Flood Crest Threatens Northwest Dikes as Dams Fail
In Portland and along the Columbia, floodwaters surge after new dike breaks. A 20 foot crest threatens Oregon and Washington farms, with 23 dead on the Columbia and 2 on the Fraser. Canadian vessels evacuate Barnston Island as Hatzie and Barnston breakwaters fail.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Fraser River
Canada
Barnston
Hatzie Islands
British Columbia
Columbia River
Oregon
Washington
Big River
Pacific
Columbia
Snake River
Hatzie
Northwest
Fraser
Idaho
Vancouver
B. C
Navy
Col. J. Toogend
13Th Armored Regiment
Hatzie Island
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dewdney
British Columbia Electric
Lower Columbia
Clatskanie
U. S S
Longview-Kelto
Pignday
Union Head Calls For End To Strike
New York Times reports AFL Teamsters President Daniel Tobin urged unions to avoid strikes in the coming year to protect the labor movement. He warned labor will be squeezed after the next general election and many unions could fail without strong leadership and diplomacy.
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New York
The
New York Times
Today
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL
Teamatera
Tobin
Times
Poe Charged With Murder In Wife's Death
Burley V Poe age 63 of 1230 Bris cal Highway was charged with murder in his wife Lola Poes death after a Thursday arraignment before Sessions Judge SG Gilbreath. A preliminary hearing is set for 2 pm Monday in Sessions Court. Mrs Poes body was found Wednesday on a coal pile by a water heater in the basement with charred newspapers and magazines around. An autopsy cited burns and carbon monoxide poisoning as the causes.
Draft bill debate signals possible White House draft call discretion
Senate leaders debate reform measures as Senator Wherry backs an amendment letting the president decide draft calls. Lodge proposes recruiting up to 50 000 Europeans for overseas service with citizenship after five years. Gurney says the Armed Services Committee rejects both ideas and will push the panel’s stance as debate continues.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
Capelhart
R-Ind
House
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
U. S
Lodge
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Three Virginia Communities Will Hold City Elections
St Charles Pennington Gap and Jonesville vote next Tuesday for mayor and council seats. Jonesville uses blank ballots for write ins. Pennington Gap lists 3 mayoral candidates and 47 council hopefuls amid a $250000 water project dispute. St Charles presents two rival tickets led by Mayor Wheeler and Ottis Davis, with active campaigning and a small electorate of about 800 within town limits.
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Vill
St. Charles
Spl
St Charles
Pennington Gap
Jonesville
J. C. Smith Sr
Leonard Hays
Charles Flanary
Billy Laningham
W. J. Richards
J. G.overbay
J.M. Pry
Roy Tomlinson
M. H. Robbins
Jack King
B. Legg
J. A. Pennington
J. R. Barron
Hansel Cooper
John BR. Bailey
W. W. Gilley
de. G. B. Shoun
Harvey Parsons
W. P. Wacks
Ottis Davis
Arnold Davis
Harold Kirk
Caly
Cowboy) Barker
Everette Glillant
Dillard Ball
Curtis Evans
Clyde Copeland
Undertaker
Progirosa
Wheeler
Davis’ Party
Real Estate Groups Acquitted in Anti-Trust Trial
Justice Curran freed The National Association of Real Estate Boards and the Washington Real Estate Board after federal court found no proof they conspired to fix commissions in real estate transactions. The case centered on Sherman Anti Trust Law claims and trial conduct.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Washington Real Estate Board
Edward M. Curran
Armistice Sought in Palestine by U N Mediator
Count Folke Bernadotte said he hopes to clarify Jewish and Arab differences on a four week armistice for Palestine. The UN negotiator would then set hours for a cease on land sea and air. Arabs and Jews offered sharply differing terms as fighting pressed in Jenin and other towns near Tel Aviv.
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Prean
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
U. N
United Nations
Lake Success
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Nablus
Jenin
Tulkarm
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Jamal Husseini
Arab Higher Committee
Security Council
Palmer Heads Planning Group for Sullivan County
Kingsport planning chair E W Palmer led a newly formed Sullivan County Planning Commission at a Kingsport Inn meeting. Members include Karl Geerdel Charles Gore and Grier Martin with magistrates Crumley Stone and Gray. They planned TVA Holston Dam impact study, data gathering, and an automobile survey, with a July Bristol meeting to follow.
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W. Palmer
Kingsport’ Planning “Commission
State Planning Commission
Sullivan, County Planning Commission
Kingsport Inn
Grier Martin
Bristol
T. R. Bandy
TVA
Palmer
Paul Stone
Fifth
Washington County
Damascus
Abingdon
Tenn
Sullivan County
State Commission
Ronald “Iy
Johnson City
E. W. Palmer
Karl Geerdel
Kingsport
Charles M. Gore
O. Grier Martin
J. R. Crumley
Paul B. Gray
Yugoslav Plane Fleeing to Bari Stranded Passengers
Messaggero reports a Yugoslav pilot was forced to divert a Belgrade to Sarajevo flight toward Bari. A wireless operator and a male passenger allegedly compelled the pilot to land in Bari with 22 passengers and six crew members held by Italian police awaiting government instructions.
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Rome
Messaggero
Yugoslavia
Bari
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Armond
Major Ontario Forest Fires Grow On 72 Mile Front
Two large forest fires merged in northern Ontario near Miasiasagi and Chapleau, forming a 72 mile front. Officials say the blaze, among Ontario’s largest and costliest, has scorched about 150000 acres north of Blind River and spread across 230000 acres across the region. Hundreds of firefighters battle the inferno as a drenching rain seems the only possible relief. A west wind drives the flames toward Bark Lake areas and Smike.
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Toronto
Onta
Miasiasagi
Chapleau
Ontario
Blind River
Algoma District
Sault Ste. Marie
Sudbury
U S China cordiality endangered amid student protests
The United States warned China that ongoing student demonstrations against American policy in Japan threaten bilateral relations. Ambassador J Leighton Stuart urged restraint, stating anti-American agitation risks ending cordial ties and warned China to accept mutual trust or face consequences. The State Department backed the statement as Chinese and U S tensions over Japan mount.
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Nanking
United States
China
Japan
J. Leighton Stuart
America
State Department
Shanghai
Truman
Marshall
U. S
Bean Station
Tenn
B. J. Lytton
Virginia
Cherokee Lake
Tate Springs
Lytton
Mary Thomas
Lytto
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thoms W. Lytton
St. Paul
Shelby A. Parker
Cruger
Miss
Thomas B. Porter
Indianapolis
Ind
Hes
Mra
K, B. Anvil
Limestone
T. J. Bailey
Willow Run
Mich
S. Ayers
Clinton
Bice L. B. Neel
Princeton
W. Va
A. Lytton
Grundy, Way
P.M. Lytton
Athone
B, Lytton
W Va
Marshall Raps Slash In ERP Cut as Europe Faces Setback
Secretary of State Marshall denounced a proposed 533 million dollar cut to the European Recovery Program saying it would turn recovery efforts into mere relief. He warned the reduction could destabilize Europe politically as Congress debates the measure amid a tight timetable.
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Washington
Marshall
House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Europe
Harvard University
Taber
Tri
Western
Greece
Turkey
China
Senate
Halleck
R-Ind
Paul G. Haffmar
European Cooperation Administration
Browning Launches Tennessee Governor Campaign
Browning attacked the present administration calling it wasteful and arrogant while contrasting his record as governor in 1937 38. He cited a pay as you go debt retirement plan projected to save 80 million and release 7 million yearly by 1958 for general purposes. He claimed a 30 million surplus from this law operationally.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Gordon Browning
Browning
Tennessee
Jim McCord
General Purnanes
Street Scenes: Teen Drives New Car with Unsettling Horns
A teenager in a newly acquired car warns and blares horns through the neighborhood, while a man with a heavyset build and a bay window eyes passersby and comments on their appearance. A small pony cluster under a bright Indian blanket draws spectators, resembling a mahajara's jeweled elephant.
Judge orders Lewis to bargain with Southern Producers
Washington AP report states federal judge T Alan Goldsborough ordered John L Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers Association led by Joseph E Moody. The court finds Lewis seeks to destroy the Southern Association and may face contempt penalties if talks do not include the group.
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Goldsborough
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Washington
AP — Feneral
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Robert. N
National Labor Relations Board
Southern “Association
Unite Mine Workers
Southern’ Association
Associayi Phe
Ney
Moody
Southern ‘Association
Southern Association
Goldaborough
UMW
iTustice Department
Phone Strike Averted With New Contract
New York report says a threatened strike by 25 000 long lines telephone workers in 42 states was averted as negotiators signed a 21 month contract. The agreement between the Long Lines Department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the CIO American Union of Telephone Workers ends the dispute and awaits union ratification. No immediate wage increase is included but wages may be reopened by either party during the 21 month period.
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New York
American Telephone ‘and ‘Telegraph Company
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
Mermabers
Davis Named Candidate To Head Volunteer Boys State
Kingsport's Carlton Davis and Nashville's Dale Beck top nominees for governor of Volunteer Boys State in Castle Heights primary. Davis leads Johnsonian slate with Beck heading Jacksonian. Other nominees include state officials and judges. inauguration set for Friday after vote tally. Gov McCord to speak after Chief Justice Neil.
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Lebanon
Tenn
Carlton Davis
Kingsport
Dale Beck
Nashville
Volunteer
Castle Heights
Mystery Academy
Davis
Johnsonian Party
Beck
Jacksonian
Pets Maynard
Memphis
Douglas Parrish
Ed Alien
Erwin
Norman Lackey
Dave Jones
Supreme Court
Bob Clement
Chattanooga
Bil Crawford
Lawrenceburg
Jackie Bayes
Mt. Juliet
Tom Jones
Court of Appeals
Jacksonian Party
van Owens
Archie Slaten
Robert Clark
Wayne Hates
Franklin Lamb
Don Binkley
John Vandenbosch
Jackson
Frank Liddell
Alrivers
American Legion
Jim McCord
A. B. Neil
Gore Blames Russian Aggression at Bristol Kiwanis Talk
Rep. Albert Gore told the Bristol Kiwanis Club that Russia’s aggression and veto power in the United Nations have disillusioned the nation and mirror early World War II signs. The congressman, in office for 10 years, urged mobilization to safeguard the country.
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Bristol
Albert Gore
Bristol Kiwanis Club
United Nations
Gore
America
Sams Courtesy Award Winner in May Recognition
Sams, driver for Kingsport Laundry, won the May Courtesy Award after receiving the most nominations. The Courtesy Committee saluted his untiring service, patience, and public friendliness, noting letters praising his courtesy and efficiency while serving residents and customers. Sams is a Church Hill native living at 646 Arch Street with his wife and three boys. He has worked with Kingsport Laundry since 1993 with a year in the Naval Reserve.
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E. Marcelle Sams
Kingsport
James FE. Wright
Chamber of Conmimerce
Sams
Chamber of Commerce
E. Marcella Sams
GA. Dansberry
Everage
Sems
Church Hill
Hives
Arch Street
Douglas
Ronny
Philip
Kingsport Laundry
Naval Reserve
Ralph Poagins
Three Virginia Miners Injured In Dixiana Accidents
Three miners were injured at the Dixiana Mines near Norton Virginia with one seriously hurt. Ewin Davidson 35 of Norton suffered serious back and pelvic injuries after being struck by slate in the C Mine while proceeding to drill after coal was cut. Darrell Dean 27 of Esserville sustained a badly bruised shoulder. Earlier John Thacker 46 of Guest River fractured a rib after a 10 foot fall from a slate bin to brick beside the railroad. All three were admitted to Norton Clinic for treatment.
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Norton
Dixiana
Norton Clinic
Ewin Davidson
Davidson
Darrell Dean
Esserville
Desn Ion
Dean
John Thacker
Guest River
League Of Women Voters Leads In Sale Of Poll Tax
Poll tax payments rise ahead of the August 3 Sullivan County general election. A total of 1,816 taxes were paid in May through June 3, with 676 in May and early June. The League of Women Voters at Broad Street led with 431 payments, followed by Tennessee Eastman Corp 181 and Kingsport Press 124 via payroll deduction plans. Pickup taxes totaled 109. local booths report varied totals in Lynn Garden, Jennings Market, Long Island, Bloomingdale, and Highland Park. Mason-Dixon Lines has no figures yet, reporting for Monday night.
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Sullivan County
Earl Faust
City Hall
League of Women Voters
Broad Street
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport
Faust
Lynn Garden
Jennings Cash Market
Long Island
Brewers 'Grocery
Bloomingdale
Vermont Market
Highland Park
Ward's
Cleanera
Mason-Dixon Lines
Mason-Dixon
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Bethlehem
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Montgomery Ward
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Allied Chemical
U. S. Gypsum
Southern Pacific
Illnois Central
Sinclair of
Boys State
Rep. Gore
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