Mediation Push Delays GM Strike Across Plants
After an 18 hour session the defense mediation board halted a CIO strike at about 60 General Motors plants for 24 hours. The move aimed to let GM decide whether to adopt the board's settlement recommendations while wage disputes and union shop terms remained at issue.
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Washington
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Defense Mediation Board
Merchants Host Farm Tour for Sullivan Visitors
About 250 men and women from Sullivan County toured Kingsport and Arcadia area farms and homes as part of a county farm tour led by G C Baker and Miss Juanita Bradley. The group viewed Clover seeding pasture improvements and modern kitchens, with stops at Brights garden Old Tavern Blountville Caldwell home and Hicks Arcadia home.
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Sullivan County
Civic Auditorium
Kingsport Merchants Association
G. C. Baker
Juanita Bradley
J.A. Caldwell
Blountville
Caldwell
Guy Akard
Reedy Creek
Miss Bradley
R. H. Taylor
Taylor
Joe Newland
Mack Hicks
Arcadia
Arcadia School
Syria Air Bases Used As Nazis Enter Desert War
The British government announces Germany uses Syrian airfields via French mandated Syria to support air operations against British forces in Iraq. Eden says full authority to attack German planes in Syria breaches the armistice, while reports tie Germany to Iraq and Turkey.
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London
Germany
Iraq
Syria
Eden
Ity
France
Palestine
Cairo
Istanbul
Turkey
Near East
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Trans-Jordan
Wilson
Archibald P. Wavell
Western Desert
Libya
Greece
Mediterranean
Ralph Hopper Enlists in U S Air Corps at 18
Ralph Hopper 18 son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Hopper of 130 Pine Street left for West Palm Beach Florida this morning to join the United States air corps. He previously worked in the Kingsport Times circulation department as a route boy.
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Ralph Hopper
Robert L. Hopper
Pine Street
West Palm Beach
Fla
United States Air Corps
Kingsport Times
FDR Critics Urge U S To Capitalize On Hess Flight
Washington reports senators urged President Roosevelt to push for peace between Britain and Germany after Rudolf Hess landed in Scotland. Wheeler and Brooks called the Hess incident a possible opening for U S mediation, while Pepper warned it could be a German ploy. George doubted constructive U S involvement, citing risk to Britain.
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U. S
Hess
Washington
Rudolf Hess
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
Wheeler
Mont
Scotland
United States
England
Brooks
Ill
Pepper
Fla
Hitler
Munich
Harry Hopkins
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U S Ships Deliver Supplies to French North Africa
Washington announced two shiploads of needed supplies have reached Casablanca in French North Africa with more on the way. Officials said further shipments hinge on France’s role in any German collaboration, and fear intensified German pressure could halt aid if control over the colonies is gained.
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Washington
United States
French North Africa
France
Germany
Casablanca
Atlantic
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Two Are Fined In City Court For Public Drunkenness
Two cases were heard in city court by Judge Napoleon Bond. Both defendants pled guilty to public drunkenness and were fined $15 each. One defendant also forfeited a $15 cash bond after missing the trial. Officers Onkotz Broyles Powell and Riggs acted as prosecutors.
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Napoleon Bond
Onkotz
Broyles
Powell and Riggs
Hess Flight Stirs Debate on British Sportsmanship
An informed German source links Rudolf Hess’s flight to a belief in British sporting fairness. The source cites a February speech urging settlement of disputes in youth sports terms, suggesting Hess trusted such fair play would encourage peace. Hitler may avoid addressing the public about Hess for now.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Hess
Germany
Duke of Hamilton
British radio cites Vichy arrest of 20,000 foreign Jews in unoccupied France
A New York bulletin reports British radio quoting German-controlled sources: Vichy authorities have arrested 20,000 foreign Jews in unoccupied France.
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New York
France
FCC Chairman Fumes at Radio Industry Leadership
St Louis, James L. Fly of the Federal Communications Commission criticized radio industry management as "all too clever, too brilliant" and likened the National Association of Broadcasters’ style to "a dead mackerel in the moonlight" that both shines and stinks.
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St. Louis
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
National Association of Broadcasters
Kingsport Naval Station Planned For Upper East Tennessee
R M Runion chief machinist mate of the U S Navy announced a permanent recruiting station will open in Kingsport after a visit Wednesday. A temporary office will operate at the Kingsport post office room 201 starting Monday to serve Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The Johnson City recruiting station remains under C W Pratt with Runion assisting.
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Kingsport
R. M. Runion
U. S. Navy
Runion
Upper East Tennessee
Virginia
Johnson City
C. W. Pratt
Way Cleared For Passage Of Ship Bill
The Senate moved toward approving the administration bill to acquire idle foreign ships in American ports after Senator Tobey dropped an anti convoy rider. Debate averted, the measure likely clear by nightfall and return to the House for minor amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Tobey
House
Union and Operators Hold Separate Talks on Coal Wage Pact
Southern operator groups and the United Mine Workers met separately in New York as wage talks on the 8 state Appalachian coal field face possible shutdown. UMW President John L. Lewis warned of a potential work stoppage affecting 330000 miners producing 70 percent of the nation's bituminous coal if no agreement is reached this week.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
UMW
John L. Lewis
Appalachian
Child Injured After Fall From Tricycle
Graham Frederick Montgomery age 3 from Church Hill was treated at Holston Valley Community hospital for a deep cut to the upper lip after a fall from a tricycle at home.
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Graham Frederick Montgomery
Church Hill
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Death of Brother Tugs at East River Crash
AP writer John A Moroso reports the drowning of three soldiers after the Fort Slocum launch Q 11 collided with the tug Claremont in the East River. Names given include Sergeant Henry J Moroso of Columbia South Carolina Private Melvin Dalton of Kings Creek Kentucky and Private Clyde Fleming of Pittsburgh. The craft sank after towing a launch to Governor's Island and the rescue effort followed.
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New York
East River
John A. Moroso
Associated Press
Rockefeller Center
Johnny
Henry J. Moroso
Fort Slocum
Claremont
Columbia
S. C
Melvin Dalton
Kings Creek
Clyde Fleming
Pittsburgh
Port Washington
Governor's Island
New Rochelle
Bevin Calls Hess a Murderer Amid British Sentiment Shift
British labor minister Ernest Bevin labeled Rudolf Hess a murderer and questioned his motive in flying to Scotland. Prime Minister Churchill promised a Commons update, while Europe and the Middle East saw new German moves, including landings in Iraq and Syria and tensions over Palestine.
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Ernest Bevin
Fuehrer
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Adolf Hitler
Hess
Bevin
Herr Hess
Germany
Social Democrats
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Hitler
Middle East
Cairo
Iraq
Palestine
Franz von Papen
Istanbul
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Balkan
Suez Canal
Anthony Eden
Syria
Eden
Berlin
London
Britain
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Hudson
William S. Waddell
Mr. Waddell
Mary Spahr
Sullivan County Home Demonstration Council
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Oma Worley
U-T Extension Department
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Tom Cummings
Frank L. Cloud
Nashville Boosters
Frank W. Ziegler
Nashville Chamber of Commerce
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