Athens Vets Disclaim All Desire To Set Precedent
Kenneth L. Dixon reports in Athens Tennessee where World War II veterans won a nonpartisan election amid violence and graft. The town recalls Bloody election days, but veterans insist their action was lawful and not a precedent for violence, stressing they only sought civil liberty and reform.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Tenn
Ins
Tennessee
McMinn‘county
Gestapo
Big Jim Buttram
Racer
60Th Infantry
Buttram
G.i’s
Jim
McMinn County
G.I
Washington
John Jennings
Congress
Yanks Killed in Motor Pool Fire in Berlin
BERLIN AP Six American soldiers died from severe burns and three were injured when a fire broke out in a military police motor pool. The Army Provost Marshal's Office released the fatalities and said names were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Berlin
United States Army Provost Marshal
International Chess Game In Its Eighth Year
SEATTLE AP Navy Comdr W N Thompson marks the eighth year of an ongoing international chess match with opponent Alfred Milner of Didsbury England. Thompson says Milner received his 47th move as the game continues. Thompson originally began the contest in 1938 after a friend died, later resuming after brief pauses in correspondence.
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Seattle
Navy
W. N. Thompson
Thompson
Alfred Milner
Didsbury
England
Milner
Kaiser Protests Decree Shutting Kaiser Yard to Ship Scrapping
Henry J. Kaiser protests a Maritime Commission order that winds up ship repair at his Richmond yard by September 30 and bids the yard for scrapping work. He warns layoffs, loss of competitive ship repair, and underutilization of facilities, urging bids for full use. About 3,200 locals work at the yard, with officials saying scrapping would create roughly 600 jobs yearly.
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Richmond
Calif
Maritime Commission
Henry J. Kaiser
Big
Kaiser
Furniture unionists switch CIO to AFL vote in Grand Rapids
About 2500 workers from Local 415 CIO United Furniture Workers in Grand Rapids protest alleged Communist domination and vote to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
CIO
United Furniture Workers
American Federation of Labor
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