Seven Seek Pima County Attorney Nomination in Primary
Six Democrats compete for the Pima county attorney post while one Republican, Edward W. Scruggs, seeks the office. Candidates include Bryce Wilson, Odin Dodd’s deputy, James N. Corbett, William Dunipace, Robert Morrison, Nolen L. McLean, Martin Rogers, and others with varied backgrounds in law, public service, and business. The primary is Sept. 7 and the winner faces Scruggs.
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Pima
Board of Supervisors
Edward W. Scruggs
Odin Dodd
Bryce Wilson
Wilson
Tucson
University of Arizona Law School
Border Shots Raise Tension Near Berlin Zone
Berlin report covers border shootings and political clashes as German and Soviet forces clash along the zone boundary. U S authorities recount a German intelligence agent killed inside the American sector near Coburg while attempting to cross the border.
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Berlin
Bavaria
West
Russia
Nuernberg
Coburg
U. S. Army
Potsdamer Platz
Alexander Kotikov
Nacht Express
Moscow
London
Stalin
Germany
U. S
Britain
France
AFL Forms Truman Election Committee Without Endorsement
The AFL announced a new committee to support the Truman-Barkley Democratic ticket while reaffirming no formal endorsement of presidential candidates. The panel will include international presidents of willing unions and operate independently of the federation’s political education league.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Truman-Barkley
AFL
William Green
Federation
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Harrison
Labor
League For Political Education
Rankin to Seek 15th Term in Congress in Mississippi
Mississippi voters re elected John E. Rankin to a 15th term in Congress. Rankin, longtime advocate of white supremacy and critic of Communism, won the Democratic primary, reflecting the state’s pattern where the party nomination equals victory.
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Mississippi
John E. Rankin
Congress
Rankin
House Committee On
Joe Stalin
House
New York
South Carolina
Daniel A. Reed
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Marcantonio
Navy officers urged to shed pounds and get fit
Rear Adm. Hewlett Thebaud released a two page report warning that many officers are over fed and under exercised. He cites wartime habits and calls for healthier living with regular outdoor exercise to improve readiness for what may lie ahead. The navy is preparing diet and exercise pamphlets to promote physical conditioning.
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Washington
Hewlett Thebaud
Navy
Thebaud
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Taft Law Seen Repeal Proof
Republicans argue Truman faces a wall against repealing the Taft Hartley Act as he plans to push for repeal in his Labor Day campaign. Analysts say winning 27 of 33 Senate seats or a large landslide is unlikely, with many backers remaining loyal to the vetoed act.
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Washington
Truman
Detroit
Congress
Senate
House
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
O'Mahoney
Peso turmoil tests Mexico’s Aleman leadership
Mexico City reports fear and rumors as the peso slides from 4.85 to 7.8 and toward 9 on the black market. President Miguel Aleman’s private secretary denies an assassination plot while plans for cabinet changes and anti corruption push are anticipated before a congress address.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Rogerio de la Selva
Associated Press
Aleman
Ramon Beteta
the Treasury
Beteta
Ford Car Seen Key To Perjury Charge
Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers faced each other in the House committee hearings over the 1930s case. The Ford roadster, titled to Hiss in 1936, becomes a focal point as the panel hints at perjury charges against one of the two men.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House
American Activities Committee
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
George Crosley
Robert E. Stripling
Communist Party
Stripling
Cherner Motor Co
Crosley
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Thomas
Time Magazine
Red Underground
Teacher Tells Of Her Escape From Soviet Consulate
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, a 42 year old Russian schoolteacher, says she jumped from a third floor window of the Soviet consulate to escape, not to kill herself. She describes pressure from ambassadors to craft a narrative and expresses desire to avoid return to Russia.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Russia
Alexander Panyushkin
Yakov M. Lomakin
Lomakin
Reed Farm
Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkina
Soviet closes own offices over Kasenkina affair
The Soviet government cuts consular ties with the United States, closes the New York and San Francisco consulates and the Vladivostok U S consulate, after expulsion of the New York consul general. Lomakin to return home. U S accepts the closure.
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Moscow
New York
United States
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Zot I. Chepurnykh
la Guardia
Leningrad
Marshall
Russia
Kasenkina
Samarin
Soviet Union
State Department
Draft Listing Begins Monday for Postwar Registration
Registrations start Monday with local draft boards basements at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building 124 East Broadway as H S Corbett chair No 12 notes Other sites include the American Legion hall Dunbar school University of Arizona campus and South Tucson town hall Hours run 8 am to 5 pm through September 18 Maj Gen A M Tuthill Arizona adjutant general says 100 plus selective service locations will activate for three weeks to list 64000 men ages 18 through 25 for possible duty Indians on reservations Navajo sites number 27 All men in the age group must register regardless of reserve or guard status unless on active duty Prospective draftees expected to be classified by September 24 First draft call is planned for November with Arizona receiving a small quota
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
East Broadway
H. S. Corbett
American Legion Hall
West Pennington Street
Dunbar School
University of Arizona
South Tucson Town Hall
Phoenix
A. M. Tuthill
Navajo
Arizona
Baseball Scores From AP National and American Leagues
Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 11 to 9 and New York beat Chicago 9 to 4. Philadelphia played Cincinnati, and Boston hosted St. Louis as night games. In the American League Cleveland won 9 to 0 over Boston to reclaim first place. New York topped Chicago 8 to 2, Detroit won 10 to 4 over Philadelphia, with St. Louis at Washington scheduled for the night.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Commander of Arab Legion Warns of Violations
In Cairo on August 25 the commander of Arab legion forces in Jerusalem Lt. Col. Abdullah Tel notified UN observers that his troops will not tolerate further alleged violations of the truce by the Jews. He warned that if the Jews continue their present course the Arab legion will repel them.
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Cairo
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
United Nations
Abdullah Tel
Hickam Field Crash Kills 16 on Okinawa Flight
A B-29 bound for Okinawa lost an engine and crashed at Hickam Field Honolulu killing 16 enlisted crew plus four officers among 20 aboard. Four men survived the flaming wreckage and were hospitalized at Tripler. The mass flight originated near Spokane and started from Barber's Point, with the plane skidding after impact and destroying two power substations.
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Honolulu
U.P
Hickman Field
Army
Tripler Hospital
Okinawa
Spokane
Wash
Barber's Point Naval Air Station
Oahu Island
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James N. Corbett
Francis M. Hartman
University of California
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Hardware Co
Corbett
Veterans Administration
Pima County
William Dunipace
Ohio
University of Arizona Law Schol
Dunipace
Democratic Central
YMCA
First Methodist Church
Robert Morrison
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Phi Delta Phi
Nolen L. McLean
Texas
Martin Rogers
Rogers
U.S
Reds
Isacson
ALP
Leo Isacson
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
James B. Hare
Saluda
Hare
John C. Taylor
Mexico
Ford
Kremlin
U. S. State Department
Jacob M. Lomaskin
Tass
Mikhail I. Samarin
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Kwajalein
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