Mine Chief May Be Cited Into Court
Labor dispute centers on John L. Lewis refusal to bargain with Southern Coal Producers Association. Judge T Alan Goldsborough to decide next Tuesday if an injunction is needed to force wage talks. NLRB move seeks faster hearings and possible contempt charges.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Joseph E. Moody
Robert Ny Denham
National Labor Talitions Board
Moody
Taft-Haart
Lawin
George Says U S Will Help Rearm Western Europe
Senator George predicts early next year Congress will be asked to spend 3 to 6 billion dollars to rearm Western European nations opposing communism. He says this armaments plan could be spread over two to three years and may include modernizing the British navy and boosting the air force, with France starting from scratch.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Congress
George Tolk
Tru‘nant
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wns
Europe
United States
France
Senate
Vandenburg
Rmich
United Nations
Boy Found After Ransom Note Admitted
Los Angeles 12 year old Alan D. Mc Cauley was found on Hollywood’s Vine Street after three days missing. Patrolman Dave Einstein said the boy admitted writing the ransom note found by his parents. He claimed he slept behind billboards and at service stations and had eaten little while on the run. The note demanded 33,50 and was signed The Un kowan.
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Los Angeles
Alan D. McCauley
Hollywood
Vine Street
Dave Einstein
John McCauley
Alan
Work Resumes After Mine Fire at Bonny Blue and May Flower pits
About 500 miners returned to work Monday at the Bonny Blue and May Flower coal pits near St. Charles Virginia after a Thursday fire halted operations. A high wooden trestle destroyed by the blaze disrupted the mile-long tram line used to shuttle workers to the mines. Emergency crews labored to repair the structure and restore access, with origin of the fire still undetermined. The Blue Diamond Coal Company operates the two affected mines.
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St. Charles
Bonny Blue
May Flower
Blue Diamond Coal Company
Woman in 90s, 37-year-old groom plan unlikely marriage
A widow in Brushton near the Canadian border plans to marry Clarence McGee, 37, despite her advanced age. The couple awaits legal blood tests before obtaining a marriage license. Her 68-year-old son jokes about paternity as the family recounts past tragedies and large brood.
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Brushton
Heau
Clarence McGee
Eliza Murray
Clarence
Charles Murray
McGee
Syracuse Post-Standard
League Seeks Welfare Worker For Sullivan County
Sullivan County Court is urged to budget funds to hire a child welfare worker for western Sullivan County. The Kingsport League of Women Voters president released a letter to Judge T R Bandy noting operating costs about 2000 dollars yearly, with salary covered by the state welfare department. The Kingsport group also says eastern Sullivan County needs a second worker, and local officials have discussed the need with Juvenile Court and truancy officers backing the effort.
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Sullivan County
K. Z. Broadhouks
Kingaport League of Women Voters
T. R. Bandy
Bandy
Tennessee Department of Public Welfare
Broadbooks
League of Women Veters
Welfare Department
State Department of Public Welfare
Breaghooks
Kingsport League of Women Workers
League
Kingsport
Juvenile Court Advisory Committee
Louis $J. Thompson
McKnight Cleared Of Murder Charge In Lewis Slaying
Mose McKnight, 45, was found not guilty by a circuit court jury in Kingsport of murdering John L. Lewis with a shotgun on February 21, 1948 at Riverview. McKnight testified self defense after Lewis allegedly reached for a weapon. neighbor Preston Collins supported his claim. A prior reduced charge of manslaughter preceded the verdict. Also, town juries debated liquor and arson cases on the same session day.
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Blountville
Mose McKnight
Kingsport
John L. Lewis
Riverview
Lewis
McKnight
Himelf
Canatable
J. B
Monty) Upchuren
J. Charlies Stil
Kingsport Police Department
J. M. Broyles
Jack Jobe
Chint
M. H. Witt
W. N. Showalter
Testifion Me Knighe
George W. Stacy
Christine Stacy
Bristol
Tyler Green
Arizona Governor Osborn Dies After Lingering Illness
Governor Sidney P Osborn of Arizona dies at 62 after an 18 month struggle with progressive muscular atrophy. Democrat and four term leader, Osborn was a publisher before politics, survived by wife, mother, and daughter, and remained active at his office despite illness.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sidney ¥. Osborn
Arizona
Annesa
Lou Gehrig
Osborn
Neil
Marilla Osborn
Arianna
Col. J. #. Wilson
Dunbar's Weekly
WOPI Airs Smoke Discussion at Bristol luncheon
A Bristol Women Voters luncheon will broadcast a smoke abatement talk at 12 45 p.m. Wednesday over Radio WOPT 1409 KH. Miss Elizabeth Greene of the Abatement Committee announced the event. J W Wert, Kingsport Times general manager, will speak alongside Milas Greene says.
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Bristol
Bristol Longue
WOPT
Elzabeth Greene
Tuesaday
J. W. Wert
Kingsport
Thimer News and i
Citizens Sntake
Lint City
Milas Greene
Truman Presses For Increase In Minimum Wage
President Truman urged Democratic congressional leaders to push for federal aid to education and a 75 cent hourly minimum wage increase at a White House conference. The Senate has approved $300 million annually for school aid, while the House has not acted and no minimum wage bill has advanced. Currently the minimum wage under the law is 40 cents per hour.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Senate
House
GM Avoids Strike With Pay Increase
Detroit AP reports General Motors granted an 11 cent an hour wage boost to avert a CIO strike by 225000 production workers controlling costs with a novel formula. The plan bases future adjustments on living costs with a minimum wage floor and potential upward or downward shifts, avoiding a reopening clause for two years. Chrysler and Ford negotiations follow as GM sets a possible industry wage pattern.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Auto ‘Jindustry
Ford MonJtor Ca. Ts
General Motors
Harry W. Anderson
Phone Controversy Goes Before Board
A wage dispute involving 25,000 long distance telephone workers in 42 states was referred to a presidential three man board of inquiry under the Taft-Hartley Act to avert a nationwide strike. The CIO American Union of Telephone Workers paused strike plans as hearings begin. AT&T announced 33 new contracts covering 64,090 employees, mostly represented by the Communications Workers of America, with no general wage increase disclosed.
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New York
Presidential Board of
Truman
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
Conteaets
Communications Workers of America
Arabs Study Order To Cease Fighting In Jordan Valley
Arabs study ceasefire order as Israel says Jordan Valley cleared of enemy forces. Communique claims Sha ar Hagolan Masada and Samakh area under Jewish control with further actions near Kafr Hareb and Fiq. Syrian and Arab replies and air raids noted.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Ap—Haganah
Jordan
Jordan Valley
Sea of
Gallea
Dead Sea
U.N
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Palestine
Sha'ar Hagolan
Masada
Galilee
Samakh
Kafr Hareb
Ein Gev
Galiles
Fiq
Syria
Kinneret
Galinee
Appalachia Cabby Beaten Robbed During Wild Ride
A cab driver from Appalachia Virginia escaped a trunk kidnapping after two men forced him into the trunk during a trip toward Kingport and Sennia Gap. Brooks described being bound and assaulted with threats of death, later freeing himself near Lexington Kentucky and seeking help at a hospital.
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Appalachia
Lexington
Wollana McMurray
RK. G. Gordon
George M. Brooks
Brooks
Gond Samaritan Hospital
Kingaport
Teng
T Kingaport
Uho Hen
Seni Gia Gap
Pennington Gap
Ork Cay
Brody
Himiself
Reds Quash Plans To Probe Commies Coup Over Czechs
United Nations vetoes by the Soviet Union blocked a move to create a three nation probe into February's Communist coup in Czechoslovakia. The United States urged new methods to assess Soviet involvement, while Andrei Gromyko justified the veto as blocking interference in internal affairs. Warren R. Austin offered to present independent evidence to the council.
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United Nations
Czechoslovakia
United States
Russia
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Czechoslovaka
Gromyko
Ukraine
Rusa
Tuly
Britain
China
France
Jacor A. Malic
Jeweled Daggers and Horses On Royal Cruise Stop
Rear Adm. Harold M. Martin recalled a seven month world cruise aboard the carrier Valley Forge in the Persian Gulf where Saudi Arabia's crown prince presented jeweled daggers and a purebred mare to officers. Congress must approve gifts from foreign raids before acceptance. The items, impounded by the State Department, were tied to a stop in Arabia during a voyage that included Australia, China, India, Arabia, Norway and England.
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Congress
Washington
Harold M. Martin
Valley Forge
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Martin
New York
San Diego
Arabia
State Department
Moma
Australia
China
India
Norway
England
Talllum
Wood
Cairo
Ill
Poll Tax Payments Reported Ahead of Deadline
Counties report slow poll tax receipts with 258 persons paying this month. Kingsport trustee Mrs Faust notes 219 pickup payments since May 1 and 39 along with property taxes. Deadline to pay is June 7, with voting eligibility for the August Republican primary and Sullivan County general election tied to tax payment and proper registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zarl Faust
Dounty
Kingsport
Mra
Faust
Sullivan County
House GOP Ignores Marshall Plea on Tariff Cut
Secretary of State Marshall urged to preserve the reciprocal trade program as the House GOP pushes a one year extension bill with veto power over trade deals. Democrats denounce the Rules Committee move to bar amendments while the White House watches.
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House
Marshall
Washington
Repub‘Newnes
GOP
Mershill
Rules Committee
Don Brows
Federal Tariff Commission
Rep. Doughton
Ways and Means
Billy
Norris Residents Lose Sale Appeal in Tennessee
Norris Tennessee residents many of whom work for the Tennessee Valley Authority failed to delay a proposed sale date for their town. Walter I. Om mons chaired Norris Citizens Development Corporation which sought to buy Norris. TVA had set a sale date after a bidder agreed to a minimum price of 1 849 750 and paid a 5000 bid bond. The agency announced June 15 as the sale date after the bidder met terms.
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Norris
Tenn
TVA
Walter I. Ommons
Norris Citizens Development Corporation
Mat Sabues
Seven States Hold Peace Talks in Amman to Stop Palestine War
Seven Arab states met in Amman under U N pressure to halt fighting in Palestine as the Security Council debated a 48 hour cease fire extension. Egypt and Syria urged more time, while Britain warned non compliance could end arms and training pacts. Despite talks, fighting continued with Arab Legion and Jewish forces claiming advances around Jerusalem and Galilee.
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Cairo
Amman
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Palestine
U. N. Security Council
Egypt
Syria
Foreign Office
London
Britain
Abdullah
Jamil Mardam Bey
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
League
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Arab Legion
Old City
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Haganah
Sha'ar Hagdlan
Masada
Sea of Galilee
Samekh
Mares
GOP cries politics over Truman social security expansion
Washington report details President Truman urging Congress to increase social security benefits for 30 million people with at least a 50 percent raise and to fund it by boosting the payroll tax by 80 percent next January and applying it to an additional 1800 of income. House Ways and Means subcommittee chair Reed says the move is political posturing and plans a separate expansion bill that may extend eligibility to about 3.5 million more people.
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Washington
Congress
Automobile Stocks Rise on GM Wage Settlement
Automobile stocks moved up in New York trading after General Motors reached a wage settlement, lifting pivotal industrial issues. The market showed irregularity with gains not broadening, as GM touched a 1948 high on a 3,600 share block transfer of Initha, with Chrysler Studebaker U Steel International Paper American Tobacco Woolworth Penney and Commonwealth Edison also advancing.
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New York
P—Automobile
General Motors
Initha
Chrysler
Studebaker
U, 3
Steel
International Paper Tatter
Divisienia
American Tobacco
Woolworth, Penney, and
Commonwealth Edison
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Larry Pryor
Mississippi Delta
Reds
Kobe
Japan
Communist Party
Osaka
S. Eighth Army Trial Commission
Winal
Richmond
Kathleen Ast Durant
U. S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
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