Board Rejects Third Party Stop Eisenhower Move
The board rejects the Stop Eisenhower movement as anti-Wallace sentiment grows. The CIO wide open splits and a blanket of snow disrupted area highways with slick conditions in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee.
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New England
Virginia
Tennessee
Tri-State Coach Company
Big Stone
Asheville
N.C
Bristol
Big Stone Gap
Virginia State Highway Department
Pound
Johnson City
Henry Wallace Third Party Bid Splits CLO Over Policy
Washington AP reports the CIO split over Henry Wallace's third party presidential bid, with party divisions widening while public policy remains unsettled.
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Washington
CLO
Henry Wallace
U S Troops Watch Strike Amid German Hunger Protests
In Munich and Bavaria a 24 hour hunger strike by about 1,250,000 workers halted major rail and factory operations. Communist influenced protests spread as 40 million Western Germans faced food shortages. British American authorities allowed 5 000 tons of imported fats to ease rations while security forces prepared for further unrest.
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Munich
Germany
United States
Bavaria
1. Communista
Estveria
Communist Party
Tranhia
Bizonal Control Board
Ge Iito
Prisoner Swindle Revived In Mexico
Chattanooga official reports the so called old Spanish prisoner swindle has resurfaced in Mexico. Swindle letters claim a prisoner in Mexico City holds $375,000 in a trunk in a U S customs house and offers a one third share if the reader helps move funds. The writer cites debts and a daughter to appeal for aid.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mexico
U. S
E. R. Martin
Post Office
Martin
Mexico City
Street Scenes and Eisenhower Talk Roil GOP Frontrunners
Amid bustling street vignettes a political thread runs through GOP talk of Eisenhower’s rising poll support and potential convention strategy. Dewey Stassen and Taft split, with no unified plan to back an outsider, while Tobey doubts a combined slate will form and Eisenhower’s race remains unsettled as February 15 retirement buzz swirls.
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Dwight B. Eisenhower
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A
Ohio
Fiarold B. Stassen
Millnesota
Eisenhower
Taft
Dewey
New Hampshire
Tobey Ur-Nh
Stassen
Tobey
Roy Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Staf
Thornburg Case Dismissed in Kingsport Circuit Court
In Blountville the State Supreme Court's reversal of an involuntary manslaughter charge against Carl A. Thornburg was cited as grounds for dismissal after a paragraph read by the Attorney General. Eyewitnesses challenged the state's testimony, while other juries faced delays, including W. W. Thompson’s whisky case and several guilty pleas for forgery and whisky possession.
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Blountville
Spl
Carl A. Thornburg
Kingsport
State Supreme Court
Walter R. Gray
Neil
Thornburg
Charles Mendenhall
Scott County
Lovedale
Tal
W. W. Thompson
Shelburne Ferguson
Eugene Parker
John D. Packer
Howard Hensley
Jack Smith
Dallas
Jack
Hensley
Thompson
Joe Miller
Thomas Rankin
Gate City
Milburn Jones
Wilford Morelock
Ferguson
John B
Kingsport JCC Receives Merit Award
The Kingsport Junior Chamber of Commerce joins Union City and Knoxville in earning certificates of merit for quarterly activities. State awards chairman Wilford Gillenwater noted judging weighed city population. Albania forces gather near Konitsa amid unconfirmed reports of guerrilla activity.
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Chattanooga
Union City
Kingsport
Knoxville
Tennessee Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wilford Gillenwater
Athens
Albania
Konitsa
Greece
Leskovic
Konitss
Forte
Park committee seeks federal aid for Smoky Mountain Park
Washington observers report North Carolina and Tennessee lawmakers hearing park needs at a dinner hosted by the joint committee. Governors McCord and Cherry led pleas for funding as Sen McKellar and Hoey backed a practical schedule to complete the 720 square mile Great Smoky Mountain National Park between Knoxville and Asheville.
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Washington
North Carolina
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Jim Nance McCord
R. Gregg Cherry
McKellar
D-Tenn
Hoey
D-Nc
Francis J. Heazel
Asheville
N. C
Great Smoky Park
Knoxville
Tenn
McCord
Churchill Urges Western Unity Against Moscow Showdown
London AP Winston Churchill told the House of Commons Western Europe must unite quickly to pressure Moscow before atomic weapons emerge. He warned danger rises if unity is delayed, urged a common approach to Russia and a settlement on realistic terms, endorsing European unification to block communism.
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London
Winston ‘Churchill
Europe
Moscow
Churchill
House of Commons
Labor
Western
Russia
Hei
Citizens Aroused Over Low Blow Dealt Rye Whisky
Baltimore-7 readers learn that the Frank L. Wight Distilling Company at Loreley Maryland plans to halt production for the grain-saving holiday, threatening Maryland straight rye whiskey. Governor Lane and Magistrate Bowie condemn the move as outrageous while other firms continue operations.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Frank L. Wight Distilling Company
Loreley
William Preston Lane, Jr
Johnson Bowie
Towson
Terrific Explosion Kills Movie Producer in Manhattan
New York police said a terrific explosion in a mid-Manhattan storefront killed four year old theatrical producer Max Jelin. Fumes from four open gas jets in the kitchen triggered the blast at the luxury storefront.
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New York
Max Jelin
mid-Manhattan
Srertrnant
Pauley Fights Back In Probe Before Senate Panel
Washington lawmakers heard Pauley defend himself against Harold E. Stassen’s charge of reliance on inside information as he reported $932,703 in commodity profits over three years. Stassen alleged $40,175 profit from grain trades after a critical agriculture speech. The hearing also touched on broader budget cuts and inflation controls as critics accused the panel of politics.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Senate
Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Appropriations Subcommittee
Staseen
Subcommittee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Stassen
Anderson
Tydings
D-Md
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Bridges
R-Nh
State Department
China
Marshall
Congress
Sex hormones linked to cancer in scientific study
A Philadelphia researcher from Jefferson Medical College reported ties between sex hormones and cancer. He noted that common body chemicals like sex hormones and bile acids can convert to cancer-causing chemicals under lab conditions and discussed potential human relevance and ongoing studies on biochemical cancer origins.
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Philadelphia
William H. Pearlman
Jefferson Medical College
American Chemical Society
Peatiman
Pearlman
Oil Men Alarmed by Acute Fuel Oil Shortage in Kingsport
Kingsport faces an acute fuel oil shortage with conditions expected to worsen. Dealers warn of possible extended cold waves, even urging some to move in with relatives to conserve heat. Despite no current cold, demand has surged from cars, buses, trains, and home heating as refinery output remains high but consumption outpaces supply.
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Kingsport
Civic Auditorium
U. S
Waved Goodbye: Testimony on a Jap Sub Death Courage
A survivor recounts orders in a Japanese submarine case where crew shot survivors at sea. Mrs Britain, an American Red Cross worker, testified at a war crimes trial about a Marine officer and a fate that included sayonara messages to the crew. Jiro Nakahara, a Hawaiian-born Japanese crew member, described the executions and denials of such orders by Adm. Shimada.
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Tokyo
Sayonara
Mel Ifer
Hap- Jiro Nakahara
Verna Gordon Britain
W. Salter
Imer
Red Cross
Regerve
Calcutta
Nakahara
Fim J
Shigetaro Shimada
Britain
Japan
Carter Nomination for Gate City Judicial Seat Unanimous
Judge Bara T. Carter Sr. was unanimously nominated for the Afth election to the Twenty Fourth Judicial Circuit of Scott and Russell Counties. Telegram from the state capitol says legislators have moved to name him judiciary official for the circuit. Election by the legislature is expected to be confirmed before February 1. Carter first took the bench February 1, 1923, serving two years, then eight-year terms to date across a circuit that once included Lee County.
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Gate City
Spl
Bara T. Carter
Judicial Circuit
Scott
Russell Counties
State Capitol
Ward
Carter
Lee County
Sailor and Photographer Held Over 11 Year Old Prodigy Case
A sailor and a night life photographer were called to Juvenile Court to explain their involvement with 11 year old Jacqueline Horner, a Los Angeles piano prodigy found in a hotel room with the sailor after a supposed eight day “whirl” of searching for fun. Horner said she had “done nothing wrong” and had visited other hotel rooms with sailors.
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San Francisco
Jacque-line Horner
Jackie
Los Angeles
Dorothey Dix Editorials Revered in Our Yesterdays Page
A composite page anchor highlights Dorothy Dix editorials and Mackenzie’s column in a Kingsport Today section. The guide lists features from Our Yesterdays and Society items, alongside sports notes and community notices.
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Dorothy Dix
Kingsport Today
Mikolajczyk Mackenzie
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