Convoys showdown nears over British aid delivery
The Washington policy clash over hastening Britain’s aid escalates as Wickard calls for full force in aid deliveries while ships in U.S. ports spur debate on requisitioning. Senators weigh restrictions on transferring seized Axis vessels, and German protests focus on rights and legal limits. Portland judge jokes penalty for offside in traffic case.
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Public Opposed To Views Of Lindbergh Poll Finds
Nation wide survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows about two thirds of voters familiar with Lindbergh’s foreign policy views disagree. Agreement 24 percent, disagreement 63 percent, 13 percent undecided. Younger voters show 25 percent agreement, 63 percent disagreement. The poll clarifies it measures views on policy, not patriotism.
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RAF Pounds Nazis In Biggest Raid Of War
RAF launched its largest bombing sweep of the war, dropping hundreds of tons of explosives and tens of thousands of fire bombs on Hamburg Bremen and Berlin. British warplanes reached as far as Posen while Luftwaffe attacked English cities. The Cornwall sank a German commerce raider in the Indian Ocean, with 27 British sailors rescued and 53 German survivors captured.
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Funds Of Powerful German Firm Seized
Attorney General Jackson announced the United States attached the funds of I G Farbenindustrie for failing to appear in court under the Sherman act. Funds are in National City Bank of New York and action aims to enforce anti trust laws amid German licensing in the United States. The company is among six indicted corporations including Aluminum Company of America and Dow Chemical Company.
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New Strike Threatens and Settlements Across Industries
Fourteen hundred Pennsylvania Greyhound bus line workers agreed to return to work today under arbitration led by Labor Secretary Perkins. In Alabama about 9,000 coal miners prepared to resume production Monday after a new contract raised daily pay from $4 to $5. A 2,400 AFL machinists strike threat loomed in Bethlehem shipyards, with demands for wage increases to $1.15 and overtime pay. Other actions included a Detroit labor dispute with Ex-Cell-O workers seeking a 10 cent raise, a Puget Sound area CIO woodworkers strike, and a LaPorte Indiana Allis-Chalmers settlement pending union ratification. A broader Detroit building trades and trucking walkout threatened to back AFL Teamsters against lumber dealers over a closed shop and higher wages.
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Bruce and Myers Named as Alderman Candidates
Glenn Bruce and J. E. Myers filed petitions to qualify as alderman candidates for the June 7 city election. Incumbents E. W. Tipton and J. L. Kincheloe will not run. Bruce, former board member and head of General Shale, previously served as vice mayor. Myers, a local contractor, enters his first public office bid.
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First Guard Drill Tuesday in Kingsport unit
Kingsport Tennessee State Guard unit announces its first drill Tuesday at 7 p m Captain W J Donnelly states 25 enrolled with a goal of 60 and more may enlist Tuesday night and on subsequent drills. Max Y Parker Holiston Mills head was first to enlist. Cap Donnelly says bayonets rifles uniforms and equipment are on order and furnished by the state.
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Industry Leader Urges U S to End Dallying on Labor Policy
Walter D Fuller president of the National Association of Manufacturers and Curtis Publishing Co told a Southern California conference that the United States must quit dilly-dallying and craft a constructive labor policy. He noted a 24 percent rise in output in 11 months but said more must be done as defense industry strikes cost 1,577,816 man days of armament production.
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Kingsport preps for 1500 graduates reception
Kingsport decorates Broad Street and Civic Auditorium for a large graduation reception hosting 1500 seniors from 44 East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia high schools. Judge Shelburne Ferguson will speak. prize money of 1000 dollars, theater party with Ziegfeld Girl, and a Graduates Parade led by Dobyns Bennet and Penniton Gap bands are planned.
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1500 Children Parade In Kingsport Blue Ribbon Event
Approximately 1500 Kingsport school children honored in health marched in the Blue Ribbon Parade led by the Dobyns Bennett high school band. They moved from Circle to the business district with schools marching in numbered order. Dr. J W Erwin planned to announce the school with the most ribbon winners later today.
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Scouts to Aid In Sale of Bonds in Kingsport
Raymond T. Lee of the Sequoyah Council announces Kingsport Boy Scouts will place defense bond posters in business houses and along streets in the business district. Scouts will also advertise the program by distributing Be Prepared cards in their communities to support the national effort.
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Women's Clubs Fail To Pick Convention Site
Knoxville Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs adjourned without selecting a convention site for 1942. President Mrs. S. W. Duggan said the meeting place would be chosen next September after not receiving any invitations for the event.
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Immigration roundup and Italian action in Aegean
Federal immigration operatives in New York seized 160 German seamen on Wednesday and now arrest several Italians while seeking hundreds more accused of permit overstays. In Rome, Italian forces occupy Greek islands Samos and Furni in a joint air and sea operation announced by the high command.
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United States ships to Red Sea amid Axis threats
The United Press reports 27 U S merchant ships are to be sent into the Red Sea despite Axis threats to sink them. The move signals intensified naval operations as tensions with Axis powers rise.
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Royal Air Force claims destruction of Iraq air force
British forces report probable destruction of the Iraq air force after two bombing raids on Kakuba and Shahnaban fields near Baghdad. Iraqi remnants withdraw toward Ramadi and Falluja as British salvage operations continue and reports place Rashid Ali Al Gailani fleeing Baghdad amid demonstrations.
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Roosevelt Says U S Is At War Except for Sending Troops
Captain James Roosevelt, observer for the U S Marine Corps, told Cairo that the United States is in the war except for sending troops. He arrived after Basra, Iraq, and said British control of the Iraqi crisis appears solid while German airmen may be aiding Iraq with American-made planes. Roosevelt carried a message from the President to King Farouk and discussed Iraq’s volatile eight day conflict and possible shifts toward cooperation with Britain.
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