Public inquiry into five percenters to start next week
Senator Hoey states the Washington 4 A special Investigations subcommittee will begin hearings next week despite illness of key figure James Hunt. Gradie of Massachusetts says Hunt helped with a government contract bid and claimed access to two suspended Army generals.
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Hoey
Special Investigations
James ¥. Hunt
Army
War Assets Administration
Hunt
Paul Gradie
Massachusetts
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Hermen Feldman
750000 Back On Insurance Rolls
Washington The Ways and Means Committee voted 15 to 10 to repeal the Gearhart Amendment and restore about 750 000 workers to the old age insurance rolls. The plan aims to include commission salesmen and other excluded workers in Social Security.
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Truman
Ways and Means Committee
Gearart
Both
Congress
Gearhart
R-Calif
Commission
Ife
State Briefs and Local Construction Notes
The State Health Licensing Board meets Aug. 5 with two practitioners cited to show cause why licenses should not be revoked. One faces unprofessional conduct charges. the other unprofessional and immoral conduct. Memphis will see three new state office buildings break ground next week, per Porter Dunlap, starting near Health and Highway Department facilities. Memphis also gains a cottonseed and soybean meal futures quotation service on the Memphis Merchant Exchange next week, first such South outside New Orleans. In Savannah Tenn Raymond Shelby, 26, was found innocent of killing 26-year-old divorcee Juanita Binks. a Circuit Court jury cleared him of first degree murder in the 1948 shooting after he argued she shot herself.
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Healing Arts Licensing Board
Porter Dunlap
Memphis
Memphis Merchant Exchange
New Orleans
Savannah
Tenn
Raymond Shelby
Spriby
Juanita Binks
Here
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Aia
Ageshan
Alvin Idwards
Jewel
Edwards
Lacey Alexander
P Jewel
W. H. Sessions
Sessions
Sesilsions
Burton Looney Named To Tri City Airport Board
Mayor Blankenbeeler announced R F Looney and W R Burton were appointed to the Tri City Airport Commission to replace recent resignations. The six member panel faces a $116 875 cash match to a federal grant of 105625 for airport improvements. Looney, longtime Kingsport civic figure, and Burton, Tennessee Eastman engineer and Civil Air Patrol major, bring local ties and veteran service to the post.
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Looney
Tri-City
E. B. Blankenheeler
R. F. Looney
W.R. Burton
Tri-Citiox
Blankenbeeler
A.D. Brockman
P. Edwards, Jr
Washington and
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Kingsort
J. L. Latimer
Latimer- Tooney, Inc
Brightridge Drive
Robert F., Jr
Lawson Yeats
Alex
Louisa
Allison
Tooney
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Association
Hammond American Legion
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Civil Air Patrol
U. S. Air Force
Talmadge Wins Fight For Taxes
Georgia Governor Talmadge secured a legislative victory as the special session approved a $20.5 million tax package. The measure gives the governor broad discretion on how the new revenues are spent after earlier public votes against taxes. The move seals his political dominance amid rival gubernatorial ambitions.
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Talmadge
Tali Smadge
Street Scenes of Daily Life and Mishap
A pessimistic vignette shows a middle aged group not young women en route to a lecture on Platonic Love. A neat young woman unaware her white purse has grown dirty from contact with a magazine. A novice golfer endures a sprained ankle then a wrist in failed effort to learn the game.
Congress Gropes For Aid Bill Vote
Congress struggles to move a large foreign aid bill as Senate rules stall action. Senate Appropriations Committee to meet for a possible extraordinary session. debate centers on earmarking billions for farm commodity purchases and reopening the recovery program.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
D-Tenn
Economic Cooperation Administration
J Ovity
Lucas
Ibinois
ECA
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
Coroner Rules Scott County Man Killed by Train
Coroner G A Shawkey concluded Warren G Corder 29 of Marcem Quarry was killed when struck by a train on the Southern Railway near the Southern Stairway. The incident was witnessed by passerby Cris Davidson who alerted deputies. Investigators found the time of death around 6 19 PM and noted injuries from the impact.
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Gate City
Spl
Pner
G. A. Shawkey
Scott County
Warren G. Corder
Marcem
Corder
Cris
Skip
Clarence T. Gross
Corter
Kingsport
Quarry
Salver
M. H. Cole
Bulls Gap
Tenn
C. H. Stakes
Alabama Street
Bristol
C. H. Colvard
Appalachia
M. C. Leonard
Big Stone Gap
Salyer
Dr. Shawkey
W. L. Griggs
Shawkey
Griggs
E. T
Bunny) McConnell
McConnell Funeral Home
Southern Railway
Byrd Power Challenged in Virginia Governor Race
Senator Harry F. Byrd faces a serious challenge from State Senator John Battle in the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary. The four hopefuls Miller Edwards and Arnold vie to shape fiscal policy and school funding, with Battle leading finance and aiming to avoid split conservative votes.
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Richanesa
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Senate
John §. Battle
William M. Tuck
Battle
Francis Pickens Miller
Horace H. Edwards
Richmond
Remmie L. Arnold
Petersburg
Martin A. Hutchinson
Charlottesville
Congress Wins Support On Sharing A Bomb Secrets
Congress members gained a major victory in the debate over sharing atomic secrets with Britain and Canada. President Truman said no action should be taken without both Congress and the executive branch backing the decision, following a closed door briefing with State Department and military policy makers.
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Congress
Risprte
State Department
Truman
Senate
House Atomic Committee
State Acheson
Executive Branch
Britain
Canada
Rent Law Heads for Supreme Court Ruling
Federal Judge Labay denied a government motion to dismiss a suit challenging the National Rent Control Act and set Sept. 12 for a hearing before a three judge panel. The move opens a path to direct Supreme Court review of the constitutional issue regarding delegation of war powers to states.
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Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court
Walter J. Labay
Vane
U. S. Supreme Court
Edwyn R. Shaw
Congress
Smuggling Traffic in Dope Shows Increase in U S
A 1948 Narcotics Bureau report notes rising cocaine smuggling into the United States. It cites available cocaine in Peru Chile and Bolivia with American seamen moving it to New York via overland routes and ports in South Carolina and Alabama. The bureau warns hotbeds of narcotics activity abroad and reports heroin seizures with the Far East resurging as a supplier.
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United States
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Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Harlem
New York City
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Alabama
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U.S
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Rangoon
Calcutta
Singapore
Far East
Turkey
France
Italy
Labor to Use Taft-Hartley Law Against Unions
Labor groups push for invoking Taft Hartley powers as they press for anti Communist oath rules. Two holdouts finally sign on as unions agree to NLRB oversight and required non Communist officer oaths.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Kingsport Times marks twenty fifth anniversary celebration
The Kingsport Times will mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the city’s first daily publication. An article from twenty five years ago notes a Watson’s Bargain Store sale offering two free gifts, including a forty two piece dish set and various items for home and clothing.
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Kingsport Times- News
Kingsport
Kingsport Times
Watson's
Tway
Second Worst Year Of Paralysis In U S History
The Associated Press reports infantile paralysis cases in 1949 far exceed 1944, with 6 935 polio cases and 337 deaths by July 27. Through late July, 1 444 new weekly cases rose 47 5 percent over 1945, while states report widespread activity and emergency measures in cities like New York and Springfield.
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U. S
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Texas
California
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New York
Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
Acheson to Tell House Group Why Aid Is Needed
Secretary of State Acheson will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Truman’s $1.45 billion arms for Europe bill faces heavy opposition. Kee predicts approval as hearings proceed, while critics seek cuts and an interim program. The plan aims to bolster Pact nations and deter aggression through defensive aid.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Acheson
Acheson
House Foreign Committee
Kee
D. Wvza
North Atlantic
United States
Capitol
JC Firm Low Bidder On 7 Road Projects
The Tennessee State Highway Department opened bids for about 140 miles of rural road projects across 13 counties. Low bidders include Southern States Paving Company Nashville for 8.7 miles in Davidson County at 33,265 dollars and Interstate Construction Company Nashville for 14.4 miles at 118,922 dollars in Davidson County. Adams Construction Company Johnson City won 24.9 miles in Sullivan County at 31,061 dollars. Combs Construction Company Chattanooga won 14.7 miles in Hamilton County at 54,049 dollars. Wesco Paving Company Chattanooga bid 9.3 miles in Hamilton County at 26,322.56 dollars. Memphis Stone and Gravel Company Memphis won 84 miles in Dyer County at 58,681 dollars.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Highway Department
Tennessee
Davidson County
Southern States Paving Company
Interstate Construction Company
Sullivan County
Adams Construction Company
Johnson City
Hamilton County
Combs Construction Company
Chattanooga
Wesco Paving Company
Dyer County
Memphis Stone and Gravel Company
Memphis
Solunar Timings From Knight Tables For Outdoor Sport
Solunar schedules list Major and Minor hunting and fishing periods drawn from Knight Salunse Tables. Readers are advised to plan days around cover and peak times. Observed reservoir water levels at 6 am are Cherokee Reservoir 10717 feet and Douglas Reservoir 10014 feet above mean sea level.
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John Alden Knight
Douglas Reservoir
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