Bloody Ballot Mars Election Turmoil in Athens
Armed citizens patrolled Athens after deputies barricaded in McMinn county jail for six hours during a violent election night. Six men seriously wounded, twelve others less so, as 5500 or more people watched the standoff. Deputies eventually surrendered and were searched while a GI-backed faction claimed control and ordered terms.
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Tenn
McMinn County
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All-Gi
Democratic’ Organization
Stave
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Windy Wise
Duggan
Witness to Athens Tenn election violence report
James E. Jarvis of the Chattanooga Times writes as eyewitness to Athens Tennessee election day violence. He recalls deputies seizing photos, shattered polling place glass, and a gun battle between bi partisan GI ticket supporters and a Cantrell slate, with armed guards arriving as tension escalates.
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The
Chattanooga Times
Athens, Tenn
Athens
Tenn
Paul Cantrell
Gl-ticket
James Ed Vestal
Charles Scott
Rose
Historian urges restoring full river name in West Virginia
E Meredith of Fairmont, noted WV historian, urges State Road Commission to restore the full name of the Tygart Valley river, arguing markers now read Tygart river. He says officials promised correction but errors persist, and historians favor reinstating the original Tygart's Valley designation.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
State Road Commission
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Theatre Ticket Ad Advises Grafton Patrons Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites C B Haynes of Knottsville to attend tonight's presentation at the Bertrand Theatre featuring Sally O Rourke with Alan Ladd and Gal Gadot Russell. Also shown is The Way starring David Niven and George O'Brien at the Dixie Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Haynes Knottsville
Sally O'Rourke
Alan Ladd
Gal Russell
Btrand Theatre
David Niven
George O'Brien
Dixie
Paul Jewell
Beech Street
John and
Kelly
Texas
Raymon Ha
Claudia “Drake
Grafton Theatre
Radio station permit issued for Huntington WV
Washington reports tentative FCC authorization to operate a new FM station at Huntington West Virginia granted to Greater Huntington Radio Corp. Charleston notes a record 150 charters issued in July by Secretary of State O Brien, breaking January’s record. Governor Meadows asks police chief to probe reports of lawlessness in Widen Clay County amid alleged lack of protection.
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Huntington
W. Va
Greater Huntington Radio Corp
The
Communications Commission
Charleston
West Vite
William S. O'Brien
Meadows
W. E. Burchett
Widen
Clay County
West Virginia
Veteran McKellar Wins Senatorial Renomination
Veteran senator Kenneth D. McKellar, 71, won the Democratic nomination for a sixth term in Washington in a Tennessee primary marked by violence. He carried Shelby County strongly and led statewide against CIO-backed Edward Ward Carmack, with unofficial returns showing McKellar 159,790 to Carmack 90,578 among 1,844 precincts reported. governor Jim McCord also clinched renomination on a Crump-backed coalition ticket.
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Tenn
Kenneth D. McKellar
Washington
Edward H. Crump
Shelby County
Memphis
McKellar
CIO
Edward Ward Carmack
Carmack
Byron Johnson
John R. Neal
Herman H. Ross
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Greece prepared memorandum against Albania U N membership
The Greek government planned a strong memorandum to the United Nations opposing Albania’s admission. The Security Council committee on membership overrode Russian objections at a closed session and adopted an Australian resolution allowing written statements from applicants or member nations. Greece page 6.
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New York
United Nations
Albania
Security Council
Committee On
Greece
War crimes trials may end by August fifteenth
A member of the allied prosecution staff reported that the war crimes trials of 22 high ranking Germans in Nuernberg could conclude by August 15 with a verdict possible on September 2. The cases against Hermann Goering Joachim von Ribbentrop Rudolph Hess and Wilhelm Keitel have been completed as the tribunal proceeds to read prosecution summaries against seven Nazi organs.
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Germany
Allied Prosecution Staff
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rudolph Hess
Wilhelm Keltel
International Military Tribunal
Senate Sees Debate Over Compulsory Jurisdiction
Senate members fret over keeping nine votes ready as it nears a clash on granting compulsory jurisdiction to an international court of justice. The session centers on whether the United States should accept a world tribunal to decide most legal disputes with other nations.
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Senate
U. S
America
Sixty Injured When Bus Crashes on Memorial Bridge
An estimated sixty persons were injured today when a commuter bus crashed into a heavy stone railing on Memorial Bridge over the Potomac. The bus, en route from Arlington to Washington, swerved after colliding with a car and landed upside down on a driveway thirty feet below near the Lincoln Memorial during the morning rush.
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Memorial Bridge
Potomac River
Lincoln Memorial
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Historic 79th Congress Near Adjournment May Call Special Session
The 79th Congress sped toward adjournment with a last minute fight over the Social Security tax and a world court proposal. Most observers expect no further meetings unless an emergency prompts a special session. A new 80th Congress will convene in January after November elections.
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Senate
79Th Congress
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One Of Last Acts Of Congress Will Freeze Old Age Tax
Congress plans to freeze the old age insurance tax at one percent for the eighth year preventing about 2.0 billion dollars in extra deductions in 1947. A 14 member Senate House conference committee backed the compromise to block a payroll tax rise and revise the social security program yielding about 150 million dollars annually for needy persons, plus survivors insurance for WWII veterans families for three years. The total government cost is estimated at 175 million dollars through 1959 with wide federal grants targeted to millions of aged, blind, and dependent children.
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Washington
Senate House
Only Presidential Intervention Address Coal Car Shortage
FAIRMONT Aug 2 Only presidential intervention can end the coal car shortage in northern West Virginia, a United Mine Workers official says. President C Fremont Davis reports 66 mines idle, production at 112 175 tons as railroads and agencies drag their feet.
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West Virginia
C. Fremont Davis
United ‘Mine Workers District 31
Solid Fuels Administration
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Mackenzie King Urges Council Of Big Four To Have Meeting
Battlefront veterans aiding the Senate War Investigating Committee hunt for faulty 4.2 shells. Soldiers offer lot numbers from the 100th Chemical Mortar Battalion in Italy and report a Fort Bragg test that killed or wounded the crew. The letters point to identifying the munitions maker through jet numbers.
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Council of Big Four
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
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Abduction case looms as jury to deliberate today
Elkins August 2 term court awaited jurors on a case charging Okey James Blair 28 and Carl Richard Duralia 32 with kidnapping and injuring Rosalie Wright of Parkersburg. Wright testified she was asked to accompany the men to Ohio, refused, and was struck. The jury could impose the death sentence if convicted.
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Ohio
Chinese Officials Warn U S of More Anti American Incidents
Aug 2 Phipping China officials warned the United States to expect further anti American outbreaks by Chinese Communists after a Monday ambush on a U S Marine convoy and the earlier kidnapping of seven Marines who were later released. Lt Gen Tsai Wen Tchih urged tougher steps as plans for U S withdrawal were discussed.
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United States
U.S
Tsai Wen-Tchih
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Crete
China
Mackenzie King Proposes Fast-Track Peace Council Meet
Paris Aug 2 Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged the 21 nation peace conference to let the four great powers convene a rapid ministers meeting to review the five draft treaties before a vote. He also called for changes to be considered promptly by those powers, while the conference rules panel wrangled over a permanent chairman.
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W. L. Mackenzie King
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Britain
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France
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United Ets
Unclear fragment hints at a police chase near Raritan Somerset County
Fragment mentions a gunpoint kidnapping and capture scene near Raritan in Somerset County, with a later escape amid gunfire as police closed in, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent details or clear names and dates.
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Raritan
Somerset
Sway
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