AFL Bans Political Program With CIO
SAN FRANCISCO AFL delegates at the 1952 convention approved a separate Labor League for Political Education plan to run an independent campaign. The committee rejected the 1950 CIO AFL publicity drive and pledged stronger registration and votes to elect a labor friendly Congress. It aims to repeal Taft Hartley and target big city voters while warning of tough campaigns and misrepresentation.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Labor League For Political Education
Afl-Cio
League
Cio-Afl
Labor
Lee
Education League
Big City
Italy Officials See American Jets Demonstrate
GUIDONIA AIR BASE Italy Sept 18 AP US airmen demonstrated American Thunderjets before Italian government and military leaders. Italy has been promised delivery of several fighter jets from the United States before year end for its Atlantic Pact air force. The jets were from the 36th Fighter Bomber Wing commanded by Col Robert E Scott formerly of Williams AFB and Flying Tigers fame. Jets flew from Friedrichsfieldbruck Germany near Munich.
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Guidonia
Italy
United States
Atlantic Pact Air Force
Robert E. Scott
Macon
Flying Tigers
China
Williams Air Force Base
Phoenix
Ariz
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Germany
Munich
Kidnap and Robbery Charge in Tucson Case
Ale jandro Fernandez, Cortaro farm worker, told police he was kidnapped by five men and a woman outside a bar and robbed of 256 dollars. He described being forced into a car, tied, driven to an alley, and struck with a tire iron before being dumped. Willie Hudson, 25, is arrested on kidnapping and strong-arm robbery charges, denying involvement. friend George Guitry faces vagrancy charges.
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Tucson
Alejandro Fernandez
Cortaro
Hernandez
Willie Hudson
George Guitry
Mishap Amputates Painter's Finger Near Trailer
A 36 year old painter, James W. Wall of 408 N. 20th St., lost his right little finger when a jack slipped while blocking up a house trailer. He received treatment at Memorial Hospital.
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James W. Wall
N. 20Th St
Memorial Hospital
Missionary Gives Public Talk in Arizona Academy
Rev. J. O. Gibson, president of the West African Mission of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, spoke last night at Arizona Academy. His lecture covered native African religions, featured motion pictures, and described the mission’s medical work tackling tropical diseases among locals.
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Arizona Academy
J. O. Gibson
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Africa
Hawaii Statehood Debate Touches on Bridges Power
Dr. Benjamin O. Wist of the Hawaii Statehood Commission told the Phoenix Advertising Club that Harry Bridges’ longshoremen’s union is not a political force in Hawaii. He cited small left wing presence in the territorial legislature and noted a strike reversal when Hawaii laws kept stevedoring under government control. He defended statehood against Eugene C. Pulliam’s opposition and presented leis from the Hawaii governor and Honolulu mayor to Gov. Howard Pyle and Mayor Nicholas Udall.
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Harry Bridges
Hawaii
Benjamin O. Wist
Hawaii Statehood Commission
Phoenix Advertising Club
Islands
Bridges
Dr. Wist
Eugene C. Pulliam
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc
Hawaiian
Dr. Wists
Martin Wist
Phoenix
Howard Pyle
Nicholas Udall
Honolulu
Cain Asks Report On Red Curbs
Sen. Harry P. Cain questions President Truman about creating the machinery to arrest and detain Communists and subversives under Title II of the McCarran Act if war or insurrection occurs. He notes rising perceived Communist threats since 1950 and seeks steps taken.
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Washington
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Truman
Russia
Cain
McCarran
Congress
New Shipping Ban Test Postponed
Tucson reports the first test of the interstate gambling devices ban was postponed as the FBI continues its inquiry. Jack Horner of Corpus Christi faced a hearing after his Sept. 7 arrest for 67 slot machines at Benson Agricultural Station. the case may move to Houston. Martin McBee of Corpus Christi is named as the equipment’s owner, sent to Reno Nevada.
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Tucson
Jack Horner
Corpus Christi
FBI
Horner
Benson Agricultural Station
U. S
Thomas H. McKay
Houston
Texas
Martin McBee
Reno
Nev
Smile When You Say Hello Receptionists Advised
A Phoenix Real Estate Board luncheon featured a telephone courtesy lesson for office secretaries and receptionists. Erwin Isaman of Mountain States Telephone Company explained proper habits, urging callers to confirm numbers, allow response time, identify themselves, speak clearly, be friendly, and promote good will for business.
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Phoenix Real Estate Board
Erwin Isaman
Mountain States Telephone Company
Suspended Officers Not Planned After Beating Incident
Police Chief Earl L. O'Clair postponed indefinitely the suspensions of detectives Robert McCann and Edwin Hetz who took a severely beaten woman to Memorial Hospital and failed to report. He cited vacation staffing and said suspensions may never occur, promising a new reporting order and discipline for future failures. The incident involved Mrs. Renee Allen found near-unconscious on Second Street and Jefferson, with investigations lacking a full account and a disappearing witness from Tucson.
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Earl L. O’clair
Memorial Hospital
O’clair
Robert McCann
Edwin Hetz
Hetz
McCann
Renee Allen
Second St. and
Jefferson
Sheriffs Office
Allen
W. Colter
Tucson
Pakistan’s 127 year old oldest man dies in Lahore
Pakistan’s oldest man Mian Mohammed Baksh, estimated at 127 years, died recently in Lahore. The death ends a long life that had drawn interest from local residents and historians alike.
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Pakistan
Mian Mohammed Baksh
Lahore
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Monroe
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Paul J. Ritchie
DR. Hawkins
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Joenix Oa
Tae
Rey Igf
Cleaning Inc
Elaine
Hollywood
TNT
Arywva
First Avenue
Adams
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