G Man Slayers Seized In Abingdon
Two army deserters who shot and killed FBI Agent Hubert J. Treacy Jr and wounded another were captured after a gun battle in an Abingdon house. The arrests ended a multi hour manhunt that began when they robbed a taxi driver in Cleveland Tennessee and fled toward Lebanon Southwest Virginia. Treacy died at the scene and agent Charles L. Tignor was severely wounded while pursuing the fugitives.
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Abingdon
FBI
Virginia
Hubert J. Treacy, Jr
Roanoke
Charles L. Tignor
Bristol
Fort Oglethorpe
Charles J. Lovett
James Evans Testerman
H. L Bobbitt
Richmond
Tennessee
Cleveland
Tenn
Treacy
Tignor
Nashville
Jookout
Wallace Ford
Ford
Andy Hilton
Troy Combs
Hilton
Combs
Elizabeth Kreger
Lebanon
Chattanooga
Charles F. Landreth
Rossville
Sweetwater
Washington
J. Edger Hoover
Pittsburgh
New York City
Fordham College
Georgetown University
St. John's University
Brooklyn
Tigner
Hindman
University of Kentucky
Boston
Sailor Risks Life For Truxton Mates
Sailor Densle D. Mowell, a fireman first class on the destroyer Truxton, earned praise for bravery after rescuing shipmates from a sinking vessel off Newfoundland. In icy 22 degree water, he helped free a boat line and clung to the wreck as waves battered the ship, then swam toward shore with a friend before being carried to a navy hospital for thawing.
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Cuda Mowell
Kingsport
Nena R. Mowell
Willowstreet
Cless
U. S
Sam
Mowell
Truxton
Newfoundland
Moawell
Bowell
Sam Miles
Big Stone Gap
Mowcell
Mawell
Mad Dog Fillers Taken to Death in Wheelchairs
Ossining New York reports William Esposito and his brother Anthony, aged 30 and 36, described as "mad dog killers," were executed in Sing Sing prison after a midtown robbery attempt in 1941. Both brothers, once active criminals, endured months of confinement and starvation before execution.
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Ossining
N.Y.P
William Esposito
New York Street
Fifth Avenue
Edward 7. Maher
Sing Sing
Anthony
Alfred Klausman
Red Offensive Beats Nazis To Punch In Donets Basin
Soviet forces led by Marshal Semeon Timoshenko reportedly hurled up to 1.7 million troops into a pre spring push to seize the Donets Basin and push toward the Caucasus. London observers noted a major drive near Knieper Bend as Germans countered with reserves. Reports claimed heavy German losses and Soviet advances near Moscow and in the Kalinin region, with widespread engagements and claims of breaking German resistance.
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Red
Donets Basin
London
Semeon Timoshenke
Donets
Cauasus
Stockholm
Knieper
Ukraine
Dnieperopetrovsk
Mostow
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Leningrad
Kalinin
Lake Timon
I Sea of Azov
Berlin
Starsya Russal
Lake Iimen
Amateur Photographers Urged Not to Photograph Military Objects
Washington P Byon Price, censorship director, asks amateurs to avoid shooting military subjects such as fortifications and troops. He warns even private domestic circulation can harm and border prints require government supervision before export. Price cites prior government-approved photos and editor checks, noting Pearl Harbor changed mailing rules.
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Washington
Byron Price
Price
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
Charges against Crump group condemned in senate debate
Senator Mc Kellar said Evans, publisher of the Nashville Tennessean and Chicago Sun, was wrong to claim the Crump organization in Memphis was built through poll tax laws. Evans testified to senate committee that such a machine made defeating Crump-backed candidates nearly impossible in Tennessee.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D-Tonn
Senate Today
Ed Crump
Memphis
Silliman Evans
Evans
Nashville Tennesseatt
The
Chicago Sun
Senate Pubfo Minutes
Crump
Tennessee
Wage Control as War Measure Circulated for Study
President Roosevelt said wage control is being studied as a wartime measure. He declined to discuss a wage ceiling as an anti inflation step but noted the entire issue is under consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
FDR Weighs Veto of Farm Bill Over Parity Ban
An administration source says President Roosevelt may veto the 695 million farm supply bill to block government stocks sold below parity. He had urged removing the parity ban to curb living costs, while Senate backed the loan measure and House debated removing funds for administration programs. A veto would send the bill back to Congress for overhaul before farmer benefits begin July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Bankhead-Jones
Parks Heads Highway Group in Kingsport Set
J H Parks of Kingsport is the new president of the Highway 11-W association with George Young as vice president. Burleigh Day of Pressmen's Home is secretary and treasurer. The pair were elected last night at a meeting in Kingsport Inn. The next meeting is set for April ? at 7 p.m. in the Kingsport Inn.
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Rogersville
J. H. Parks
Kingsport
George Young
Burleigh Day
Pressmen’s Home
Mr. Parks
Kingsport Inn
R. L. Peters
Mr. Young
C. B. Hay
Low Bible
Maxwell Hurst
Seven Sentenced In Spy Trial At Federal Court
Seven defendants in the nation’s first spy trial since U.S. entry into the war received a total of 117 years in prison for espionage conspiracy. Sentences ranged from 12 to 20 years, with two admitted guilty before trial and others receiving 15 or 20 year terms.
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New York
Henry W. Goddard
United States
Goddard
Ring
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Fremont
Rene C. Froelich
Governors Island
L1st Army
Paul T. Borchardt
Helen Pauline Mayer
Karl Wistor Mueller
Mans Helmut Pagel
Frederick Edward Schlosser
Brooklyn
Bund
Lucy Boehmler
Long Island
Carl Herman Schroetter
Miami
Fla
U boat shells tanker crew and sinks ship in Caribbean
Four sailors from a 28 aboard medium U S tanker report the vessel was shelled by a submarine near the Caribbean on February 28. The ship sank in five hours after firing about 200 shells, while lifeboats and rafts were smashed. They and others were later rescued. fate of Captain J. J. Nielsen and 33 crew members unknown.
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Philadelphia
Tate
U. S
Caribbean Sea
Caribbear
J. J. Nielsen
Gulf of Corporation
Gulfirade
New Jersey
Barnegat Light
Bardly
Booth
British Chinese Join Forces In Burma Battle
A military commentator says British and Chinese troops have joined forces on the Toungoo Highway north of Rangoon in Burma. Fronts reported along the Prome road near Tharrawaddy, with Chinese forces described as good troops but light on heavy artillery. A later note mentions a special meeting of Lovedale Lodge No. 401 on Malin Street at 7:30 p.m. with third degree members eligible.
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London
Toungoo
Rangoon
Burma
Pegu
Yaunglebir
Rangoon-Mandalay
Prome Road
Tharrawaddy
I, Qo, O. F. Lovedale Lodge No. 401
Malin Street
W. BE .Brow
Solomons Reported Endangered Threat to Supply Route
Australian air force reports Japanese naval movement near the Solomon Islands. RAAF says a carrier task force was seen off Kessa on Buka Island, with bombing of Gasmata on New Britain and fighter activity. Indications point to possible southeast sweep toward New Zealand or a broader New Guinea invasion aim.
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Melbourne
Japan
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
United States
New Zealand
Kessa
Buka
New Britain
Solomions
Australia
RAAF
Gasmata
Bougainsville
New Hebrides
Timor
Istana
Lae
Salamaua
U S Bombers Destroy Five Enemy Airplanes
Washington reports five American heavy bombers destroyed five enemy planes in a raid two days earlier on Japanese held Salamaua airfields. Details appear in the Pacific Front.
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Washington
War Department
Salamaua
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W. H. Murphy
Knoxville
Clifton Hall
Iga
Murphy
Third Cavalry
Fort Oglethorp
Lovett
Sandstreet
Lanchburg
Truxton Mates
Jimmie Lyle
North Atlantic Ocean
Densle D. Mowell
Densie Mowell
Bulletins
McKellar
FDR
Parks Heads Highway Group
Times! State News Service
Solomons
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