Mystery Blast Sinks Swedish Ships City Tax Rate Set At $2.25 For 1941
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen set the 1941 property tax rate at 2.25 per hundred dollars valuation, up from 2.15. Mayor Brure said the rise funds a new stadium, a fire station, and improved services like garbage collection and street maintenance. The assessed real property valuation is 21,816,414.57 with total tax 1,605,052.05. Notices will go to owners by October 1 with payment due December 1. penalties apply after.
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Board of Mayor
Glenn Brure
New Stade New
Ningeport
Jos Pertah
Makerale
Cation Cen
Legion convention hears call for continental solidarity
Mil or iris ehus distress, Cy S aanihessadar in Mexico and works war secretary of the amayy, told the American Legion convention today that all American republics desire continental solidarity to uphold democracy and resist total aggression.
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Mil
T—iriseghus
Cy S.aanihessadar
Meéxico and
Amayy
American Legion Convention
Domeracy
Senate Approves TVA Phase for Cumberland River Development
The senate voted to send a measure to the house extending the Tennessee Valley Authority program for Cumberland River development. The action aims to bring the river under TVA planning as part of the broader development effort.
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Washington —T
Senate
House
Rzi
Tenstessee Valler Authority
Prices Rise After Hearing on Price Controls
Washington administrator testified that after a congressional hearing recessed a month ago prices of staple foods rose about 5 percent.
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Washington
Ienmn
Hender- UC
Jitewerteck
Aadt
Inquiry into Smoky Park Chief’s Management Delayed
Washington report notes no early Senate subcommittee inquiry findings on Superintendent F Rosy Eakin’s handling of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The committee’s conductors or timeline remain unclear as discussions proceed.
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Washington
Senate
F. Rosy Eakin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Board completes Labor Relations Board reorganization
Washington moves to fill board seats by nominating Gerard D. Reilly of Massachusetts as a member. Edwin S. Smith, from a neighboring state, failed to win renewal as his term expired recently.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Labor Relations Board
Gerard D. Reilly
Massachusetts
Edwin S. Smith
Lewis Is Needed To Quell Revolt Of Coal Miners
Hazleton Pennsylvania reports a revolt by 22 000 coal miners and nearly 40 collieries halted as United Mine Workers of America district Nine calls on the president for a visit to address increased assessments. Raises from 2 to 6 dollars annually and from 1 to 1 50 dollars monthly trigger protests facing 190 000 hard coal diggers statewide.
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Hazleton
Tohn L. Lewis
Cq United Mine Workers of America
Shennandolah-Mhanoxy City
UMWA
District Seven
Warleton
District One
Gillette Urges U S Neutrality Policy Changes
Senator Gillette D Towal urges revisions to neutrality and lease lend acts amid Roosevelt naval orders and defense moves. He backs Congress clarifying that lease lend cannot authorize convoys while supporting executive actions and approved funding for lend lease despite opposition. President appoints Edward R. Stettins Jr as special assistant to speed lease lend handling.
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Washington
Gillette D-Towal
Overt
Gillette
Roosevelt
Congress
Edward R. Stettins, Jr
Wre
Tax Bill Awaited Senate Action to Fund Defense
The $3.55 billion tax bill awaiting final approval would become law this year with new rates aimed at financing defense and reducing the deficit. It raises income taxes for individuals and corporations, expands excise levies, and would push federal collections above $13.9 billion next year, affecting about 22 million filers.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Mtr Roosevelt
House
Aamoof
Ailaon
Roosevelt taunts Senate probe over movies in cartoons
President Roosevelt mocked the Senate inquiry into the film industry hosting a cartoon likening investigators to Charlie Chaplin. He denied pressuring studios to insert propaganda and cited a controversial telegram alleging foreign influence, while Nye questioned his timing.
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Washington
Oosevelt
Sopropaga
Charlie Chaplin
Penmip
Nye
R-Nd
Clark
DMO
Senate
Connecticut
Washington Evening Star
Foreign Horn
Serond
Strike Throws Kansas City Into Darkness
A power strike in Kansas City plunged nearly 400000 residents into four hours of darkness. Police arrested five striking workers and a Union official, while the National Guard and state authorities mobilized men as power was gradually restored. The disruption halted hospital operations and threatened wider industrial activity before nonstriking staff resumed power generation.
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Kansas City
Jp—Swift
John B. Gage
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Missouri Home Guard
Forrester Donnell
Albert F. Wright
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Harold Anderson
Anderson
Mars
Gage
A. E. Bettis
APL
Kansas
City Power and Light Co
Donnell
Jefferson City
AFL International Brotherhoad of Electrical Workers
National Defense Mediation Board
London
Britain
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Egypt
Berlin
Rome
Cairo
Grorld
Lake Lagoda
Tahmasaari
Ofesel
Baltic Sea
Lake Lagoda Sghting
Maacow
Qesel
Booster Trip Becomes Annual Local Custom
Sam Anderson chairing a booster trip praised it as a grand success and urged making the Southwest Virginia tour a yearly event with new territory each year. Kingsport merchants and prominent citizens toured several towns, receiving broad public welcome and praise from Col. Lee Long and local officials. The journey covered over 4000 miles and preceded Kingsport Days offering bargains across merchandise.
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Southwest Virginia
Sam Anderson
Kingsport
Virginia
Wingsport
Mer
Dante
Hkingsport
Col. Long
J. Fred Johnson
J. C. Stone
Anderson
Mason-Dixon
Virginia Patrol
Three Destroyers Sunk At Anchor Off Swedish Coast
A series of explosions sank three Swedish destroyers at anchor in Haarsfjaerden fjord off the east coast, killing at least 31 officers and crewmen. Rescue efforts were hampered by fierce oil fires as authorities attributed the disaster to an initial explosion aboard the destroyer Goteborg.
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Neutral
Sweden
Haarsfjaerden
S— Stockholm
New York
Stockholm
Goteborg
Varreavongs
Finland
Germany
British and Red Staff Officers Enter Teheran
Teheran faces a surrounding of its capital by mechanized forces as British and Soviet troops move from southern and northwest routes. The abdication of Reza Shah and succession by his young son prompted the maneuver. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem reportedly sought refuge in Teheran amid regional upheaval with Japanese ties noted.
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Russia
Donets River
Moscow
Leningrad
London
Adolf Hitler
Bologne
Ukraine
Bridges
Odessa
Black Sea
North Africa
Teheran
Trans
Reza Shah Pahlavi
W. A. K. Fraser
Sultanabad
Iran
Grand Mufti
Jerusalem
Palestine
Iraq
Demand for Coal To Reach Peak Demand
Washington forecast a peak demand for soft coal averaging 12 000 000 tons a week next winter as Raymond Kerr of the coal consumers counsel supports seeking maximum prices and questions railroad capacity to move the tonnage. Mason Kingsport Lodge 685 F and AM will hold its regular meeting tonight at 7 30 at the Lodge Hall corner of Market and Shelby streets. all members urged to attend.
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Raymond Kerr
Consumers Counsel
Masons Kingsport Lodge
Market and
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