Sullivan County's Proposed Budget Sees $696,578.04 Increase
The county presents a record budget for the coming fiscal year totaling $2,825,178 with a $696,578.04 rise over the current year. It includes allocations to the Department of Education and others, a total tax rate set at 54.28 per $100 assessed valuation, and a planned adjourned meeting at Blountville to discuss the proposal.
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Sullivan Couuty
Way Department
Department of Education
Aecrease
Blount
Bud
Thrilling Soap Box Derby Parade Opens Big Day
A Wednesday 10 am parade down Broad Street led by the Dobyns Bennett High School band introduced drivers, their racers, and sponsors ahead of the main Bristol Highway race at 2 pm near Junior High. Awards for two groups plus final champion and runner-up will be given. every participant receives a free ticket, fountain treat, and a saddle-horse ride. Derby director Ellis Binkley and Sam Anderson, Jr. Latimer Looney oversee events. more on page 24.
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Broad Street
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Bristol Highway
Holaton Drug Co
Lor Center
Rhody Lane Riding Academy
Ellis Binkley
Kingsport Times-News
Sam Anderson, Jr
Latimer + Looney
Derby
Kingsport Hosts Second Annual Bargain Festival
Merchants reduce price levels for Shop In Kingsport Days on Thursday Friday and Saturday. A Godwin, chairman, announced the event presented by the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. New articles will be offered at radically reduced prices with clearance specials. Participating stores will display streamers and posters and bus lines will provide extra schedules to assist shoppers. All stores will advertise their specials in the Kingsport Times News Wednesday edition.
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Kingsport
A. Godwin
Merchants’ Bureau
Chamber E of Commerce
Spoda
John Dudney
Kingsport Times- News
Armed Sentries Guard Negroes in Groveland
In Groveland Florida an uneasy quiet followed a night of mob terror against Negroes. Bayonet backed peace prevailed with two shots fired by an unidentified National Guard unit after a turbulent siege that left three Negro houses burned and a mob scattered by tear gas.
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Groveland
Fla
Moh
Four Year Old Derby Starter with Flaming Cap and Flag
A four year old conducts a derby signaling tricycles at a starting line with a red flag. Nearby a man studies a road map awaiting the light, then is startled by horn toots as the light turns red again. A child weighs himself with a straw at a downtown storefront penny scale to save a penny.
Truman Urges US Leadership For World Peace At Shrine Dinner
President Truman told Shriners at the Stevens Hotel and Soldiers Field that the world’s peace requires strong American leadership and enough force to deter broken Russian promises. He contrasted wartime spending with postwar budgets, urged reduction of war contracts, and backed European recovery to preserve peace, signaling support for the Atlantic Pact pending Senate action.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Chienge
Truman
United States
Japan
O.S
Washington
Shriners of North America
United Nations
Europe
Asia
Funda
Senate
Ex-Candidate For Sheriff In Jail In Memphis
A former independent sheriff candidate in Shelby County, Carlos Eugene Taylor, was jailed on grand larceny charges tied to a faked payroll holdup involving $34,497. William York Jr. was also charged, with both men admitting roles. York claimed he was staged to appear robbed, while Taylor said he received half the proceeds but denied planning.
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Memphis
Shelby County
Joe Hoyle
Carlos Eugene Taylor
Boyle
William York, Jr
York
Perkins OH Co
New Conference Probes U S Atomic Secrets Sharing
A second high level closed door conference on sharing the nations postwar atomic know how with Britain and Canada convened on Capitol Hill. The joint Senate House Atomic Committee and state military leaders debated whether to use executive agreement or congressional action to share secrets and discussed uranium supply and international relations in the atomic field.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Oes
Great Britain
Canada
Congress
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
Britain
McMahon
Blair House
Truman
Joint Committee
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
GOP
Congress of
Little Girl Testifies Against Her Mother
In Greeneville Tennessee a six year old testified at a preliminary hearing that she saw her mother pour contents from a bottle into her father’s drink before his death last February. Mrs Walter Mae Blankenship faced a murder charge in the death of her former husband G Z Watts. Bond set at ten thousand dollars, she remained jailed in Greene County.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Walter Mae ‘Blankenship
G.Z. Watts
Joan Watts
Watts
Blankenship
Six People Dead After Seattle Plane Crash Into Homes
A non scheduled flight from Boeing Field in Seattle crashed into five houses killing six aboard and injuring many on the ground. The C-46 twin engine plane stalled after takeoff with one engine failing and struck power lines before plummeting into the Georgetown district. Most aboard survived and authorities, including the coroner, identified six bodies hours later while continuing the search.
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Seattle
Boeing Field
Siz Bodiga
Air Transport Associates
Georgetown
Chicago
Air Transport Associates, Inc
Amos E. Heacock
Suburban taxi rules align with city permits in Los Angeles
Gangland shooting hits Mickey Cohen case as police probe widens. In Sunset Strip incident Cohen, bodyguard Harry Cooper, and two others were wounded as shots rang out near Waherrys Restaurant. Witnesses report gunfire near the Crosby Building and a grazed sleeve for columnist Miss Zozabel Muir.
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Harry Cooper
Cohen
California
Dee David
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Herbert
Los Angeles
Fred Howser
Cooper
Barney Ruditsky
Wshehrry
Coeber
Hi Ruditsky
New York
Bing Crosby
Plozabel Muir
Variety Magazine
The
Los Angeles Mirror
New York Daily News
Ruditsky
Solon May Get High Court Seat
Washington aides say Truman may act soon to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Frank Murphy. Murphy died of a heart attack in Detroit and will be buried Friday in Harbor Beach Michigan. The court is in summer recess and not due back until October. Speculation centers on party balance and Catholic ties, with Senators O Mahoney and McGrath among top names.
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Washington
Truman
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Harbor Beach
Mich
Supreme Court
Murphy
Auc
Jessor
High Court
O'Mahoney
D-Woo
Alben W. Barkley
McGrath
Rhode Island
Tom Clark
Thomas £. Dewey
New York
McMahon
D-Cenn
Senate
Connecticut
Baldwin
Fred Vinson
Congress
Harold Burton
Ohio
Robert P. Patterson
Labor Leader Freed Of Murder Charge In Memphis
Memphis union figure Vernon E. Deal Sr. died after an altercation at AFL Carpenters Hall on July 8. Grand jury cleared a labor leader of murder but indicted Robert Edward Montgomery for assault and battery. Autopsy indicated death by heart attack, according to Inspector Pete Wiebenga.
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Memphis
Shelby County
Vernon E. Deal
Robert Edward Montgomery
Deal
AFL
Pete Wiebenga
Solunar Periods and Reservoir Levels Reported
Plan your hunting by Major and Minor Solunar periods as printed by John Alden Knight. Eastern Standard Time tables list daily start times for Major periods and shorter Minor periods. Observed reservoir stages note Cherokee Reservoir at 4 am Wednesday and Douglas Reservoir at 6 am with water levels above mean sea level.
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John Alden Knight
Cherokee Reservoir
Douglas Reservoir
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Sale Way
el Verano
Call
Ruth Denny
Giant Sale
Harry Saysu
U.S. A Secrets
Wright Field
Dayton
Sunset Strip
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
City Recorder
Mickey Cohen
Solon
O’mahoney
Colorado
Lee Knous
Harvey Girls
Gold Gulch
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