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27 Sep 1949
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1949
Page
1
Special Jury Sought In Torture Slaying Case
Sheriff Roy Whaley seeks a special Sevier County grand jury session to pursue charges in the torture slaying of a Gatlinburg tourist court operator and his housekeeper on September 19. Three Fall Branch men and a fourth suspect are held without bond as investigators probe the crime and missing cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevierville
Roy Whaley
Sevier County
Grand Jury
Gatlinburg
Whaley
Cooke County
Fall Branch
Hermiz Ler Jones
Barr] Jones
Churde Robertson
Marion Robertson
Knoxville
Perry
Charles Fisher
Croke County
Cocke County
Tom Howell
Johnson City
Joyce Buchanan
Union
North Carolina
Johnson Citt
Howell
Basil Jones
Hermie Lee Jones
Jonesboro
Newport
Sevier
Cocke
Sullivan
Washington
Sun
Joyes Buchanan
Tennesser
Leon Miller
Jobnson City
Perkins Charged With Fraud In Kentucky Case
Kentucky report from Lexington notes Jake Perkins of Georgetown is charged with forgery and held for the grand jury. He allegedly posed as the father of teen Bessie Irene Williams, who wed here last Friday. the mother, Mrs Ned Williams, swore out the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lexington
Jake Perkins
Georgestown
Perkins
Bessie Irene Williams
Ned Williams
Red Aircraft Zooms Close To Transport
An Anchorage Times report quotes Tokyo observer Bruce Aichison recounting a Northwest Airlines transport flight over the North Pacific near the Kuriles when a Russian fighter approached. The fighter shadowed the airliner for minutes with insignia resembling Soviet markings, then departed without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Yokyo
Anchorage Times
Northwest Airlines
Kurilea
The
Times Anid Ite
Bruce Aichison
Tokyo
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
American Club
Aichison
Ted
Times
Great Circle
North Pacific
NWA
Kuriles
Cripps Raises Profits Tax To 25 Percent In UK
London. Sir Stafford Cripps raised Britain profits tax by one fifth to offset inflation from a cheaper pound. The tax climbs from 20 to 25 percent with Cripps warning that further breaches of dividend limits could trigger a new bill restricting dividends in the next finance act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
Hous ‘Commons
Lberty
Pendleton Says Orebank Road Not Under State Plan
Highway Commissioner Otta Pen Meton disclosed that the 3.4 mile Orebank Road was removed from Rural Road Program bids at Pendleton’s request. He said the project, already in the county blacktop fund, should not have been listed as a state project. A Sullivan County bid and plan controversy preceded the decision, with county officials noting the road’s prior inclusion in local programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otta Pen. Meton
Washville
Pendiston
Orebank
Pendleton
Mondey
T. R. Bandy
Was Mitchum's arrest framed in Hollywood extortion case
The district attorney probes reports that Robert Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds may have been victims of Hollywood extortion. Chief investigator H Leo Stanley questioned Leeds as Mitchum case reopened. Leeds denied involvement and said the extortion ring was alleged to involve others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Behrmann
Misa Leeds
Johnson City
Tenn
Jessy Miss Evana
Slesher
Ageni Fioniate
State Department of
Fi- Leeds
Torlay
Cir- Behrmann
Joneshore
Fordman
Ford
Barl Laughren
Soviet A-Bomb Rally Drives Arms Aid Plan Passage
A Senate House conference approved a $1.314 billion overseas arms program in three hours, boosting aid to North Atlantic Pact nations, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Korea and the Philippines. The deal raises the immediate aid to $125 million and allocates most Western Europe aid in cash and contract authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
U. S
Russia
Senate House
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Western
Europe
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tear Gas Backfires In Bank Fire Incident
Williamstown report says a small blaze at the First National Bank yesterday released tear gas from basement bombs kept for robbery defense. Firefighters, about 75 in number, were choked and blinded until gas masks arrived from Pitman police department, with the basement explosion blamed for triggering the devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
First National Bank
Pitman
Vermillion Not Guilty In Long Island Death Trial
After 45 minutes of deliberation, Sulivan County Circuit jury acquits Charles E. Vermillion 23 of Long Island in the death of Howard Morrison. Wife wept as verdict was read. doctor testified Morrison might have survived without tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blountville
Splij
Sullivan County
Charles E. Vermillion
Long Island
Howard
Whitey) Morrison
Vermillion
Marrison
Edith Sutherland
J. S. Reed
Reed
Morrison
Woman Dies After Quadruplets Born in Chicago
Mrs. Hernice Ecker, 23, died less than three hours after giving birth to quadruplets two boys and two girls. One boy and one girl died during the night. two babies remained in incubators. Attendants at Holy Cross Hospital said Vernon Ecker, her husband, did not seek prenatal care. A staff physician cited maternal anemia as a contributing factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hernice Ecker
Holy Cross Hospital
Bomber Crashes Near Talihina. 13 Feared Dead
An Air Force bomber crashed nose down into a wooded patch near Talihina Oklahoma late Monday night. Air Force officers from Tinker AFB were en route as City Marshal Jack Bishop reported 10 bodies found among wreckage and the fire remained active five hours after the crash with 13 crew members feared dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talihina
Okla
Here
Jack Bishop
Air Force
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Cold Killer Pill Developed by Navy Report
The U S Naval Medical Bulletin reports a new prescription pill named corbidin designed to combat cold symptoms. It combines aspirin and cold compounds with chlortrimetin a newly perfected antihistamine. Captain John M Brewster led research on antihistamines as preventive treatment with partial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Naval Medical Bulletin
Navy
Naval Medical Bulletin
John M. Brewster
Naval Medical Corps
Hig
Boy Says He Shot Mother's Suitor To Protect Himself
In Dover, a 12 year old boy testifies at a murder trial that he killed Wade N Wooldridge in self defense after an argument over a war widow. He says the shooting followed Wooldridge forcing his mother Dolly Dean from the Brennan farm and a confrontation in the barn loft. The case includes his mother Inez Brennan and Dolly Dean as co defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Dover
Del's
Robert Brennan
Brennan
Anid
Wade N. Wooldridge
Mra
Dolly Dean
Stone Mountain
Raber
Wooldridge
Inez Brennan
Lonely Hearts
Robert
Dean
Raymond
C. Edward Duffy
Dolly
Brennan Farm
Ray
Dallas Golfers Halted In City After Car Accident
Two Dallas women golfers Mrs Bettye M White and Milas Alma Floyd were returning from the National Open in Maryland when their 1947 Lincoln club coupe left the highway near a curve in Kingsport Tuesday night. The car crossed a ditch demolished part of a fence and ended in a ditch. Both women suffered only minor bruises. The driver reported steering problems and mechanics will inspect for a possible defect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Kingsport
Church
Hidridge Hord
Deanna Durbin Seeks Divorce From 2nd Husband
Deanna Durbin files suit for divorce from second husband Felix Jackson a movie director charging desertion and mental cruelty. They separated January 8, 1947 and were married June 13, 1945 in Las Vegas. Durbin seeks full custody fees for their three year old daughter Jessica Louise. Durbin previously divorced Vaughn Paul in 1943 and Jackson is his fourth wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Deanna Durbin
Felix Jackson
Jessica Louise
Las Vegas
Nev
Arthur C. Clarke Former Herald Tribune Editor Dies at 79
Arthur C. Clarke, 79, longtime editor at the New York Herald Tribune, died last night. Walter E. Kilpatrick, Rear Adm. retired, served in World War I as chief of staff to Vice Admiral Greenlade and to Admiral Ingram, born in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Arthur CG. Clarke Brentwood
Arthur C. Clarke
New York Herald Tribune
Walter E. Kilpatrick
Oakland
Calif
John Greenalade
Western Sea Frontier
Jonas H. Ingram
New York
Treason trial of Tokyo Rose continues in San Francisco
Jury of six men and six women deliberates in the treason case against Mia D'Aquino known as Tokyo Rose. The 33 year old Nisei faced charges for wartime broadcasts aimed at lowering U S troop morale. Defense argues duress and entertainment role while prosecutors seek treason conviction with possible life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pre Toguri D'Aquino
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Michael J. Roche
Lee Angeles
June Hart
Lea Angeles
Jan Togart
Chicago
United States
Radio
Roche
Mia D'Aqquine
Japan
Senate Approves Military Pay Increase
The Senate backed a broad military pay raise as a precursor to an expected major bill on executive salaries. The armed forces pay boost, approved by voice vote, costs about 200 million dollars yearly and ranges from mid five dollars per month for recruits to 300 dollars and up for generals with over 20 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Solunar Times and Reservoir Readings from John Alden Knight
Solunar schedule lists major and minor fishing and hunting periods with dates and times in EST. Observed water levels on Cherokee Reservoir and Douglas Reservoir dams are reported as 1057.1 and 985.8 feet above mean sea level respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alden Knight
Cherokee
Douglas Reservoir
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