Mill, Inc
W. K. Hager
F. G. Shipman
T. J. Denton
C. C. Parker
Hunter
National Labor Relations Board
Balkan Bomb Ring Hunted After Istanbul Attack
Turkish police and military hunted a Balkan bomb ring blamed for a hotel bombing that killed four and injured more than twenty near the Rendel party. British minister George W. Rendel escaped as a bomb wrecked the Pera Plaza lobby in Istanbul.
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Turkey
Balkan
George W. Rendel
Bulgaria
Rendel
Pera Plaza Hotel
Sofia
Gertrude Eltis
London
Britain
United States
Legation
Stokowski Quits Orchestra Role After 29 Years
Conductor Leopold Stokowski announced in Chattanooga that he is relinquishing his co conductor post with the Philadelphia Orchestra to serve the government. He did not reveal future plans. The 59 year old maestro led the ensemble for nearly three decades boosting its global renown.
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Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Chattanooga
Tenn
Symphony
Stokowski
Vatican Rationing Affects Pope Pius XII In City
Vatican City begins food and goods rationing for all residents including Pope Pius XII. Ration levels are slightly higher than in Italy with a monthly allowance of one pound of coffee for residents while Italians face no coffee allocation.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Italy
Aftermath of 1933 Tornado Replaced by Modern Buildings
Eight years after the 1933 Sullivan county tornado the Cherry Hill area shows little trace of destruction. Kingsport reported seven deaths and 150 thousand dollars in Kingsport property damage with 12 homes destroyed in Cherry Hill. The arc swept Hawkins and Scott counties with dozens injured. rebuilding included Arcadia Presbyterian Church completed in 1935 under Rev. Dan Graham.
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Sullivan County
Nashville
Cherry Hill
Kingsport
Hawkins County
Sullivan
Scott County
Virginia
Tennessee-Kentucky Line
Sity
Bear Town
Dry Hollow
Reedy Creek
Rogersville
Pruden & Harrogate
Sneedville
Oswego
Arcadia Presbyterian Church
Dan Graham
Last Minute Tax Filing Rush Predicted in Kingsport
A federal internal revenue representative in the Kingsport post office forecasts a late surge in income tax filings before the Saturday deadline. He notes 600 to 700 filings so far, urges pre-filled deductions, and says office hours extend to 7 to 9 p m on the final day to manage the crowd.
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Federal
Department of Internal Revenue
Kingsport
State Sets April Induction Quota for 1350 Trainees
Tennessee selective service announces an April 1 to 10 induction for 1350 trainees split 900 white and 450 Negro. Shelby County leads with 131, followed by Knox, Sullivan, Greene, Madison, Carter Dyer and Hamblen, Montgomery, Obion, Rutherford and others with smaller allocations.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Selective Service
State Selective Service
Shelby County
Shelby
Knox
Sullivan
Greene
Madison
Carter & Dyer & Hamblen
Montgomery
Obion
Rutherford
Rising food prices lift February household budget
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports February family budgets rose about 2 percent from January due to higher prices for pork fresh vegetables coffee sugar and lard.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eire Bombed Near Corndonagh and Inishowen
The government information bureau reported bombs dropped early today by an unidentified plane near Corndonagh and Inishowen in County Donegal but stated no damage was done.
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Dublin
Eire Government Information Bureau
Corndonagh
Innishowen
County Donegal
Yugoslavs Signin Advancing Pact Talks in Belgrade
Reports from Belgrade indicate Yugoslav officials have agreed in principle to join the three power military pact linking Berlin Rome and Tokyo. The potential accord would align Belgrade with the Axis members in a broader European security arrangement.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Price Names 43 on Virginia Board
Governor Price appointed 43 members to a south west Virginia regional defense council including Bristol and Abingdon officials and regional leaders from Smyth Lee Scott Tazewell Russell Dickenson and Buchanan counties. William N. Neff of Abingdon named chairman with a roster of judges mayors miners and professionals from multiple towns. In a separate note, Private Robert Crabtree at Camp Shelby relies on his wife for mailed recipes to cook for the 147th infantry headquarters company.
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Price
Southwest Virginia
T. W. Preston
Fred Rader
Bristol
A. A. Mack
Damascus
T. C. Phillips
Abingdon
John Saxon
United Mine Workers of
Norton
John D. Rogers
Big Stone Gap
George Morton
Appalachia
R. G. Boatright
Women’s Business and Professional Clubs of
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Coeburn
N. S. Bond
Gate City
J. H. Turner
Fort Blackmore
Thomas B. Wolfe
Speers Ferry
Noah Powers
J. H. T. Sutherland
Clintwood
R. F. Taylor
Saltville
B. L Dickenson
Marion
Charles E. Wiley
Joseph R. Blalock
Quincy Calhoun
J. G Cole
Whitewood
H. Claude Pobst
Grundy
C. Lester Logan
Rock
J. H. Mason
Castlewood
Bailey Jackson
S. B. Quillen
Giles Dickenson
John Henry Smith
Lebanon
Camp Shelby
Miss
Robert Crabtree
147Th (Ohio) Infantry
Dante Man Hurt In Auto Accident
Dante Virginia Walter Hall of Dante seriously injured in a car crash near St. Paul and remains in Clinchfield hospital. Several companions were injured but not seriously. the car left the road on a curve and overturned several times.
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Times’ State News Service
Dante
Walter Hall
St. Paul
Clinchfield Hospital
Postman Kills Three in Missoula After Loss in Suit
Missoula Sheriff links the killings to George R. Smith a 43 year old postman who had sleepless nights since losing a horse ownership suit. Two officers and two other men were shot as Smith fired from his locked home in Rattlesnake Valley. Sheriff reported the bystander Furman Green 35 was fatally wounded.
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Missoula
Mont
Rattlesnake Valley
J. F. Shoblom
George R. Smith
Dick Schipvereit
Montana Power Company
Smith
Lloyd Stringer
Shoblom
Furman Green
Democrats Owe $414617 From Fall Washington Campaign
The Democratic National Committee reported to the clerk of the House that by February 28 it had unpaid obligations from the 1940 presidential campaign totaling 414617. Major dues include hotel service broadcasts and campaign buttons. The US Red Cross relief ship Cold Harbor docked at Marseille and unloaded part of a 1 million dollar cargo enroute to Seville.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Clerk of the House Today
Marseille
France
United States Red Cross
Cold Harbor
Seville
Spain
Wife Seeks Return of $3000 Invested in Husband's Career
Chicago wife Geneva Stokes 25 seeks $3000 spent on her husband Dr Robert Stokes 28 including food for five years entertainment at night clubs and medical education costs. She files for divorce on cruelty grounds and asks recovery rather than alimony. The list covers food 1140 night club visits 660 Kentucky trip 100 and medical books 245.
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Chicago
Geneva Stokes
Robert Stokes
Rudolph Desart
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