Oatis Charged With Insults By Czechoslovakia
In Prague a Czechoslovak government charge accuses AP reporter William N. Oatis of spreading material insulting to the republic and its order and of securing and verifying secret reports. The United States Embassy seeks access to him, but received no definite answer. Four AP Prague bureau staffers who vanished are believed held in Pankrac Prison.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Prague
United States
Tyler Thompson
Oatis
AP Prague
Pankrac
Salt River Project crops rise in 1950 yields
Irrigated acres in Arizona reclamation projects produced crops valued at $75,206,677 last year, per E A Mortiz regional director of the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The Salt River Project alone yielded $36,999,324 from 225,152 acres, boosted by excellent cotton yields, contributing to Region Three's larger total of $146,000,000 from 870,000 acres.
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Arizona
E. A. Mortiz
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Coachella Valley
Imperial Irrigation District
California
Salt River
Dentists Seek State Licenses in Arizona Hearing
A hearing in the suit of dentists Dr. Arnold E. Erling and Dr. Frank W. Davidson to compel the State Dental Board to issue certificates to practice in Arizona will be held by Superior Judge Ralph Barry on May 10. They contend they are qualified and passed exams, while the board says they failed.
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Arnold E. Erling
West Coolidge Street
Frank W. Davidson
North Seventh Avenue
State Dental Board
Arizona
Ralph Barry
House Unit Demands Deep Cuts Across 24 Federal Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee ordered a broad 10 percent reduction in funds for 24 federal agencies including the Atomic Energy Commission, lowering President Truman’s total budget request from 6.84 billion to about 6.17 billion for the next fiscal year. The VA saw the biggest cut, with 483 million trimmed from 4.46 billion, mainly from the veterans training program. The AEC faced a 65 million cut to its 2.2 billion construction program while preserving essential operations.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Enandine Mana En Franlhi
Opcimsiigg
House
Budget Bureau
Truman
Congress
Veterans Administration
Veterans Training Program
AEC
Commissioner Warns Of Border Invasion
Justice Department officials testified before the House Appropriations Committee that hundreds of thousands of Mexicans entering illegally amount to a virtual invasion. Commissioner A R Mackey urged approval of 6 589 400 for border patrol operations as he cited estimates of 500 000 to 600 000 illegal entrants annually via the Rio Grande.
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Washington
Justice Department
A. R. Mackey
Department
Immigation and Naturalization Service
Mexico
Border Patrol
Willard Kelly
Rio Grande
United States
Drunken Drivers Sentenced in Local Courts
Five drivers pleaded guilty to drunken driving in local courts. Cecil Gordon Porter received 50 days in jail. Otis Barker was fined 150 dollars for drunk and reckless driving. James Henry Patterson and Charles Verne Niday each paid 100 dollar fines in West Phoenix Precinct Court. Fred Almendarez was ordered to serve 10 days in jail in East Phoenix Precinct Court.
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Cecil Gordon Porter
Buckeye Road
C. W. Pensinger
Otis Barker
East Washington Street
West Phoenix
James Henry Patterson
East Roosevelt Street
Charles Verne Niday
Phoenix
East Phoenix
Fred Almendarez
West Coconino Street
Muscatine Flood Threat Grows As Levee Quivers
National guardsmen volunteers and air spotters patrol Muscatine’s quivering levee as the Mississippi nears a 21.1 foot crest. A quarter mile by three miles of the city are submerged with 50 000 acres in Illinois menaced. Upstream Davenport Illinois reports 18.2 feet. Davenport Clinton and Dubuque damages reach 1 million with many homeless. Over 1 200 residents evacuated earlier as wind-driven waves threaten the levee.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Muscatine’s
Ilinois
Davenport
Tri-Cities
Moline
Rock Island
Clinton
Dubuque
Mississippi
Don Platt
Platt
National
Arizona students tour state hospital in Tucson
Fifty psychology students from the University of Arizona in Tucson visited the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane today. The group was led by Dr. O A Simley, a university instructor and former Hospital Board of Control member.
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University of Arizona At
Tucson
Arizona State Hospital For Insane
O. A. Simley
Hospital Board of Control
Communism in China Seen By Missionary As Superficial Yet Dangerous
Miss Gertrude Selzer, an Episcopal missionary long stationed at Holy Cross Mission in Wusih, says Communist China is superficially ruled yet dangerous. Speaking at Trinity Cathedral, she described fear of speaking openly, Communist control of work at the mission, and glimpses of religious revival amid disillusionment with Red rule.
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China
Esther
Gertrude Selzer
New York City
United States
Episcopal
Holy Cross Mission
Wusih
Nanking
Shanghai
Selzer
Trinity “Episcopal Cathedral
Miss Selzer
Hong Kong
Formosa
Red Cross
Bus Driver Forfeits Bond In Fatal Route Incident
Lawrence Z. Smith 35 of 4050 South 13th Street forfeited a $50 bond in Tolleson Justice Court for failing to appear on a speeding charge. Smith, an American Bus Lines driver, drove a bus that ran off Yuma Road on March 8 causing the death of William Bass 35 of Santa Barbara California and injuring other passengers.
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Lawrence Z. Smith
South 13Th Street
Tolleson Justice Court
Smith
Yuma Road
William Bass
Santa Barbara
Calif
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