D M Bombers Headed Overseas For Training Mission
Davis-Monthan's second B 29 bomber group, commanded by Col James C Selser Jr, will fly to Lakenheath England from Tucson Friday with Goose Bay Labrador as a stop. Lead squadron 20th departs 2 30 am Friday. others follow every 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Selser, Jr
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Lakenheath
England
Tucson
Goose Bay
Labrador
William E. Eubank, Jr
Strategic Air Command
43Rd
Col. Selser
Davis-Monthan
Bernard B. Ogas
Los Angeles
Henry J. Lawrence
St. Lawrence
N. Y
96Th
George L. Newton, Jr
Bedford
Lackenheath
Davis
Monthan Air Force
Washington
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Germany
Scampton
Marham
Waddington
Air Force
Curtis le May
U. S. Air Forces
United States Pushes Danube Plan Against Russian Proposal
U S Ambassador Cavendish Cannon urged the 11 nation Danube conference to adopt an American plan that ensures open navigation for all ships and creates a Danube commission including Austria France the United States Britain and others. He denounced the Soviet proposal as privileging Communist eastern Europe and excluding Austria until peace is signed. The U S also said it will draft a replacement convention to Paris 1921 and lamented the lack of UN observers at the talks.
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Belgrade
United States
Russia
Europe
U. S
Cavendish Cannon
Austria
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
France
Britain
Germany
Adrien Thierry
Paris
Danube
United Nations
International Organization For Settlement
Truman labels hearings a Red Herring amid Wallace subpoena talk
President Truman accuses congressional probes of diverting from inflation and action. Representative Rankin proposes calling Henry A Wallace before the House Un American Activities Committee to address alleged Communist infiltration in the commerce department during Wallace’s tenure. Mundt negotiates whether to subpoena.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
FBI
Capitol
Rankin
Dmiss
House UN- American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
Wallace
Mundt
R-Sd
House Un-American Activities Committee
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
House Committee
Rep
Admits Killing Deputy At Eloy
Florence reports Willis Bishop 21 confesses to the slaying of Pinal County Deputy Sheriff Ed Smith in Eloy on Tuesday night. Bishop and Fletcher Casey 21 are named as co defendants in planned first degree murder charges, with cafe owner Joe Louis referenced as alleged mastermind.
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Florence
U.P
Willis Bishop
Pinal County
Ed Smith
Eloy
Lynn Earley
Travis Wall
Preston Salt
Bishop
Fletcher C.casey
Earley
Big Four
Joe Louis Heights
Smith
Dandy
Fletcher Casey
Casey
Wall
Robert Murlless
Ver deur Sets Olympic Record in 200-Meter Breaststroke Trials
Joe Ver deur of La Salle College Philadelphia clocked 2 40 0 in the 200 meter breaststroke trials. Bob Bonte of Holland was runner up in heat two, with Bob Sohl of Michigan winning heat one. Karen Harup of Denmark won the women's backstroke. University of California led rowing prelims with a 1 900 meter time of 5 59 1. Audrey Patterson advanced to track finals with 200 meter dash semifinal second place. Enrique Kistenmacher led the decathlon after five events with 3897 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joe Verdeur
la Salle College
Philadelphia
Verdeur
Bob Bonte
Holland
Bob Sohl
University of Michigan
Karen Harup
Denmark
Sue Zimmerman
Portland
Ore
Yugoslavia
France
Ky Ebright
Bears
Audrey Patterson
Nashville
Tenn
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Shirley ‘Kland
Australia
A. D. Liamson
Britain
Enrique Kistenmacher
Argentina
Robert Mathis
Tulare
Calif
Floyd Simmons
Los Angeles
Irving Menschein
New York
Still Hopes For A Bomb Ban Hopes For A Bomb Ban
President Truman expressed hope that peace will prevail and that the atomic weapon may eventually be outlawed after proper safeguards are established by the United Nations. He declined to comment on Moscow diplomacy while reiterating his belief in a world ban on the bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Moscow
United Nations
Phone Strike Threatens Phoenix Area Service Delays
Phoenix workers threaten a strike against Western Electric potentially delaying installation of phones and other services. The CIO branch union seeks a 31 cent per hour raise retroactive to June 1 and a 25 percent transfer allowance increase. Beginning wages are listed at 82 cents per hour with a $26 weekly take home.
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Phoenix
U.P
Western Electric Co
Wibibie B. Speer
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
CIO
Western Electric
GOP Price Bill Goes To Senate
The House passed a Republican anti inflation bill 264 to 97 sending it to the Senate under a fast track schedule. President Truman denounced it as feeble, while Democrats warned of a possible veto. The measure reinstates wartime price controls and tightens credit with a boost to federal bank gold reserves.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Congress
B 29 Flight Around World Nears Davis Monthan Welcome
A two B 29s flight team plus 34 fliers approach Davis Monthan Air Base after flying from Tucson via McDill and Azores to Alaska. One B 29 crash at Aden left 12 missing and five dead. Master Sgt Gustafson survived. Captain Litchfield led inquiries while Lt Col Kline and Lt Neal pilot the final leg toward home.
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Davis-Monthan
U. S. Air Force
Gulf of Aden
Tucson
Anchorage
Alaska
Ellmendorf Field
Aden
Arabia
Sigur R. Gustafson
Robert S. Litchfield
San Jose
Calif
Richard W. Kline
A. M. Neal
McDillfield
Fla
Azores
Tripoli
Africa
Ceylon
Manila
Yokoda
Japan
Army Accepts Bids For Argentina Meat
Chicago Aug 5 The U S army quartermaster market center said it accepted bids for 3 021 000 pounds of meat and 904 725 pounds of turkey all from Argentina with the bids opened Thursday and announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. Army Quartermaster Market Center System
Argentina
Mixed Reports On Air France Flying Boat Sighting
Paris dispatches indicate Air France may have located the Latecoere 631 flying boat missing in the South Atlantic with 52 aboard, found 120 miles south of the last well report. Dakar and Marseille reports were unconfirmed and Air France said no official information. The press agency urged caution.
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Paris
U.P
Air France
South Atlantic
Dakar
Ithe
Dispatch
Marseille
Indian Relief Delaying Call
Acting Gov Dan E Garvey says a special legislative session will be called once Washington advises on the Indian social security issue. A Aug 13 Washington conference on extending social security benefits to reservation Indians in Arizona and New Mexico is planned.
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Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
Garvey
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Phelps Dodge Tax Protest Heard
Phelps Dodge Corp sought a 31.6 million dollar reduction in Arizona mine and smelter property assessments. Attorney William A. Evans urged equalization to reflect full cash value of about 96.9 million, while the tax commission valued the properties at 128.4 million. Harry M. Lavender cited the United Verde mine in Yavapai county as vastly overvalued given nearing shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Phelps Dodge Corp
Arizona
William A. Evans
State Board of Equalization
Evans
Phelps Dodge
State Tax Commission
Harry M. Lavender
United Verde
Yavapai County
Rainfall exceeds full year totals after Wednesday storm
Rainfall reached 0.65 inches on Wednesday night bringing the year’s total to 16.21 inches and 0.16 inches above the normal for the period. The date tallies show the year to date exceeding 1947’s total by 0.68 inch as a thunderstorm produced 36 mph winds and dust obscuring nearby mountains.
Tucson CAP pilots end Fifty hours search for missing pilot
A 13 member Civil Air Patrol team from Tucson ended a two day air search at noon Thursday after Bill Humphries landed at Nogales International Airport. Humphries, a Jellico Tennessee native, had vanished after taking off from Ajo Tuesday with limited fuel and reached Saric Sonora before crossing into Mexico. He said he lost his bearings near Gila Bend and refueled too late, forcing a long transborder trek with a dented wingtip and a wait for immigration officials.
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Civil Air Patrol
Tucson
Bill Humphries
Nogales International
Jellico
CAP
Davis-Monthan
Humphries
BT-13
International
Paul W. Spencer
Gila Bend
Ajo
Spencer
Saric
Sonora
Nogales
Customs and Immigration
Communism Prompts European Union Dream Gains Momentum
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst notes that fear of Communism drives Western Europe toward a confederation of democracies. Italy signals willingness to cede sovereignty, France hopes Britain backs a United States of Europe after London talks, following the five nation Western European union and Marshall Plan cohesion.
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United States of Europe
Western Europe
Italy
Carlo Sforza
Paul Reynaud
Britain
United States
Europe
London
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
America
Yanks Break Ferry Record and Berlin Blockade Talks
Berlin dispatch reports Russians tighten border road blocks near Lueneberg and evacuate roads. US predicts train movement to Leipzig fair only after Berlin blockade ends. Americans set new airlift record with 2104 tons in 303 flights. RAF 1000 tons in 242 flights as envoys meet in Moscow. Eleven C-54s arrive at Rhein Main. jets sail from Scotland bound for Germany. Sicily carrier to Glasgow with 69 more jets.
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Berlin
Lueneberg
Hamburg
Germany
Leipzig
U.S
Kremlin
Stalin
United States
Britain
RAF
Moscow
Russia
Frank Roberts
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Smith
Fay Kohler
Rheinmann
Frankfurt
Glasgow
Scotland
U.S. Army
Barney Kirschbaum
Navy
Sicily
Furstenfeldbruck
Munich
Union dispute forces Met to cancel 1948 49 season
The Metropolitan Opera cancels its 1948 49 season after failing to reach wage and production cost demands with unions. Officials cite a large deficit and prudence in not expanding losses, shocking fans after 50 years of continuous seasons.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Met
America
The
Opera Association
Baseball Scores in AMERICAN LEAGUE and NATIONAL LEAGUE
Baseball scores show Philadelphia defeating Chicago 3 to 0 with a Detroit game upcoming. Cleveland beat Washington 3 to 0. Brooklyn defeated Chicago 6 to 4 while St. Louis and New York games were rained out or postponed. Additional rain delays postponed Philadelphia-Pittsburgh and a Cincinnati at Boston night matchup.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia-Pittsburgh
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Davis- Monthan
Honolulu
Jamaica
British West Indies
Poland
Danube River
Central Europe
Leo H. Petersen
Cal Crew
University of California
Gop
Senate Banking Committee
Senate-House
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Secretary of Interior
Krug
Army
Roger Aull
Tombstone
John P. Giacoma
Father An
Flying Boat
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