Fire destroys Belvidere Club in Kingsport blaze
Early Saturday fire leveled the Belvidere building on the Johnson City highway edge of Kingsport. Built in 1932 by Henry Miller, it housed the Silver Dollar and Club Belvidere before Eddie's Steak House, then used by First Baptist church for a mission. Loss near $10,000 with contents ruined. origin undetermined but suspected electrical.
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Bills Binkley
Belvidere
Johnson City
First Baptist Church of
Kingsport
Ol Club Belvidere
Henry Miller
Club Belvidere
Eddie
First Baptiste Church
Miller
Upper East Tennessee
Virginia
U S Officials Silent On Laval Reply In Martinique Dispute
Washington notes Laval rejected most US proposals over Martinique while denying direct talks with Vichy. State Department says negotiations continue with local French authorities on the Caribbean island and discusses steps to neutralize French warships, maintaining US stance not to deal with Laval on Martinique.
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Washington
Pierre Laval
United States
Martinique
Met
State Department
Caribbean
Leva
Sullivan Party Leaders to Meet in Blountville Monday
The Sullivan County Republican Executive Committee will convene Monday at 2 p m in Blountville, announced by chairman B M Brown. Vacancies on the committee are expected to be filled and several candidates for county offices are likely to announce at the gathering.
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Sullivan County
Republican Executive Committee
Blountville
B. M. Brown
Henderson Seeks Wage Stabilization Amid Inflation Warning
Washington P Price Administrator Leon Henderson told the house ways and means committee that wage stabilization is essential or he will urge the president to take other action. In closed session he warned that wage increases pose a grave inflationary danger, intensifying interest in a general sales tax to help raise 8.76 billion dollars.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House
Ways and Means
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Henderson
Union Council names J G Stone state president
Norton Virginia union elects T G Store as president of the Virginia State Industrial Union Council at its annual convention. Lloyd P. Vaughan is re elected secretary treasurer. Directors elected include Farley Older R A Johnson Tony Samander Benny Blue Thomas Hunter Robert Mills J C Oliver W A Richards J K Hobinatte and Robbie May Riddick. David S. George of the War Production Board seminar urged labor channels with government. Frank McCallister urged continued fight against the poll tax. A telegram praising Phillip Murray CIO leader was directed.
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Norton
IP T. G. Store
United Mine Workers
Virginia State Industrial Union Council
CIC
Silag, Switzer
Roanoke
Lloyd P. Vaughan
Richmond
M. J. Schaeffer
Farley Older
R. A. Johnson
Ricamond
Tony Samander
Benny Blue
Thomas Hunter
Robert Mills
Norfolk
J. C. Oliver
Big Island
W. A. Richards
Front Royal
J. K. Hobinatte
Poeshontas
Robbie May Riddick
Suffolk
David 5. George
War Production Board
Frank McCallister
Southern Workers Defense League
Price Ceiling Takes Effect For Retailers Monday
Washington officials announce the price ceiling regulation becomes effective Monday for retailers. Stores must display price lists publicly on prominent sheets rather than in binders or layered sheets. The cap covers most foods. exemptions include eggs poultry mutton lamb vegetables fruits and print media. A second phase on July 1 limits service charges by laundries auto and radio repair, with exemptions for dentists doctors lawyers barbers and beauty shops.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Worker in Church Found Dead in Hazard Kentucky
Bertha Lehman 27 formerly of Kingsport Tennessee, church secretary and Young People’s worker, was found murdered Friday night en route home. James L. Robertson 25, a railroad employee, was arrested on murder and criminal assault charges. Governor Keen Johnson sent a special investigator. a church service is planned, and Lehman’s burial will pass to Kingsport.
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Hazard
Perry County
Marunel Cornett
Bertha Lehman
Kingsport
Tenn
Sherif Cornett
James L
Wildman) Robertson
Pyte
Robertson
First Presbyterian Church
John M. Combs
Combs
Miss Lehman
Richmond
Young People's Department
The
Presbyterian Publishing Company
Thhe
Keen Johnson
Lehman
Sunany
William Lehman
Bristol Highway
Loretta Lehman
John W. Leh
Camp McClellan
Flames and Water Damage Hit Wanola Street Home
A fire at 138 East Wanola Street damaged Walton and McAfee apartments around 10 p.m. Saturday. The upstairs Walton unit sustained most of the damage, while McAfee’s unit had water damage but no fire. Fire Chief Roy Pyle suspects defective wiring started the blaze. neighbors alerted authorities before fire crews arrived. The house, owned by M. J. Gillenwater, had no early damage estimate.
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C.F. McAfee
Willard J. Walton
East Wanoa Street
Walton
McAfee
Roy Pyle
M. J. Gillenwater
Hitler’s War Declaration Shocks German Public Opinion
An Associated Press dispatch from Lisbon recounts German reactions to Hitler’s December war declaration on the United States. It notes how even loyal followers and Goebbels misread outcomes, with widespread belief among Germans that Roosevelt sought war and Hitler overestimated popular support. The piece also describes German jitters, the failed propaganda narrative, and the shock at Hitler’s turn to prolonged conflict.
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Lisbon
P.hitler
United States
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Japan
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
Bad Neuheim
Lochner
Springfield
Til
Lachner
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Japanese drive repulsed at Mong Lin in eastern Burma
Chinese forces claimed to have driven out a Japanese force of about 16 000 with heavy tanks and 20 field guns from Mong Lin in eastern Burma on May 13. Casualties and captured matériel were reported. Battles also on the Selwyn river crossings near Keng Hkam and near Kengtung with clashes across the Shan states.</analysis to=final code>
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Chungking
Mong Lin
Burma
Ttown
Tthe
Shan States
Bfong Lin
Selween River
Keng Hkam
Kengtung
Mong Hai
Yunnan Province
China
Salween River
Burma Road
Paoshan
India
Bengal
Keng- Ling
Thailand
Monglin
Mongahi
Zurma Road
Japanese Open New Offensives Against China
Japanese dispatches report large scale army operations in four Chinese provinces and air raids on others. Domei says mop up drives are destroying Chinese troops in Shantung Hopeh and Shansi, with Tengyuel occupied in Yunan. Shanghai notes raids on Chusen Hengchow and Yushan as Shansi pressure grows. 2190 prisoners taken in Honeh and 400 Chinese killed in southwest Shantung.
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Tokyo
Domei
Shantung
Hopeh
Shansi
Imperial
Tengyuel
Yunan
China
Burma
Tengyueh
Shanghai
Chuh- Sien
Chekiang Province
Hengchow
Runan
Yushan
Kiangsi
Chin River
Chungking
Honeh
Dormei
Churchill Vows Victory Near as Allies Will Play Rough
In Leeds Churchill told 25,900 war workers and farmers that victory is in sight and vowed Allies will play rough to repay Axis brutality. He praised Russia and Australia, warned of hard years ahead, and urged perseverance to carry mankind to a new era. He said none weary of struggle and promised strong resolve against enemies.
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Leeds
England
Winston Churchill
Yorkshire
Britain
Russia' Ang
Australia
Churchill
Atlantic
China
Kerch Fall Claimed by Germans in World War II
Reports from the war front describe a vast Russian offensive near Kharkov and a contested Kerch peninsula battle. Soviet forces claimed gains around Kharkov while Berlin asserted Kerch’s fall after eight days of fighting. The clash highlights the southern invasion lines and strategic aims toward the Caucasus as German and Soviet forces vie for key railways and oil routes.
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Kharkov
Ukraine
Kerch Peninsula
Berlin
Ceucasus
Marshall Semeon Timoshenko
Great’ Steel and
Kerth
Crimea
Paris
Kerch
Parpatsch
Red Army
Hitler
Caucasus
Black Sea
Semeon Timoshenko
Moscow
Taganrog
Ses of Azov
Hitler statue on Roosevelt desk shocks White House observers
Washington observers report a small statue of Hitler bent over with hands between his knees placed on President Roosevelt’s desk. A pin cushion is attached to Hitler’s posterior, causing a stir among staff and reporters.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Hitler
Browder Freed by Roosevelt for Wartime Unity
American communist leader Earl Browder was released Saturday from the Atlanta Federal Prison on order of President Roosevelt. The act was cited as an effort to promote wartime unity.
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Bart Browder
Atlanta
Roosevelt
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