Watterson Acquitted Of Murder Charge
Frederick M Peter Watterson a former Douglass High School football star was acquitted of murder in the death of his wife Fennettia in Sullivan County Court. The trial lasted under an hour with a 27 minute jury verdict of innocence. Watterson testified the shooting in Riverview living room was accidental after he returned from a baseball game and handled a 38 caliber pistol. He said he and friends helped move his wife to hospital and he called police.
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Bill Freehort
Blountville
SpLi
Sullivan County
Frederick M.peter Watterson
Douglass
Fennettia
Watterson
Riverview
Halston Valley Community Hospital
England Ready to Accept Palestine Partition Plan
London reports Britain prepared to back UN partition of Palestine and to withdraw most troops from the Holy Land. Cabinet sources say Creech Jones may present a deadline for troop departure and ask UN members to share enforcement duties, with 150000 Jews to be admitted in two years.
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London
Arthur
Creech Jones
Eee
United Nations
Britain
Holy Land
Palestine
Laborite
Daily Herald
Ernest Jay
United Nations General Assembly
Daily Telegraph
Dynamite Found In Squire's Yard Sparks Tense County Politics
Deputy Sheriff R E Moore reported four or five sticks of dynamite found in Squire Ralph Ritchie s yard stirring county tensions. Ritchie, recently jailed as magistrate, had moved to restore order amid threats that prompted three prior dynamite blasts. He left jail after Sheriff Elisha Martin claimed another justice of peace would serve, while political strife grew from the court s July decision to replace a county service officer with Democrat Leonard Ritchie, son of the squire.
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Jasper
Venn
Marion County
R. E. Moore
Ralph Ritchie
Ritchie
L'Om Dagnan
J. C. Bible
Sherif Elisha Martin
Group Keeps Hollywood Red Probe Serious
The House Committee on Un-American Activities plans a sober Hollywood investigation starting October 20, aiming to avoid a spectacle. Key witnesses include Sumner Welles and George Messersmith, with 43 subpoenas issued as the inquiry targets Communist influence in the film industry.
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Hollywood Red
Washington
Committee On UN
Howard Hughes Sendre
Robert E. Stripling
Hanns Eisler
Gerhard Hisler
Gerhard Eisler
Sumner Welles
George 8 Messersmith
Argentina
Hollywood
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Dollar values rise as relief pleas grow nationwide
The dollar gains resonance at food counters as calls for voluntary rationing or government controls on scarce commodities intensify. Grain and livestock prices fall from last week’s peak. wheat down up to four cents a bushel, corn as much as 32 cents, cattle down several dollars per hundredweight. Hoover warns of a grim food year and urges cooperation abroad, while League of Women Voters Progressive Citizens of America and Veterans Committee demand congressional action. Norris E. Dodd says only favorable weather can save lives via production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Madison Square
New York
Hoover
League-of- Women -Voters
Progressive Citizens
Amer
Ica
American “Veterans Committee
Norris E. Dodd
America
AWC
Truman and Marshall discuss Europe aid and prices
President Truman met with Secretary of State Marshall in Washington to chart policy on Europe relief, high domestic prices, and potential Congress actions. They weighed speed of aid, food and coal supplies, UN Assembly developments, and international flashpoints from China to Greece while aiming to curb hunger and stabilize economies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Marshall
Secon
United States
Europe
United Nations
General Assembly
New York
China
Korea
Italy
France
Britain
Trieste
Greece
Assembly
Cabinet
Anderson
Commerce Herriman
Paris
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Carlo Sforza
Constantin Tsaidaris
Eamon de Velera
Hire
Royal Air Force
George C. Marshall
Harvard University
Freight rate wars fueled by subsidies warned by independents
Slick Charges Airways Backing Freight Rate War says government mail subsidies are used by scheduled airlines to finance rate wars with independents. Slick of San Antonio cites postwar rate declines from 18 to 12 cents ton mile for independents and argues passenger airline rates have not fallen proportionally.
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wAirmagne
Ee One
FL Stick
Independent Air Freight Association
Bey
Slick
San Antonio
Tex
Truman
Air Policy Commission
Texas
Texan
Air Express
Russian Papers Attack Marshall Over UN Security Plan
Moscow Pravda and Izvestia criticize Secretary of State George C. Marshall for his New York U N Assembly speech arguing that his year round Security Committee proposal risks a diplomatic war and threatens the United Nations.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
George C. Marshall
Russia
United Nations
Izvestia
Marshall
U.N. Assembly
New York
Assembly
Storm Threat Lashes Florida Coast As Gulf Storm Moves In
Fresh gales lash the Florida coast as a new tropical disturbance moves swiftly across the Gulf of Mexico toward Fort Myers and Tampa Bay. The Miami Weather Bureau says the storm, though not expected to be dangerous, could bring power outages, flooding, and debris. Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Northwest Florida deal with ongoing damage and 38 known deaths.
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Florida
Gulf
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Myers
Tampa Bay
Gulf Coast
Miami Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Huge Armenian Crowds Stranded in Iran
A government spokesman said thousands of Armenians who left Iranian villages for resettlement in Soviet Armenia are stranded in Tehran and other Iranian cities. About 40,000 had volunteered. roughly 8,000 housed in Armenian centers and churches, 7,000 en route, and the rest in tents and caves. A reader noted families camped at a Russian church yard.
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Tehran
Armenia
Iran
Panel Warns Against Patent on Atomic Bomb
Washington reports a panel from the Atomic Energy Commission urges against patenting the A bomb or any atomic weapon. It notes the 1946 act grants the government exclusive control and that patent files risk security breaches. The panel calls for security scrutiny of all atomic patents and cites thousands of invention records examined.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Ommission
Panet
Patent Office
William H. Davis
Commerce Department
Casper W. Coms
21 Injured as Bus Turns Over in Louisville
Jefferson County patrolmen reported 21 injured when a Blue Motor Coach Line bus with 31 passengers overturned on Bardstown Road. A tire blowout near a bridge caused the crash, tossing the vehicle onto its side after striking a tree and utility pole. Passengers described panic, attempts to break windows, and efforts to help those unable to crawl out.
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Louisville
Jefferson County
Bardstown Road
R. E. Carlton
Carlton
F. Cowling
Arabs threaten total break if Palestine partition urged
An Arab League spokesman said the Arab world would make a complete economic and cultural break with Europe and America if the UN advances partition of Palestine. Britain signaled possible acceptance with help from others as Colonial Secretary Creech Jones heads to New York to present London’s view. The secret June 1946 resolution reportedly united Iraq Egypt Saudi Arabia Trans-Jordan Syria Lebanon and Yemen in backing a break with the West should partition proceed.
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London
Europe
America
United Nations
Palestine
Arab League
Britain
Arthur Creech Jones
New York
UN Assembly
Holy Land
League
Iraq
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Yemen
Bladan
Damascus
Italians Strike For Higher Wages In Rome Area
Communist leader Di Vittorio announced about 25 000 farm workers in the Rome area went on strike for higher wages. He expected an end before night as negotiations with landowners were at a good point. The action follows a symbolic occupation of uncultivated land, part of a broader movement that recently boosted pay for northern farm hands.
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Rome
Italian Confederation of Labor
di Vittorio
Romel
Italy
Ansa
Il Tempo
Britain Warns Soviets at UN in 6800-Word Policy Address
Britain issued a strong UN warning that Soviet pressure could shatter world peace, as Hector McNeil attacked Moscow’s rigid stance while defending the Marshall Plan and U S veto practices. The piece highlights U S gains in Korea talks and a sharp exchange with Vishinsky, with three Assembly actions urged.
Three Traffic Deaths In State
Three deaths were reported from automobile accidents in Tennessee in the past week, the lowest weekly toll since the week ending July 6. Among the big four population areas Knox County had one death, Bradley and Coffee Counties had fatalities outside the group. The year total for the big four stands at 147, down from 150 a year ago, with the cities reporting 63 deaths and the big four counties 82 compared with last year.
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Thn
Tennessee
Knox County
Bradley
Coffee
Big Four
Life Sentence Looms for Pike County Boy Casebolt
A seventh grade pupil Crawford Casebolt of Fords Branch Ky faces a life sentence after being found guilty of armed robbery in Pike Circuit Court. Judge R Monroe Fields will sentence him in about 10 days to either state reformatory for boys or state prison. Fellow convicts Homer Zimmerman and Mark Smith also from Fords Branch aided the robbery on Harold Roberts of Virgie. Roberts identified the youths as the attackers who took clothes, a car, a watch and 4.84 dollars. Casebolt allegedly admitted sharing loot with others and said he wanted to run away from home for money.
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Pikéviks
Pike County
Crawford Casebolt
Fords Branch
R. Monroe Fields
Pike Circuit
State Reformatory
Kentucky
J. A. Runyon
Aming Casebolt
Homer Zimmerman
Mark Smith
Runyon
Crawford
Harold E. Roberts
Virgie
Roberts
Pikeville
Casebolt
Aitchhiker
Tiro
Hoover Urges Steps To Ease Grim Global Food Shortage
Former President Herbert Hoover addressed a Madison Square Garden audience warning that 1947 could yield one of the world’s worst harvests. He outlined measures to conserve food, curb waste, and coordinate global relief, stressing voluntary actions and international cooperation to prevent mass star vation.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Madison Square Garden
Hoover
Europe
Asia
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Soviet Union
Hector McNeil
United Nations Assembly
United Kingdom
McNeil
Andrei
Vishinsky
McKeil
Security Council
Poland
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Austin
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