Strike Deadline Looms For 3000 SP Firemen
Washington officials moved to avert a Christmas week shutdown of Southern Pacific as 3000 firemen and enginemen threaten a week from Wednesday strike. The mediation board will send an agent to San Francisco to restart talks and avoid disruption across California Oregon Nevada Arizona and Texas. The Red Cross cut its 1949 fundraising target to 60 million dollars with Basil O’Connor announcing E Roland Harriman will head next year’s drive in March.
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Eight Mexican Bankers Freed
Eight former officers of Banco Del Pacifico S A were released from charges over four million dollars in loans to the A V Aldrete interests. Judge Eduardo Jerrer MacGreggor ruled no fraud or breach of trust occurred, freeing the eight after 117 days in jail.
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Banco del Pacifico
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Eduardo Jerrer MacGreggor
A. V. Aldrete, Jr
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Eloy Martinez
Rene Valle
Benjamin Garcia
Juan Robinson
Eduardo Costa
Emilio Sandoval
Federico Saenz
Aldrete
Mexico City
San Francisco
Calif
Alessio, Martinez
Ferrer
United States
Plaque fund for late Gov Osborn seeks $300 more
A committee of state officials renewed its drive to raise an extra $300 for a plaque honoring the late Gov Sidney P Osborn. Highway Patrol Chief Clerk Claude S Emery said $600 total is needed, with half donated in the first two months. Purchases cannot proceed until the sum is raised for installation in the state capitol.
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U.P
Sidney P. Osborn
Highway Patrol
Claude S. Emery
Emery
State Capitol
Tucson Man Dies In Wreck Near Benson Overpass
Albert G. Gunning of Tucson died in Benson hospital from injuries after a Tuesday night crash near the Benson overpass. Everett H. Jones, also of Tucson and Pomona, Calif., escaped serious injury. Jones and Gunning were returning from Mexico. Police say Jones, in attempting to pass a lumber truck, struck the rear of the truck after skidding 138 feet. Jones is held for investigation.
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Albert G. Gunning
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Tucson
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Benson Overpass
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Harry Aitken
Gunning
Everett H. Jones
Mexico
Pomona
Calif
Jones
Aitken
Highway Patrol
Phoenix Murder Trial Deliberations Resume in Bryson Slaying
A Phoenix jury of nine women and three men resumes deliberations in the first degree murder trial of Harry R. Middaugh Jr. charged with killing Benjamin Bryson, 39, at Horse Mesa dam on August 11.
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Harry R. Middaugh, Jr
Middaugh
Benjamin Bryson
Horse Mesa Dam
China Reports Are Questioned
Nanking dispatch reports a government claim that 20 Communist columns totaling about 300,000 troops were encircled near Suchow and Pengpu, while Communist and neutral observers call the fighting undecided and partially questionable. notes curfew in Hankow and possible loss of Suchow with plans to resume air cargo flights.
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Suchow
Penpu
Kuomintang
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Hankow
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Japan Ex-Premier Ashida Arrested on Bribery Charges
Tokyo. Hitoshi Ashida former Japanese prime minister, age 61, went to jail on bribery charges. Prosecutors say he accepted funds from a contractor during his 1948 to 1951 tenure. Ashida admits receiving sums but calls them legitimate political contributions. He resigns as Democratic Liberal party president amid a loan scandal involving Showa Denka Fertilizer Co. He remains a diet member and will seek re election.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
Ashida
Democratic Liberal Party
Showa Denka Fertilizer Co
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Garvey questions increase for Maricopa Pima superior courts
Governor Dan E Garvey voiced doubt that Maricopa and Pima counties can add one division each to their superior courts under the new law. He noted the state tribunal structure and said he may appoint new judges if divisions are approved.
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Dan E. Garvey
Maricopa
Pima
Garvey
Attorney General's Office
M. T. Phelps
Maricopa County
Supreme Court
Phelps
Ann Frohmiller
Dudley W. Windes
Frohmiller
Windes
Maricopa and
Protests Spur Senate Probe of Ilse Koch Clemency
Senate investigators questioned a top aide to General Lucius Clay about reducing Ilse Koch’s life sentence for Nazi war crimes to four years. The probe examines Clay’s jurisdiction and whether justice was served, amid protests in the U.S. and Germany. Senator Ferguson leads the panel with McClellan OConor Bricker.
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Lucius D. Clay
Senate
Ilse Koch
Army
Germany
Buchenwald
Clay
Koch
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
McClellan
D-Ark
O’conor
Dmd
Bricker
R-O
Robber Tries For Stamps Then Flees With Cash
In Chicago a well dressed assailant robbed Harold Roman, president of a commercial supply firm, taking $300 in cash after demanding checks. Roman noted the stamps in the desk and warned the federal offense of stealing postage stamps. The bandit fled.
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Chicago
Commercial Supply Company
Harold Roman
Roman
Arabs Forming Blue In UN
Paris Dec 8 United Nations conciliation in Palestine faces possible obstruction as Arab and Latin American states may block the Anglo American plan. Western officials fear Arab Latin bloc votes could derail the plan unless abstentions or switches occur. Russia and allies push delay to hinder the U S Korea troop removal proposal.
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U.P
United Nations
Palestine
General Assembly
Russia
Korea
United States
U. S
Tempe's Blue Baby Dies In Los Angeles
Four month old Herbie Shenkin from Tempe Arizona died in Los Angeles after transfer from Tucson. A relapse during the trip delayed a life saving operation. Temper residents had raised more than 600 dollars for his care during illness.
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Herbie Shenkin
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Ariz
Tucson
British Hint Jewish Forces Invasion Of Trans-Jordan
Paris dispatch reports Harold Beely of the British delegation told the Palestine committee the British have private information that Jewish armed forces have invaded Trans-Jordan. He cited a second force moving south toward the area between the Dead Sea and Sqaba, with no size given.
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Health Is Key To Marshall's Future Plans
Secretary of State George C. Marshall faces kidney surgery with reports of a possible resignation if recovery delays. At Walter Reed, he is described as getting along fine. President Truman would accept a resignation if health dictates, but administration leaders hope he can stay on, potentially with reduced duties, amid foreign policy needs.
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Russia Halts Mail Exchange in Berlin Over Elections
Berlin reports say Russia suspended mail between eastern and western sectors in response to last Sunday's anti Communist elections. American official J H Gayer confirms reduced mail flow after talks at Karlshorst. Officials hint further steps may include cutting power to Berlin elevated railway.
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U.P
Russia
J. H. Gayer
Karlshorst
Germany
Walter Albright
Moscow
Clay
Lucius D. Clay
New Cold Wave Hits Country
Rain snow and colder weather swept wide regions as Pacific storms move inland from Wyoming. Light snow fell in the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan with more snow and colder temperatures forecast for Wednesday and Thursday. A rain belt stretched from Virginia to Alabama and southeastern Louisiana with some areas reporting over an inch. The Midwest logged record lows with Bismarck North Dakota at zero while the rest of the mid-Atlantic eastern and New England stayed near normal. The previous day saw highs near 83 in Jacksonville Florida.
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Eastern
New England
Jacksonville
Fla
Penicillin Aids Two-Headed Calf Birth at Cowan Ranch
Penicillin breathed life into a two headed Holstein calf born at the Cowan ranch near Douglas last Sunday. The calf, suffering pneumonia, marking the first live birth among three such calves on the ranch in recent years.
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Douglas
Cowan Ranch
Here
Morning Walk Facing Riders
Sixty five drivers of Tucson Rapid Transit buses will vote on a strike Thursday morning, led by Union President Harry T. Matthewson. The Amalgamated Association seeks a 15 cent an hour hike, while TRT has offered a graduated 12 cent rise over two years. The 60 day notice rule and past increases are noted, with potential impact on 40 buses and cross‑picketing at depots.
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Harry T. Matthewson
American Federation of Labor
Matthewson
TRT
All-American Bus Lines
Sun Valley Bus Lines
A. V. Lindseth
CIO Warns Of Business Bust
The CIO warned that current industry profits as a cushion against a potential downturn threaten a future bust. Stanley H. Ruttenberg urged a new excess profits tax and moderating pricing to stabilize the economy and postpone a low mood, citing 1948 profits over 20 billion dollars and monopolistic practices.
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CIO
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Labor Organization
Senate-House Economic Committee
Ruttenberg
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