Crippling Railroad Walkout Looms After Mediation Fails
Chicago AP report says mediation failed to avert a looming railroad strike set for May 11 as unions and carriers held firm. Frank Douglass of the National Railway Mediation Board warned the picture remained unchanged with no progress toward a wage settlement. He noted the wage hike proposal of 14 and a half cents per hour was rejected by the Brotherhoods, while other unions accepted smaller increases. The White House was kept informed as four days of talks ended without a breakthrough.
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Chicago
Frank Douglass
National Railway Mediation Board
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Douglass
White House
Washington
Herp Aid
Post-Dispatch Williams Win Pulitzer Prizes
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch won its third Pulitzer for American newspapers for the past year. Cited for coverage of the Centralia mine disaster in Illinois and the reforms in mine safety, the paper shares the 1948 awards with fiction Tiles of the South Pacific by James A. Michener and the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.
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New York—7
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Centralia
Ill
South Pacific
James A. Michener
Tennessee Williams
Michener
Pacific
Williams
New York
New Orleans
Frank QD. Fackenthal
Columbia University
Senate Near Decision On Oleo Tax Repealer
The Senate neared a decision on the oleo margarine tax repealer after eleventh hour talks to bridge gaps between oleo and butter supporters failed. The vote could determine the final fate of the measure.
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Senate
Washington
Tornadic Winds Rip Through Texas Towns McKinney and Princeton
A violent tornado swept through McKinney and Princeton Texas killing three and injuring 53. The broader multi state storm system hit six states and has a total death toll of 23 with more than 156 injured. Red Cross volunteers aided recovery as lines and utilities were disrupted.
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McKinney
Tex—P—Mckinney
Princeton
North Texas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
West Virginia
Bar
Walker
Collin County Red Cross
Warrants Issued Against Parents Under School Law
Seven warrants were issued Tuesday against Kingsport area parents for violations of compulsory school attendance law. Cases, sworn by county truant officer Mrs Ethel Moats, are tentatively set for Thursday. Judge Gilbreath noted a trend of parental neglect of schooling and explained the 180 day requirement with four exceptions. Each unlawful day may be a separate offense with fines from $2 to $10. Also noted: Toppings headed to London on the Mauretania with his former Lana Turner bride after arriving from Lexington in a private jet.
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Sidney G. Gilbreath
Kingsport
Ethel Moats
Gilbreath
Sessiona O
State Board of Education
Rails and Industrials Rally in Stock Market Session
New York markets saw rails and industrials lead gains as bidding remained active near midday. Major movers included Southern Railway Union Pacific U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet Montgomery Ward International Harvester Anaconda American Telephone and Pacific Western Oil, with several losses such as Glenn Martin Dow Chemical U S Gypum Paramount Pictures Warner Bros and Texaco Inc.
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New York
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
U. 5
Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Gondlycan
Youngstown Sheet
Montgomery Ward
International Harvester
Anaconda
American Telephone
di Pont
American Woolrn
Pacific Western Oil
Glenn Martin
Air Reduction
Dow Chemical
U.S. Gypaum
Paramount Pictures
Warner Bros
Texna Co
Standard Git
Last designs of famed golf architect Ridgefields course
Don Rosy, renowned for shaping more than 600 courses in the United States Canada and Cuba, designed Ridgefields and Bethlehem courses among his final projects. A former Pinehurst president and honorary Society of Golf Course Architects leader, he died recently leaving a widow a daughter and several siblings. Funeral services were held with burial in New Center Massachusetts.
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Bethlehem
Ridgefields
Canada
Cuba
Pinehurst Country Club
Society of
Golf Course Architects
New Center
Mass
Florence R. Blackinton
North Attleboro
America
Wan Rous
Oakley Coun
Sjtry Club
Boston
American
Pinehurst
States
Ross
Heavy Ohio GOP voting under way for Taft Stassen delegates
Ohio Republicans flocked to polls in a high turnout for 23 of 53 national convention delegates. Taft led in Cincinnati while Stassen faced strong support in northern districts. Columbus expected 90,000 votes as weather stayed cool and dry.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Harold BE. Stassen
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Akron
Ray Finley
Stassen
Youngstown
Ohio
Dayton
Taft
Toledo
Carrington J. Marshall
Supreme Court
Gate City asks delay on Inter Mountain rate ruling
Gate City Virginia officials press for a delay of a State Corporation Commission decision on Inter Mountain Telephone Co. rate increase after alleging a breached 15 year franchise. Mayor Mack Wallace charged company promises were not kept and poles were not removed from streets.
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Gate City
Sam W. Coleman, Jr
State Corporation Commission
Inter-Mountain Telephone Co
Mack Wallace
E. B. Elliott
Scott County
Wallace
Inter. Mountain
Power Company
Weber City
Counciiman Julett
Kingeport
Sleepy moviegoer roused thrice by usher during film
A sleepy youth snores loudly in a cinema but stays awake after three timely shushes by an usher. Scrall boy mimics Harpo Marx chasing Clandes as he dashes after a tiny yellow duck. A determined stamp collector disturbs a post office janitor, rifling large waste baskets for yellow stamps while the floor is being cleaned.
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Scrall Boy
Harpo Marx
Clandes
Yellow Duck
UN gives up high tribunal rules courts on program
The United Nations Trusteeship Council adjourned with no agreement on safeguarding Jerusalem and any enforcement plan. Delegates criticized the report as toothless, while talks turned to an emergency neutral authority for Palestine and a potential shift from trusteeship. In the United States, Supreme Court decisions struck down housing covenants while allowing private racial restrictions among themselves, prompting reactions from real estate leaders and Black attorneys groups.
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Ungives
High Tribunal
Lake Success
United Nations Trusteeship
Jerusalem
International Red Cross
Benjamin Gerig
United States
Council
Special Palestine Assembly
Holy
Assembly
Palestine
Arhur Creech- Jones
Holy Land
League of Nnions
Washington
Helyp
Supreme Court
Vinson
Sullivan County Fire Department Nears Reality
Blountville and rural Sullivan County near-debut for a new fire department with a fire hall to start soon on the William Dulaney property on Airport Road. A 1948 Bord truck built by Oran Fire Apparatus will arrive by June and serve a 600 gallon per minute pumper with 1200 feet of hose, carrying 500 gallons of water. Estimated total cost around 11,000 dollars. construction details for the hall to follow.
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Menuay
Cooper
Senators Agree To Limit Draft Of Medical Men
Senate Armed Services Committee members, led by Chairman Gurney, agreed to restrict drafting doctors and dentists. The plan calls for a temporary draft of men aged 18 to 25 for two years and a one year medical training program for 160,000 youths. The House approved a two year draft bill 28 to 5, with Speaker Martin predicting quick passage. The debate centers on whether to exclude medical professionals from general drafts and whether to merge universal military training with the draft in one bill.
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Washington
Armed Services
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Thel Pratt
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Martin
House
Congress
Rep
Arends
Governor Speaks At Rogersville Engagement Tonight
Governor Jim McCord will address a joint Rotary Kiwanis Chamber meeting at the courthouse tonight at 7 40. He departed Nashville before noon for the event, reported by Associated Press. Earlier, the governor will be honored with a Rotary Club dinner at Hale Springs Hotel Sweet Shoppe.
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Rogersville
Spl
Jim McCord
Rotary and Kiwanis Clube
Chamber of Commierce
McCord
Nashville
Associated Press
Hale Springs
State Tax Passes $100 Million Mark in Tennessee
State tax collections topped 100 million dollars for the first time in one year. Finance Commissioner Sam K Carson said revenues for the first ten months of the fiscal year totaled 100,816,089 dollars, up from 60,179, oe in the same period last year.
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Nashville
Sam K.carson
Police Warn Against Wolf Whistles In Virginia Roads
Gate City police and Virginia State Police warned motorists about wolf whistles sold as auto accessories. Troopers will prosecute defective equipment violations while motorists face inspection deadlines through June 18. Five Scott County inspection stations were listed in Gate City area.
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Gate City
J. W. Surroughs
Virginia’ State Police
Virginia
Automobile Nucessary
Burroughs
Scott ‘County
Clilott ‘Motor Sales
Gate City Motor Co
Grady Motor Co
Dungsmen
Clinchport
Two Of Five Gubernatorial Candidates Take Stance On Sales Tax
Five candidates for governor were asked by TEA to endorse its legislative program. Only two gave definite support for retaining the current sales tax. Candidates Gay McCord and Robert Murray backed all TEA points. Gordon Browning favored continued tax revenues for schools, while Coleman opposed the tax and Hardin urged repeal on food.
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Nashville
Tennessee Education Association
Roverter
Gay
Jim McCord
Jane Republican
Robert M. Murray
Huntingdon
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
T.L. Coleman
Lewinburg
James W .Hardin
Greeneville
Association
Tennessee Teacher
Coleman
British commander warns of force if Arab invasion attempts
Lt. Gen. Gordon MacMillan warned that Britain will resist any Arab invasion of Palestine before the mandate ends May 15. Reinforcements arrive in Jerusalem as Arab leaders in Amman show uncertainty, while a ceasefire expands in Katamon and Jaffa and power outages hit the city.
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Palestine
Mandate
Jerusalem
Gordon MacMillan
Britain
George Plelding Eliot
Andlyat
New York Post
Home News
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Jaffa
Sternwang
St. Simeon’s
Katamon
Haganah
Newamen
Holy Land
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pashi
Arab League
Anid
Morgan Resigns As TVA Director Amid Curtis Nomination
Dr Harry A Curtis of the University of Missouri named by the White House to replace Dr Harcourt A Morgan on the Tennessee Valley Authority board. Morgan, 80, former University of Tennessee president, will retire May 18 after urging President Truman to appoint his successor.
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Waailigtes
Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Board of Directors
Truman
Harry A Curtig
University of Missouri
Morgan
University of Tennessee
White House
Alabama Democrats Vote On Backing Nominee
In Montgomery Alabama Democrats weigh options on supporting the party nominee amid Truman civil rights policy. Voters consider two methods to oppose regular nominees: electors pledging not to back Truman or a delegates slate that would walk out if civil rights plans appear in the platform.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Truman
State Supreme Court
Philadelphia
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Mauretania
Topring
Lana’ Turner
Lex Anivelen
SCC
Usher
Robert T. Furman, Jr
National Real Estate Clearing House
Thurman L. Dodson
National Bar “Association
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Sullivan County Fire Department
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Curtis
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