UN questions two applicants as Security Council meets
The UN Security Council membership committee resumes review of nine applications for UN membership due by August 21. A questionnaire for Outer Mongolia is prepared and Albania’s Col Tuk Jakova may submit replies this afternoon. The panel also screens possible HQ sites in Westchester County New York and Fairfield County Connecticut.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Outer Mongolia
Tuk Jakova
Albania
Jakova
Security Council
Ulan Bator
Afghanistan
Transjordan
Iceland
Siam
Eire
Portugal
Sweden
Headquarters Commission
Westchester County
N. Y
Fairfield County
Conn
Demand on Turkey Stirs Montreux Convention Revision
London reports Britain will back Russia’s push to revise the Montreux Convention governing the Dardanelles. Moscow claims German wartime documents surfaced as Turkey’s wartime stance is cited. The deadline for revision passed with no signatories requesting change, extending the pact for five years.
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London
Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Foreign Office
Montreux
Britain
United States
Moscow Radio
Blandy Heads For Honolulu After Bikini Tests
Vice Admiral Blandy, commander of this summer’s atomic bomb tests, sails to Honolulu aboard USS Mt. McKinley. He leaves Rear Admiral Fahrian in charge at Bikini as operations shift toward a deep underwater explosion planned for next spring.
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Bikini Atoll
W. H. P. Blandy
Honolulu
Mt. McKinley
Blandy
F. G. Fahrian
Bikini
Ioene
San Franc
Washington
Hospital chaos as key access delays patient care in Pima County
A hemorrhaging obstetric patient at Pima County Hospital waited for a drug key while Dr. McDonald and nurse staff left. Ralph Cain refused to bring his key, directing a drug store order and taxi delivery. The incident follows Paula Trimarco’s dismissal and Paula’s replacement by Catherine McIntosh as temporary superintendent.
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Pima County
Ralph Cain
Cain
William McDonald
McDonald
C. H. Chidester
Paula Trimarco
Board of Supervisors
Catherine McIntosh
Pima County Hospital
County Board of Supervisors
McIntosh
Tucson
Sahuarita
Hugh C. Thompson, Jr
Pima County Medical Society
Martin
Alley
Milton Cole chosen as Tucson housing authority counsel
Milton Cole, a 26 year Tucson attorney and University of Arizona graduate, was appointed counsel for the Tucson Housing Authority replacing Archie Conner who resigned for health reasons. Cole has held multiple public posts and served in the U S Navy. He plans to assume duties August 26 after hospital treatment.
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Milton Cole
Tucson
Tucson Housing Authority
Archie Conner
Warren A. Grossetta
Conner
Pima
Home Owners’ ‘Loan Corporation
U. S
W. H. Sawtelle
Cole
U. S. Navy
St. Mary’s Hospital
M. L. Tophoy
The
Housing Shortage Worsens in Tucson Northeast
The Tucson housing authority reports no vacancy signs across the northeast town area for winter. Landlords say waiting lists stretch to three years, with two-bedroom listings absent. Single rooms, once about 30 daily, now number two or three per day as demand remains high.
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Tucson Housing Authority
Ruth Stutz
Tucson
Stutz
Housing Authority
Two Killed In State Auto Wrecks
Two men died in Arizona car crashes Sunday raising the year’s toll to 146. Walter A. McKinney 53 a Yuma fire department member was found dead in his car wreckage east of Yuma on U S highway 80. State Patrolman Lee Shepard said the crash likely occurred about 6 p m Sunday. The car left the road overturned.
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Phoenix
Walter A. McKinney
Yuma
LaFollette Opposed by Rival in Wisconsin Primary
Sen. Robert M. LaFollette Jr. faces a bitter Republican challenge in Wisconsin’s primary as Democratic hopes pin on splitting the GOP. The outcome could affect November’s election with Democratic expectations of a split in the Republican ranks.
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Jack Bell Washington
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Senate
Wisconsin
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Nurses Refuse Poliomyelitis Care at Pima County Hospital
Hospital faced a polio case after two nurses initially refused care to avoid cross infection, citing lack of isolation facilities. The patient was admitted after private nursing was arranged. This follows another high contagion case, Roy Hicks with meningitis, and highlights no iron lung provisions at county or nearby hospitals in Tucson.
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Pima County
Roy Hicks
Tucson
Two Immigrant Ships Reach Haifa Amid Palestine Tensions
Two more refugee ships carrying about 3,900 Jews anchored near Haifa as Britain faces possible blockade. Jewish leaders warn of landings denials and potential direct action. underground radio predicts British arrests and pending military action against resistance. One troop ship arrived with barred captain’s quarters signaling readiness for emergency measures.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Haganah
Bar
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Jewish Agency
Profits Admitted in War Surplus Trading Scheme
Benjamin F. Fields former convict told a house committee he profited from buying government surplus war material below market and selling to private firms. He said the War Assets Administration’s disposal agency had readily available catalogued material and no difficulty identifying items for sale.
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Washington
UPR
Benjamin F. Fields
House
War Assets Administration Govern‘ment
WAA
Truman Weighs Jewish Decision
Washington August 12 The State Department is drafting compromises to Britain’s Palestine partition plan for President Truman. Acheson prepares proposals amid mixed White House influence and growing support for a modified partition to appease opposition Jewish leaders.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
Palestine
Dean Acheson
Truman
Acheson
White House
State Department
GOP Hopes To Defeat Truman Rise With Grass Boots Pulse
Chicago August 12 A U P survey by C M Oehler shows GOP grass roots expect Truman defeat within 10 months rising from 14 to 68 percent. Vandenberg leads support among leaders with over 70 percent backing his domestic view and 66 percent his foreign policy stance while Bricker and Stassen slip.
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Chicago
U.P
C. M. Oehler
Republican
National Party Magazine
Truman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
John Bricker
Harold E. Stassen
Vandenberg
Two Bikini Bomb Test Flyers Stationed At Davis Monthan
Two crews of the fliers who took part in the Bikini atomic bomb tests are now stationed at Davis-Monthan airfield, authorities disclosed today.
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Bikini
D-M
Davis-Monthan
Farm Bureau Opposes Meat and Butter Price Controls
President Edward O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation told a congressional hearing that restoring price controls on meat butter and other farm products would cause confusion and black markets. He argued controls should not return Aug 21 without rationing and wage limits and warned against reimposing ceilings on grains livestock and dairy products. Other witnesses from Cargill and farm groups urged against decontrols citing wheat and feed markets. Roy L Thompson of the price control board pledged an independent, unbiased review.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
New Price Decontrol Board
Congress
OPA
O’neal
Daniel W. Bell
O‘neal
M. S. Mulroy
Minneapolis
Miller’s National Federation
Walter C. Berger
Des Moines
American Feed Manufacturers’ Association
Lloyd S. Aiford
Auburn
N.Y
Roy L. Thompson
Massive Betting At Tucson Greyhound Park Over Two Sessions
Nearly one million dollars flowed through pari mutuel windows at the Tucson greyhound park during two racing sessions from May 25 to July 14. Arizona tax commission figures show $367,662 wagered June 25 to July 14 with $316,796.70 returned as winnings and $14,706.48 in state tax. Operators kept $33,089.58 plus $3,129.84 in breaks.
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Tucson Greyhound Park
Arizona State Tax Commission
Tucson
Arizona
Tax Commission
Lit
Alarming Picture Painted In Marshall Stuart Report
AP analysis notes Gen. Marshall and John Stuart warn that a peaceful China settlement seems impossible. They say civil war could kill hundreds of millions through violence and famine, threatening world peace and risking a new global conflict.
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Marshall-Stuart
Dewitt MacKenzie
George C. Marshall
U. S
John Leighton Stuart
Nanking
China
Japan
Tion
Gen
Marshall
Stuart
Byrnes Ruling Insults Soviet Sparks Global Black Market Bust
U S Army CID reports a multi million dollar global black market ring run by a New York family with sons in Berlin Paris New York and Shanghai. Two operatives in Berlin and Paris were arrested while New York and Shanghai members remained at large. CID says letters and cables traced the operation and two Berlin and Paris brothers signed confessions.
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Berlin
U. S. Army
New York
Paris
Shanghai
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Swedes Probe Rocket Crashes
Swedish army investigators searched central Sweden after rockets reportedly crashed during a skyward shower. An army source called the visitation most serious as theories linked Russians and Germans to the secret weapons program. Witnesses saw one rocket pass over Stockholm and explode north of the city amid a blue fire tail.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Balttic
Peenemuende
Pombrania
Baltic
Aftontidningen
Easement for Line Sought by Mountain States Telephone
City council to consider a petition from Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co for right of way through the municipal farm northwest of Tucson for a coaxial cable. The line will be buried four feet underground and capable of 480 messages per coaxial strand. Also on the agenda are sewer line petitions in Schumacher's and El Cortez additions and the 1946 47 municipal budget.
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Pima County Board For Supervisors
G. T. Alley
Ajo
Eilsabeth
Paula Trimarco
Miss Trimarco
Trimarco
Medical ‘Board of Control
Women's League
Alley
Forrest Ingle
H. H. Doutremont
League of Women Voters
Mrs. Ingle
League
Eugene T. Lies
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Tucson
Gayle A. Smith
Telephone Company
Smith
Schumacher's
el Cortez
Baseball scores from league games in New York and Chicago
National League Brooklyn edged New York 3 to 2 while St Louis blanked Chicago 5 to 0 Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 3 to 2 in a close set American League Cleveland won 2 to 1 over Detroit Chicago St Louis played a night game in the league schedule
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Brooklyn
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Soviet Delegate Condemns Byrnes Ruling at Peace Conference
Soviet delegate A Y Vishinsky denounced Byrnes ruling restricting debate on Italy’s peace plea as an insult to the Soviet Union and demanded full debate. Byrnes backed a stenographic report and reversed to allow general debate, while chairmanship rotates among major powers and Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt were invited to hearings.
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William B. King
Paris
A. Y. Vishinsky
Byrnes
Soviet Union
Edvard Kardell
Italy
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
China
Britain
France
Russia
Edward Kardelj
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
Egypt
General Secretariat
General Commission of the
Conference
Cee
Auto Retail Prices Rise Across Sector in Aug Increase
The OPA raises new car price ceilings by 7.3 percent effective immediately to restore dealers peacetime markups. It marks the fourth 1942 to 1946 adjustment, lifting average ceilings to 22.3 percent above 1942 levels with further changes possible.
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CPA
OPA
Overseas Press Service Halts Press Traffic
The American Communications Association CIO said its members in international communications firms would stop handling any international press traffic from 11 a.m. MST to pressure Press Wireless Inc., amid a strike by 300 ACA members. Lawrence Kelly cited a joint executive board decision. government press matters would be exempt.
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New York
American Communications Association
CIO
International Communications Companies
Press Wireless, Inc
ACA
Lawrence Kelly
Radio and Cables Department
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Max Harrelson
FPHA
LaFollette
Vyacheslav Molotov
Constantin Tsaldaris
Gop
Farm Bureau
Overseas Press Service
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