Shirley Temple Sues for Divorce From John Agar
Hollywood star Shirley Temple announced plans to divorce actor John Agar after two weeks of crying and emotional strain. She cited mental cruelty as the likely grounds and said custody of their daughter would be sought without alimony. Temple described their marriage as unhappy and not a Hollywood-style union, noting both sought a dignified, quiet separation.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
John Agar
Jack
Shirley
George Stahlman
Agar
Friends of
Fire at Chino Valley School forces Pupils to evacuate
Prescott AP report states fire wrecked the two story Chino Valley school eighteen miles north of Prescott. 107 pupils and four teachers escaped unharmed as principal P M Friesen noted the blaze started in the basement kitchen. Younger students evacuated while older pupils and staff moved books and desks to safety during lunch.
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Prescott
Chino Valley
Here
P. M. Friesen
Jacque Has Smacque For Douglas
Jacque Mercer 18 arrives at Chicago Airport from Phoenix with mother Joy Mercer. She rushes into the arms of Douglas Cook 20 a University of Chicago student. Mrs Mercer watches as their reunion unfolds after she phoneed him following her 1949 Atlantic City beauty victory.
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Jacque Mercer
America
Douglas Cop
Miss Mercer
Phoenix
Ariz
Joy Mercer
Jacque
Young Cook
University of Chicago
Phoenix College
Atlantic City
Congressional adjournment hopes fade in Hollywood robbery
Congressional hopes of adjourning this Saturday appear to have faded as no one could guess when the session that began in January will end. In Hollywood, three gunmen held up Mandel's Shoe Store in the business district, shooting two salesmen before police captured two bandits.
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Mandel
Hollywood
Pope Pius XII Holds Private Audience With Douglas Family
At Castel Gandolfo on October 13, Pope Pius XII welcomed Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas and his daughter Sharman in a private audience. The visit marks a cordial exchange between the Vatican and a prominent U.S. envoy.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Lewis W. Douglas
Sharman
Bear mauls inn keeper near Fairbanks
Dan Luddington 43 owner of Summit Lodge Inn 18 miles southeast of Fairbanks was mauled by a mother grizzly and her cub near Summit Lake. After a brutal attack he crawled a mile to a road and was rushed to a Fairbanks hospital with about 200 stitches to face scalp arms and legs. He told AP his rifle failed to fire at first and he barely saved himself by reloading and shooting the bear. Luddington has lived in Alaska since 1927 when he went there with the Coast Guard.
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Dell Hayden
North Second Street
Luddington
Fairbanks
Alaska
Summit Lodge
Summit Lake
Associated Press
Markets At A Glance From New York Trading
Markets at a glance show higher New York stocks and rails active while grains ease. Corn remains easy cash grain, oats steady after a late rally, hogs steady to 25 cents lower with top near 18.25, cattle steady to 50 cents lower with top around 34.50.
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New York
Liquidation
Chicago
New Law Hikes Aid To State's Veterans $750,000 A Year
President Truman signed a bill increasing annual aid to Arizona veterans by more than 750000 dollars. VA regional office manager W T Hardaway said disability compensation and pensions for Arizona veterans totaled 8772853 dollars in the year ending June 30.
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C. M. McMillen
Arizona
Truman
W. T. Hardaway
The
Veterans Administration
Reclamation Body To Get Project Facts
Eighty members of the Arizona State Reclamation Association will hear a progress report on the Central Arizona Project during their annual convention at Hotel Adams. Key speakers include Wayne Akin and C. A. Carson, with sessions starting at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. and an afternoon film on Arizona resources.
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Central Arizona
Hotel Adams
Ray Killian
Wayne Akin
Arizona Interstate Stream Commission
J. H. Moeur
ASRA
C. A. Carson
Arizona
Santa Fe
N. M
M. J. Dougherty
Arizona Power Authority
V. E. Larson
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Tucson Bomber Crashes Near Isleham during training mission
An American Air Force B-50 bomber with 12 500-pound live bombs crashed in a wheat field at Isleham England during a North Sea Helgoland training flight. All 12 crew members were killed as the four engines burned and debris scattered. The Third Air Division said this marked the first B-50 accident since arrival in August at Sculthorpe for 90 days of training.
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Helgoland
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Ariz
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Alaska
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Cambridge
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Oxfordham
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Lakenheath
Bulgaria Accused of Hostile Acts Strains Yugoslav Pact
Yugoslavia formally charged Bulgaria with breaking off the friendship pact and using it to justify new unfriendly acts. Tito’s government replied with a note to the Bulgarian legation stating the treaty had become a useless piece of paper before the formal severance on October 1.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Marshal Tito
Footprints Hint At Missing Colorado Students Climb
Two sets of snow encrusted footprints found in Randall Gorge near the glacier may mark a clue in the search for Bruce Gerling and David Devitt, students missing since Sunday after a hike over 12 300 foot Flat Top Mountain. Rangers, Army troops, and National Park Rangers renewed the search between Grand Lake and Bear Lake as weather and deep snow hinder efforts.
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M. College
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Bruce Gerling
Phoenix
David Devitt
Arvada
Bear Lake
Wyoming
J. C. Clevenger
Devitt
Gerling
Wally Evans
Clevenger
Weather Bureau
Denver
National Park Rangers
Grand Lake
Olds Reappointment Defeated In Senate
In Washington on October 13, the Senate defeated Federal Power Commissioner Leland Olds’s bid for a third term by 53 to 15. The vote capped weeks of heated debate with charges he is anti capitalistic and once sympathetic to communism, while supporters defended the nomination amid party pressure.
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Leland Olds
Truman
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Commission
Noted Figures Comment on War and Peace
International News Service reports comments from Field Marshal Montgomery Admiral King and Sir Hartley Shawcross. Montgomery warns cooperation requires sacrifice of sovereignty. King cautions battle readiness cannot be weakened. Shawcross urges progress toward peace and calls for Soviet leadership to unite rather than divide.
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London
Viscount Montgomery
Western Union Defense
Ickes Accuses Downey of Perjury in Senate Hearing
Former Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes accused Senator Sheridan Downey of unabashed perjury as Downey attacked Reclamation Bureau officials. Ickes urged sending Downey's sworn testimony to the attorney general for action during a Senate Interior Committee probe into Downey’s corruption charges.
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Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of Interior
Sheridan Downey
California
Reclamation Bureau
Ickes
Senate Interior Committee
Downey
Attorney General
Harry W. Bashore
Reclamation
Arizona Senators Split Over Olds Nomination
In Washington on Oct 13 AP reports Arizona's two senators divided on Truman's pick Leland Olds for a third term on the Federal Power Commission. McFarland voted no while Hayden supported the confirmation which failed 53 to 15.
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Washington
Arizona
Senate
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
E. W. McFarland
Carl Hayden
Truman backs Olds fight despite Senate rebuff
Private gas and oil interests backed the campaign against Olds who framed his stance as consumer protection through utility regulation. Democratic leaders refused to state the postvote impact of Truman's directive to take the Olds fight to the people. Olds said he planned no new job and had not decided on the next step as the President pressed for approval.
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Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
McCormick Named to SEC Post by Truman
Edward T. McCormick a Phoenix native and Duke and University of Arizona alumnus has been nominated by President Truman to replace Edmond M Hanrahan on the Securities and Exchange Commission Hanrahan resigned to enter private business McCormick 38 has served with the SEC since 1934 and will serve the remainder of the term ending June 5 1952
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Washington
Edward T. McCormick
Phoenix
Ariz
University of Arizona
Truman
Edmond M. Hanrahan
Securities and Exchange Commission
Hanrahan
McCormick
SEC
Commission
Tucson
Duke University
Edmond M. Hanra
Ruling Makes Rentals Subject to Arizona Sales Tax
Arizona Tax Commission ruled all rentals on property and equipment in the state are taxed at 2 percent of gross receipts. The decision, effective Oct. 1, applies to rentals from businesses, storage facilities, equipment, land, and homes. Elwood Driggs said revenues could rise by hundreds of thousands annually. out‑of‑state owners must obtain Arizona business licenses.
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Commission
Elwood Driggs
Arizona
Fred O. Wilson
Edward Jacobson
Lorna Lockwood
Wilson
Driggs
Tax Commission
Attlee Rejects Churchill Push for 1949 Election
Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced there would be no general election before 1950. He said delaying elections would ease disturbances to trade and industry while Labour completes its nationalization of iron and steel and navigates post devaluation effects. The decision follows a full cabinet meeting with Ernest Bevin and other Labour leaders.
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Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
United States
Labor
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