Truman Plans Tour To Bolster Party Hold On Congress
President Truman announced a non political campaign tour to aid Democratic candidates for Congress. He will wait until after primaries to begin, aiming to help Democrats in key states like Pennsylvania and Ohio. Republican critics urged him to campaign, while some Democrats welcomed his possible Ohio visit. He did not confirm 1952 re election plans.
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Truman
Congress
Washington
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Robert Taft
Ohio
Glen Taylor
Idaho
John Williams
Delaware
White House
Pennsylvania
George Luckey
California
Six of B-36 Crew Missing, Eleven Saved
SEATTLE reports six crew members of a B-36 bomber remain missing as an extensive search continued along the rugged British Columbia coast. Eleven airmen were rescued from Ashdown and Princess Royal Islands after parachuting from the burning aircraft on Monday night.
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Seattle
Wash
British Columbia
Mcchord Air Force Base
Coast Guard
Vancouver
B. C
Ketchikan
Alaska
Ashdown
Princess Royal Islands
Texas
Comar
F. J. Scheiber
CIO Purge Targets United Public Workers in CIO Clean Sweep
The Congress of Industrial Organizations voted to expel three unions totaling about 110,000 members, including the United Public Workers. CIO cites following Communist policy. Local 78 Food Tobacco and Agriculture Workers leader Kenneth Bowen comments pending Monday meeting. Action affects the Yuma Imperial Valley district and unemployment insurance talks proceed with Vegetable Growers Association.
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Ashington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Public Workers
CIO
United Office and Professional
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural
Public Workers
Kenneth Bowen
Phoenix
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Communist Party
Bowen
West Buckeye Road
CIQ
Vegetable Growers Association
FTA
Yuma-Imperial Valley
Abram Flaxer
Democrats 100-a-plate Jefferson-Jackson Day Menu
Washington AP reports the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner features a $100 menu with dishes such as Texas pink grapefruit au kirsch celery queen olives broiled filet mignon Bordelaise pommes rissoles string beans provencale lettuce heart Roquefort dressing fancy ice cream petits fours demitasse
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Washington
Texas
Truman to address Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Washington
President Truman prepared to deliver a major speech at a National Guard Armory dinner that sold out quickly. About 5,200 attendees from across the country will pay $100 each for the event, aiming to raise roughly $500,000 for the 1950 campaign. Other dinners priced lower follow in the schedule.
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Cratic
Truman
Luckey
National Guard
Washington
County May Slash Valuations
Arizona supervisors may cut the assessment on all taxable property by 15 percent if county assessors persist with the inventory tax reduction. The Arizona Supervisors Association Committee on Equalization plans to meet Governor Garvey and the State Tax Commission to push the measure and seek a statewide equalization program funded at about $600,000.
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Arizona
Arizona Supervisors’ Association Committee On Equalization
Dan E. Garvey
State Tax Commission
Association
Boards of Supervisors
Tax Commission
D. P. Kimball
Kimball
First POW subsistence payments begin rolling out
The War Claims Commission reports over 250 vouchers processed by the Treasury, with the largest check for ex prisoner Peter B. Marshall Jr. of 2505 West Adams, Phoenix, amounting to 1368 dollars. Marshall, a Navy chief pharmacist’s mate, spent 3 years and 9 months in a Japanese camp after Guam capture, 1941. Now 28, he is a sophomore at Arizona State College Tempe, studying to be a medical technician. He is married with two children and plans to save part of the payment for his kids’ education.
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Gazette
Peter Marshall
Cynthia Marshall
The
War Claims Commission
Cynthia
Washington
Treasury Department
Peter B
Marshall, Jr
West Adams
Marshall
Navy
Guam
Arizona State College
Tempe
Veterans Hospital
Long Lane
Wedemeyer Arrives to Old Home Week Welcome
Lt Gen Albert C. Wedemeyer commander of the Sixth Army arrives amid pomp and a warm reception from local units and three cousins, a former secretary, and a former enlisted man who served with him in China in 1930 31. The group includes ranchers George Shelton and sons Robert and Roger near Laveen.
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Albert Co. Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
China
George Shelton
Robert
Roger
Laveen
Shelton
Wedemeyer
General
Highland Park, NL
J. R. Thies
South Third Avenue
War Department
Washington, D. C
Lee E. Brown
Taylor Cattle Company
45Th Infantry
Noted Figures Comment On Crime and Global Affairs
International News Service quotes President Truman on organized crime and law enforcement corruption. Tsiang objects to Mao's deals in China. Churchill links socialism to communism as a preliminary stage. Dean Rusk notes cautious hope for Soviet peace but questions current behavior.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
London
Winston Churchill
Dean Rusk
U. S
Soviet Union
Lewis Proposed 200 Day Work Year for Miners
John L. Lewis reportedly urged soft coal operators to guarantee 200 days of work per year for United Mine Workers as part of new bargaining under federal court orders. With 372,000 idle diggers, the strike intensified and gunfire occurred at a non union West Virginia mine. Four minor pickets injured, wage and royalty demands discussed, contracts signed at higher tonnage mines on short 30 day terms. Lewis hinted at possible wage and royalty concessions, signaling narrowing differences in ongoing talks.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
West Virginia
Sunspots Report Questioned by Greenwich Observatory
A London observer questioned sunspot disruption rumors after the Greenwich Royal Observatory said there has been no sun visible for two weeks. London continued to rain for the sixteenth straight day.
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London
Greenwich
Longshore union halted work to Propagandize troops return
Harry Bridges admitted at his perjury trial that his longshore union staged a December 3 1945 work stoppage to propagandize for a rapid return of American troops from overseas. The CIO Executive Board voted to expel the United Public Workers. In Red Lodge Montana most of the towns 3000 residents stayed home to curb a pneumonia influenza outbreak.
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Harry Bridges
CIO
United Public Workers
Red Lodge
Mont
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks show lower airline shares amid demand weakness and profit-taking. Chicago wheat is irregular while corn and oats move with light trading. cattle prices are uneven with modest gains and limited choice.
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New York
Chicago
Temperatures Today Sky Ages Readings Totals
Morning readings list temperatures at several times from 12:30 a m to 1:30 p m with highs near 78 and lows around 41. The page also notes sections for classified ads Inez Robb comics radio crossword serials editorials sports financial and other columns.
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Inez Robb
Hollywood
Explosion at Dow Plant Kills Seven in Midland Michigan
An explosion at Dow Chemical in Midland Michigan killed at least seven workers and injured nine others. A wall of flame erupted as a 100 by 400 foot building labeled Number 414 collapsed. Firefighting crews gained control by noon and a temporary morgue was set up at the fire department. Five identified dead were Midland residents Dave Brubaker George Rigg ie Floyd Schreiber R. A. Nissila and H. S. Hawkins.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Company
Fire Department of the Great Chemical Works
Dave Brubaker
George Riggie
Floyd Schreiber
R. A. Nissila
H. S. Hawkins
Dow
Garroting In Fierce Battle Indicates Fatal Hotel Kill
Lyle Farris, registered by Phoenix attorney Charles H. Young, was found slain in his sixth floor Jefferson Hotel room. Chief George Young said the victim was garroted with two steel coat hangers after a violent struggle. A maid found the body with the room in disarray and a hole in a wall. Police, sheriff and other officials swarmed the scene as doors were locked and witnesses heard a loud disturbance late last night. Two Utah men in adjoining room reported hearing crashes and a racket around 11 p.m.
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Lyle Farris
Jefferson Hotel
Central Avenue
Jefferson Street
George Young
Young
L. Boies
Maricopa County
Julie Brenan
West van Buren Street
Farris
Charles H. Young
Phoenix
South First Avenue
Bruce T. Millar
Glen Spiers
Ogden
Utah
Millar
Vessel Runs Aground Near Ambrose Lighthouse
The Liberty ship Alamara ran aground today off Ambrose Lighthouse, New York. The skipper reported the vessel in no immediate danger despite the grounding.
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New York
Ambrose Lighthouse
Fair Practices Vote Blocked Again In House
The House Rules Committee split 6 to 6 in a closed session to block the FEPC bill from House action for now. Chairman Sabath urged an open ballot, but will let a floor vote occur next Wednesday via an alternate path. Key votes showed four Democrats and two Republicans for passage, with four Democrats and two Republicans opposed. Sabath noted the panel could change with seven votes. The bill seeks to outlaw employment discrimination based on race color or creed as part of Truman’s civil rights program.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Adolph J. Sabath
Sabath
Sam Rayburn
FEPC
IFEPC
Herter
Smith
Truman
State Offers Case In Willet Slaying
The State of Arizona seeks to hold Elaine Whitney George, 38, for trial in Maricopa County Superior Court on first degree murder after she allegedly shot Clifford Willett, 36, New Year’s Eve. Witness Rhodes described the moment as police returned Mrs. George to near the body, sobbing as New Year whistles sounded. An autopsy by Dr. Harold Wood cited a bullet wound to heart and lung. a .32 revolver was found about 471 feet east of the shooting site.
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Arizona
Elaine Whitney George
Maricopa County
George
North 12Th Street
Clifford L. Willett
West
Campbell Avenue
Reynolds Metals Company
Joseph H. Rhodes
East Camelback Road
18Th Street
Camelback Road
Rhodes
Justice of the Peace
Harry E. Westfall
East Phoenix
Warren McCarthy
Arthur van Haren
Kenneth S. Scoville
Walter Craig
Harold Wood
Good Samaritan Hospital
Willett
D. L. McGovney
Criminal Identification Bureau
Sheriff's Office
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United Press
Bud) Gollum
Overell
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Griffenhagen & Associates
Chicago Public Administration Consultants
Bill Turnbow
Phoenix Gazette
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