Ice and Thunder Hit Kingsport Streets in Early Morning Storm
Early morning thunder and lightning accompanied by rain wind and snow struck Kingsport causing slick icy roads and bus delays. A cold wave from the Hudson Bay region brought 13 inches of precipitation and a half inch of ice, with two major lightning bursts startling residents. City crews spread ash and sawdust on curves to ease conditions as bus service faced delays and routes were altered.
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Harman Giles
Times-News City
Kingsport
Hudson Bay
Midwest
Tongsport
L. G. Pardie
Myrtle, Street
Virginia
Kyle Hill
Gate City
Highland
Chestnut Ridge
Weathber
Jackson School
Gale City
Arrow
Dewey Lawson
Legion Commander Will Discuss UMT in Memphis Meeting
National Commander James F. Neil of Manchester New Hampshire planned to confer with high Legion officials from 14 states in Memphis Tennessee today. The agenda included Americanism and universal military training with a public rally scheduled for tonight. Ben C. Hillard of Denver a candidate for Neil's post at the next Legion conclave attended. Also expected were Donald McSween of Newport Rhode Island present commander of the Tennessee Department and Joe White of College Park Georgia national vice chairman of the Southern area.
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Memphis
Tenn
James F.neil
Manchester
N. H
American Legion
Ben C. Hillard
Denver
O'Neil
Legion
Donald McSween
Newport
Tennessee Department
Joe White
College Park
Southern
Inter Mountain Seeks New Rate Hike Hearing
Inter Mountain Telephone Co seeks a re hearing before the State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission to obtain an 18 percent rate increase denied last month. The hearing noted arguments of losses on Tennessee intrastate operations and refinancing constraints. Local protests from Johnson City persisted while Jonesboro and Erwin showed more conciliatory stances. Commission members debated whether service quality or pricing justified relief.
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Nashville
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Morzith
East Tennessee Territory
Inter-Mountain
Lon P. McFarland
Columbia
Tennessee
S. B Pearson
Baltimore
Kelley McNish
J. E. Sexton
McFarland
Erwin
Jonesboro
Robert M. May
Johnson City
J. H. Winston
Hammond Fowler
Ernest Hawkins
Miners Idle as Coal Picketing Halts Operations in Kentucky
About two thousand miners in Johnson County, Kentucky, were idle as United Mine Workers declared a holiday to picket non-union mines and coal tramps. Forty truck mines and eleven ramps shut down. A non-union operator predicted a long stoppage as union miners picketed non-union sites. Danny V. Howard of Middle Fork Coal Company noted yesterday’s stoppage and closures.
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Paintsville
Johnson County
United Mine Workers
Danny V. Howard
Middle Fork Coal Company
Laraine Day to Obtain Final Divorce Degree
The Los Angeles calendar lists a final divorce decree for actress Laraine Day today, with expectations of a second wedding to Leo Duracher soon after. Day had earlier secured an interlocutory decree and married a Brooklyn baseball manager after a prior divorce in 1947.
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Los Angeles
Laraine Day
Leo Duracher
Miss Day
Ray Hendricks
Mexico
Brooklyn
Dorocher
California
Hoover plans studying European aid to be revised
Washington reports Hoover’s six point modification of the European recovery plan. He urges help to the full without harming the U.S. economy and cautions against over export. He suggests trimming the $6.8 billion outlay and extending some aid as gifts while defining gifts versus loans. House Foreign Affairs members, including Rep. Herter, welcome Hoover’s alignment with his proposed organizational approach.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Aledges
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Seceiites
Hoover
Congress
House Foreign Affairs
Rep. Herter
R-Nass
Herter
Massive Chester blaze forces 2000 residents to flee
A large early morning fire in Center City Chester destroyed a garage belonging to the Southern Pennsylvania Bus Company. The oil-fed flames raged for an hour as 200 firefighters from all five Chester companies battled 25 explosions and 26 buses burned. Winds spread embers up to 1500 feet. damage totals were estimated on site.
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Chester
Pennsylvania
Pat Laura Schmidt Inspires Cuban Song in Havana
In Havana, a Cuban song tells the story of American dancer Patricia Laura Schmidt. Viewers and Patricia herself praise the melody blending Latin and Oriental tones. The tune portrays her as a charming dancer and hints she may dance again.
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Cuba
Patricia
Laura) Schmidt
Toledo
John Lester
Bobby
Capo
Laura
Germans Threaten General Strike Over Food Shortages
In Munich and Bavaria anxiety rose over a possible general strike after a 24 hour walkout by about 200000 workers in Nuernberg and Cologne. Bavarian Trade Union Federation leaders met in the American zone to weigh a full industrial stoppage amid food shortages. A separate incident saw a grenade blast at the Grand Hotel headquarters of U.S. war crimes prosecutors, injuring a few Army officers and lawyers but not tied to hunger protests. In Florida two men robbed Perkins State Bank of about 10350 at lunch time and fled in a black sedan.
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Germany
Munich
Cologne
Bavarian Trade Union Federation
United States
Bavaria
Grand Hotel
Hero
U. S War Crimes Prosecutors
Army
Williaton
Fla
Perkins State
Girl Scouts Purchase Camp Site
The Kingsport Girl Scout Council announced the purchase of a 109 acre site in Sullivan County to establish a tri city Girl Scout Camp serving Kingsport Johnson City and Bristol. The site lies southeast of Sullivan County near Cherokee National Forest with access to trails and potential for a pool. A tri city Established Camp will be incorporated to plan build and administer the camp with equal cost shares from the three communities.
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Eillen Crayford
Kingsport
Johnson City
Bristol
Kingsport Leaders Association
Kingsport Girl Scout Council
E. J. Triebe
Triche
Sullivan ‘County
Chinguspin Grove
Triebe
Cherokee National Forest
Homer
Tri-City
Smokies
Knoxville
Winston-Salem
Community Chest
Triehe
Girl Scouting
Kingsport Utilities Auditorium
Miss Oleda, Schrottky
Julian Salomon
National Girl Scout Organization
Designer Claims Women Retreat To Past Motherhood Image
In Beverly Hills a designer asserts women dress to hide personal failure as wives and mothers. She cites mothers' fashion as symbolic of retreat to a swollen maternal past, saying clothes like Petticoats, ruffles and padded hips reveal women’s admission of frailty.
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Hollywood
Ilyana
Beverly Hills
Lyana
Harold Dreyfus
Pancake Hats Redefine Paris Spring Millinery Styles
Gilbert Orcel unveiled Paris spring hats with pancake shapes and puffed mushroom forms to match longer dresses and up swept hairstyles. Cloche and toque silhouettes appeared amid a shift toward bolder, era spanning fashion commentary.
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Paris
Gilbert Orcel
Enme
Case-Case Nearing End In Circuit Court
Sullivan County circuit court sessions delayed by ice as Kingsport defendants face nine indictments for felonious assault housebreaking larceny and related charges. Final arguments began after brief testimony with Judge Ferguson expected to give charges at noon. Defendants Crumley and Hardin disputed witness accounts. Parker identified Crumley as the car driver to the hospital. Other cases disposed include a drunken driving plea with fines and suspended jail, and public drunkenness sentences.
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Ken Farns
Blountville
Spl
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Douglas Falon
Dewey Parker
Clifton Bellamy
William Hardin
Shelbourne Ferguson
Bellamy
J. Charles Beand
Balin
Crumley
Hardin
John D. Love
Bristol
Lawrence Herron
William HR. Barnett
Women Faces Charges Of Threatening Grable
Mrs. Jane Bean 20, of Kaufman Texas, indicted on extortion by mail for threatening to kidnap Betty Grable’s seven month old daughter Jessica unless a payment was made. She was arrested by the FBI two weeks ago and held on $1,000 bail in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Jane Bean
Betty Grable
Bevin May Proposes Western European Alliance in Commons
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin planned a speech at 10:30 am EST opening a two day debate on foreign policy in the House of Commons. Reports from Paris and London claimed he would propose a five country western European alliance to secure the region against potential threats.
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Emrnest Bevin
House of Commons
Paris
Belgiur
Ands
Luxembourg
Georges Bidault
Belgium
Russia
Moscow
Britain
Norway
Sweden
France
Daily Mail
Europe
Bevin
Germany
Austria
Three-Year-Old Dies In Washing Machine
A three year old boy Nelson Parker died in Orange New Jersey after his arms were caught in the rubber wringers of an electric washing machine. He wedged his throat on a guard rail and suffocated. Ralph Parker and his wife are the parents. Edgar Davies, the apartment house superintendent, found the child in the basement.
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Orange
N. J—P
Gabriel D'Amato
Orange Memorial Hospital
Nelson Parker
Edgar Davies
Ralph Parker
Street Scenes Driver Faces Icy Mishap at Underpass
A driver lost control on a slick road near the downtown underpass, forcing the vehicle to slide back into a highway intersection and causing a long line of following cars to reverse. A storefront display of nude dynamics drew attention as passersby avoided viewing. Color notes mention a brother in a red car and a sister with a bright red scarf and mittens.
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Brother
Dewey Urges All Farmers To Pay Debts At Dinner
New Albany N Y Gov Thomas B Dewey urged farmers to pay their debts and avoid new spending arguing that debt repayment preserves consumption and public trust. He spoke at the 118th annual New York State Agricultural Society dinner outlining opposition to price supports and production controls and cautioning against dependence through minimum income payments.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas B. Dewey
New York State Agricultural Society
Butchess County
Long and Jones Head for Louisiana Democratic Primary
In Louisiana February 24 the two former governors Narl K. Long and Sam H. Jones led a four candidate field in the first Democratic primary. Logg led with 147209 votes and a 60253 plurality over Jones who had 68456. Kennon and Morrison trailed. Observers expect待 unreported precincts to unlikely change the top two standings.
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New Orleans
Narl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Sam H. Jones
Long
Louisiana
Jones
Robert F. Kennon
James I. Morrison
D-La
Senators Seek AFL Leader Green On Inflation Control
Senators asked AFL President William Green for his inflation remedy as he warned of an uncontrolled price spiral. Green planned to testify before the Senate Banking Committee, while Congress debated a wage price control bill amid Republican opposition and Hoover’s critique of mandatory controls.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Herbert Hoover
SR Hoover
Green
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