Group Seeks Broader Reclamation Policy
Washington Jan 26 The seven man Legislative Committee of the National Reclamation Association completed its task of drafting changes to broaden the nation reclamation policy. Judge Clifford Stone of Denver said recommendations will go to the association Board of Directors, meeting Feb 11 12 in Salt Lake City. The group met with Budget Bureau Reclamation Bureau and Agriculture Department officials and with Senate Interior Committee members to align the Murdock Bill with administration aims. The bill would extend repayment periods and create non repayable categories. President Truman has urged a general approach to reforming the Reclamation Project Act.
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National Reclamation Association
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Arizona Reclamation Commission
Central
Arizona
Clifford Stone
Denver
Association
Salt Lake City
Budget Bureau
Reclamation Bureau
Agriculture Department
Senate Interior Committee
Murdock
House Rules Committee
John R. Murdock
Truman
Senate Committee To Quiz Matthews On Navy Chief
Senate Armed Services Chairman Millard Tydings agreed to call Secretary of the Navy Matthews before the panel next week to question his testimony about Admiral Louis Denfeld’s ouster. Republican pressure from Knowland and McCarthy argued for an appearance, while Tydings offered to have Matthews testify in a closed session Monday or Tuesday.
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Millard Tydings
Maryland
Navy
Matthews
Senate Armed Services Committee
Admi
Louis Denfeld
William Knowland
California
Tydings
Navy Secretary
Knowland
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Denfeld
Naval Operations
McCarthy
Senate
Two County Dope Ring Busted With Arrests
A two county dope peddling ring tied to high school and college students was broken up today with the arrest of George Dan Adams 30 of 923 South 11th Avenue in Phoenix on unlawful sale of narcotics. Two other men named as traffic men in Maricopa and Pinal counties face charges. The narcotics marijuana reached Phoenix from Eloy and was distributed to valley schools. Public Park was a noted pickup spot. Additional arrests possible as investigation continues.
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Phoenix
George Dan Adams
South 11Th Avenue
Adams
Warren L. McCarthy
Maricopa
Pinal
L. C. Boies
Eloy
Pinal County
Valley
McCarty
Boies
Redistricting reshapes Maricopa County for 31 seats
Arizona Republicans tout fair redistricting as Maricopa gains seats and districts expand from 23 to 31. Pima and Yuma add representation while Democrats vow to challenge changes at a March 1 hearing. Supervisors group precincts 800 to 1,000 voters to balance districts as Nos. 1 through 31 are realigned.
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Z. Simpson Cox
Phoenix
Statehouse
Chandler
Navajo education and health critique by Dr Salsbury
Dr Salsbury argues Navajo students come from missions and public schools not government high schools. He urges 100 added federal policemen on reservations to curb liquor violations and condemns inhospitable cooperation in Northern Arizona towns along the Santa Fe Railroad. He cites 65,000 tribal members with rampant tuberculosis and insufficient hospitals, saying the Fort Defiance 100 bed hospital cannot serve an estimated 8,000 TB cases.
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Salsbury
Arizona
Indian Bureau
Fort Defiance
Slaying Probed After Car Found West of Tucson
Investigation traces the murder to a highway crash near Rillito, 17 miles west of Tucson. Newland says the car was seen by a Southern Pacific crew at 6:10 a.m. One suspect held in Marana, another in Eloy, a third sought.
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Tucson
Newland
Southern Pacific
Marana
Eloy
Stepmother Faces Assault Sentence in Beating Case
Carmelita Lopez a 32 year old Glendale mother faced sentencing after a Maricopa County jury found her guilty of severely beating her four year old stepdaughter Anita with a board last November in the Lopez home. The jury deliberated 40 minutes before verdict.
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Carmelita Lopez
Glendale
Maricopa County
Anita
Lopez
Wallace denies wartime uranium shipments to Russia
Henry A Wallace, wartime vice president, testified before the House Un American Activities Committee stating he had nothing to do with uranium shipments to Russia. He challenged radio commentator Fulton Lewis Jr's charges, claimed BEW had no discretion over licenses, and defended his role during the critical war period. Groves may be recalled for further questioning on wartime atom project disclosures.
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Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
House UN- American Activities Committee
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Lewis
Lend-Lease
Manhattan
Board of Economic Warfare
Army
BEW
House Committee
United States
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Tito and U S envoy hold frank talks in Belgrade
Premier Marshal Tito and American Ambassador George V. Allen met in Belgrade on January 26 to discuss Yugoslav United States relations in an atmosphere Allen described as friendly and frank on both sides.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
George V. Allen
Allen
Morristown Plea on Crowded Calendar Weeks Fix
A reader urges a remedy for 124 festive weeks squeezed into a 52 week year. John L. Lewis proposes a three day week yielding 121 weeks. options include dropping three minor weeks or seeking self help from How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Carnegie counsels day tight compartments to endure the pace.
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Merle Lomker
John L. Lewis
National
2nd Sky Giant Loses Engine In 24 Hours Inquiry Begins
North west Airlines officials opened an inquiry after an engine tore loose from a Stratocruiser carrying 44 persons over Glenview Illinois. Civil Aeronautics Authority investigators joined the probe as the 75 passenger plane diverted to Chicago Midway Airport. No injuries were reported among 37 passengers and seven crew. the engine fell near a crowded recreation hall at the naval air station.
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Northwest Airlines
Glenview
Ill. Naval Air Station
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Pacific
Boeing Aircraft Co
Minneapolis
New York
Chicago Midway Airport
Naval Base
R. A. Ernst
Tucker Held For Judgment In Chicago Farm Debt Case
Tucker head of an unproductive rear engine car firm was detained by bailiffs after failing to pay a $3,567 judgment to Indiana woman Justina Perkins for a farm sale and corn crop. His lawyers said payment power is frozen by a federal court order following recent acquittal on mail fraud charges.
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Preston Tucker
Indiana
Tucker
Justina C. Perkins
Nobiesville
Ind
Edward Scheffler
Phone Union Bell Trade Blows Prompt Exchange
In St Louis Southwestern Bell and CIO leader Joseph A Beirne clashed over wages and bargaining. Beirne called the Bell System un American blot while a nationwide strike plan faced Bell criticism for refusing good faith bargaining. The Bell reply defended wages and working terms amid cost of living trends. Separate note mentions Rome students picketing a university demanding more examinations.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communicatons Workers of America
Cincinnati
Beirne
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southwestern Bell
Nine B-29 airmen parachute to safety after crash
Nine airmen were flown to Brooke General Hospital with painful but not serious injuries after parachuting from a burning B-29 bomber based at Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson. The aircraft crashed 17 miles north of Fort Stockton, Texas, following an apparent explosion. The crew included five officers and four enlisted men. eight survivors were located over a wide area and transported to safety by road and air.
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San Antonio
Tex
Brooke General Hospital
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton Memorial Hospital
Texas Highway
Thirteen Miners Feared Dead In French Mine Blast
In St Eloy France a coal dust explosion at a central France mine near the city caused thirteen miners to be killed and about thirty injured today. Authorities feared higher casualties as rescue teams worked through the wreckage.
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ST. Eloy
France
Arizona's Largest Card Referenced Alas Missing Context
A fragment mentions Arizona's Largest Card near avenues Ave and West Von fore Buren, but lacks clarity on event or date. Further readable details needed to identify the entity and purpose of the notice.
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Arizona
Card Ave
West von Fore Buren
Washington Territory Named After 32nd Congress Action
In March 1853 the organized territory now known as Washington was created as the territory of Columbia but was renamed Washington by the 32nd Congress to avoid confusion with the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Territory of Columbia
District of Columbia
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