Leave Sales Tax Alone McCord Urges Assembly
Tennessee Governor Jim McCord urged the 2849 General Assembly not to tamper with the 2 percent retail sales tax, except to exempt churches and non profit educational and charitable institutions. He spoke to a joint session as he prepared to retire, citing education gains funded by the tax and outlining recommended state actions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jim McCord
General Assembly
Tennessee House and Senate
McCord
Tennessee
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Southern Governors
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Tennessee Council
State
Constitutional Provision Commission
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Tennessee General Assembly
House of Representatives
McAllen Foutch
Smithville
Jim McEwen
Emory Goodman
Morristown
Carl Melton
Henderson
Homer H. Waldrop
Jackson
Tennessee Senate
James J. Gillam
Lewisburg
Sullivan Bank Hikes Capitalization and Stock Split
The Sullivan County Bank received authorization for a 50000 dollar capitalization increase and a stock split of 10 new shares for each existing one. An amendment to the charter was filed in Blountsville, reflecting the changes approved by the board earlier this year.
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Sullivan County Bank
Sullivan County Register
Blountsville
Method In Madness Bills Hit Hopper In Legislature Turmoil
Opening turmoil in the legislature as lobbyists swarm and early bills move to the hopper. Observers note a busy scene with talks on taxes, religious supplies, coffins and prescriptions while leaders Haynes and McAll Foutch push orderly integration amid opposition to the administration plans.
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Aajor
Dagwood
Walter
Dolrz Haynes
McAllen
McAllen Foutch
Senate
Shelby
Hopper
Big Black Market Ring Uncovered in Europe
Two American military police were convicted and two arrested in a major bribery case in the European theater. The Army described the operation as large scale cigarette smuggling into Germany with several MP suspects. Allegations center on a key figure Yette Winter who boasted of gifts from a GI lover and claimed her partner earned about 40000 from the scheme. Brown faces trial in Austria as the case develops.
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Germany
U. S. Army
Army Apokuninan
Trauluin
Waa
Yette Winter
Pfc
William EF. Brown
Denis
Brown
Austria
Sgt
Elmer
Vain attempt to mask spill fails amid odd remedies
A young woman in a messy scene tries to drown the odor of spilled milk by pouring perfume on the spot and fears a car incident. She then attempts an old method of tying a tin can to a pet’s tail and a bell, but yields no real success.
City Board Prepares to Oppose Tax Share Change
Kingsport and Bristol officials move to block a county sales tax distribution change that would cut their 40 percent support share while counties with smaller populations gain. A general assembly review and Taxpayers Association recommendations threaten to shift funds, with Johnson City and others noted as already excluded. The board discusses a referendum on Sunday movies as a separate issue, deferring final action.
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Kingsport
Bristol
Sullivan County
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Bushville
Memphis
Johnson City
Washington County
General Assembly
State Taxpayers Association
Bullivan County
Teen-Ager Dies Over Love for Boyfriend Bobby
Morristown article reports 15 year old Donna Joyce, daughter of Patrolman Herman Joyce, died from a self inflicted gunshot after heartbreak over Bobby, 17, her high school sweetheart. Her farewell note requested black attire and Bobby's ring. Officials classify the death as self harm.
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Detroit
Donna Joyce
Bobby
Donna
Herman Joyce
Stricken Town Buries Its Dead
Warren Arkansas mourns 54 residents killed in Moneay’s tornado. Five others died across Louisiana and Arkansas as storms wrought widespread destruction. Emergency stations treated 275 injured. 120 homes demolished and 750 damaged. Red Cross survey shows 250 families affected. Ministers coordinate burial plans.
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Warren
Ark
Arkansas
Moneay
Louisiana
Te Alarm
Asthelun
Red Cross
Road Between Knoxville And Nashville Blocked
A landslide half a mile west of Ozone blocked U S Highway 79 between Knoxville and Nashville today. The highway was reopened to one lane shortly after the slide occurred due to recent heavy rainfall, according to the state highway patrol.
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Knoxville
Nashville
Ozone
State Highway Patrol
Dutch Issue Own Cease-Fire Order
The Dutch halted operations to regain Indonesia, with Lt. Gen. Spoor ordering a cease fire on Sumatra at noon and on Java at midnight New Year’s Eve. The move ends major hostilities there, though some delegates accused it of flouting UN cease fire calls. Operations on Sumatra officially ended as Republican troops withdrew from Benladen and two small towns.
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Java
Republic of Indonesia
Linton Spoor
Indonesia
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Spoor
Netherlands
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Council
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Fit
Benladen
Benkerlen
Sren
Suimatti
Indonesian Republic
Tava
Blizzard Isolates Towns Across Plains States
The winter blizzard eased in many western plains areas but left thousands stranded in Wyoming Colorado Nebraska Utah and Idaho. Eight trains halted on Union Pacific lines as drifts blocked tracks and highways remained impassable. Two storm deaths were reported in Colorado with many exposed to the cold and plans for rescue efforts at Lockport Colorado amid fears of an influenza outbreak.
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Inaha
Scraels
Lockport
Colo
Lloyd SK. Moser
Lowry Air Base
Denver
Cutbank
Mont
Blizzzard
Salt Lake City
Stanley
Sawtooth Mountains
Minnesota
Truman Proposes Broad New Economic Controls and Reforms
President Truman outlines major State of the Union recommendations to Congress including expanded bank and consumer credit control, extended rent and price regulation, authority to regulate commodities and scarce materials, wage controls if needed, study of shortages with possible government production, higher taxes on corporations and estates, repeal of Taft Hartley with Wagner Act reforms, stronger Labor Department and higher minimum wage, anti trust tightening, price supports for farmers, expanded farm programs, rural electrification, and continued federal river projects and Seaway legislation.
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Labor Department
Reds Declare No Quarter Fight in Shanghai Cable
Red New China agency calls Chiang Kai-shek peace overtures no surrender and vows to fight to the finish. Yenan radio reports hear no official communique while Shanghai and Nanking press push peace appeals. US Marines at Tsingtao in talks over Shantung University billet halt with Admiral Badger ending discussions.
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Communist New China News Agency
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Sin Wan Pao
Yenan Radio
Chiang
Red News Agency
Wey
Yenan
China
Tientsin
United States
Tsingtao
I Adm
Oscar C. Badger
U.S. Naval
Western Pacific
Shantung University
Truman asks Congress for 4 billion in new taxes and controls
President Truman urged the new Democratic Congress to authorize 4 billion dollars in new taxes and broad economic controls. He proposed higher taxes on corporations, estates, and gifts, plus personal income tax hikes in higher brackets. He pressed for wage and price controls, stronger rent rules, expanded social programs, and 1,000,000 new public housing units over seven years.
Democrats Assign Larger Majorities to Key Senate Committees
Senate Democrats move to eight to five splits on Foreign Relations and seven to six on six other panels including Labor Banking Agriculture Judiciary Rules Commerce and Public Works. Appropriations becomes thirteen to eight as Republicans protest the shifts affecting Truman agenda.
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Public Works
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Rain Lashes Kingsport Area as Warmth Fades
Rain continues for a third day in the Kingsport area with 0.68 inch measured. Mild temperatures offset dreary days while city waterworks notes a 33 degree noon reading. High yesterday reached 37, with a 54 degree low last night. Forecasters predict colder conditions by Thursday as rain wanes.
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Marin
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