Hurricane Turns North Threat to Coast Bases
An Atlantic hurricane with 110 mph winds moved north between the Carolinas and Bermuda. The Miami Weather Bureau reported its speed reduced to six to eight mph due to high pressure to the north, with center near 34.5N 71.0W. The Esso Knoxville tanker led the chase, gaining distance on the storm while remaining 150 to 200 miles ahead. The hurricane was expected to turn northeast within 12 hours and accelerate, with outer winds extending up to 100 miles north and 70 miles south.
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Miami
Carolinas
Bermuda
Esso Knoxville
Weather Bureau
U. S
Wilmington
N.C
N. C
Mother and Son Killed In Wreck Near Shelbyville
Mrs. Mary Gentry Atwood 40 and her son Bill 16 died when a trailer truck lost its front wheel and rammed their car four miles north of Shelbyville on the Nashville highway. Jimmy Atwood 11 was injured. James E. Thomas driver of the truck said an axle broke causing the crash.
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Shelbyville
Nashville
Here
Mary Gentry Atwood
Bill
Jimmy Atwood
Atwood
James E. Thomas
Bennettville
S. C
Atwoods
Editors Survey Forecasts Election Trends
Peter Edson reports results of a national poll of newspaper editors on prospects and issues in the coming campaign. His analysis offers a cross section of editorial opinion and trends featured on the editorial page.
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Peter Edson
NEA Service
Kingsport Times
Washington
Edson
Contractor Sues Over Sullivan County Road Contract
L L Kreger files in Chancery Court seeking $4 875 for stone and labor on 2 6 miles of county road built under the State Rural Roads program from the Washington County line to Torbett s Store. Defendants include Sullivan County Judge Poston purchasing agent Chase trustee Groseclose and Highway Commissioner Pendleton.
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Sullivan County
Otis Pendleton
Chancery Court
L. L. Kreger
16Th District
Howard Posston
Washington County
Torbett
Judge Poston
Carl Chase
Clyde Groseclose
Pendleton
Poston
Campaign Grows Hotter As Adlai Heads West
Eisenhower and Stevenson move west as campaigns heat up. Eisenhower attends policy talks in Chicago after a Southland airplane tour and a Philadelphia rally where he urged ousting “wasters and bunglers.” Stevenson heads to Denver for a night speech changing his usual pattern amid western tour overtures.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Denver
Eisenhower
Chicago
Kasson
Minn
Southland
Philadelphia
America
Washington
Fowler Named Defense Chief
President Truman named Henry H. Fowler as defense mobilizer succeeding John R. Steelman. Fowler, 44, a Roanoke Virginia native, will assume the post next Monday after Steelman acted since Charles E. Wilson resigned amid the steel crisis.
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Washington
Truman
Henry H. Fowler
Defense Mobilizer
Fowler
John R. Steelman
Charles E. Wilson
Roanoke
NATO to hold large naval exercise off Scandinavia
Oslo reports the operation named Mainbrace will assemble 160 Allied ships, eight aircraft carriers and support from the United States Britain Canada Norway Denmark and others. The 13 day exercise begins September 13 and ends September 25 with a focus on allied readiness and deterrence.
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Oslo
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Scandinavia
Russia
NATO
West
America
Free World
Truman
Britain
Adm
Patrick Prind
Europe
Eee Ok
Gulule
United States
Canada
Ceu Jcation
Mark
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Wisconsin
Vanguard
Yiold
Frederikshavn
Ada
Midway
U. S
Faeroe Islands
Civilian U.S. Payroll Hits 9.54 Billion for 1952
Byrd Committee reports the federal civilian payroll rose to 9.541 billion dollars for the 1952 fiscal year, up 24 percent from the prior year. Civilian agency workers earned 4.902 billion, while military establishment civilians received 4.639 billion, with July totals showing strong gains.
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Washington
Sam
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congressional Committee
Byrd Committee
Congress
UN repels eight Chinese assaults in Korea action
UN forces report shooting down three MIGs and possibly destroying one more in air battles. North Korean mining centers and ore processing sites are hit by fighter-bombers as U.S. Eighth Army estimates about 400 Reds killed or wounded in two hours of dawn fighting.
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Seoul
Korea
U. SS. Fifth Air Force
U.S
North Korea
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Open Auto Insurance Hearing Faces Restriction
In Nashville Tennessee State Insurance Commissioner M D Allen canceled an informal rate revision hearing after a National Automobile Underwriters Association official demanded reporters be barred. Proposals included lower premiums for fire theft windstorm and glass and higher collision rates. A later informal hearing on automobile liability rate proposals was announced as open to press and public.
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Nashville
Tenn
M. D. Allen
Tennessee Insurance
Allen
Jannenga
National Automobile Underwriters Association of Chicago
Manitady
Polio Hits Six In Texas Family
In San Antonio farmer Paul Pehl faced crisis as six of his nine children were hospitalized with polio. The children’s ages range from 10 to 16, with Dayton 14 admitted earlier and four more admitted this week. The family suspects nothing about the water but plans to leave their hill country farm after the illness.
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San Antonio
Tex
Paul Pehl
Pehl
Dorothy
Dayton Pehl
Daniel
Paul Jr
George
Elaine Frances
Austin
Pedernates
Eisenhower Opens Philadelphia Campaign at Convention Hall
The Philadelphia City Council met as Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived to launch his campaign with a speech at Convention Hall. Democrats and Republicans debated access to hearings and anticipated policy shifts as the 1952 election loomed.
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Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Convention Hall
Comacy Lepucu
Louis Schwartz
James Finnegan
United States
Finnegan
Repubinsurance
Lican
1952 Football Season Opens in City Tonight
Kingsport’s football season kicks off with the Dobyns-Bennett at Oliver Springs game at Yom in LFred Johnson-Bark. New head coach Ed Schwarz takes the helm after serving as an assistant under Howie Bowers last season. Sullivan Central travels to Elizabethton to face Betsy Cyclones after both teams opened with victories.
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Kingsport
Dobyns-Bennett
Oliver Springs
Yom
Lfred Johnson-Bark
Ed Schwarz
Schwarz
Howie Bowers
Sullivan High School Buccaneers
Elizabethton
Betsy Cyclones
Sullivan
Church Hill
Unaka
Inquiry Pushed In Wise Killing
Sheriff continues probe into the shooting of Wade Gibson 61 and the murder charge against his son Allen Gibson 40 who surrendered. Gibson is jailed in Wise County with a hearing not set until investigation of the family argument and shooting is complete. Funeral services for Wade Gibson will be held at 12 a.m. Saturday at the Church of God with burial in Mills Cemetery Coeburn.
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Coeburn
Spl
Harold Fleming
Wade Gibson
Allen Gibson
Hbson
Wise County
Gibson
Church of God
George Baker
Banner
Mills
Demurrer Filed in Salary Suit Against Judge Poston
A demurrer has been filed in Chancery Court over a suit by two Kingsport residents alleging Courlty Judge Howard Poston illegally received a salary raise last year. The defense asserts the $3600 annual raise via a Private Act dated March 16, 1951 is allowed for duties as County Financial Agent and that the legislature may fix the county judge salary for nonjudicial duties.
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Chancery Court
Kingsport
Courlty
Howard Poston
Poston
Clyde Groseclose
Roy Beeler
Medical Journal Criticizes TV Horror for Endangering Children
The Journal of the American Medical Association urges the television industry to study and curb programs with medical and psychological harms to children. It cites a May LA TV survey and Dr. M. I. Preston's 1941 findings on movie horror and radio crime shows.
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Chicago
Journal
The
American Medical Association
Television
Indus
V Magazine
Los Angeles
Reverse Policy Shifts at U N on Korean Truce Talks
United States and Britain move to bring the Korean stalemate to the United Nations General Assembly this fall. Diplomats say Washington and London are reversing their previous stance and will press for U N discussion of the truce situation amid stalled Panmunjom talks.
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United Nations
United Nations General ‘Assembly
United States
U. N
Washington
London
Red China
North Korea
U. S
Britain
Korea
Lewis Moody To Confer Today On Soft Coal Talks
Washington reports say John L. Lewis and Joseph Moody will meet in a further round of exploratory talks on soft coal contracts. The discussions come as negotiations on the hard coal arrangement pause, with Lewis seeking a 15 to 20 cent royalty rise and assurances on future wage demands.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Joseph Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern Association
Union Welfare Fund
Solunar Tables and Major Periods for 1916
The table lists major periods and minor intervals for hunting and fishing, noting two hour segments following major periods. It references Gay Major Periods and Miner periods with timing hints tied to steam and hatch events. Also mentions Sunday variation at Lake Wickeys and Lake Therokee with measured depths 1916.2 feet and L044.
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Waiange Lake
Therokee Lake
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