Vaccine effort to end hoof and mouth disease eyed by summer
Mexico and the United States collaborate with about 4.8 million animals vaccinated after the Veracruz outbreak. By mid June 95 percent of first doses aimed on exposed cattle will be completed, with 8 million cattle vaccinated. If disease remains limited, scientists expect vaccination to prove effective. if not, new solutions will be sought.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Sam
Veracruz
U. S
Commission
Afosta
Welfare Board Approves Record Welfare Budget Strains Staff
State Welfare Board, led by Harry W. Hill, reports a $14 000 000 appropriation, with salaries funded by a projected $10 000 surplus and total relief and admin costs between 15 000 and 20 000. The panel plans staff reductions and resists transferring two staff to Santa Fe. New members Florence Yount and Budlong joined the board as it reviews funds and public relations office abolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Hill
State Welfare Com
Israel
Hitler
England
Kimball
Hill
Olga Welch
Welch
Lucy Fr
Ann Frohmiller
Pat
C. V. Budjong
Tucson
Florence Yount
State Board
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Budlong
Avery Emerges Victor Again
Chicago April 22 Sewell Avery was re elected as a director of Montgomery Ward Co with nominations closed no opposition. He is the only director active in day to day management. Directors re elected included Philip R Clarke David A Crawford Donald R McLennan Jr. all term dates set through 1952 or 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
Avery
Avery J
Ward
Massachusetts Investors Trust
Philip R. Clarke
City National Bank & Trust Co
David A. Crawford
Pullman, Inc
Donald R. McLennan Jr
Marsh & McLennan, Inc
McLennan
Suburb Asking For City Water
North Tucson residents press city water service to prevent incorporation as wells run dry and pumping rises. Dr S T Adams and committee members favor extension, even if city must drill its own wells. Discussion also covers buying Evo DeConcini private system with arbitration offer rejected by city. Polar Water Co. purchase of Blenman addition approved unanimously.
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North
Tucson
South Tucson
Water Committee
Louis Hummel
Northside
North Tucson
S. T. Adams
J. O. Niemann
Charles A. Brady
Oracle Road
Amphitheater School
Prince Road
Pastime Road
Evo DeConcini
Terra DeConcini
DeConcini
de Concini
Water Department
Adams
Polar Water Co
Blenman
F. L. Zeleski
Baseball Results From The District Standings
Baseball results show Boston 040 01x over New York 003 20x with Sain Hogue and Salkeld Mass. Jansen Kelso and Livingston Cooper. Cincinnati Pittsburgh Fox and H Howell. Chesney Werle and McCullough Chicago 10X. Schmitz Scheffing Brazle and D Rice.
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Boston
New York
Sain
Hogue
Salkeld
Mass
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Fox
H. Howell
Chesney
Werle
McCullough
Chicago
Schmitz and Scheffing
Brazle
D. Rice
Time Up: Earth Slows Rotary Day Says Greenwich Chief
Sir Harold Spencer Jones, Britain's royal astronomer and Greenwich time chief, warned that Earth's rotation is slowing, making days longer and altering time as compared with Babylonian records. He noted shifts toward an eventual 47 current days per rotation and contrasted atomic clocks for accuracy. The talk cited tidal friction, planetary pulls, and differing mantle rotation as causes.
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Philadelphia
Britain
Harold Spencer Jones
Greenwich Time
American Philosophical Society
Harold
Sir Harold
National Bureau of Standards
Washington
Greenwich
Mother Earth
Earth
Brooklyn at Philadelphia Wet Weather Ballgame Details
Box score notes indicate Brooklyn and Philadelphia played in a wet game with Reynolds Berra and Tebbetts contributing. St Louis and Chicago teams posted late-inning scoring, with Embree Ferrick Ostrowski Moss and Wight TiptonSignificant pitchers Hutchinson Swift Bearden Hogan referenced. Washington at Philadelphia night game noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chicago
Embree
Ferrick
Ostrowski
Moss
Pieretti
Wight
Tipton
Tucson Hits 91 in 1949 First 90 Since Oct 13
Tucson records its first 90 plus degree reading of 1949 at 2 15 p m reaching 91. It marks the first 90 degree day at the U S weather station since October 13 last year. In Nanking a Chinese communique says Chiang Kai Shek and Li Tsung jen jointly vow to fight for the people s freedom and national independence to the end as Communist forces push south of the Yangtze toward the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
U. S
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Li Tsungjen
Yangtze River
FBI Nabs No 1 Enemy After Street Battle
In Indianapolis on April 22 FBI agents wounded public enemy No 1 Clyde Milton Johnson during a running gun battle on Monument Circle. Johnson, in critical condition, was tied to a Memphis bank robbery on Feb 8 and a Miami jail escape on Mar 1. His wife Billie Glaze Johnson, 25, was detained for aiding the escape and accessory after the fact.
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FBI
Indianapolis
Clyde Milton Johnson
General Hospital
Johnson
Monument Circle
Harvey Foster
North Side
First National Bank
Memphis
Billie Glaze Johnson
Foster
Miami
Washington Street
Meridian Street
President Truman urges national health bill and medical aid
President Truman asks Congress to approve compulsory medical insurance and government funding for medical schools hospital construction and public health programs. He cites inadequacy of voluntary plans and faces GOP and AMA opposition as debate looms.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
American Medical Association
AMA
South Tucson voters start turnout in council race
Eighty one of 587 registered voters in South Tucson had cast ballots by noon Friday to choose five councilmen from seven candidates. Incumbents Gonzales Orcutt Corral Moral Randall seek re election with newcomers Cannizzaro and Contreras on the ticket. Polls at 1810 S Sixth Ave were to stay open until 6 p.m.
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Tucson
Pat L. Gonzales
Joe Corral
Manuel del Moral Jr
Bert W. Orcutt
Francis V. Randall
Hugo Cannizzaro
Gilbert Contreras
Moral
Randall
Iona S. Stewart
Gonzales
Orcutt
Corral
Cannizzaro
AMC Amusement Co
Contreras
Gilbert’s Market
Dollie Young
Harry Powell
Richard Legarra
Isa Corcoran
Ygnacio Santa
Living Costs Up Slightly in March
The government reports March living costs edged up from February, ending a five month decline. The consumer price index rose to 169.5, driven by higher food prices and rents, with beef pork and lamb notably up. Retail prices for moderate families rose 0.3 percent from February and remain well above prewar levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Three Die When Car Hits Loaded Truck on Highway 84
Three men died and five others were hospitalized after a Cadillac crashed into a truck near Tucson. Victims include George Mc Crabie Jr and Oran Bentley. Driver Hennessey, 53, from Olympia, Wash., was hospitalized with injuries. The Velasquez family in the truck bed sustained minor injuries. speed was estimated at 75 mph.
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Tucson
George Joseph McCrabie Jr
S. Sixth Ave
Farley H. Hennessey
Olympia
Wash
Oran Lee Bentley
Phoenix
Tom Collins
Maria Vigil
Kersey
Colo
Higinio Velasquez
Glendale
Andres Velasquez
Lupe Velasquez
Olivia Velasquez
Vigil
Velasquez
Antonia
Higinio
Pantaleon
Teresa
Juanita
Tony
Co. S. Pugh
Former Navy Pilots Begin Endurance Flight Run
Woody Jongeward and Bob Woodhouse circled Yuma on the first phase of their bid to break the world endurance flight record set by Bill Barris and Dick Riedel. They departed at 6 51 p m Thursday in a reconditioned Aeronca monoplane after radio trouble delayed the start. They plan to refuel from a speeding car and follow the same tactic as Barris and Riedel who are still aloft seeking 1 008 continuous hours.
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Yuma
Ariz
Navy
Woody Jongeward
Bob Woodhouse
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton
Calif
Aeronca
Barris
Riedel
Bodies of five scientists found in California plane wreck
A ground search party located the Beech twin engine plane wreckage near Owens park 17 miles north of Inyokern at about 7000 feet. The craft missing since February 3 carried five civilian scientists and two Navy crewmen including Cmdr Alphonse Minnville pilot and Lt Charles V Mathus copilot. The crash personnel list includes Dr J K L McDonald Canadian mathematician Myron Kellogg Rodney Morrin Joseph Vargas and Dr John J McKinley.
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San Francisco
Navy
Owens Park
Inyokern
Calif
Combined Public Information Office
Naval Ordnance Research Laboratory
Alameda Naval Air Station
Alphonse Minnville
Charles V. Mathus
Pittsburgh
J. K. L. McDonald
Stanley
Hants County
Nova Scotia
Myron G. Kellogg
Santa Rosa
Rodney E. Morrin
Waterman
Joseph A. Vargas
John J. McKinley
Brighton
Aggressor Aggie Broadcast Taunts Yank Troops in Germany
In MERNBERG Germany on April 22 a German girl posing as Aggressor Aggie taunted American troops with pro German propaganda. Rosemarie Gunther 23 depicted Aggie and urged desertion, promising a hotel party and plentiful frauleins while broadcasting four times daily for the U S Army.
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Mernberg
Germany
Ludwig Canal
Aggie
U. S. Army
Rosemarie Gunther
Nuernberg
Roter Hahn
Bahnhof
Bayreuth
U. S
Amethyst Besieged As Yangtze Battles Continue
The British sloop Amethyst buried 17 dead at sea and moved upriver under heavy Communist shellfire near Nanking. Seventeen wounded sailors and a river pilot reached Shanghai as Nationalists warn Americans to evacuate while Communist forces advance toward Nanking and Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Nanking
Point Angtze
Inkiang
Kiangyin
Yangtze
Royal Air Force Sutherland
Sutherland
Weston
Chenkiang
London
Black Swan
Face Charges In Revolution In Guatemala
Guatemalan authorities plan to file formal charges Saturday against two Tucson men Walter Glenn 43 and Ronald Rothe 29 jailed as suspected revolutionaries They say they were forced at gunpoint to join a revolt against the Guatemalan government A U S consular official interviewed them they request an attorney provided by the state with 30 days to prepare their defense
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Guatemala
United States
Walter Glenn
Ronald Rothe
Tucson
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Alan G.kirk
Moscow
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Adm
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Smith
First Army
Victor
City Water
Jansen
Kelso
Livingston
Cooper
Bud
Brooklyn
Reynolds
Berra
Hughson
Ferris
Tebbetts
Hutchinson
Swift
Bearden
Hogan
Senate
South
Harry Greening
Consort
Yuma Fliers
Amethyst
China
Nankiang
Lower
Nanking-Shanghai
Nan
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