Registration For Home Defense Seen Possibility
A plan for voluntary registration of millions of men aged 21 through 35 for civilian defense is under consideration with Mayor LaGuardia to lead the effort. Roosevelt urged potential volunteers from deferred groups, and the plan could extend to women aged 21 to 46 to bolster home guards, air raid services, and related protective programs.
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Washington
Fiorello LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Roosevelt
Nazis Claim Crete Invasion Seizures Amid War Debates
German air borne forces reportedly seized several strategic points on Crete in clusters after heavy Luftwaffe attacks. An authorized spokesman praised the move as daring while delaying official combat results and possible communiques.
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Berlin
Crete
Luftwaffe
Stadium Work Bid Is Accepted For City Stadium
The A H Whitman Company of Knox ville won the contract with a bid of 123 438 to build the stadium at J Fred Johnson Park. Work likely to begin about June 1 with completion promised in October within 150 days. Other bids ranged from 127 851.77 to 132 700 with lighting already awarded.
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J. Fred Johnson Park
A. H. Whitman Company
Knoxville
W. R. Spreles Construction Company
Kingsport
W. L. Nicholson Company
Emery Construction Company
First Presbyterian Church
Civic Auditorium
Germans Say Ambulance Drivers Quiet On Zamzam Raid
Berlin asserted American ambulance drivers aboard the Zamzam must not disclose military information to the United States or Britain. Germany released 322 survivors but kept details on those not American unclear as authorities claimed the ship carried munitions for De Gaulle’s French forces and was sunk after secure passenger removal.
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United States
Britain
South Atlantic
St. Jean de Luz
Foreign Office
New York
Capetown
South Africa
Alexandria
Charles de Gaulle
Ance
Home Guard Unit Receives Arms From State Depot
Kingsport unit of the Third Tennessee Regiment received equipment from regimental headquarters in Knoxville. Capt. W. J. Donnelly said the first issued arms include rifles bayonets scabbards rifle slings and 300 rounds of ammunition. A call meeting is set for Friday at 7 p m to inspect the material. The unit aims to grow from 35 to 50 members by next Tuesday to invite Col. James A. Gleason for induction services the following week.
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Kingsport
Tennessee Regiment
State Guard
Knoxville
W. J. Donnelly
Civic Auditorium
Revenue Officers Arrest Pair Here
Kingsport police said Hack Creek and Bob Morelock were arrested on Long Island by U S Government revenue officers and charged with illegal liquor possession. Ten half gallon containers were seized and the pair were taken to Jonesboro for arraignment. John Louis is held in Kingsport jail in connection with the arrest.
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Kingsport
Hack” Creek
Bob Morelock
Long Island
Revenue Department
U. S
Jonesboro
John Louis
Cleek
Vichy Clarified On German Ties In US Diplomatic Push
Washington reports say the United States has pressed Vichy for a formal written pledge that France will honor the June 1940 armistice in all dealings with Germany. Secretary Hull conveyed a stern message that harmony with the U S depends on clear assurances. In Martinique ships Emile Bertin and Bern were seen at sea for "routine exercises" amid rising speculation of Franco German collaboration.
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Washington
United States
Vichy
France
Germany
Hull
U. S
Henry Haye
Martinique
Emile Bertin
Bern
Caribbean
Island
Hemisphere
Europe
North Africa
Southern Operators Clash Over Lewis Dictator Claim
Southern coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America halted negotiations and left contract terms to the national defense mediation board amid name-calling. Advertisements accused John L. Lewis of aiming to become dictator, while southern leaders warned a Lewis control of soft coal would threaten defense industries. The row followed the southern group’s break from the Appalachian wage conference, which still produces a majority of regional and national coal output.
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New York
Southern Soft Coal
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
K. C. Adams
Adams
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Charles O'Neill
Lewis and O'Neill
Union
Underground Cable Plan Approved for Kingsport
Inter Mountain Telephone Company gained city approval Tuesday night to lay underground cable in sections of Kingsport. The initial project will install conduits for 1,200 pair cables serving Johnson City highway, Bristol highway, Eastman, Winston Terrace and Edgewood Village. Overhead lines stay in place for now with future conversion as the system expands.
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Kingsport
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Johnson City
Bristol Highway
Eastman
Winston Terrace
Edgewood Village
Nutrition chiefs named for Russell County program
Miss Mildred Tate, home economics teacher in Honaker, and L B Connelly, county agent, were appointed by the Virginia Nutrition Committee to lead the nutrition program in Russell County.
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Honaker
Virginia Nutrition Committee
Mildred Tate
L. B. Connelly
Russell County
Uniforms for Disguise Shine in London Chute Attack Talk
A neutral observer muses on Britain’s diverse uniforms as a potential invasion disguise. He notes street scenes in Westminster show hats turned up like Australians, telegraph messengers resembling prewar gendarmes, and air transport auxiliary workers in bus conductor outfits.
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Churchill
New Zealand
Crete
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Prearmistice France
Air Transport Auxiliary
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Navy
Army
Air Force
Wage Increase In Effect Soon At Eastman Kodak
Eastman Kodak announces a wage increase for plant and office employees ranging from two to ten percent, adding about 4 million dollars to the annual payroll. The raise becomes effective next week. Tennessee Eastman Corporation reports prior adjustments at the Kingsport plant totaling 600 thousand dollars yearly.
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Eastman Kodak
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport
Woman Critically Hurt In Assault In Johnson City
Mrs Blanche Ward 25 is in critical condition with head wounds at a Johnson City hospital. Her husband Charlie Ward 24 is jailed on felonious assault with intent to murder charges after the claim of killing his wife with a hammer near the city pool. Police found the injured woman and reported the alleged confession.
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Johnson City
Blanche Ward
Charlie Ward
Ware
16 Year Old Held In Triple Slaying In Virginia Store
Front Royal Virginia state police lieutenant said a 16 year old mountainous boy seeking money admitted to shooting three people to death in a crossroads store last night.
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Front Royal
H. B. Flippen
Virginia State Police
Telephone Head Assumes Duties in Kingsport Office
W. S. Argabright took over as manager of the Inter-Mountain Telephone Company Kingsport office this week. Former assistant wire chief, he replaces Aubrey Woolford who resigned to join the U. S. Army. Argabright and his wife relocate to Kingsport today.
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W. S. Argabright
Kingsport
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Aubrey Woolford
U. S. Army
Argabright
Farmers Reap Millions From Steep Price Advances
Washington reports sharp commodity price gains have boosted farmers' profits from 1940 cotton and wheat stored under the agriculture department's ever-normal granary program. About 3.163 million bales of cotton and 278 million bushels of wheat were loaned, with 1.65 million bales and 100 million bushels redeemed as prices rose.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Workers Reach Strike Settlement at Hudson Motors
Federal conciliator James F. Dewey announced a settlement in the United Automobile Workers strike at Hudson Motor Car Co in Detroit. The union will vote today on terms not yet released as production is set to resume Thursday at 7 a.m. if ratified by 8,500 hourly workers.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
United Automobile Workers
CSO
Hudson Motor Car Co
Dewey
Hudson Company
Hudson
Grand Master to Attend Lodge Meeting
Members of Kingsport Love dale Lodge No 401 OF attend Bluff City Lodge No 387 meeting Thursday at 7 30 pm The Grand Master H Sanders Anglea of Nashville and Allen M Elliott deputy Grand Master will be present
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Lo.o.f
Bluff City
H. Sanders Anglea
Nashville
Allen M. Elliott
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