Army Worms Hit Crops In Sullivan County
Sullivan County farmers launched aerial crop-dusting for the first time to halt army worm damage, using a planes’ toxaphene dust over corn oats and barley on the F W Stickley and Sons farm near Blountville. County agent J W McClain says the outbreak is the worst in 18 years with about 100000 dollars in damages this spring.
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Sullivan County
North Carolina
Stickley Farm
Thomas Bridge
Times-News
Byland
Mary Clement
F. W. Stickley and Sons
Blountville
J. W. McClain
Sullvan
McClain
Three UN Hills Fall To Chinese In Heavy Fights
U S and Turkish troops abandoned outposts Vegas and Elko after a fierce night battle east of Panmunjom. Allied artillery pounded the front as Chinese forces attacked with large numbers, seizing three outposts and leaving American casualties heavy. Sabre jets engaged, with U S pilots shooting down several Communist MIGs.
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Seoul
Vegas
Elko
Rosl
Carson
Panmunjom
London
War Office
United Nations
Forrest Edwards
Sabre
North Korea
Tax Bureau Moves Into Second Major Shakeup
The Internal Revenue Bureau launches a second major reorganization in under two years. It consolidates 27 districts into nine, closes 11 district offices, keeps six, and opens three new ones. Former commissioner John Dunlap leaves as a result. Treasury head George M. Humphrey predicts annual savings of $6 million and 1,300 lost jobs with higher federal tax collections forthcoming.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
Congress
John B. Dunsep
Revenue Bureau
Dunlap
Civil Service
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Mi Laurel Festival Queen To Be Chosen
The Mountain Laurel Festival queen will be chosen today in Pineville Kentucky from 17 Kentucky college and university contenders. The secret committee will crown her in Pine Mountain State Park with Gov Lawrence Wetherby presenting the laurel crown and Micki Tye the scepter. A grand ball will honor the new queen and her attendants.
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Pineville
Kentucky College and University Girls
Pine Mountain State Park
Lawrence Wetherby
Micki Tye
Robert L. Thompson
Cumberland Celtre
Safety Council warns 240 deaths on Memorial Day highways
The National Safety Council predicted 240 traffic deaths over the Memorial Day weekend beginning at 6 p.m. tonight. Officials said the toll could be as high as past holidays and noted this two day period is the first with casualty records since 1946. Ned H. Dearborn cautioned the figure should not be taken lightly.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Rosenbergs Again Sentenced To Death
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to die in Sing Sing for atomic espionage. Judge Irving R. Kaufman set the execution date for the week of June 15 after several defense attempts to postpone.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Irving R. Kaufman
Kaufman
Palmer To Lead New Realigned Tenn GOP Club
Cal E W Palmer publisher of Kingsport named chairman of a new realigned Tennessee State Republican Club formed after a closed Eisenhower supporters meeting. The group invites all party members to join regardless of past allegiance and aims to gain patronage influence against the Smith Reece faction.
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Nashville
Cal
Old Guard
GOP
Guy L. Smith
Knoxville
Carroll Reece
Johnson City
Republican Party
Palmer
Europe
Smith - Reece
Eisenhower
French Cabinet Crisis Could Delay Bermuda Talks
Paris moves to form a coalition as Mendes France accepts a mandate to seek parliamentary approval. The Big Three Bermuda talks, set for mid June, may shift to late June or be postponed two weeks as France grapples with a political crisis. Eisenhower noted the French cabinet dispute could slow the plan.
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Washington
France
Bermuda
Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
Mendes-France
Vincent Auriol
Eisenhower
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Russia
Driver backs into parked car in driveway crash
Street scene recounts a male driver backing out and hitting a parked vehicle across the street. An odd note names an insurance claim adjuster and a crow’s dawn chorus, while a youth alarmed by a blacksnake recovers too late to mow the reptile.
Reds Reject New UN Proposal On PWs, Aide Says
South Korea's UN truce team says Communists rejected the May 25 UN proposal on prisoners of war. Choi Duk Son, who boycotted the meeting, released a letter to UN chief Harrison protesting the UN stance. Nam Il, Communist chief, declined repatriation and urged moving POW issues to a political conference.
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Reds
Pws
Rhee
United Nations
Parns
U.N
Choi Duk Son
Choi
William K. Harrison
VU. N
U. N
Harrison
Seoul
Korea
Munsan
Nam Il
United Nations Organization
Nam
Bondsman Seeks Appeal After Contempt Fine
Bondsman L E Bellamy faces a $60 fine and a 10 day suspended jail term for contempt of court after continuing bonding in Kingsport under a new company name despite a February order. Hal Carr says a motion for new trial will be filed and an appeal to the State Supreme Court will follow if denied. In the same district, Eisenhower’s defense team nears swift Senate confirmation with Adm Radford Gen Ridgway Adm Carney and Gen Twin ing approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee while Air Force cuts draw concerns.
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Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Arthur W. Radford
Nathan Twining
Air Force
NEA
Neal O’steen
Times-News
Blountville
Spl
L. E. Bellamy
Circuit Court Clerk
Circuit
Criminal Court
Kingsport General Sessions Court
Cirenit Tadeo Shelknnrne
Seer Pera Ae Eere Ferguson
Thomas H. Rogan
Bellamy
Hal Carr
State Supreme Court
Carr
Kingsport
Washington
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Senate
Congress
Pacific
Navy
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Europe
Ridgway
Iceland
Adm
Nathan F. Twining
America
Romanian Declares Ousters Frameup in U.S. Departure
New York reports Romanian diplomat Christadhe Zambeti leaves for Brussels as state department orders him to depart after Romanian born businessman V C Georgescu accuses him of blackmailing for collaboration with Romania. Zambeti calls it a frame up and condemns Georgescu as a spy trial figure.
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New York
Christadhe Zambeti
America
U.S
Zambeti
Brussels
Idlewild International
Washington
U. S State Department
V. C. Georgescu
Georgescu
Romania
Standard Oil
Vet Admits He Kidnapped Girl in Interstate Quest
A 22 year old Korean war veteran Dwight Rober Baney, of Mishawaka Indiana, told officers he kidnapped his former sweetheart Beverly Jean Morey in Indiana at gunpoint to take her to California to marry her. Baney was arrested near Vinita Oklahoma after Morey slipped a penciled note to a station attendant asking for help. The note gave a South Bend Indiana contact and a phone number. Morey said Baney had pursued marriage, forced her to drive away, and was taken about 700 miles before officers stopped them.
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Vinita
Okla
Indiana
California
Oklahoma
South Bend
Ind
Bob Green
Vernon Glenn
Dwight Rober Baney
Twining
Sher
Sug
Cers
Soviet Replaces Military Rule in East Germany with Civilian Chief
Western diplomats report the Soviet Union appoints Semyonov as Soviet High Commissioner for Germany replacing Gen Chuikov. The shift gives V. Molotov direct control of German affairs in the Soviet zone and may pave talks on German reunification with Allied civilian commissioners.
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Moscow
East Germany
V. M. Molotov
Defense Ministry
Kremlin
Semyonov
Germany
Vassily Chuikov
Soviet Control Commission
Chuikov
Soviet Union
Britain
France
U. S
U. 58
James Bryant Conant
Korea Stand Confronts Ihe With New Crisis
South Korea maintains a boycott of truce talks unless Allies withdraw or amend their proposals. An exchange of messages between President Eisenhower and Syngman Rhee is possible as officials weigh firm measures to resolve the crisis within the Korea stalemate. Taft signals support for pursuing current negotiations, while Eisenhower keeps the administration’s Korea policy tightly guarded.
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Washington
South Korea
United States
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
U. N
Rhee
U. S
Senate
Taft
Cincinnati
U.S
Korea
Far East
White House
Hisenhower
United Nations
Shotgun Blast Kills Jonesboro Area Man
O. B. Landers, 49, described as partially blind with deaf and dumb status, was killed five miles south of Jonesboro by a 12 gauge shotgun. W. Edwards, 69, Landers' brother in law, was charged with murder and released on a 5000 bond. Officers said the shooting involved alleged room rent owed and a pension check used to buy an air rifle.
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Jonesboro
Washington County
Here
O. B. Landers
W. Edwards
Lee Bailey
W. T. Wheelock
Edwards
Sanders
Solonar Tables Earned Data From Jann Ades
Solonar Tables presents data sourced from Jann Ades. The text references a food territory and a Friday Saturday Sunday schedule with unclear details and several garbled phrases. The fragment mentions Major Perixte and possible regional stakes, but lacks coherent structure.
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Jann Ades
Solonar
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