S R Clark Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Trial Opening
S R Clark, 34, of Springdale Addition, pleads not guilty as jury impanels for his murder trial in Sullivan County Court. State witnesses include Lieut Frank Williamson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The courtroom packed with spectators as 20 jurors were excused and extra panels were summoned for Clark and co-defendant Clint Hensley Jr.
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S. R Clark
Sullivan County
Clark
Springdale Addition
John R. Todd
Walter R. Gray
John Allen
Long Island
Frank Williamson
Tennessee Highway Patrol
E. Ray Hauk
Todd Ts
Clint Hensley, Jr
Tucker Receives Innocent Verdict
Chicago jurors acquitted Preston T. Tucker and six associates in a $28.9 million rear-engine auto venture fraud case. After a 17 hour, four ballot deliberation, defendants faced charges of mail fraud conspiracy and violation of federal securities rules.
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Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Preston T. Tucker
Federal Securites
Turke
Fred Rockelman
Robert Pierce
Mitchel W. Dalian
Otis Radford
Floyd D. Cerf
Harold A. Karsten
Clift Knowle
Hiss Faces Federal Sentence After Guilty Verdict
Alger Hiss, once a top State Department official and adviser to Roosevelt, faces sentencing in federal court after a jury convicted him of perjury. A possible maximum penalty of ten years and $4,000 in fines looms, with an appeal planned immediately to begin at once after sentence.
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New York
I-P
Alger Hiss
Sae Department
Roosevelt
Yalla
Hiss
Claude B. Cross
Brookline
Mass
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cross
Circuit Court
US Supreme Court
Priscilla
Churchill Warns Voters Against Socialist Regimentation
English voters heard Winston Churchill warn over the weekend against another plunge into Socialist regimentation. Labour Attorney General Sir Hartley Shawcross countered that the Conservative record in education and welfare created drab, mechanized lives. Churchill urged a return to free enterprise ahead of Britain’s February 23 general elections, calling socialism weak against Communism. Shawcross accused Churchill of empty promises while pledging to retain welfare measures from the Labour government.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Hartley Shawcross
Churchill
Commonwealth
Western Europe
Shawcross
Simpsy
Labor
Uranium Ore Collected From Hawkins Farm in Tennessee
F. 8. Armstrong of Knoxville and an Oak Ridge technician obtained more samples of uranium ore Sunday from the Armstrong farm near Stony Point in Hawkins County. They tested the land with a Geiger counter and reported it showed up pretty good. They had postponed the trip due to bad weather but planned further testing at Oak Ridge this week.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Armstrong
Oak Ridge
Stony Point
Hawkins County
Street Scenes Describe Market St Incident
A patrol officer in a Safety Training Car runs a red light on Market Street. A telephone operator reports a man’s wife called while he was away and, upon his return, the voice proves not to be hers, prompting a mix up at the office.
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Market St
Republican Split To Weaken Rule In House
A split among House Republicans emerged after 64 members voted against a proposed rule change, signaling a weakening of a GOP-Southern Democrat coalition that often controls legislation. The defection, the largest in years, followed a caucus clash as Rep. Frank Keefe of Wisconsin voiced discontent with following party leadership.
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Washington
House
Frank Keefe
Wisconsin
Keefe
Burley tobacco prices sink on Tennessee markets
Tennessee markets saw burley tobacco set a new low last week the State Department of Agriculture reports 10 232 004 pounds sold at an average 38 04 per hundredweight for a total of 4 898 819 68 Four markets Rogersville Franklin Springfield and Columbia held final sales last week
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
State Department of Agriculture
Rogersville
Franklin
Springfield
Columbia
Mine Injunction Delayed Hearing On Coal Mine Seizure
A federal judge granted a six day delay in the hearing for a government injunction to end the three day work week in soft coal mines. The postponement, to February 1, was at the joint request of John L. Lewis UMW and NLRB counsel Denham. Senator Aiken urged considering presidential power to seize mines while Robertson proposed anti trust action against the union. Truman pressed Congress for $1 billion in new taxes with targeted reductions and closing loopholes to offset revenue loss.
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Washington
Denham
Lewis
UMW
John L. Lewis
United Mine
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Aiken
Congress
Robertson
Dva
United Mine Workers
Virginia
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Guerrillas Attack Java Capital Amid Indonesian Crisis
Indonesian guerrillas led by a former Dutch captain attacked Bandoeng, Indonesia's capital region, seizing the army headquarters and key sites in a city of 170,000. The USI federal army held out in the north as Dutch and Indonesian troops prepared coordinated action. The government rushed 250 mobile police by air from Jakarta to keep Amdir Airfield open, with Maj. Gen. Van Langen planning direct Dutch operations.
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Jakarta
Batavia
Java
Bandoenk
United States of Indonesian
USI
Bandoeng
Amdir
Indonesia
D. R. A. van Langen
Methodists Open Leaders Training School at Churches
The Kingsport Area Methodist Leadership Training school opened Sunday night at First and Broad Street Methodist Churches with 426 officers, teachers, and workers in attendance. Dual rallies kicked off with Dr. E Lamont Geissinger and Rev. Clyde F Watkins addressing attendees. Fifteen classes began as instructors from multiple states led sessions on Christian service and testimony. The report also notes a separate Egypt royal engagement rumor surrounding Narriman Sadek and King Farouk, denied by Egypt's foreign office.
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Kingsport Area
Methodist Leadership Training School
First
Broad Street Methodist
E. Lamont Geissinger
Methodist Board of Lay Activities
Chicago
Broad Street
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Clyde F. Watkins
First Methodist Church
Geissinger
Lord Jesus Christ
A. H. Rapking
Madisonville
Tenn
Bettydane Milter
Holston
Johnson City
Dorothy LaCroix Hill
Fort Wayne
Ind
H. DB. Hart
Abingdon
George Nalff
Chaplam
Tennessee Wesleyan College
Athens
J. I. McDonough
Wesley Foundation
University of Tennessee
Roy I. Reese
Set Methodists
Egypt
Narriman
Zaki Hashem
United Nations
Farouk
Sadek
Natriman
Foreign Office Press Department
Hila
Shore Dispatch
Jwith
Hashem
Aalthough
Dickson Ward GOP to Name Chairmen
Republicans of the 11th Civil District in Dickson Ward will meet at Dickson School at 7 30 p m Thursday to elect a ward chairman and co chairman.
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Dickson Ward
Dickson School
Veteran Actor Alan Hale Dies After 39-Year Screen Career
Alan Hale a veteran film actor and director aged 57 died in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital after a virus infection complicated by hypertension. Hale a 222 pound star known for heavy roles appeared in about 200 films over 39 years. He had just returned from Helena Montana after attending the Montana premiere of Montana. He began in newsrooms and moved to silent pictures under David Wark Griffith in 1921.
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Alan Hale
Hollywood
Hale
Hollywood Presbyteria Hospital
Phurscay
Helena
Mont
Montana
Fis
Gretchen Hale
Karen
Jeanne
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia Bulletin
David Wark Griffith
Taft backs plea for Korean aid in coming bill
Senator Taft Republican leader said Congress may include in a forthcoming economic recovery package a provision to aid the South Korea government. President Truman seeks speedy rectification of last week’s House rejection of a 60 million dollar aid bill by a one vote margin. Secretary Acheson to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as both Korea and China aid programs face expiry February 15.
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Washington
I Truman
Korea
House
Taft
Ohio
Congress J
South Korea
Truman
Congress
White House
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Knowland
R-Calif
Formosa
State Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations
Struggle Over Saar Grows More Serious
Washington reports McCloy informs President Truman that Franco German battles over the Saar threaten to intensify. In talks with Truman and Acheson, McCloy outlines a balance among Western Germany integration, Russian influence risks, and a healthy postwar German state to prevent a resurgence of power.
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Washington
John McCloy
U. S
Germany
Truman
Saar
Jlarzely
McCloy
Acheson
State Department
United States
Europe
Clyce Among Top Bowlers In Meet
Fred Clyce of Kingsport finished among the top in the Melrose Scratch Singles Bowling Tourney in Nashville with a six game total of 1254. Clyce, owner and manager of the Kingsport Bowling Center, posted games of 175 215 198 186 208 187 in the event concluding Sunday night.
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Nashville
Tenn
Fred Clyce
Kingsport
Clyce
Speed Flier Breaks Continental Record
New York 4 Paul Mantz, 47 year old speed pilot, breaks continental record for gasoline engines. He crossed the continent in four hours 52 minutes 58 seconds in a modified P 51 from Burbank to LaGuardia, averaging over 500 mph with a top speed near 580 mph. Official confirmation rests with the National Aeronautics Association as timer Fred Wilkinson reports.
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New York
Paul Mantz
Army
Joe de Bona
Jimmy Stewart
Mantz
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Calif
la Guardia Field
National Aeronautics Association
Washington
Fred H. Wilkinson
Association
la Guardia
Manté
L Omaica
Chicago
City Board To Decide On Forest Lawn Annex
An adjourned Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting is set for 5 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall to consider third reading of an ordinance calling for a referendum on annexation of Forest Lawn and nearby areas. The proposal, passed on final readings last week after a larger petition appeared, would place the measure before the county election commission, with a tentative vote date of April 8.
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Kingsport Board of Mayor and Laldermen
City Hall
Forest Lawn
County Election Commission
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Moccasin Gap
U. S. Highway 23
U. S. Highway 58
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S.R. Clark
Tucker
Web
Hawkins
Surlay
Tags
George Alken
Methodists Open
King Farouk
Sweetheart
Parsons
Duval
Cairo
Hussein Fahmi Sadeh
Narriman Sadek
Kim Farouk
Sen
Forest Lawn Annex
John Aiden Knight
Belor
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