Tur s Declares Indonesia War 147 Top Golfers Tee Off Today
The Ben Hogan Open at Phoenix Country Club opens with 147 pros vying for a $10,000 prize as top players gather in a strong field. Ben Hogan returns to competition after an auto accident, with Sam Snead also among the contenders in the 72-hole event running through Sunday.
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Indonesia
Phoenix
Blue Chips
Phoenix Country Club
Thunderbirds
Sports Promotions
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Augusta
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Sam Snead
Wallace Denies Involvement in Uranium Shipments to Russia
Wallace, wartime vice president, testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that he had absolutely nothing to do with wartime uranium shipments to Russia. He said he was unaware Russians sought licenses, though lend lease recommended issuance after consulting with the Manhattan District. The BEW controlled war vital material exports and imports during World War II.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
House UN- American Activities Committee
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Manhattan
Board of
Eco
Manhattan District
Army
BEW
House Committee
United States
Californians Urged To Block Central Arizona Project
Franklin Thomas, head of California's Colorado River Board, urged California House members to keep the Central Arizona Project Bill off the House floor. The measure would authorize a 700 million dollar reclamation project in Arizona using Colorado River water claimed by California. House opposition and committee actions were noted alongside remarks honoring Engle and Poulson for their stance.
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Washington
Franklin Thomas
California
Colorado River Board
Thomas
House
Arizona
Colorado
Senate Interior Committee
House Committee
Prescott Boy 10 Found Sleeping in Cattle Car
A 10 year old boy, Miles Peterson, who vanished from Prescott yesterday, was found asleep in a straw filled cattle car in a Phoenix yard near Six Points at 3 a.m. Deputies traced the train from Santa Fe yards arriving Phoenix at 1 15 a.m. He had climbed into the car to visit a railroad show cattle shipment from Denver bound for Prescott.
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Phoenix
Miles Peterson
Santa Fe
John Jacobs
Milky Way Farms
Denver
Colo
Young Miles
Gazette
Kenneth Atline
Six Points
Robert Collins
Yavapai
Charles Nicholas
East Osborn Road
Maricopa GOP Could Pick Up Four House Seats
Maricopa County faces an increase of eight seats in the 1951 Arizona House of Representatives, rising from 23 to 31. Republicans may gain seven seats, Democrats could gain four, with two GOP incumbents drawn into the same district by redistricting. District 16 is reconfigured to include Alkire precincts and Glendale areas, and a shift could allow a Black candidate to win in Alkire precincts for the first time.
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Maricopa County
Arizona
House of Representatives
Maricopa
Robert H. Wallace
Ronald Webster, Jr
Robert C. Bohannan
GOP
Mari
Copa
Wallace and
Webster
Alkire
Census Post Turned Down By Dunham
Harry J. Dunham Sr of Phoenix declined the offer to serve as assistant supervisor for Maricopa County in the 1950 census. He advised Democratic leaders and messaged Senator Hayden and Representative Murdock who nominated him. J. D. Lavers of Tempe was noted as a possible successor with party backing.
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Dunham
Harry J. Dunham, Sr
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Democratic Party
Carl Hayden
John Murdock
J. D. Lavers
Tempe
Z. Simpson Cox
Lavers
United Verde Copper Company
Jerome
Rotary Club
the Elks and
Masonic Lodges
Arizona
William J. Eden
Tucson man named assistant census supervisor in 1950 count
Edward Conley of Tucson, a home builder, is appointed assistant federal census supervisor for the Tucson District in the 1950 population count. Rep. Harold Patten credited the Census Bureau selection after consulting Arizona’s delegation. The district includes Cochise, Pima, Pinal and Santa Cruz counties.
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Washington
Edward Conley
Tucson
Harold Patten
Census Bureau
Arizona
John M. Turner
Cochise
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Mexican pesos found at fatal Arizona truck wreck
Mexican money worth about 7000 dollars was found in a wrecked truck after a fatal Arizona crash east of Yuma. The driver Armando Ruiz said he dozed at the wheel. Passenger Alfonso Vasquez, 45, of Los Angeles, died when ejected and crushed. An inquest is set for Monday.
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Arizona
United States
Yuma
Alfonso Vasquez
Los Angeles
Dan Kinser
Vasquez
Armando Joseph Ruiz
Kinser
R. H. McElhaney
Wellton
Arthur Ruiz
East Sherman Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
Sixth
Madison Streets
Woodrow Gibson
Ruiz
Joe Ayala
South Eighth Street
Creighton School Bond Election Set for Tomorrow
Voters in the Creighton School District will decide a 380000 bond for expansions and improvements to five district schools. Polls open 6 am to 6 pm at Creighton Ma chan Liberty Monte Vista and Lafayette schools plus vendor sites.
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Creighton
East McDowell Road
William T. Machan
East Virginia Avenue
Liberty
20Th Streets
Monte Vista
East Osborn Road
Lafayette
28Th Street
Lafayette Road
GOP Senators Demand Probe of Hiss Influence on Government
Washington January 26 Republican senators threatened to oppose further State Department funding until Congress investigates Alger Hiss influence. They questioned Secretary Acheson's pledge of support for Hiss amid his five year prison sentence for perjury. Democratic peers remained silent as Acheson defended loyalty to a former official. Mundt blasted the pledge, saying it suggested a pro Hiss stance and launched a drive to dismiss alleged Hiss allies from federal service.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Alger Hiss
Dean Acheson
Hiss
United States
Whittaker Chambers
Acheson
Donald
Department
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
House Un-American Activities Committee
Eastern Cold Wave Threatens Flowers
A sharp January cold front will nip premature blooming of crocuses and jonquils in Eastern states while a warm spell across the Pacific Northwest temporarily eases temps. Forecasters warn the trend could disrupt the coming Spring, with record lows logged in Glasgow Montana and Bismarck North Dakota and school closures in Iowa and Wisconsin.
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Atlantic
Detroit
Atlanta
Cleveland
Buffalo
Syracuse
Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Lil
Binghamton, N. Y
Wheeling, W. Va
Pittsburgh
Sioux City
Des Moines
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pecatonica
Darlington
Pacific Northwest
Cascade Mountains
British Columbia
Sunny spells with cool to cold Phoenix area forecast
Cool to cold weather is forecast for Phoenix and statewide through tomorrow. Valley highs near 57 and lows around 26 at Airport Station, with Alhambra at 22 and Sky Harbor 26. Flagstaff reported 1 below zero and Prescott 10 to 36. Riverside rose to 26 in the citrus belt.
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Phoenix
Airport Station
United States
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Alhambra
Sky Harbor
Flagstaff
Prescott
Westerling forces clash with Indonesian Republic in Jakarta
Dutch renegade Capt. Paul Westerling sent a guerrilla strike into Jakarta triggering a two hour street battle with Republican forces around government buildings. At least seven killed and many wounded as West Java fighting spreads, with Westerling predicting three months of big scale combat.
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West Java
Paul
Turk) Westerling
Jakarta
Westerling
Bandoeng
Bando
Eng
Turkey
TNI
Tentara Nasional Indonesia
Republican Army
Envoy Hopes For Release Of Two Marines In China
U S Consul General Carl O Hawthorne in Kobe expresses hope for the release of Marines Charles C Bender and William C Smith who have been held by Chinese Reds since October 1948. He predicts famine in Red North China and links release to possible US recognition through Britain.
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Wayne Richardson
Kobe
Japan
United States
Carl O. Hawthorne
China
Tsingtao
Flying Arrow
Isbrandtsen Line
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Reds
David Jones
The
Tsingtao Reds
Charles C. Bender
Cincinnati
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Britain
Effec
Wong
U. S
Peiping
Hawthorne
London
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Thomas D. Grenshaw
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By Kenneth Arline
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Seventh Avenue
Southern Pacific
Calhoun
J. H. Osborn
East Lee Street
Gibson
McKinley and
32Nd Street
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40Th Street
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16Th Street
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20Th Street
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