Alaska statehood vote ends thirty year debate
Alaska voters head to the polls Tuesday on whether to seek admission as the 49th state. Debates center on cost, federal aid, and the territorys lack of voting representation in Congress. Supporters cite road funds fisheries and local control, while opponents worry about increased expense and governance.
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Russia
Union
Wpth
Alaska
Alastongues
Feces
Congress
Territories
House
Hawaii
eAlaska
Waii
Krug
Interior Department. Co
Truman
Bartlett
Wickershm
Dimond
Annual Rodeo for State Prisoners Gets Going Today
Huntsville Texas hosts the 15th annual Texas prison rodeo with amateur cowboys. Most riders are inmates and only a few judges and acts from the Grand Ole Opry perform. Funds support the prison rehabilitation program as rodeos occur Sundays in October.
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Huntsville
U.P
Texas
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Guadalupe Partido
Roper
Mexico
Motion For Re-Trial Granted In New Mexico Case
The State Corporation Commission wins a rehearing in its suit against KGFL Inc of Roswell. The Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling, finding negligence in action timing but notes no taxes were assessed against KGFL for 1935 to 1946, except possibly 1945 franchise taxes.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Kgfl, Inc
Roswell
State Supreme Court
Santa Fe County District Court
High. Tribunial
SCC
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Opens Monday Terms Amid Major Cases
The Supreme Court, back to full strength, begins a new term October 14 with 21 cases from last term, including the Tide lands oil dispute. Justices Jackson and the new Chief Justice Vinson return as sessions consider public utilities acts, railroad rate disputes, and state vs federal oil title questions awaiting decision.
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Paul
M. Yost
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Tidelands
Jackson
Nuernberg
Stone
Fred M. Vinson
Public Utilities Holding Company Act
Congress
Truman
Senate Naval Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Pauley
California
Georgia
Lloyd K. Garrison
ICC
Price Violations Charged Against Houston Dealers
Civil suits filed in federal district court accuse three Houston used car dealers of ceiling price violations. The OPA seeks triple damages totaling $2,379 plus $1,000 seized as evidence against Elmer W. Laird and Fred McBrayer, Laird’s employee. F C Driskill sues Gooch H. Motley for triple damages and fees totaling $3,547.
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Houston
Tex
UPA
Federal District Court
OPA
Elmer W. Laird
Fred McBrayer
Laird
F. C. Driskill
Gooch H. Motley
Woman Seized and Mistreated Near Home in Chicago
Thelma Breen, a two year old mother of two and pregnant, was seized by a man near her residence in Chicago. She was bound with rope and suffered a razor wound requiring eight stitches, plus cigarette burns, and was treated at a hospital. Police investigated the assault today.
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Chicago
Thelma Breen
Flour Mill Strike Ends After Wage Increase Settlement
Eighty workers at Pioneer Flour mills in San Antonio return to work after a CIO union led walkout begun in September. The settlement includes a 20 cent hourly raise, union security, and a one week paid vacation yearly. A federal conciliator assisted with management and union meetings. The closed shop demand remained unresolved and details of union security were not disclosed.
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San Antonio
U.P
Pioneer Flour Mills
CIO Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union
J. O. Hubbard
Houston
CIO
Earth s Foreigners Meteorites as Earth s Outsiders
A fragmentary note describes meteorites as Earth's only foreigners since they originate elsewhere, while police report mentions an attack with an assailant fleeing by unknown means.
Alarm clocks replaced by Stockholm telephone wakeups
Stockholm residents can pay the telephone company for a wakeup call each morning instead of buying alarm clocks. The report notes the U.S. teaching force shrank from 1.9 million in 1941 to about 868,000 by 1944 47, reflecting wartime strain on education.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U. S
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Dial
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Broadway
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Lubbock, Texas
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Brownie) Hamilton
Mgr
Southwestern Public Service Company
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