Two Americans Die As Plane Vanishes In Atlantic Flight
The RAF ferry command's transport plane with ten aboard is listed as lost. Among the passengers were two Americans Captain S Picking of the U S Navy and Flight Engineer Charles Alvan Spence of Littles Neck Long Island. Also aboard were Count Guy de Baillet Latour and Count Henri de Baillet Latour's son, with several others including Belgian and British officials. The loss follows two prior ferry command crashes earlier in August killing 44 people, 18 of them Americans.
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Alberta
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Daylight Saving Contingent On Southeast Power Need
The federal Power Commission will keep daylight saving time only in the Southeast where a power emergency is claimed due to aluminum production and drought. Elsewhere clocks revert to standard time on the last Sunday of September unless localities request a different course.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Long Holiday Bloodshed Claims 614 Lives Worldwide
An Associated Press survey shows six hundred fourteen people were killed during the holiday period. Fifty one died in highway traffic. seventy three drowned. one hundred twenty five died in shootings, stabbings, falls, fires, airplane accidents, and other violent means. Homebound vacationers faced ongoing risks as the final summer outings drew to a close.
Tax Bill Approved and Floods Hit Wisconsin
The article notes the senate finance committee approved a record tax bill with Treasury projections of 1.6724 billion to 4.4 billion dollars, while a flood in northwestern Wisconsin left 1,500 families homeless and caused multiple deaths. A potential service stoppage at major stations is discussed pending dealer margins.
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Bristol Memphis Highway Plan Hopes For Four Lanes
Senator McKellar said if pending legislation passes a four lane Bristol to Memphis highway could be built linking Bristol Knoxville Nashville and Memphis. The exact route would be up to engineers, with funding tied to the highway appropriation bill including a Mississippi River bridge.
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U S Russian trade plan prompts Japan to threaten action
Sullivan county election board delayed registration action at Monday night meeting. No conclusion reached. next Sullivan County general election in August 1942 requires rural voters to register under general law, with cities under permanent registration. NashvilleAmerican Legion delegates selected Bristol doctor Nathaniel Copenhaver as department commander and Knoxville chosen for 1842 convention.
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Knoxville
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Dayton
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East Tennessee
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Lizenceburg
Middle Tennessee
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Trenton
West Tennessee
Japan in State Of Dangerous Ferment Reported
Foreign observers in Shanghai say Japan is in a dangerous ferment with extremists pressed by German advisers toward immediate action on the continent. Tokyo moderates seek a path to avert war as the British and U.S. freeze Japanese credits, crippling the economy and heightening desperation.
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Safety Zone Discussed Amid Encirclers Debate
Tokyo warned Japan would use force to break encirclement as Washington Moscow talks continue. A Japanese official urged a safety zone around island waters, while Hayashi said Konoye would study the proposal amid pressure over US war materials to Russia.
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Asia Development Federation
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China
Routes Blocked Map Shows Three U-5 Supply Routes
A map outlines three routes the U-5 could use to deliver supplies to Soviet Russia across Japanese territorial waters. The top route targets Nikolaevsk and Komsomolsk ports and may prove the most practical option.
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Red Forces Push Nazis Back In Russia Fronts
Russian reports say the front around Leningrad stabilizes for a fifth day as German panzer divisions are restrained. German air attacks reach Crimea and threaten Leningrad while Romanian troops besiege Odessa waterworks. Royal bombers strike western Germany and northeast England as the Soviet counterattacks press toward Smolensk.
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City police crack down on speeding and set fines
Kingsport police and city safety director vow strict enforcement of speed limits. Drivers detected over twenty mph in city zones or fifteen mph near schools face arrest and city court, with recent cases citing fines including twenty five dollars for speeds of seventy five mph and fifty mph incidents. two public disturbances also fined.
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Deputies Arrest Nine for Drunkenness in Sullivan County
Deputies TD L McConnell and John Martin answered calls Monday night arresting nine for drunkenness. seven posted bond before Magistrate George Bradley. Meanwhile Kingsport City Hall reported a quiet holiday period with only two drunks jailed. A Washington County school bus事故 overturned on the old Kingsport highway near Johnson City injuring several students. driver Argil Bond said brakes failed. four were hurt though only one remained for observation at Appalachian hospital.
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Labor Day War Speech Defies Hitlerism pledge
President Roosevelt led Labor Day observances with uncompromising defiance of Hitler and a pledge to intensify war production. He rejected negotiations for peace, saying it would betray America. AFL CIO leaders echoed calls to submerge private interests for greater arms output and unity against the Axis.
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Roosevelt as Kerensky figure in Bolshevik critique
Spokesmen described Roosevelt’s foreign policy as nothing new from a domestic stance calling him a Kerensky figure. They argued he courted Bolshevism for his ends while stressing workers’ rights and religious freedom, tensions they say Bolshevism cannot accept.
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Sullivan Schools Start New Term in Sullivan County
Sullivan county students from 69 elementary schools and six high schools began the 1941-2 term after registering yesterday, about 7,800 pupils. Superintendent Lewis Chase said a formal pupil count would be ready midweek and dismissed rumors that Sullivan high school credits are worthless, insisting they are as valid as those from any state school.
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Sullivan
Best Column Title Wins Five Dollars
A five dollar bill rewards readers who submit a name for the new column on the editorial page of the Times. The $5 prize goes to the entrant whose suggested title is chosen. Entries must be received by noon Saturday.
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