Stallard To Go On Trial Again In Hawkins County
Approximately 2 000 Hawkins County freeholders were summoned for prospective jury duty as the retrial of Roy Stallard, former deputy sheriff, accused of the murder of Alvin Rentfro, resumed. Alvis, also a former deputy, is serving a 60 year sentence for his role. The case centers on the 1947 killing after Rentfro was stopped on Route 11 W and his car was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogersville
Spj
Hawkins County
Roy Stallard
Alvin Rentfro
Rotherwood
Stallard
Garrett C. Alvis
Cleveland, Tenn
Alvin
Svith Alvis
State Supreme Court
Renifro
Cleveland
Alvis
Cherokee Lake
Tommy Rogan
Greeneville
Rentfro
East Tennessee
Kingsport
Georgia
Second Suit Seeks Recovery of Whisky
A second suit seeks the return of liquor and records seized by federal agents in a raid on an Anderson County liquor store. Clyde S. Baughard, operator of the Anderson County Distributing Company at Clinton, fled the petition as agents seized about 136000 dollars worth of liquor at the store and a wholesale firm. The raid occurred February 26 and Baughard faced charges under federal internal revenue laws. Previously, operators of the Royal Lighter Store at Lake City had filed a similar suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Anderson County
Clyde
Baughard
Anderson County Distributing Company
Clinton
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Royal Lighter
Lake City
Philadelphia Entertainer Joe E. Brown Hospitalized With Malaria Recurrence
Joe E. Brown, the veteran comedian, remained in his hotel room after withdrawing from the play Harvey due to a malaria recurrence contracted while entertaining U.S. troops in World War II. He developed a high fever Sunday and was admitted to a hospital in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joe EB. Brown
U.S
Harvey
Tornadoes Hit South Leave Damage Trail
A wave of tornadoes swept six southern states from Deridder Louisiana to Phenix City Alabama and Columbus Georgia killing a 14 year old girl at Terry Mississippi and injuring about twenty three others. Destruction included eight Negro homes a gas station three rooms of a school and Whitehaven High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Deridder
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Columbus
Phenix City
Ala
Chattahoochee River
United States Weather Bureau
Florida
Terry
Miss
Jackson
Ethel Kendrick
Whitehaven
Tenn
Memphis
Whitehaven High School
Lawrence Calvi
Burley Tobacco Averages Near Record In 1944 Sales
In eight-state Burley market area the 1944 crop sold 632,332,263 pounds with a Seagon average of 46.06 dollars per hundredweight. The record remains the 1946 crop at over 676,000,000 pounds. Eastern fire cured tobacco at Hopkinsville averaged 26.15 dollars per hundredweight, down 1.43 from the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Federal
State Market News Service
Hurley
Market News Service
Hopkinsville
Democrats Weigh Rent Bill Compromise Amid Filibuster Fears
Washington Democrats debate a watered-down rent control bill to extend protections past March 31 and head off a Southern filibuster. Leaders warn of large rent hikes if renewed and seek a fair value plan while Senate clashes over cloture and civil rights stakes loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Democratic
Barkley
Woods
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
House Banking Committee
Hayden Ud-Ariz
Wherry
R- Neb
Outside Students Will Have To Pay More For Tuition
City Manager D W Moulton after talks in Nashville says Kingsport will set higher tuition for non resident pupils under the new education bill. Tuition will equal actual costs per pupil, based on last year’s city budget and average daily attendance. State aid for teacher salaries will help offset revenue loss from sales tax funds. Kingsport and Sullivan County share in statewide teacher salary boosts and related funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Moulton
Department of Educa+tion
Nashille
Kingsport
General Assembly
Moulton
Board of Education
Miniua
Ptate
Nashville
Maniton
Sullivan County
Pace
Happy-Go-Lucky Dog Romps With Burglars
Memphis watchdog Stupid romped with burglars at Farnsworth Feed and Con in the early hours. The thieves battered a safe with a chisel and sledge but could not open it. they escaped with $3 before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Stupid
Farnsworth Feed and Con Company
A. Farnsworth, Jr
Clinchfield Freight Wreck Near Altapass Derails Cars
A Clinchfield freight train derailed after an earth slide near Altapass North Carolina. Three diesel units and 14 freight cars left the track while Conductor Van Griffin and Brakeman Burl Cooper were lightly injured. Engineer Emory Slagle was not hurt. Traffic expected to be tied up into late today with passengers mail and express rerouted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin
Clinchfield
Altapass
N. C
van Griffin
Burl Cooper
Family Rallying For Hoovers In New Orleans Jail
Louis Hugene Hoover 22 charged with murder in Bristol Washington millionaire James Mahoney 55 found dead in a French Quarter hotel room Feb 22. Hoover allegedly confessed under pentathol but later had memory loss. his father P L Hoover 50 and mother Mrs Juanita Patterson of Louisville Ky visit him in jail pledging love and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louis Hugene Hoover
Husky Kentuckian
Ing & Rich
James Mahoney
Bristol
French Quarter
Joseph Scheuering
Hoover
Anthor
Goldier
Veterans Administration
Train Holdup on the Baltimore and Ohio near Martinsburg
Reported carefully planned robbery aboard the Ambassador train near Martinsburg West Virginia. Robbers demanded valuables, fired shots in a tavern stop, injured a passenger and escaped during a later tavern hold up as crew and passengers described the scene and suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turcell
Clover Rail
Amelia Kuba
Shel
Roland Hess
Street Scenes Highlight Everyday City Notes
A passerby notes a young man perched on a car hood while a sharp quip about a bonus circulates at a used car lot. Three women argue over cooking meringue then seek a reply from the young man. A morning breakfast rush and a thunderclap punctuate an awkward exit as a neighbor laments a door slam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elty
Gunmen Warn Death Would End Curiosity on Train Robbery
Two gunmen robbed a Baltimore and Ohio train in Cumberland Maryland on Monday night collecting cash from passengers. Passengers Morton W. Peskin and Dr. Mark Kirroll described two trips through two coaches a diner and a club car as the robbers warned they would shoot if watched and forced some travelers to kneel with heads down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Warm Springs Crossing
Hosmer
Phun
Epps
Mark Krall
Morton W. Peskin
Cumberland
Vandit
Kroll
Robert L. Mort
New Castle
C. C. Moore
Purdue
Mark Kirroll
Peskin
Third Spouse Seeks Divorce From Rich W.Va. Industrialist
Flora M. Funkhouser filed for divorce from Charles Town based industrialist and publisher R. J. Funkhouser in Jefferson County Circuit Court alleging mental cruelty He married in 1934 at Elkton Bid They describe his career as principal owner of firms in West Virginias eastern panhandle and at Hagerstown and Baltimore He gained notice as a dry crusader during prohibition and once served in Maryland General Assembly before moving to West Virginia as a Republican candidate for U S Senate in 1942 and for governor in 1944 Neither outcome noted in the available text
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
R. J. Funkhouser
West Virinia
Flora M. Funkhouser
Elkton, Bid
Jefferson County Circuit Court
Stephen Ailers
Funkhouser
West Virginia
Panhandle
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Maryland General Assembly
United States Senate
Truman's Budget May Be Reduced
Washington reports House members seek deeper federal spending cuts to avoid tax hikes while keeping the government funded. Chairman Cannon and GOP leaders predict further reductions on major bills, aiming to prevent a deficit without raising taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Cuba May Break Red Relationship
Havana reports that Cuba delivered two sharp notes to the Soviet embassy denouncing propaganda and totalitarian methods. The notes condemn Moscow backed statements and call the current ties unhealthy while denying any law violation over carnival masks bearing Stalin’s image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Carloy Piio Socarras
Moscow
Republicans claim budget cuts cover deficit amid tax opposition
The opposition argues enough waste can be trimmed to close the deficit without new taxes, while the US reportedly holds a surplus for debt retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ery Yan
Tragic Triple Shooting Ends In New York Office Loft
In a London Terrace apartment in Manhattan a man shot and killed his wife Norma Holt 34 and David Whittaker 32 before killing himself. A thousand miles away in Hollywood their mother Mrs Elsie Thomas heard her daughter's dying pleas on the telephone before the gunfire. Police said the motive appeared to be a personal confrontation with no other suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
P—Tiwo
Emory Holt
Hollywood
Norma
David Whittaker
Elsie Thomas
Whittaker
London Terrace
Thomas
Holt
Mer
Merchant Marine
United Frust Line
Holts
Brooklyn
West 23Rd Street
Timber Dealer Robbed After Offer of Gasoline Aid
Crossville Tennessee police report Milton Roy, a Cumberland timber dealer, was slugged and robbed on the highway between Crossville and Sparta. The robber forced Roy from his car after asking for gasoline and fled with $180 and the vehicle, leaving Roy unconscious roadside. The incident followed a request for help at a local service station in the late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossville
Lenn
Cumberland
Tadey
Here
Sparta
Milton Roy
Roy
Train Robbery Suspects Traced to Youngstown Pair
Police chase ends with Ramadell and Ashton trapped in a Washington pawnshop. Ramadell, shot when he drew a .45, and Ashton, both from Youngstown, were identified after a Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador train robbery near Martinsburg. Passengers were terrorized and more than $1,000 taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jone
Bis
White House
John E. Winters
Lyman Ramadell
Wellington Street
Youngstown
George Llewelyn Ashton
Kenmore Ave
Winters
Elwood Lomax
Ramadell
Baltimore and Ohio
Jeme James
Fred
Dutch Say Impossible To Follow UN Orders
Dutch UN representative J H Van Royen said it is impossible for the Netherlands to comply with United Nations Security Council orders to restore Indonesian Republican leaders to power. He warned return would invite subversion and guerrilla warfare, while confirming no plans to permit exiled leaders to Jogjakarta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Fatty
United Nations Security Council
J. H. van Royen
Security Council
Indonesia
Burma
Pasine
van Royen
Asia
Hague
Jogjakarta
Central Java
D. A. Stikker
Solunar Tables Guide for Fishing and Hunting Periods
Solunar tables from John Alden nights list major and minor periods for March. Major periods begin at stated times lasting about two hours. minor periods are shorter. Plan days to fish or hunt during these intervals to target best sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virginia
Davin State News
Associated Press
Des Moines
Carl J. Stephens
Des Boies
Stephens
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
South
Democrats
Pin Hopa
Sint Congress
Eaatland
D-Miss
Lions
Barkeley
Mort
Pullman
Purcell
Pikesville
Rich W
Stasuce
Cannon
D-Mo
iHouse Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taner
Martin
Massachusetts
Bist
Kattenooga
Nash
Trulyillo
Chattanooga
Iman
George C. Buchanan
Lsted
Leagues
Carol Jeanette White
Metroit
Woodbury
Congress
Buchanan
George Patrick
Patrick
Chatta- Tiooga
Prio
Sight Temple
Halt
Universal Camera Corporation
Otin Githens
Maryland
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!