Siam Applies For UN Membership Amid Albanian Tensions
Siam applied for United Nations membership, the eighth nation seeking entry, with Foreign Minister Direck Jayanam stating readiness to meet charter obligations. The Security Council committee readied considers Albania Iceland Portugal Ireland Outer Mongolia Afghanistan Trans Jordan, Greece protests over Epirus intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Hauck
New York
Siam
United Nations
World Agency
Direck Jayanam
Albania
Security Council
Iceland
Portugal
Ireland
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Trans-Jordan
Washington
Thor Thors
United States
Epirus
Vassili Dendramis
Russia
Board Moves to Oust County Hospital Superintendent
Two county supervisors pushed to fire Paul Trimarco the hospital superintendent while she is on vacation labeling the action a public necessity. G T Alley and R H Martin led the move with J Homer Boyd’s opposition citing budget and instrument concerns plus Mrs Sylvia Powell’s complaints. The board also reappointed Mrs W J Bray to welfare duties and set hearings on water and road matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Paul Trimarco
J. Homer Boyd
Miss Trimarco
G. T. Alley
Ajo
R. H. Martin
Miss. Trimarco
Martin
Alley
Sylvia G. Powell
Powell
Ralph Cain
Cain
W. J. Bray
Pima County Board of Social Security and Welfare Department
Boyd
Harry Blacklidge
Arizona Mortuary
Simon Kivel
James I. Mayo
Cliff Kronauer
Mission Park Water Company
Ajo Road
Kendall Road
Ft. Lowell
Grant Roads
Truman Purge Shapes Six State Primary Battles
President Truman faces key clashes as six states vote in Tuesday primaries. Missouri's fifth district contest between Rep. Roger Slaughter and Enos Axell plus Jerome Walsh draws national attention. Other races include Sen. Briggs in Missouri, John Young Brown vs Cooper in Kentucky, and Byrd in Virginia with labor questions ahead of PAC endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
Slaughter
Missouri Democrat
Independence
C. Jasper Bell
Enos A. Axtell
Jerome Walsh
OPA
Senate
Mr. Truman
Frank P. Briggs
B. Marvin Casteel
St. Joseph
Robert S. Young
James P. Quinn
Kansas City
Kentucky
John Young Brown
Lexington
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
U. S
W. Howes Meade
Paintsville
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
May
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Byrd
Martin A. Hutchinson
Cio-Pac
Arkansas
Kilgore
PAC
United Mine Workers
Stoneham To Visit Phoenix For Giants Spring Training
Horace C. Stoneham president of the New York Giants will arrive in Phoenix to confer on 1947 spring training plans. The Giants will train in Phoenix, shifting from Miami, and William Veeck and Tucson officials may attend. City officials consider enlarging Phoenix municipal stadium and repairing the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Horace C. Stoneham
New York Giants
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Giants
Miami
Fla
Chamber of Commerce
William Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Tucson, Ariz, Sunshine
Veeck
Tucson
Four Stockyards Post Record Prices For Hogs
Chicago Dispatch Aug. 5 reports all time high hog prices at four major stockyards with records equalled at others. Prices rose sharply with gains around 25 cents to 1 dollar, led by East St. Louis where a pig sold for 25.15 dollars surpassing the ceiling. Records also fell at Indianapolis Minneapolis and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Department of Agriculture
East St. Louis
CPA
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
County Board Eyes Leasing County Hospital for Private Care
The Pima County Board of Supervisors weighs leasing the county hospital to private operators to cut indigent care costs. Supervisor R H Martin cites rising annual operating costs from 50 60 thousand to about 160 thousand and compares with Yuma hospital figures. He notes patient transfers from St Marys and Tucson Medical Center may drive indigent load and suggests bidding for care contracts as allowed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Board of Supervisors
R. H. Martin
Martin
Yuma
Ralph Cain
St. Mary's
Tucson Medical Center
Cleveland investors close to $450000 Tucson Steam Laundry deal
Preliminary talks for the purchase of Tucson Steam Laundry by a Cleveland consortium led by Robert Brickman concluded this afternoon. Purchase price is believed near $450000. The owners are Oliver Drachman and P. E. Howell. Brickman also pursues a 365 room hotel and a sports arena in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Steam Laundry Company
Cleveland
Robert Brickman
Oliver Drachman
P. E. Howell
Brickman
Echols Heads Rodeo Group In Tucson Chamber Setting
Sheriff Ed F Echols was named chairman of the La Fiesta de los Vaqteros committee during a Chamber of Commerce meeting. The roster lists Albert Lent C Edgar Goyette Don Bell Melville Haskell Harold Collins Ed Ellis F Lauber F Pachecho Frank A Potter Cecil Gaver Howard Miller J Meyers Alex Jacome A Gibson Phil J Martin Jr Anthony Lerua and others. A sanitation concerns panel was proposed and Tucson improvement districts were discussed along with a Tucson Albuquerque aviation meeting set for August 14 to back Western Airlines and Arizona Airways franchises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed F. Echols
Chamber of Commerce
Albert Lent
C. Edgar Goyette
Don Bell
Melville Haskell
Harold Collins
Ed Ellis
F. Lauber
F. Pachecho
C. Wayne Clampitt
Aviation Committee
Tucson
Albuquerque
Western Airlines, Inc
Arizona Airways
Arizona
British Captain Charges Americans Took Ship in Salvage Fight
Captain E Miller of the British freighter American Farmer claims an American Ranger boarding party seized his prize ship after a collision left it crippled. The American destroyer Perry stood by as the two crews clashed over the 4.5 million dollar salvage award. International law typically awards the salvors half to the ship’s captain and owners and the rest to the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boyle
London
U.P
E. Miller
Hudson Steamship Co., Ltd
Miller
Admiralty
Perry
Elizabeth
Britain
Ranger
Johnson
Eagle Picher Protests Assessment In Pima
Phoenix August 5 The state tax commission became a board of equalization to hear protests against assessed valuations First protests by Eagle Picher Mining and Smelting Co against its Pima county mine and by U S Smelting and Refining Co against machinery valuations at the Gold road mine Mohave county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Board of Equalization
Eagle Picher Mining & Smelting Co
Pima
U. S. Smelting & Refining Co
Goldroad
Mohave County
Caribbean earthquake triggers towering tidal wave in Dominican Republic
A Caribbean earthquake spanning 600 miles unleashed a major tidal wave along Santo Domingo's northern coast. Puerto Plata and five nearby towns suffered severe damage with ruined city halls and churches, while Ciudad Trujillo encountered a secondary tremor in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis Miura
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican _Republic
Dominican
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Caribbean
Santiago
Moca
Macoris
San Francisco
Miami Flood Destroys Streets as City Cleans Debris
Emergency crews battled to clear Miami streets of an estimated 1500 tons of mud rocks and debris after a flash flood Saturday night. City streets official Charles Phillips said the cleanup would take days as 2.25 inches of rain fell in an hour and homes across hillsides were undermined. Fire Chief Clarence Schlansky said pumping water from basements would continue for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Charles Phillips
Loomis Avenue
Turkey Shoot Canyon Road
Sullivan Street
Clarence Schlansky
State Canvass Postponed Amid Certification Technicality
Phoenix August 5. State tax commission chair D C O Neil lost the Democratic nomination to Thad M Moore by 336, with Moore carrying Apache Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee Mohave Navajo Pinal Yavapai and Yuma counties and O Neil taking Cochise Maricopa Pima and Santa Cruz by 20 votes in the unofficial results. The canvass may be held Wednesday by Gov. Osborn, Atty. Gen. Sullivan and Dan Garvey due to a county certification technicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
D. C. O'Neil
State Tax Commission
Thad M. Moore
Dan E. Garvey
Coconino and
Pinal
Board of Supervisors
Flagstaff
Florence
Garvey
Sidney P. Osborn
John L. Sullivan
Moore
O'Neil
Apache
Coconino
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
Mohave
Navajo
Yavapai
Yuma
Cochise
Maricopa
Pima
Santa Cruz
Ann Frohmiller
Laura Orth
American Legion Auxiliary
U. S
McFarland
Valentine
Powers
Murdock
Harless
Mackenzie
Carnutte
Henson
Supreme Court
Sullivan
Nave
Simms
Williams
Lowell
Frohmiller
Orth
Christianity Seeks Joint Protestant Catholic Action
DEWITT MACKENZIE outlines a plan favored by Protestant leaders of eight nations to join Protestant and Roman Catholic efforts on global issues. The proposal envisions high level cooperation between the world council of churches and the Vatican to present a Christian peace outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
World Conference of Churches
Cambridge
England
World Council of Churches
Vatican
John Foster Dulles
New York
Federal Council of Churches Commission On
Soviet Union
West
Europe
Russia Fights To Save Rule At Paris Peace Talks
Molotov warned the Soviet Union would oppose any change to the two thirds majority rule at the Paris peace conference. He proposed an amendment to send near threshold recommendations to the council of foreign ministers and urged Big Four unity against a simple majority path. Byrnes pressed for simultaneous meetings of foreign ministers and the conference to speed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Big Four
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Administration probes spending of war funds
Washington reports the house appropriation committee is reviewing records to determine how much of more than 64 billion dollars in leftover war funds the administration spent last year amid a spending probe.
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Washington
House Appropriation Committee
Louisiana Governor Plans Movie About His Life
Baton Rouge reports Governor Jimmie Davis will star in a motion picture titled Louisiana. He will travel to Hollywood for two weeks to film with Monogram Corp while the rest is shot in Louisiana. He may sing songs for the soundtrack and the feminine lead is undecided. The 45 year old governor, once a bandleader and songwriter, plans the project without resigning his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jimmie Davis
Hollywood
Monogram Corp
Davis
Regents Study 47 49 Budgets For Arizona Higher Learning
The finance committee of the Arizona board of regents met to prep for tomorrow's full board session when budgets for three state colleges from July 1947 to July 1949 will be approved. Attending were Dr. Alfred Atkinson and Dr. Grady Gammage along with Dr. Tom O. Bellwood Cleon T. Knapp and Sam H. Morris. W. W. Stevenson was absent. Details on issuing 350 000 in bonds for two GI dormitories and stadium extension will be completed tomorrow. The bonds were sold to a syndicate including Henry Dahlberg & Co John Nuveen & Co and Kenneth Ellis & Co. Dahlberg also reported buying 56 500 in Fort Lowell school bonds for an elementary addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Regents of
The
University and State Colleges of Arizona
Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Grady Gammage
Arizona State College
Tempe
Tom O. Bellwood
Flagstaff
Cleon T. Knapp
Tucson
Sam H. Morris
Globe
W. W. Stevenson
Jack B. Martin
Board of
Regents
Henry Dahlberg & Co
John Nuveen & Co
Chicago
Kenneth Ellis & Co
Phoenix
Dahlberg
Ft. Lowell
Fort Lowell
New Frontier Vik
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Great Britain
Enver Hoxha
Ali Kuci
Dachau
Kuci
U.S
Stoneham
Echols
Rodeo
Edwin L. Sibert
Berlin
Eagle Picher
Mead
By John W. Henderson
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
D-Ky
Prestonburg
Warren Magee
Atty
Clark
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Garsson Munitions Combine
Cumberland Lumber Co
Combine
Sen
Taylor
D.-Ida
National Treasury
Armed Services
Bureau of the Budget
Department of Justice For Recovery
Idaho
Bureau
Army Transportation Corps
Thomas B. McCabe
McCabe
Hitler
Associated Press
D. Harold Oliver
Congress
Rep. Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Rep. Reed
Rep. Taber
Appropriations Committee
R. H. Shackford
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