Appalachia Man Shot by Masked Robbers in Restaurant
An Appalachia restaurant owner, Vai Split Alias Narr, was shot to death by two masked men who entered Onsen's Riadsidce Cafe on the Norton road around 8:15 p.m. Witnesses described a tense scene as bullets struck the unarmed owner. Deputy Sheriff Frank Linkhous said another witness, Mrs Abaid, fainted and could not identify the robbers. Investigators hunted for the suspects with help from Virginia and Wise County officers, while Rollina of Big Stone Gap and waitress Betty Victori are key figures in the case.
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Appalachia
Vai
Narr
Onsea
Mevearealk
Onsen
Nortor Road
Sherif Frank Linkhous
Big Stone Cap
Ouses
Gye Byttery
Ossens
Ross Abdaid
Linkhous
Abaid
Betty
Siphous
Betty Victori
Rollina
Big Ftone
Gap
Ossen
Wiliam Melding
Holding Funeral Home
Oxsen
Sherif Linkhots
Kentucky
Mra Abaki
Linkhaus
Oasea
Virginia
Wise County
Abald
Rollins
Gista
John
Flasen
Abe
Drath
U S Presses Russia To Settle Lend Lease Account
State Department officials said a new note was sent to Moscow urging progress on the overdue lend-lease agreement. Negotiations have stalled since a March meeting and face uncertainty as Washington seeks settlement of the $22 billion account.
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Washington
United States
Messia
State Department
Moscow
Agri
Beech Creek Youth Slain as Hawkins County Man Faces Murder Charge
Hawkins County authorities arraign Louis Benard on a murder charge in the fatal mobbing of a Beech Creek youth near Rogersville. Benard admits implied responsibility while two brothers are held as investigators sort the stabbing death of James David Wood. The elder Benard reportedly confessed to the knife attack as authorities piece together the early Tuesday custody and the March 14 event.
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Hawkins
Beech Creek
Rogersville
Louis Benard
Todey
Hawkins County
Benard
Blair
Hint
Laver
Reading
Armstrong
Probe pushes on reduced sentence for Nazi war criminal
Washington senators and Army investigators opened a new inquiry into the reduction of life term for Mrs Keel, formerly commandant at Buchenwald. If action stalls she could be freed next year. A four year term was set by a German review board, prompting questions on double jeopardy and possible new charges. The probe, led by Senator Ferguson, follows protests from Congress members and other officials demanding a full record.
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Washington
Senate
Tive Koeh
Buchenwald
Germany
Royall
Lugins B. Clay
United States
Mra. Keel
Shite
Ferguson
R-Migh
Army Gsecretary
Clay
Millnarows
Congress
Alorb
Moscow
Atomic Exergy Commission
Sigma
Nagional Labor Relations Board
Cale Ridge
Yukon Lead Not Gold After 50 Years in Klondike Tale
Billy Sime spent years chasing gold in the Yukon starting in 1898, finally selling mines to fund a modest life. He melted $326,000 of government silver at White Horse and later held jobs in Dawson and New York, recounting harsh daylight hours and cold, with his wife dying in 1939. The piece notes his long exile from Fair and White Horse towns and a shifting Yukon population.
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Baretorn Hest
NBA
New York
Billy Sime
Billy
Sime
University of Glasgow
Enalgin
Suntmer
Yukon-Gaiena
Hill Mines
Brad Ced
Sted
Jersey
Chilcoot
Tidewater
Dawson
Goig
Tha Klondike
Toad
Dawson Branet
Canadian Bay of Commerce
White Horse
Ciid
Pegkkeever
Billy Sure
Bab
Gans McGee
Termonce
Chey
Bully
Sliver
Tally
Slong Hla
Sinre
Segtland
Sara Princivco
Maya's Landing
Bene Hills
Caroline Erickson
Yukon
Two Youths Sentenced for Armed Robbery in Kingsport
In Sullivan County a jury convicted Eu gene Harvey Shipman and Samuel Janet Reece for armed robbery. Each received the maximum five years plus a day in the state penitentiary. Prosecutor Tray Burgess and Sheriff Herman Obermayor led the case. The youths, posing as hitchhikers on Highway 81, forced the town mayor at gunpoint to surrender his car.
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Biguntville
Splii
Sullivan County
Eugene Harvey Shipman
Helvoe Street
Kingsport
Samuel Janet Reece
Hillcremt
Ion
Tra Burgess
Kings‘port
Jase
Herman
Obermayor
Tormantown
Fetmotorish
Wwevere Oit
Grand Jury Attacks County Jail Food and Conditions
The Sullivan County Grand Jury reported deplorable jail conditions to Judge Sheliene Ferguson after visiting the county jail. It found overcrowding with 32 prisoners in a cell on the second floor, inmates sleeping on concrete floors, a single toilet, and no bathing facilities, with both male and female cells described as unsanitary and crowded.
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Sheliene Ferguson
Sullivan County Cxard Ieey
Vrorkt
Shevif
Jerles
Arither
Grand Jury
Weber City Planning Commission Elects New Executive
Weber City Virginia reports a dispute over meeting times as the Planning Commission conducted an election for a new executive committee. W H Housley, organizer, announced a list of 26 nominees for five seats while a typewritten notice declared the slate unanimously elected on August 5 by the West Virginia regional planning board.
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Weber City
Sparkes
Gateway’ Baptist Church
J. #. Bushet
Sivinman
W. H. Housley
Phyaring Commission
Fox & New
Rist
Th. Housley
Ile
Fivexmen
Sestt County Regional Planning ‘Commission
Sea
Open Air Movies To Show Freedom Theme Thursday
Three films shown Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce lot Broad and Center Streets in Kingsport in a Freedom Train Military Committee event. The program includes Servants of the People, Reclamation of Independence, and a WWI air fighting reel from the United States Signal Corps with Roosevelt meeting scenes. National Guard conduct expected.
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Pam
Rededict
Canmon Lof Broad
Chamber of Commerce
A. G. Coffin, Sr
Freedom Train Military Committee
Romettle
Filys
Servants of the People
United States Signal Corps
Aera
Roosevelt
Naval Reserve
Kingsport
Jecha D. Seay
National Guard
President Truman Defends Policy Against Communists
President Truman challenged Republicans to produce real evidence of Communist subversion rather than speeches. He charged the GOP with the unrelenting search for communists and asserted that his administration would not compromise American principles amid the Berlin crisis.
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Truman
Thomas &, Dewey
Berlin
Cocumunists
Republican Party
Bes Burk Ealiondl Kecueiey
Soviet Fighters Buzz U.S. Planes and Labor Oaths
Commodities. American officials protest Soviet air incursions as fighter planes buzz U.S. aircraft near blockaded Bertin and corridors. Congressional testimony cites unions like CIO United Electrical Workers and United Public Workers. A murder charge in a separate Soviet announcement is noted.
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MAG
TORS
LTTE
NLRB
Anyonce
CIO
United Electrical Workers
United Public Workers
Congressional Committee
Fron & Self
U. K
United States
The
Public Workers Union
Bertin
Wwaj
Emus
U. S
Cumberland
Rebeil
Fergunom
Mich
Mgen
William J. Boytgebich
Air Corridor Mile Committee
J. Kelley
Sayors
Antiments
Ferguson
Mary J. Burns
Sircraft
Cammu
Ltck
Truman
Pege
Great Britain And Yugoslavia Near New Trade Pact
An informed British source said Britain and Yugoslavia are near a trade agreement to secure vital food and raw materials. Talks began before the Yugoslav Cominform row and would take effect after settling Britain’s 2,000,000 pounds claim for confiscated properties.
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Britain
Yugoslavia
Tod
Western Powers Move to UN Over Yugoslavia and Berlin
Western powers plan to send notes to the United Nations Security Council over the Soviet-West Berlin and Yugoslavia dispute. Edvard Kardelj met Yugoslav officials amid UN debate on anti-Soviet policies as Tito and allies face Western pressure.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Uniam Toiday Ag
Reaciencd
Dimister Edwith Kardelj
Amid
Debe
General Assembly
Premie
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Hardely
Tuuer
Pelt
Pegpie
Hardelt
United States
Bpitsin
Framce
Aoe
Security Council Action Berlin
Chais
Ameriicam
Smd
Cal
United Nations
Spolesmass
Ape Peirs
Ant Council
Bardell
Airlift Routes To Berlin Use Dual Corridors
The article explains how US and British airlift supply Berlin via two main corridors. US planes fly south from Frankfurt to Berlin using C-47 and C-54 transports from Rhein Main and Wiesbaden, while British and some US planes use a northern route from Flensburg to Gatwick and into Berlin. Control towers guide arrivals from the Russian sector toward Brunswick and individual bases. An inset shows staggered lanes and altitude spacing to maintain safety.
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Berlin
U.S
Frankfurt
Frankffurt
Rhein-Main
Wiesbaden
Tempelhot
Flanburg
Gatawick
Fausbere
Wunster
Hamburg
Becht
Havel Lake
Bettina
Brunswick
Eastidor
Cloudy Forecast Edges Toward Showers This Week
A hazy forecast indicates considerable cloudiness with showers today and tonight. Temperatures hover near seventy two at midday with cooler evenings expected as a broad fair weather pattern returns later in the week.
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Russia
Klondike
Biely Sime
Volker
Miles Flynn
Gosig
Benubrt
Wallace
Progressive Party
Mienry A. Warteck
Augesta
Dewey
Commission
Rees
Great Britain and
New Frode Pact
Anti-Reds
Abit Lft
Taza Air Riel
winstoRt
Batste Leh
Soviet
Edelstore
Idabhurg
Suskalkrs
Levene
Dowrarksy
Alga
Ritish
Itzlary
Carmetadt
Entart
Mir
Karlsond
Hoslov Aki A
Erench
Ane
Berle
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