Derby Roundup Contestants Prep for All-American Derby
Forty seven contestants listed for the All American Soap Box Derby prepare for the parade on Broad Street at 10 a.m. and race on Bristol Highway at 2 p.m. A Kingsport Times News special tabloid will highlight contestants and sponsors. Examinations for cars run Monday to 5 p.m. in the high school gym. Entrants include Dan Bradley, Tim Poe Burleson, Jack Blevins, Ernest Craft and many others. The event selects a finalist to Akron, Ohio for the national Derby with prizes, trophies, and Chevrolet sponsored accolades.
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Broad Street
Robyns-Bennett High School
Paaertici Pent
Grivyer
Bristol Highway
Kingsport Times-News
Dan Bradley
Timmie Poe Burleson
Jack Blevins
Ernest Craft
Paul Beckner
Jack Compton
Tommy Carrot
Glenn Calhoun
Rondia Dowell
Orville Duncan
Joseph H. Dixon
Iy Dishner
Billy Dotson
Bill Ford
Albert Groves
Danny Griffith
Robert Hodge
Billy Hawk
Robert Noe
Jimmy Fyfe
Paul Hu
Larry Jones
Fred Jones
George Ketron
Wayne Kimbler
Tommy Kine
Jimmy Kolgore
Neil Ketron, Jr
Bobby Light
Joe Mercer
G. W. Marcum
Kelley Needham
Richard Orton
Billy Orrick
Albert Poe
Bentson Queen
Johnnyie
Shin Maynard Tedder
Donnie Shin
John Vaughn
Alan Rnea Warrer
Ray Wallen
Herold Waggoner
Tom Warrick
Kingsport
Akron
Ohio
Latimer-Looney Chevrolet Company
Dickie Blankenbecter
Chevrolet
Junior Chamber Backs Constitution Changes
Jackson Tenn AP The Tennessee Junior Chamber of Commerce endorsed a drive to amend the state constitution. Jaycee directors after a three day meeting urged clubs statewide to promote an information program for 30 days before the ballot next November on a limited constitutional convention. The group backed the Frye constitutional commission report proposing nine changes to the unamended charter and urged a strong vote in the fall election.
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Jackson, Tenn
Tennessee Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee
Jaycee
Friergen
Elephant and Italian Immigrant Clash at Buenos Aires Zoo
Police and guards separated a confrontation between an elephant and Italian immigrant Eduardo Nissi after he taunted the elephant at the Buenos Aires zoo. The female elephant lifted him to her shoulders before crowd control removed him to jail and the animal resumed trumpet cries.
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Buenos Aires
Eduardo Nissi
Nissi
Jeil
Bloody hammer to be fingerprint tested in trucker death case
Georgetown Kentucky AP reports a bloody hammer used to heat a truck driver’s body will be examined by fingerprint experts. David Drinnen of Knoxville was found semi conscious at a local hospital after the incident. His employer Nagle Turner said Drinnen carried a large amount of money, though investigators found no cash on him. Authorities search for a Black man who abandoned the truck a mile from the recovery site near Gilling station.
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Georgetown
Here
David Drinnen
Knoxville
Tenn
Nagle Turner
Knosxville
Drinnen
Gilling Station
Illness Fatal To Louis Figg
Louis Figg 83 died at home after a long illness in Kingsport He was supervisor of the Industrial Laboratory of Tennessee Ferroti? Corporation since 1923 and served in World War I He was born in Baltimore lived in Lyneburg Va before Kingsport and is survived by his widow two sons and several siblings He held many professional affiliations and was an accomplished pianist Funeral set at First Baptist Church with burial in the city cemetery
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Lewis T. Figg
Industrial Laboratory of Tennessee Fastoiia Corporation
University of Virginia
Baltimore
Kingsport
Lynebourg
Bessie Denamore Lackland
Wilfred L. Figg
David H. Figg
Harry L. Langel
Lanchburg
W. C. Dixon
G. G. Fralin
Danville
E. B. Walker
Lynchburg
Russell R. Figg
Arthur F. Figg
Radford
Herbert M. Figg
Norfolk, Va
Figg
First Baptist Church
Hammond Past American Legion
American Chemical Society
Tennessee Academy of Science
Federation of Seyerage Works Associations
Chemical Fraternity
Alpha Chi Sigma
Northeast Tennessee
Firat Baptist Church
William R. Rigell
Johnson City
Hamilett-Dobaon
H. G. Stone
James Ellis
BE. C. Cross
B. E. Shaukis
J. ©. Williams
B. K. Bright
W. J. Stil
J. N. Hick
City
Tito to Close Slav Border Amid Greek Civil War
Premier Tito announced Yugoslavia would seal its border with Greece to protect workers from the Greek civil war. He spoke to about 40,000 in Pola, outlining aims on Greek aggression, Five-Year Plan progress, Trieste's future, and Western loans. He warned Western powers to address provocations and stated Yugoslavia seeks loans without political concessions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Greece
Tito
Pola
Italy
Trieste
Austrian
Carinthia
Europe
Yungslav
America
England
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
West
U S Steps Into Battle Over Steel
Washington moves to avert a nationwide steel shutdown as labor dispute focus broadens. Cyrus S. Ching, head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, leads talks with aides and steel union chief Philip Murray to hash out a settlement this afternoon in an effort to prevent a strike next Saturday.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Pam
Philip Murray
CSO
United Steel Workers of America
Steel
Governor Beauford Jester Found Dead on Train Berth
Governor Beauford Jester of Texas was found dead in his Pullman berth at a Southern Pacific station in Houston. He was 59 and serving his second term since 1948. Police reported the death appeared natural and an inquest was planned. Local homicide detectives were dispatched to investigate but were told the death was not suspicious.
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Houston
Tex
Beauford Jester
Pullman
Southern Pacific
W. P. Brown
Leutenant
Lloyd Barrett
L. L. Watts
Frank Murphy
Brown
Tom Maes
Two Kingsport Students Hurt In Auto Accident
Kingsport students Charles Armstrong and Melvin Hutton of the University of Tennessee were treated for injuries after a Sunday car crash on Western Avenue. Norman Shuford remained in critical condition at Knoxville General. the trio were returning from a fraternity dance when the vehicle lost control on wet pavement and struck a sidewalk, a marble column, and a power pole.
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Knoxville
iSpl.i
Kingsport
University of Tennessee
University Hospital
University
Charles Armstrong
Valley
Street
Melvin Kellar Hutton
Bristol Highway
Knoxville General Hospital
Norman Shuford
Black Mountain
N. C
Ethel E. Armstrong
Long Island
Hel
Amith
New Gray Cemetery
Armstrong
Hutton
Shu‘ford
Kingsport Chamber sets meeting on railroad service cut
The Kingsport Chamber of Commerce transportation committee will meet Tuesday at 4 pm in WKPTâs section to decide the chamber position on proposals to discontinue half of Clingfield Railroad passenger service. The railroad seeks cuts through five states and Virginia regulators set July 24 for a public hearing.
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Transportation Committee
Kingsport Chamber of Commerce
WKPT
Chamber of Commerce
Clinghfield Railroad
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Rain Brings Relief to Thirsting Crops in Drought States
The Associated Press reports rain fell across eight northeastern states, ending a 49 day dry spell. The day-long shower brought up to an inch and a half in some areas, easing damage measured in millions. New Jersey farmers seek more moisture as total crop losses reach about 11 million.
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Associated Press
Troise Tyre
New Jersey
Truman outlines midyear economic program to Congress
President Truman urges a 31 point anti-repression plan while declaring the economy strong though joblessness looms. He calls for tax reforms, extended unemployment coverage, higher minimum wage, expanded social security, veterans benefits, federal works speedups, foreign investment aid, and restoration of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act as Congress debates farm and other policy measures.
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Congress
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Democrats
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Vote Called For Foreign Aid Cut
Senate debates foreign aid cuts as McKellar calls closes doors on spending plan. House measures loom with about 5.2 billion in aid, Marshal Plan funds, and farm impacts. Bridges and others push varying target ranges while deficits and international trade shifts loom.
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Washington
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
iSenate
Appropriations
Lnto
Randy
House
ECA
Paul Haffman
McKelar
Haffman
Bridges
Hoffman
BCA
England
Russia
Argentina
Johnson City Registrations Exceed Expectation
Over 6,140 voters registered permanently in Johnson City as the registralian closed Saturday. Clarence W. Bralley, chairman of the Washington County Election Commission, said the total surpassed expectations.
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Johnson City
Ipl
Registralian
At & P
Clarence W. Bralley
Washington County Election Commission
Virginia Couple Shot By Son-In-Law in Abingdon Tragedy
Abingdon, Va. state troopers say W. W. Dillow and his wife were killed by son-in-law Bill Cullop at the Dillon home eight miles south of Abingdon. Cullop, released from Bland County custody, shot Dillow in the yard and his wife in the kitchen before being subdued upstairs after a struggle with Jim Hill and others. Investigating officers include Sheriff Charles Boldwine and Commonwealth’s attorney. Dillow’s children and neighbors were present as the incident unfolded at dawn Monday.
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Abingdon
Tiedr
Johnston Memorial
Green Springs
Culiop
Whitegate
W. W
Dillow
Bill Cullop
Offishot
Southwestern State
Jim Hill
Dillon
Frank Hill
Hill
Jim Hile
G. Hunter Wolfe
Washington
Srophe
Carl V. Eskhag
Ridge
Dee
Cullop
Wolfe
Charles N. Boldwine
Welford
EB. C. Browning
Sgt. Wright
Byrowmel
Virginia
Washington County
Folice
G. J. Ele
Dnjler Eskridge
Culop
Ralph Boycherd
Commonwealth
Ace Policeman On Auto Thefts Proves Too Smart
Detroit police veteran Patrolman Edward F. Borchardt, famed for recovering stolen cars, was held on a charge of unlawfully driving away a car after learning the trick from thieves. Inspector Albert Shapiro noted his uncanny knowledge of thieves’ methods and motives.
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Detroit
Edward F. Borchardt
Bee
Heo
Borchardt
Albert Shapiro
Shapiro
Britain Delves Into Dollar Crisis Talks in London
London AP reports a three day closed door conference with US Treasury Secretary Snyder, British economic chief Cripps, and Canadian Finance Minister Abbott. They issued a joint promise of immediate fact finding and more ministerial talks in Washington in September to resolve Britain’s dollar problem.
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London
Britain
United States Treasury
John Snyder
Stafford Cripps
Douglas Abbott
Snyder
Brugsuls
Washington
Street Scenes Amid Quiet Sunday Play and Traffic
A three year old in a miniature French style bathing suit cools herself on a lawn while a man uses a hose for a strong water stream on her back. A tan grown man bounces a ball struck to a bingo paddle from a porch step. A man with a violin? on a busy Saturday afternoon watches traffic carefully in a crowded section.
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Charmer
Fini
Famous Botanist And Couple Rescued After Alaskan Crash
Dr Melville T Cook 78, famed Louisiana botanist, his wife and pilot Bill Carrington were rescued after a weeklong Alaskan search. Their single engine Cessna crash landed on a tundra slope 58 miles north of the Arctic Circle. They survived by sealing the plane to keep out mosquitoes and eating raw eggs until rescued by a helicopter and flown to Fort Yukon, then to Fairbanks.
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Georg Meyers
Fairbanks News-Miner Star
Fairbanks
Alaska
Melville T. Cook
Louisiana
Bill Carrington
Arctic Circle
Fort Yukon
Currington
Cook
Plint Currington
Dr. Cook
C. E. Hale
Thay
Cooks
Carrington
Wien Alaska Airlines
Arctic
Alista
Lovigiana University
Louisiana State University
Sacramento
Army General Killed In Blast On Potomac
A naval and Army disaster on the Potomac River left Maj. Gen. Vernon E. Prichard and Commodore Wilfred L. Painter dead after a cabin cruiser explosion aboard the Halcyon near the Corinthian Yacht Club. Col. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle helped rescue others as harbor police blame fuel fumes for the blast during refueling. Eight others were hurt, with Dr. A. Magrider MacDonald to perform autopsies and Omar Bradley praising Prichard as a great soldier.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Potomac River
Vernon E. Prichard
Wilfred L. Painter
USNR
Sergius N. F. Labasher
Johannes Johannesen
Corinthian Yacht Club
Anthony J. Dr
Harbor
Prichard
A. Magrider MacDonald
Painter
MacDonald
Omar N. Bradley
Pricherd
Italy
Mored
Camp Chaffee
Ari. i Painter
Dryad
Wash
Pacific
California
Pearl Harbor
Greece
Truman drops tax hike plan in deficit economy pivot
President Truman reversed his demand for a 4 billion tax increase, opting for a deficit spending approach to avert depression. He proposed 11 growth programs including public works planning, Brannan farm plan, expanded social security, and extended GI benefits, while calling for no major tax increases.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Senator Dulles Urges Pact Approval Debate Set
Senator Dulles will urge Senate approval of the North Atlantic Pact this week. A clash is anticipated over Truman wage and foreign trade proposals as Taft signals possible opposition due to a linked foreign arms program. The debate may lead to a Wednesday showdown vote in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Dulles
R-Ny
State Department
Taft of Ghlo
GOP
Ang
Solunar Schedule and Reservoir Levels Report
Solunar tables from John Alden Knight inform daily Major and Minor fishing and hunting periods in EST. Observed reservoir stages at Cherokee Dam Monday at 6 am rise to 1061.8 feet and Douglas Reservoir at 8 am sits at 992.0 feet above mean sea level.
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John Alden Knight
Cherokee Reservoir
Douglas Reservoir
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