Annexation Referendum Underway in Kingsport Area
Voters in Forest Lawn Oakwood annexation race total 221 by 1 15 p m with 158 at South Ward and 85 at Dickson precinct A large turnout was anticipated as workers return from Kingsport plants and businesses If approved the 510acre tract would join Kingsport widening the city limits for census purposes and marking the fourth expansion since 1917 The Board of Mayor and Aldermen planned a Friday emergency ordinance to include the territory in time for the 1950 census
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Forest Lawn
Oakwood Forest
South Ward
Dickson
Kingsport
Oakwood Forest Forest Lawn
U. S
Former French Premier Leon Blum Dies at 77
Leon Blum, age 77, three times prime minister of France and longtime Socialist leader, died suddenly at home in Jouy-en-Josas of a heart attack. A staunch opponent of Nazis, he remained active in politics and European unity, editing Le Populaire and serving as vice premier in 1948.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Socialist Party
Joyen-Josas
Blum
Andre Marle
European Unity Movement
National Assembly
le Populaire
Philippine Army Told To Stop Hukbalahaps
Manila reports the Philippine Army was ordered to end a terror campaign by the Hukbalahap guerrillas. The group has killed about 30 people and wounded at least 60, pillaged 15 villages in two days as armed bands, sometimes aided by women, attacked towns and then fled back into the jungles.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Truman to Talk of Appointments at Winter White House
President Truman, at his vacation retreat in Key West, plans a 4:30 p.m. news conference to discuss major administration shifts. He is expected to announce appointments including Frank Pace to Army, Symington to NSRB chair, Lawton to Budget Director, and Finletter as Secretary of the Air Force, amid Republican senatorial pressure on the State Department.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
State Acheson
Repubiican
State Department
House
White House
Frank Pace
Army
Air
Air Force
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Frederick J.lawton
Thomas K. Finletter
ECA
London
Riots Break Out In Memphis Strike
The American Snuff Company strike escalated to riot levels with three cars overturned and most windows broken on a company bus. At least three injured, eight arrested, as about 500 demonstrators, including CIO United Steel Workers members and sympathizers from Firestone and International Harvester plants, gathered at the plant during the 77 day strike.
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Memphis
CIO United Steel Workers
CIO
Firestone
International Harvester
Danish Police Move Russian Engineer to Cabin Arrest
Danish police place Soviet engineer Valentin Gubitchev under virtual cabin arrest during a brief Copenhagen stop. He is confined aboard the Polish liner to prevent meetings while awaiting return to the United States after espionage conviction. Reporters were barred from boarding the ship for 15 minutes as authorities secured the vessel.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Valentin Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Secretary Acheson seeks aid bond for Asia policy drive
Secretary of State Acheson seeks Senate support for a point four aid program to counter Communism in Asia. He planned to urge quick action before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with a confidential report from Acheson and Ambassador Jessup. The administration asked Congress for forty five million dollars to bootstrap the program and align Britain and France in a united front against communism in Asia. Separately in Hawkins County, Troy Fowler faces bond set at ten thousand dollars on four counts of lewdness involving four young girls, with testimony detailing an attempted car approach and indecent exposure.
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Acheson
Senate
Asia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
EUS
Great Britain
France
Hawkins County
G. Gilbreath
Sullivan County
Grand Jury
Troy
Fowler
Rogersville
Route 6
Gilbreath
Capt
L. T. Anderson
C, Eb, Roberts Jr
Holyoke Street
Lincoln School
Mo Captain Pleads Guilty To Negligence
Norfolk VA Capt William D Brown pleaded guilty to negligence and neglect of duty in the grounding of the battleship Miss Brown. He commanded the 45000 ton ship when she ran aground on Chesapeake Bay shoal January 17. He pled guilty to three charges and four specifications after being arraigned before a general court martial. Brown said in Naval Court of Inquiry he alone bears sole responsibility for the accident.
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Norfolk
Wiliam D. Brown
Miss Brown
Lo Chesapeake Bay
Naval Court of Inquiry
Brown
Elephant Execution Recalls Tragedy From Kingsport to Sarasota
Old timers recall two famous elephant executions linked by a Kingsport tragedy in 1916. Dolly the elephant was killed for death of a child at a circus in Florida, while eight tons of Mary faced a slow strangling after repeated killings on the Sparks circuit.
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Dolly
Kingsport
Mary
Erwin
Ringling Brothers Circus
Sarasota
Fla
Edward Schooley
Walter Eldridge
St. Paul
Sparks
Eldridge
Street Scenes Signal Spring as Kids Walk to School
On a residential street children head to school comparing marbles while a lively bird carries a large round object toward its nest. An advertising department promotes candidate virtues via handbills on high wires out of sight of passers by.
McCarthy plans Senate speech on accused spy Lattimore
Senator McCarthy prepared to address the Senate on Owen J. Lattimore, accused by McCarthy of being Russia's top spy in the State Department. FBI Director Hoover said an agent would attend, and McCarthy sought access to FBI files to back his charge as Lattimore returns from Afghanistan to respond.
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FBI
McCarthy
Senate
Russia
State Department
Owen J. Lattimore
Wisconsin
Neely
Dwvva
J. Edgar Hoover
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Afghanistan
Hoover
Nationalists Seize Four Ships In Blockade
Chinese Nationalists press their blockade of Red China ports and have seized four or five foreign ships. The latest ship taken near Amoy around March 23 was the Tai Chung Shan flying British register. Three other vessels, the Caduceus the Anita and the Swallow, are moored at Kaohsiung. the Swallow was seized near Amoy on January 17. A fifth vessel, the Ethel Moller, is believed captured.
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Formosa
Red China Porta
Amoy
Tai Chung Shan
Quemoy
Nationaliat
Taipeing Steam Navigation Co
Hong Kong
Kaosiung
Takao
Formosan
Anita
Swallow
William D. Gordon
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
England
Unita
John Olsen
Ethel Moller
Nationali
Economic optimism and caution in 1950 output trends
Secretary Sawyer reports first quarter 1950 total production near 1948 peak, with upward movement in value across sectors from industry to government. He notes rising unemployment to 4.8 million due to labor force growth, productivity, and underexpansion, while investments in plant and equipment decline 3 percent from 1949.
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West Palm Beach
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Sawyer
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Bul Sawyer
Queenie the blood donor dog saves 200 lives
Springfield veterinarian Dr. F. D. Gentry says Queenie, a spayed mongrel, has donated up to 50 cubic centimeters of blood four times weekly for four years to aid other dogs. She raises puppies, then back to the operating table to help emergencies.
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Springfield
Queenie
House May Hike Defense Budget Amid Security Concerns
Members of the House Armed Services Committee planned to add about 647 million dollars to next year’s defense budget following Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s testimony on strengthening national defenses. The panel moves to a 13.911 billion dollar bill with authority for the armed forces starting July 1, while Vinson vows to push for stronger armaments and aerial power.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vinson
D-Ga
United States
Rusaiz
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Air Force
Indus
Market downswing after modest gains in New York
A downward trend shaped up in the stock market today after a brisk open. Radio Corp rose 4 percent on an 18 share block trade but overall declines appeared among major names. Losers included U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Studebaker Sear Roebuck Philco American Telephone Consolidated Edison Kennecott Copper Allied Chemical and Du Pont.
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Radio Corp
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General, Motors
Studebaker
Seara Roebuck
Philco
American Tele Phone
Consolidated Edison
Kennecott Copper
Aled Chemical
du Pont
Industrial Show To Close After Three Day Run
Rotary Club sponsored Kingsport Industrial Exposition ends Thursday at 9 30 p m at the Civic Auditorium after a three day run. Attendance neared 10 000 over Tuesday and Wednesday with heavy turnout on the final day, surpassing the 1948 opening event totals.
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Rotary Club
Kingsport
Civic Auditorium
Fire at Belle Vista Sanatorium Traps Patients In Beds
Fire swept through the Belle Vista Sanatorium in Springfield Township tying many male patients to restraining beds before smoke and flames forced evacuation. Fire crews from Philadelphia and nearby towns battled the blaze, injuring 80 people including a nurse and several firemen as patients were moved to safety.
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Philadelphia
Belle Vista Sanatorium
Springfield Township
Edward H. Chewy
Roland L Randall
Chew
Douglas Presses Presidential Veto on Natural Gas Bill
The Senate approved a bill to curb federal regulation of natural gas prices charged by independent producers. Senator Douglas of Long Island urged a presidential veto, arguing the measure harms consumers, while Senator Kerr and supporters praised it as aiding the American housewife. Chairman Johnson warned the House may accept the bill without a conference. President Truman's stance remained the only remaining hurdle.
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Senate
Douglas
D-Li
Kerr
D-Okla
House
Edwin C. Johnson
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Fragmentary Local Notice on Schedule Data
The readable text shows a fragmentary schedule with times such as 1040 and 065.5 Set. Names or places are incomplete, making specifics unclear.
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