Three Day Week Begins for UMW Miners
Miners across the eastern United States begin a three day work week starting Tuesday as John L. Lewis imposes a policy amid the July Fourth holiday. Sen Robert Robertson questions legality and a Senate inquiry may follow. Operators call the move illegal, while stockpiles loom in contract talks with Northern western operators and U S Steel Corp. Page 8 notes further coverage.
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Mississippi
United Mine Workers Journal
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Northern and Western
U. S. Steel Corp
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Wo Va
Southern
Bluefield
W. Va
Lewia
Vacation subscribers urged to use paper carrier service
Vacationers are advised not to risk losing copies while away. The Times-News offers a vacation service by reserving a sack at 220 East Market Street or via telephone to the circulation department. A daily paper will be placed in the sack for the duration of the absence and delivered upon return.
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Kinga’port Times-News
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Judge Bandy Urges Cutting County Spending
Judge Bandy reports at Sullivan County Court July term that bonded debt is down to 4.786 million with 84 thousand in bonds maturing August 1 and 100 thousand December 1. He urges the court to postpone budget meetings until after all appropriation requests and to convene July 25 with plans to reduce expenditures to the lowest level.
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Solon Junkets Head For Snag
Washington reports that travel funding for House junkets may face tighter scrutiny. Rep. Mary Norton says committees must justify expenses and a travel ban is not yet fixed. Several members eye trips abroad to Europe, Asia, Alaska, and the Pacific with Hawaii likely to stay on the itinerary.
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Mary T. Norton
DNJ
Street Scenes of Fashion and Fray in Downtown Drugstore
A well dressed woman slips off a tight shoe while seated in a downtown drugstore booth. A party bound matron discovers the clerk sold her two right hand gloves. A two rider bicycle carries a joyful pair with one steering and the other pedaling, both enjoying the ride.
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Officials Work On China Policy
Washington officials press a cautious move toward a new policy with the Chinese Communists. The administration seeks a united Western approach through conferences in major capitals as Acheson and Truman face questioning from skeptical senators. Major tasks involve relations with the Chinese Communists and sustaining anti Communist forces tied to the Nationalists.
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Mob Delivers Beating After East Side Hit and Run
An enraged East Side mob beat and kicked Joseph Sullivan after a wild chase that left 11 year old Louis Di Neglio injured and Lorraine Donnelly fatally shot by a stray police bullet. Sullivan was seized and dragged to a station as police charged him with fleeing and assault.
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Joseph Sullivan
Sullivan
Louis di Neglio
Lower East Side
Lorraine Donnelly
Elmont
N.Y
Shawcross Heads Home With Texas Beefsteaks
New York wire reports Sir Hartley Shawcross, British Attorney General, left Texas after a week as the guest of the State Bar Association. He arrived home with a crewcut cowboy hat and a dozen thick beefsteaks, saying American business recession fears are unlikely and Britain remains sensitive to economic shifts. He noted Britain has not expanded exports enough to cover imports from America.
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Texas
America
Delicate Dynamite Caps Reported Stolen
Police reported the theft of several hundred dynamite caps during the Fourth of July weekend. The caps, used to detonate dynamite, vanished from the magazine of Robert De Lap, a noted powder expert in Roosevelt.
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Church Defiance Forces Change In Commie Plan
In Prague Czechoslovakia devout Catholics resist government pressure over church control. Premier Zapa urged peace while Education Minister Nejedly warned of tougher measures as peasants in Slovakia organize as minute men to defend priests. Pravda reports ten prisoners, including three women, got up to five years for insurrection after rioting in Levocn.
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U S Presses Czechs to Settle War Property Claims
The United States urged Czechoslovakia to resume talks on settling about 40 million dollars in American private property claims seized by the Czech Communist government. Prague had floated a 23.5 million dollar counteroffer with credits and export blocks as conditions, prompting delays and a call for a new financial expert for the delegation.
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Millionaires Mix Drinks As Strike Hits In Reno Bars
Reno endures a July 4 labor walkout as Culinary and Bartenders Union challenge Reno Employers Council. With bars closed, managers order shutdowns while shop staff fill in shifting to mix drinks. A Citizens Emergency Committee serves thousands at Pawning Park, offering food and drink for 50 cents as crowds line up for hours.
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Hot Weather Hits European Farmers
Europe endures drought as heat grips crops. Lisbon records temperatures near 95 degrees with a third of its population at beaches to escape the heat. Britons seek rain after 30 days dry, while Switzerland notes June as the driest month since 1864 with rainfall about a quarter of average.
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One Held In Slaying Of Young Farm Couple Near Here
State police held one man for questioning and sought two others in the shotgun slayings of Charles Williams 27 and his wife Wannie 24 at their Bearl Branch home six miles west of Salyersville Ky The woman clutching her seven month old baby was shot in the head as she ran toward her father’s nearby home Authorities disclose no identity for the person held
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Truman Heads Home From Holiday Chesapeake Cruise
President Truman returns to Washington after a brief Chesapeake Bay holiday voyage aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg. He studied a survey by his Council of Economic Advisers that will underpin the mid year economic health report to Congress. Weather was reported ideal as the yacht neared Blakiston Island.
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Senator George pushes across the board cuts to balance budget
Senator George of Georgia endorses a 3 to 5 percent cut on major spending bills including the Marshall Plan and military funds as a practical way to avert a large deficit. He backs McClellan’s 4 bill plan but fears it may fail in Congress and with President Truman. The Appropriations Committee aims to trim remaining measures amid a $1.81 billion deficit and $27 million tied up in key departments.
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Traffic Toll Rises As Independence Day Travel Peaks
National Safety Council predicts 290 weekend traffic deaths as millions hit highways for the holiday. Texas leads with 35 fatalities, Michigan 30, Alabama 32, and California 13 amid drownings and other accidents across states.
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Area Injuries Mark Third Day of Flye Holidays
Kingsport area enters day three of holiday period with only minor injuries reported. Jack Williams, 37, of 38 Hill Street, admitted to Holston Valley Community Hospital with a hip injury after a bicycle overturned near the Sluice. Sunday saw one automobile accident near Orebank at 4:30 pm injuring J. H. Neely and George Hobbs, both Route 7 residents. tie rod failure caused loss of control. minor injuries treated and released. Additional hospital cases include Custis Webb Jr of Route 7 with a broken arm from a fall off a swing and Anna Sue Harkleroad, 10, from Route 1 with a left leg fracture after a barn fall. (See Wrecks, Page 3)
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Holston Valley Community Hospital
Jack Williams
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J. H. Neely
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Orebank
Neely
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Heavy Voting Marked Mexico Election Amid Peaceful Polls
Mexico City voters, drawn by official promises of protection from violence, turnout in unusually high numbers for an off year. In Guadalajara the line stretched long as the heaviest vote in years. One precinct in Mexico City saw four injured in a fight at a polling booth. The Institutional Revolutionary Party remained the sole candidate for all 247 congressional seats.
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Guadalajara
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Solunar Tables From John Alden Knight Fishing Periods
Solunar periods listed with major and minor times in Eastern Standard Time. The table outlines daily minor periods of shorter duration and major periods lasting about one and a half to two hours, guiding anglers to plan fishing or hunting activity.
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