Quisling Regime Seizes Control of Norsk Labor Groups
In Oslo and surrounding areas German troops enforce total control as Vidkun Quisling’s regime dissolves and takes over both unions and employers organizations. Two Norwegian labor leaders have been executed by firing squad, signaling intensified occupation.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Sers
Viggo Hansteen
Iobor Federation
Ralf Wirkstraem
Jose Terhoven
Geran
Norway
Joseph. Terboven
Norwegian Federation of Labor
Torbaven
Odd Fossum
Nal Samling
Jeaser
Nasjonal Samling
Viikun Quisling
Board of
Employers
Quisling
Senate and House Tax Debates Stir Clarity on Exemptions
Lawmakers clash over personal exemptions and married status as Senate and House committees debate income tax rules. Proposals would alter exemption amounts, raise rates on net income, and affect corporate taxes. In distant world news, wartime dispatches report Icelandic and Norwegian labor turmoil, military suppression, and executions amid occupation.
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Senate-House
Senate
Ajor Ff
Corporation & Aa
House
Senate France Communistiee
Peace Films Censorship Claims Spark Senate Hearing
Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee hears charges of covert censorship in the motion picture industry aimed at antiwar content. John T. Flynn, a journalist and author, testifies amid public clashes between Nye Clark and Willkie over alleged war propaganda dissemination. Flynn, allied with the America First Committee, asserts films carry deeper propaganda than newspapers or radio, while Willkie rebuts lack of evidence and accuses the proceedings of public sensationalism.
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Washington
Senate Inter-state Commerce
Amerioa
John T. Flynn
Soisters 2
R-Nd
Clark
D-Mo
Flynn
Nye
Wendell L. Willkie
Claps
Willkie
Wise
Tweetsie Bows Head In Shame At Crum performance
A 1940s narrative recalls the Tweetsie train operating between Koone and Johnson City. It describes steep grades, sharp curves, and a cautious conductor Crumsey aiding navigation over a mile long journey. The piece notes the line’s challenging terrain and the train’s tense, but amiable, atmosphere.
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Lieved
Koone
Johnson City
Enrane
CC. Crumsey
Red Army Advances Reported Across Central Front
Soviet dispatches claim Red Army gains as deep as 12 miles on the central front near Smolensk and Gomel arc. Berlin indirectly confirms the push while London reports hundreds of British fighters aid to the Russians via the Near East. RAF bombers hit Genoa Turin and Moesina.
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Red Army
Smolensk
Gomel Arc
Berlin
London
U.S.S.R
Near East
Iran
Mangialini
Genoa
Turin
Moesina
Meany
United States
England
Bellis
Tass
Liki
Smiolene
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Odessa
Verdun
Iyaiser Wilhelm
Imperial
DNB
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Yelnya
N" Es
Gomel
Scott Attorney To Face Charge Of Malpractice
The Virginia Supreme Court designated two southwest Virginia jurists to join Judge Carter of Gate City in disbarment proceedings next month against Hagin Bond, Gate City attorney, charged with malpractice and unprofessional conduct in Scott County Circuit Court.
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Richmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
Southwest Virginia
Bera
Carter
Gate City
Hagin Bond
Preston Z. Campbell
Walter W. Robertson
Abingdon
T. L. Keister
Salem
Scott County
Band
Girl Dies of Heart Attack at Dobyns-Bennett High
Ruby Marcum a senior at Dobyns Bennett High School died at noon from an apparent heart attack while leaving the auditorium after a senior class assembly. Authorities say she collapsed and was given 40 minutes of resuscitation with no success. Survived by her mother Bunia Marcum and father W. S. Marcum of Pennington Gap five brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Ruby Marcum
Dobyns Bennett
Bunia Marcum
Wal- Nut Street
Tts High School
Igirts
Bae
Marcum
Pennington Gap
Ruben
Isaac
Earle
Robert
Kingsport
Howard
Marie Price
Sara Kitzmiller
Fordtown
Bonnie Marcum
Churchill Defended After Gallacher Blackguard Claim
In the House of Commons William Gallacher the sole Communist MP called Prime Minister Churchill a blackguard and charged him with dirty cowardly action over Moore-Brabazon remarks. Churchill rejected guidance from an opponent who changes opinions to suit outside forces as Gallacher pressed for clearer statements and pressed for the minister’s withdrawal.
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London
William Gallacher
Churchill
House of Commons
J. T. C. ‘Moore-Brabazon
Naphathar
Col
Moore- Brabazon
Russia
Gallacher
Moore-Brabazon
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineers Union
Trades Union Congress
Edinburgh
Illegal Whiskey Captured In Raid
Statewide raid nets 38 pints of Allett whiskey at Bill Pine home on the town’s edge. Pine has prior liquor charges. Inspectors Barker McGee W A Mathews R A Smith J E Morelock and Doe Anderson took part. second large raid in the area that week following a Monticello Club seizure near Johnson City and Elizabethton with eight pints and 24 half-pints found.
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Rogersville
Department of Finance and Taxation
Bill Pine
Pine
Barker McGee
Knoxville
East Tennessee
W. A. Mathews
Johnson
R.A. Smith
J. E. Morelock
Doe Anderson
Sullivan County
Finance and Taxation Department
Hias
Anderson and Morelick
Monticello Club
Charie Fair
Jonson City
Elizabethton
Missing bomber sighted in Cascade search woods
Tacents Washington bulletin reports a ground search found no evidence of a missing two engine army bomber. A logger claims a private search plane sighted wreckage in the Cascade mountains east of Enumclaw, suggesting possible discovery but unconfirmed details.
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Tacents
Wash.—.P
Cascade Mountains
Enumclaw
Senate proposal on Greer destroyer encounter
A senate inlay proposes the Navy be required to furnish Congress with details of the United States destroyer Greer s encounter with a German submarine near Iceland about a week ago as part of a broader move spearheaded by Senator Clark of Ma to increase wartime information sharing and oversight.
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Clark
Missouri
Pepper
D-Flo
Senate
Orner
Washington
Clark D-Ma
Navy Department
Congress
United States
Greer
Iceland
Wow
Capitol Hill
Ronsevelt
Beaselead
Nye
Rmd
Senate Naval Affais
Senate Apstaval
Nya
Witness Withdrawn in Washington Coal Hearing Turmoil
Lawyers for Dr. Luther Hart withdrew him as a witness in a hearing on a proposed tax maximum price for bituminous coal. His testimony was struck from the record, unsettling the proceeding and leaving concerns about coal price controls unresolved.
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Washington
Luther Hart
Consumers' Counsel
French anti aircraft fire on British plane over Vichy
French anti aircraft guns opened fire on a British aircraft over Vichy during the early hours. The incident marks ongoing tensions as unoccupied France remains under Vichy control.
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Vichy
France
Fire at Hudson pier damages cargo reported at $500000
A blaze swept a 417 foot covered Hudson river pier at 63rd Street housing airplane parts. Firemen contained the fire within an hour with comparatively little damage, estimating about $500,000 worth of cargo affected.
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New York
Hudson River
63Rd Street
Roosevelt Radio Address Promises Answers to All Questions
President Roosevelt plans a comprehensive foreign policy radio address to be carried by all networks at 9 p m Eastern, with English and foreign language broadcasts. He will discuss the Russian aid issue and meet Soviet ambassador Qumansky, while congressional leaders from both parties confer on the speech and possible lease lead funding and Axis war effects on shipping.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Constantine Qumansky
Holland
Russia
Wy Averell Harriman
Senate
House
Barly
Eary
Tormight
Hyde Park
N.Y
Moter
Hull
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Harry L. Hopkins
Thorough break in at Hi Hat Club on Bristol Highway
Kingsport police report a house break in at the Hi Hat Club on the Bristol highway outskirts last night. The thief fled with a cash register containing 65 dollars, a 65 watch, a 35 cameo ring, and a 32 caliber automatic pistol after entering via a rear window and exiting through the front door. Police are investigating.
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Bristol
Kingsport
United States Air Force to test in Louisiana maneuvers
The United States plans a major air force test in Louisiana maneuvers between the First and Third Armies beginning Monday. Assistant Secretary Lovett revealed details on aircraft types, speeds, and weaponry including the P-38, P-39, P-40E, B-26, B-28, A-20 and A-24, with deliveries accelerated to equip squadrons for the exercise.
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Washington
Louisiana
Robert A. Lovett
War
Air
Lover Donis
Unite States
Gas Shortage Denied In Senate
A Senate special investigating committee found no real gasoline or petroleum shortage in the east and urged removal of current restrictions. It accused Interior Secretary Ickes and defense petroleum coordinator of creating unnecessary alarm, saying the perceived shortage reflected surplus rather than lack of supply or transport. Chairman Maroney warned findings are preliminary.
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Washington
Senate
Interior
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Maroney
D-Conn
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