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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1949

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Wife of Pollution Control Head Improves After Knoxville Crash

Mrs. Kimbrough wife of Kingsport's air pollution control director suffered forehead and knee lacerations and a possible skull fracture in a Knoxville crash. She and seven year old Glenda Sue were reported improving at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital. Glenda to be released soon. The director who assumed duties May 2 was also injured. they were en route from Memorial Day weekend.

Knoxville Glenda Sue Kimbroughs Kimbrough Kingsport Alfred Blaine Tenn Rutledge D. W. ‘Mouton Kingsport Press, Inc University of Tennessee

Accuser Confronts Lilienthal in Washington Hearing

In a face to face session, Senator Moe demanded a formal inquiry into alleged misdeeds by Lilienthal and a commission official. Chairman David Lilienthal remained impassive as questions mounted about conduct and leadership.

Washington Moeenlooper R-Fowa Sera Immaetory David E Lilien Eral Strausg Replice Oata Hicksenloopet

Coplon espionage trial draws Ickes and Gruber into debate

The trial of Judith Coplon on espionage charges sparks denials from Ruth Gruber and Harold L. Ickes as FBI evidence links a secretary to the Interior Department with a Soviet embassy contact. Coplon and co-defendant Valentine Gubitchey deny wrongdoing and argue over the admissibility of papers seized in New York.

Washington Judith Coplon FBI Miss Coplon Harold L. Ickes Ruth Gruber Tekes Coplon Valentine A. Guhitchey United Nations New York Gubitchey Archibald Palmer John M. Kelley, Jr Raymond P. Whearty Albert L. Reeves FRY Robert R. Granvill Sea Trist

Hospital Director To Arrive Today

Robert N. Brough, named director of Holston Valley Community Hospital, is due to arrive to assume duties as the expansion plan advances. The board cites his East Coast experience and recent work for Neergaard and Craig in New York on surveys and administration. The project could qualify for state aid under a $750,000 expansion to add 100 beds and improve surgery wards and obstetrics.

Robert N. Brough Holston Valley Community Hospital Hig Sutton Brough Tennessee General Assembly Brougt Neergaard and Craig New York Norwalk, Conn Blue Cross Connecticut

Margaret OBrien's mother seeks to end wedding ties

Margaret O Brien accused of being unhappy with her marriage to orchestra leader Don Sylvie and requests an annulment. The child star remains suspended from MGM duties after the Palm Beach wedding while her mother plans the action and insists the girl had no role in the decision.

Husband Hollywood Margaret O'Brien Don Sylvie Sylvia Margaret Metro-Goldwyns Mayer Margeret Palm Beach Larry O'Brien Margret Florida Boston Sylvie MGM Mrs. Sylvio

Mystery jove notes cost merchants income tax arrears

A series of cryptic love notes misread as private correspondence were actually business deal records showing unpaid taxes. Several German merchants faced back taxes and fines after authorities deciphered the coded entries in their diaries.

Freie

Bolivia Declares State of Civil War Amid Miner clashes

Bolivian army reservists aged 28 to 50 were mobilized as the cabinet declared a state of civil war after tin miners seized officials and attacked troops. Two thousand dynamite assaults followed battles with 200 soldiers at Huenuni fin mines high in the Andes. Rail service halted as siege laws bite and food shortages loom for Bolivia’s 3 million residents dependent on imports.

la Paz Bolivia High Andes Argentina Peru Chile

All-Out Rabies Campaign Begins in Chattanooga Area

A ten day quarantine on all dogs took effect in Hamilton County as part of an all-out rabies campaign. The measure was ordered by the State Department of Agriculture at the request of Dr. Paul Golley, city county health director, who warned of a rabies epidemic in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. The city commission also approved an amendment requiring dogs to be inoculated before July 1.

Chattanooga Tenn Hamilton County State Department of Agriculture Paul Golley

UN Ministers Face Berlin Transit Clash

Western officials lock horns with Russia over Berlin transport links as the Foreign Ministers Council opens. Western powers refused Vishinsky’s bid to invite a Soviet sponsored German People’s Congress delegation, signaling guarded negotiation ahead.

Paris Russia Foreign Ministers Council Berlin Germany Andrei Vishinsky German People's Congress

House approves new veteran pension bill with unemployability ban

The House passed a World War I and II veteran pension bill and sent it to the Senate after removing the unemployability clause. The vote was 172 to 87. The measure, estimated at about 65 billion dollars over 50 years with pensions existing under VA rules, faced a spirited debate led by the Veterans Committee. Chairman Rankin opposed the ban calling it unfair.

Washington House Rankin D-Miss Veterans' Commitee Budget Bureau

Lifer Wins Fight For His Freedom

Rene Dee Meerleer, once a Michigan lifer, walks free after 17 years in confinement begun at age 18. He had previously won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and leaves Southern Michigan prison with his family reacting in emotional reunion as he heads home to Florida.

Lier Hba Kuumy Re Ke Sol Wenn U. S Southern Michigan Alphonse and Helen de

Joint Chiefs reject mock sky battle over B36 Banshee clash

The joint chiefs turned down a proposed mock air duel between the Air Force B 36 and Navy Banshee fighters for security reasons and to avoid revealing sensitive capabilities. The earlier plan, approved May 18 by the Armed Services group, aimed to resolve Navy Air Force claims but was deemed unuseful and potentially harmful.

Washington Air Parce Navy Joanarann Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington Minea Herate House Armed Services Committee Air Force Joint Command Vinson D-Ga Johnson Armed Services Group Jrt

Labor Troubles Foreseen In U S

Washington officials tracking labor matters say a summer burst of strikes may occur due to postwar wage demands and Taft Hartley law tensions. Focus is on coal, steel, auto, and maritime bargaining, with smaller strikes possible as unions seek higher pattern pay and employers’ pay ability drives results.

Washington

Sitdown strike over retirement fund funds cancer treatment

Dr Willie Melmoth Bomar a 56 year old economics teacher from Glenwood Ga began a sitdown strike in Georgia teacher retirement offices alleging $65 78 deducted from her salary for the retirement fund was not returned She vows to stay until the money is paid to cover cancer treatment costs asserting the deduction was made without her consent.

Mercer Bulley Atlanta Georgia Teacher Retirement System Willie Melmoth Bomar Glenwood Bomar Columbia University Nee Rochester Minn Mayo Clinic Yaden Georgia New York Lori

Georgia teacher fights retirement pay delay at Atlanta office

A determined former Wheeler County teacher, now ill with cancer, camped at the Atlanta retirement office demanding $4.80 monthly retirement payments she says are owed. She accuses the board of a secret meeting and denial after a 24 hour wait, while awaiting Mayo Clinic treatment.

Georgia J. J. Yaden Sith Dloor Atlanta University of Georgia Wheeler County Alnhe

Atomic Cocktail Fails To Save Girl

In Birmingham Alabama a 15 year old girl Joyce Lee Hughes died after two atomic cocktails intended to treat Hodgkins disease failed to save her. She had worsened from 122 to 85 pounds since November while her parents Mr and Mrs Bryan Hughes hoped for recovery from treatment at the isotope clinic University of Tennessee Hospital using radioactive phosphorus from Oak Ridge.

Birmingham Ala Joyce Lee Hughes Bryan B. Hughes Isotope Clinic University of Tennessee Hospital Sonset Oak Ridge

Nashville Insurance Commissioner Seeks Written Discrimination Assurance

Insurance Commissioner M O Allen urged insurers to guarantee no discrimination by race creed or color in auto liability policies. The move follows reports that Negroes faced unfavorable consideration in obtaining liability coverage. The new financial responsibility law takes effect July 1 requiring uninsured drivers in accidents with damages over 50 dollars or any personal injury to post up to 11000 dollars in bond or cash.

Nashville M. O. Allen Insurance Department Allen

Weather notes show mild warmth across the country

Clear skies and mild temperatures were common nationwide with wet pockets in the Northern and Central Plains. Heavy showers hit the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa while light showers touched parts of South Carolina. Temperatures reached 92 in Oklahoma City and 91 in Minneapolis and St Paul, the peak in San Antonio at 95.

Chicago Plains Dakotas Minnesota Iowa South Carolina Montana Oregon Mercury Oklahoma City Minneapolis St. Paul San Antonio Tex

New Mothers Blood Treatment Shows Temporary Arthritis Relief

Reported at the Seventh International Congress on Rheumatic Diseases Dr UL W Granier of New York described a treatment using a new hormone from maternal blood that relieved rheumatoid arthritis temporarily in several patients. Mayo Clinic researchers noted improvements in 20 patients, with effects varying and some lasting months in rare cases.

New York Ins Mayo Otter Hha Mayo Clinic

Solunar Table Report From Stag Reservoir Observations

The notice describes Solunar Periods from John Alden Knight’s tables and lists minor and major period timings for Thursday through Sunday. It notes water levels at Stag and Douglas reservoirs with observed elevations and projected falls by midnight Thursday.

John Alden Knight Iowa Aix Sum Douglas Reservoir Abe A.m

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