Prescott Council Weighs Liquor Ruling and Flood Plans
The Prescott city council studied the liquor licensing ruling and delayed a license decision for Nicholas D Richardson while directing analysis of the decision. The council also authorized outside engineers to study flood damage and drainage and proposed a joint flood meeting with the county board.
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George Rosenberg
Supreme Court
Prescott
William H. Codd
Nicholas D. Richardson
Thomas J. Elliott
Carl M. Hitt
State Superintendent of Liquor Control
Codd
Elliott
Mgr
Phil Martin, Jr
Forrest Priser
County Board of Supervisors
Priser
Glenton Sykes
U.S
Cherry Avenue
Randolph Park
Santa Cruz
Sykes
Council
Patton wins 200 meter dash at Wembley Olympics
Mel Patton of Southern California won the 200 meter event at the London Olympics, clocking 21.1 seconds to lead the United States to another track triumph. Barney Ewell finished second, with Lloyd LaBeach of Panama third and Herb McKenley fourth as Patton strengthened U S sprint dominance.
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Ted Smits
Wembley
England
Mel Patton
California
United States
Barney Ewell
Penn State
Harrison Dillard
Patton
Ewell
Trojan
U. S
Jesse Owens
Lloyd LaBeach
Panama
Herb McKenley
Jamaica
MccKenley
Cliff Bourland
L. Laing
Washington Red Investigation Names Grow Beyond List
Whittaker Chambers testified that an underground network included Alger Hiss and Nathan Witt with links to Harold Ware and Elizabeth Bentley. He named John Abt and Lee Pressman, and noted Hiss helped organize Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta conferences. Senate hearings questioned commerce department information on William W. Remington.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Red
Alger Hiss
State Department
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Senate
Ferguson (Rmich
Commerce Department
William W. Remington
Miss
Elizabeth T.) Bentley
John Abt
Lee Pressman
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
U. S
Miss Bentley
Hitler
Stalin
GOP To Meet On Filibuster In Congress Session
The Republican policy committee called a conference of all GOP senators to decide on civil rights legislation and anti inflation housing bills for the extra session. Taft said the Senate rules change is needed to limit debate, not possible before January.
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Washington
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Tucson
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
UN May Send 2500 to Holy Land Duty
Count Folke Bernadotte said the United Nations may have to deploy a 2500 man international police force to demilitarize Jerusalem. He conferred with Dr. Bernard Joseph, new Israeli military governor for the Jewish sector, and with Arab representatives.
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Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Bernard Joseph
Iity
Hand Grenade Found Near St Peters Square
A Vatican street sweeper found a tiny red hand grenade Tuesday near the entrance to St Peter's square. Achille Tripanera notified security, and Explosives experts moved the device away from the Bernini colonnade and rendered it harmless under sandbags.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's Square
Achille Tri_panera
St. Peter's
Miss Carlson Pleads Guilty To Shot At Robbins
Hallie Carlson, 45, admitted firing 11 shots at Agnes Robbins with a .22 rifle during a feud flare up. She agreed to speed up the case, telling Justice Clark H. Johnson she is guilty and wants the trial over. Carlson faces a superior court charge of assault with a deadly weapon with bail set at 2000.
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Hallie Carlson
Agnes M. Robbins
Mrs. Carlson
Clark H. Johnson
Johnson
Jerry Martin
Carlson
Riverview Road
Robbins
East Seneca Street
Germans Stone Soviet Police in Potsdamer Clash
Berlin August 3 German civilians stoned Soviet sector police who chased a black marketeer into the British sector at Potsdamer Platz Two police injuries were reported Clashes erupted as crowds lined Potsdamer Strasse and a passerby was dragged from the British side by armed officers
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Berlin
Potsdamer Platz
Telegraf
Potsdamer Strasse
Berliner Zeitung
Arizona Tax Valuations Seen Climbing Over 100 Million
Arizona's state board of equalization predicted a rise of over 100 million dollars in taxable property valuations from the previous year. The latest tentative increases include a 2 million dollar uptick for American Telephone and Telegraph’s Arizona holdings due to 411 miles of new coaxial cable. Protests will be reviewed and hearings set for property owners who contest assessments, including the First National Bank building and local mines.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Board of Equalization
Joe Hunt
Gerald Welsh
Denver
E. J. Sorenson
New York City
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hunt
Sorenson
Welsh
Lee Moore
Herman Lewkowitz
Arizona Box Co
Paul Zweifel
Western Union Co
First National Bank
Shattuck-Dean
Iron King
Szakasits Elected Head of Hungary
Arpad Szakasits, a former stone mason, journalist and poet, was elected president of Hungary by a unanimous parliamentary vote. He succeeds Zoltan Tildy, who resigned after his son-in-law Victor Csornoky was arrested and charged with espionage and treason.
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Budapest
Hungary
Arpad Szakasits
Zoltan Tildy
Victor Csornoky
Auto Crash Kills Two D M Soldiers Near Tucson
Two Davis-Monthan air force base soldiers died and four were injured when their car collided with a highway department truck on U S Highway 80 about 11 miles west of Tucson. Master Sgt. John Russin and Corp Ralph Sullivan died at the scene. The four injured were Pfc Foster Temple Set Charles Crawley Sgt James Mitchell and Sgt Clarence Puckett. The truck driver was Talmadge Lockwood and helper D R Aguirre. no injuries to them. The accident occurred during a routine road check after rain.
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Reggie Russell
John Russin
Corp
Ralph E. Sullivan
Davis-Monthan
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Arizona Highway Department
U. S. Highway 80
Tucson
Masury
Ark
Ralph Sullivan
43Rd Air Police Squadron
Hartman
Foster S. Temple
Charles R. Crawley
Clarence T. Puckett
James L. Mitchell
Pima County
Highway Department
Glenn Bock
Richard Blair
Russia
Lockwood
Fremont Avenue
Aguirre
Annapolis Drive
Sullivan
Arizona
Next of
Air Force Base
Britain’s Peake Rejects Vishinsky Danube Demands
In Belgrade Sir Charles Peake denounced Andrei Vishinsky for attempting to dominate the Danube talks. The British envoy warned he would not bow to what he called the Soviet whip and urged that western powers resist coercive pressure while Vishinsky moves to formalize a bloc led river convention.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Britain
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Charles Peake
United Kingdom
Carlos
Russia
Charles
Peake
Greeks Claim Kerassovon Fall in Western Front
Dispatches report Greek forces captured Kerassovon, a western front bastion between Prophet Elias and Elepsis, after the heights fell recently. The move follows a Greek army reshuffle aimed at speeding the war effort with Panos Kalogeropoulos on leave and Stylianos Kitrilakis preparing to assume control of the Grammos offensive.
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Athens
Kerassovon
Markos
Vasiades
Prophet Elias
Eleptis
Zagoria
Themistokles Sophoulis
Amer Lican
Panos Kalogeropoulos
Stylianos Kitrilakis
Grammos Mountains
Baseball Scores Across Leagues Tonight
American League games include Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at St Louis New York at Detroit and Washington at Cleveland all night. National League matchups feature Cincinnati at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Factory Gate Clash as Guardsmen Use Tanks and Gas
National guardsmen with two Sherman tanks bayonets and tear gas broke up a 400 strong crowd at the Univis Lens Co plant in Dayton Ohio as workers began returning to work. Four arrests followed including UE officials. The plant, idle 90 days due to a UE strike, reopened at 8 am after earlier mass picketing was dispersed.
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Dayton
U.P
National
Univis Lens Co
Ohio
Frank Krug
Robert Elsner
UE Frigidaire Local 801
Forest Payne
Edward McKellar
Charles McKellar
United Electrical Workers
County Cio Council
Western diplomats press for breakthrough with Stalin at Kremlin
Western envoys from the United States Britain and France met with Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin for two hours and 15 minutes in a bid to resolve the Berlin crisis. Authorities said progress was made and the diplomats waited for new instructions as hopes for easing tensions rose.
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Moscow
Washington
London
Paris
Stalin
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Berlin
Great Britain
Vu. M. Molotov
Copper Price Up Two Cents
New York August 3 copper prices rose two cents a pound to 23 1/2 cents delivered in the Connecticut valley marking the first large producer hike since March 1947 and the highest since 1929. Anaconda Phelps Dodge and Kennecott quoted 23 1/2 and 21 1/2 cents respectively with others adopting the higher price. top producers then withdrew from the market and most August production was already allotted and sold.
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New York
Connecticut
Phelps Dodge Corp
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Kennecott Copper Corp
Anaconda
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
Direct Approach To Stalin Could Slow Soviet Offensive
AP analysis argues a Western peace overture to Stalin is a tactical move in the German crisis. It notes no decisive result yet, warns Moscow may fear world opinion if blockade of Berlin persists, and cites potential truce as a temporary guard to marshal plans like Marshall aid.
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Stalin
America
Britain
France
Moscow
Berlin
United Nations
Kremlin
Western Europe
Russia
Garvey plans speechless bid for governor in Arizona
Acting Governor Dan E. Garvey outlined a tentative two week state campaign tour to seek the Democratic nomination. He will visit half the state each week and avoid public speeches while preferring personal contact. Campaign headquarters will be set in Phoenix in the former Vic Hanny building, occupying half the structure near North Central and Adams Washington.
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Phoenix
Wu.p
Dan E. Garvey
Garvey
Maricopa County
Vic Hanny
North Central
Adams
Washington Streets
Two B-29s Set for Alaska Flight after Yokota Arrival
Two world circling B 29s from Davis Monthan AFB land at Yokota Japan and are scheduled to depart at 3 p m Tucson time Wednesday for Elmendorf Alaska with an estimated Alaska arrival at 6 a m Tucson time Thursday. No updates on salvage efforts or recovery from the third B 29 wrecked at Aden in southern Arabia.
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Yokota
Japan
Tucson
Elmendorf
Alaska
James C. Selser, Jr
Air Force Base
Aden
Arabia
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