37 Persons Killed In 3 Air Crashes
Three separate plane crashes Tuesday killed 87 Americans including 33 servicemen. Twenty six Navy men died near Kwajalein lagoon in the Pacific, seven in Puget Sound at Seattle, and four civilians near Mechanicsburg Virginia. Debris and oil slicks were found as searches continued.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Kwajalein Lagoon
Puget Sound
Seattle
Mechanicsburg
Navy Rad Transport
Diroute
Hawaii
Joi
RSD
Kwajalein Field
Sale
Willow Grove
Manual Reserve
Saratoga Passage
Whidbey Island
Lymon &, Sebree
William Degar Clark
Margaret MM. Coington
Dekalb
Janette Barbera Acres
Vallejo
Catif
Hiiness
Devic White
Pollution list of 17 Tennessee cities and costs
A state commission report to Gov. Gordon Browning names 17 Tennessee municipalities with the most critical public health pollution. It estimates five year sewage treatment costs totaling about 85 million dollars, with specific figures for Bluff City Bristol Chattanooga Columbia Elizabethton Har riman Johnson City Knoxville Lupton City Nashville Red Bank Rogersville Shelbyville Shelbyville Mills and South Pittsburg. The plan also calls for state and industrial abatement and a five year path to eliminate current pollution sources. In Washington, Gen. George C. Marshall faced confirmation for secretary of defense with a favorable Senate Armed Services Committee vote.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Stream Pollution Study Commission
Gordon Browning
Kingsport
Bluft City
Bluft City, ‘Bristol, Chatlemeers, Clinton, ‘Columbia, Elizabethton
Harri
State Penitentiary
Watts Bar Village
Tennnessee
Bluff City
Bristol
Knoxville
Lupton City
Nastville
Red Bank
Rogersville
Shelbyville
Shelbyville Mills
South Pittsburg
Kinatiing
Washington
George ‘Uc
Marshall
Senate
James Forrestal
Defense
Louis Johnson
Marshalls
Senate Armer Services Committee
Howard
Wapte Soo
Knowland
Employment In City Reaches Record High
Unemployment in Kingsport is lower than at any time since the end of the war. Hubert Moneyhan, head of the Kingsport Department of Employment Security, cites 84 active unemployment claims for July and 691 for August. He notes a rise in August hires and a gradual employment increase across city industries. Statewide, July 31 data show gains in overall employment and manufacturing up 0.22 percent, with nine thousand one hundred more employed than a year ago. Reopens and expansion of government projects may lift government employment. anticipated gains in trade, transportation, and mining are expected.
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Kingsport
Hubert Moneyhan
Tennessee Department of Employment , Security
Moneynon
Labor Government Wins Narrow Vote in Commons
The Labour government clung to power after a tight 206 to 200 victory over a Conservative bid to unseat it on steel nationalization. The pivotal vote occurred in the House of Commons last night on a motion by Conservative Leader Winston Churchill opposing the takeover of Britain’s steel industry.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churchil
Grammons
Britein
Man Charged With Murder After Beating Wife And Son
Roane County Sheriff reports 31 year old Russ C Aikens charged with murder after his wife Ona Aikens 22 and son Danny 5 were found dead in their Roane County home. He allegedly told officers he dreamed of battling a beast before the killings following a two week fast at a tent service. The suspect drove his father’s car and had been married for about 12 years.
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Rockwood
Tenn
Mra
Ona Aikens
Danny
Roane
Marvin Stinecipher
Russ C.aikens
Stinecipher
Som
Aikers
Hig Wide
Tim
Gunecipher
Aikens
Early Start On Western European Defenses Against Reds Predicted
American officials foresee an early organization of a defense force to shield Western Europe from Russia. The anticipated arrival of British and French defense ministers tomorrow bolsters this view. US Britain and France may ease occupation controls in Germany, strengthening Western German ties with the Allies and paving the way for a peacetime force. Secretary Acheson hopes a final Atlantic Council accord will authorize the new Allied army and anticipates France moving toward broader acceptance of a German role in the security plan.
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New York
Europe
Riaysia
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Yele
Dean Acheson
Cowell
West Germans poised to regain sovereignty after Allied control
Article reports Germany nearing full sovereignty following a Big Three Foreign Ministers Conference in New York. It notes Bonn as the revived power center and hints at remaining western Allied authority and cautious restraint urged by Chancellor Adenauer as Germany approaches end of occupation.
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Prankfurt
Germany
Bonn
Omsig
Rhine
Europe
New York
U.S
Paisland
London
Roxiad Adenaver
Taft Accuses Democrats of Aiding Reds in Military Build
Senator Taft of Ohio charges the Truman administration with appeasing Communists and aiding Russia’s military buildup. He links peppering the Reds to provoking World War, cites State Department favoring the Far East more than Russia. Harriman counters Taft as aligned with Communist objectives and urges Taft’s defeat in the upcoming election.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Russia
Senate Republican Forcy Committee
Erm Division
State Department
Fnossia
Averell Harriman
Pell
Congress
Harriman
Hercrimen
Horaton
Tex
Ferguson
R-Mich
Srumac
Ad Space Valuable to Sallers Newspaper
Fragmented text from a Chicago UP dispatch discusses ad space value in newspapers. Mentions the Controllers Institute of America and presses the idea that advertising space is essential to newspaper business. details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Sallers
Chicago
Ene Fox
Controllers Institute of America
Americas
Marines Cross Han River In Fresh Seoul Drive
United States Marines push from the river bank under heavy fire as two armored columns converge on Seoul. South Korean Marines land at Simchok on the east road opposite Seoul while U.S. tanks advance, driving across canals and paddies toward the capital. Reports describe heavy enemy casualties and rapid allied advances as the thrust toward Seoul continues.
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Toko
Han River
Seoul
MacArthur
Seni
Inchon
Mace Good
Pringine
Jtc
Seon
Joyce
United Nations
Rere
Yongduigos
Atv
Impo
F2ejou
Yongdong
Runwi
Yibung
Third Army Reserve Officer Call Increases Total
The Army announced a surge in reserve officer calls totaling 956 reserve captains and lieutenants, 205 company chaplains, and 240 aviation officers. The move adds to a prior call that included 268 captains, 75 Leu tenants, 27 chaplains, and 2 aviation officers, expanding the overall pool of reserve officers placed on active duty.
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Kreaktown
Tennessee
Third Army
Department’ of the Army
Stade
Army Aviation
Captain Cecil Durham Leaves Police for FBI Agent Role
Captain Cecil Durham a longtime Kingsport police mainstay will resign to join the FBI in Washington for agent training. Director of Public Safety Wot Martin announced the move noting Durham is a thirty something veteran officer who previously served in the Navy and has long been tied to the local force and public safety.
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Cecil Durham
FBI
Greil Durham
Kingsport
FRI
Washington
Martin
Todayy
Simner
Navy
TVA Explains Policy in Acquiring Boone Reservoir Property
TVA Land Branch explains land acquisition for the Boone Reservoir project 18 miles above Bings Sport. Letter from George M. Baker outlines maps surveys appraisers and supervisory review to determine sale price. The process governs each case before final offer and conveyance.
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TVA
Boone Reservoir
Tennessee Valley Authority
Land Branch
Wednessday
Pva
Bings Sport
South Holster River
George M. Baker
Eva
Hope To Rescue Six Men From Ice On Glacier Peak
Rescuers hover to begin removal of six men marooned atop a 6,000-foot glacier after a Icelandic Skymaster crash. Ground party landed on the glacier and prepared for a daybreak rescue as skis fouled and darkness fell. The crew, including a young stewardess, received supplies by parachute drop and radio relay equipment.
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Reykjavik
Sit Nen
Fcelandic
Skymaster
Ai Anthem
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Hermann Sander
Marc
Hooksett
N. Hs
Mountrite
Team
Spl
Sullivan County
Gaily Boy
Gabherday
Bioantrille
Labor
River Han
Demos
U. S
St. Korson Marines
Samcholk
3Rd Army
South Korea
Korea
Fromice
Seoeneah
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