Mead Corporation Expands Kingsport Plant With 350000 Plan
Mead Corporation announces a 350000 expansion program at the Kingsport site. A 30000 expansion will add a two story extension to main offices and a warehouse, with modernization of wood yard facilities and color building underway. Construction begins soon with aims to raise local employment toward 1000 workers.
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Mead Corporation
Kingsport
Abetin Egineering Company
Cleveland
Onis
Mead
Wood Yard
U. S. Steel Rejects Truman Plan In Wage Clash
U S Steel rejects President Truman's terms for wage settlement with CIO steel workers. CIO accepts compromise of 4 cents an hour for 800,000 workers. Union planned strike set for Monday as White House denies seizure plans. Benjamin F. Fairless says proposed increase would harm the company and users of steel. CIO chief Murray to hold news conference.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Truman
CIO Steel Workers
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
CIO
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Leach Lint Fairlesa
Fairleas
Murray
Teusnan
Sea Steel
MacArthur Orders Arrests of 110 Japanese War Criminals
General Douglas MacArthur ordered the arrest of 110 more Japanese war criminals including seven generals and counter intelligence agents. Maj. Gen. Eugene Ott was seized in Peiping and Baghdad allied forces confirmed the capture of Dr. Ba Maw, Burma’s puppet premier.
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MacArthur
Ba Maw
Burma
Peiping
Eugene Ott
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Japan
MacArthury
Takeji Vwachi
Japsanese
Solomons
Honshu
Truk
Maw
E. R. Thorpe
Allied
Thorpe
Land Pictures Show Horrors Of A Bomb Warfare
Los Alamos scientists sent the first atomic bomb image set to mayors of 42 large cities to urge public exhibits. They advocate world control of atomic weapons and testi mony at McMahon Committee hearings in Washington. The package warns that in a future war a city could be destroyed within hours by airborne or hidden bombs. Cities listed include Akron Atlanta Baltimore Birmingham Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Minneapolis Milwaukee.
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Los Alamos
New
Mexico
Nagasaki
Japan
Association of
Los Alamos Frientists
World Organization
McMahon Committee
Washington
Semple
Wilard Stout
Association
Tocal
Akron
Atlanta
Baltimore
Birmingham
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Houston
First Installment Eisenhower Story To Appear Sunday
The Best Eisenhower biography by Kenneth B Davis will begin in Kingsport Times News on Sunday with daily installments for five or six weeks. William Meade Prince adds photographs or drawings in the Kingport News and Sunday Times News editions.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Kingsport
Hutchenson Calls Wagner Bill Impractical at Talk
Dr. Hutchenson labeled the Wagner Bill idealistic and impractical due to vague administration. He argued universal medical care would require many more doctors and training facilities, predicting a rise in other healing arts practitioners. He also praised the S191 hospital bill as carefully drawn, noting Tennessee must survey needs and gain local cooperation to qualify for federal matching funds.
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Erieyl
JR. F. Hulshenaos
Jhealth
State of Tennessine
Upper East Tenaneste Publi Health Association
Hutchenson
Tennessee
Hittelienson
Iran Delegates Move to Put Iran-Russia Dispute Before UNO
Iran and Soviet delegates at the United Nations consider taking the Iran Russia dispute to the World Security Council. Andrei Gromyko refused to address the Iranian question in his assembly speech while Noor Taquizadeh discussed technical arrangements with secretary general Gladwyn Jebb. The Iranian leader indicated the case might be filed today or tomorrow as plans for council action were explored.
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Lawnuuie
United Nations General Assembly
World Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Gromyko
Noor Seyed Hassan Taquizadeh
Assembly
Taquizadeh
Iran
Security Council
Gladwyn Jebb
UNO
Hig
Congress Takes Draft Inventory
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey appeared before a Senate subcommittee to explain draft inventory figures and why the Selective Service now calls for men aged 18 to 25. Senators seek why the service failed to supply 50,000 monthly replacements as armed forces need eased by overseas troop reductions, with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower signaling replacements are a key factor.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Capitol
Armed Services
Special Senate J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Efforts To Settle Meat Strike Fail
Washington reports no quick settlement in the three day old walkout of 263000 meat packing workers. A federal fact finding board opened a study on wages with a report due February 16 16 days away. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach held four hours of exploratory talks with packers CIO AFL and unaffiliated unions asking for a wage increase while company spokesmen tied any raise to price hikes.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Packers
CIO
AFL
Schwollenbach
Edwin E. Witte
Witte
Clark Kerr
War Labor Board Meat-Packing Commission
Raymond VW. Starr
Michigan Supreme Court
GIO
Flannagan Sees Okay For Burley Price Legislation
Flannagan predicts House and Senate approval of a bill to raise burley tobacco prices by cutting acreage and stiffening penalties. The House Agriculture Committee passed the measure, which would empower the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce 1946 burley allotments and raise penalties for over acreage from 10 cents to 60 percent of the prior year’s average price, aiming to curb overproduction.
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Washington
Flannagan
D-Va
House
Senate
House Agriculture Compartfen
Mannagan
Secretary of Agriculture
Tobacco Market Averages $37.21 In Day’s Auction
Thursday’s tobacco market averaged 37.21 per hundredweight on 290,252 pounds, bringing 41,008,013.06. Frank Gardner of the Tobacco Board of Trade announced sales were at Growers Number 3 warehouse. Friday’s auction is set for Planters Number 1 warehouse.
Secrecy cloud over Tenn aid case in Queen trial
Ripley Tennessee prosecutor Pat Rankin said Mrs. Lecta Jans Queen confessed to striking Otto Jaeschke a Cincinnati trucker with a hammer. He cited a Dan Breitigan statement about Chicago gangster Two-Gun Blackie aiding her if needed. Rankin noted Ripley prosecutor George Watkins relayed the confession and waiver extraction, with Queen prepared to return to Stanford for trial.
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Stanford
Myo
Lecta Jans Queen
Ripley
Tenn
Lincoln County
Pat Rankin
Otto Jaeschke
Cincinnati
Rankin
Dan Breitigan
Jaeschke
Blackie
Chicago
George Watkins
Mrs. Queen
Flo
Watkins
Woman in Two-Gun Blackie Murder Case Faces Extradition
Mrs Queen admits striking Jaeschke with a hammer and signs a statement. Breitigan admits involvement and pleads innocent. Lincoln County grand jury will hear the case next month. Breitigan denied bond. Jaeschke’s body found at Hall’s Gap near Ripley after police traced Breitigan’s Ohio employment. Queen arrested at residence near Ripley. address uncertain.
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Oscar Griggs
Lauderdale
Ripley
Breitigan
Jacschke
Queen
Raikin
Rankin
Jaeschke
Halls Gap
Mountain Apot
Cincinnati
Findlay
Ohio
Senate to wage massive FEPC battle on Capitol Hill
The Senate opened a knock down drag out fight over the FEPC bill amid a southern bloc vowing long speeches and 1000 amendments. Senator Ellender pledged to speak as long as possible, Eastland warned of a two year talk, and Bilbo McClellan allied to filibuster tactics as Truman backs the measure. A rapid strategy session followed the surprise move to bring the bill up for debate.
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Washington
Huey Long
Capitol Hill
Senate
FEPC
Capitol Hili
Long
Louisiana
Pat Likker
Ellender
D-Sa
Mastland
D-Miss
McClellan
D-Ark
Eastland
Bilbo
Truman
Sheean Recalls One Regular Newspaper Post
Writer Vincent Sheean, famed for international work, recalls his sole regular newspaper job with the Paris staff of the Chicago Tribune. His career spanned New York Daily News, Europe's tour, and later books and magazine pieces.
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Sheean
Woncent Wueean
Kingsport
Paris
Chicago Tribune
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Germany
Spain
Chicago Daily News
Flo
New York
Lie
New York Daily News
Tribune
First Bank
the Tribune
Europe
Abd al-Krim
Rif
Persia
China
Asia
Alliance
Vincent Sheean
Scientists Probe Disease Ridden Brain Of Dr Ley
Army pathologists report a long standing degenerative brain process in Dr Robert Ley, the Nazi leader’s brain showing frontal lobe damage that could explain his erratic conduct. Ley hanged himself in his Nuernberg cell last October after directing wartime seizures of unions.
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Frank Carey Washington
Robert, Ley
Army Institute of Pathology
Germany
Ley
Reich
Fuehrer
Nuernberg
France May Sever Spanish Relations
The French Assembly urged the government to sever relations with Franco Spain and contact the exiled Spanish republican regime. It urged France to prepare its own rupture with the Franco regime after a prior statement by Foreign Minister Bidault that Paris would not act alone. The move followed Paris seeking reaffirmation of Western views on Spain amid talks on a European peace conference in Paris in May.
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France
Spain
Georges .Bidault
United States
Britain
Russia
Paris
GOP Probe Witnesses Collapse After Churchill Call Rejected
Washington report on Congressional Pearl Harbor investigators swiftly rejecting a proposal to call Winston Churchill as a witness. Admiral Husband E. Kimmel testified on his 1941 command, White House talks, and fleet transfers, denying misrepresentations and asserting prior decisions predated his command. He described limited contact with President Roosevelt after 1915 and disagreed on the Pearl Harbor decision. See rejection, Page 3.
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Washington
Eptistican
Winston Churchill
Pearl Harbor
Husband E. Nimmel
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Kimmel
White House
Pacific
Atlantic
Rep
Clark
DNO
Army
Japa
Hawkins County Vets Enter Local Races for Office
Several Hawkins County veterans announce bids for public roles including Ralph W. Wortley for State Legislature and Ervin E. Jarvis for Hawkins County road commissioner. Others named are Gale Green for county court clerk and Carl Pearson for trustee. Jarvis is son of Rev and Mrs John Jarvis of Rogerville. Hartley, with five years Army service, among first to seek state post. Blanken, a Republican veteran, may run again in April primary.
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Rogeravile
Tspl
Hawkins County
Ralph W. Wortley
Ervin E. Jarvis
Hartley
Hugh Blanken
Howell Marks 100th Birthday in Confederate Leaders Circle
General Julius Franklin Howell former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans marked his 100th birthday in Bristol Valenn with a reception at a hotel attended by more than 1,200 guests and a dinner hosted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Mrs Helen Daortels Congatreet widow of General James Longstreet stood beside him as gifts included an autographed photograph of President Truman.
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Bristol, Valenn
Julius Franklin Howell
United Confederate Veterans
Howell
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Helen Daortels Congatreet
James Longstreet
Truman
Street Scene Hazard On Truck Load Of Waste Paper
Fragmented description shows a youngster swaying atop a truck carrying waste paper, risking a fall as workers scramble to prevent the load from sweeping over. The scene shifts to a frightened young man reacting to a traffic collision involving a woman he recently met, while a car pool incident hints at a rushed morning and fashion mishap with nylons.
Wall Street Moves to Cash Basis to Curb Speculation
Wall Street prepared to go on a cash and carry basis as the government orders 100 percent margin requirements on security transactions for the first time. Federal Reserve Board raises margin from 75 to 100 percent, effective next Monday, amid concerns over inflation and unwise speculation. Marriner Eccles says the move aims to halt borrowed money flow into weak markets while Emil Schram notes market already cash-like. Some brokers doubt the measure will dampen speculation as margin increases recur.
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New York
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
Tm Ananda
Toa
Marriner
Eccles
Emil Schram
New York Stock Exchange
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