Air Force Eyes Arctic Bases for Bomber Refueling
A cautious Air Force report outlines forward Arctic bases in Greenland, Canada, or elsewhere to refuel B 36 era bombers for long range strikes. Strategists cite minimal staffing at these staging fields and limited hangar needs, reducing forward presence while extending reach.
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Air Force
Arctic
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Polar Cap
United States
Manz
Lamestone
Canada
Greenland
Polar
CSAP
Iases
Sonal
Communists Press Into Central China Amid Molina Battles
Nationalist spokesman Gen Teng Wenyi cites 490000 to 500000 troops in new Central China fighting and vows to strike the Communists while admitting no major clashes. Reports say Reds advance into Hunan. Canton strategy and a coalition government are discussed as martial law tightens in Nanking.
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Canton
Huya
China
Teng Wenyi
Hunan
Headlaharters
Associated Press
Nanking
Teng
Central
Tin Piao
Liu Pacheng
Kuomintang Revolutionary Commitee
The
Democratic League
Topping
Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee
Kuomintang
Chanteh
Changteh
Changsha
I J
Posse Kills Suspect After Central Florida Rape Case
In Greenville Florida a posse shot Ernest Thomas to death as he tried to flee while three sheriffs reported he held a loaned pistol and fired. The case followed a rape and robbery that sparked arson and mob violence against Negroes near Groveland. National Guard units were deployed to restore order.
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Greenville
Fla
Florida
Ernest Thomas
Woory
Lake County
W.W. McCall
McCall
Simmie Moore
Bill Towler
Thomas
Groveland
Fuler Warren
State Briefs From Associated Press Nashville
The State Department reports improved teacher certification totals with 14 4.3 teaching permits issued this year and 2,447 permanent certificates. Tax collections to Nashville total $14,429,495, up nearly $3 million from last year, while sales tax gains trail last July. Craft Guard Anniversary Week is proclaimed. Four new polio cases raise year total to 12, with West Tennessee sharing higher tax receipts. Memphis reports 40 percent alert, with 10 of 40 cases outside city limits in Shelby County.
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Associated Press
Nashville
State
Faduca Department
Beter
Ceachere
Fearcher
Sehnanl
Fanart
R. A D
Allison
Last Ju
West Tennessee
Knox Man Indicted In Motor Explosion
Knox County grand jury indicts Dewey Ammons in a three-county case over an explosion at a University of Tennessee construction site. He faces charges of destruction of real and personal property and attempt to destroy real property. Ammons posted a $2,000 bond. trial date not set. The blast damaged a hoist motor at the project on July 14.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knox County
Dewey Ammons
AFL
University of Tennessee Construction
Hal Clements
Ammans
University
Former Olympic Champion Ellery Clark Dies on Train
Ellery Harding Clark, 75, famed Olympic all around champion of 1897, died on a south shore train en route to Boston from his Cohasset home. A physician said death likely resulted from a heart attack. Clark won the high jump and long jump events in Athens in 1896 and was a prolific author and member of the Harogacs.
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Hingham
Mass
Ellery Harding Clark
South Shore
Boston
Cohasset
America
Clark
Athens
Greece
Harogacs
Ex Senator Ball Reported Drowned Near Fort Frances
Former Minnesota Senator Joseph Ball is reported drowned near Fort Frances in Ontario. He was born November 4, 189, appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1940 to fill an unexpired term, elected in 1942, and defeated in 1946. Ball was a prominent figure in Republican Party councils.
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Fort Frances
Joseaphil
Ball
Minnesota
Ontaria
Kabetogama
Fort. Frances
United States Senate
Ernest Lundeen
Sen
Harpares
Union Threatens West Coast Blockade Over Hawaii Shipping
The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union threatens a West coast blockade to back labor demands for Hawaii shipping amid an emergency legislative session. Gov Ingram M Stainback pledges to ignore the union's remarks while workers seek higher pay. Henry Schmidt of the union vows strike tactics will continue to keep pressure.
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Penth AP
Larbra
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainback
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
TAWU
Henry Schmidt
TLAVU
Kingsport Times 25th Anniversary Celebration
This fall Kingsport Times group Nowa will celebrate the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of its daily publication in Kingsport. An old article notes Coach Leroy Sprankle led Camp Hammond with Oraenmip guidance in Kingsport. The event was tied to a program sponsored by the American Legion Post near Kendricka Creek and the South Fork of the Holston.
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Kingsport Times
Nowa
Kingsport
Leroy Sprankle
Camp Hammond
Hoya
American Legion Post
Kendricka Creek
South Fork
Holston
Poll Tax Bill Clears House Amid Filibuster Threat
The House passed the anti poll tax bill 278 to 116 and sent it to the Senate with threats of a filibuster. Opponents in the South warned the measure could bolster the Ku Klux Klan, while supporters argued it would curb civil rights oppression. This marked the fifth House passage in ten years, though Senate refusal has blocked it previously.
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Washington
Senate
House Ynte
House
Wheeler D. Ga
Headler
Street Scenes From a Busy Morning Yard Show
A young woman hurries to work while a rear seat passenger and a driver share a curious moment of multitask attention. A single apartment scene shows a girl entertaining a date amid piled furniture and improvised decor. Nearby, a painter’s hat and window note porch painting as paint scents drift through. Three energetic kids lean at a house window listening to a radio reporting major league scores, noses pressed to the glass.
Dollar crisis in Britain hits Marshall Plan nations hard
Britain faces a severe dollar shortage triggering an East West style crisis for Marshall Plan participants. British officials seek 1.55 billion dollars in aid, prompting US Democratic leaders to approve aid reductions and sparking fears of a global import cut and lower living standards.
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Britain
Paris
Fartheer
Nike
Trg Stassh
Demoncratiel Party
United States
Cary!heVess
Sorter
Reme
Jotnel Satterday
Sterday
Yey
Reward Raised for Ball Park Vandalism Case
A Kingsport baseball fan increases the reward to 125 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for vandalism at the ball park last Saturday night. The anonymous donor previously contributed 100 dollars and stresses restraint and fairness, condemning vindictive actions. The note questions whether police or club officials are investigating and notes the likely suspect could know the umpire's car.
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Ball Park
Kingsport
Senate Battles Over Foreign Aid Funds
Washington AP reports a major Senate clash over foreign aid funds tied to a European recovery program. An Appropriations Committee amendment would require 2.0 billion dollars in surplus American farm products and affect agencies including the Army and others.
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Washington
Senate
Economire
Paul Hofman
Brat Bark
Hot Weather Persists Across United States
The Associated Press reports no quick relief from heat as a batch of cool air stalls in Hudson Bay. Forecasters say readings in the 80s persist from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with high humidity and only brief relief possible along the West Coast and Pacific Northwest due to possible thunderstorms.
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Associated Press
Hudson Bay
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
Rockies
Atlantic
Pacific Northwest
Humaid
Man Wanted For Shooting Sheriff Offers To Surrender
Wayne county authorities report Beecher Raines 24, the man wanted for the fatal shooting of Sheriff Everett Gibson, offered to surrender if jailed at least three counties away. The offer came via a friend. Raines and his father Albert Raines may be willing to surrender with assurance of safekeeping. Sheriff Gibson and Patrolman Roy Sexton were raiding a still when shots were fired. Sexton was hospitalized after being struck in the face by a shotgun charge.
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Monticella
Wayne
Beecher Raines
Rverett Gibson
Angee Elmer Anrlepson
Raines
Anderson
Tainas
Aerbert Raines
Gibson
Roy Sexton
Sexton
Romerset
Indictments Expected In Jury Probe Of Police Vice Pay-Off
Los Angeles AP reports a grand jury on its fourth day of deliberations is expected to indict tomorow in the police vice pay-off inquiry. Foreman Harry Lawson said votes on true bills are not yet taken. The probe centers on allegations that Hollywood madam Brena Allen paid police for protection. The case triggered a major police shakeup, including Chief C.B. Harrall's resignation and officer suspensions. Recall petitions circulate against Mayor Fletcher Bowron after his reelection to a fourth term. Judge W. Turney Fox urged the jury to probe bookmakers and the Prosecution of Jeannette Heil and Als Flav May Roache. The inquiry stemmed from the shooting of Mickey Cohen and three others outside a Sunset Strip spot. Cohen faces assault charges from earlier and two associates remain in critical condition.
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Los Angeles
Tomorrey
Harry A. Lawson
Brena Allen
Hollywood
Resi Nation
CB. Harrall
Willan A. Worton
Marion
May Bowron
Fletcher Bowron
Ww. Turney
Fox
Foremanson
Jeannette M. Heil
Als
Flav May Roache
Grand Jury
Mickey Cohen
Sunset Strip
Cohen
Herchman
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Li Me
Dor David
Harry Cooper
Cahen
Doctor Performs Self Appendix Surgery in Telluride
Dr George Balderston operated on himself to study local anesthesia and postoperative effects. He called in Dr Richard Gladman as assistant at the American Legion Hospital, using spinal anesthesia. Balderston, back at work two days later, urged patients to walk soon after surgery.
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Calo
George C. Balderston
Balderston
Richard Gladman
American Legion Hospital
Polio Cases Rise Across New York City
New York City faces a mild polio outbreak with 220 cases reported to date. Health officials, led by City Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Mustard, note Brooklyn and Queens are hardest hit while Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island show lower counts.
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New York City
New York
Harry $. Mustard
Department of Health
Department of Hospitals
Brooklyn
Queens
Manhattan
Bronx
Staten
French Assembly Approves North Atlantic Pact Vote
The French National Assembly approved ratification of the North Atlantic Pact by 398 to 187 after an all night session marked by fist fights between committees and writers.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Solunar Tables By John Alden Knight
The Solunar schedule lists major and minor fishing and hunting periods by day with Eastern time references. It notes periods last an hour to two hours and provides exact start times for Wednesday through Sunday. It also mentions reservoir levels and government updates related to France and a local dam project.
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John Alden Knight
Potent coal fight looms as Lewis seeks three day week
White Sulphur Springs coal operators hint they may resist John Lewis plan to cut to three days, even threatening shutdowns. Talks vs Lewis faltered as he missed a resumption, while operators press to uphold six day work weeks under Taft Hartley. The dispute centers on contract terms and potential unfair labor practice charges with NLRB involvement possible.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ap—John &. Lewis
Northern
John Lewis
Lewis
Adme
Steel Company
Rap
Harry M. Moses
George H Cove
Washington
Senator Robertson
D-Va
Ipis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
Mississippi
National Labor Relations
Nlrb Lehneran
Robert N. Dennam
Deaths Last Night by The Associated Press
Retired Naval Captain Robert D. Conrad, long associated with Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Navy's Office of Research and Invention, died last night. Also noted was John K. Martins of Dayton, aged 58, former automotive editor of the Dayton Herald and current freelance advertiser.
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Associated Press
Robert DB. Conrad
New York—Naval
Robert D Conrad
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Navyis Office of Research and Invention
John K
Jack) Martins
Dayton, O
Dayton Herald
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Ing Haly
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James Camp
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