Oak Ridge Votes in Tennessee First Election
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, held its first electoral vote with about 1,400 ballots cast amid legal challenges. An injunction halted the vote briefly, then appeals and a state Supreme Court hearing followed, with officials arguing residents lacked county residency due to Army-ceded sovereignty.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Tennessee
Oa Ridge
Atomic City
Anderson County Election Commission
Hamilton Burnett
Knoxville
State Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Paul Campbell
A. W. Chambliss
Supreme Court
L. C. Ely
Oalk Ridge
Anderson County
U. S. Army
Untitled wartime reminiscence exchange
A clipped wartime dialogue recalls danger and camaraderie as a speaker reflects on Nazis arriving late and a vow to use a favor, ending with a grim farewell and a threat. The tone is rough edged and personal with implied conflict and survival stakes.
Former Decatur Resident Passes Away in Florida
B B Baggerly aged 67, a former Decatur resident who moved to St. Petersburg in 1926, died suddenly Thursday evening at his Florida home. He is survived by his wife Sheila, a daughter Mrs. Bill Mangold, both of St. Petersburg, and sisters Mrs. J B McBride and Mrs. M L Carter of Decatur.
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B. B. Baggerly
Decatur
St. Petersburg
Fla
Sheila Baggerly
Bill Mangold
J. B. McBride
M. L. Carter
Retonga praised by Mrs Kerr for relief from stomach distress
Mrs. John W Kerr of Blue Mountain Alabama reports dramatic recovery after using Retonga. She says food no longer disagrees, digestion improved, sleep better, eight pounds regained, and she works six days a week with ease. Retonga is advertised as aiding digestive juice flow and constipation.
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Retonga
Caddell Drug Store
Anti-Lobby Act Brings Lobbyists Into Open
Congress passed a new act requiring lobbyists to register with the Senate and House clerks. It mandates detailed money records and public disclosure of contributors and recipients. Officials disagree on who must register. penalties include fines up to 10 000 dollars and jail terms.
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Congress
James Marlow
Washington
Supreme Court
Secretary of
The
Senate
Leslie Biffle
House
South Trimble
Biffle
Trimble
Department of Justice
Riverside High Names Social Studies Teacher for 1946 47
Mrs. Lucille Williams elected to teach social studies at Riverside High School for the 1946 47 term. She holds an A B and an M A from the University of Kentucky with a history major, studied at Columbia University, and is active in historical research. Williams is a Kentucky Historical Society and Filson Club member and authored a biography of John C. Breckinridge.
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Lucille Williams
Riverside
University of Kentucky
Columbia University
Williams
Decatur
Columbia
Newspapers Exempt from Certain Rules Cited
A brief note states newspapers are exempt from unspecified regulations or restrictions. It mentions exemptions apply to publication or distribution activities and notes authority or governing body behind the exemption. The text is fragmentary with limited identifying details.
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Guage
Ruth McGurk slaying sparks nationwide search
The search spreads from East to West for Ruth McGurk 25 slain after a dance in Onset Massachusetts clues point to a man called Frank a Newport Rhode Island many details tie to a missing Army man and a sailor fiance Arthur Doucette as the victim’s betrothed ring and birthstone noted as police pursue leads and a green sedan linked to the case
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Miss
Ruth McGurk
New England
Newport
R. I
Edmund R-Dewing
Frank
Cranberry. Bog
Wareham
Dewing
Newport. R. IL
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Ruth
Ruth Jefferson
Helen L. Leary
Harverhill
Arthur L. Doucette
Pacific
Bikini
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E. W. Kennedy
Alabama
E. Moulton ST
A. Vincent Smith
Edmund R. Dewing
Sal Shaeem
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RCA Victor
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General Electric
Zenith
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ASS and Beauty Faite
Chromum Luggage Carriers
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Sauer Kraut
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