Man Named Phillips Fakes Identity To Free Himself in Jail Hoax
Kingsport police seek S. L. Phillips 28 after he impersonated another man named P A Ips to be released from county jail in Blountville. He was held on criminal assault charges with a 1 year old youth. Deputies transferred inmates to the county jail when Phillips answered a deputy’s call and paid a fine of about 14 to secure his release. Police have notified all area agencies to detain him.
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Kingsport
S. L. Phillips
Phillips
Paips
Poelie
Tess
Blountville
S Lb
Midwest Flood Toll Reaches 26
The Associated Press reports rising flood deaths to 26 with two drownings in southern Oklahoma and more missing as waters deluge Manitoba and Nebraska. Evacuations affect Shawnee and Pauls Valley Oklahoma while Winnnipeg Manitoba absorbs thousands of refugees from Red River floods.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Court of the Dead
Nebraska
Manitoba
Canada
Hazen Dalen
Shawnee
Okla
Waupike
Pauls Valley
Theyater
Winnipes
Canadian National Railways
Red River Valley
Red River
Secret Service Breaks Major Counterfeiting Ring
The U S Secret Service says it cracked a million dollar counterfeiting syndicate active in 28 states and Canada. A printing press and plates were seized in three raids on a Depew suburb house. Two men, Nathan Zlodinski 37 and Bernard Neuner 30, were arrested.
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Huffalo
U. S
Secret Service
Canada
Suburbarr Depew
Baughman
Washington
Overpayments Hit Army Financial Center and Files
A congressional subcommittee report finds 197,596,000 in wartime allotments overpaid at the Army Finance Center St. Louis with 130,000 cases yet to review and 125,000 lost in inactive files. Hearings cited security risks and lax Army practices alongside discredit FBI investigations.
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Washington
Congressional
Army Finance Center
St. Louis
House Civil Service Committee
FBI
Harsh
D-Mo
Mad¢hire' Co
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
Counter Intelligence Corps
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Janviopitet Thas
Republicans stash appropriations bill sparks Senate crunch
Washington reports a last minute Republican economy drive reduced a $328,894,940 appropriation bill. House Republicans claim two amendments save at least a billion dollars, while Democrats counter that the actual savings may be far smaller. Senate action will reveal the true impact.
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Washington
House
Senate
Trygve Lie Travels From Prague to Moscow for Talks
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie leaves Prague for Moscow aboard a Russian plane to ease Soviet Western tensions. He is accompanied by Konstantin Zirchenko, Security Affairs aide, and aims to confer with Soviet officials including Premier Joseph Stalin. They dock in Moscow this afternoon.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tryeveie
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Konstantit Zirchenko
Wownell
Confession on Plane Incident May Be Coming
A Washington dispatch reports U S officials expect Moscow to present an alleged confession from a crew member of the American Navy patrol plane lost in battle on April 8. Four Russian fighters reportedly fired from the rear over the Baltic Sea near Russian held territory as the plane failed before it hit the water, with salvage efforts said to be underway for all ten aboard.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Im &Position
Russia
U. S
Baltic Sea
Big Three Plan to Avert a Shooting War
The foreign ministers of the United States Britain and France met to craft a strategy aimed at preventing a Cold War escalation into war. They discussed a proposed pooling of coal and grain resources with Germany and potential partners, signaling efforts to unite Western Europe against Russia.
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Bondon
U.S
Bear Acheson
Plars
Iatire
Amrbassi
Tors
Acheson
Ernest Bavin
Robert Schuman
Germany
West
Effects Of Rail Strike Felt In Many Industries
Chicago reports unemployment rising swiftly as the nationwide locomotive firemen strike halts rail service. The Pennsylvania Railroad furloughs 83,000 of 135,000 workers, New York Central idle 23,000 with potential rise to 59,000, and the Southern Railway cuts exposure by weekend. Fourteen western Pennsylvania mines halt operations, 4,460 miners idle, some dumping coal on ground due to lack of empty gondolas.
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Chicago
Oecan
Fremen
Pennsylvania Reitroad i
Amy Tomotpow
New York Central
Souther Railway Systerm
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Defense Week Program Listed for May Observance
Defense Week in Kingsport May 13 to 20 features dedication of Naval Reserve Training Center at Rolston Ordnance Works, a May 19 banquet for Brig. Gen Robert M. Cannon, and a parade and equipment exhibit May 20. The Armed Forces Day celebration culminates the week with a public display and opportunities to learn about military careers. Admiral Mills, a Little Rock native, will dedicate the center and receive the Distinguished Service Medal.
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Stewart Crosley
BP. m
Robert M. Cannon
Aan Airborme
Mifis
ESN
Naval Reserve ‘Training Center
Rolston Ordnance Works
Admiral Mills
Little Reck
Ark
Dessem
Armed Services Day
Kingsport Utilities
Southern Freight Trains Fired On Near Knoxville Ambush
Ambush attacked two Southern Railway freight trains near Knoxville. Fireman A F Coleman wounded in the arm as crews reported saboteurs and pickets stoned outside the yard. Union leader Porth denied violence by striking workers.
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Southern
Knoxville
Southern Railway
Ee W. Brosmart
Brosnan Salt
Knoxvile
Oakiale
Hare
Striking Brotherhood of Locomotive
Poreh
Gleveland
Oale
Elso
Peret
Sinkers West
Porgh
Earler
Rosnan
Porth
Railroad Strike Curtails Mail Service In City
Railroad disruptions halt most trains on the Southern network between Bristol and Knoxville. Incoming and outgoing mails will be delayed, while local trailer truck service will run Bristol to Knoxville starting May 11 with departures at 6:00 am in both directions.
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Focal
Seatsern
Southern
Bristol
Knoxville
Tennessee
McCarthy Promises Proof Against Envoy in Wisconsin Claim
Senator McCarthy pledged to present evidence supporting his charge that a United States envoy is a foreign agent. The Senate committee examined 21 individuals suspected as communists or security risks and planned a White House briefing later today. Chairman Tydings estimated the review would take at least two weeks.
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Washington
State Department
McGarthys
Foreign Agens
Act American Evey
McCarthy
Wisconsin Renubiient
Senate
Hus
White House
Tydings
D- Md
Cnerge
United States
Ratte
Wisconsin
Hig
Si Peng
Military rulers seize Haiti government and dissolve parliament
Port Au Prince Haiti military rulers seized the government after four years on the sidelines. The junta dissolved Parliament and pledged to maintain democratic practices while placing President Estime and his family under protection. Estime may go to Paris, predecessor Lescot found refuge in Canada.
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Port Air Prince
Haiti
Dumarsais Estime
Estime
Junca
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Market Stocks Slip as Freight Strikes Hit Major Carriers
New York market reports rail shares wobble on four major carrier strikes entering a second day. Overall a downtrend with fractional changes in rates. Santa Fe shed about 3 points while Central Pacific and Pennsylvania Southern belay losses. U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel gained on news of higher dividends.
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New York
Freneh
Easses
Santa Fe
Central
Pennsylvania
Belway
Republic Steeliag
U. S. Steelind Bethlehem
Well Digger Dominick Atteo Dies After 27 Hour Rescue
Dominick Atteo a 49 year old well digger trapped for 27 hours beneath a Brooklyn garage shaft died after rescuers reached him. Fire and gas injuries, along with exhaustion, were cited as the cause. His wife Marcie and many mourners prayed outside as doctors described his courage. The rescue team had tunneled two feet to reach him before his death at 2 40 am. An inquest was planned for today.
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New York
Egony
Dominick Attteo
Atte
Brooklyn
Hae
Atleo
Altea
Marcie
Beane
Tor
Harold Berson
Wittim
Atteo
Attepey
Life Sentence for Ohio State Frat Slaying
A judge imposed life in prison on 21 year old James D Heer of Euclid for second degree murder in the homecoming shooting at the fraternity house that left Jack T McKeown of Norwood dead. The trial followed a jury verdict in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Hele Up
Ohio State University
James D. Heer
Euclid
Mareer
Jack T. McKeown
Norwood
John BR. King
Heer
Sentere
Judge King
Plan To Investigate Mine Strike Killed
Washington reports that a House Labor Committee plan to probe last winter's coal strike collapsed when Chairman Lesinski revoked subpoena authority. Rep. Jacobs denounced the move as political cowardice while the full committee abolished Jacobs' subcommittee and blocked subpoenas to witnesses including Joan L. Lewis.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Joan L. Lewis
Rem Jacobs
D-Ind
Jacobs
United Mine Workers
Lesman
Spoena
Labor
Three Year Old, Ronnie Sparks, Missing After Creek Incident
In Knoxville Tennessee a three year old boy Ronnie Sparks was swept into a swollen creek while watching the rain with his sister Linda nine. They stood on a pipe over the water when he slipped in and disappeared beneath the swift current. His sister alerted authorities as searchers began a rescue in the turbulent stream.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ronnie Sparks
Linda
Yessterday
Ronnie
Chip
Advocates Push Cheaper Faster Defense With A-Bomb Plan
Washington discusses arming North Atlantic allies with atomic bombs in a preliminary plan. Proponents say bomb sharing could deter Soviet aggression and replace many conventional troops with lightweight bomb groups, quickly and cheaply, while opponents warn of risks.
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North Atlantic
Washington
U. S
Congress
Britain
France
Western
Europe
Russia
Friends of
Truman Dedicates Grand Coulee Dam
President Truman dedicated Grand Coulee Dam in Washington and urged full public power development on major rivers to serve all people. He criticized private power opposition to rural electrification and transmission lines at cost and anticipated congressional approval of the Columbia Valley Administration to operate dam projects.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Wash
Truman
Columbia Valley Administration
Grand Coulee
Solstice Solunar Tables For Fishing And Hunting
The article presents Solunar Tables from Joan Alder Knights urging planning around periods best for fishing or hunting. It notes times, dates, and locations such as Cherokee, Lake Tuer, and Cougs Lake wood with observed stage readings and rate figures.
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Lake Tuer
Wood
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