Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 1

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Aasociated Press Johnson City Ttnn Friday Afternoon A most 7 1942 -3v -r 5 vt v' rs Jy -T Ul- Witte VQri4JSte5jrs if r4r" an 5 IJlU) CcnU PrrCop stfw pyri Cooper ewart Ketur Chase And aces Democrats Shelby Avalanche Saves Coalitionist Pair From Defeat Russia Slows Nazi' Bloofl-For-Oil Push In Two Key Sectors i' VP CarmackCarries Six Of Ten Districts In Senate Contest Five Incumbent Democrats Two Republicans Renominated For Congress Allied Council Convenes In Moscow On Greater Aid As Red Armies Desperately Battle Mechanised And Paratroop Attacks NASHVILLE Aug 7 For the second time since the Civil War Tennessee Democrats yesterday nominated a governor for a third two-year term bestowing the honor upon Frentice Cooper toe state's 46-yearold bachelor chief executive Nominated along with Cooper Incumbents Tom Stewart for the United States Senate and Leon Jourolmon for state public utilities commissioner The Democratic nomination in statewide races Is tantamount to election Stewart received too nod for his first full six-year term in the Senate only after a spirited race against Edward Ward Carmack Murfreesboro attornfy and former newspaper who had sharply criticized toe junior aen-i ator's legislative record Cooper! rr won by a wider margin ovej- OllllSOll llCKS KS MILLER BELL CLYDE WALTERS MILLER SELL (LEFT) AND CLYDE WALTERS (right) were chosen sheriff and register of deeds respectively In general election in Washington county Walters beat Ralph Cox Republican and Sell ousted Republican incumbent Carl Young Majorities were large In both races By The Associated Frees Adolf blood-for-oil drive Into the Caucasus was slowed In two- key sectors today Russian accounts said as the Red armies beat off repeated mass tank assaults and mopped up fresh swarms of Nazi-parachutosts and plane-transported troops behind the Soviet lines An entirely different version came from German field headquarters which declared that Gen Fedor von armies had captured three strategic towns and advanced to a depth of 160 miles on the road to the Caucasus oil treasures A bulletin from field headquarters asserted that Nazi troops swarming across the Kuban river had advanced to within 30 miles of the Maikop oil fields The Maikop wells are important but far less vital than toe huge Baku fields which He across the towering Caucasus mountain hundreds of miles to the southeast The Nazi communique also asserted that Axis columns were approaching Krasnodar 150 miles southwest otRostov on the rail line to toe Black sea Arrival of Soviet reinforcements in the critical struggle below the Don river was acknowledged by the German command which said toe Russians were counter-attacking north of the1 Sal apparently In toe Kotelnlkovski sector 83 miles soflth of Stalingrad The high command emphasized the role of Nazi dive-bombers in helping Getman troops their heavy against Soviet in the Rzhev sec- Dillon As New Sheriff Boatright Leads Carter Sheriff Race Many Upsets Unicoi Late Count Harm Leaders ELIZABETHTON Aug With precincts generally conceded to be in his favor yet to be retorted Mike Boatright appeared his afternoon to have been elected Carter county sheriff by a handy majority defeating eight other candidates including Sheriff Ernest Brumit and former Sheriff Moreland There were numerous upsets of incumbents in races for office Nearly Complete Tabulations In Other County Races With tabulations complete In 21 precincts of 24 in the county complete the totals were these: For' sheriff Boatright 2196 Brumit 1051 John Edens 97 Reece Hill 648 Sam Hyder 556 Lofton Keller 72 Moreland 2009 Thomas Nave 1597 Nathan Street 80 For trustee: Bowers 4-795 Lloyd Perry 3113 IT 7: Unofficial returns front 13 of J4 precinct In Johnson county gave Wiley Dillon toe lead in the race in a vote of 1228 over his closest opponent Mad- ron with 1094 votes James 1 Greever Incumbent received 641 votes and Wills 50 The missing precinct is in one bf toe outlying district and leader said its usual poll of about 100 votes could make no difference in ny of toe races in the county Incumbents were elected In every other major office including register of deeds county court clerk and circuit court clerk with decisive votes registered in most of the races Sluder Reece And Lewis Lead County Races Dan Sluder received 1637 vote over hi opponent Clyde Wilson wltiv 1226 vole for county court clerk Walter Reece piled up a vote of 1228 over twer opponents A Hodge with 941 votes and Don A Johnson -with 580 for ctr- cult court clerk Kemp Lewis landed 1189 votes over two opponents McElyea wdth 630 and Thermun Sheets with 748 for register of deeds Dotson unopposed for the office of trustee received a complimentary vote of 2000 Grayson Lead riillllpa For Attorney General In the race for attorney-general Luke Gxay son resldento-nt -Johnson county led-4 Dayton Wi'Uips in a vote of 479 to-1016 The vote the Demo- Cratlc primary piled up a vote of 500 for Governor Prentice Cooper to Ridley 35 In the race for the gubernatorial nomination His coalition partner Senator A (Tom) Stewart landed 410 votes over Edward Ward Carmack who polled only 65 votes For toe first time In many years no Republican primary was held due to no contests In any of the race listed The War 1 Liberation Of India Now Would Hand It Over To Axis tor northwest of Moscow and conceded that toe Red armies were striking back in the big bend of the Don river before Stalingrad Conflicting Versions From Moscow And Berlin As the Russians fought desperately to stem the 45-day-old Nazi offensive London heard that delegates of the major United Nations were gathering in Moscow for a Russia and win the conference on grand strategy for a second Allied front British officials maintained silence but it was reported that representatives of the United States Great Britain the Fighting French and Norway were either in Moscow or en route On the Soviet fighting front conflicting versions of the battle came from Moscow and Berlin The Germans reported the capture of Armavir on the Baku rail line 160 miles south of Rostov Yeisk on the Sea of Azov 70 miles southwest of Rostov and Timashevskaya 130 miles southwest of Rostov Capture of Armavir would place the Germans within 65 miles of the Maikop oil fields which produce seven per cent of oil and would represent a 59-pftUe adduce from Kv'ty'A-kin the souther AmoSt point claimed by the Germans previously in their drive down the Rostov-Baku railway Tanks Spearhead Great German Onslaught By contrast with the Nazi claims a midday bulletin from Red army headquarters gave this picture of the 350-mile battle-front: Kotelnikovskl sector 95 miles south of Stalingrad Germans are sending In large numbers of tanks in attempts to smash our defenses Our troops have Gain Strong Representation 1 Johnson City Ward Unreported Will Not Alter Final Results Miller Sell Clyde Walters and Bvnum Chase were elected to the office of sheriff register of deeds and county chairman respectively with 23 of the 24 precincts in Washington county reported at noon' today Only toe second ward In Johnson City was unreported and the leaders held ma jonties large enough to offset losses in this ward lead over the incumbent Carl Young in the race for sheriff advanced as final tallies came in giving him a majority of 1865 votes Sell received 5683 votes to 3818 for Young Lead Over Potter Is 1592 Chase's lead over Potter stood at 1592 as all precincts except one reported Voters cast 5072 ballots for Chase to 3480 for Potter Walters plled-Up a majority of 1835 votes over his opponent Cox in the register of deeds Rattle He received in 23 precincts reported 5094 to 3-259 Similarly of interest to Washington county is the fight between Dayton Phillips of Carter county and Luke Grayson of Mountain City In their bids for toe attorney-general office-Phillips holds a slight lead in Washington county Carter county and Unicoi county while Grayson stayed in front in Johnson county Phillips received 3070 vote in Washington county to 2651 for Grayson In Johnson county his home county Grayson held a lead of 463 vote with one precinct yet unreported Phillips held a lead in the other counties All of toe leaders are Democrat 'and their election would give the Democrats the strongest representation In county government they have enjoyed la yen Unopposed Candidate Foil Large Vote Incumbent Washington county Republicans Pierce trustee Fletcher Skipworth circuit court clerk John Smith county court clerk and Monson school superintendent polled large complimentary votes A Vines and Chancellor Miller likewise received targe complimentary votes In their iinopposed bid for circuit judge chancellor The county returned large for Governor Prentice Coopfer alii Senator A wrtes In Stewart th'e Democratic primary gubernatorial and senatorial races with most of the city completed and only scattering of rural return missing was: Governor Cooper 3376 Rid-BES PAGE TWO Column Eight Jourolmon Takes Bow For Compliment KNOXVILLE Aug 7 Leon Jourolmon who returned to his home here to vote and await election returns today expressed his gratitude for the complimentary vote given him in his unopposed bid for renomination as railroad and public utilities commissioner "I am deeply grateful for the splendid complimentary vote which was given me in Democratic he said in a statement to newsmen am highly honored that 1 shall have toe opportunity to continue my efforts in behalf of the users of toe services of toe utilities and common carriers In this Consolidated are building such airplanes on a production Coronado has a hull bigger than a Pullman he said can remain at sea for days It has a range of more than 5000 miles And we have over 3000 men develop-Ing superplane for the Amy Navy If shipbuilder can build planes In quantity we will help them do Referring to the 400-passenger craft Major Fleet in a broadcast here (CBS) said aircraft engineers planned thia greater airplane to toe point where our industry could begin It ERWIN Aug At noon today only 316 votes remained to be counted in the Unicoi county general election but officials said it was not sufficient to shake the majority of any leaders except those seeking three county compassion posts The county primary voters gave overwhelming favor to Governor Prentice Cooper and Senator A' Tom Stewart and 1 1L elected Carl Mclnturff sheriff over three other candidates by a wide margin Republicans Voting at the primary pushed Guy Robbins for flo-tcrial representative with 1237 votes against only 781 for his opponent Sams 1 Carl Mclnturff claimed 1398 votes to win the office from Incumbent Davis named by the county court to succeed Blake Head killed in line of duty this year George McKinney was second with 1062 followed' by Davis yth 1 and -Clyde YTclrturfZ hyriir 87 Dayton Phillips almost doubled toe vote for Luke Grayson in the race for district attorney general polling 1422 votes against 783 for Grayson Incumbent Trustee Woodward held office with 1554 votes against 465 for Deadrlck Edwards Frank Toney Jr Incumbent circuit -ourt clerk lost office to Franlf Read who polled 1396 votes to 1006 The county commissioner posts three of which will be filled presented the only puzzle For school superintendent: Nat Hvder 3968 Charles Morgan 3-520 For juvenile judge: Mrs Marie Hacker 4423 Mrs Ruby Hampton 1738 For circuit court clerk: Dennis Brewer 5206 Herman Robinson 874 Carl Shepherd 1729 For county court clerk: Tipton Estep 1306 Frank Percy 1728 Heaton 1421 Elmer Sams 415 Ernest Shell 981 Hubert Shouh 1544 Whitehead 748 For county judge: Joe Allen 2031 James Julian 1786 3758 For register of deeds: Ernest Buckles 3388 Mrs Anna Belle Clark 879 Montgomery 437 David Ritchie 2095 Wade Young 1030 For superintendent of roads: Roy Morrell 884 Stanley Sheffield Swnerly 684 Bailey Williams 1579 ter how the British government feels it is helpless to make the sweeping change the Nationalists demand without precipitating even a worse situation in India Personally I fee3 very sure of this having-studied proii- lems for 'twenty-ve years and discussed them in India with toe leaders of all sections nothing more certain than that If Britain suddenly should withdraw entirely from government and without thoroughly preparing toe ground turn I toe rule over to a provisional government It would create a chaos 'which would be as bad or wroee I than anything that can grow out of toe Nationalist program of civil disobedience The 580 native rulers would' be at sixes and sevens the great Moslem miriority would defy the efforts of the Congress party to establish a government and there would be other complications Therefore with all sympathy for any people seeking liberty and without holding a brief for Britain we can say that England is powerless to grant the Nationalist demands at this juncture As a matter of fact It strikes me that toe other Allies' might refuse to countenance any such move on toe grounds that it would be PAGE TWO Column Flvs By Dewrrr Mackenzie Wide World War Analyst As one reads Queen unadorned but inspiring address to Congas with its renewed promise of a free and batter world under the Atlantic charter tilery comes the feeling that perhaps the course of history would have been changed If her majesty could have delivered this speech before the all-India Congress com- mer Congressman Ridley Mitchell also of Murfreesboro Shelby Backing Saves Coalitionist Candidate The unofficial count from 1934 of approximately 2300 precincts gave For Uooper 156-13irMItchell 111131 For senator Stewart 123709 Carmack 104-674 Carmack ho had no organized support carried six of the ten districts In unofficial but nearly complete returns compiled by the Associated press A 33-000 vote majority given Stewart in Shelby (Memphis) county by toe potent Crump political organization wiped out a sub stantlal lead up by Carmack In Middle nnd' West Tennessee outside Shelby Stewart also received strong backing In East Tennessee political stronghold of his Senate colleague Kenneth McKellar who spent two day In thnt sector tills week urging re-election Carmack charged Stewart with hostility toward the Tennessee Valiev" Authority in supporting lcgtatation-ajined at placing toe feietel finances under more rigid control of Congress Stewart emphatically denied the charge avowing hi loyalty to the authority Cooper ran Into stiff opposition from Mitchell and needed most of the 38000 vote majority Shelhy gave him to offset a lead accumulated In Middle Tennessee by the former Fourth district congressman The issue In this race revolved around Crump national Democratic committeeman qnd long a factor in Tennessee politics "Mitfhelf cliai giff Cooper'wnth" being a of the Memphis tender who he labeled cf Tennessee Crump a former colleague of Mitchell in Congress retorted that Mitchell was just one of many candidate who had gone over toe state me and taking me as his text because he could et get mrrreote and support" Five Incumbent Democrats Two Republican Renominated 'The contests attracted two other candidates Dr John Neal Knoxvilie law school teacher for senator and Bailey Wray Knoxville attorney for governor but neither waged an active campaign or received more than scattering votes In the congressional races seven Democrats including five incumbents and two incumbent Republicans were renominated without opposition Rep Percy Priest Fifth district incumbent won the Democratic nomination in toe newly-created Sixth (Davidson county) district while Tom Murray Jackson attorney received toe party nod for toe Eighth district seat vacated by Rep Herron Pearson Mayor Jim McCord of Lewis burg was unopposed for toe Democratic nomination in the new Fifth district Democrats nominated for Con' gress In addition to Priest McCord and Murray were John Second district Estes Kefauver Third Albert Gore Fourth Wirt Courtney Seventh Jere Cooper Ninth and Clifford Davis Tenth All except O'Conner are Incumbents Republican incumbent renominated were Carroll Recce First district and John Jennings Jr second AFL TO COOPERATE CHICAGO Aug 7 President William Green of toe American Federation of Labor indicated yesterday that he wa prepared to coopeiate with the CIO in arbitrating juruudictlonal disputes which threaten to Interfere with war production He said at a late pres conference that his international union had not empowered him to set up ai joint AFL-CIO committee for arbitration purposes but added I I will act when such power delegated to 1 NAZIS REHEARSE LONDON Aug 7 (AK-Jerman troops have completed maneuvers in toe interior of Holland In toe course of which special attention was given to defense against parachute troops it was reported today by the Netherlands news uv ui rev3 I APPARENTLY Governor Prentice Cooper (top) and Senator Tom Stewart were renominated In ye Democratic primary An avalanche of Shelby county (Memphis) vote enabled Stewart to pull behind an early Carmack lead and clinched the renoml-nation for Cooper Grceiic Voles Incumbents Back To Posts GREENEV1LLE Aug 7-Republican incumbents led every county general election race with Ben Renner Republican pulling ahead of Dale Alexander former big league baseball tar for the office In a vote of 5198 to 486 In tradition fo'the sheriffs yaod David Carter incumbent Republican led Don Russell 5088 to 4667 for trustee Line-barger Incumbent Republican led Alfred Carter by 6148 to 3851 for circuit court clerk and Samuel A Doak Incumbent Republican led Oral Anderson 5148 to 4630 for county court dark Incumbent Republican Countv Judge Doty netted 5427 votes compared to'3719 for A Blevins Reed Incumbent Republican register of deeds led his opponent Jim Carter 5246 to 3819 Willis Broyles Republican candidate for superintendent of roads topped his Democratic opponent A Haney by 5775 to 3295 On-the Judicial Ballot for toe first district Shelboume Ferguson Democrat led his opponent Lynn Miner by 3808 to 2843 Walter Gray Republican held a nice majority over his opponent Barron 4967 to 3098 In the three divisions for road commissioners Fitzhugh Maupin was elected In the first division: John Kiker In the second division and Stockley Hogan In the third division Incumbents Governor Prentice Cooper and Senator A Tom Stewart held strong Greene county lends on the basis of 29 out of 33 precinct still unreported in the Democratic primary In the Republican primary for direct representative John Kilgore wss lending on the basis of 16 out of 33 precincts with 1271 to 339 for hi opponent Bible For flotorial representative in the primary shared with Washington and Unicoi counties Guy Robbins led Sam 1033 to Leader in the county said to-dav it was doubtful the direct outcome would be known until the official count was made In both Democratic and Republican primaries Elizabrthton Picks Great Cargo Planes Already In Production 9 Builders Say LOS ANGELES Aug 7 W) in a broadcast address (March of Gigantic cargo planes capable ofjTime) "Such planes are being mass transport of troops across the built Douglas and Curtiss are Atlantic out of reach of lurking! building excellent ones We at independence There are few measures no matter how extreme which world sentiment would deny to any race to achieve its sovereignty but In the present instance we have a unique situation in which rash action by the committee might Jeopardize the whole Allied cause A rash move by the committee might not only wreck Indian chances of achieving independence but bring the entire Allied world under the bondage of the Axis This is no exaggeration for India is a vital strategic base for our cause Under those circumstances Mohandas Gandhi toe great Nationalist leader and toe committee might find inspiration for a new line of endeavor in toe promises reaffirmed by beloved queen They might find what they seek in the pledge of toe Atlantic charter that it respects the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live They might recall that only a few days ago Secretary of State Cordell Hull declared: have always believed and we believe today that all toe peoples without distinction of race color or religion who are prepared and willing to accept the responsibilities of liberty are en-Utled to its In short Mr Gandhi and his follower might reach the conclusion that it would be better to trust the British promise of independence after toe war than to precipitate a situation fraught with danger for the entire Allied world toe Nationalists demand Alexander Strikes Out In Politics GREENEVILLE Tenn Aug 7 (0 Note to baseball dub ownersi If you need a manager or coach you probably can sign up big Dale Alexander who 10 years ago won top American League batting championship with toe Boston Red Sox Dale struck out yesterday In hia first trip to the plate In the politics league Aspiring to wear the badge of sheriff in his home county of Greene Alexander ran on the Democratic ticket and according to unofficial returns lost to Renner Republican by a count of 4876 to 5198 The big fellow said before the election that If he failed to win the office he would return to the baseball wars He managed the Greeneville Burley Cubs in toe Appalachian League this season until It folded -several weeks ago Bombers Visit Ilavoc On Jap Base CHUNGKING Aug 7 United State Army bombers attacked a Japanese airdrome near Canton yesterday destroying at least 10 grounded enemy planes Lieut Gen Joseph StilwelTa headquarters announced today Japanese were taken com- by a headquar- Besides the destruction of grounded Japanese planes the bombers scored hits on the airdrome runway It said All of toe American planes including bombers snd fighter escort returned safely to their bare Weather Forecast JOHVSONT CITT AP-VVt Rhnwr 1 umW-lioww- thin afternoon TVni a I i i repulsed these Kushohevka sector 50 miles south of Rostov Germans launched repeated attacks against our positions but were repulsed with heavy Kletskaya sector 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad troops launched a number of counterattacks and pressed the enemy back -destroying nine German tanks and killing about 800 enemy officer and The lone setback conceded by the Russians was in the Belaya Glina sector 100 miles southeast of Rostov where Red army troops withdrew at several points yesterday Invaders Fay Terrific Toll For Every Foot Gained Soviet dispatches still insisted that the main battles were raging far north of the sectors reported by the German high command and declared the Invaders were SEE PAGE SEVEN Column Ons Three Emergencies Treated At Hospital Three minor emergency cases two of them children were treated at Appalachian Hospital late yesterday and were dismissed Martha Garland about 5 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ike Gailand Knob Creek road received a suture in her lip cut at a swimming pool and Jerry Leonard 8-year-old son of Mrs Leonard was treated for a cut over the right eye suffered in fall on the sidewalk Mrs Trivett 73 of 910 Boone street wss treated for a broken right arm sustained in a fall TERRIFIC WINDSTORM HENNING Tenn Aug 7 tfW A terrific windstorm hit Henning and toe southern part of Lauderdale county late yesterday destroying a cotton gin and badly damaging crops No aerious injuries were reported but wind and hail did considerable damage to corn and cotton crops as voting officials turned to count- ing the remaining and crucial 316 votes Leading with 1530 votes and as- ured ot electlon was Dunbar Close behind with 1403 and almost assuredly a winner was Taylor an incumbent Three other candidates were closely bunched for the third office the outcome Still in doubt Emmerts had counted 1296 votes Erwin an incumbent had polled 1257 and Smith lagged behind only one tally with 1256J Anderson failed possible election numbering only 1120 ballots No figures were available on unopposed offices including those of ircuit Court Judge A Vines Chancellor Miller Register of Deeds Hughes and County Court Clerk Chandler FDR Blasts Report Of Condemning Nazis WASHINGTON Aug 7 (TV-The White House said today that president has not yet concluded his reading of toe in the case of the eight alleged Nazi saboteurs 4 This statement was read to reporters by William Hassett an assistant secretary in response to inquiries about reports that Mr Roosevelt had decreed death for six and clemency for two Nazi agenta tried by a military tribunal on charges that they came to this country to sabotage vital war activities DIES OF INJURY MIDDLESBORO Ky Aug 7 OP 4'sCitv Patrolman Guv Harrell said today a man who died yesterday at a local hotel had been Identified as James Smith Barnard I 33 C'aibome county Term farmer" The city patrolman said the man died of injuries suffered in a ealt from the second floor of the fcoteL submarines are not a vision of toe future they are an actuality in quantity production And even greater ships with a capacity of 400 soldiers able to span toe Atlantic in 10 to 12 hours-have passed the speculative stage Bulletin WASHINGTON Aug 7 OP) Chairman Donald Nelson said today the WPB had approved construction by Henry Kaiser west coast shipbuilder of 500 huge flying boats with an initial order for 100 to be placed by the Navy ahortly fc to the point where the Industry could begin their construction Tom Girdler chairman of the board -eft Consolidated Aircraft Corp and Maj Reuben Fleet put the whole burden of company's founder and pres- eonce-ssion on us Why shouldn ten aqvl8elt made these statements troops and carry goods to our al-Britain grant our night as they told the nation lie where sea traffic Is too haz immediately rather than make us teprate radl70 talkj lhat a legitimate query endlndustry PPared to tackle the Liberator bombers now In mass it is the crux of the whole posi- heavy transport problem production carry 350008 1 Defeated tion Whv the British problem calls for big men oversea in a government be toe one to give plane that can carry large loadsj special Liberator fuselages i Bradshaw DcWitt Cole Frank ground? lover 'great distances at high could almost treble that" he con- Deloach Nave and Arch Well the answer is that no said Girdler in San Diegoluded JBusMti "A bombers he asserted could make nonstop trips to Europe and return As sky freighters they could take heavy loads of supplies and arm to overseas Fire JPs-At-Large ELIZABETHTON Aug 7 Harman Collins A Tipton IL Campbell Guy Ferguson and Johnson Sr were successful In their race for Justice of the peace from the city at large In general election candidates were in the re-'Siirt agency Aneta Air General Fried- rich Christiansen commander of German occupation forces paitici- pated in the exercise a.