Dodgers Fall to Cubs in First Game of Doubleheader
Lefty Johnny Schmitz shut down the Dodgers as the Chicago Cubs won 4 to 0 in Brooklyn. The defeat left Brooklyn a game and a half behind St. Louis in the National League race, ending a two game Dodgers streak. Frank Baumholtz hit a pinch hit two RBI double in the eighth for Chicago. Roy Campanella’s miscue allowed Andy Pafko to score in the fourth, and Wayne Terwilliger scored on Roy Smalley’s single for the fourth run.
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Brooklyn
Johnny Schmitz
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Frank Baumholtz
Chicago
Cubs
Roy Campanella
Andy Pafko
Wayne Terwilliger
Roy Smalley
Note Shown To Senators Making Probe
Senate investigators produced a Vaughan memo detailing President Truman's personal interest in John Maragon's 1945 visit to Italy. The document, dated August 3 1945, shows Maragon arranging travel to Europe for negotiations on essential oils for the Albert Verley Perfume Co of Chicago.
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Washington
Senate
Harry H. Vaughan
State Department
Truman
John Maragon
Vaughan
Maragon
Italy
Albert H. Werley Perfume Co
Chicago
Ruth B. Shipley
Passport Bureau
E. L. Reeves
John F. Maragon
Albert Verley Co
H. H. Vaughan
U. S. Army
Col. Vaughan
Shipley
Ruth E. Shipley
State Department Passport Bureau
Col. S
Hoey
D-Nc
Europe
J. Vaughan
David Bennett
Albert Verley Perfume Co
Idaho and Area Forest Fires Run Through Lines Of 1700 Men
A major Payette forest fire broke through 1700 line firefighters, scorching 24000 acres of Doug firs and ponderosa in Idaho. Another blaze in Stanislaus, California, raged out of control with 600 men and two helicopters aiding, threatening Tuolumne ranger station. Dozens of fires across New England Canada and South Dakota drew thousands to the lines with crews from Stratton Meadows and Warm Springs redeployed as conditions remained dangerous.
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Payette National Forest
Idaho
California
Stanislaus National Forest
Sierra Mountains
San Francisco
South Dakota
New England
Canada
Payette Forest
Circle End Creek
U. S
Stratton Meadows
Warm Springs
Ida
Hell's Canyon
Stanislaus Forest
Tuolumne River
Tuolumne
Oceanside
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Rowe
Mass
Maine
Ontario
Quebec
Terrebonne
Que
Tilford
Auditor Frohmiller Blocks Prison Dies Bid
State Auditor Ann Frohmiller refused to pay a 3524 claim by John R. Ward & Co for dies used in Florence prison manufacturing. Hawley Tool & Die Works offered to duplicate the dies for 1600, prompting protest to Gov. Garvey. Governor directed departments to favor Arizona firms unless out-of-state bids exceed 5 percent cheaper.
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Phoenix
W.P
Ann Frohmiller
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Florence
Consolidated Copper Declares A Dividend
New York August 25 Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co declared a dividend of 25 cents in common payable September 22 with a record date September 6. The firm paid 50 cents per share in March and June and last year paid 50 cents in the first three quarters and 1 dollar in December.
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New York
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co
Mail Stopped To Hospital For Lottery Curb
The US post office halted mail to St Marys Hospital Cincinnati for conducting a charity raffle. Circulars and raffle tickets soliciting donations for prizes at the Aug 27 28 festival were sent through the mails. A hearing was requested but no hospital representative appeared. Mail may be inspected at the Cincinnati post office and non raffle correspondence released.
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Washington
Post Office Department
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Medina Denies Mistrial In Top Communists Trial
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina overruled a defense bid to halt the conspiracy trial of 11 top Communists citing that juror No. 2 discussed proceedings with Broadway associates. The motion was denied in all respects after arguments from defense and government counsel. Shirley May France may attempt her English channel swim in about four days, manager Ted Warner said.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Russell Janney
Broadway
Dover
Eng
Shirley May
France
Ted Warner
Study Of Fund By Legislators To Be Started
An Arizona legislative interim committee plans scrutiny of the industrial commission including staff counts and dual employment. The panel seeks data on workers earning over 200 dollars monthly and any outside jobs, amid welfare and audit reform talks.
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Arizona Industrial Commission
Senate
Fred J. Fritz
William F. Kimball
Pima
Phoenix
Industrial Commission
Commission
H. S. McCluskey
McCluskey
Arizona Federation of Labor
Grunow Clinic
Griffenhagen
State Welfare Department
Fritz
Welfare and State Auditor
W. R. Ellsworth
Board of Regents
Raymond G. Langham
Griffenhagen & Associates
Suit Heard On Dog Racing Dates in Maricopa County
In Phoenix on Aug 25 a motion to dismiss Manzanita Park’s appeal of a ruling denying it dates for greyhound racing was heard in superior court. Judge Charles C Bernstein heard arguments as the Arizona Racing Commission had rejected the bid for dates under the new law. Ling for the commission pushed dismissal while intervenors Washington Park and Greyhound Park supported the appeal. Proceedings set Sept 10 for data and Sept 24 for Manzanita’s memorandum. The case questions corporate eligibility and pre post March 15 tax permit timing.
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Phoenix
Manzanita Park
Maricopa County
Superior Court
Charles C. Bernstein
Arizona Racing Commission
Perry Ling
Racing Commission
Washington Park
Greyhound Park
Bernstein
Aaron Kinney
Manzanita
Ling
Tax Commission
Kinney
Day's Activities In Congress By Associated Press
Senate leaders push to pass a controversial interior department appropriation. Investigations subcommittee holds a five percenter hearing while foreign relations and armed services review surplus for a military arms program. Committees advance farm program, coal labor probes, public works authorization, displaced persons legislation, housing bill with anti discrimination provision, and B 36 inquiry letters.
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Interior Department
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services
U.S
Agriculture Committee
Banking
Public Works Committee
Judiciary
Senate
House
Armed _ services committee
Britain to cut next year's budget by at least five percent
London Aug 25 Sir Stafford Cripps urged department heads to plan a minimum five percent reduction in the 1950-51 national budget, aiming for savings around £150,000,000. The move precedes Washington talks on dollar aid and could hit armed forces and social services, including the national health plan.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
U.S
Washington
America
Cripp
Crippet
National Health Service
Baseball scores from two 1940s games
In Chicago Brooklyn defeated 4 to 0 with Schmitz Owen Barney Erskine Campanella driving runs. In Pittsburgh Philadelphia 5 to 19 with Dickson Masi Meyer Simmons Seminick producing the offense. Second game noted as night. other games scheduled all night in the American League.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Schmitz
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Dickson
Masi
Meyer
Simmons
Seminick
Soto Inaugural To Be Colorful In Hermosillo
Hermosillo prepares for Governor Elect Ignacio Soto's inauguration in Cine Sonora next Thursday with a full day of festivities. An Arizona delegation led by Gov. Dan E. Garvey attends, while 1,500 inside the theater and 6,000 to 7,000 outside will hear events via loudspeakers. The state congress will hold a formal 11 a.m. session in the venue.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Ignacio Soto
Mexico
United States
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
Soto
Swank Cine Sonora
Sonora State Congress
Truman Extends Peace Offer to Southern Democrats
President Truman invited southern party breakaways to join the 1948 Democratic platform while demanding compliance. The Democratic National Committee paired the offer with a purge exemption for certain pro-Truman members, as States Rights factions pledged Washington headquarters to resist civil rights measures. Leander Perez condemned the terms as against Jeffersonian real Democratic principles.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic National] Committee
High Command
Congress
Leander Perez
New Orleans
States Righters
South
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Associated Press
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Defense
Louis Johnson
Pentagon
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