Pima County Sheriff Primary Battle Heats Up in 1940s Race
The Pima County sheriff primary pits three Democrats Frank Snodgrass, Jerome P. Martin, and Ed F. Echols against Republican Marvin A. Clemens in the general. Martin highlights his 18 months in office and service in WWII and the legislature while Snodgrass campaigns on stronger traffic patrols and enforcement. Echols cites prior sheriff tenure and rodeo fame as credentials. The piece notes the Sept. 7 primary and Nov. 2 general election schedule.
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Pima County
Marvin A. Clemens
Frank Snodgrass
Jerome P. Martin
Ed F. Echols
Martin
South
Tucson
Snodgrass
Arizona
Superior Court
Echols
Texas
Europe
Sheriff's Office
Explosion on Subway Triggers Brief Panic in Brooklyn
In New York on August 26 a mysterious paper wrapped package exploded aboard a Brooklyn subway car, carried by an unidentified man. Police theorize a bomb or explosive may be inside while the bomb squad gathers remnants for analysis. about 200 riders escaped serious injury.
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New York
Brooklyn
BMT
Tokyo Rose figure arrested for treason in U S
Mrs Iva Toguri D Aquino American born Tokyo Rose was arrested for treason in Tokyo and jailed at Sugamo prison. She will sail to the United States on the Gen Hodges and face indictment in San Francisco. The case centers on wartime radio broadcasts read to American servicemen.
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Iva Toguri D’aquino
Tokyo
Philip
U. S
United States
Japan
Allied Headquarters
Counter-Intelligence Department
Sugamo
Hideki Tojo
D’aquino
Army
H. Frank Hodges
San Francisco
U. S. Department of Justice
D'Aquino
Philip D’aquino
Justice Department
Radio Tokyo
Oklahoma Seaman Dies In Accident
Chambers Arizona August 26 James Lewis Smith 23 a merchant marine seaman from Allen Oklahoma was killed when an automobile struck his parked car on U S highway 66 two miles west of here Wednesday night Local police listed no other injuries or details.
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Chambers, Ariz
James Lewis Smith
Allen, Okla
U.S. Highway 66
Here
Virginia Passenger Liner Encounters Atlantic Hurricane
The steamship Virginia carrying about 100 passengers faced a hurricane in the central Atlantic about 1200 miles southeast of Miami. En route from New York to Capetown, the liner reported very rough seas and no danger. Barometer 29.80 and dropping, temp 87, wind 50 mph, sea very rough with overcast skies. a navy hurricane hunter plane prepared to investigate the disturbance.
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Miami
Fla
Virginia
Atlantic
New York
Capetown
South Africa
Navy
Candidates Address Wildlife Ballot Stance in Bisbee Meeting
Bisbee August 26 The Cochise County Game Protective Association invites candidates for governor and the legislature to speak on game protection and wildlife conservation at a meeting in the courthouse Thursday night. They will address the organization about conservation policies.
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Bisbee
Cochise County
Axis Sally Exposed as American-Born Propaganda Figure
Washington reports Axis Sally, the Berlin broadcast voice blamed for weakening allied resolve, is identified as Mildred Elizabeth Gillars an American-born woman. Gillars, brought from Frankfurt, stands accused of aiding Germany by undermining troop morale with song and seductive narration.
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Don Whitehead
Washington
Berlin
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Desert
Bengali
Tunisia
Halfaya
Hell Fire
BBC
Heathstone
Sally
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Germany
Frankfurt
Possible Cuts In Farm Price Supports Seen
Washington reports talk of trimming price supports for 1949 as the Agriculture Department weighs a projected 1.5 billion dollar need to sustain wartime levels. Congress returns in January and may act to reduce support levels to curb surpluses amid plans for continued loans and purchases.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Truman
Department
Frick Orders Replay Of Protested Brooklyn Game
President Ford C Frick of the National League upheld Pittsburghs protest over Wednesdays game with Brooklyn at Pittsburgh The protest cited a rule violation when Hank Behrman pitched with two outs in the ninth and Eddie Bockman grounded into a force play Frick ordered the game replayed from the infraction point to determine impact on the outcome.
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New York
Ford C. Frick
National League
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Carl Erskine
Dodgers
Erskine
Eddie Bockman
Burt Shotton
Hank Behrman
Bockman
Frick
State polio cases rising says Ward
Arizona public health director Dr. James P. Ward reports a definite rise in polio cases this year though he says an epidemic is unlikely. He notes 11 deaths out of 48 cases as a troubling rate and criticizes reporting accuracy. In 1947 there were 37 cases. in 1946 the epidemic year there were 136.
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Phoenix
Arizona
James P. Ward
Temporary Peace Settles On Docks
Longshoremen at San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland returned to their jobs after a series of stop work meetings idled shipping activities at the three ports. A temporary peace arrangement ends the work stoppage and resumes port operations.
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San Francisco
U.P
Los Angeles
Portland
Walkout Hits Reynolds Plant
About 1,400 Reynolds Metals workers in Phoenix struck after months of wage talks with the United Steelworkers Union CIO. Picket lines formed as 400 third-shift workers quit at midnight. unions seek 14 cent hourly raise plus six cents for craftsmen. Company offers 10 percent of weighted average rise, about 12 cents hourly. Officials pledge peace and orderly picket lines. clerical workers admitted inside as negotiations continue.
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Phoenix
Reynolds Metals Co
United Steelworkers of America Union
CIO
R. W. Pickens
James E. Robinson
Pickens
Mike Burgwin
Reynolds
Yugoslavia Charges Romania With Inciting Revolt
Yugoslavia delivered a formal note to Romania accusing it of inciting Yugoslav citizens to revolt against Premier Marshal Tito. The protest cites treaty violations and marks a critical Cominform era rift as Borba called bloc tensions “senseless and hypocritical.”
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Romania
Marshal _ Tito
Albania
Stanoje Simic
Communist Party
Borba
Russia
UN Mediator Warns Jews to Withdraw From Red Cross Zones
Count Folke Bernadotte warned Jewish troops to leave Red Cross zones in Jerusalem or face a UN Security Council report as a truce violator. He ordered a final decision from Israel's Moshe Shertok via Gen Aage Lundstroem. Bernadotte cited Jewish forces in the agricultural school area and Arab college, and noted prior clashes between Jews and Arabs in the Red Cross area.
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Stockholm
Folke Bernadotte
Israel
Red Cross
Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Aage Lundstroem
Moshe Shertok
Agricultural School
Arab College
Bernadotte
William Riley
U. S. Marine Corps
Probe Will Report Findings And Seek Federal Action
The House Un American Activities Committee said all testimony from its spy probe will be turned over to the Justice Department with recommendations. It may urge perjury prosecutions for some witnesses as it continues Hiss-Chambers coverage and pursues leads like a 1929 Ford. A progress report will be issued Saturday. hearings resume September 7 and include questions about harboring activists, Communist infiltration, and Dr. Edward A. Condon.
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Washington
House UN American Activities Committee
Justice Department
Thomas
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss-Chambers
New York
J. Peters
Chambers
Peters
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Dr. Condon
Subcommittee
House un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
Pudgy
Time Magazine
Red
Meat Prices Cut In East By United Press
East markets slashed meat prices Thursday to reduce backlogs amid heat and weak demand. Pittsburgh markets cut steaks to 69 cents a pound and hamburger to 39 cents, with bacon specials. small stores held prices steady. Milwaukee formed a city committee to study rising costs of meat and staples, meeting weekly for five weeks. In San Francisco, butchers Edgar Ruggiero and Frank Lafata were fined after pleading guilty to adulterating hamburger with chemicals.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Edgar Ruggiero
Frank Lafata
Baseball scores from AP leagues provide early season results
In the American League Boston beat Cleveland 8 to 4, moving back to first place, while New York defeated Chicago 6 to 2 and Philadelphia edged Detroit 4 to 3. St. Louis led Washington as Brooklyn faced Cincinnati. In the National League St. Louis defeated New York 7 to 2 and Pittsburgh swept Philadelphia 11 to 4 in the first game, Chicago beat Boston 5 to 1 in the first game.
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Associated Press
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Bisbee Bon Ton Store Bombarded By Rock
John R. Smith proprietor of the Bon Ton Pastry shop in Bisbee showed a head bruise after a one ton boulder crashed into the Bon Ton from a bluff above. The three foot diameter rock rolled twenty feet and struck the upstairs sleeping quarters while Smith slept in the hall. Mrs. Smith, downstairs, narrowly escaped a falling rafter that shot into the shop.
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Bisbee
John R. Smith
Bon Ton
Smith
Letters in Kasenkina case widen US Soviet dispute
Washington reports the state department is reviewing two letters said to be written by Mrs. Kasenkina before she jumped from the Soviet consulate in New York. Moscow released copies and warned of strained consular talks while officials weigh translation and authenticity.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Russia
Moscow
Oksana S. Kasenkina
New York
Marshall
Berlin mob storms city hall seeks Soviet backed rule
In a Soviet sector Berlin protest, more than 10 000 demonstrators surged outside and about 500 forced into the city hall assembly chamber to press for a pro Soviet administration. The session was postponed as the SED pushed for control and a new Berlin government aligned with Moscow.
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Berlin
Socialist Party
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
Bonn
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Karl Litke
Litke
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Labor unions rally behind Truman in 1948 bid
Democrats expect strong labor backing from CIO and AFL for the Truman Barkley ticket with leaders signaling anticipated endorsements. Republicans counter that even unity may not sway the election while ADA weighs its position ahead of the CIO vote.
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Washington
Truman-Barkley
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
CIO
AFL
White House
Sen. Bricker
R-O
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Mr. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Chicago
Truman
Labor Organization
William Green S
Truman- Barkley
Americans For Democratic Action
Leon Henderson
Price Control
ADA
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
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Kensington
Jock
Axis Sally
Ward
Reynolds Plant
Tito
Bisbee Bon Ton
Ferdinand Friedenburg
Paul Markgraf
City Hall
Dr. Friedensburg
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