Duff May Swing Power Aboard Taft Bandwagon
Taft backers claim Gov. James H Duff may work to swing Pennsylvania toward Taft if Vandenberg falters. Duff reportedly told Taft he will mobilize Pennsylvania’s 73 convention votes for Vandenberg but may switch to Taft if the Michigan senator loses momentum. Truman drills Congress to act on price control housing and social programs in major western swing speech.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
Taft
Ailce
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dutt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Congress
Durr
Truman
Los Angeles
Labor Department
Educa
GOF
Probe Called For By Gov. McCord
Tennessee Governor Jim McCord calls for a federal probe into reports that campaign funds were raised from employees of the State Department of Employment Security for his reelection bid. State officials deny violations, urging a Justice Department investigation, while a Democratic rival seeks to frame the issue in the Tennessee race.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jim McCord
Tennessee
State Department of Employment Security
McCord
Washington
Robert E. Lee
House Appropriations Committee
Lee
Keefe
R-Wis
Gordon Browning
Department of Justice
W. C. Hake
Hake
Department
Wisconsin
Mary
Man drives into wife's prized flower garden after lecture
A man, known for boasting about judging distances, rams up the driveway into his wife's flower garden following a long driving lecture. A pedestrian nearby sits barefoot, sprinkling powder into his shoes, while a Skye Woman on a bus side conversation contemplates insomnia or amnesia after a sleepless night.
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Skye
Companion
Dewey Favored by Governors for Nomination Lead
Republican governors at a national conference in New Castle New Hampshire expect Dewey to win the Republican presidential nomination. An informal poll of 16 governors shows Dewey with seven votes, Vandenberg two, Taft one, Stassen one, while several offered hedged opinions or deadlock forecasts. Democrats broadly expect Truman renomination, with Eisenhower an outside chance.
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New Castle
N. H
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chrristian Science Monitor
Associated Press
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold EB. Stassen
Minnesota
Truman
Eisenhower
Kingsport Adopts Plans For Area Life Saving Crew
The Kingsport Safety Council approved final plans to form the Kingsport Life Saving and First Aid Crew a volunteer unit modeled after the Roanoke crew The group will consist of 20 to 25 active members with some honorary members Fire Chief C M Kenner heads recruitment and a funds campaign will start to buy essential equipment The squad will operate independently with advisory safety council members and report to page 10 for continuation.
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Kingsport Safety Council
Roanoke
Kingsport
Guy Isenberg
C. M. Kenner
Kenner
Kinksport Safety Council
Julian Wise
Safety Council
Kings
Greene Elected Safety President In Kingsport Council
A. Ewing Greene was chosen president of the Kingsport Safety Council at the final 1947-48 meeting in the Civic Auditorium. He succeeds Kenneth Y. Umberger and will lead aife saving and first aid crew while reports on safety efforts were reviewed. Other officers include John D. Stiles, Charles M. Everhart, Mrs. B. Blankenbeder, and Police Captain John G. Martin.
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A. Ewing Greene
Kingsport Safety Council
Civic Auditorium
Mason and Dixon Lines, Inc
Greene
Kenneth Y. Umberger
Aife
Kingsport
John D. Stiles
Charles M. Everhart
B. Blankebeder
John G. Martin
Greena
Human Log: Paralyzed Man Aids Many From Bed in Camp Hill
Walker Callow, totally paralyzed and blind, lives in Camp Hill Veterans Hospital and runs his outreach from bed. He drafts letters with memory, receives about two daily, and directs aid programs including a wheelchair coach to transport paralyzed veterans and others to events. He has built plans to expand buses in Canada and the United States, seeking private industry support.
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Walker Callow
Callow
Camp Hill Veterans Hospital
Royal Flying Corps
Claude Griffin
Thomaston
Georgia
Sessions Court
G. Gilbreath
Gilbreath
Griffin
Blountville
Rl, Fine
J. L. Seehorn
Bristol
Oak Grove
Warren Duerr
Norwich
Conn
Duerr
Pulaski
Knoxville
Atlanta
Duorr
Indian Springs
Tennessee
Kings
Nova Scotia
Hoe
Canada
United States
Lions Club
Dallas
Tex
Thundershowers Ease Heat in Kingsport Area
Scattered thundershowers are forecast to relieve the warm humid spell today tonight and into Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures should reach the upper 80s with lows in the upper 40s. The Filter Plant logged yesterday’s high at 87 and a low of 4, rainfall offered slight respite though totals were only 0.41 inch helping farmers with crops in the region.
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Kingsport
Stock Prices Dip Amid Muted New York Trading
In a lackadaisical session stock prices settled lower with mostly fractional losses. Turnover was light and tape halted at times. A notable block was 14,800 Graham Paige shares traded at an unchanged price.
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New York
Graham Paige
News Sentinel Backs Rep Estes Kefauver in Senate Bid
The Knoxville News-Sentinel endorsed Rep Estes Kefauver of Chattanooga for the Democratic nomination for U S senator. The paper cited support for a two party system in the South and called Kefauver a staunch advocate of abolishing the electoral college by constitutional amendment to count votes by side.
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Knoxville
Knoxville News - Sentinel
Estes Kefauver
Chattanooga
South
Kefauver
Srat
GOP Brushes Off Truman Demand
Washington reports Republicans dismiss President Truman’s eight point plan as Congress debates price controls housing and social security. Taft Halleck and Allen balk at new housing provisions while delaying votes on long range farm and health measures. A coroner’s inquest is slated for Paducah after a southern Illinois auto crash killed three.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Los Angeles
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
House
Ieader Halleck
Indiana
Allen
Wolcott
R.michel
House Banking Committee
Rules Committee
Halleck
Labor Department
Woman Defends Innocence in Poison Deaths
Mrs. Mary Watts of Norwood, cited by Cincinnati press, stood by her innocence during questioning days after being charged with murder in the death of her 1 year old daughter Barbara Ann. Hamilton County police and coroner's office investigate mercury and barbiturate poisoning, while some statements were deemed false by authorities.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay
Norwood Po- Watts
Charles Fritz
Watts
Ney
Barbara
Norwood
Hamilton Ann
Herbert P. Lyle
Novelist Gertrude Atherton Dies at Stanford Hospital
San Francisco obituary notes author Gertrude Atherton died after a stroke led to her long defiance of age. After a civic moment last Oct 30 she warned she might not live long, with a hospital stay beginning May 27. Her career spanned The Doomswoman of 1802 to My San Francisco A Wayward Biography in 1946.
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San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton
Stanford Hospital
City Receives Its Sales Tax Rebate
The state apportionment for Kingsport's May sales tax rose slightly from April. Kingsport collected 5685.08 with Bristol 5528.05 and Johnson City 9999.76, all up from April. The fifth installment of sales tax average funds totaled 2 551 403.23, with Sullivan County sharing 35 066.32 and Nashville benefiting from other allocations. the article also notes a presidential veto amid broader debates over social security funding and a large Tennessee Valley Authority project.
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Kingsport
W. H. Puryear
Department of Finance and Taxation
Bristol
Tenn
Johnson City
State
Sullivan
Kingaport
Davidson County
Washington
Nashville
Hamilton County
House
Chamber
Senate
Acme
Truman
Congress
Tennessee
Valley
41 Known Dead as Columbia Flood Recedes in Oregon
Floodwaters along the Columbia River are receding but threaten weakened levees for weeks. Some 60,000 homeless in the region remain, with 41 known dead and many missing from Memorial Day destruction. Damages are multi billion and danger persists from Portland to the Pacific.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Vanport
Red Cross
Army ‘Engineer Corps
Portland - Vancouver
Wash
Pacific
Machinery Slow In Starting In The Draft Fight
Washington pace stalls as two year revival of the draft moves to House passage. Leaders predict approval by nightfall though actual inductions require 19 through 25 year olds and presidential proclamation after 75 days. Key figures include Andrews and Short with civil rights amendments planned by Powell delaying final vote.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Couness
Truman
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Cooper
P—A
Joaa
Ion
Firat
Jevela
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Service Committee
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Armed Services Committee
E Andrews
Powell
D-Ny
Russia
Rules Committee
Harness
R-Ind
Wadeworth
Herter
R-Main
Rizley
R-Okla
Cox
D-Ga
Smith
D-Va
Leo B. Allen
R-fil
Rich
R-Pa
Chenoweth
R- Cola
Sabath
Mitchell Speaks In City Tomorrow
Judge John A. Mitchell campaigns for the Democratic nomination for U S Senator. He will speak in the Kingsport city hall court room Wednesday at 2 30 pm after earlier stops in Bristol and Blountville and later at Church Hill Surgoinaville Rogeraville and a Thursday morning event. He opposes incumbent Senator Tom Stewart and challengers Eaton Kefauver and George Hardin. Greeneville farmer and World War II veteran backed by Shelby County political machine under Edward H Crump.
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John A. Mitchell
Dereerstic
U. S
Kingsport
Mitchell
Tennessee
Bristol
Sullivan County
Blountville
Church Hill
Surgoinaville
Rogeraville
Senate Likely to Approve Farm Price Support System
Washington reports the Senate is ready to approve a permanent farm price support system and then clash with the House over timing for the long range agriculture bill. Senator Aiken predicts passage with House acceptance likely.
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Senate
Washington
House
Joinett
Aiken
R-Vi
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