Athens Veterans Avoiding Precedent in Tennessee Election Clash
Kenneth L. Dixon reports Athens Tennessee faced violence after a bitter local election. Veterans deny setting a precedent, stressing lawful action and condemning ballot-box theft while urging restraint and justice for graft and civil liberty abuses. The piece portrays calm recovery and questions whether the episode signals broader racial or labor conflicts.
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Buttram
G.l’s
Jim
Tennessee
McMinn County
Six U S Soldiers Die in Berlin Motor Pool Fire
In Berlin a fire at a military police motor pool killed six American soldiers and injured three others. The Army Provost Marshal's Office released the count and said names were withheld pending next of kin notices.
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Berlin
United States Army Provost Marshal
Long-running international chess match reaches eighth year
Navy Comdr. W. N. Thompson in Seattle reports he has just played his 47th move against Alfred Milner of Didsbury England in an ongoing international chess game that began after 1938. The match, sparked by a friend's death and renewed after exchanges of correspondence, shows no end in sight.
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Seattle
Navy
W. N. Thompson
Thompson
Alfred Milner
Didsbury
England
Milner
Kaiser Protests Decree to Scrap Richmond Shipyard
Henry J. Kaiser protests a federal decree ordering wind down of ship repair at the Richmond yard by September 30 and bids for ship scrapping. He argues the move harms jobs and competitive repair, urges full use of facilities, noting about 3,200 workers vs 600 new scrapping jobs predicted by officials.
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Richmond
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Big Kaiger
Kaiser
W. W. Smith
Commission
Furniture unionists switch from CIO to AFL in protest
About 2,500 members of Local 415, CIO United Furniture Workers, left the CIO over alleged Communist influence and voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
CIO
United Furniture Workers
American Federation of Labor
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