Truman Holds Up Growth Of West In Campaign Speech
President Truman urged voters in Salt Lake City to back Democratic plans for vast irrigation and hydroelectric projects to secure wealth and security in the West. He described the administration as pursuing the most ambitious development program in U.S. history and pledged to extend the benefits of water and power across the region. His remarks drew a large crowd, with estimates ranging up to 40,000 in the streets and at the Mormon Tabernacle.
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Steuters
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Mormon Tabernacle
Oakland
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Oun
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Troman
Debates Roil 1940s Campaign Round in West Tennessee
A heated dew drops in a Dewey Kefauver Reece race discussion with Kefauver pressing for public nationwide broadcast and Reece pushing for studio only. Reece plans rallies in Dyersburg and Memphis while Kefauver and Brown campaign at Gibson County Fair urging voters in West Tennessee.
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Roy Acuit
Dyersburg
Memphis
West Tennessee
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Smoky Mowntain
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Two Killed As Storm Blasts Florida Isles
A drenching hurricane with 100 mph winds battered the Florida Keys and Okeechobee region. The storm caused two deaths and widespread damage as it moved toward citrus country, with shelters housing thousands and Red Cross aiding evacuees in central and south Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Okeechobee
Florida
Kingsport Board Weighs Sunday Movie Proposals
Kingsport officials heard two petitions seeking legal Sunday movies for commercial theaters. One petition proposed shows starting at 1 45 p m and no midnight screenings, affecting five downtown venues. Public interest noted in neighboring towns already allowing Sunday cinema. action deferred for further study.
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Board of Mayor and Aldermen
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Richard Bailey
Thomas Drilles
Crvie
Knoxville
Johnson City
Bristol
Tex
Gate City
Enzabethton
Bringypad
Koffman
Theity Recreation Commission
Fred Jenna Park
Kottmany
Dobyns Bennett
Yromam Driver Encounters No Parking Space Incident
A confused scene unfolds as a driver seeks a parking spot near Four Year Enit, notices a clearly marked no parking zone, and exits to confront a Bos car occupant. A bystander witnesses a chaotic exchange involving a Saboe Comey Penvale Worker near a bus corner with a white drawing on a footket and a barefooted figure.
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Yromam
Sie Bos
Comey Penvale
Michigan Man Gets 3 Years For Theft Here
In Sullivan County Circuit Court on Wednesday, Harry W. Carey of Michigan pleaded guilty to auto theft from C. O. Kenny on July 3 in Kingaport and received three years and a day. Other cases involved Walter P. McClaines Bristol, sentenced to seven years for burglary, and a fight case involving Vibert Lawson with Knotty details in the Edwards Street incident.
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Wey Farris
Biguntvile
Gute Larcony
Harry W. Carey
Michigan
Sullivan County
Carey
C. O. Kenny
Kingaport
Haskel Sullivan
Wing
Altay
Rok
Dastama
Gullivan
Walter P. McClaines
Bristol
R. Heskitre
Salvation Army
Vibert Lawson
Mingeport
Lawser
Edwards
Wate Street
Kenneth Ring
Ring Brothers
Donald
Resson
Circuit Court
Weatherman Forecasts Fall Showers and Cool Nights
Weatherman greets fall with showers and continued cloudiness. The first day of fall arrives today with a 39 to 89 degree range reported through tonight and into tomorrow. Showers, cooler temperatures, and rainfall chances are noted as the season changes.
Berlin Communists Plot Secret Meeting
Berlin and Soviet zone papers report a secret Communist meeting planned for Friday in Potsdam at the Soviet army headquarters. Western Berlin presses say leaders are traveling and preparations are tightly secret as tensions rise between East and West.
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Seidting Componunist Cadern
Germany
Potsdam
Ber Rn
Washington
East Europe
Berlin Study Delayed As West Plans UN Move
Western powers extend deadline to reach accord on Berlin crisis and currency question. US Secretary Marshall Britain’s Bevin and France’s Schuman plan a next-week meeting to review a four power directive to military commanders in Germany and consider taking the issue to the UN Security Council if Moscow’s reply is unsatisfactory.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
United Nations
United States
Britain
France
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Germany
Schedate
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Ernést Bevin
Fettert Sehuman
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Molotey
Week's Wages For Month's Rent Above Average Report
Federal Reserve Board finds 17 million Americans paid a median rent of 12 percent of income at year start. About 2 million families shared quarters rent-free. owners outnumber renters in many incomes. Rent burdens higher for low income, single-parent households, and urban areas vary by region.
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Tederel Reserve Board
Mition
U. Ortier
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Penner
Kentuckian Geis Chair in Slaying Of Child Bride
Greenville Kentucky jurors convict Raymond Ellison 37 of murder in death of his year old bride Imogene Sims Ellison last March. The girl disappeared on an errand to Bunin Key and was found in Mud River after a nine day search with head trauma and a cloth strangulation.
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Mullandere
Raymond Ellison
Ebftison
Nukhet
Imnégene Sims Hilison
Bunig
Key
Mud River
Otie Robinson
Canvass Begins For Kingsport Area Directory
Baldwin Directory superintendent T. L. Chase announces canvassing started in Kingsport and vicinity for the new directory edition. Anita Coflina, Mrs. Anna Garner, and Miss June McWadden assist as sales instructors guiding about 12 to 15 canvassers to collect business and residence information. Residents and businesses urged to cooperate, leave prepared bank if not at home, and mail completed data to the directory office by November 2. The edition will cover eight rural mail routes within one division and include data from previous directoriess.
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Haldwin Directory
Kingsport
Chase
Anita Coflina
Anna & Garner
Jnne McWadden
Kingsfort
Ad Chase
Nome
Kingapart Amt
Weapons Set For Atom Probe
Washington investigators primed three witnesses for possible use against wartime atomic espionage links. McDowell recommends contempt charges. witnesses testified behind closed doors. Nelson refused to answer on grounds of possible discrimination. committee seeks more testimony amid perjury hints.
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House
McDowell Ur- Pa
Russia
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Tey
Congress
Stave Nelaom
Pennsylvania
Nelson
Brutal double murder puzzles Maryland investigators
Police still puzzled by the brutal murder of Glen Burnie couple Mary Kline and John H. Mable. A road worker found the bodies after a widespread manhunt and autopsies showed both were shot, with Mary’s head injuries and possible rape yet to be confirmed. Ballistic evidence and witness statements are being reviewed to determine if one or more suspects were involved.
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R Yeerald
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Bling
Miss Kline
John H. Mable
Mondey
Mahlan
Lang
Glan Burnie
Jahr BH. Souers
Mherty
Jal
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Towboat Trouble Triggers Crash Near Broad and Charlemont
A Mississippi River towboat with a barge reportedly suffered a mechanical failure causing a collision with an ambulance and a passenger car at Broad and Charlemont Streets. One injured driver, Wiley O. Carico, 32 Ravine Street, was hospitalized for observation after skull and shoulder injuries. The ambulance driver Eugene James Palin escaped with minor bruises. the sedan suffered significant damage. Police indicated Carico may be charged with passing a stop sign.
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Charlemont Streets
Wiley O. Carie
Ravine Street
Holster Valley Community ‘Hospital
Carico
Eugene James Palin
Pattolmatm
Tee Callee
Charlemont Street
Paty
Maine
Connell
Funeral Home
City
Charlemont
Roberts
Walin
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Curie
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