Kingsport Merchants Elect New Officers and Directors
John Dudney elected president of the Kingsport Merchants Association at a Wednesday WEKPT meeting. J W Harrison Jr named first vice president with Johnson as second vice president. The board of directors includes twelve newly elected members and several holdovers from the previous year. A presentation of a cigarette lighter to retiring president S Flem Dobyns marked the event, and a Dallas Day proposal for February 25 was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dudney
Kingsport Merchants’ Association
WEKPT
J. W. Harrison, Jr
Johson
Hatlat
Merchants’ Association
E. B. Blanken- Tom
Yancey
K. Annitage
S. J. Bingham
H. E. Compton
S. BE. Abernathy
Kermit Young
S. H. Roller
Neal Ketron
GW. Taylor
W. B. Greene
J. M. Hay
Kyle Huddle
J. G. Dunning
George Armour
L. Templin
Dallas
Kingsport
Warning on sales tax tables issued in Tennessee
Nashville report quotes P Lipe Henslee internal revenue official stating the government does not sanction tables to estimate state sales tax deductions on federal returns. Taxpayers may deduct actual sales tax paid. estimated deductions likely face scrutiny. Last year a taxpayers group proposed a sliding scale table, but Henslee said it is not officially recognized.
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Nashville
P—Lipe Henslee
Internal Revenue
Tenessee
Henslee
Ayers
Henstee
Notable Vows and Celebrity Scandals Parade In Headlines
A roundup from Associated Press shows Claude Manian mocking American style in Los Angeles. Fort Lee actress Arlene Judge marries George Ross for the sixth time amid a string of recent spouses. Robert Mitchum fights a privacy dispute tied to a cottage arrest in Los Angeles. Boston interns win a salary from Mayor Curley as an unusual shift ends wage selling for shoes. George R. Dempster wins an aldermanic seat in Knoxville by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prem
Los Angeles
Claude Manian
Fort Lee
Arlene Judge
Macriege
George Ross
Dan Topping
Dan
Bob
Lanal Turner
Robert Mitchum
Bing Crosby Leaves ABC for CBS Radio TV Pact
Hollywood report states Bing Crosby will move to CBS for radio and TV shows next fall in an extended contract. CBS chairman William Paley announced the agreement while CBS leads in Hooper top programs. Details on Crosby’s schedule and sponsorship remain unresolved.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
CBS
Columbua Broadcasting System
Networks
American Broadcasting Co
Amon ‘N' Andy
NBC
William S. Paley
Crosby
Paley
Bing
ABC
Radio Row
New York
Walter Winchell
Jack Benny
Radio Theater
Fiber McGee and Molly
Benny
Amos 'N’ Andy
Spike Jones
Sam Spade
Horace Holdt
Ozzle and
Harriett
Phil Harris
Allee Faye
Fred Allen
Winchell
Alan
Ten Sailors Die In Fiery Tanker Cutter Collision
The Eastwind cutter collided with the SS Gulfstream off the New Jersey coast in fog, fire in midships, and about ten chief petty officers died or were seriously burned. The SS Suzanne, damaged tanker, headed for New York with 17 survivors, while the SS Junior rescued about 75 crew from the cutter. Firefighting teams battled the blaze as magazines were exposed and explosion risk persisted.
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Boston
Coast
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Sliabeth City
N. G
WMT Ast
Baltimore
Gulfstream
New York
Eastwind
I Col Palmer Named Chairman of Hospital Group
Nashville Tenn Col EB W Palmer of Kingsport was unanimously elected chairman of the Committee for Tennessee Hospital Construction at a meeting Tuesday Others named include T M Divine executive secretary and M T McArthur treasurer Vice chairmen for five state divisions were announced with several representatives attending The group plans a request to the State Legislature for funds to aid in building non profit general hospitals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
EB. W. Palmer
Kingsport
Committee For
Tennessee Hopital Construction
T. M. Divine
M. T. McArthur
Johnson City
Lower Middle Tennessee
J. G. Creighler
Shelbyville
Upper Middle
John L. McCaw
Air Carrier Issues Move Up In Market
Air carrier stocks rose amid talk of Hill Burton Act funding for hospital construction. The plan would allocate federal and state funds, with one third from each, as markets fluctuated and orders were processed.
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New York
Kingsport Men Face Trial in Virginia Court Case
Gate City Circuit Court opened with testimony against Paul Helbert of Gate City and co defendants Burton Laughters and Robert Brown of Kingsport. They are charged with house breaking and grand larceny in the $256 Addington Service Station robbery dated August 28 1943. Witness Thomas Neel testified the station door was unlocked a 480 pound safe missing and a ladder left at the back window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City
Svalt County Circuit Court
Paul Helbert
Burton Laughters
Robert Brown
Kingsport
Herbert
Addington
T. R. Bands, Sr
Commonwealth Atta Haugan Richmond
Thomas Neel
Court Postpones Murder Trials Of Evarts Policemen
In Harlan Circuit Court the murder trials of Evarts Police Chief Tsa ehar Combs and Evarts Policeman Laura Denton were postponed to March 17 at the prosecution’s request. Commonwealth's Attorney Daniel Boone Smith cited not being ready. Both officers, free on 100000 bonds, remained on duty after the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Evarts
Tsaehar Combs
Laura Deaton
Harlan Circuit Court
Commonwealth
Daniel Boone Smith
Combs
Denton
Bryan Middleton
Middleton
Woman Thinks Man In Long Underwear Was Berth Rapist
Opal Holmes, 35, says she was raped in a berth on the Southern Pacific West Coast Limited near Oakridge Oregon at 2 16 am last Saturday. She recalls a Negro in long underwear fleeing the aisle after she screamed as a serviceman in a nearby berth and another resident reported seeing the man.
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Los Angeles
Sire
Opal Holmes
Bowie
Holmes
Chester
Southern Pacific
West Coast Limited
Oakridge
Ore
George Adler
Klamath Falls
Dist
Dayton van Vacter
Adier
Report Says Extension Would Benefit Suburbs
Will Preechott reports on a Kingsport Planning Commission study from January 1947 recommending annexation of four outer areas north and east of the city. The board has not acted, and the commission notes suburbs are urban in character yet lack access to building inspection police fire health sanitary services trash removal and zoning tools.
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Will Preechott
Edburn
Uelielengeniine
Bingapari
Upper East Tennessee Planning Commission
Kingsport
The
Planning Commission
Commission
Court Disposes Of Cases Quickly
Sullivan County Circuit Court disposed of 58 criminal actions on the January docket and may finish the entire docket this week. Olden Shell was acquitted of assault and battery after a 27 minute jury verdict. Jack Foster received a year and a day for larceny. Cecil Williams and Oscar Guy were fined for possessing a moonshine still. 기타
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Ken Farris
Blountville
Spl
Sullivan County
Olden Shell
Third Street
Long Island
Charles Parnell
Shell
Pannell
Roel
Parnell
Jack Foster
Kingsport
Cecil Williams
Oscar Guy
Rickory Tree
Foster
Firestone
F and L Appliance Co
N. J. Oliver
Piney Flats
Hoyt Kesterson
Ane
Clarence Kinkead
Borden Mills
Kinkead
K. JW
Durham
James H. Cox
Riherty Lee Cassel
Donald Nunnally
West Virginia
Nunally
Yanevy
Christmas street scene and court actions in Kingsport
A cluttered column recalls a Christmas street scene in Kingsport and reports a court case where a defendant was found not guilty on a drunken driving charge. It also covers Inter-Mountain Telephone Company’s proposed expansion, a state utilities hearing set for October 17, and city measures on servicing improvements and new dial systems in nearby towns.
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Harman E
Tolenport
Lonsetown
William Sexton
Ehair
Hough
P Town
Kingsport
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Board of Mayor
D. W. Moult
Telephone Company
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Chancery Court Room
Johnson City
J. H. Winston
Inter-bountain
Sunday Movie Ordinance Passes Final Reading in Kingsport
Kingsport voters will permit Sunday shows after final reading of an ordinance by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The measure, endorsed by civic groups and opposed by religious leaders, blocks midnight screenings. The city joins Upper East Tennessee and southwest Virginia in allowing Sunday entertainment with theaters opening 35 days after publication. Reverend Edwin E. White condemned the change as a threat to democracy, arguing Christ and faith require a Christian Sunday.
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Kingsport
Board of Mayor
Upper
Tennessee
Virginia
Edwin E. White
Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church
United States
Russia
White
Charles M. Everhart
Thy Vlurgymnan
Council Chamber
Truman Signs Bill Raising His Own Pay and Allowances
President Truman signed a bill boosting his pay from 75000 to 100000 and increasing his expense allowance by 50000 with no accounting required. It also raises the pay of the vice president elect and the speaker from 20000 to 30000 a year and provides 10000 for expenses for each, with similar no accounting provisions. The White House notes the new 50000 expense fund for the President is tax free and requires no accounting. speaker and vice president allowances also may be spent without accounting.
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Washington
Truman
Vicw
Barkley
Rayburn
White Hose
Death of Baker Heir in Florida Jeep Crash Investigated
Grenville Baker, 27, heir to New York banking millions and WWII veteran, died from a pistol wound after a jeep crash on a plantation road near Tallahassee. Investigators consider accidental death, with FBI analysis awaited. companion Thelma Griffin, a 21-year-old tavern car hop, described the scene and her accounts. No arrests, coroner’s jury ruled possible unlawful killing.
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Tallahassee
Ila
Grenville Baker
FBI
Baker
New York
Here
Thelma Griffin
Bath
William TD
Hopkins
Sheri
Broutamire
Hopking
Atlll
Cery Alin Yeas Ustawe
Flagyl Whiddon
Bakerton
Griffin
Mirtridge
Balor
George F. Baker
Brash Young Boy Takes On Robber in Detroit
A 15 year old Eugene Newsom, a high school junior, confronted a gun wielding robber at Genevieve Baumgartner's drug store. He fired five shots after the robber demanded $135, injuring the assailant as the robber fled. The boy was unhurt.
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Detroit
Eugene Newsom
Genevieve Baumgartner
Eugene
Weather Wobble Brings Snow and Heat Across Regions
Kansas City area faced a one two punch of snow and cold as temperatures plunged after a 75 degree high. Weather Bureau forecasts cooler, cloudier conditions for Wednesday night and Thursday with lows near 30, while Kingsport and California eyes contend for heat records before the cool spell settles in.
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Kansas City
Vicinity
Kingsport
California
Weather Bureau
Cale Weadhac
Pigot
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Tuck
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Richmond
Alabamm
Folsom
Harrison
Johnson
Kingsport’s Merchant Association
Curley
Dempster
Knoxville
George R. Dempster
Rush
New Jersey
Col. Palmer
Hospital Group
Ting
Cate
Ordinance
Everhart
Weatherman
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