British Gain Edge In Crete Battle Aldermen Race
Kingsport voters face a simple elderman race with two unopposed candidates Glenn Bruce and J E Myers. Filing deadline for elderman candidacies was Saturday May 24 with two notices on hand. Incumbents Mayor E W Tipton and Vice Mayor J L Kincheloe cannot seek reelection.
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Kingsport
Election Board
Glenn Bruce
J. E. Myers
Bruce
Myers
E. W. Tipton
J. L. Kincheloe
Vichy Promise Leaves U S Still Worried
Washington focuses on risks of potential Vichy France and Germany collaboration. U S reports assurances from Vichy and Martinique that western hemisphere remains unaffected, but no full pledge limits collaboration to armistice terms. Officials warn France’s aiding of German air operations from Syria signals possible broader support in colonies and unoccupied France.
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Washington
France
Germany
Africa
Near East
United States
Vichy
Martinique
Atlantic
Iraq
Dakar
Morocco
Algiers
Tunisia
Anthony Eden
Britain
Philippe Petain
London
Crete
Island
Darlan Says Hitler Has Not Asked For France Fleet
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan told the French people in a broadcast that Hitler had not asked France to surrender its fleet or grant colonial concessions during negotiations with Germany. He said France faces a life or death choice and asserted sovereignty remained with France.
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Vichy
France
Pvice
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Darlan
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Hitler
15 Year Prison Term In Assault Case
Blountville adjournment of circuit court for the weekend marked the close of the May session's first week. Steve Mowdy, 25, farmer of near Kingsport, received a 15 year sentence for criminally assaulting a 16 year old girl while she was a guest in his home after drinking whiskey. The girl testified the three slept in the same bed and the act occurred while she was intoxicated. She kept the incident secret from her parents and only named the father of her child shortly before birth. Mowdy denied the charge. In other rulings, David Selley was found not guilty of manslaughter in a Kingsport auto death. J. Zarnes, Kingsport, was convicted of reckless driving and fined $100. James Creek drew 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to petit larceny.
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Blountville
Steve Mowdy
Kingsport
Mowdy
David Salley
Charles Warren
Kingsport Telephone Company
J. ©. Zarnes
James Creek
British Miners To Receive Raise
London sources report 200000 to 300000 British coal miners will get a one shilling per day pay increase effective June 1. Operators are authorized to raise coal prices by 10 pence per ton. Current miners' weekly wages run from 4 to 74 shillings, about 12.80 to 14.80 dollars.
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London
Camp to Hold Open House Sunday
Big Stone Gap Virginia officials announced an open house Sunday at 2 30 p m at the CCC camp Lonesome Pine. The public is invited to visit inspect the camp and view activities for the company members. The Big Stone Gap high school band will provide music during the event.
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Big Stone Gap
CCC
Lonesome Pine
Here
Big Stone Gap High School
Security Fleet of 13 000 Airplanes For U S Defense
The War Department may seek a 2.5 billion dollar appropriation to build a 13 000 plane security fleet for the army air force. The plan envisions rapid production and delivery within about 18 months, with Britain potentially receiving aircraft under lend lease if war persists.
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U. S. Defense
Aim of
War Department
Washington
Congress
Defense
House
Security
Roosevelt
Army Air Force
Britain
Gates of U. S. Arsenal Locked After Unauthorized Strike
Gates of the U S Arsenal at Ravenna Ohio were locked and 10 400 badges cancelled as work halted after an unauthorized labor strike. The shell loading plant aims for July 1 production and September 1 completion, with re employment via AFL accredited reps. Union leaders call the action 100 percent unauthorized and await Washington decisions.
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Ravenna
Earl D. Payne
Army
Unkin-Donkey Construction Co
Train Victim Found Veteran Gate City Man Identified
Gate City Va officials identified a man found dead along railway tracks nine miles southwest of here on Thursday as William B Newlin. The 45 year old Decatur Alabama resident had been missing from Mountain Home hospital grounds where he was undergoing treatment. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Gate City
Here
William B. Newlin
Veteran Hospital
Johnson City
Mountain Home
Newlin
Decatur
Ala
Fort Monroe reports new 90 mm anti-aircraft guns near ready
The first full battery of the army's 90 mm anti-aircraft guns will be ready for field service within ten days. Officials say the weapon is rated at least the equal of the best in the world and will be deployed from Fort Monroe, Virginia.
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Fort Monroe
Labor conciliator flags 5000 rocket plant strikers as unhelpful
A federal labor conciliator said 5,000 government shell-loading plant strikers failed to serve labor's purpose while an army spokesman said construction would stay halted until the workers were cleared of agitators.
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Ravenna
Chinese forces recapture Chuki railhead in Chekiang
Lieut. Col. Ku nio Akiyama, official spokesman for Japanese forces in China, acknowledged today that Chinese troops had retaken the strategic railhead of Chuki in northern Chekiang after a claimed voluntary withdrawal by Japanese forces.
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Shanghai
Kunio Akiyama
China
Chuki
Chekiang Province
Use of Armed Forces Urged To Halt Strike
Washington chairman Emory S. Land of the Maritime Commission urged the Senate defense investigating committee to use United States forces to break up a machinists strike that tied up 11 San Francisco area shipyards. He argued government action is justified to keep ships and war needs moving.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
United States
San Francisco
Land
Jury Investigates Staying At Mines
A special grand jury in Tazewell Tennessee convened to probe the Tennessee Kentucky border clash between CIO union pickets and Fork Ridge Mine Company operators after four men from Middlesboro Kentucky were killed on April 15. Judge Jesse L. Rogers led the proceeding as 13 Kentuckians faced murder charges. The dead included C. W. Rhodes E. W. Silvers Bob Robinson and Sam Evans all linked to Middlesboro and surrounding counties. Jurisdiction was decided to belong to Tennessee.
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Tazewell
Tenn
Tennessee-Kentucky
CIO
Jesse L. Rogers
John P. Davis
United Mine Workers
Fork Ridge
C. W. Rhodes
E. W. Silvers
Bob Robinson
Sam Evans
Middlesboro
Bell County
Kentucky
Claibourne County
Tennessee
Strike Called At Radford Plant For 25 Cent Hike
Roanoke Virginia over 200 electrical workers at the Radford ordnance works walked off at noon Thursday demanding a 25 cent per hour raise to 1.50 with time and a half on weekends and a union mediated conference with Mason and Hanger officials set for Friday morning in Radford. S. F. Terry said the strike follows six weeks of talks. workers voted Monday night to strike. In Lexington Tennessee former Henderson county court member Jones Alvis Austin died at his home after a short illness at age 81.
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Roanoke
Radford Ordnance Works
AFL Electricians Union
Mason and Hanger
Radford
S. F. Terry
Washington
Terry
Lexington
Tenn
Jones Alvis Austin
Henderson County
Lon
Austin
Senate foes vow last-ditch fight to repeal Neutrality Act
Senate opponents led by Nye Wheeler and others condemn the act and prepare a vigorous campaign against any repeal. Stimson and Knox attack the law as a danger to freedom of the seas while warning repeal could push the United States toward war. Chairman George says no repeal plan has been presented and convoy alone would not fully ease Britain's issues.
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Washington
Stimson
Knox
Senate
Nye
N. D
Roosevelt
Knoxes
Stimsons
Wheeler
Mont
Britain
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
England
Russell R Kramer Elected Tennessee Democratic Leader
Russell R Kramer a Maryville attorney and ally of the Cooper administration was named chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee to replace the late Wardlaw Steele. The swift called session approved his selection without opposition. Also reported Union City man Gray Thornton a 51 year old disabled veteran was struck and died after a train crossing incident yesterday.
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Nashville
Tenn
Democratic Executive Committee
Russell R. Kramer
Maryville
Cooper
Wardlaw Steele
Ripley
Kramer
Malcolm Hill
Sparta
Third
Steele
A. Roy Greene
Calude L. Boyd
Waynesboro
W. P. Moss
Jackson
Albert Hill
Harold Wimberly
Knoxville
East Tennessee
Jack Norman
Butch Biggs
Benton
Union City
Gray Thornton
New Nazi Swarms Land On Island For Fierce Clash
Nazi troops landings press Crete as air and sea battles rage. British naval guns repel sea assaults near Malemi airport while Goering’s Luftwaffe claims heavy blows to British ships. In Tobruk and Fallujah, Axis and British forces clash amid shifting frontline pressure.
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Adolf Hitler
Crete
Malemi
Canea
Cairo
British
Middle East Command
Mediterranean
Britain
Virginio Gayda
Rome
Il Giornale d'Italia
Luftwaffe
Stuka
London
War Cabinet
Great Britain
Vichy
Candia
Berlin
Hermann Goering
Churchill
RAF
North
Middle Atlantic
Tobruk
Libya
Stefani
Middle East
Iraq
Fallujah
Baghdad
Kiwanis Committees Named to Lead Faith Home Plans
Kiwanis of Kingsport named Alex Rossman general chairman of the Children's Faith Home Building committee. A general committee and three subcommittees Finance Real Estate and Building will organize efforts to erect a new Faith Home after Litz Manor was destroyed by fire. The first meeting is set for Tuesday May 27 at the First National Bank with finance building and real estate chairmen to attend.
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Alex Rossman
H. C. Dunning
Children’s Faith
Kingsport Kiwanis Club
Faith Home
Litz Manor
Ressman
First National Bank
W. J. McAuliffe
Co. P. Edwards
A. D. Brockman
Matt Taylor
Ross Robinson
E. W. Tipton
E. Lynn Minter
J. C. White
Walter Smith
Z. B. Catron
Dr. Reed
Frank Hopns
Mediators Push Efforts to Gain Mine Agreement
A defense mediation board renewed efforts to settle the soft coal dispute. John L. Lewis led the union delegation seeking a contract to end the wage differential between northern and southern areas. The panel summoned the groups for talks with another session scheduled. Northern operators have a $7 daily base wage, a $1 rise, contingent on the southern meeting the same. Southern mines operate on a temporary $6.60 daily wage, also up by $1.
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Washington
Defense Mediation Board
CIO
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
W. H. Davis
Southern Conference
Southern Mines
French Colonel claims French munitions aided Nazis in Iraq
French Colonel Philibert Collet crossing from Syria to join British forces accuses French mandate authorities of arming the Nazis in Iraq. He led officers to the British side and urged others to follow under a banner promising to save France from planned slavery amid Hatay negotiations in 1939. Meanwhile Washington reports railroads propose Diesel electric locomotives as extra power for the Tennessee Valley region.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Syria
Britain
Iraq
Collet
Philibert Collet
Hatay
Alexandretta
Turkey
Washington
Tennessee Valley
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FE. R. Cole
Vincennes
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Charles Osborn
Charles Wright
Wilbert Redmond
Charles B. May
F. M. Vincent
Arthur Gourdouze
Jack Ogilvie
Wright
James Smith
Charlies Messer
Benny Hughes
Quince Hardesty
Hell's
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Mississippi
U. S. Arsenal
AFL
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Hod Carriers, Builders and Common Laborers
Bulletins
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Howard Clifford
E. B. Moore
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Sam Smith
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