Petrillo Bans Record Making Sets Nation Abuzz
The New Year ban by James C Petrillo silenced many recording studios nationwide delaying new discs and transcriptions. Industry leaders debate motives while a backlog grows and listeners may not notice effects for months. An associated railroad crash near Syracuse Missouri leaves 11 dead as miles of highway suffer in a snowstorm.
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Petrillo
New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Recorders
Jefferson City
State Highway Patrol
Missouri’ Pacific
Syracuse
Kansas City
F.r H. Waggoner
Highway Patrol
Pullman
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
New Year Comes Into City Quietly
New Year arrived in Kingsport with scattered fireworks and little public celebration. Police reported one reckless driving arrest and two forfeitures at New Year’s Court, while Holston Valley Community Hospital logged five births. Bootleggers reportedly circulated among homes seeking orders for New Year parties.
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Kingsport
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Earl Dickerson
Route 12
Greeneville
Charles N. Green
Virgil Peters
Bri
Oscar Hurst
Robertson Street
W. W. Cawood
Catawba
Canvess
Mack Sraith
Gate City
Craft Motors
Missing Bomber Possibly Plunged Into Alaska Inlet
Anchorage residents recount a bright glow over Cook Inlet as a missing B 29 and nine crewmen may have fallen into the inlet after takeoff from Elmendorf Field en route to Fairfield California. An emergency call reported engine failure as search parties combed the area near Palmer and Point McKenzie without success.
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Alaska
Cook Inlet
Clit Lenihan
Elmendorf Field
Fairfield
Calif
Army Air Base
Army Air Transport Command
San Francisco
Palmer End
Point McKenzie
Vern H. Arnett
Frederick Sheetz
Nome
Controversy over Air Force secrecy on XS-1 story sparks legal review
Washington reports a clash between the Air Force and Aviation Week over publishing secret information about the XS-1 experimental rocket plane. The Defense Department studied the issue after Air Force officials, led by Secretary Forrestal, invoked security rules. Magazine editors say they withheld and then published the article amid broader aviation security policy disputes.
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Washington
Air Force
Justice ‘Department
Aviation Week
Sowa
Muroc
Calif
Harker
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Robert Hotz
FAE
Hotz
Robert H. Wood
Millions Celebrate New Year Across Nation in Joyful Observance
The Associated Press reports crowds in Times Square and cities nationwide ushered in 1948 with revelry and church services. UN chief Trygve Lie urged world unity on Mutual radio, while President Truman voiced faith in the UN. In Louisiana tornadoes killed 15 and injured about 200 across Cotton Valley, Dykesville, Haynesville, and Gilmer, with extensive property damage and hundreds left homeless.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Truman
Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Cotton Valley
Tenn
Dykesville
Haynesville
Es Village
Ark
Gilmer
Vanceville
Herman Jones
Bossier City
Jones
Bossier Parish
Sam Corie
Seton
Gotton Valley
Browning
National Guardsmen
Cotta 1 Valley
Minden
Red Cross
Atinden
Barksdale
Vandenberg Declines Nomination Despite Draft Talk
Senator Vandenberg signals he will not seek the presidency and asks Michigan delegates not to support him if drafted at Philadelphia. He discloses this along with a New Year letter to Michigan GOP leaders, and confirms he does not want to run. A Richmond court orders sale of a stallion owed to a lender after a custody dispute and unpaid charges.
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Washington
Fiienga
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Philadelphia
Street Scenes Quiet New Year Morning Downtown
A sparse urban morning shows pedestrians exchanging quiet greetings as a young woman scavenges a backyard garbage can for a retrieved Christmas photograph she mistakenly discarded with a stack of cards. Commuters wait at a downtown corner while a radio broadcasts and a bus passes.
Manhunt for Young Convict After Jail Break in Colorado
Colorado National Guard and Canon City officers pressed a daylong search for 28 year old convict James B Sherbondy amid a jail break that freed ten escapees. Companions John Klinger and Orville Turley were killed. others captured or wounded. Warden Roy Best suspended a guard without naming or explaining why.
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Canon City
Colorado National Guard
Mountain Wilds
Fremont County
Colo
Colorado
James B. Sherbondy
Roy Best
Eagle County
Tennessee Pass
C. W. Meyer
Sherbondy
John Klinger
Orville Turley
Prisen
Best
John Smalley
Inter-Mountain Telephone Rate Fight Ends in Commission Ruling
The Tennessee Railroad and Public Utilities Commission rejected Inter-Mountain Telephone's request for higher rates, ruling the Upper East Tennessee service was not adequate. Commissioner Hammer dissented, favoring a 10 to 16 percent increase and targeted improvements to service and reporting on expansion. The case affected about 40,000 customers served by the Mountain region utility.
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Nashvile
Arj
Sne State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Upper East Tennessee
Commission
Andrew. Taylor
Leon Jourciman, Jr
The
Hemmer
John ©. Hammer
the. Commission
Johnson’ City
Selo Eentate
Saade
Taleomes
Hammer
Tater Mountain
Tennessee
Womentha
Southern Ball
Inter Mountain Telephone chief cites losses delaying rate rise
Kelley McNish of the Inter-Mountain Telephone Co says the denial of a requested rate increase followed a period of operating at a loss in Texas and Tennessee. He notes rapid expansion since 1941 lifting subscribers from 20,000 to 40,000, and asserts the company paused filing until actual losses were shown. The executive claims service remained strong while wartime shortages limited equipment.
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Kelley McNisn
Inter-Mountain , Telephone’ Company
Jon
Los
Tennessee
Numiber
Inter- Mountain Company
Snd
Texmessie
Tell Ines
Hin Ita
Kingsport Improvement Co Absorbed By Parent Concern
The Kingsport Improvement Company, a key player in Kingsport development, has been dissolved as of close of business Wednesday. The Securities Company of New York City, parent of the Improvement Company, will succeed its Kingsport operations. Bruce, president, says the move simplifies structure while maintaining policies and personnel. Bruce becomes vice-president of The Securities Company. The Improvement Company, a longtime Kingsport developer, dated back to 1910.
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Kingsport Improvement Company
Kingsport
Glen Bruce
Securities Company’ of
New York City
Improvement Company
Bruce
Securities Company
Bruze
A. Vitel
Wax
Traffic Fatalities Unusually Low For New Year Period
Unofficial national survey shows 16 New Year period traffic deaths since 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve, far fewer than Christmas week. Only one fatality not from auto crash. National Safety Council estimates 175 deaths may occur in the hour to midnight. Weather and slick roads across northern Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and the Midwest contributed to hazardous driving conditions.
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National Safety Council
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ranges
Midwest
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T. Howard Roper
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Kingsport Improvement Co
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