GOP Housing Bill Sent to President Truman
Congress sent its GOP version of housing legislation to President Truman after passage in the House 352 to 9. The bill offers limited federal aid for low cost homes and rental projects but excludes subsidized public housing and slum clearance. Democrats debated supporting an anti inflation alternative.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Rep. Monroney
D-Okla
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
Senate
Martin
R-Mass
Federal Reserve Banks
Senate Banking Committee
Nogales Editor Resigns to Join Phoenix Chamber Staff
Bob Berrellez who has been news editor of the Nogales Daily Herald for eight years will leave his post Aug 23 to join the publicity staff of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. A Nogalian by birth he joined the Herald in 1935 as a high school reporter and became sports editor in 1939.
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Nogales
Ariz
Bob Berrellez
DM Rites To Honor Men Lost On B 29
Religious services at Davis Monthan Air Force Base honor the crew of a B 29 that crashed in the Gulf of Arabia on July 27. Catholic and Protestant chaplains will lead memorial Mass and services at the base chapel and bandshell. Twelve crew members remain missing. Master Sgt. Sigur Gustafson is recovering in Aden hospital. The two remaining B 29s completed their peace time worldflight and returned to Tucson.
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Gulf of Arabia
Vincent A. McCartan
Leon F. Milner
Aden
Arabia
Sigur Gustafson
Tucson
Ask Subpoena For Wallace in Atomic Materials Case
Rep Rankin urged the house Un American Activities Committee to subpoena Henry A Wallace for testimony on shipments of atomic materials to Russia. He also asked inviting Lt Gen Leslie Groves to testify. Nixon cited a three man subcommittee probe into alleged Communist spy rings and a mystery witness claim.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
House un-American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Leslie Groves
Wallace
Progressive Party
Commerce
Board of Economic Warfare
Groves
Richard M.nixon
R.-Calif
Alexander Koral
Nixon
Federal Building
Koral
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
House
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Strangest Special Session Of Congress Nears End
Washington, Aug 7 The strangest special session of Congress rushes to finish by nightfall after a week of infighting and a Soviet spy hunt. The 26th special in history started in 1797 with name calling. President Truman called it at 2 am to fight inflation, while Republicans call it political hype. The spy hunt dominated the agenda and public focus.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Truman
James Marlow
White House
Mr. Truman
Yuma Poll Tracks Thad Moore Support In August City Survey
In Yuma voters discuss Thad Moore for governor with Moore leading among street polls. Garvey Goodson and Jim Smith show mixed support while Harless and Marvin Smith trail. Farmers and Hugo Farmer back Goodson. many ignore platforms. Local chatter notes Moore’s name recognition and comical voter anecdotes.
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Yuma
Thad Moore
Yumans
Moore
Dan E. Garvey
J. Melvin Goodson
Phoenix
Jim Smith
Central
Marvin Smith
Maricopa County
Richard Harless
Bruce Brockett
Garvey
Goodson
Harless
Jim Harrison
Irrigation District
Smith
Hugo Farmer
Thad
Brackett
U S Dominates Distance Relay at Wembley Olympics
At Olympic Stadium Wembley on August seven the United States won the unofficial team track and field title led by a 3 10.4 1 600 meter relay as Arthur Wint from Jamaica pulled up lame while challenging in the third leg. France Sweden and Finland followed. An official protest was filed over a disqualification in the 400 meter relay.
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Olympic Stadium
Wembley
England
United States
Sweden
Great Britain
France
Finland
U. S
Arthur Wint
Jamaica
Art Harnden
Cliff Bourland
Roy Cochran
Mal Whitfield
Wint
Cochran
Dean Cromwell
Crump Silent as Ballot Totals Apex in Tennessee Primary
In Tennessee Crump declined comment as results from about 2,017 precincts show Gordon Browning leading the gubernatorial race 214,465 to 116,142 over Crump ally Jim McCord. Kefauver wins Senate nomination over Stewart and Mitchell. Shelby county swings away from Crump, with Mitchell and Stewart polling high. National guardsmen patrol Polk county amid violence and arming of stores. authorities seize guns and dynamite.
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Gordon Browning
Estes Kefauver
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
E. H. Crump
Crump
Jim McCord
Tom Stewart
John Mitchell
Memphis
Shelby County
Shelby
Kefauver
Mitchell
Stewart
Browning
McCord
National Guardsmen
Polk County
Ducktown
Copperhill
McReynolds
Bankruptcy hearing stalls on Dobry Prudential plan
In U S district court the Prudential Investment Corp case again failed to advance a plan to settle creditors. The proposed agreement offered about 100 houses by Beauty Home Building Corp at six dollars per square foot but lacked bonds and dates. Attorneys for creditors argued the plan traded claims and offered no assurance of payment or completion. An offer of twenty thousand dollars to support Dobry’s stockholding was rejected, leaving creditors facing possible ten cent on the dollar recoveries as negotiations continued.
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Angel
Prudential Investment Corp
U. S. District Court
Herman Lewkowitz
Phoenix
William F. Kimball
Tucson
Stanley A. Jerman
Beauty Home Building Corp
John F. Molloy
Molloy
Dobry
Prudential
Beauty Home
Dudley A. Dobry
Jerman
Jack I. Podret
Marge A. Rosenbaum
Lewkowitz
Copper Miners Begin Walkout at Kennecott Mines
Picket lines formed at the Kennecott Copper Corp Santa Rita Mine and Hurley Smelter near Silver City New Mexico as International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers pickets disrupted operations. CIO members called work an hour and a half before shift end while AFL and other workers finished tours. The strike test was postponed to 7 30 a m Monday for 1870 Kennecott employees in the area.
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Silver City
N. M
Kennecott Copper Corp
Santa Rita
Hurley
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CSO
Kennecott
Salt Lake City
CIO
AFL
City and Airport Reach 50 Year Lease Agreement
City government and the Tucson Airport Authority reached a 50 year lease under which the TAA will operate the municipal airport. They agreed land coverage 4200 acres with insurance reduced to a minimum of 200000. The city will not be liable for securing federal or other assistance.
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Tucson Airport Authority
TAA
Monte Mansfield
Civic Corporation
Mansfield
S. T. Adams
William H. Codd
Authority
William A. Small
J. B. O’dowd
Louis Felix
Fred Stofft
IC. E. Goyette
Wayne Clampitt
Kentuckians Vote in Key Democratic Senator Nomination
Kentuckians head to the polls Saturday for party primaries to nominate a U S senator with a three way Democratic contest featuring Virgil Chapman John Young Brown and Milton Whitworth. Chapman backed by Gov Clements and labor up against Browns labor backing and Chapman tax-accusations denied by Chapman. Republican Sen John Sherman Cooper faces Silas A Sullivan as the GOP hopeful.
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Louisville
United States
Commonwealth
U. S
Virgil Chapman
Paris
John Young Brown
Lexington
Milton Whitworth
Elizabethtown
Young Democratic Clubs of
Kentucky
Brown-Chapman
Earle C. Clements
Clements
Chapman
Brown
Whitworth
Washington
Drew Pearson
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
GOP
Silas A.sullivan
Jamestown
Cooper
Santa Barbara Lifts Water Rationing After Drought
Santa Barbara ends seven month water restrictions as a city council lifts rationing. A successful well-drilling program fills reservoirs allowing residents to water lawns and wash cars on Saturday. Local drought relief ends the water shortage.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
U.P
UN Aide Seeks Berlin Settlement Amid Global Strife
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie urged big powers to settle the Berlin problem and halt a race to build lethal weapons. In his annual report Lie warned of East West tensions and criticized US and Soviet actions, while talks among Western envoys with Molotov continued in Moscow.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
Germany
United Nations
General Assembly
Lie
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Stalin
Lumber Mills Tax Increase Challenged by State Board
Southwest Lumber Mills faced a higher assessment as the state tax commission increased the value of its 57.15 miles of logging track from 3000 to 4000 dollars per mile. The total assessment rose from 171,450 to 228,600 dollars as the board reviewed downtown Phoenix property values.
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Phoenix
Southwest Lumber Mills
State Tax Commission
Board of Equalization
Beer Truck Driver Narrowly Escapes After Wreck
BUCKEYE Aug 7. A loaded beer truck rolled out of control near Palo Verde after hitting a mud puddle. The tractor trailer overturned, pinning driver R. D. Goody 42 of Phoenix. Deputy Woodrow Kilman freed him after 30 minutes. Goody suffered minor injuries and six beer bottles were broken.
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Buckeye
U.P
Here
Palo Verde
R. D. Goody
Phoenix
Goody
Maricopa County
Woodrow Kilman
Forcing Down Talk Raises Berlin Airlift Tensions
Berlin reports indicate strained standoff as American and British flights delivering supplies to blockaded Berlin face possible force-downs by Soviet forces. ANB claims 62 violations July 31 to Aug 4, while Western Allies vow to continue and even double the airlift amid diplomatic maneuvering over currency and access.
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Berlin
Ameriican Air Force
U.S
ANB
U.S. Occupation
Western
Washington
Truman
Marshall
Moscow
Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Chicago defeated Boston 5 1 and Philadelphia beat St Louis 6 2 in NL action. New York toppled Cleveland 5 0 in the AL while Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 4 and Chicago 5 Boston 1 results are noted with other matchups Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 4 and Philadelphia at St Louis listed.
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Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
All Varieties Of Weather But Cold Visit Tucson
July in Tucson saw extreme heat with 26 straight days above 100 degrees plus a rare July flood. Heavy rain on July 24 caused downtown flooding, $10,000 in city losses, and county damage, while the year’s rainfall surpassed 1947’s total by early August reaching 6.33 inches.
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Tucson
Weather Bureau
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