Vaughan May Be Called In Probe Of 5 Percenters
Washington AP report saysSenator Hoey expects Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan to be asked to testify in the Senate inquiry into Washington five percenters who aid manufacturers win contracts. The subcommittee has suspended Army generals Waitt and Feldman and may pursue Vaughan if useful evidence emerges.
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Washington
Hoey
Td-Nc
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Subcommittee
Alden H. Waitt
Army
Chemical Corps
Herman Feldman
Vaughan
Rep. Shafer
Rmich
Senator Mundt
R-Sc
Paul Grindle
Massachusetts
New York Herald Tribunes
James V. Hunt
Arn
War Assets Administration
Grindle
Hunt
Waitt
Feldman
Army Department
Hary
Cning
Boy Recovers From Burns After Extensive Skin Grafts
Five year old Melvin Hill of Fleming ton Pennsylvania suffered third degree burns when a kerosene covered shovel touched a furnace. Doctors at Lack Haven and Lankenau Hospital performed multiple skin grafts from his back and later from his father to cover nearly 90 percent of the burn area.
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Philadelphia
Little Melvin
Hill
Hans May
Melvin
Martin Hill
Flemington
Lack Haven Hospital
Lankenau Hospital
May
Perann
Mrelvin
Martin
Linck Haven
Akin
Bobby Light Wins Soap Box Derby Qualifier in Kingsport
Twelve year old Bobby Light won the Derby in Kingsport after four qualifiers on Wednesday. He clocked 28.0 seconds on the Bristol Highway course and earned a trip to Akron Ohio for the national finals August 14. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W Light and will start sixth grade at Lynn Garden Elementary. Sponsor Gable Foods Inc. supported his bid as he defeated Bradford Powers in the Class A finals.
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Norton Kingsport
Bobby Light
Akron
Ohio
Bobby
Bradford Powers
Bristol Highway
W. Light
Dale Street
Lynn Garden
Gable Foods, Inc
Johnny Robinson
Bill Ford
Powers
Godwin Hardware
Alan Warren c
Jimmy Maddux
Dickie Blankenbecter
Allen Warren
Warren
Immediate Trial Demanded Hoover Declared Sane for Mahoney Murder
Eugene Hoover has been found sane and fit to stand trial for the murder of James A. Mahoney, Bristol financier slain during Mardi Gras in New Orleans last February. A lunacy commission ruled he is capable of judging right from wrong and assisting in his defense, prompting a fast trial.
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Eugene Hoover
Mahoney
New Orleans
Louis Eugene Hoover
Virginia
James A. Mahoney
Fred W. Oser
Criminal District Court
Wey
Bristol
New Oulenna
Greene
Sullivan
Tom Doyle
Chicago
J. D. Mahoney
Richmond
Steten Street
Herve Racivitch
Sam Monk Zelden
Zelden
Hoover
Tenn
India
Law Court Gets Into High Gear
Kingsport law court moved into high gear Thursday morning as Judge Shelburne Ferguson disposed of six nonjury civil lawsuits including seven divorce cases. At present only 43 nonjury and one jury trials remain to be handled with July term likely to adjourn Friday afternoon. Several divorces saw final or temporary decrees and dismissals. In condemnation suits Judge Ferguson handed down several judgments for defendants and other cases were dismissed or continued. See Law Court page 14.
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Kingsport Law Court
Shelburne Ferguson
Suelava
Don Harbour
Almava
Roy Sexton
Flora
Rabec
Bessie
James Wells
Neva
Willie Pearler
Neva Neil
Reba Salyer
Alvinj Thomas
Mamie Minton
Laurain Allen
Neva Lee Gallagher
Homer Gibson
J. Maddux
Ernest McNult
Emmett Taylor
Franklin
Service Electric
Neal Gilliam
D. A. Wolfe
Fritts
Beatrice Falmer
Elite Beauty Salon
Phyllis Hutt
Odix Quillen
Law Court
Violence erupts at Hawaii dock strike causing injuries and arrests
Police broke up a clash as several hundred CTO pickets confronted non union stevedores in Honolulu. The 82 day dock walkout saw 18 injured and 30 arrested with jailed ILWU strikers held without charge on riot suspicion.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CTO
ILWU
Probers Name Two A-Scientists as Communists
The House Un-American Activities Committee named Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz and David Bohm as members of a Communist cell at the University of California Berkeley Radiation Laboratory. It cites a wider group under investigation and notes they declined to answer questions about membership. Condon seeks a hearing amid loyalty concerns, while senators push clearer witness rules.
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Washington
P — House
West Coast
House Un-American Activities Committee
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
David Bohm
University of California At Berkeley
Steve Nelson
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Lomanitz
Fisk University
Nashville
Bohm
Princeton University
Nelson
Berkeley Laboratory
Itanid
Spain
International Brigade
Berkeley
Mvorr
Communist Party
Questians
Radiation Laboratory
Ithia Committee
Thia Committee
Edward A. Condon
Federal Bureau of Standards
Condon
Inka
Comeerece Department
Lucas
D-Hil
UN- American Activities Committee
Congress
Father and son buried in common grave after Pennington Gap fire
A frame home fire in Pennington Gap Virginia killed Richard Le Words Woods 75 and Patton L Woods 42. Funeral services will be held at Lloyd Cemetery near Doty for the Woods men in a joint ceremony led by Rev. F E Bratton. One survivor, Rosbert Woods of Indiana, is their only living relative. The blaze also endangered nearby homes and origin remains undetermined though oil stove is suspected.
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Pennington Gap
Richard le Words
Patton
L. Woods
Lloyd Cemetery
Dot
F. E. Bratton
Minnie Sue Oakid
Fre
George Conyer
Woods
Rosebert Woods
Richard
Indiana
Jonesville
Ber’ Hur
Woodway
Rossbert
Richard Woods
Pat Red? Woods
Florida
Childreheimalnoot
Penningtes Gap
Richard Lee Woods
Patton Woods
Polio Increases Across America
The U S Public Health Service reports a surge in infantile paralysis for the week ended July 16 with 1014 new cases, up from 484. The year to date totals show Texas leading with 4018 cases and New York at 154, with nine states reporting over 100 cases since January.
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Washington
U. Public Health Service
New York
New Yorks City
Indiana
Timais
Arkanang
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnesota
Tlingin
Mand Michigan
Three Candidates Seek GOP National Chairmanship
Washington report notes three contenders for the Republican national chairmanship to replace Hugh D. Scott. Guy George Gabrielson of New Jersey, Arthur Summerfield of Michigan, and A. T. Bert Howard of Nebraska emerge as front runners amid party maneuvering and shifting endorsements.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
Guy George Gabrielson
New Jersey
Atthrer Summerfield
Michigan
A. T. “Bert” Howard
Nebraska
John A. Danaher
Contertickt
Cee
Taft
Ohio
Danaher
Sai Daugher
Howard
Derby street scene with boy, car, and veiled stranger encounter
A youths maneuvers a small car in a tight downtown space as he notices friends and a suspicious man exits a nearby vehicle clutching a bag. The episode unfolds with quick actions and a furtive retreat toward a waiting car.
Wrong License- Couple Marries On River Bridge
A Brinawick Maryland couple married on the Sandy Hook Bridge after learning their license was valid only in adjacent Washington County. William R Holter and Ethel F Wirts planned a church ceremony but chose the bridge near the Potomac about ten miles from Brunswick.
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Brinawick
Sandy Hook Bridge
William R. Holter
Ethel FP. Wirts
Baptist Church Parsonage
Lieanard
Cartmack
Jthen
More Humid Weather For Most Of Nation
Heat and humidity blanket the southern and east central states with highs in the 80s and 90s. Some areas see thundershowers while northern plains cool slightly and the Midwest runs near normal. A severe storm with rain hail and lightning hit southern New England at night after record heat. seven people died.
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Chicago
Plains
Midwest
Kansans
Nebraska
Texas
Central Plains
Miasisaippi Valley
New England
Crowds gather after Seattle plane crash scene
Police report that more than 40 000 people gathered in a three hour span to view the debris strewn area after a crippled twin engined C46 airliner plunged through power lines and into five southside homes. The aircraft carried 32 occupants and parts of the scene were described as a carnival of death.
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Seattle
Harney Street
George D. Eastman
Indictment of three Black men in Groveland Florida case
A Lake County grand jury indicted Charles Greenles Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin all about 20 on a capital offense related to the Willie Padgett incident. A fourth Black person at large was not charged. National Guardsmen monitored tensions as the judge planned a possible weeklong continuation and a Tavares trial.
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Groveland
Fla
Alabama
Georgia
Tata
Clermont
Willie Padgett
Lake County
Tavares
Florida
Charles Greenles
Samuel Shepherd
Walter Irvin
Bherlf W. V. McCall
Padgetta
Truman Futch
Futch
Lake Connty
Rail union opposes Clinchfield passenger cutbacks
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainees and Laties Auxiliaries oppose Clinchfield Railroad's plan to cut half its passenger service across five states. They urge members to rally farmers, businessmen and civic groups to oppose the move at the hearing.
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Erwin
Spl
Clinchfield
Brotherhood of Railway
Security Officer Quizzed In Secrecy Over Disappearance
Santa Fe authorities questioned H Tracy Snelling a former Information director for the Los Alamos atomic energy project in secret about his week long disappearance. A security service plane flew him from Dallas to face a warrant accusing him of embezzling Red Cross funds.
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Santa Fe
N. M
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Security
H. Tracy Snelling
Dallas
Tex
FHT
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Tunda
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project
Solunar Schedule From Knight’s Tables For Hunting
The article presents the Solunar Periods from John Alden Knight’s Solunar Tables with Major periods beginning at specified times and lasting about two hours and Minor periods shorter. It lists Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday times for Major and Minor periods and notes reservoir water levels at two dams observed at 4 am and 6 am.
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John Alden Knight
Cherokee Reservoir
Doug Reservoir
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Sancitor Hoey
House
America
Summerfield
Scott
Omaha
Ant Scott
Gabrielson
Scott Snreen
Gebrielson
Carroll Reeve
Tennessee
Harrison Span- Siler
Town
Col. R. Greager
Walter Hallinan
John Z. Jackson
Louisiana
Recca
Jackson
Abriclson
Reece
Guy Ralph F
Gates
Roy
Dana
Minneauts
Thomas BE
Coleman
Wisconsin
Chelrroan
J. W. Hunter
Kaiser
P—President Trust
Hia
Philip M. Kaiser
Asalat
Ant
Rail Union
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