Court Starts Hearing Of Murder Case From Upper End Of County
Sullivan County jury began hearing evidence in the murder case of John Albert Sneed 27 charged with shooting William R Depew during an argument in the Hickory Tree area near Bristol on January 29 Sneed claims he acted in self defense after Depew advanced with an iron rod The case is the only murder matter from the Kingsport area on the docket also noted were continuations in the Willis Joyce case and verdicts of not guilty in Bristol and Kingsport for two Stewarts rendered earlier in the week
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Sullivan County
John Albert Sneed
William R. Depéw
Hickory Trae Bection
Bristol
Sullvan County
Depew
Hickory Tree
Sneed
Tala Beaver
Falk
Kingsport
Orville Dolen
Oscar Bal
Willis (Sparky) Joyce
Doren
James Stewart
Ralph Stewart
County Court
Fire Death Toll Reported At 25 Over Week End
Twenty five persons died in fires across the nation over the week end. Kansas City led with ten killed in an apartment house blaze, including six children, while four died and fourteen were injured in a St Louis hotel fire. New York Lower East Side, Harlem, Skowhegan, and Chicago also reported fatalities and injuries. A ship fire in New York Harbor and fires in La and Tenn added property damage and further losses. An 11 year old died in Wisconsin and an 18 year old faced peril crossing ice in zero temperatures.
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Associated
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Kanass City
St. Louis
New York
Lower East Side
Harlem
Skowhegan
Chicago
Monroe
Charleston
W. Va
Columbia
Tenn
New York Harbor
Jacob Luckenbach
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Mexico Reports Bloody Disorders in Tamaulipas Clashes
The dispatch cites agrarian protests against state government backed mayors in Tamaulipas. In Ahuamada mountain town the town hall was seized after clashes leaving two dead and two wounded. In Jamave two killed and 11 wounded amid political clashes. A town treasurer Enrique Guerra was killed at Mendez and Mayor Eustorgio Garzienl seriously wounded. In Ocampo agrarians ousted Mayor Jesus Castillo and installed their own candidate amid rival government reports at Manhe.
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Tamaulipas
Ahumada
Jaumave
Enrique Guerra
Mendez
Eustorgio Garzienl
Ocampo
Jesus Castillo
Manhe
Allied Deputy Ministers To Discuss Italian Peace Treaty
London reports deputy foreign ministers of the victorious powers meet to debate Italy's postwar borders with France, Austria and Yugoslavia. Austria files a written claim on South Tyrol while the Aosta Valley dispute and Venezia Giulia frontier await further committee reports. A treaty with Austria is expected to move through diplomatic channels by May 1 as part of broader peace talks.
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Italy
France
Austria
Yugoslavia
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Tyrol
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Pitexs
Wid Artichis
Aosta
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Venezia Guilia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Anhoast
Lao Zinalian
Utilities Strike Averted in Kentucky and Virginia
Kentucky Utilities and United Construction Workers reached a tentative arbitration on contract terms. The agreement averted a strike that could have blacked out seven Kentucky counties and two in Virginia. Federal conciliator Palmer said the union accepted the proposal late last night, delaying action to allow arbitration. Judge Ford of Lexington will decide the contract issue as officials meet in Lexington.
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Kentucky Utilities
United Construction Workers
UFL
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Virginia
Palmer
H. Church Ford
Lexington
U. S
Tme
Kentucky
L. ©. Wills
British Seek Egyptian Deal On Independence Evacuation
London reported that Britain offered to negotiate with Egypt for full independence and British troop evacuation. A note replying to Egypt’s December 2 request was handed to the Egyptian Embassy over the weekend, following Egypt’s decision not to press demands before the United Nations.
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London
Egypt
United Nations
Street Scene Involving Coat, Fire Startled OPA Office
A fur coat rests over a car hood as a city businessman exits the OPA office with a cuspidor that sparks from a cigar. Clerks joke about the fire, while traffic is halted by a stalled motorcycle and an idle bus line.
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OPA
Wreckage Cleared As Trains Resume After Crash
Workmen rush to clear wreckage on the Clinchwield Railroad near Rotherwood Bridge after a two-car collision at 9 00 a m Sunday. Ten crewmen escaped injury. damages estimated at 50000. Traffic to resume Monday afternoon after 300 feet of track replacement.
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Clinchfield Railroad Company
Rotherwood Bridge
Eltis Whrki
Clinchwield
Kingsport
A. Dorsett
Dorsett
D. H. Hendrix
Dante
Standatill
Sherman Johnson
Berwin, Tenx
French Press Reports Last Annamite Stand in Indo China
The French push to crush remaining Annamite resistance in Indo China continues with fighting near Tan Cupen and Tan Thankin. French forces claim heavy casualties on a force reinforced by Japanese deserters as a broader calm settles in China and diplomatic talks progress in Chungking. Graf Spee crewmen escape from Villa de Guadalupe internment camp in Argentina, with more escapes reported earlier from Mendoza, following the ship’s 1939 sinking after battles with British cruisers.
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Associated Press
Indo-China
Saigon
Tan Cupen
Tan Thankin
Annamite Forcea
China
Chungking
Democratic League
National Assembly
W. Averill Harriman
Russia
Marshal
Ching
Harrrisman
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Moscow
Shanghai
Graf Spee
Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Admiral Graf Spee
Villa de Guadalupes
Mendoza
Plata River
Stuart Held in Axe Slaying in Virginia
Dale Carter Stuart, 23, is being held in Lebanon jail after the axe murder of his father in law Dale Mutter, 41. Commonwealth Attorney Clade Wilson said no charge yet and a psychiatric evaluation hearing will occur this afternoon. Stuart, son of U S marshal John White Stuart, is a former Army Air Corps bomber.
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Clade &. Wilson
Russell County
Dale Carter Stuart
Stuart
Dale Mutter
Wilson
Mutter
John White Stuart
United States
Virginia
Army Air Corps
Latham cites new proof of vast wartime material destruction
Washington reports Rep. Latham presenting further evidence of extensive destruction of surplus military supplies. He cites letters from veterans and sources such as the New Yorker, describing burned stock on Isle Nousy and in Phan Bay and vehicles dumped at Ni ckel Docks and other Pacific bases, with cranes sinking equipment offshore.
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Lathamé
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Latham
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Phan Bay
GMC
Ause Vata
Navy Captain Predicts Japanese Attack On Sunday Morning
Navy Captain Zacharias testified before the Pearl Harbor investigation that in March 1941 he warned Rear Admiral Kimmel a Japanese strike would come on a Sunday from carrier aircraft launching into Pearl Harbor. He recalled discussing plans with Captain W. W. Smith, who he says remembers details.
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Billig
Zacharias
Husband B. Kimmel
United States
Mint
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Adj
W. W. Smith
Smith
Admiral Himmel
Admiral Smith
Hawaiian
Arca
Virginia Assembly Faces Big Week
Richmond, Va. J A heavy week agenda faced the house and senate after their weekend recess. They reconvened at noon. The Crockett Bill to end liquor rationing May 1 with a Wythe delegate’s amendment to set a two gallon per month limit in state ABC stores. Committee hearings slated include an anti pollution bill in a joint session Wednesday at 3 30 p m, Gibson Bill to cut pawnbrokers maximum rate to two per cent a month before house finance at 4 p m, and the Quesenberg Bill to abolish the state board of photographic examiners before house general laws. Dr E W Dodd said he would introduce a bill to recognize and certify tuberculosis and non professional nurses by the state board of examiners for nurses.
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Senate
House For Action
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Wythe
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Gibson Bil
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Ana
Quesenberg
State Board of Photographic Examiners
General Laws
E. W."dodd
Botetourt
Craig
State Board of Caxaminers
Kingsport Man Shot In Scott County Tavern
Funeral services for Miller 27 of Sullivan Gardens will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at the Hamlett Dobson Chapel. Miller died after being shot in the Hedgehill Tavern Gate City during an argument with owner-manager George Cox who was charged with homicide but released on bond. Cox plans to waive preliminary hearings and face a Scott County Grand Jury in April.
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Miller
Sullivan Gardens
Hedgehill Tavern
Gate City
Charles B. Davis
Navy Seabees
Souls Paebic
Holston Valley Community Hospital
George Cox
Cox
Or. B. Qualla
Scott County
Grand Jury
Virginia State
Perlice
J. E. Fugate
Kingsport
Six Enlist In U S Navy From Local Area
Six area youths reported to the Navy Reception Center in Nashville for enlistment in the U S Navy. Harold L Light 17 Route 6 and Junior Dale Collins 17 Route 4 Kingsport. James B Durham 17 Duffield Va J B Bailey 18 Route 5 Rogersville Wayne T Bacon 20 Route 2 Jonesboro. John R Cupp Rogersville ship's cook second class applied for reenlistment.
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Navy Reception Center
Nashville
U. S.S. Navy
Gordon Baker
Navy
Harold L. Light
Junior Dale Collins
Kingsport
James B. Durham
Duffield
Bailey
Rogersville
Wayne T. Bacon
Jonesboro
John R. Cupp
Labor Front Shows Signs of Steel Strike Ending
A Washington official predicts the steel strike will end within a week as settlement advocates gain ground in the industry. Meantime 1.4 million workers remain in dispute and auto workers face potential idle time as related effects widen. Meat plants resume government controlled slaughtering boosting meat supplies by midweek.
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Iby
CIO
Ford
Chrysler
Washington
Auto Parta
AFL Is Requested To Ease Disputes
The AFL faced calls to resolve internal jurisdictional disputes to prevent renewal of the Hollywood tie up. Junior chiefs and top industry reps converged on Miami to meet AFL executive council members to interpret job fines set by an impartial AFL committee in December. William Green cited some carpenter opposition but framed talks as clarifying the committee findings. No confirmed reports of carpenters walking off in Hollywood.
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AFL
Hollywood
Jnior
Miami
William Green
Carpenters
Green
Hope to Break Filibuster In Senate Again
Washington reports the FEPC bill to end the Senate filibuster faced stiff Southern opposition over fears it would revive racial and religious tensions. President Truman backs the measure to appoint a permanent War Employment Practice Commission to police industry, unions, and government. Compromise proposals seek narrowing to 50 or more workers and federal court trials. Senator Olin Johnston led a high profile floor fight as debate began.
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FEPC
Senate
House
Truman
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
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