24 Mar 1941
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1941
Page
1
Two top American reporters file parallel dispatches from Germany and Britain. Lyle C. Wilson notes a booming German economy under wartime controls, while Joe Alex Morris describes British officials increasingly favoring U.S. entry into the war.
The Senate voted 67 to 9 to pass and send to President Roosevelt a seven billion dollar appropriation to fund the administration's British aid program. The bill, already passed by the House, carried no changes and was hailed by supporters as a peace measure despite opposition from Vandenberg and Brooks.
Governor Cooper issued a requisition to Virginia for the return of Eugene Davenport to Sullivan County. Davenport is charged with house breaking and larceny and is currently in Virginia custody.
About 8500 Sullivan county motorists had not bought 1941 tags Saturday morning as the last minute rush began. County clerk H. W. Copenhaver said 3500 plates were sold that day and he expected about 12000 to be sold in the county before the April 1 deadline with no extension.
Washington reports the Republican National Committee unanimously rejected Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. resignation. Belgrade says Soviet oil exports to Germany are forbidden since March 1, Bulgaria’s axis alignment and German troops on Bulgarian soil. Istanbul notes Berlin pressure on Moscow not to publish views with Ankara until Jugoslavia signs on. New York cites an estimate by the National Coal Association on wage demands by the United Mine Workers, called a misrepresentation by John L. Lewis.
U S Marines patrolled Shanghai international settlement streets after blasts at two banks linked to the Chinese government in Chungking killed 10 and injured 56. Marines secured American property, withdrew when local police were called, then returned amid uncertain tensions. An unexploded two foot long bomb was found at the Farmers Bank, another Chungking affiliated bank. All casualties were Chinese.
Deputy Sheriff Andy Fussell was shot at six times while attempting to arrest men at a roadhouse. A pistol strike to the head followed. He drove back to the scene, causing a collision that left him with a broken jaw, fractured ribs, and chest injuries and in serious condition.
Knudsen told the Senate Appropriations Committee that defense industries would add about 3,000,000 jobs by summer with 2,000,000 positions already filled since last September. He warned some non defense plants may see reduced material flow as the program expands. Budget Director Harold D. Smith noted Britain has spent or obligated 2.7 billion dollars for defense equipment in the U S through January 1, with future U S purchases under lease lend. General Marshall said future British procurement would be handled by the U S government, and the overall bill total included needs of other nations, notably Greece.
The United States will gain formal title to eight British base sites in the Caribbean and Atlantic, with 99 year leases signed in London by Churchill and John G. Winant. The sites include Trinidad Jamaica Antigua St Lucia British Guiana and the Bahamas. Bermuda and Newfoundland were gifts to the U S.
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew presented a strong protest to Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka over attacks and insults against foreign diplomats in Japan. The move followed the February 28 Kobe incident where Count Tascher de la Papère was injured, with reports of police and customs mistreatment.
Detroit 7P Production at the Ford Lincoln plant stopped due to a deficit of automobile frames from Midland Steel Products Co. The shutdown idled about 3,300 Lincoln employees while 500 workers reported for maintenance and defense product assignments.
Republican National Committee chair Joseph W. Martin Jr says the United States is on a path toward war and faces national bankruptcy. He calls for policing the New Deal, unity, and defending defense powers while avoiding harm to the two party system. Willkie distances himself from 1944 speculation and laboring questions.
Soviet Russia reports a looming frontier crisis as Germany shifts troops toward Greece and Bulgaria while Yugoslavia signs to join the Axis. A midnigh t declaration with Turkey is planned as Greece faces possible invasion.
The United States and Canada announce an agreement allowing both nations to build and arm naval vessels in Great Lakes shipyards. The accord revises the Rush-Bagot 1817 interpretation after almost two years of talks, shaping naval operations and armaments in the region.
Mikhail Gorin head of the Soviet Tourist Bureau in Los Angeles is deported to Russia after a espionage conviction. He sailed yesterday from San Pedro on the Columbia after a six year sentence with Hafis Salihh. Gorin paid a 19000 dollar fine and left the United States under a State Department order to never return.
A Gulf Refining gasoline still exploded and burned in South Philadelphia with flames over 200 feet high. No deaths or injuries were reported though nearby windows shattered. Cause was not immediately known. Separately, President Roosevelt signed a 340,526,383 dollar naval public works bill funding Guam Samoa and Atlantic bases.
Rochester New York officials announced that Tennessee Eastman and Eastman Kodak Company workers worldwide will share a wage dividend totaling 2 396 045. About 27 175 employees receive payouts in the western hemisphere with Rochester contributing 1 779 844. The 29th wage dividend follows a 1912 profit sharing plan.
Two Kingsport Tennessee men were injured when a Mason Dixon Lines transport truck loaded with books overturned on highway 50 near Middleburg Virginia. John C. Jacobs and James Tipton were admitted to Washington hospital. Jacobs in serious condition with a fractured leg and other injuries. The books were en route from Kingsport Press to Washington.
Auto and bicycle incidents left four hurt in Sullivan County. Earl Duncan a 15 year old rural route 2 resident fractured his hip while jumping from a bicycle at 11 30 a m Bert Smith 16 of 621 Burch street received a cut finger from metal while painting a sign Roy Feagins 30 of rural route 2 suffered a lip wound in an Eastman road auto collision and Agnes Robbins 58 of Ford town rural route 1 was treated for a fractured shoulder after a fall at her home.
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