Earthquakes Hit Japanese Coast Many Left Dead
Four strong quakes struck the Sea of Japan coast of Honshu with Fukui city bearing heavy damage. About 300 killed or injured, communications disrupted, and building devastation reported as American and Japanese relief teams mobilized from Kyoto Osaka and Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Fukui
Sea of Japan
Honshu
Asahi
Taishoji
Joseph W. Swing
U.S. First Corps
Kyoto
Swing
Crawford S. Sams
Allied Public Health Section
Osaka
Nagoya
Kobe
Osake
C. C. Carter
First Corps
Associated Press
Expres
Carter
Sams
Kingsport Boy Treated After Auto Cycle Wreck
Bobby Walker a 17 year old of 2420 Johnson City Highway received emergency care at Holston Valley Community Hospital for minor injuries after a collision with a car on the Johnson City Highway east of Brooks Circle. Paul Adkins 17 of Fordtown said he turned to park when Walker approached from the opposite direction. Walker was thrown to the road and taken by Weaver Cooper ambulance. no charges were filed.
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Bobby Walker
Johnson City
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Brooks Circle
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Jack Morejock
H. J. Hole Kingsworth
Paul Adkins
Fordtown
Adkins
Maiware
Walker
Walkers
Weaver- Cooper
Startling young man’s blue hair prank shocks downtown crowd
A well known young man, described as an "about town" figure, tries to spray paint walls of a living room his pale blond hair turns blue. He is later seen rushing with a baby carriage on crowded downtown streets, causing astonishment. A traffic scene unfolds with wreckers and damaged cars competing for space on the highway as police observe.
Foreign Aid Plan Signed Into Law
President Truman signed a $6,000,000,000 foreign aid package into law to aid Western Europe and the Far East, with 16 months to spend and possible 12 month acceleration. It aims to bolster free governments and resist communism, pairing ECA support with added aid to China and signaling bipartisan resolve.
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Washington
Truman
America
Europe
Far Eastern
Executive
Congress
Mr. Truman
Economic Cooperation Administration
HCA
China
Woman Wins $20,000 on Stop The Music Jackpot
A 42-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Maury Farber, won $20,000 on the Stop The Music program for correctly identifying the mystery melody Get Out of the Wilderness. Prizes included a $1,000 savings bond, a 48-day cruise to South America, a $1,000 fur coat, an automobile, and a $4,000 diamond ring.
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Maury Farber
Myster
U. S
South America
Auto Hurtles Off Road In Kingsport Wreck
A 1941 model car left the Johnson City Highway at Litz Manor, striking a power pole. Three Kingsport men were hospitalized about 5:20 a.m. Bond, Clark, and Carter suffered multiple lacerations and abrasions but were reported in good condition at noon. Police investigated the crash.
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Kingsport
Johnson City
Litz Manor
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Charles Franklin Bond
Virgil Avenue
Charles B. Clark
John Mr. Carter
Gate City Highway
Bond
Clark
Carter
William B. Burchfield
Paul Fleming
Dewey and Warren strategize to blunt GOP overconfidence
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Governor Earl Warren rallied at Dewey’s Pawling farm to plan a vigorous campaign across the nation and to counter a rising sense among Republicans that the 1948 ticket would run smoothly. Warren toured New York City while Dewey weighed state appointments and a busy election push. Their meeting follows Dewey’s past lesson of not counting victory before final innings.
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Pawling
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Canning
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Warren
New York City
New York
James M. Mead
U. S
Senate
House
Hig Farm
Quaker Hill
Philadelphia
Tom Jr
John MY
Trinity School
Christ Church
Deweys
Ralph C. Lenkler
Cortland
N. Y
Czechoslovak Communist Party Absorbs Social Democrats
The Czech Communist Party absorbs the 60 year old Czech Social Democratic Party adding 1 750 000 members total. Amid the merger thousands of youths march in a sokol demonstration shouting loyalty to President Benes. In Frankfort Kentucky two Cleveland Ohio women die in a crash near Monterey Owen County.
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Prughe
Czechostlovakiaye
Czechoslovaka
Communist Party
Czech Social Democratic Party
Sokol
Benes
Brother Benes
Frankfort
State Highway Patrol
Cleveland, O
Monterey
Owen County
Susan Mabel Dunn
Lakewood
Cleveland
Mamma Whitmore
Seven Die In State Car Wrecks Across Tennessee
By the Associated Press traffic toll in Tennessee rose to seven deaths in the past week. Memphis recorded two fatalities, while Nashville and Knoxville each reported one. Blount, Bradley and Anderson counties each logged one death. The four large population areas total for 1948 stands at 93 compared with 106 at this time last year.
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Tennassee
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Blount
Bradley
Anderson
S County
Shelby A
Ta Davidson E
Hamilton G
Knox O
Newlywed Miss America Honeymooning in Cuba
Barbara Jo Walker the Miss America titleholder wed Dr. John Vernon Hummel in Memphis and reportedly honeymooning in Havana. The couple left Memphis by plane with a stop in New Orleans en route to Cuba after a ceremony attended by about 2,000 guests. The bride wore everglaze cotton with a bouquet of orchids and lilies of the valley as the Methodists church was lavishly lit with 600 candles.
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Barbara Jo Walker
Memphis, Tenn
John Hummel
First Methodist Church
Memphis
Tenn
Havana
John Vernon Hummel
Early
Maxwell Associates
New Orleans
Cuba
First Methodist
Thundershowers Predicted Today For Kingsport
Kingsport forecasters predict warm humid weather with scattered thundershowers today. Yesterday the temperature rose from a pre-dawn 65 to a high near 92 while a brief relief from heat was noted. tonight’s low is expected around 68.
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Capl
Rookie Bandit Nabbed By Cops
Chicago man Jerry Malleck, 23, named as one of four men who robbed a gambling joint and fired on officers in a running gun battle. He led police to the others. raid yielded shotguns and loot about $1000 recovered from the Des Plaines River.
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Chicago
Cook County
Stanley Demski
Lyons
Demski
Jerry Malleck
Wisconsin
Demslst
Mallock
Dermall
Maileck
Malleck
Des Plaines
California Democrats Await Philadelphia Motion On Delegates
California Democrats hold a wait and see stance on 62 delegates, with all signing statements favoring Truman but pledges not definite. Delegation chairman John F. Shelley says California will caucus on national sessions starting July 22 in Philadelphia, amid Republican Warren's rising influence and talk of an Eisenhower draft.
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California
Truman
Philadelphia
John F. Shelley
Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren
District of Columbia
Virginia
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Washington
Dewey
GOP
Baldwin
R- Conn
Morse
R-Ore
McGeath
D-Ri
Bhla
National Democratic Party
Ebalremun
Old Guard
Republican Party
Communists On Our Doorstep Admires Lincoln and Lenin
Cuban senator and head of the Communist Party Juan Marinello says communism is the solution to Latin America’s economic and social problems. He stresses no ties to Sovietism, clarifies Cuba would act in its own interests if war with the United States occurred, and notes admiration for Lincoln as well as Lenin and Stalin.
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James Ashe
Cuneklons
Partido Socialista
Popular
Popular Socialist Party
Lenin
Stalin
Kremlin
Dochrine
Marinello
Lincoln
Statin
United States
Marbelin
Communist Party
Carlos Tercera
U. S
Cuba
Russia
Communist Led Strikes Keep Italy On Edge
Communist led strikes unsettled Italy as a food workers protest neared settlement. A Pisa strike entered its fourth day with labor representatives arguing over demands, while a factory faced layoffs of about 110 workers amid party influence and a stalled wage push.
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Italy
Reme
Berlin siege pressure eases as east bloc blocks rail
Western powers anticipate a Moscow demand to lift the Berlin blockade as Allied airlift continues to move about 120 USA planes with food. The rail link remains blocked by Soviet measures and austerity tightens Berlin’s shortages while Moscow blames the West for reduced supplies.
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Berlin
East Germany
A. S
Restin
U. S
Germany
Moscow
Tass
Film Star Admits Slaying Filipino Actress in Quezon City
Manila authorities disclosed that film star Narding Anzures, 21, confessed to stabbing Lilian Velez and her maid in the actress's suburban Quezon City home early Sunday. The killer, a friend of the family, was identified by police after the four-year-old daughter reported seeing the incident.
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Manila
Sady
Lilian Velez
Jose Fernandes
Narding Anzures
Miss Velez
Quezon City
Vivian
Pollce
Ansures
Candidates Enter Enemy Territory in Tennessee Campaign Tour
Major Tennessee candidates for governor and senator plan extensive tours this week with stops in what is described as enemy territory. Chancellor Gordon Browning will deliver a radio address tonight in Memphis broadcast on WMPS at 8 p.m. CST. Jim McCord campaigns to re nomination around Browning's Chancery Court District, while James N. Hardin opens his gubernatorial bid in Greeneville and shifts focus to East Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Shelby County
BE. H. Crump
Memphis
Browning
WMPS
Jim McCord
Chancery Court
James N. Hardin
Greeneville
East Tennessee
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Ball Guilty of First Degree Murder in Deputy Lambert Slaying
An all male jury in Clintwood Virginia found Chester Ball guilty of murder in the first degree for ambushing Deputy Sheriff Maynard C Lambert. The verdict imposes life in prison after an attempted insanity plea and testimony that Ball had shown instability recently.
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Clintwood
Wang
Dickenann County
Chester Ball
Maynard C. Lambert
Bill
J. T. Phippa
de FA. Yorlott
Dintwood
T. C. Sutherland
Haysi
Ball
Orbin
Hardaway Rose
Vernon Rose
Wise County
Frank W. Smith
Union Accepts Wage Plan but Strike Continues
South Bend Indiana Bendix Aviation plant faced a strike after CIO United Auto Workers Local 9 voted to reject long with the Bendix council's wage offer. The local pressed for a complete re rating of jobs to correct inequities while a later meeting showed unity to keep the strike going. The council had approved a half cent raise for Bendix workers in South Bend and Detroit.
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South Bend
Ind
Bendix Aviation Corporation
General Council of
CIO United Auto Workers Union
Cio-Uaw
Benera Council
Vorse
Bendix
Detroit
Robert J. Mahoney
Local 9
Runaway Baggage Car on Philadelphia Line
A baggage car cut from a New York to Washington train at North Philadelphia began moving on its own, rolling seven miles along the main express line before stopping on an incline. Railroad officials blamed unbraked failure as crews and police pursued the car by road.
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Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Rail Issues Narrow Stock Declines Weaken Market
Railroad issues steered the stock market into lower ground today with losses in most high priced shares. Trading opened with a quick dip and then slowed, leaving declines largely fractional amid overall soft session.
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New York
Isaues
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