Dutch Tide Robbery Hits Holikan Brug Company Store
Safe cracked at Holikan Brug Company, 169 Bat Center Semet, allowing thieves to steal payroll funds and checks estimated around $3000. The break in occurred between 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday. Ednar d Calloway, secretary treasurer and manager of the drug firm, reported today.
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Byllies
Binkley
Holikan Brug Company
Bat Center
Semet
Ednard B. Calloway
Secretam
Maneger
Said
Toda
En Addi Ton
Damaen
Calloway
Al.chowls
Perssons
Hezel White
Lynn Garden
Fiom
Jane
Brown
White
Soviet Germany Snaps Up Stolpe Village Amid Berlin Tension
A tiny German village Stolpe near the French sector of Berlin was transferred back to the Russians after a 1943 handover for an airfield. Villagers fear reprisals as Western Allies loom, while a separate robbery at a local store led to $3,000 stolen and several checks missing. Authorities warn retailers to verify payroll checks and request duplicate payments.
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Berlin
Swipe
Stolpe
Otto- Ser
Texel
Bertine
Villame
Fickle Gt Breaks Out Of Army Jail
A former prisoner known as Fickle Gt escaped from a U S Army jail amid a heavy snowstorm that crippled New York area transit. The incident followed a bank heist plan involving safe cracking and heists at a Kingsport store. investigators pursued leads as blackout weather slowed police response.
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New York
Kingsport
Berlin
Ladal
Lada
Army
Page Sn
Normel
Cormar
Prescription Department
Tomy
Calloway
Cecil Durkham
Bill Fletcher
Jack Jobe
Tha Wabhnen i
Clues Found in Child Rape Slaying Case
Police investigate the rape and murder of Roberta Rinearson whose body was found Saturday morning in a ditch near a cemetery along the western Crook County line. A battered automonile with a handkerchief and a vague clue led hunters to report a suspicious car around 3 am near county one. A second officer noted two youths about 13 seen near a creek around seven am, washing hands as if after a wash.
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Thiane
Brear
Oll
Roberta Rinearson
Weanern Crok
Seton
Ovo
Creek
December 31 Deadline For Young Man Of Year Nominations
Kingsport Junior Chamber of Commerce opens nominations for the 1948 Young Man of the Year Distin guished Service award. Nominations accepted until December 11 from men 21 to 30 in Kingsport. Jaycees and other city residents are eligible. blanks available at stores and businesses.
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Kingsport Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wmtil
Jaycre
Tom Phillips
Chantheree Commerce
Phillips
Hue Jaycees
Baw Beard
Supreme Court Won't Halt Japanese War Crimes Appeals
Washington AP The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the International Military Tribunal that condemned former Premier Tojo and six other Japanese wartime officials. The court voted it had no authority over the tribunal and dismissed the petitions seeking their release. Justice Murphy dissented. The article also notes unrelated local notices and a Jaycees event.
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Washington
Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
Tojo Ame
Tarde
Alee
Weawe
Si Nation
Supreme Comet
International Tribune
Seale
Fria
Macarthur
Murphy
Veteran Jailed For Marrying White Women in Mississippi
A young veteran who served in the Army was convicted of miscegenation for marrying a white woman and sentenced to five years in prison. The case cites Mississippi law banning marriages between white persons and those with any Negro or Mongolian blood. The defendant was reportedly among the first such prosecutions under the statute.
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Ellisville
Miss
Hag Bees
Paul Swarts
Fager
Davis Haight
Knight
South Mississippi
Ied
Gotice
Untidy OCR Scene Sees Car Transport and Stray Fragments
A disrupted newspaper fragment describes a car transport truck with three new models and an older car weaving through city streets. The text is mangled with stray words and phrases, producing a jumble of actions and vague imagery without a clear coherent report.
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Bobby Ping
Three Cabinet Posts Yet To Be Filled in Browning Administration
Governor-elect Gordon Browning listed six more cabinet nominees on Saturday joining already announced picks Clar ence Evasts for Finance and Taxation Commissioner Ned Eggleston for Highways and Jack Smith for Education. Names include McMehan Murfreesboro Welfare Henston Brown Knoxville Institution Edward Jones Yorkville Agriculture GO Allen Meridian Employment and Compensation B A Wiley McKenzie Insurance and Banking and Dr R H Hutcheson Franklin Hearth. Browning plans to spend the week shaping a legislative program while consulting with the Tennessee Education Association on an expanded school program. The 1843 General Assembly will receive the conference results as proposed measures.
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Nashville
Gordon Browning
Commissioners of Safety
Baber
Conservation
Branning
A. Anderson
Athens
Co. McMehan
Murfreesboro
Henston Brown
Knonville
Edward Jones
Yorkville
MM. GO. Allen
Mereport
B.A. Wiley
McKenzie
KR. H. Hutcheson
Frankin
Hearth
Clarence Evasts
Mashville
BL W
Ned) Eggleston
Millard
Jack) Smiti
Moreheson
Prentice Cooper
Chic McCord
Browning
Huntingdon
Cumberland
Heess
Tennessee Education Association
General Assembly
AD. Holt
TEA
R. Ke Johns
University of Florida
New Officers Nominated Tonight by Kingsport Chamber
Kingsport Chamber of Commerce will nominate new officers tonight by a special committee named at a Board meeting at the Kingsport Inn. HB S Shivell, retiring president, appointed C C Hamlet chair, with D W Worken, Val Edwards, Milton DeWarl, and FL Dobyns as members. The committee will choose nominees for all offices and two executive committee seats. Previously, nominees were elected by acclamation. The Board will meet next week to receive the report.
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Kingsport Chamber of Commerce
Kingsport Inn
HB. S. Shivell
C.C. Hamlet
D. W. Xorken
Val Edwards
Milton DeWarl
FL Dobyns
Dutch Push Through Java Seizes Jogjakarta Amid Casualties
Dutch forces surged across Java signaling strong advance toward Jogjakarta after paratroopers cleared Magowo airfield. Casualties reported six Dutch dead and eight wounded as Indonesian leaders including Sukarno and Hatta were reportedly captured. The invasion drew international debate with UN Security Council convening in Paris at the US and Australia’s request. Dutch claims of limited resistance contrasted with Indonesian branding of the offensive as a dastardly attack comparable to Pearl Harbor.
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Batrula
Java
Idonesia
Jogjakarta
Netherlands
Ami
Sumatra
Seekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Minitazer Aguas Salim
Sutan Sjehrir
Ing
United States
Australia
Cowneil
Gombeng
Poesworedje
Jagjakerta
Wepandjen
Maleng
Sematea
Asaham
Probers Seek Power to Quiz Eight Key Witnesses
House Un American Activities Committee applies for authority to question eight witnesses as part of its inquiry. DOJ consideration rushes to decide before Congress shifts leadership on January 3. Watchdog pressure centers on whether indictments justify testimony.
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Washington
Justice Department
House
Congress
New York
Communists Probe Nanking Defenses and Reach Near Peiping
Red forces pressed outer defenses of Nanking and moved east from Pengpu toward Fangtse, threatening Chiang Kai-shek’s regime. Reports say Pengpu and nearby fronts show Red penetration while Nationalist lines retreat to new positions near Suchow and the Yangtze. Official confirmation unclear as American observers note a cautious standstill 50 miles north of Nanking.
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Nanking
Ching
Fientsin
Peiping
Ling
Chiang Kaishek
Red
Chen Yi
Pengpu
Pengpai
Pengpe
Freur
Hsienmumies
Yangtze
Communist Radio
Tienchang
Heiemmumiae
Pangpu
Presa
Nationalidte
Hwal River
Chubsien
Suchow
Harnld K Milles
Ava
Milks
Report Shows City Had Sale Increase
A U S Department report shows Kingsport and several southeastern cities posting retail sales gains in October versus the previous year. Kingsport Wells saw about 11 percent rise, Greensboro 2 percent, Atlanta 12 percent, Birmingham about 1 percent, Asheville and Americo around 4 percent, while Columbus Savannah Biloxi and Gulfport posted declines. The report notes mixed results across the 12 cities surveyed with some months showing gains and others losses.
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U. S
Metin
Tigts Kingsport
Raport
Ringsport
Greemwood
Augusta
Atlanta
Biringham
Alaight
Asheville
N.C
Merecon
Columbus
Savannah
Biloxi
Clarkadele
Gulfport
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Metropolitun
Holston Brag Company
Hazel White
Cecil Durham
Police Department
Elis. Bitkley
Bacides Tribunal
Rutledge
Hart Stein
Jackson
Chamber of Cou-1
Jmecce
Broad Street
Matud
Furter Chamber of High Court
Vingan Commerce
Fost
Black
Reed
Furter
Douglas
Bottom
Poome
Jaycees
Tsterial Association
A. Bamquet
Santrot Sapan
Jayeer Weel
Douglas Macarthur
Abe
State Department of Education
J BE Smith
Memphis State College
Houston Browning
Knoxville
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Newport
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North
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