250000 Trainmen Conductors Vote Strike In Two Unions
Two unions representing 250000 trainmen and conductors voted 95 percent to strike if needed over wage and hour rules. They seek 40 hour weeks for yardmen and shorter basic work day, with mediation and cooling off periods delaying any walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. P. Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Harry Fraser
Order of Railway Conductors
National Railway Mediation Board
Fraser
Kennedy
Light Spring Water Runoff In Prospect
Mild temperatures and warm rains in Arizona’s high lands began a sprig runoff that dimmed irrigation storage prospects. The Verde River peaked at a rate capable of 11 000 acre feet but fell to under half that. Salt and Verde reservoirs gained about 3 000 acre-feet. West, hydrographer for SRVWA, cited thin snow cover and rapid runoff decline as likely ending the snow moisture peak unless more falls. Forecasters expect only springlike weather, with continued mild mountain temperatures and scant moisture versus last year.
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Arizona
Verde River
A. West
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Verde
United States Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix Station
Weather Bureau
West
Horseshoe
Bartlett
Salt River
Sycamore Creek
Avalanche kills 12 miners in French dormitory
Twelve miners sleeping in a workers dormitory on the Alpe d Huez slope in Grenoble were killed early today when a tons of snow slid down the mountainside. The dormitory was crushed and later set afire by stoves overturned in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
France
Alpe d’Huez
Board Finishes Coal Hearings and Starts Report
President Truman's Fact-Finding Board ended its coal dispute hearings and began drafting a report for the White House. The panel may ask Attorney General McGrath to seek a court order to send 370,000 striking miners back to work after eight hours of talks between John L. Lewis and coal operators failed to reach an agreement. The board must report to Truman by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Railway Labor Act
Truman
Washington
White House
J. Howard McGrath
David L. Cole
John L. Lewis
Mr. Truman
Toasted by a blanket blaze at attorney general quarters
J Edward Jacobson assistant state attorney general woke at 4 30 am to a warm night and found his electric blanket ablaze flames leaping three feet high He leaped away neighbors raised alarm a garden hose brigade fought the fire Rural Fire Department responded to 2332 East Liberty Street The bed and room were badly damaged the blanket short circuited
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J. Edward Jacobson
Jacobson
East Liberty Street
Detroit Five Held On Bag Of Cash Linked To Brinks Probe
Detroit police and federal agents questioned four men and a woman over a paper bag containing 37150 dollars in cash found in a parked car. Authorities with Boston ties probed possible links to the Brinks robbery as jewelry and fur robberies were checked. The five face investigation charges after a 315 a.m. arrest in a hoodlum neighborhood. Gach and Depietto, married three weeks, are among the detainees. a second woman was questioned in Grand Rapids.
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John Gach
Detroit
Boston
Brink’s
Statler
Dorothy
Merico _Depietto
Steve Settas
Steve Vitale
Depietto
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ing. Depietto
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gach
Harry Fleisher
Michigan
Reward posted for two Phoenix bank robbers
A $1,000 reward was offered for information leading to the arrest of two gunmen who escaped with $116,250 in an early morning holdup at The Bank of Douglas. Police and FBI continued investigating as authorities described disguises and uncertain facial descriptions. the robbers fled in an old-model Dodge, with one man possibly a light-skinned Negro and the other a Spanish American, or Italian extraction, as witnesses were shown photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Douglas
Insurance Company
Burke C. Payne
Guaranty Insurance Agency
St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Payne
Earl L. O’clair
FBI
Financial Institution
Knife Wielding Man Takes Over Times Square Bus
A tall loner claimed names John Maione and Russo and seized a southbound Broadway bus at 44th Street in Times Square. He drove it through midtown streets then jumped out as police pursued him. No charges were filed yet.
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Times Square
New York
John Maione
Russo
Broadway
44Th Street
42Nd Street
Independent Subway
Philip J. Kelly
Kelly
Edward Rockowitz
47Th Street
James Mannion
Mannion
Garvey Adds Voice To Washington Plea For Project Bill
Arizona Governor Dan E. Garvey flew to Washington at the request of the congressional delegation to discuss the Central Arizona Project Bill before the Senate. He met with Senators McFarland and Hayden and Representatives Murdock Patten and others, outlining strategy amid a pause in Senate attendance.
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Winifred Nelson
Gall Gazette
Washington
Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Congressional
Senate
Garvey
California
Willcox
Ariz
Pnix Gazette
Ernest McFarland
Carl Hayden
John R. Murdock
Harold Patten
Rent Ruling Delays State Land Leases
State Land Commissioner W. W. Lane halted renewal of grazing leases on more than 800000 acres held by over 140 cattlemen awaiting clarification of Arizona law. Maricopa County Superior Court ruled leases require Land Board appraisal, a process not previously used, delaying renewals while court action or legislative change unfolds. Lane favors moving appraisal duties to the Land Commissioner, tying values to beef market prices, with the governor considering the proposal for a special session.
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Herb Nelson
W. W. Lane
Arizona
Lane
Maricopa County
Land Department
Arizona Supreme Court
Committee Plans Report On Changes To State Government
The Special Legislative Committee on State Operations finished initial draft recommendations for state government reorganization and will continue at a three day meeting beginning next Monday. The committee follows Griffenhagen and Associates survey results, with details not disclosed until a formal presentation at the special session. A Sunday meeting with the Board of Directors of State Institutions for Juveniles will address the ouster of Jack Wilson at Fort Grant Boys Industrial School, while the panel also reviews the 12 000 old age assist ance recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffenhagen and Associates
Chicago
Jack Wilson
Fort Grant
State Social Security Com
Missing Plane Sighted in Tulua Hills Cal i Colombia
Rescue parties moved into the Tulua Hills after witnesses reported sighting a plane thought to be the Colombian C-47 transport missing since Monday with four men aboard. Local officials and AP reported the development as search efforts intensified in the February context.
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Cali
Colombia
Tulua
New Director Named for On-Job Training Program in Arizona
Spencer Thompson, former state Veterans Service officer, was named director of the Institutional and On-The-Job Training Program in Arizona. Thompson succeeds Benjamin F. Payton, who was discharged by the Institutional and On-The-Job Training Council after the post was created post World War II. M. L. Brooks said the council moved January 1 and Thompson took office January 19. Thompson had served as Veterans Service officer until January 1948. Governor Garvey had earlier replaced Thompson with Curtis R. Williams, who also sits on the council and refused to comment.
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Spencer Thompson
Arizona
Thompson
Benjamin F. Payton
North Central Avenue
M. L. Brooks
Payton
Brooks
Veterans Service
Dan E. Garvey
Curtis R. Williams
Mr. Garvey
Williams
Council
Poison Gas Kills Three in Stockton Home
Three people, widow Mrs. Thomas Kostas 60, her son Paul Kostas 18, and friend James Poynor 18, were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a Stockton area house near Highway 99. The deaths were attributed to a faulty gas heater that had come apart.
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Stockton
Calif
Thomas Kostas
Paul Kostas
James Poynor
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports varied reactions from world leaders. Carlos Romulo praises restraint and peaceful settlement as voices of peace. Winston Churchill brands communism a crime and socialism a mental disease but curable. Dean Acheson notes agreement with Russia may be ideal but four years of experience show it is not possible.
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International News Service
New York
Carlos Romulo
The
United Nations Assembly
London
Winston Churchill
Washington
Dean Acheson
Russia
Bush warns no defense against bombs unless prevented
Dr. Vannevar Bush stated the only defense is to keep bombs from reaching targets or to strike the manufacture site. He also noted no defense against a bomb itself. President Truman approved a Congressional inquiry into alleged monopolistic practices across steel, newsprint, chemicals, soap, airline, and theater firms, with Chairman Emanuel Celler confirming the endorsement.
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Vannevar Bush
Bush
Truman
Emanuel Celler
New York
House Judiciary Committee
New York Stocks Rise as TV and Aircraft Demand Surges
Market roundup shows higher equities with television and aircrafts in demand while rail shares show gains. Cotton irregular as mills buy, hogs steady to higher, cattle firm to modestly up. western plains rainfall noted as freight receipts fall. Days pages note comics and sections across Hollywood, radio, and features.
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New York
Postal rate hike moves House bill toward Senate
The House approved a bill raising post and postal card rates to two cents while keeping first class letters at three cents. The $130 million rise targets commercial publications, bulk printed matter, and parcel post, funded by larger mailers and services with limited use. A GOP motion to return the bill to committee failed 217 to 150 amid heated debate.
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Washington
House
Post Office Department
Senate
Truman
Congress
Soldiers Plod Toward Plane On Mountain
Ten Arctic-wise soldiers trudged through deep snow toward a 7000-foot ledge where 10 airmen crash-landed while searching for a lost C-54 transport missing for 14 days with 44 aboard. Three airmen were reported injured. The C-47 crew included five Air Force members and five Canadian observers from the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. The 10-man rescue party from Camp Carson Colorado and Canadian units were flown to Pan Lake near the crash scene.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
Air Force
Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry
U. S
Camp Carson
Colo
Pan Lake
LA Police Link Purple Gang to Cohen Attack
Police in Los Angeles pursue the theory that remnants of Detroit's Purple Gang are moving in on LA rackets to harass or kill Mickey Cohen. Martins Fenster and James Modica, both 40s, are jailed on suspicion of assault with attempt to murder after Cohen’s home blast. Detectives note Fenster's ties to gang leaders and report weapons found in both men's homes while denying knowledge of Cohen. The case ties back to the Sherry shooting that injured Cohen and killed a henchman.
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Los Angeles
Police Today
Purple
Detroit
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Hollywood
Martin Fenster
James Modica
G. C. Greeley
Department
Special Intelligence Squad
Fenster
Modica
Pete Licavoli
Joe Bommarito
Greeley
Sherry
Sunset Strip
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
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A. Ake
Walter Wyrod
Phoenix
W. R. Montgomery
Montgomery
Frank Brophy
Mexico City
Seventh Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Dan. E. Garvey
Associated Press
United Press
Porotnyt Dixitorials
Inez Robb
Ris
Rnbow Woman's
Sky Pages
Roatanae
Plan
Tucson
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