Voters Show Mild Interest In Bond Issue In Tucson
Voters cast 733 ballots by 1 p.m. in Tucson's special bond election for a 2.5 million dollar water department program. Three propositions covered A funding, B half via general obligation bonds, and C remaining through water revenue bonds. Balloting by ward showed scattered totals with slow activity and booths using pencil ballots.
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Tucson
Chamber of Commerce
Monte Mansfield
Mansfield
Roosevelt School
Tucson Senior High
Mansfeld Junior High School
Sam Hughes
Tucson Woman's Club
Salford School
Arizona
Bond Election Isn’t Kind That Shuts Bars
Police see many calls asking if bars may open during liquor bond elections. The sergeant explains liquor sales must close only during voting of elected officials, leaving bars to decide per election timing. Officers wrestle with daily opening questions amid civic process.
Tito Defiant In His Reply
Yugoslavia told Russia to stay out of its internal affairs while offering to send home all Russians in custody. Marshal Tito's government rejected the Soviet note as interference and denied brutality, saying only Soviet spies are under arrest.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Kidnapping Allegation Ties San Diego to Tijuana
John Monroe Bannister the Prescott physician's son, 19, told police he was kidnapped by two armed men in East San Diego and forced to drive across the Mexican border to Tijuana. Mexican authorities confirmed the pursuit and the suspects described as two men of color.
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San Diego
U.P
John Monroe Bannister
Prescott, Ariz
Tijuana
Tom Isbell
Bannister
Explosion in Takao harbor wounds and kills hundreds
Official Chinese agency reports about 500 people killed or injured when ammunition exploded on the Chinese steamer Chungli unloading in Takao Harbor. The blast shook the entire port city in southeastern Formosa.
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Canton
Takao
Formosa
Chungli
Nine Santa Fe trainmen injured as cars crash into cabooses
In Canadian Texas nine trainmen were hurt when three sand gondola cars broke loose from a switch engine and crashed into four cabooses where the crew slept. Conductors M. C. Evans W. A. Brady I. E. Graham and brakemen C. W. Rosenbaum R. L. Cools C. J. Hood W. A. Ewing L. B. Summers and W. R. Clark, all of Amarillo, were named among the injured.
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Tex
Santa Fe
M. C. Evans
W. A. Brady
I. E. Graham
C. W. Rosenbaum
R. L. Cools
C. J. Hood
W. A. Ewing
L. B. Summers
W. R. Clark
Amarillo
Truman names Haislip as vice chief of staff four star general
President Truman nominated Lt Gen Wade Hampton Haislip for appointment as vice chief of staff of the army with four star rank. The House veterans committee urged restoring a 16000 bed slash in proposed veterans hospital construction after January cancellations totaling 237 million dollars for 24 new hospitals and size reductions in 14 others. The independence offices appropriation bill funds the project but leaves spending discretion to the President.
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Washington
Truman
Wade Hampton Haislip
Army
House Veterans Committee
Veterans
Congress
Independence Offices
Musial Slaughter Lead Cardinals To 5-3 Win Over Dodgers
Stan Musial and Enos Slaughter combined for five of St Louis eight hits and four of its runs as the Cardinals defeated the Dodgers 5-3. The victory widened St Louis lead to three games atop the standings, the biggest margin of the year.
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Brooklyn
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
St. Louis
Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Redbirds
Dodgers
General Says He Gave Army Buying Details To Hunt
Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman testified to a senate investigating committee that in 1947 he provided James W. Hunt with army buying plans though he claimed the information was not confidential. He insisted he did not abuse his office and welcomed the inquiry, preparing to justify his actions. The hearings showed Feldman directing contact between Hunt and an army purchasing officer and noting Hunt’s access to the White House. Feldman argued the information was not classified and had been referenced in a House subcommittee report.
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Washington
Herman Feldman
James W. Hunt
Hunt
Senate
Army
White House
Feldman
Francis D. Flanagan
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Gardner Tells Martin To Take Machines Back
Justice of the Peace C W Gardner ordered Sheriff Jerome P Martin to return forthwith four slot machines and a one ball machine seized from the Southern Latin American club at 26 W 15th st The raid followed earlier seizures at the Old Pueblo Tucson Press club and El Rio Golf and Country club The sheriff challenged the order saying he cannot comply and filed an amendment to show cause why the machines should not be destroyed The dispute widens over prior rounds alleging constitutional violations by the raids
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Justice of the Peace
C. W. Gardner
Jerome P. Martin
Martin
15Th St
Old Pueblo Club
Tucson Press Club
el Rio Golf and Country Club
Gardner
John F. O'Mara
William Martin
Lee Garrett
Cat Trapped Beneath Roof At State Home Furnishings
A cat became hidden under the roof of the Court street branch store after a wall hole was filled with debris. Workers lowered two boys into the attic maze to search for the stranded animal, but the cat remained unseen and the hole stayed open as rescuers listened for more meows.
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Court Street
State’s Home Furnishings Store
Tommy Stouts
Richy Melead
George Stule
Cosme Barcello
Melead
No Dividends Planned From Arizona Industrial Board
Arizona will not issue dividends to more than 8,000 employer policyholders for 1948 the first time since 1933. Wells Trackways Inc plans to move operations to California due to higher Arizona rates, raising costs by about 15250 annually for similar staffing. The board may face legal action if its contract is not amended.
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Phoenix
Arizona Industrial Commission
Tucson Daily Citizen
Wells Trackways, Inc
California
Commission
Greater Arizona, Inc
Chambers of Commerce
Arizona
Othar F. Wells
Wells
Tucson
Premier Opens Indies Parley Amid Independence Talks
Dutch Premier Willem Drees opens round-table talks in The Hague urging swift transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia. He warns failure would bring grave consequences as 150 delegates discuss a United States of Indonesia linked to the Netherlands by the crown. Conference aims for a federal, democratic state and mutual partnership. Leading figures include J H Van Maarseveen.
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Nels Slis
Hague
Willem Drees
Indonesia
East Indies
Netherlands
South Pacific
United States of Indonesia
United States
Drees
J. H. van Maarseveen
Johnson defends B-36 probe as malicious rumors
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson told the House Armed Services Committee that anonymous charges tying him to B-36 purchases are vicious and unfounded. He said he was a Consolidated director only in 1941 at Roosevelt’s request and resigned in 1949 before taking office as defense secretary. Johnson denied plots or private talks with Atlas/Odlum and stated he approved the 36 bombers after consulting Eisenhower and the joint chiefs.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Consolidated
Democratic Party
Congress
House
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
van Zandt
Roosevelt
Stephen 'Arly
Defense
Floyd Oldum
Atlas Corp
Odlum
James Forrestal
Atomic Energy
Budget Bureau
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Tucson Plan Fails To Gain Vote Support
The House rejected a Rankin motion to fund 14 Senate-approved flood control projects including Tucson. The dispute over funding for the Tucson flood control work remains unresolved as conference members clash over appropriations and project viability. The debate touched on Tennessee Tombigbee and other harbor and waterway plans.
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Tucson
Washington
House
Army Civil Functions
Ariz
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Senate-House
Senate
Cannon
Taber
Ranklin
Gavins Point
Nebraska
Optima
Oklahoma
Congress
The
Mississippian
Alabama
Public Power Line Approved
The Senate voted 45 to 38 to fund Southwestern Power Administration transmission lines totaling 9 million dollars, matching the full budget request and after prior House approval. A 300 thousand continued SPA fund was also approved, marking the first showdown in the interior bill’s public power controversy and signaling potential votes on other power- related items.
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Washington
Senate
Southwestern Power Administration
Administration
House
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
SPA
Public Power
Sentae
Southeastern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Reclamation Bureau
Rain Follows Hopi Prayers At Wasps Village
Rain fell on the Hopi reservation in northern Arizona after their rain rituals. The snakes were sent to the underworld during two snake dances at Mishongnovi and Wasps Village. Hopi belief holds that well treated rattlesnakes bring timely rain as a sign of divine favor.
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Wasps Village
Ariz
Arizona
Mishongnovi Village
Smelter Workers Plan Five Day Strike Vote
Smelter workers across Phelps Dodge plants will cast ballots in a five day strike vote beginning Thursday, union officials announced Tuesday in El Paso Texas. The move signals escalating labor action as negotiations continue.
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EL Paso
Tex
Phelps Dodge
Baseball Results St Louis and Brooklyn Game Recap
St Louis built a 9 run lead then held on in an 8 inning line score to beat Brooklyn 5 to 3 after strong pitching from Lanier Wilks and D Rice in relief. Chicago defeated New York 7 to 5 as Lade Muncrief Higbe and Hartung combined on the mound for the victory. Westrum and Koslo led the Brooklyn offense with key hits.
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Chicago
New York
Lade
Muncrief
Woen
Koslo
Higbe
Hartung
Mueller
Westrum
Reynolds and Silvera Lead Detroit Trio in Newhouse Play
Newhouser and A. Robinson join Reynolds and Silvera in a Detroit lineup. The mention covers display of pitching and batting roles as the teams mix veteran stars.
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New York
Detroit
Reynolds A Silvera
Newhouser
A. Robinson
Search for Lost 3 Year Old As Bears Lurk in Minnesota Woods
Aitken Minnesota Aug 23 Up reports nearly 1000 men including National Guard, volunteers and bloodhounds scoured swampy forests near Aitken for 3 year old Larry Cole man missing since Saturday. Rainy foggy conditions and 40 degree night hindered the effort as bear activity concerns grew amid hopes a fresh trail from his clothing scent would lead to recovery.
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Aitken
Minn
Larry Coleman
Kenneth Coleman
New Brighton
Minnesota
Minnesota Woods
Duluth
Rebecca Harris
Angora
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Max Fein
Industrial Commission
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J. J. O'Neill
Earl Rooks
FUND
Rayburn
D-Tex
Galveston
Lanier, Wilks
D. Rice
Hatten, Erskine
Minner& and Campanella
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