Kingsport News Tops in Newspaper Typography Awards
Kingsport News of Tennessee won first honorable mention in the standard smaller papers division at the eighteenth annual newspaper typography exhibition by N. W. Ayer & Son. The New York Herald Tribune took the top prize in its class, with The Daily Oklahoman and The Christian Science Monitor also highly rated in their categories. Judges John Gunther John Taylor Arma and Harry Gage praised improvements across larger and smaller papers in makeup, typography, and press work.
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Philadelphia
New York Herald Tribune
Rockford Illinois
Register-Republic
Kingsport
Tennessee
N. W. Ayer & Son
Qnc
Herald Tribene
F. Wayland Ayer
Regis@le-Republic
Kingsport News
Pipers Wer x
United States
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Okahoma
Christian Science Monitor
Tron
Mountain News
Iron Mountain-Kingsford
Mich
Rutland Herald
Rutland
Verimont
Standird-aizepperx
Kingsport. News
Tenn
The
Columbia Missourian
Columbia
Wadlcott Daily Bubatin
Sndlcott
N.Y
Mr. Gunther
John Taylor
Arma
Mr. Arms
Harry Gage
Gunther
Puhlic
Kingsport News wins national award for circulation under 20006
Kingsport News is named best newspaper in the United States under 20,006 circulation but with modesty it withholds names of responsible individuals. The paper plans installing two new expensive machines to improve typography in coming months.
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Kingsport News
United States
Kingsport Times
Kingsport
Kingsport Times-News
Tennessee
University of Tennesser
Memphis
J. W West
Kire Times
C. T. Hamlet
BackNew Road For Baileyton BackNew Road For Baileyton
T. M. Divine of the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee offered group services to speed improvements on the Kingsport Baileyton Road. In a letter to Greene County commissioner Fitshugh Maupin, he noted local residents ask for a passable road linking Highway 81 to Baileyton, essential for workers commuting to Kingsport. The unpaved 4 mile strip crosses Sullivan and Washington counties before ending in Greene, with a countywide survey completed and given to the State Highway Department in Knoaville. Divine urged joint county representation to meet with division engineer GW Prater to start construction, citing Sullivan County’s early support and counting on Washington and Greene counties to follow.
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T. M. Divine
Kingsport
Miliaa
Baileyton Road
Sulivan County
Ralles
Washington County
Greene County
Divine
State Highway Department
Knoaville
Representatton
GW. Prater
J. W
Bill) Adams
New ITU Strikes Target Settlement Efforts in Chicago
Hammond Indiana reports AFL International Typographical Union planning new contract offers to publishers of struck town papers across eight cities. ITU aims to end work stoppages by complying with a federal court order, reducing demands. No publisher reaction yet. The Chicago strike, begun November 24, remains the largest with five major daily papers involved.
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Hammond
Ind
AFL
AFL International Typographical Union
Atruck
ITU
Chicago
Officials Doubt Troop Movements In Trieste Zone
In the Theath area officials questioned reports of Yugoslav reinforcement of Trieste occupation troops. Pro Italian refugees in the British American zone claimed troop movements and Italian papers said fresh forces were deployed. British and American officers declined to comment on Yugoslavia sending more troops to augment the 5,000 allowed. A frontier survey found at most two Yugoslav soldiers on duty along the 12 mile boundary.
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Theath
Free Territory
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Nuwapapera
Ghost of Baruch Haunts Senate Inflation Fight
The restless OPA adviser Bernard Baruch urged Congress to consider wage price controls and wartime restraints as inflation rises. General Electric’s Charles E Wilson backed potential revivals of controls and training measures, testifying to the Senate Armed Services Committee amid talk of UMT, the draft, and wartime economics. Henry A Wallace was set to speak, opposing the administration’s Preparedness program.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Bernard M. Baruch
Presidente
Lsave
America
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Mar
Wilson
Baruch
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Senate Banking Committee
Kingsport Negroes Back Judges Gilbreath McIntyre
The Kingsport Negro Business and Professional League endorsed re election of General Sessions Judges Sidney G. Gilbreath Jr of Kingsport and George L. McIntyre of Bristol to their current courts. The resolution praised their administration and urged support in the Democratic primary on April 3 1948 amid ongoing county court reforms. Separately New York stock and curb exchanges faced picket lines from workers at the second day of strike action. regular trading continued as unions claimed heavy impact on volumes.
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Kingsport
Sidney G. Gilbreath, Jr
George L. McIntyre
Bristol
J. L. Stinson
Alma Watterson
Anorther
Gilbreath
McIntyre
Jim McCord
General Bexston
Tennessee General Assembly
Sullivan
S. G. Gilbreath, Jr
Tenn
Court of General
General Sessions
League
Kingaport
Tennessee
Themaclves
Sen
New York —P
New York Stock and Curb Exchanges
Railroads Ready To Grant Raises
Railroads plan to grant raises of 16 14 cents an hour to 126000 engineers firemen and switchmen as urged by President Truman's fact finding board. Unions undecided if they will accept the pay hike. A 30 day working period remains under the Railway Labor Act and studies begin in Cleveland on proposed rule changes.
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Chicago
Truman
Ka Untona
Untons
Cleveland
Truman Says Wallace Should Go to Russia Stance
President Truman again attacked Henry Wallace and his third party, urging Wallace to head to Russia as anti-Truman Democrats argue over Eisenhower. Meanwhile Dewey and Taft reportedly plan to challenge Stassen for Maine GOP votes while Wallace prepares for a Senate Armed Services appearance on universal military training. Navy to test hulls with underwater explosions in Chesapeake Bay next month, using conventional charges over five days.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Harold ©. Stassen
Maine
Henry Wallace
St. Patrick's Day
Order of
Dean Alfange
New York
Wallace
Rocky Mountains
Creel Guuerrling
Alfange
Stalin
United
Fruman
Alcibiades
Yans
Rock Mountains
Aucrerntye
Senate Armed Services
Mr. Truman
Ahepa Gatherig
United States
Eisenhower
Army
Floyd Li
Parka
Eisantower
Myaclt
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Commission Seeks Normal Oak Ridge Town
Washington testimony before a House Appropriations Committee portrayed Oak Ridge as a currently abnormal atomic city. Chairman David J. Lillenthal called town operations fantastic and expensive, while committee members pressed manager John C. Franklin on maintenance and road costs and the Roane Anderson Company’s role in town services.
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Washington
Atomicnergy Commission
Oak Ridge
Taber
Nile
Tabor Wan
Ronse Anderson Co
Franklin
Iga Bub
House Appropriations Panel Advances War related Research Funding
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 352 million dollar bill to fund atomic weapon and military road research in Alaska, relief in Army occupied areas, and Veterans Administration personnel. It also cut 86 million from Truman’s request, boosts to the atomic energy budget, and funds a Seward Anchorage road project.
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Washington
Alaska
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Veterans’ Administration
House
Truman
Oato
Maritime Commission
Post Office
Department
Air Force
Army
Finance Service
iLaeff
Atomic Energy Commission
Congtese
Com
Commission
Carroll L. Wilson
Wilson
Los Alamos
N. ST
David &. Lilienthal
Seward
Anchorage
Alana
Interior Department
Army Royal
U. S. Information and Educational Exchange Program
Voice of America
Europe
Lewis Ordered To Face Board In Coal Strike Inquiry
Justice Curran ordered John J. Lewis to appear before Truman's Board of Inquiry on the coal strike today at 2 p.m. The court had been lenient in granting Lewis a chance to present his case. Marshals faced a chase to serve the subpoena, with four lawyers dispatched to Curran's court.
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Washington
Edward M. Curran
John J. Leis
Truman
Board of Inquiry
Pan
Curran
Hopkins
Lewis
W. S
Curran's Court
Earl
Vfouck
Harrison W. Cambs
Tf.o
Townsend
Liberal Party Drafts Eisenhower Bid For President
The New York Liberal Party policy committee urged drafting General Dwight Eisenhower as a Democratic Liberal candidate to unite the nation in a crisis. The plan notes Eisenhower could contend the April 17 state committee meeting and cites the party’s history of backing Democratic nominees and Roosevelt era votes.
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New York
Dwight
Hower
Policy Committee of
Liberal Party
Dwight Eisenhower
American Labor Party
Roosevelt-Fruman
Truman
Pan American Meeting Opens In Bogota
Pan American representatives from 21 nations gather in Bogota to launch the ninth international conference of American states. President Mariana Ospina Perez of Colombia delivers the opening address as delegates consider forming a regional bloc under the UN, economic aid for Latin America, and a peaceful dispute settlement pact amid debate on communism and colonialism. Chile, Paraguay, and Cuba hint at resisting Communist infiltration. others favor national solutions.
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Bogota
Colombia
Mariana Ospina Perez
United Nations
Latin America
Chile
Paraguay
Cuba
Americas
Town Woman Shows Child In Store Window Dress
A small girl in spring finery attracts a crowd in a department store as her mother stands behind, revealing a new petticoat and drawing attention from passersby in a rough town scene.
Crime Trends From Tennessee and Kentucky 1947 Figures
Crime in Tennessee and Kentucky shows a nationwide decline in 1947, with Kentucky offenses dropping to 15 014 from 15 366 and Tennessee to 14 651 from 15 202. The report highlights changes across murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny theft, and auto theft, noting variations by city including Ashland, Lexington, Louisville, Newport, Covington, Owensboro, Paducah, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville.
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Washington
Tennessee
Kentucky
FBI
Kenucky
Fennessee
Kentnalty
Ashland
Lexington & Louisville
Newport
Covington
Owenshoro
Paducah
Chattanooga
Johnson City
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Grand Darceny
Lesington
Juonlavne
Owensoro
Lexington
Louisville
Owenshors
Memiphia
Nashiville
Man slain as old feud reopens in Hyden Kentucky
Theo J Brock 39 former Medo Mont tavern operator shot dead on a Hyden street while walking with his wife and friends as Leslie County Sheriff Wiley Joseph prepares warrants for the appeal of Bill Caldwell, a Leslie County patrolman, and his two sons Ray and Levi Caldwell. Brock had been indicted for murder in the Cornelius Caldwell ambush near the Harlan Leslie line. He was out on $10,000 bond.
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Hyden
Theo J. Brock
Medo- Mont
Leslie County
Wiley. Joseph
Bill Caldwell
Leslie Colinty
Ray
Levi Caldwell
Brock
Ispurder
Corneliust Galdwell
Cornelius
Harlan-Leslie County
Harlan County
Brandh
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