Reds Repulse Assault On Crimea FDR Lieutenants Reject Outright Neutrality
Congressional aides report that administration allies in the Senate rejected an outright repeal of the neutrality act and favor revising it instead. Senator McKellar proposed repeal, while Chairman Connally urged amendments to allow arming ships and access to belligerent zones. Senator Bridges backs either repeal or major change, while Roosevelt plans to consult leaders next week on revised policy.
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Washington
Congress
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
McKellar
Senate
Pete
MecHellay
Roose- Vest
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Texas
Bridges
R-Sh
Roosevelt
Wise County Lad Is Fatally Shot
Roy Smith a 10 year old of Inman Virginia was accidentally shot and killed while playing on a back porch with Kenney Spears son of Ballard Spears. The gunshot occurred while the boys were tied together during their Indian and cowboy game. Police said the weapon could have caused injuries to both boys if fired earlier or later.
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Appalachia
Wolfey Carter
Roy Smith
Raymond Smith
Inman
Kenney Spears
Ballard Spears
Carter
Spears
Young Smith
Parking violations and public intoxication cases report
Doctors, a lawyer, and a business man were fined for over parking in one hour zones. Forfeitures were taken when they failed to appear in court. Judge Bond also fined six for public intoxication, with one more forfeiture of cash bonds. London reports Emanuel Tsouderos cites clashes between Germans and Italians in occupied Greece and notes 14 Italian divisions sent to the south.
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Ian Jook
Kingsport
Poleon
London
Emanuel Tsouderos
Greece
Times To Enlarge Sports Coverage In Kingsport
Kingsport announce enlarged sports section starting Sunday with AP football wire and Grange column. Dobyns-Bennett coverage expands with onfield reporting and photos by Ezeil and Deel. New sports editor Charles Stelling joins from Raleigh Times to cover Dobyn Branec and East Tennessee high schools as well as regional highlights.
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Kingsport
Grange
Dobyns - Bennett High School
The
Times
Dobyns-Bennett
Lee-Edwards’ High School
Asheville
Ezeil
New Times
Monett Times
Monett
Deel
the Times
Stamped Underwear for Women Becomes Economy Item
A streamlining of women's underwear introduces stamped garments bearing a government CC 41 stamp rather than decorative initials. Luxury options remain available but uncontrolled, with a pink pair possibly priced at $15. The piece notes mono grams replaced by the stamp and hints at broader economic controls on apparel.
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London
England Masses Troops In Egypt
Milan reports the British are assembling large forces in Egypt and may mount major operations against Axis North Africa. An authoritative source warns of a Libyan theater spurt and heightened action, citing a London agency.
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England
Egypt
Rome
I Popola D'Italia
Milan
London
North Africa
Law Enforcement Tactics Discussed At Kingsport Meeting
About 50 officers from nine counties attended a Kingsport Civic Auditorium conference sponsored by the FBI. FBI agents outlined national defense measures, firearms demonstrations were shown, and a regional peace officers association was organized to foster cooperation among Upper East Tennessee agencies.
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Upper East Tennessee
Kingsport Civic Auditorium
FBI
W. A. Murphy
Knoxville
Glenn Bruce
Kingsport
Frank L. Cloud
Murphy
Charles L. Lineback
FBI National Police Academy
Esport
FSI
Thompson
Peace Officers Association
Waisgield
Organizers Tarred In Assault On Roane Mountain Road
Two CIO organizers Homer Wilson of Strawberry Plains and Oscar Wiles of Knoxville were held up and whipped on a Roane County mountainside after attending a Mead Corporation pay per mill employes meeting at Harriman. They reported the attack to Sheriff’s Deputy John Ragle, saying outsiders likely carried it out. they were bruised, bleeding, and refused hospitalization.Authorities investigated, but no suspects or license plate traces were found.
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Knoxville
Tenn
CIO
Tennesse
John Ragle
Kingston
Homer Wilson
Strawberry Plains
Oscar Wiles
Mead Corporation
Harriman
Rockwood
Ragle
Wilson
Wiles
Roane Countys
Union
Nashville Highway
District 50
United Mine Workers
Roane County
Carmic
Two Hospital Sites Selected for Tuberculosis Care
The tuberculosis hospital commission approved two sites for regional facilities, selecting the Oakville Sanitarium in Memphis and the former Masonic Home in Nashville, with values over 1,875,000 dollars. A third East Tennessee site will await further offers after today’s all day meeting.
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Nashville
Memphis
Tuberculosis Hospital Commission
Oakville
Masonic
East Tennessee
Permits On Foreign Exports Controlled By Defense Unit
Washington reports the economic defense board led by Vice President Wallace centralized control of exports by absorbing the State department division of controls and issuing all export licenses. A supplementary black list now bars 300 more firms and individuals in Latin America, joining a longer roster of over 1,400. Some firms had their names removed after corrective action. The list targets entities aiding Germany or Italy, with Air France and Latl among those cited for links to axis nations, potentially disrupting services to South America.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Roosevelt
Economic Defense Board
State Department
Division
Export Control Administration
Economic Defense Organization
Germany
Italy
Air France
Latl
Italan Overseas Airj
South America
Executions At Paris Saint Prison Courtyard
The first three men sentenced to death by the powerful tribunal of state were executed today by the guillotine in the courtyard of Saint Prison.
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Paris
Sante Prison
French Protest Over Japanese Arrests in Indo China
French authorities protested to Japan over a spree of sudden arrests by Japanese troops in French Indo China, asserting violation of sovereignty after the incidents were announced officially today.
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Vichy
Unoccupied
France
Japan
RAF Planes Engage Finns on Leningrad Front
British aircraft have appeared against the Finns in east Karelia north of Leningrad. A number of Spitfire fighters have already been shot down in aerial combat.
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Leningrad
East Karelia
York Case Heard in Tennessee Suit by York Lands Darite Ore
James A Kent presiding heard a suit where Tennessee Barium Corporation charges Alvin C York with breaking an agreement and leasing lands containing darite ore to a competing firm. The case involves the World War hero accused of breach and unauthorized dealings.
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Jamesiaw
A. T
Tennessee Barium Corporation
Alvin C. York
Curb On Goods Warns Of Drastic Oil Shortages
Jackson's Bt West Virginia warned of drastic curtailments in supplies of common oil goods including refrigerators washing machines and radios. The alert came from Clifford Fownsend agricultural representative on defense priorities outlining potential shortages and restrictions.
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Jackson
Bt. W. Va
MM. Clifford Fownsend
Ickes Reports Small Rail Car Surplus in Oil Emergency
Secretary Ickes said a factual inventory shows a net surplus of only 4 192 railroad tank cars for Atlantic seaboard petroleum hauls, contradicting J J Pellsys 20 000 idle cars claim. A Senate inquiry found no shortage and urged relief from gasoline price controls.
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Washington
Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
J. J. Pellsy
Association of American Railroads
East Coast Transportation Committee
Oil Industry
Three Lane Road Planned From Gap to State Line
Virginia highway officials announced allocations to widen the Mor Moccasin Gap to the Tennessee line to 30 feet, creating a three lane highway. The Gate City to Kingsport segment remains the busiest route in Southwest Virginia, with work timing pending final plans and ground work.
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Gap
Gate City
Morcasin Gap
Tennessee Line
Hkingsport, Tenn
Virginia
Highway Department
Scott County
H. L. Sheppe
Moccasin Gap
State Line Road
Kingsport
Cumberland Gap
Sheppe
Two Girls Ride 3100 Miles From Ohio to California
Two 21 year old women from upper Sandusky Ohio completed a 3100 mile horseback trek to Los Angeles. They rode 167 days with no saddle sore, faced Mojave desert floods and a missing meal stretch of 40 hours. They slept in hotels or under desert stars and believe it was the longest ride by women.
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Los Angeles
Sandusky
Ohio
Myldred Bickham Brian
Virginia Shumaker
Santa Monica
Mines Kill Battalions Of Germans In Crimea Assault
London reports say minefields decimated whole battalions of German shock troops during a Crimea attack. Parachute troops and infantry suffered heavy losses as Red Army held the line near Sevastopol, with renewed German efforts on the Perekop Isthmus amid rugged marshlands and lakes.
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Crimea
London
Red Star
Leningrad
Crimean Peninsula
Perekop Isthmus
Adolf Hitler
Kiev
Berlin
Red Army
Moscow
Russia
Sevastopol
Crimean
Caucasus
Sea of Azov
Hitler
North Central
Velizh
Smolensk
Dvina
Imperial Russia
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Limes’ State News Service
Charles Stelling
Red Grange Times’ Sport
Mans
Kazan
Dardonel
Otog
Turkey
Soviet
Donetz
Kharkova
Rostov
Mts
Wovall
Garman
Ural
Obri
Iran
Defense
Bulletins
York Case
East
New York
Am Tel & Tel
Chrysler Corp
Curtiss-Wright
General Motors
Mead Corp
Bath Montgo Ward
Penney (Jcazary
Ti Stand Oil Ca A
US Steel
Yi ‘West El-Mfg SN
Black Sea
Sebas~ Tosol
Gaia
P— Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Lisbon
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