Two Dead In Separate Crashes West Of Rogersville
A 19 year old naval trainee from Surgoinsville died after a car overturned on U S Route 11 W near Rogersville around 2 30 am on Sunday. Four others were injured, one seriously. Funeral services for J S Greer will be held at Longs Bend Baptist Church on Tuesday.
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Surgoinsville
Rogersville
J. S. Greer
Great Lakes
Naval Training Station
Longs Bend Baptist Church
Greer
Lyons Hospital
EL Bayard Williams
Mooresburg
Wesco Construction Company
Mack Reecer Larkin
Donald A Morrison
Church Hill
Henry Hurd
Larkin
Frank Williamson
Military Rushes Induction Plans
The United States planned a rapid peacetime draft as Congress funded over 14 billion dollars to strengthen the Army Navy and Air Force. Gen Omar Bradley said the draft would deter foreign conflict and back U.S. leadership. Inductions would start with 21-year-olds by age order, with possible overseas personnel returns to aid training.
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Washington
Truman
Trueman
Defense Chiefs
Congress
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Los Angeles
Bradley
Kremlin
Navy
National Guard
Knoxville Paper Backs Browning for Tennessee Governor
The Knoxville News-Sentinel urges voter support for Gordon Browning of Huntingdon in the Democratic nomination. The editorial argues Browning has strong administrative ability and would break Crump influence, restoring public control and naming him among Tennessee’s best governors.
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Knoxville
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Edi
Gordon Browning
Huntingdon
Joe
Browning
News-Sentinel
Ay Town
Tennessee
Western Powers to Hold Military Talks With United States
Western European nations led by Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg prepare military discussions in Washington based on Senator Vandenberg’s Senate resolution. Talks aim to link the United States with the Western European union’s military planning and seek future political liaison within United Nations framework.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
European Union
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States of Europe
Agendy
London
High Command
Union
Armerican
United Nations
Congress
Money dispute halts Berlin supply trains for Americans
US and Soviet clashes over currency reform stop Berlin bound freight trains carrying about 10 000 Americans at checkpoints. Russians bar Western money from the Soviet zone and Berlin while a new reichsmark reform is rolled out. Air supply remains as the only channel, with inspectors preventing currency fraud. The move disrupts the agreed postwar division of Germany and stalled cargo scrutiny at Marienborn.
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Berlin
Germany
U. S
Soviet
Jesutabhksmark
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Tromble Zone
Greater Berlin
U.S
Marienborn
Sokolovsky
All-Out Offensive Begun By Greeks
Athens reports a major Greek offensive against Communist guerrillas in Grammos mountains. About 70,000 troops, six divisions with air and artillery support, aim to seal off the rebel pocket along the Albanian border. Rebels number around seven thousand, with Markos Vafiades directing operations from Grammos region.
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Fee
Findus
Markos Vafiades
Grammos
Arca
Markos
Greece
Tol
Toannina
Ioannina
Grevena
Grevenal
Nestorion
Germany
Mount Grammos
Brigadea
Jny
Torrid Weather Marks First Day Of Summer In ’48
The first day of summer 1948 brings intense heat with an official 7 11 season start and an extended daylight period. Forecasters predict highs near 90 and humidity through Tuesday, following a recent 89 degree high Sunday and 87 by noon today at the local filter plant.
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Sesson
Fliter
Summer Sign Seen On Broad Street
A man in a bright yellow shirt walks down Broad Street between two young women also in vivid yellow outfits. The trio draws attention as bystanders note the sunny color trio and summer vibe in the downtown scene.
Government Rushes To Head Off Strike In Coal Industry
Washington reports President Truman moves to avert a potential coal strike by summoning John L Lewis and soft coal operators before a three man inquiry board. The panel must deliver a report by Wednesday, enabling a possible Taft Hartley act court order. Miners begin a ten day vacation this Saturday with the contract due to expire July 6 and no new agreement in sight.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
HST
White House
Truman
Rail Issues Advance In Today's Stock Mart
Railroad issues moved ahead in an otherwise improved market. Stocks swung with fractional changes the rule and advances outnumbered losses. Activity was moderate with most trades concentrated near week-end orders as ticker tape slowed and few large blocks changed hands.
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New York
Sroma
Hlse
GOP Takes Firm Stand On Labor
A historical note on the 1948 Republican labor plank with GOP figures Lewis Adams and Green cited. It argues that AFL CIO pressure to repeal Taft Hartley is unlikely to succeed and predicts a shorter, pro free collective bargaining plank, with terms kept secret until release.
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AFL
CIO
Lewis
K. ©. Adams
United Mine Workers Journal
William Green
Adams
T. Alan Goldsborough
Taft-Hartley Board of Inquiry
Washi
Naigton
GOP
New Deal
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Labor
Powerful Delegations Move Cautiously In Philadelphia
Powerfully cautious Pennsylvania and Illinois delegations stall on choosing a presidential candidate as Governor Thomas E Dewey and Senator Robert A Taft arrive to press their cases at the Republican convention in Philadelphia. Debates over foreign policy and civil rights loom while early momentum favors Dewey, Taft, or potential dark horse candidates amid a noisy, partisan crowd around the Bellevue Strathmore and Convention Hall.
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Pennsylvania
Illinois
Wiliam F. Freehoff
Filladelphia
Bellevue-Stratford
Truman
Metrapolitan
Dewey
Covernor Thomas E., Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Benjamin Franklin
Tennessee
Stassen
Stassenites
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Philadelphia Bulletin
Edward Martin
Dark Horse
Asolans
General Eisenhower
MacArthur
Vandenberg
Duff
Warren
California
Bricker
House
Martin
University of Pennsylvania Law
Freehoff
Philadelphia
United States
Congress
Thomas B. Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Harold E. Stasnen
Carroll Reece
Reece
iDewey
Washington
Brewster
R-Me
The Voice of Convention Echoes at Philadelphia Hotel
In Philadelphia at the Bellevue-Stratford, delegates and observers fill the lobby with a pm frantic clamor. The column captures the convention hum as voices blend into a general hubbub, while attendees reminisce about Taft and seek tickets amid a chaotic scene.
Tennessee Delegation Plans Early Vote for Reece
Tennessee’s 22 delegate group to the Republican National Convention faces a Taft Dewey split while backing Reece. Most delegates favor Reece on the opening roll call. Dance and Agee from the 2nd district hold uninstructed positions and may shift to Dewey.
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Tennessee
Reece
Philadelphia
Carroll Reece
Sen
Taft
Dewey
National Committee
Jonson City
UK de Mediacion
J. W. Dance
Knoxville
Steeco
Dance
Joe M. Agee
Reece J
John Jennings
Stewart Will Visit in Kingsport Today
Senator Tom Stewart campaigns for reelection on a Tennessee tour with stops in Bristol Blountville and Kingsport and a radio address in Johnson City. He recently attended Roan Mountain festival and spoke to veterans in Chattanooga while rival Judge John A. Mitchell and Rep Kefauver A. Hardin are also noted in the race.
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Tennessee
Tom Stewart
Kingsport
Stewart
Roan Mountain
Tri-City
Washington
Congress
Bristol
Blountville
Staton
WJHL
Johnson City
Seauor Stewart
Chattanooga
John A. Mitchell
Hates Kefauver
George Hardin
Greene
Yugoslavs Liberate Two American Privates From Absent List
Army communique reports Yugoslavs freed two American privates listed as absent without leave since June 9. Saverio C. Tremarki of Philadelphia and John R B Wright of Johnson City Tenn were escorted to a road between Yugoslav and Anglo American free territory zones Saturday evening. No word on five other captives taken during a pleasure cruise in an Army motorboat along Istria.
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Trieste
Saverio C. ‘Tremarki
Philadelphia
John RB. Wright
Johnson City
Tenn
Istria
GOP Farm Plan Blunts Democratic Farm Attack
GOP leaders claim a new farm measure passed in the closing hours of Congress blocks Democratic plans for a stand by program to divert future farm surpluses to low income families. Nelson, a Minnesota farmer and GOP subcommittee head, says Democrats may try political capital from its absence but Congress will reconvene next January to address it.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Truman
Ancher Nelson
Minnesda
Nelson
GOP
Radar New Kind Of Treatment For Rheumatism
Chicago reports at the American Medical Association meeting a Mayo Clinic developed radar therapy. Doctors K. G. Wakini and D. J. Erichsen demonstrate a teacup sized metal device with a central slender tube emitting radar waves. The beam targets aching tissues to heat blood, tissue, or bone and may heat swollen areas more quickly.
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Chicago
American Medical Assaciation
Mayo Clinic
K. G. Wakini
D. J. Erichsen
Civil Court Slugfest Ends in Fined Assault
In Sessions Court a civil suit devolved into a verbal and physical altercation in Judge Gilbreath’s corridor. G L Minton of Kingsport was fined 50 dollars for assault on Frank Hammett after a remark triggered temper. The judge warned such conduct risks jail.
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Sessions Court
Gilbreath
G. L. Minton
Kingsport
Frank Hammett
Hammett
Cme
Minton
Earth Shaking Blast Fatal To Three Men
A massive explosion at the Hercules powder dynamite plant in Kenvil New Jersey killed three workers. The blast was felt over ten miles, with police closing area highways and residents reporting a thunderlike sound and yellow red smoke visible above the plant. Scattered soot and burnt debris fell near Dover about twenty miles away.
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Kenvil
N. J
Big Hercules Powder Dynamite Company
Hercules
Dover
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr
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Dewey Dewey
By Jack Bell
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Mi Creagh
Gome
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