U S Prosecutor Charges Tobacco Firms with Ruthless Monopoly
Special assistant attorney general Wheward H. Miller told a federal court that the three big tobacco companies American Liggett and Myers and R J Reynolds with five subsidiaries and twenty executives maintain a ruthless monopoly to control leaf markets set market rules and fix cigarette prices. He said the firms do 750 million in business annually with about seven million in profits yearly and assets over 660 million.
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Lexington
Wheward H. Miller
Miller
Compees American
Liggett and Myer
R. J. Reynolds
Reynaud Taken Back to Prison in Vichy
Former French premier Paul Reynaud was returned to prison after a brief escorted visit to his private estate at Digne. Earlier reports said he might stay under residence in the southeast, as he and two other ex leaders were detained in war guilt investigations.
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Vichy
France
Paul Reynaud
Digne
Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Playing Nursemaid to 12 Million Bees
Maryville Missouri report on R D Jenkins who transports 2 600 bee colonies on a 1 999 mile twice yearly trip from Texas to North Dakota. A truck wreck nearly spilled 716 hives containing about 5 000 bees each. The cork helmeted beekeeper relied on a wrecking crew to reload as locals balked at his gear.
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Maryville
R. D. Jenkins
Mayville
N. D
Missouri
Jenkins
Texas
North Dakota
Break-in Steals $500 From Mead Plant Cafeteria
Mead Corporation reports a break-in Friday night in which about $500 in cash and checks were stolen from a cafeteria cash register. A thief cut a wire screen over a window and crawled inside while a night watchman was away.
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Mead Plant
Mead Corporation
Corporation
Funeral services for John E Hooker Confederate veteran
Funeral services for John E Hooker the last Confederate veteran in Scott County were held Saturday afternoon. He celebrated his 100th birthday last November and resided in Hiltons Virginia.
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John E. Hooker
Scott County
Mr. Hooker
Hiltons
Infatuation With Married Minister Brings Only Grief
Dorothy Dix advises a reader to end a romantic attachment to a married minister. The column warns that pursuing a church leader who plans divorce would ruin the reader and damage the minister’s standing, noting the unlikely happiness of such a union and the risk of social scorn.
Negro Arrested On Liquor Charge In Kingsport
Neil Crozier a Black man was arrested about 11 30 p m Saturday charged with transporting whiskey after Kingsport police found six gallons of moonshine whiskey in his car Also arrested were his wife Harriet Crozier and Ora Petty both jailed on transporting charges Petty woman booked on a public drunkenness charge The automobile was confiscated by officers Jim Broyles and Bill Fletcher and will be turned over to federal authorities
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Neil Crozier
Kingsport
Harriet Crozier
Ora Petty
Petty
Jim Broyles
Bill Fletcher
Morris Plan Bank Personal Loans Offer Broad Auto Financing
Advertises auto loans on new and used cars with low rates and local insurance. Promises direct repayments to the office and immediate loan decisions up to $1,000, plus personal loans with easy monthly repayments through Morris Plan Bank. Consult loan department for the needed amount.
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Morris Plan Bank
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U. S
CIO
United Automobile
North American Aviation Co
Inglewood
Cal
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Fisher
Unisrec
Looney Chevrolet, Inc
Virginia Motor Company
Gate City, Va
Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Mary
Lotharia
Jimmy Roosevelt
Garden Grill
Bristol Highway
F.H.A
Deby le
Broad ST
Isaac
Ike’’ Wolfe
Ike) Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Chimney Top Mountain
WKPT
Shoemaker High School
Natural Tunnel Cavern Corporation
Natural Tunnel
Virginia
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