Radford powder plant dedication signals U S industrial push
A high level ceremony at Radford, Virginia marked the $44 million powder plant as a key step in national defense. Under secretary Patterson praised rapid construction by 21 000 workers and 121 000 in related efforts, promising the first production line starts next week with 100 000 pounds daily output.
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Radford
Val 2
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
America
C. M. Wesson
Army Thief of Ordnance
United States
Army
Charlestown
Ind
Childersburg
Ala
FDR to Speak on Defense Aid At White House Dinner
President Roosevelt will address the nation by radio at 9 30 p.m. Eastern time from the White House during the annual dinner with the White House Correspondents Association. He will discuss defense aid to nations fighting aggressors and left unspecified details about naval transfers or cargo vessels. Secretary Stimson indicated more information would come later as lend lease funding advances through Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Stimson
Great Britain
Hull
Knox
Woodrum
House Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Senate
Erwin Firm Wins Defense Contract for Housing and Gear
The P Defense Advisory Commission reports Tennessee firms received 3804368 in defense contracts from Feb 16 to 28. Army awards total 340822 and Navy orders amount to 39638. Chattanooga based Mark K Wilson Co won a 50 unit housing project at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia.
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Washington
Chattanooga
May Hosiery Mills
Nashville
Southeastern Shirt Corp
Lafollette
Fly Manufacturing
Shelbyville
Stein Way Clothing Co
Erwin
O'Bryan Bros., Inc
Robinson Manufacturing Co
Dayton
Musgrave Pencil Co., Inc
Anderson-Tully Co
Memphis
Principal Freed In Election Case In Chattanooga
Dan Massey, principal of a county school, was acquitted on charges of distributing counterfeit poll tax receipts in the county primary last August. He was the fourth of eight indicted to go to trial. two others were convicted and fined $150, another case ended in a mistrial. The Massey case ends trial for the term with four others remaining.
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Chattanooga
Dan Massey
Massey
Byersons
Clipper Strikes In Clifton And Lyndhurst Seeks Suspect
Clifton and Lyndhurst police hunt a thief nicknamed Jack the Clipper who has assaulted three women in a month. He approaches at night, whispers guess who, snips a hair lock, and escapes with the victim’s hat asksew. He has struck twice in Clifton and once in Lyndhurst.
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Clifton, N. J
P— Lyndhurst
Clifton
Jack the Clipper
Lyndhurst
Troy
Mine Contract Negotiations Open for Two-Year UMWA Pact
New York reports subcommittees began formal talks on a two-year contract covering nearly 450 000 United Mine Workers of America members in eight Appalachian states. Operators push to extend the current deal while miners seek a $1 per day raise and better conditions. The talks hinge on a March 31 expiry and a possible retroactive wage increase if talks succeed after that date.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Appalachian
North
John L. Lewis
Union
New U S Agency Takes Over Defense Offices
Washington reports the office of emergency management assumed control of the defense commission and the office of production management. Officials say the switch yields mainly a new telephone number with little practical change in operations.
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Washington
Office of Emergency Management
Defense Commission
Office of Production Management
Fifth Auto Victim In Nashville This Year Figures Rise
A 70-year-old Black man was fatally struck by a car as he stepped from a bus in Nashville. The Davidson county traffic fatalities this year total ten, up from eight at this time last year, with the city recording five death notices.
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Nashville
Davidson County
Uncle Sam Calls Skilled Workers to Voluntary Registration
The government urged unemployed workers with urgent defense skills to register for a national talent pool. Targeted trades include aircraft, shipbuilding, and machinery, with registrations open to those not currently employed in these fields. Register at the state employment service offices or local post offices. Kingsport office is at Cherokee Motor Co. building on Cherokee Street.
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Washington
Federal Security
Paul V. McNutt
Kingsport
Cherokee Motor Co
Cherokee Street
Truth Distorted By Goebbels and Willkie Clash
Wendell Willkie accuses Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels of distortion in a statement denouncing a Berlin tale that his grandfather left Germany due to being swindled by a Jew. He asserts his grandfather hated German autocracy and militarism and understood Jewish and minority problems. Willkie argues millions of Germans under Hitler still cling to those beliefs.
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New York
Wendell Willkie
Goebbels
Willie
Germany
Berlin
Willkie
Hitler
Public shifts toward war risk in Japan expansion
Princeton surveys show a stiffening U S attitude toward Japan as public opinion shifts from opposing war to risking war to prevent Japanese expansion. The February and current polls both ask if the United States should risk war to stop Japan from taking the Dutch East Indies and Singapore.
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Princeton
N. J
Berlin
Orient
United States
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Institute
Legion Leaders Speak at Volunteer Boys State Meeting
Governor Edwin P. Bassett and Commander Bascom F. Jones will address the Volunteer Boys State gathering at the American Legion post in Johnson City on Saturday. The event, tied to the Legion’s 22nd birthday, features a 6 p.m. dinner for Legion and auxiliary members and a 7:30 p.m. program open to the general public with civic club reps and eleventh grade boys from the area invited. A large Kingsport delegation is expected.
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Edwin P. Bassett
Bascom F. Jones
American Legion
Johnson City
Legion
Auxiliary
Kingsport
Hospital Staff Plans Library Expansion At Holston Valley
The Holston Valley Community hospital medical staff met with 22 physicians in attendance. They announced a cooperative plan to add ten scientific journals to the staff library and to bind journals with staff appropriations. Thirty physicians in Kingsport and nearby within 25 miles belong to the staff.
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Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
U S Urges Urgent Shipping Aid From Britain and Food Help
London states Britain seeks swift U S help to bolster merchant shipping under lend lease and to secure foodstuffs. Sir Arthur Salter and Robert H Brand will head missions to coordinate aid, with Brand linked to Lloyds Bank and Lazard Brothers. Churchill and King George VI noted in farewell audience to Salter.
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London
Britain
United States
No. 10
Downing Street
Churchill
Arthur Salter
Ministry of Shipping
U. S
Robert H. Brand
United States Administration
Minister of Food
Commons
House of Commons
Brand
Sir Arthur
George VI
Privy Council
Oxford
Lloyds Bank
the Times Publishing Company
Lazard Brothers and Company, Merchant Bankers
Lady Astor
Chiswell Dabney Langhorne
Draft List Questionnaires Mailed by Kingsport Draft Board
Draft list shows questionnaires mailed Thursday to numerous individuals across Kingsport addresses including J. R. Litton Vance Street W. M. Copas Lynn Garden J. H. Johnson Willow Street J. L. Bower Rt. 4 Oscar Overbay Mt. 4 and other names with street and route details. The list includes many residents and some corporate or institutional identifiers such as Huddle Electric and Sullivan locations.
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Kingsport
J. R. Litton
Vance St
W. M. Copas
Lynn Garden
J. H. Johnson
Willow
J. L. Bower
Smith Gilbert
T. T. Hammond
Chestnut
John
Oscar Overbay
G. J. Carter
D. J. Hughes
Sord Sullivan
R. V. Bass
Huddle Electric
J. EK. Norris
M. P. Covert
FP. L. Commett
Catawba
FR. K. Powers
Virgil St
EL Hooker
R. H. Vaughn
Mse
RMR
Morelock
Highland
J. J. Wagner
Riverside
Hershel Gilliam
Knoxville Highway
W. K. Dean
Dale St
Z. E. Adams
Willow St
Philip Dean Evans
Dale
World War I Fund Swells Charity Chest
Red Cross contributions in Brownsville Tennessee grew the charity treasury this year after staff found an old cigar box in a safety deposit box. The box held $75 in silver, several 1917 dated checks, and a money order.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Red Cross
Baltimore taxi firm hires girl drivers amid manpower drain
A Baltimore taxi company says army and defense industry demand has depleted male workers, forcing a return to 1917 18 practice of using women as drivers. Dorothy Alsop, a former waitress, touches up while awaiting a fare.
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Army
Baltimore
Dorothy Alsop
Army Lieutenant dies in hotel fire in Athens Georgia
Lieutenant Bush Snead of Nashville plunges from the Holman hotel ninth floor as fire sweeps the room. Captain John T. McCall awakens Snead and fights the blaze with a blanket before escaping. Fire origin unclear. Snead struck an auto below and died instantly. Snead 39, married, father of one. attached to the 105th observation squadron. Captain McCall and Snead were en route to Fort Jackson for active duty. Snead’s brother Jerome, a former UT football player, drowned last year trying to rescue two children.
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Athens
Bush Snead
Nashville
Tenn
Holman Hotel
John T. McCall
Snead
Fort Jackson
S. C
E. F. Lester
McCall
105Th Observation Squadron
University of Tennessee School of Engineering
105Th
Jerome Snead
U. T
Ft. Walton
Fla
Reserve Officers To Hear Executive D B Benscoter
Kingsport reserve officers will hear Major D B Benscoter executive officer of the Knoxville area in Civic auditorium tonight. He will discuss European tactics drawn from intelligence reports and only army and navy reserve officers will be admitted.
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Kingsport
D. B. Benscoter
Knoxville
Civic Auditorium
Intelligence Department
Army
Navy
Stocks Rally Slightly Amid Mixed Demand
New York stocks edged toward a rally amid light demand and mixed results. Steels and specialty issues led a modest advance with some declines nearby, while bonds and commodities showed strength. Notable early bid names included U S Steel Bethlehem Western Union Chrysler Santa Fe and Loews among others.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Western Union
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Great Northern
U. S. Rubber
N. Y. Shipbuilding
Electric Boat
Loew's
Johns-Manville
International Harvester
United Aircraft
Curtiss-Wright
Allied Chemical
Anaconda
Douglas Aircraft
Montgomery Ward
Eastman Kodak
Dow Chemical
American Can
Dead End Kid Escapes Injury In Sandstone Incident
Bobby Jordan of the Dead End Kids escaped serious injury when a 16 ounce sandstone chunk fell from a highway dump truck and shattered the car windshield. He suffered a small cut on the hand while Virgil Wacks, the driver, was showered with glass as they traveled near the Trail of the Lonesome Pine in St Charles Virginia.
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St. Charles
Bobby Jordan
Jordan
Virgil Wacks
Lonesome Pine
Body of Canadian woman found in shallow grave north of Gainesville
Ruth Rawlins, 33, of Canada and winter visitor, was identified by Chief Vaughn. Two St. Petersburg taxi drivers Frank Hogan and Earl Allen confessed to killing her in Allen's apartment, packing the body in a blanket, then driving 115 miles to bury it near Gainesville. They were arrested by Sheriff Law's deputies at Brooksville.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
E. D. Vaughn
Ruth Rawlins
Canada
Gainesville
Frank B. Hogan
Earl J. Allen
Neil F. Law
Brooksville
Allen
Law
Youth Is Injured In Bike Accident At Intersection
Nick Patton an 18 year old student and Times carrier suffered a fracture of the right ankle when his motor bike collided with a car at the Sevier Terrace and Sullivan Boulevard intersection. He received treatment at Community hospital.
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Nick Patton
Route 2
Old Kingsport
Dobyns-Bennett
Times
Patton
Community Hospital
Sevier Terrace
Sullivan Boulevard
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