Columbia River Diversion Project Explored for Southern California
Washington Sept 28 A plan to move water from the Columbia River hundreds of miles to Southern California was opened for pre reconnaissance study by the Bureau of Reclamation. Engineers outlined two options a direct lower Columbia transfer and a sawtooth exchange linking Central Valley with Sierra Nevada releases. The proposal could affect Colorado River allocations to Mexico and Arizona.
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Ashington
Columbia River
California
Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Colorado River
Michael W. Straus
United Western
Bureau
Congress
Welch
R.-Calif
House Public Lands Committee
Lower
Central Valley
Tehachapi Mountain Range
Los Angeles
Sierra Nevada
Arizona
United States
Colorado
Mexico
Union Deadlock Cancels Philadelphia Orchestra Season
The Philadelphia Orchestra cancels its 1948-49 season due to a deadlock over Local 77 pay demands. Manager Harl Menard says $225,000 will be refunded to subscribers and single-ticket buyers. A proposed $125 weekly minimum for orchestra members would have added about $50,000 to a projected deficit of $226,000.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Harl Menard
McDonald
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
American Federation of Musicians
Monard
Olney Offers Written Backing in Howser Racket Probe
Warren Olney III chief legal counsel for the California Crime Commission said he would back up charges in writing linking Attorney General Fred W Howser s office to a slot machine racket. He urged Howser to attend the commission meeting in Los Angeles and said the panel would provide a written report on the alleged racket led by people claiming authority from Howser. The exchange follows indictments tied to bribery gambling and conspiracy in the California racket investigation.
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San Francisco
Warren Olney III
California Crime Commission
Fred W. Howser
Howser
King Urges U.N. Change for Global Security
Paris Sept 28 Canadian Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King told the United Nations General Assembly that nations must seek security on a basis less than universal when the UN cannot provide it. He warned the world stalemate tied to veto use threatens freedom and urged international control of atomic energy.
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Paris
W. L. Mackenzie King
United Nations General Assembly
U. N
King
Canada
Jap Political Figure Indicted for Bribery
Tokyo reports Banboku Ono a top behind the scenes figure and ally of former Premier Shigeru Yoshida was indicted for bribery by the Tokyo procurator. He allegedly received a large sum to block a Diet investigation as about twenty others including ex Vice Minister Masayuki Shigematsu were arrested.
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Tokyo
Banboku Ono
Japan
B Weg
Shigeru Yoshida
Democratic Liberal Party
Diet
Masayuki Shigemasu
Timely Blaze At Fire Chiefs Dinner In New York
A dinner honoring Fire Chief Frank J. Quayle in midtown New York caused no harm after a basement short circuit produced a smoldering ceiling. Assistant Chief William Taubert summoned apparatus, but firefighters arrived to find the blaze already extinguished. Quayle renewed his gear after the incident.
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Frank J. Quayle
William Taubert
Quayle
Oil Men Forced to Admit Sabotage
Two American oil company executives expelled from Hungary said they were coerced into signing statements accusing themselves of sabotaging Standard Oil plants. Paul Ruedemann and George Balnantine described torture of hunger and isolation, denied sabotage, and credited the U.S. legation in Budapest for securing their release.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Standard Oil Co
N. J
Paul Ruedemann
Hartsdale
N. Y
George Balnantine
St. Louis
United States
Budapest
Ruedemann
Balnantine
U N Move Seen in Greek War
Paris reports United States backing UN action urging Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to stop aiding Greek guerrillas. A resolution likely from a member nation on the Balkans committee may propose continued work or its consultation with a larger assembly.
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Paris
United States
United Nations
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
U. N. Special Committee
Balkans
U. N
Chamber of Commerce to Install Officers at Wilton Hotel
Recently elected chamber officers will be installed Monday at noon during the annual Wilton Hotel meeting. Retiring president George P. Taubman Jr. will review the past year and install successor C. E. Scott, who will outline the coming year’s program. Officials from city, county and state, armed services leaders, and chamber leaders from 12 area cities will attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
George P. Taubman Jr
C. E. Scott
Fire damages dancing school on American Avenue
Fire at 929 American Ave damaged walls flooring and a staircase in a dancing school. Three engines responded to the alarm and police reported an initial damage estimate.
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American Ave
Western Alliance Talks Continue
Paris reports five Western alliance defense chiefs and staff met with U S and Canadian observers to speed joint programs. They discussed accelerating military programs and backing the alliance short of a full treaty, coordinating rearmament, and partial remobilization amid rising east west tension in Germany.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
U. S
A. F. Kibler
Luxembour
Germany
VA Holds Up GI Training
The Veterans Administration delayed 8517 of 15016 applications for courses on its questionable list including flight training and photography. Of those, 6237 were granted and 262 rejected after a July 1 rule requiring veterans to prove the course will be used for current or proposed occupation.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Russians Protest on Finn Hunters
Moscow reports that Russia has warned Finland over alleged violations of the peace treaty in Laikhiya area. Soviet Minister Savonenkovy met the Finnish foreign minister and charged hunting societies with military activity using a rifle range once tied to a fascist group dissolved by Finnish authorities.
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Moscow
Tass
Helsinki
Russia
Laikhiya
Finland
Savonenkovy
Coincidences Radio Brings Reunion by Air
In Pasadena Ken Moore a ham operator answered a call for a fellow amateur and learned his brother in Glenview Illinois was seeking a sister living at 65 S Orange Grove Ave Beatrice Hart. Moore then happened to be at that address and connected the siblings after Beatrice Hart confirmed she had a brother in Glenview. They talked for about half an hour.
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Pasadena
Ken Moore
William Hart
Glenview
Hart
S. Orange Grove Ave
Moore
Lange Grove Ave
Beatrice Hart
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