Strike Called In Rome As Unemployment Sparks Action
The Rome chamber of labor voted a general strike for the province effective at midnight. Premier De Gasperi's government offered about 11 billion lire for public works to avert the walkout, which targets Rome's 80,000 unemployed. The strike will be formal once the delegates of unions approve, with only Christian Democrats opposing.
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Rome
Chamber of Labor
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic
Committee of Delegates
Council of Laws
Christian Democratic Party
Chamber
Ruling Delays ITU Hearing in National Labor Case
The AFL International Typographical Union faces a delayed nationwide labor case as three newspaper publishers associations and NLRB counsel challenge four unfair labor practices. The hearing resumes December 19 in Washington before trial examiner Arthur Leff after he adjourned early in Indianapolis.
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Max Hall
Indianapolis
AFL International Typographical Union
ITU
Washington
Arthur Leff
National Labor Relations Board
Leff
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Denham
Evans Truman Complete World Flight in Small Planes
George W. Truman and Clifford W. Evans Jr completed a world flight in 122 days 23 hours 4 minutes landing at Teterboro New Jersey. They flew two light stock models modified with extra tanks radios and instruments carrying only clothing while crossing the north Pacific and visiting Harrisburg Dayton and Washington among stops. Truman a 39 year old Los Angeles native served as Army flight inspector and Evans a C 47 pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. Both men are married with two daughters.
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Teterboro
N.J
U.P
George W. Truman
Clifford W. Evans, Jr
Harrisburg
Dayton
North Pacific
Truman
Los Angeles
Evans
Washington, D.C
Paris Rejects Russian Note in Diplomatic Rift
Paris refuses to accept a Russian note that broke off trade talks, ousted a French mission from Moscow, and signaled potential break in relations. Cabinet explains note unacceptable. Mitterrand to address nation. Night of strikes eases as Lille coal region ends walkout. Marseille port returns to normal activity.
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Paris
U.P
France
Moscow
Russia
General Confederation of Labor
Robert Schuman
Pierre Charpentier
Foreign Ministry
Francois Mitterand
Beauregard
Russian Repatriation Commission
Orient Express
Lille
Lens
Sallaumines
Ostricourt
Marseille
Arizona assessors raise cattle values amid beef price surge
County assessors tentatively voted to lift minimum valuations on range cattle by five dollars to 25 and feeder cattle by eight to 35. The move, likely to be approved by the state tax commission, would lift cattle valuations by about 2 million dollars as beef prices stay high.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
B. N. Collins
Yavapai County
Leo J. Finch
Pima County
Greece aid effort seen as crucial in semicentury conflict
Washington officials describe the Greece aid program as essential to deter Communist pressure in southeastern Europe. George C. McGhee says Greece’s situation has deteriorated and the US may seek more funds to expand a 300 million dollar Greek aid plan tied to broader strategic aims in the Middle East and Turkey.
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Denver
Greece
State Department
George C. McGhee
Rocky Mountain
American Association For the United Nations
McGhee
Washington
Congress
Turkey
Thei
Europe
Midde East
Sullivan Successor Talk Rekindled After Conviction Ruling
In Phoenix on December 10, a Maricopa Democratic letter to Gov. Sidney Osborn sought to quash talk of a Sullivan successor but instead revived debate on whether Atty. Gen. John L. Sullivan can hold office pending a state Supreme Court ruling on his conspiracy conviction appeal. Judge Beauchamp presides in Graham County. sentence may be pronounced if a new trial motion fails, potentially prompting gubernatorial action.
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Dick Smith Phoenix
U.P
Maricopa County
Democratic Central Committee
Sidney P. Osborn
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
State Supreme Court
Harry T. Hendricks
Jack P. Christy
Democratic Committee
Osborn
Supreme Court
Safford
Edwin Beauchamp
Graham County
Reds Waging War To Gain Foothold In Western China
Shanghai correspondent John Roderick reports that Chinese Communists push to establish a strong base in western China. A two-front drive targets Szechwan with Ho Lung leading a northern Shensi operation while another force advances from the Ahwei Honan Hupeh border. The move could expand Soviet influence across China.
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China
John Roderick
Kiangsi
Russia
Tibet
Szechwan
Ho Lung
Pentehhuai
Shensi
Ahwei- Honan-Hupeh
GOP outlines four point anti inflation plan
Republican congressional leaders agreed on a four point anti inflation program including export and transportation controls and voluntary allocation of industrial materials but no price or rationing controls. senate banking panel backed a bill to restore instalment buying controls.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
GOP
Congress
Truman
Federal Reserve Bank
House
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Parker Project May Aid Tribe
The Indian bureau was asked for a report on the Parker valley irrigation project as Rep. Murdock submitted a letter suggesting communal use of project land to feed Navajos. House approved a 2 million dollar emergency grant for needy tribe members this winter and a Senate hearing was planned.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Parker Valley
Murdock
D-Ariz
Bureau
G. E. P. Smith
University of Arizona
House
Butler
Rneb
Senate Public Lands Committee
Senate
Sen. Chavez
Rep
House Indian Affairs
Parker Valley Project
Smith
Parker, Ariz
Southwest
John H. Province
Indian Affairs
Headgate Rock
Ruling Upholds Title Insurance Bond Decision
The Arizona State Corporation Commission ruled Lawyers Title Insurance Co of Tucson need not post a $50,000 bond with the state treasurer. The panel found no more favorable terms for the Virginia affiliate and required an Arizona resident as its agent. The suit was brought by Arizona Title, Guarantee & Trust, Phoenix Title & Trust, and Tucson Title Insurance.
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Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Lawyers Title Insurance Company
Tucson
Richmond
Yale McFate
William T. Brooks
Arizona Title Insurance Companies
Wilson T. Wright
Virginia
Arizona
Arizona Title, Guaranty & Trust
Phoenix Title & Trust
Tucson Title Insurance Companies
Electric District No 5 Buys Pump Power Lines
The state corporation commission approved the purchase by Pinal County Electric District No. 5 of about 70 miles of transmission lines from Eloy Light & Power. The lines used to transmit power to pumps were sold for 104000 dollars.
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Electric District No. 5
Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Pinal County Electric District No. 5
Eloy Light & Power Company
29 Soldiers In Airplane Crash
A four engined Army C-54 transport plane reportedly carrying 29 persons crashed in icy terrain north of Goose Bay Labrador on Tuesday night. American, Greek and British aircraft searched for the missing craft. Separately a C-47 en route from Rome to Athens was reported to have crashed in western Turkey with four aboard parachuting to safety. Earlier, three men died when a small plane crashed near Konowa Oklahoma early Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Goose Bay
Labrador
Istanbul
Rome
Athens
Turkey
Konowa
Okla
ATC Transport Plane Crashes North of Goose Bay
A large ATC transport plane carrying 29 crew and 19 military passengers crashed and burned eight miles north of Goose Bay Labrador just after takeoff. One man was seen waving from the wreckage as rescuers moved in from Goose Bay and by air and ground at dawn. The fate of the others remained unknown.
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Westover Field
Mass
ATC
Goose Bay
Labrador
Air Transport Command
Goose River
Ninth Air Force
Air Transport Commander
Weather turns colder with record lows for Tucson
Tucson records its coldest December 9 in 50 years as high and low marks fall. The day measures a mean of 39 degrees, tying the year’s coldest point since January 4, and forecasts snow flurries and continued chill for Wednesday and Thursday. Nearby Flagstaff drops to 2 above zero while Grand Canyon hits 12 and Prescott 10.
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Tucson
Associated Press
Arizona
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Phoenix
Yarnell
Ash Fork
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Gulf States
The
Mercury
PO Workers Due For Pay Increase
Senator Lang er and Chavez introduced legislation to raise pay for most federal workers by 1000 dollars a year. Those already earning 10000 or more would be exempt, and those in the lowest bands could not exceed 10000. Lang er cites极 low wages and high living costs including bacon and bread.
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Washington
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Chavez
D-Nm
Langer
British threaten Palestine rioters amid rising Holy Land deaths
Foreign ministers from Iraq and Saudi Arabia warned of severe measures as Arabs and Jews clash in Palestine after UN partition. The conflict has killed 127 in the Holy Land and 255 across the region as Britain prepares to end its mandate. Arabs attacked Gevulet. six Jews were killed, and an Arab house in Karatiya was blown up with four Arabs dead.
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Associated Press
Holy Land
Middle East
United Nations
Fadhil Jamali
Iraq
New York
Palestine
Arab League
Cairo
Faisal al Saud
Saudi Arabia
Karatiya
Wrist Watch Clue Solves Flagstaff Burglaries
In Flagstaff a wrist watch with serial numbers helped Coconino County Sheriff J Peery Francis identify suspects in three burglaries including a $2000 liquor store safe cracking. William Cosgrove 38 of Flagstaff faces first degree burglary charges carrying up to 14 years. Cosgrove previously faced burglary counts. He was taken into custody Tuesday evening.
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Lagstaff
Flagstaff
Coconino County
J. Peery Francis
William Cosgrove
William M. Stevenson
Cosgrove
Carriage Collectors Lead Perilous Life
Bullets littered a city incinerator area as passersby worried about gunfire in Santa Cruz gulch. A six shell clip of live rounds remained unexploded after live bullets were dumped in a garbage can. City Engineer Glen ton Sykes warned the public to avoid discarding bullets in bins and urged calling the street department for fireworks rather than hazards.
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Santa Cruz Gulch
Glenton Sykes
Trumans Plan For Yuletide
President and Mrs. Truman will spend Christmas in the White House with family. It will be their first Christmas at the executive mansion since 1945. Mrs. Truman’s sister Miss Mary Truman and her three brothers and wives will join, as will the Truman family in Grandview and nearby.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Executive Mansion
Mr. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Helm
Mary Truman
Grandview
House Bars Communists From Foreign Aid
Washington vote 78 to 37 to halt aid under the emergency foreign aid bill to any country under Russian or Communist domination. An amendment barred relief distribution overseas by Communist officials or organizations, approved 109 to 57.
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Washington
House
Russia
Communist Party
Rep. Rivers
D-Sc
Red Cross
Marshall warns on German reparations amid Big Four talks
Secretary of State Marshall warned Russia to halt $500 million yearly asset withdrawals from eastern Germany and pressed for an immediate answer on German unification. He urged transparency from Moscow about the Soviet zone and signaled Western opposition to reparations linked to unification, warning the conference could unravel without concessions.
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John M. Hightower
London
Marshall
Russia
Germany
J. Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Molotov
Britain
Gas Fumes In Court Kill 2
A coroner's jury in Flagstaff ruled gas fumes caused the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Farrow of Traverse City Michigan at a local motor court cabin. The couple were found Tuesday afternoon by court workers with a small heater burning and a bath mat covering a cabin window. The doctor said they had been dead five to six hours. Mrs. Farrow's brother was due from Los Angeles to visit.
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Flagstaff
Sam Farrow
Traverse City
Mich
J. C. Maxwell
Justice of Peace
Barker Village
Dale Patton
Andy Ward
Ward
Teacher Training Program Revised at Tempe State College
Tempe Dec 10 The teachers training program at Tempe State college is undergoing major revision by a curriculum committee chaired by Dr. H D Richardson. The committee has studied the program since last year and will revise kindergarten primary elementary and secondary teaching curricula to improve the general and professional teaching programs.
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Tempe
Tempe State College
H. D. Richardson
Division of Instruction
Richardson
Ft. Whipple Chief Transferred to San Diego
The Veterans Administration announced that Dr. A. C. Walker manager of the Ft. Whipple Ariz medical center will be moved to San Diego as chief medical officer of the regional office. He will be succeeded by Dr. Van Cookerly who has been at the Washington central office and will depart for Arizona Wednesday.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
A. C. Walker
Ft. Whipple, Ariz
San Diego
Walker
van Cookerly
Cookerly
Arizona
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Shanghai
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Sinkiang
Parker Project
William E. Lowell
Paes
Denfield
AP Wirerhoto
Louis E. Denfield
San Francisco
Hawaii
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Naval Operations
Trumans
Maricopa Turf Club
State Fair Grounds
Texas Junior
Roy Gill
Gold Nugget
Tom Dykes
Harold Wilson
British Board of Trade
Wilson
Superior Court
Dudley W. Windes
Reich
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