Icy Winter Blast Fails To Disrupt City's Business
Icy conditions in Kingsport Sunday to Monday caused snow sleet and rain with hazardous roads but little business disruption. One fatal crash reported in Knoxville. several counties closed or delayed schools. farm crops largely spared despite cold snap and snow.
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Davidson County
Full Benefit Not Had On Low Prices
Meat consumers have benefited only in part from lower livestock prices in recent months. H M Conway, writing in National Livestock Producer, says current meat prices resemble last year, retail and wholesale values have lagged, restricting meat flow to consumers. He notes reduced demand depresses the market while processing and retail margins rise.
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Franklin family repeats heartache with fifth loss
In Memphis, Mr and Mrs J S Franklin mourn the death of their five year old son Jerry from suspected cystic fibrosis. Doctors indicate the disease may be the same that killed four infant brothers since 1932, underscoring a tragic family pattern across 17 years.
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J. $. Franklin
Jerry
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Plane collision over Port Washington ends with safe landing
A Pan American World Airways Constellation landed safely at Mitchel Field after a midair collision with a small private Cessna over Port Washington New York. The private plane crashed. two pilots died. The Constellation sustained a large top-gouge but remained controllable.
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Middletown
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Nanking Presents as a City Between Warring Powers
Shanghai Nanking today stands as an open city, neither Nationalist nor Communist, an island between both governments. Red officials have not entered the capital, though they could if desired. Defenses have weakened as soldiers and naval units retreated south. Communist armies lie six miles north, awaiting action on a radio demand to arrest Chiang Kai shek and other Kuomintang officials. Utilities remain functioning, with reports routed to Nanking on Page 7.
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Tobin Testifies On Labor Law Plan Before Senate
Secretary of Labor Tobin testifies at a Senate Labor Committee hearing on admin istration arguments for a broad labor law package. White House and organized labor back him in a push against Taft-Hartley and for a new bill replacing most Taft-Hartley provisions with Wagner Act style rules. Senator Taft leads Republican questions and criticisms as the 13 member panel probes the plan.
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Browning Wins Backing for Election Plan From Dugger
Nashville sought support as Governor Gordon Browning disclosed a telegram from George P. Dugger of Elizabethton, promising to defend Browning’s election changes across Tennessee. The move followed public questions about opposition from CayL. Smith, Knoxvilles GOP chair, who urged Republican congressmen to declare a stance.
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Elizabethton
Cay Bl. Smith
Knoxville
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Smith
John Jennings, Jr
Dayton Phillips
Assembly
Nine Year Old Hero Saves Brothers From Farmhouse Fire
A nine year old boy rushed through a first floor window to pull his two brothers to safety as a fire swept a Columbia Cross Roads farmhouse. A sister and three adults died as others escaped. the child and baby survived with injuries to Dr. Finnerty and his wife. Authorities investigate unknown origin of blaze.
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Relief Shifts Focus From Livestock To Feeding Isolated People
Snowbound regions west of Omaha face hunger and fuel shortages as relief officials shift from Haylift fodder drops to delivering food and fuel by air. The Army and Fifth Army report limited rail service and insufficient planes to feed 190,000 cattle in Nebraska, while weather forecasts warn of continued cold and new snow across the Midwest. In Tennessee and surrounding areas plans proceed to extend gas pipelines from Oak Ridge toward the Tri Cities as power and fuel supply remains critical amid the winter crisis.
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Air Group in U K Plans Amid Truman Budget Debate
Wartime style debate unfolds as President Truman seeks approval for a large air force buildup and funding. Vinson and Vandenberg lead committees weighing permits and waivers while Democratic leaders push a brisk Truman program through Congress amid Republican price and policy challenges.
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Stalin open to peace talk with Truman on German issue
Moscow reports Stalin willing to discuss an American Russian peace pact with President Truman. He proposed postponing Western German statehood until a Big Four Foreign Ministers Council meets to discuss German policy. He also linked Berlin blockade issues to lifting the Allied counter block.
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Stalin offers peace talks with Truman on disarmament
U S reactions center on whether Stalin’s offer signals propaganda or a genuine bid for peace. He claims no objection to meeting with President Truman at a mutually acceptable place to discuss a peace pact and gradual disarmament, and he says Russia welcomes a joint American Russian declaration of peace intentions.
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Unemployment Rises in Tennessee Across State
Nashville reports higher unemployment with about 34 735 people drawing benefits at week end and 11 000 veterans among them. Agency says seasonal factors in food processing and outdoor work plus a warm winter influence the jobless figures nationwide.
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B. Ik. Wiley
One Night's Sleep Proves Expensive
Charles Miles, 46, of Jonesville, was fined 10 dollars and sentenced to 10 days in jail after a Sessions Court hearing for breaking and entering. Miles allegedly broke into a house on Dorothy Street, slept there, and was drunk at the time. Other actions: Kelly Bidwell bound to Circuit Court on a 500 dollar bond for drunk driving. Wayne Staten waived preliminary hearings on resisting arrest and drunkenness with a 250 dollar bond. another defendant Lunt fined 30 dollars and costs on the same charges.
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Harald Fleming Miles
Dorothy Street
Kelly Donald Bidwell
Kingsport
Wayne
Staten
Lunt
Taft Cannon clash over Truman budget cuts and tax risks
House Appropriations Chair Cannon says possible to trim Truman's 41.5 billion dollar budget but exact amount and tax impact unclear. Senator Taft warns of higher taxes and argues for broader cuts. Budget deficit forecast for July 4 year prompts bipartisan drives to limit spending while Democrats delay votes pending clearer savings estimates.
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Treasury
Nations to join North Atlantic pact invite six more
Washington reports the seven nation group negotiating the North Atlantic security pact expects to invite about six additional nations, including a Soviet pressured Norway, to become full partners. The move is viewed as a strong response to Soviet pressure and a sign of growing Western unity in the alliance.
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State Traffic Toll Ten Persons Dead
Ten deaths from Tennessee highway crashes reported this past week with Nashville Davidson County and Knoxville each contributing one death and Williamson County two. Four major areas accounted for fatalities while Chattanooga Hamilton County had none this year.
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Man Captured After Blazing Gun Battle
Elmer Stanford, 40, wounded in a 45 minute gun battle with police, captured at 212 East 69th Street after shooting a Roman Catholic priest in a confessional. Police say he is a relief client and writer who disliked priests, with a stash of odd items found in his room. He was charged with felonious assault after being taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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