Walsh Exonerated By Justice Dept In Spy Ring Claim
Senate session hears that Attorney General Biddle says a justice department probe fully cleared Senator Walsh of claims he frequented a Brooklyn house tied to liquor and spying. Barkley cited Post reports from Beckman case, noting photos of signatures and headlines linking a senator to a spy nest. Captain James Roosevelt is temporarily promoted to major in the Marine Corps.
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Barkley
Senate Today
Biddle
Justice Department
Walsh
D-Mass
Brooklyn
Senate
New York Post
Kentuckian
Fustice Department
McNary
Oregon
Brookisn
Custave H. Beckman
Beckman
Senate of the United States
Spyal
Beekman
James Roosevelt
Marines
Marine Corps
James
Doolittle Says All Tokyo Raiders Safe
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle announced that the nine American bombers in the Tokyo raid reached their targets safely. He rejected Japanese claims of any downed planes, praised the crew for their precision, and noted the mission's secrecy and training.
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James H. Doolittle
Roosevelt
Washington
Tokyo
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Dolittle
Doolittle
George Mersiall
Shief
Tokyo Raiders
Shengri-La
James H
Jimmy) Doolittle
Meader
Japan
Hach
Applications For Sugar Here
Sugar canning applications are now available at the Kingsport Rationing Office and in the post office building. Letters of application can no longer be accepted. persons seeking canning sugar permits must apply at the Rationing Board Office. Five pounds per person per year are allowed. applicants should state current sugar on hand.
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Ofice
Kingsport
40000 Fire Bombs Dropped on German City Mannheim
British air force conducted a major raid dropping 40000 fire bombs on Mannheim, with subsequent attacks by Halifax Lancasters Manchesters and Wellingtons. Reports say many fires burned and heavy explosions hit industrial sites including BASF, Lanz Armament, and Daimler-Benz. St Nazaire submarine base also hit by night raids after 11 day lull. A northeast England town suffered a night raid causing casualties and damage.
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London
Mannheim
Air Ministry
St Nazaire
France
Europe
Batische Amlin Chemical Works
Lanz Armament Works
Daimler-Beng Engineering Works
St. Nazaire
England
G& J
Everg
Tefthun
Increased Income Tax Rate Approved in Washington
The House Ways and Means Committee finalized plans for higher Individual Income tax rates. Normal rate would rise from 4 to 6 percent with steep surtax increases aimed at generating about 2.75 billion dollars in revenue. The panel hinted at 11 or 12 percent surtax on the first 2,000 of net income, with a possible maximum near 30 percent, and noted married couples with two children earning 3.0 percent net would face about 162 dollars next year, singles about 187, contingent on surtax brackets. The treasury proposal to split the 2,000 into four parts with 12 35 38 and 20 percent rates was largely set aside in favor of staff recommendations.
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Washington
House
Coughton
D-Nc
Treasury
The
Hope for UN victory cited by Hull and Cripps speech
Secretary of State Hull expressed grounds for hope that victory for the United Nations may come sooner than expected this year. Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons that bombing Germany is the best way to aid Russia until a planned attack on Europe can be made.
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Washington
Hull
United Nations
Fonden
Germany
Russia
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Ruling Limiting Stocks of Goods Expected Soon
Washington wartime policy plans to curb retailer and wholesaler inventories. Officials said a broad inventory control edict could limit holdings to past levels to ensure equitable consumer supply amid production curtailments. Some observers see it as a prerequisite for potential future rationing and price controls nationwide.
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Washington
P—Tiue
Grisen
Extended Gas Rationing Considered Across Nations
The War Production Board and Office of Defense Transportation discussed a nationwide plan to extend gasoline rationing, with July 1 as a potential start. Regional curtailments already in effect in the east, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, and Washington were tied to tanker shortages and rubber conservation concerns. President Roosevelt signaled possible broader limits to conserve rubber and oil in productive areas.
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War Production Board
Office of Defense ‘Transportation
Harold L. Ickes
Leon Henderson
Goupan Books
Pacife
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District of Columbia
Oregon
Washington
WPB
Roosevelt
Cansi
WPE
Senate Farm Bloc Split Cheers Administration Vote Fight
Senate debate raged five hours as farm state senators split over parity subsidies and sales of government held grain wheat and corn. Senator Russell pushed amendments to ensure prices not below parity. banking committee eyed RFC subsidy powers with farm exemptions after talks with Henderson Jones and officials.
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Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Appropriations Committee
Russe
Senate Banking Committee
RFC
Leon Henderson
Commerce
Jesse Jones
RFC Commodity Buying Studied
Wesmington reports Chairman Wagner calls senate banking committee to restudy RFC powers to buy and sell commodities. The panel backed a bill to raise RFC borrowing power by 5.9 billion dollars to aid firms squeezed by rising costs and ceilings. The RFC would also subsidize production and set prices with authority to trade any commodity.
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Wesmington
Wagner
D-Ny
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Financé Corporation
RFC
Regulation of Buses Authorized In Kingsport
Kingsport city board on first reading passed an ordinance to regulate jitneys by defining jitney as a vehicle for hire on streets not on fixed tracks and requiring a $10,000 bond and city permit. The measure also sets rules for taxicabs and creates arterial Crescent Drive traffic changes. Additional first readings covered delinquent taxes, bonding, and paving assessments. The meeting included second reading of four ordinances and final passage of five laws on third reading. L. J. Pepper urged the theater owners from Kingsport.
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Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Kingsport
Streeh Railways
Crescent Drive
Watauga Street
New Hill
Kingsport Teachers Association
Beys Mountain
Kingsport Baseball Corporation
Dorothy Street
Shelby
Centerstreets
L. J. Pepper
Kingaul Theatres
Strand
State
Rialto Theatres
Industry Ahead of Schedule On War Equipment
Chrysler president K T Keller told reporters on the Production for Victory tour that automakers are far ahead in war output. He disputed Kindelberger’s criticism, noting Chrysler would boost bomber component production by 150 percent and expand jobs by about 60 percent, with 78 percent of plant machinery already in use for war goods.
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K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
National Association of Manufacturers
H. J. Kindelberger
North American Aviation
Kindelberger
Kansas City
Keller
Chrysler
First Aid Joke Amid Spring Housecleaning Incident
Mrs James F McNMurry fussed at spring cleaning when the bed fell apart She couldn’t fix the mattress so she called her husband He joked that he took the slats to use as splints in teaching students how to care for broken legs
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Velanoms City
James F. McNmurry
Kharkov fight dominates front as Axis mass 100000 paratroops
London sources report Russia's Red Army pushing toward Kharkov amid a nine day offensive aided by 52 ton tanks. German command claims Kerch overrun with 143000 prisoners as Richthofen arrives in the Kerch battle zone. Allied air commands plan to deploy up to a thousand bombers nightly against German targets while Arctic convoys face renewed German losses.
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Russia
Ukraine
Kharkov
London
Caucasus
Kerch Peninsua
Kerch Strait
Moscow
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Belgrade
Germany
Crete
Kerch
Kharkavy
Red Army
Artic Murmansk
United States
Barents Sea
Kharkov Front
Yose
Hitler
Semeon Timoshenko
Libya
North Africa
Mediterranean
Malta
British Vichy Planes Clash Off Algiers Coast
An official dispatch reports a Western Mediterranean clash off Algiers on Monday. A British seaplane was shot down by a French pursuit craft while a British destroyer shelled two French torpedo boats, which then sank the British plane. A French squadron pursued the British attackers and one French plane failed to return to base.
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Algiers
Vichy
France
Britain
Mediterranean
Syria
Lebanon
Madagascar
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