Salonika Reports British Troops Land in Numbers
Reports from Gevgelia, Yugoslavia, claim large British troop landings at Salonika Greece with supplies. diplomats in Belgrade note a Balkan settlement and Turkish and Yugoslav questions resolved. Unconfirmed by British and Greek legations, the move follows an order restricting troop movements north of Larisa.
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Salonika
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Aegean Sea
Balkans
Bulgaria
Greece
Aegean
Gevgelia
Berlin
Balkan
Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Eden
Turkey
Tepeleni
Larisa
Pannell Heads Upstate Group
R. W. Pannell of Kingsport was reelected president of the East Tennessee Chiropractic Association at its regular meeting. J. H. Golding of Johnson City was named vice president and R. C. Daniel was secretary treasurer. The group ordered all chiropractors to keep case records as of March 10 and report at the March 1942 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Pannell
Kingsport
East Tennessee Chiropractic Association
J. H. Golding
Johnson City
R. C. Daniel
Defense Bill Near OK in Senate Next Week
The 7 billion dollar defense appropriation moved to the Senate amid confident predictions of swift approval. House Democrats and Republicans united to pass the bill without changes, while Senate hearings began with military officials as first witnesses.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Senate Appropriations
Army
Barkley
D-Ky
Byrnes
D-Sc
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Clark
D-Mo
Rep
Lambertson
R-Kas
Axeman Is Killed Saving 2 Children
In Holland Michigan a 67-year-old man Theodore Anderson died saving seven year olds Lois Moore and George Solemn when a tree he was cutting fell toward them. He braced against the trunk and diverted the tree but was crushed. The tragedy occurred as children played on the lot.
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Holland, Mich
Lois Moore
George Solemn
Theodore Anderson
Anderson
Australia Welcomes Seven U S Navy Ships in Sydney Harbor
Hundreds of thousands line Sydney shores as seven U S warships arrive on a training cruise led by the Chicago. A 21 gun salute and a Royal Australian Air Force salute mark the moment while Acting Prime Minister Fadden sends a greeting from Canberra.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Harbor
United States
Chicago
U. S. Navy
Newton
Royal Australian Air Force
A. W. Fadden
Australian Commonwealth
Canberra
Fadden
Powder Plant Explosion Rattles New Jersey Town
A noon explosion at the Hercules Powder Co plant in Kenvil New Jersey sent shock waves for miles, felt ten miles away in Morristown. No immediate details were available.
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Kenvil
N. J
Hercules Powder Co
Morristown
British Submarines Sink Italian Convoys
London reports three British submarines attacked Italian convoys and sank two supply vessels. The admiralty says another was almost certainly destroyed and two troop transports were hit, one of which is considered completely destroyed.
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London
Admiralty
Coal executives expect new UMWA contract by April first
Ezra Van Horn a Cleveland coal executive and spokesman for Appalachian bituminous operators said a new contract with the United Mine Workers of America could be negotiated by April 1 termination date of the present pact if joint negotiators pursued close discussions of the issues.
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New York
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Landslide Clips Pennsylvania Rails Near Pittsburgh
A hillside gave way sending more than 700000 tons of earth onto Pennsylvania Railroad tracks along the Allegheny River. The slide narrowly missed a freight train and halted traffic on the Conemaugh and Buffalo divisions while nearly blocking the Allegheny River Boulevard.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad
Conemaugh and
Buffalo
Eastman Cooperative Wage Dividend Announced For 1941
Tennessee Eastman Corporation posts a noon notice of a 1941 wage dividend totaling over 315000 dollars to eligible employees. Payments next Monday exceed last year’s 261000 dollar distribution and reflect five year service earnings, with active military personnel eligible if meeting requirements.
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Tennessee Eastman Corporation
United States
Eastman Kodak Company
Board of Directors
Hearings Began On Knoxville Transit Lines Case
The state railroad and public utilities commission opened hearings on changes to Knoxville transit service and a rate reduction. Representatives from the transit lines, the city of Knoxville, the motormen's union, and a civic organization attended the session in Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Knoxville Transit Lines
Transit Lines
Knoxville
Motormen’s Union
Girl's Leg Broken In Auto Accident
Blanche Hamm six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hamm is treated at Community hospital for a broken left leg after being struck by an auto on Roller street near Kingsport Press. Patrolman Massengill says the car driven by Marshall Mahan of Cloud's Ford. Minor head injuries also noted. Returning home from school about 3 20 p m.
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Blanche Hamm
Elmer Hamm
Roller Jr
Paul Massengill
Kingsport
Marshall Mahan
Cloud
Ford
Track Sleeper Escapes Death
A police patrol car found a man asleep on railroad tracks in Charlotte. An engine had sliced loose his shoe from his toe while he slept. the man was charged with drunkenness.
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Charlotte
N. C
Train Derailment Thought Mistake
Conductor W M Scheiber testified at an ICC hearing that 44 Russian diplomats or engineers may have ridden the Manhattan Limited before a derailment near Cleveland Pittsburgh tracks. He noted two special sleeping cars with 44 passengers and a uniformed group on the rear sleeper, while officials said no sabotage was found.
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Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Cleveland-to-Pittsburgh
ICC
W. M. Scheiber
Iccc
Six Trainmen Die In Freight Crash At Spartanburg
Six trainmen were killed when two heavily loaded Southern Railway freight trains collided head on in Spartanburg South Carolina. Bodies crushed and pinned in wreckage two men escaped. One freight was bound for Columbia and the other for Spartanburg. Officials began an investigation.
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Spartanburg
S.C_—P
Southern Railway System
Columbia
Glendalyn Avenue
Cheren Bombing Report From North Africa RAF Update
The Royal Air Force reported a dive bombing and machine gun assault against Italian positions around Cheren in Eritrea and heavy attacks on shipping at Tripoli during North Africa operations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cheren
Eritrea
British
Royal Air Force
Tripoli
Libya
North Africa
RAF
Japanese Move Rumored Across Indochina to Thailand
Widespread reports attributed to Associated Press claim Japan plans within two weeks to deploy 100000 troops from Hainan Island across central French Indo China into Thailand. No independent source confirmation available.
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Saigon
Associated Press
Hainan
Thailand
London Under Fire as German Raids Surge in Darkness
Nazi warplanes dropped 10 000 incendiaries and high explosive missiles on London in a six hour assault, leaving extensive destruction and casualties. Berlin claimed a unprecedented raid on the British capital eclipsing Coventry while Allied fronts reported Greek bravado and strategic moves in the Balkans.
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London
Berlin
Empire
Coventry
Belgrade
Tepeleni
Athens
Viosa
Thames River
Victoria and Albert
King George V
Thames
Hitler
High Command
Britain
From the Air Germans Slash at British Lifeline
German air attacks sever British lifelines as smoke and fire rise across the lines. Allied defenses attempt to hold back a wave of raids targeting transportation, supply routes, and communication hubs.
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Germany
Net
Pannell
Axeman
Rome
Marda Pass
Jijiga
Ethiopia
U. S
Bulletins
Pennsy
Eastmans
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Salzburg
Austria
Knox Transit
British Isles
Edson
Dorothy Dix
Society
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