Atlantic Allies To Keep Troops In German Zone
Britain France and America agreed to retain occupation forces in western Germany to deter Soviet aggression. Ministers argued defense spending pressures and economic limits shape troop levels while delaying a German peace treaty. The three powers reaffirmed the defensive role of troops and noted ongoing Soviet resistance to a democratic, unified Germany.
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Atlantic
London
Britain
France
America
Germany
West Europe
de Fensca
Entela
West Germany
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Twe
A-Bomb Attack by Reds Seen Unlikely
Senator Elston of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee says he does not believe Russia or the United States would start a mass atomic attack in war. He notes interception as defense and warns an all out raid would be a death by own action. He adds the US will strengthen defenses as Russia boosts its bomb supply.
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Elston
Russia
United States
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Soviet Union
Riassias
Congress
Lucastela
Chicago
FEPO
FEPC
Truman
Bwac
Russek
House
Crump Demos Name Candidates Thursday
The Shelby County Democratic Executive Committee led by E H Crump will meet Thursday to nominate five candidates for the August 3 primary board. The meeting follows a rival group’s five-nominee selection led by Robert L Taylor and Gordon Browning ally. The state primary board in Nashville on May 24 will pick the five officials to preside over the county primary.
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Memphis
E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Democratic Executive Committee
John D. Martin, Jr
Charles M. Crump
Robert L.taylor
Gay
Gordon Browning
Nashville
Jealous Youth Fires at Girl Friend, Wounds Three in Dorchester
In Wise County Dorchester, Bobby Lee Isom, 17, shot at a group on a church social night. Margaret Robinet te, 19, was struck 36 times and her brother Tom Robinette Jr., 15, and James Bel Rossi, 17, were hurt but not seriously. Isom, son of Willard Isom, was arrested after the shooting and faces a preliminary hearing Thursday before Trial Justice George K. Taylor.
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ANG
Le-wiimy
Bobby Lee Isom
Powell River
Dorchester
Wise County
George K. Taylor
Virginia
Ira Ratliff
Ison
Isom
Ratliff
Jean
Margaret Robi-nerte
Tom
Robinette, Jr
James Bel Rossi
Isam
Suriday
Sat
Rattit
Troager
McCullough
Helsol Rasliff
Willard Esam
Wise Coal and Coke Company
Robinette
Tor
Robinette, Sr
Rossi
Floyd Ross
Politics Reach Boiling Point in Chicago Rally
The Associated Press reports a Democratic Jubilee in Chicago as President Truman is set to speak at 10 39 pm EST amid a torchlight parade. The event aims to be the largest political gathering outside a national convention, with strong ties to Truman’s 1944 and 1943 campaigns. Pennsylvania GOP primary follows with opposition led by former Senator Joseph Grundy in the nation’s strongest GOP stronghold.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Truman
Partey
Cer Kills Woman On Own Doorstep
Hillman Tennessee report says Etta Bilyew Maxwell fifty was killed when a car ran off the highway leaped a d u and struck her on the steps of her home. Her husband Burr Maxwell fifty six suffered a fractured leg and was taken to Livingston hospital. Sheriff Wilmouth Davis said the car occupants were lightly hurt. The driver claimed he was blinded by the lights of another auto.
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Davis
Chattanooga Man Killed By Train
Chattanooga resident Robert J. Campbell was fatally struck by an NC&StL passenger train near Chickamauga Tennessee last night. A railroad claim agent reported Campbell had been seated on the track and was pulled off unsuccessfully before dying en route to Chattanooga about six miles away.
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Chickamauga
Tenn
Robert J. Campbell
Chattanooga
Nc&6th
E. Hill
Campbell
Hill
Aar
Here
Turkish opposition swamps Inonu rule in vote landslide
Turkish newspapers report President Inonu’s rule shaken by a strong opposition surge. Unofficial tallies show Celal Bayar’s Democrat Party projected to win a large plurality in the new parliament, with early estimates suggesting around 244 seats for the opposition and signs of a sweeping defeat for Inonu’s People’s Party.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Tsaret Inenu
Inonu
Celal Bayar
Democrat Party
Inonn
People’s Party
People's Party
Democrats
Line Serving Va coal mine areas cleared in move
The Southern Railway lifted a straight embargo from its Appalachia Division restoring freight movement across 2700 miles from Memphis to Jacksonville. D W Brosnan, general manager, said the embargo removal allows coal mine service in Southwestern Virginia and along the Bristol and Knoxville routes, after suspension last Thursday.
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Knoxville
Cann
Suxieebound
Southern Railway
Streight
Appalachia
D. W. Brosnan
Grantager
Southern
Central Lines
Hfting
Lnes
Memphis
Jacksonville
Fla
Bristol
Tenn
Bul
Gaz
Southwestern
Virginia
Brosnan
Lght
Knoxvire
Surgery Ends in Death of Siamese Twins Brenda and Beverley Townsend
In Edmonston Alberta a three hour operation to separate Siamese twins Brenda and Beverley Townsend ended with Beverley dying 1 hour 45 minutes after start and Brenda dying later after doctors fought to save them. Twelve doctors participated in the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Dr Eardley Salin led the surgical team noting extreme difficulty due to fused livers at the widest point.
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Edmonston
Alta
Brenda
Beverley Townsend
Beverley
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Leart
Eardley Salin
Fallurn
Eludrer
Girl Kills Man to Protect Brother in Wartburg
Wartburg Tennessee sheriff reports a 13 year old girl shot and killed 22 year old Arlie O'Dean Beach at her Margar County home in Bitter Creek. Doris Lee Phillips daughter of Owen and Mrs Phillips says Beach refused to stop harassing her half brother prompting the fatal shot.
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Wartburg
Tenn
Byrge Saca
Byree
Arlie O'Dean Beach
Doris Lee Phillips
Owen Philips
Bitter Creek
Margar County
Rec
Helicopter Rescues Woman Over Niagara Falls
Two men in a helicopter risked their lives to save Mrs. Jeannette Bugay 25 from a rock above the Horseshoe Falls. The craft collided with the river, plunged occupants into the water, but Niehaus and Cannon managed to reach the woman and haul her to safety before rescue teams arrived.
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Niagara Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara River
Gramatic
Park
Herbert Sedita
John Paanessa
Sedila
Paanessa
Bell Aircraft
Owen Q. Niehaus
Joseph A. Cannon
Niehaus
Cannon
Om & Rock
Mrs. Bugay
Sullivan County Circuit Court Opens May Term in Blountville
May session of Sullivan County Circuit Court began with Grand Jury selection at 10 46 a m led by Circuit Judge Shelburne Ferguson The docket lists 179 pending cases and 108 veniremen were summoned A trucking order was issued to handle heavy work from the rail strike.
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Sullivan Circuit Court
Blountville
Jack Marshall
Times-News
Brount
Sullivan County
Shelburne Ferguson
Grand Jury
Fissus
Jim Eisen
Joe Deck
Kyle McKamey
Curtis Clark
J. L. (Bock) Taylor
Wintorn Hogers
T. Seaver
George Torett
Districh
Charlie Witeler
Catt # Ault
Dustries
J. W. Bakter
Natt Riggs
Newton Bass
Wiretapping Law Upheld By Court
The Supreme Court upheld New York wiretap laws under judicial supervision in a brief order. Herman Hoffman of New York City and the New York County Criminal Court Bar Associations challenged the measure, arguing it violated civil rights and the Federal Communications Act. Hoffman served as association president.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Treacon
Herman Hoffman
New York City
Jet Pilot Dies in Denver Crash
A jet fighter crashed in a Denver suburb killing the pilot and badly burning a man in a yard three houses away. The pilot’s body crashed through a roof into a kitchen as four nearby families were away from home, witnesses say the craft failed to gain height after leaving Lowry Field. Aurora officer Willian Ferby reported seeing the plane clip trees, hit a power line, and explode.
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Autora, Cola
Denver
Garde
Joe Gaetes
Homme
Lowry
John A Miller
Lowry Reservation
Miller
Army Reserve
Aurora
Willian Ferby
Southerners Set To Beat Gag Rule Washington
Southern leaders expect to defeat a Senate gag rule effort this week as the FEPC civil rights bill faces a possible test vote. Senate debate may be limited by a two thirds rule, while Congress moves on foreign aid, social security and investigations.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
House Ways and Means
Senate Appropriations
Britain restricts Czech activities in London
London officials announce limits on Czech information work in Britain after Prague halts British information service and British Council operations in Czechoslovakia. Ernest Davies states measures are a retaliation and will affect the Czech embassy’s activities.
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Britain
London
Ernest Davies
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Britis Council
Czechoslovakia
McCarthy Attacks Acheson Over Asia Policy
Senator McCarthy charged Secretary Acheson with guiding U S Asia policy toward Communist ends. He alleged Acheson backed an Owen Lattimore plan and called for firing Jessup, terming the Acheson Lattimore axis the gateway to Asia. The speech targeted Lattimore as a State Department adviser and accused pro Communist influence in Washington.
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Allinkic City
McCa
Wis
Achene
Winerk A
Tyumen
Acheson
China
McCartty
Achinson
Far East
Owen Lattimore
Philip Jessup
Lattimore- Achason
Truman
Jessup
McCarthy
Tessup
Lattimoere
State Departments
Red
Lattimore
Gate
Asia
Released Airmen Welcome Back From Communist Detention
Two American airmen freed by Chinese authorities after eight months in prison received a warm Navy welcome. The destroyer Floyd B. Parks retrieved Navy Chief Electrician William Smith and Sergeant Elmer Bender from the British steamer Hunan off Hong Kong Harbor. After medical checks they were to board a flight to Manila and home, having been captured near Tsingtao in 1948 when their aircraft was forced down.
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Hong Hong
U. S Navy
Floyd B. Parks
Hong Kong Harbor
Navy
William
Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Elmer
Bender
Cincinmati
Hunan
Manila
Guan
Fears Harbor
Home
Diane
Tsingtao
Early Stock Market Reports For Today
Quiet trading marked today’s stock market with gains and losses near balance. Notable declines included American Cyanamid Dow Chemical, Philip Morris, American Woolen, American Tobacco, and Southern Pacific, while General Motors Caterpillar Douglas Aircraft Emerson Radio and Philco showed slight gains.
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New York
American
Firemen Picket Spread Dim Hope For Settlement
Picketing widened across the nations rail system as a firemen and engineers strike persisted. Mediation talks with railroad officials and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen stalled. Southern Railway announces some sleep and track crew layoffs amid the walkout.
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Chicago
National Railway?t Mediation Board
Washington
Southern Railway System
Edwards
Baldridge Murder Trial Reopens in Pikeville Kentucky
The Baldridge murder case returns to court as Lon Moles and K Dotson face possible extreme penalties. Commonwealth's Attorney J A Rungor signals a demand for the death penalty. indictments trace to Floyd County Grand Jury after months of investigation. Bernard Baldridge testified before the grand jury while other details remain sealed. Arrests of Moles and Dotson, ages 60 and 45, surprised the community as earlier confessions were retracted. The defense secured a continuance after the initial March date.
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Pikeville
Muriel Baldridge
Commonwealth
J. A. Rungom
Lon Moles
K. Powell
Runger
Mole
Fishing Tables and Miner Schedules From Old Ledger
A fragmented entry lists fishing tables and miner schedules with scattered names and dates. It mentions Selunar Errinds, Emghe's SOLUER TABLES, and events on Monday through Saturday with times and locations at Lake Ganda Cheroken and prices like 8 dollars and 96D.
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Aiden Emghe
Soluer
Sharar Durasten Kiwe
Theo la Thesdrey
Ganda
Cheroken
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