Coal Operators Reject $1-A-Day Wage Boost in Defense Era
United Mine Workers demands a $1 daily raise and contract changes were rejected by coal operators led by Charles O Neill. They proposed extending the 2 year pact and urged prompt action to avoid mine disruption while suggesting a longer work week could raise wages 14 to 20 percent, boosting output and defense readiness.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Appalachian
Charles O'Neill
United States Eastern Coal Sales Corporation
Joint Conference
O'Neill
John L. Lewis
UMWA
National Defense
U. S
Ezra van Horn
Death of Labor Leader Tom Mann in Grassington
Tom Mann veteran British labor leader dies at his Grassington Yorkshire home. The obituary notes his long career and influence in labor movements in Britain and international workers’ rights campaigns.
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Tom Mann
London
Grassington
Yorkshire
Winter Weather Grips Tennessee and Surrounding States
Snow and plunging temperatures sweep across the region from the Carolinas to Tennessee and Kentucky. NWS reports Nashville and Middle Tennessee seeing light snow with a fourth of an inch by dawn while warmer fronts from the Gulf ease southeast rain in parts of Alabama and Arkansas.
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New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Carolinas
Upper East Tennessee
Mercury
Tri-Cities
Associated Press
Raleigh
Greensboro
N. C
Texas
Gulf
Panhandle
Alabama
Florida
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Paris
Fire damages Brooks Service Station in basement blaze
Fire department officials estimated damage between 25 and 50 dollars in a small fire at Brooks service station at 12 46 p m. The blaze broke out in the basement but was extinguished quickly. Washington officials discussed a 5 percent earned income tax on weekly pay to fund British aid, with potential exemptions for very low wages. Proponents warned of protests and suggested balancing measures on investment income. A Tennessee Coach Company bus carrying thirty passengers went off a highway embankment near Mineral Park Springs near Knoxville, but no injuries were reported.
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Washington
Treasury
White House
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Chattanooga
Tennessee Coach Company
Knoxville
Mineral Park Springs
Out of the Night Author Faces Deportation Proceedings
Immigrations officials opened an inquiry into Jan Waltin author of Out of the Night. His own admissions form the basis for the first step in deportation, with claims of past Communist ties Gestapo work and illegal entry. If deported a broader challenge of where to remove 6,000 warrants aliens looms.
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Washington
P— Immigrations
Jan Valtin
Justice Department
Waltin
Germany
Urge Speed In Passage Of Fund Bill
Washington moved to push the $7 billion peacetime appropriation bill for Britain Greece and China through Congress as the 111 member house appropriations subcommittee reviewed the plan. Officials and Cabinet members testified while Rep Woodrum aimed to finish hearings and bring the measure to the floor with minimal trimming.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Britain
Greece
China
House Appropriations
Capitol Hill
W. F. Smith Heads Housing Unit Here
Walter F. Smith longtime chairman of the Kingsport Housing Authority was reelected for another year to lead the housing unit. George E. Stone was reelected as vice chairman and will serve a five year term on the board. Board terms listed: Sam Milhorn one year C. C. Hamlett two years Walter Smith three years W. R. Gilmer four years George E. Stone five years.
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Walter F. Smith
Kingsport Housing Authority
Board of Directors
George E. Stone
Sam Milhorn
C. C. Hamlett
Walter Smith
W. R. Gilmer
Income Tax Men Active In Scott County
Gate City six deputy tax collectors are in the field throughout Scott county today completing collection of the 1940 levies. Treasurer Leland B. Dougherty announced the collectors and districts: J. W. Cowden DeKalb, J. H. Stallard Floyd, Chester A. Gardner Fulkerson, J. M. Hurd Powell, Worley Jennings Taylor, and H. G. Kilgore Johnson.
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Gate City
Scott County
Leland B. Dougherty
J. W. Cowden
DeKalb
J. H. Stallard
Floyd
Chester A. Gardner
Fulkerson
J. M. Hurd
Powell
Worley Jennings
Taylor
H. G. Kilgore
Johnson
Daughter of Prime Minister Said Safe Amid Bombing Rumor
London report claimed Sarah Churchill Oliver, daughter of Winston Churchill, was killed in a bombing. Her husband Vic Oliver’s secretary said she is quite all right. She was en route to Bradford for a concert. she is 27 and married to American comedian Vic Oliver since Christmas Eve 1936 in New York.
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London
Sarah Churchill Oliver
Winston Churchill
Bradford
Six foot six inch Ryland Jennings sent to camp
Dr. Fred G. McConnell measured Ryland Edward Jennings at six feet six inches for selective service. Gate Cition, a Scott county medical examiner, notes Jennings will soon enter army training and was told he might be made a color bearer. He replied he just wants something to do.
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Gate City
Fred G. McConnell
Scott County
Ryland Edward (Bulldog) Jennings
Gate Cition
Selective Service
Army
Jennings
City Adds Two Traffic Lights On Thoroughfare
Two new traffic signals are now in operation in the city at the Bristol highway Johnson City highway intersection and at Lincoln school. The Johnson City Bristol signal was approved to ease traffic flow and reduce accidents. The school signal aims to safeguard children crossing the street to and from school.
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Bristol Highway
Johnson City
Lincoln School
Noted author and producer Stuart Walker dies at 53
Beverly Hills California stage and screen figure Stuart Walker died of a heart attack at age 53. He founded the Portmanteau Theater and directed repertory companies in Buffalo Detroit Louisville Indianapolis and Cleveland before becoming a motion picture producer. He authored Portmanteau plays and helped dramatize Booth TarkingtonSeventeen. He is survived by his son Arthur H. Walker. Funeral services are set for tomorrow.
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Calif
P—Stuart Walker
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Portmanteau Theater
Buffalo
Detroit
Louisville
Indianapolis
Cleveland
David
Augusta
University of Cincinnati
David Belasco
New York
Jessie Bonstelle
Booth Tarkington
Seventeen
Cincinnati Repertory Company
Paramount Studio
Great Expectations
Sons of the Legion
Emergency Squad
Arthur H. Walker
Navy Urges Rapid Completion of Two Ocean Fleet
Secretary Knox told the House Appropriations Committee that German Italian and Japanese fleets totaled 1 835 009 tons on Jan 1 and that acquisition of the French fleet would raise Axis strength. He warned the two ocean fleet may not be completed until 1946 47 and urged rushing the program. Admiral Stark noted expansion costs while stating no further large-scale additions are planned. Rear Admiral Towers described experiments with color schemes to make submarines harder to spot from the air.
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Washington
Navy High Command
Congress
Knox
House Appropriations Committee
United States
Japan
Far East
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Stark
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Navy
Virginia's Crime Costs Lowered
Richmond Virginia State Auditor L McCarthy Downs announced a net saving of 150679 in crime control costs for the year ended June 30 1940 after audits of sheriffs and sergeants and the record keeping system. He projected that by June 30 1941 plus last year's savings total would reach about 306000 based on 1939 criminal expenses versus reduced costs last year.
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Richmond
Virginia
L. McCarthy Downs
Downs
Ninety Two Tennesseans Serve With 33rd Surgical Hospital
Ninety two Tennesseans will be recruited for service with the 33rd surgical hospital unit attached to the Sixth Cavalry in Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. Lieut. Col. Paul J. Matte announced that selection will be drawn from 250 draftees to be inducted on March 17 and 18. The unit uses large trailer vans and is among the army’s newer outfits.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Sixth Cavalry
Paul J. Matte
Army
Four Kingsport Students Enroll at ETTC
Four Kingsport students join ETTC in the spring quarter as Willie Mae Ivey a senior Virginia Pennington and Maxie Watkins juniors and Polly Sheffield a sophomore register with State Teachers College registrar Dr. Frank Field noting the names and class levels.
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Johnson City
State Teachers College
Kingsport
Frank Field
Willie Mae Ivey
Virginia Pennington
Maxie Watkins
Polly Sheffield
Stock Favorites Hold Steady in Uneven Market
The New York market opened with scattered gains and little rallying action across most sectors. Gains were led by N Y Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works Newport News Shipbuilding Continental Baking United Aircraft Anaconda Great Northern Montgomery Ward and Standard Oil of New Jersey while Bethlehem Chrysler American Telephone American Smelting and Du Pont lagged. Curb support came from Brewster Aero Humble Oil Sherwin Williams Montgomery Ward and Todd Shipyards as defense spending remained a market tailwind amid tax labor and war concerns.
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N. Y. Shipbuilding
Bath Iron Works
Newport News Shipbuilding
Continental Baking “A
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Anaconda
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Standard Oil
N. J
Bethlehem
Chrysler
American Telephone
American Smelting
du Pont
Brewster Aero
Humble Oil
Sherwin Williams
Montgomery Ward
Todd Shipyards
British Push Advance In Somaliland Area
Cairo dispatch reports British imperial forces press the advance in Somaliland as operations continue in all sectors including Italian Somaliland. Middle East command confirms ongoing mop up and combat actions across the theater.
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Somaliland
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Roosevelt freezes Hungarian assets in United States
President Roosevelt announces a action to freeze all funds of Hungary held in the United States in response to the nation’s political actions. The move targets Hungarian financial assets to curb support for Hungary's government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hungary
United States
Government negotiates takeover of British war contracts
A high Washington official said the army and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation are negotiating to gain control of British war contracts valued between 300 million and 350 million dollars in the United States.
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Washington
Army
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Vinson Estimates 1940 Strikes Cost 325 Bombers
Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Committee today estimated that 1940 strikes wasted enough labor to manufacture 325 bombers, highlighting wartime economic impact.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Taxes Collected In Kingsport Area For 1940
Deputy trustee Paris Pendleton reported 239122.64 dollars collected in January and February in Sullivan county's Kingsport office. Half of county taxes are paid there with less than 25 percent remaining. The penalty rises to one percent on March 1 and 1939 taxes will be filed as suits in Kingsport law court Saturday.
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Sullivan County
Paris Pendleton
Kingsport
Pendleton
Kingsport Law Court
Two Convicted In Poll Tax Case
Leo Fryar and Claude Bowling were found guilty of distributing counterfeit poll tax receipts tied to last August's county primary. Each one faces a recommended $150 fine. Marie Klein’s mistrial and Dan Massey’s plea are noted as related cases.
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Chattanooga
Leo Fryar
Claude Bowling
Marie Klein
Dan Massey
Girl Fifth Victim of Turkey Bombing
Teresa Armstrong a 23 year old stenographer for the British legation in Sofia died early today in Istanbul bringing to five the dead from a suitcase bomb attack aimed at George W. Rendel the British minister to Bulgaria. Armstrong suffered leg amputations from the blast at the Pera Palace hotel.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Teresa Armstrong
Sofia
George W. Rendel
Bulgaria
Radford Powder Plant Opening Cited by Government Officials
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Paterson and Major General Charles M. Wesson head a group of 80 officials attending the opening of the Radford powder plant in Virginia. The $44.1 million facility will host a 1 p.m. speaking program with participation from Gov. James H. Price, Gen. Gregory, and other military and industry leaders.
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Radford
Robert P. Paterson
Charles M. Wesson
Army Ordnance Department
Washington
Roanoke
James H. Price
Virginia
Mark M. Serrem
Wesson
Paterson
Gregory
Charles A. Higgins
Hercules Powder Company
Mason and Hangar Company
A. R. Glancy
Berlin Fire Rains Down as RAF Attacks Three Cities
Berlin Hamburg and Bremen endure the heaviest raids yet as Britain expands its air offensive with new night fighters and heavy bombs. German retaliation hits Liverpool while Berlin claims 10,000 bombs dropped on the port. Nazi leaders vow victory as ocean of flames erupt.
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Berlin
Hamburg
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Germany
Dienst Aus Deutschland
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Britain
England
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