Power Output In U S To Equal All Axis Sources
The Federal Power Commission announced the US plans to expand electric capacity to surpass Axis output, aiming for a 1943 kilowatt hour production of about 24 trillion. The program, backed by over 31 billion dollars in mixed funding, seeks to prevent defense material shortages and bolster wartime production.
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U. S
Washington
Federal Power Commision
United States
Germany
Italy
Commission
Japan
Gad
Troops Praised By Generals After Maneuvers
Generals commended the Second Army for a successful set of war games as troops began returning to their home stations. General Marshall cited shortages in anti tank guns radio sets and ammunition while General McNair praised naval efficiency and halted the maneuvers. Nearby report notes a marriage remark by Rev Hugh M Bannen about long marriages and wedding counts.
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George C. Merstall
Avalard
Tievt
Lesley J. McNair
General Army Headquarters
Marshall
Guard To Get Winter Uniforms In Kingsport
Measurements for new winter uniforms will be taken at the regular drill period of Company E State Guard in Kingsport Tennessee. Captain W J Donelly commander urged all guard members to attend this meeting at Civic Auditorium Tuesday night. Drill begins at 6 45 P M.
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Company E
Kings Port
Tennessee
State Guard
Civic Auditorium
WJ. Donelly
Donnelly
Guard
Wickard Urges Farmers To Help Defeat The Nazis
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard urged American farmers to boost 1942 production to support Britain and defeat Hitler. He spoke at a southern agricultural leaders meeting, stressing food as vital as munitions and calling for higher dairy beef and crop outputs while curbing cotton and tobacco. Wickard, a corn hog farmer, tied rising US employment to the need for increased food production.
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Memphis
Claude R. Wickard
England
United States
Britain
Hiller
Aircuss
Department of Agriculture
Wickard
America
Bulletin: Traffic Stalls Spark Delay in Hooker Oklahoma
News bulletin reports a motor car stall on Main Street Rock Island crossing causes brief delay in Hooker Oklahoma. Army spokesman says Japanese have 20,000 of 88,000 men used in Changtian drive. Hunan capital remains in Chinese hands.
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Hooker
Okla
Rock Island
Chungking
Chang~ Tia
Hunan Provines
Fliers Found Dead in Lawton Wreckage
Three Army pilots were found dead amid the wreckage of an observation plane that had been missing for 13 hours in Lawton Oklahoma.
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Lawton
Okla
Voluntary Wage Curb Advised by Federal Officials
Washington reports Voluntary wage curbs urged as inflation risk rises. Marriner Eccles proposes a centralized labor organization to set nationwide prevailing wages during the emergency and hints at a 48 hour work week. Senate leaders debate profits limits with Morgenthau proposing 1 percent caps and ties to invested capital, while clerical notices mention revival services in Clinchport with a departure time.
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Washington
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
Steagall
D-Ala
Congress
Morgenthal
Nee
R-Nd
Kye
Senate
North
George
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Meigs Sheriff and Dam Worker Slain in Dance Hall Battle
Decatur Tenn. Sheriff John M Benton 53 of Meigs County and Carl Hickmann 37 an electrician's helper at TVA Watts Bar Dam were killed in a gun battle at a near Decatur dance hall shortly before midnight. Chief Deputy J H Davis cited Benton killed Hickmann when he resisted arrest on a drunkenness complaint, and Hickmann’s shooter fatally wounded the sheriff. The son Lester Hickman 18 was arrested by State Patrolmen W Strader and San Watters at the Hickman home. A man booked as Jim Kennedy 26 of Decatur was also involved in the melee that preceded the slayings.
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Decatur, Tenn
John, M. Benton
Meigs County
Carl Hickmann
TVA
Watts Bar
Here
J. H. Davis
Benton
Hickman
Oficer
Davis
Lester Hickman
W. Strader
San. Watters
Athens
Ag Jim Kenneny
Decatur
Vision for Tri City Cancer Clinic In Early Planning
Dr Scarborough of the Winship Clinic in Atlanta will survey cancer cases in Sullivan and Johnson counties this week to assess need for a potential Tri City cancer diagnostic clinic. The effort, supported by the Sullivan Johnson Medical Society and the New York Commonwealth Fund, aims to detect cancer earlier and curb rising deaths.
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Trinity
J. EB. Scarborough
Winship Clinic
Atlanta
J. W. Ervin
Sullivan Trounty Health
Sullivan
Johnson Counties
de. Brin
Scarborough
Kingsport
Iicinity
Sullivan-Johnson Medical Society
New York Commonwealth Fund
Commonwealth Fund
Firwin
Sullivan County
Ervin
County Medical Society
Weller
Division of Vital Statistics
TVA And Nooga Board At Odds Over Direct Power Deal
Chattanooga Electric Power Board and the Tennessee Valley Authority clashed again over direct power service for the Volunteer Ordnance Works under construction near Chattanooga. Board Chairman L J Wilhoite said TVA Chairman David Lilienthal claimed the city board had no contractual rights to the War Department project, which was estimated to yield about 425000 dollars annually under the board’s industrial rates.
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Chattanooga
Chattanooga Electric Power Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
L. J. Wilhoite
Ordnance Works
Wilhoite
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
War Department
Bridges Deportation Recommendation to Washington
Harry Bridges West Coast CIO leader was recommended for deportation to Australia by special immigration examiner Charles H. Sears. The finding tied Bridges to the Communist party and the Marine Workers Industrial Union, with Sears citing the Waterfront Worker as evidence of affiliation. Sears denied Bridges a reopening to hear alleged FBI wiretap evidence.
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Washington
Australia
Harry
Sears
Bridges
FBI
New York
San Francisco
United States
Communist Party
Marine Workers Industrial Union
Comimunist Party
FDR Expected To Urge Arming Merchant Ships
Washington report says Congress shows belief Roosevelt will seek power to arm merchant ships. Debate centers on whether to extend neutrality act changes to let American vessels reach belligerent ports and operate in combat areas. Some lawmakers expect a limited gun-arming request, others foresee broader act revision. Administration aides claim sufficient votes exist in both chambers for amendments.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol
House
Senate
RAF Bombs Nine Italian Cities in Major Raid
Britain and Italy traded bold war reports as RAF bombers struck nine Italian targets including Genoa Spezia Turin and Rhodes while Mussolini’s high command boasted of sinking three British cruisers and damaging a battleship and destroyer in a central Mediterranean convoy. The British admiralty questioned Italian claims, and authoritative dispatches from Berlin and London described heavy fighting, evolving fronts in the Caucasus and Rumania, and broader Allied counteractions across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
High Command
Mediterranean
Romeradi
Britain
London
Berlin
Gaghdad
Russia
Caucasus
Africa
Asia
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Archibald P. Wavell
Tudis
Claude J. 5. Auchinleck
Middle East
Baghdad
Sicily
Rhodes
RAF
Genoa
Rome
Cairo
Spezia
Turin
Savona Marina
Milan
London Admiralty
Admiralty
Germany
Witt meets official over Knoxville union fogging case
Roane county District Attorney General Beecher Witt conferred with Paul Christopher executive secretary of the Tennessee State Industrial Union Council regarding an inquiry into Thursday night fogging of two CIO union organizers in Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Beecher Witt
Roane County
Paul Christopher
Tennessee State Industrial Union Council
CIO
Golf Champion Slaying Stuns Lexington Club Community
Mrs Elsa Miley 40 in critical condition after a shooting at the Lexington country club apartment. Her golf star daughter Marion Miley 27 was killed. Police questioned club staff and others, found cash in the Miley unit, and offered a 21000 reward for information. Fred Miley husband and golf pro arrived after the incident. Senator Chandler urged full police effort. Marion Miley a prominent golfer with multiple titles.
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Lexington
Elsa Ego Miley
Marion
Lexington Country Club
Austin B. Price
Alon
Birs
Miley
Marie
Ager
Clin
Lexington Club
Mileys
Chandler
D-Ky
Kentucky
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Jim) Cassidy
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J. C. MacKenzie
State Department
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Lindby
Mackenzie
Rockford
Willliam Saks
Violet Mikkanen
Hugh M. Bannen
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P. C. McCord
First Christian Church
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FDR
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Rhoades
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Ukraine
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Yelnya
Smolensk
Desta
Crimea
Black Sea
Perektop Istheus
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Reich
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Miss Miley
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Fred Miley
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Cincinnati
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