Veterans fight WAA hiring in Tucson and Phoenix
A Tucson Citizen report details a federal probe into the War Assets Administration employment practices. Questions focus on veteran job preference under executive order 9733, local hiring by WAA, and biased appointment methods affecting 2,000 veterans with active job applications.
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War Assets Administration
Tucson
Phoenix
W. Curtis Sawyer
U. S. Employment Service
Arizona
Vn Cson
WAA
Los Angeles
OPA
Post Office Department
Veterans of Ice
25 Autos Pile Up in Coast Wreck
Berkeley Calif Aug 28 Twenty five automobiles piled up in a wholesale collision on the six lane East Shore Highway today at least seven persons were hospitalized for serious injuries. Smoke from the Berkeley city dump swept downward by atmospheric conditions obscuring the roadway over a 200 yard area. Crash followed crash as four trucks and 12 automobiles were wrecked beyond use and nine others crawled away.
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Berkeley
Calif
East Shore
Berkeley City
Massive blaze sweeps Lubbock grain elevators and warehouses
A major fire raged for over four hours at Standard Milling in Lubbock Texas last night destroying ware houses and grain-filled elevators. About 10 000 people gathered as flames rose high. Residents of Abernathy 177 miles away reported seeing the glow. Plant manager Walker Stanton estimated damage at 500000 dollars. Employees said tens of thousands of bushels of grain were stored in the structures.
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Lubbock
Tex
Standard Milling
Abernathy
Walker Stanton
WAC Captain Seeks Supreme Court Release in Jewel Theft Trial
Kathleen Nash Durant’s counsel seeks immediate release for the WAC captain accused in the Kronberg jewel theft. Lt. Col. John S. Dwinell says a Washington hearing may be granted even as the high court delays action until Oct. 7. Proceedings include German jewel expert testimony valuing necklaces, a brooch, and pearls at over 70 000 dollars.
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Frankfurt
Kathleen Nash Durant
U. S. Supreme Court
Kronberg
John S. Dwinell
Washington
WAC
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
Dwinell
Heinrich Mercker
Roy E. Grantham
United States
Rotary Club Hears Sanders on the Radio Boom
Wayne Sanders KTUC program director spoke at a Pioneer Hotel luncheon about the rise of broadcasting since 1920. He described early radio mistakes and growing pains and warned that government control could curb radio’s informing role and free programming.
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America
Wayne Sanders
KTUC
Rotary Club
Pioneer Hotel
Sanders
Iowa
Kansas Heads Toward Liquor Question Vote
TOPEKA Aug 28 Traditionally dry Kansas appeared headed for a vote on the liquor question for the second time since 1880. Both parties pledged to resubmit constitutional prohibition to voters by 1948. In 1934 voters rejected repeal under Governor Alf Landon.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Dutch Troops Kill 92 Indonesians in Soerabaja Foray
A Dutch military report states a company of Netherland troops killed 92 Indonesians and captured 30 during a foray near Soerabaja in Batavia.
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Netherland
Batavia
Soerabaja
Bisbee Seeks U. S. Building For City
An engineer from the federal works agency will visit Bisbee to pick among three proposed sites for a federal building. The Bisbee Chamber of Commerce district improvement committee, led by Dr. Robert Fergus, had won approval from the post office department and secured a $180,000 project by altering government standards to fit hilly terrain. A subcommittee, led by Martin Gentry, aims to obtain a federal court in Bisbee to ease prisoner transport and housing, with inmates currently awaiting transfer to Tucson.
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City
Post
Tucson
San Francisco
Housing Authority
Jaastad
Tucson Housing Authority
United States
FPHA
City of
Bisbee
Ariz
Federal Works Agency
District Improvement Committee
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Post Office Department
Robert Fergus
Martin Gentry
Pacusan Dreamboat Flight Over Pole Delayed
The takeoff of the Superfortress Pacusan Dreamboat for Hawaii and a projected world flight to Cairo has been postponed for a few days, the Army public relations said today in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Cairo
Egypt
Army
Baseball Scores Across Leagues Prompt Busy Action
Detroit defeats Boston 7 to 2 in the American League. Brooklyn edges Chicago 4 to 3 in the National League. Boston wins 8 to 4 over Cincinnati in the first game. St Louis tops New York 13 to 8 in the first game.
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Detroit
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Pyott Resignation Rejected By Tucson Housing Board
M. L. Tophey, chairman, refused to accept the resignation of W. T. Pyott, secretary and executive director of the Tucson housing authority, amid a controversial vets housing issue. Tophey, on vacation, urged reconsideration and noted a board decision looms after talks with Mayor Jaastad.
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H. 0
Jaastad
Langdon W. Post
FPHA
Post
Tucson
Jerry A. Gump
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Veterans Organization
Harold A. (Porque) Patten
Morgan McDermott Post
American Legion
UVO
M. L. Tophey
Tophey
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Housing Authority
H. C. Jaastad
Tophoy
Transportation Crisis Stirs White House Action Plans
Washington confronts a looming transportation crisis as reconversion chief John R. Steelman urges eight government agencies to push a seven point program to speed freight car production and divert cargo to water routes. He cites 40 000 new cars needed and 80 000 old ones awaiting repair with mid October carloadings forecast at 1 000 000 weekly.
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Washington
John R.steelman
White House
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Soviet Diplomatic Turmoil Deepens Greece Plebiscite Crisis
In Athens the imminent departure of Russian ambassador Rodionov adds to a Balkan diplomatic storm on the eve of a plebiscite expected to restore King George II. Yugoslav envoy Cankar leaves, Ukraine accuses Greece at the UN, and a US naval showing signals support for Greece.
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Athens
K. K. Rodionov
Greece
George II
Rodionov
Isador Cankar
Ukraine
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Second Suspect Confesses in Oakland Bank Robbery Case
In Oakland California a second suspect Adolph Earnest Frazier 18 confessed as inside man in the August daylight robbery of the Bank of America branch Frazier said he moved loot from the teller’s cage into a canvas bag Patrolman Samuel M Madsen arrested Frazier and Carol B Dorsey with him an unnamed suspect was later arrested Police described Dorsey as not connected with the holdup band
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Oakland
Calif
East Oakland
Bank of America
Adolph Earnest Frazier
Samuel M. Madsen
Harold B. Richardson
Madsen
Carol B. Dorsey
Frazier
Dorsey
Richardson
Halsey Declares U S Ships Free To Go Anywhere
Fleet Admiral William F Halsey told reporters at a news conference that U S ships go anywhere they please on the high seas while not intruding coastal waters of foreign nations He emphasized the seas remain free and noted his 28 000 mile return trip from Central and South America.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Fleet
William F
Halsey
U. S
Third Fleet
Moscow Radio
United States
Balkan
Daily Worker
London Today
Mediterranean
Livestock Price Ceilings Raised in New Policy Move
Chicago reports announce new livestock price ceilings raising hog and cattle tops. Good hogs at union stockyards listed at 21.50 per hundred pounds versus new ceiling 16.25. cattle top of 30.00 compared with 20.25. Washington notes a 5.5 cent per pound beef rise and 2.5 cent pork rise, with implementation subject to law.
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Chicago
Anderson
Union
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
OPA
Paul Porter
Agriculture Department
Two Nations Blocked in UN Admission Applications
LAKE SUCCESS N Y Aug 28 The United States blocked Albania and Outer Mongolia from UN admission after Soviet and Australian opposition forced withdrawal of a blanket acceptance motion Gromyko favored individual consideration Australia opposed the plan Hasluck said procedure not nations fate matters Gromyko opposed Johnson proposal to advise general assembly on all pending applications Britain and the Netherlands questioned Soviet Ukrainian charges against Greece Trygve Lie Brazil Mexico and Egypt supported the US resolution and temporary postponement was asked for Liam's application.
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Herschel V. Johnson
United States
Council
General Assembly
Great Britain
Netherlands
Russia
Greece
Trygve Lie
Brazil
Mexico
Egypt
Liam
Valdez Sentenced 28 Years for Governor’s Slaying
In Mazatlan a court sentenced Rodolfo Valdez to 28 years for the murder of Governor Rodolfo T. Loaiza during a carnival masked ball on February 21 1944. The gun battle left Loaiza dead and also killed Walter V. Cotchett Jr. of Los Angeles and Reuben Brooks, brother of Oscar Brooks, Warner Brothers Mexico City manager.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Rodolfo Valdez
Rodolfo T. Loaiza
Sinaloa
Loaiza
Walter V. Cotchett, Jr
Los Angeles
Tucson
Ariz
Reuben Brooks
Oscar Brooks
Warner Brothers Picture Agency
Mexico City
Greece in the global power struggle as monarchist order faces plebiscite
Greece stands at the center of Cold War pressure as the Soviet bloc presses Greece and Britain backs its recovery. The United Nations security council opens a contested session while Greeks vote on King George I’s return from exile amid accusations of rigging and foreign influence.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Greece
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
Paris
Albania
Bulgaria
Ukraine
United Nations Security Council
New York
Great World Forum
United
Britain
United States
George I
Athens
London
Escape Rumor Hits Alabama Prisons After Fire
In Montgomery a fire at Kilby prison and a misreported mass escape near Draper Prison triggered a nightlong manhunt. Initially 50 were said to have escaped, but later nine inmates fled, seven recaptured, two still at large. The Kilby blaze damaged the cotton mill, started by inmates, with several workers involved.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Draper
State Highway Patrol
Kilby
W. TD. Weston
Weston
O. S. Wells
C. G. Brown
Bilky
Big Four Plan Peace Session Ends Row Over Reparations
At Paris the peace conference rejected Australia’s bid to overhaul the Big Four reparations plan for Italy by 15 to 2 with three abstentions. Australia urged a temporary commission with foreign exchange payments and no final figures for six months. New Zealand supported Australia, while Canada Holland and South Africa abstained. The Big Four, plus others, opposed the proposal as Russia clashed with Australia over aims. The conference also approved giving Little St. Bernard pass to France and debated Mont Genis plateau.
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Paris
U.P
Australia
Italy
Russia
New Zealand
Canada
Holland
South Africa
Willard Thorpe
U. S
St. Bernard
France
Ship Strike Tension Rises Over Seamen Pay
The Pacific American Shipowners' Association urged the National Wage Stabilization Board to reconsider its denial of extra pay increases for AFL employed seamen. The Sailors Union of the Pacific and seven other maritime unions threatened a strike, while the board in Washington promised full consideration of new information from both sides.
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San Francisco
Pacific American Shipowners’ Association
National Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
Sailors Union of the Pacific
William Wi
Washington, D. C
West Point Graduate Killed in P-51 Crash Near Williams Field
Second Lt. George R. Stallings, a West Point graduate, died when his P-51 Mustang crashed during a routine training flight south west of Williams Field. He was the son of Sam H. Stallings of Smithfield North Carolina.
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Williams Field
George R
West Point
Stallings
Sam .H. Stallings
Smithfield
N. C
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By L. S. Chakales
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stephanos Stephanopoulos
Rodinov
Stephanopoulos
Cankar
Tito
Yugoslavia
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Balkans
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Turkey
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R. H. Shackford
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