German Peace Delays Seen Before 1948 Signing
American experts at the New York meeting of the Big Four forecast the German peace treaty may not be ready for signing before spring 1948. They warned the drafting could take as long as or longer than previous European peace treaties, with talks resuming in Moscow in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Germany
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Big Four Council
Big Four
Moscow
Austria
London
United Nations
Paris
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Byrnes
China
Molotov
Britain urges arms parley and world disarmament plan
In Flushing New York Britain called for a world wide disarmament conference within six months to review atomic controls and arm reductions. A UN subcommittee approved a compromise to establish comprehensive arms controls and urge a special UN assembly to endorse a world peace plan.
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Flushing
N. Y
UPA
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
Special
United Nations Assembly
United Nations General Assembly
Great Britain
Henry Shawcross
United Nations
U. S
Shawcross
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Isarmament
Russia
Phoenix to buy 12 trolley buses for Washington Street line
Phoenix city commissioners called for bids to acquire 12 trolley buses to replace street cars on the Washington Street line to the state capitol. The project, funded by lease with eventual purchase, could cost about 300000 and may allow curbside passenger pickup. General Electric estimated the buses would pay for themselves in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Washington Street
State Capitol
General Elec Company
Blind Corporal Seeks Blue Eyes This Christmas
Phoenixville Pennsylvania reports Corporal Chester R Perkins blinded by a land mine in Germany writes Santa Claus for a second chance at sight. He is a Valley Forge hospital patient for 21 months and plans to study journalism at Butler University. The letter asks for two bright blue eyes to replace the memory of the last Christmas he saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
P—Corp
Chester R. Perkins
Germany
Valley Forge Hospital
Santa Claus
Perkins
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Butler University
Santa
Corporal
Tenement Fire Claims Over Ten Lives In New York
A wall collapse from a flaming ice house on the Knickerbocker Ice Co building led to a major blaze in a six story tenement on New York's upper west side. Ten dead and many missing, with four youths held for investigation as search and rescue continued amid debris and danger.
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New York
Knickerbocker Ice Co
Upper West Side
Peter Sloane
Amsterdam Avenue
184Th Street
John Popper, Jr
Rose Raguso
Nick Sloane
Mother Cabrini Hospital
Peter LaGatta
Mary
Julie
Court Decides Ranch Not Sold
Judge John D. Lyons Jr of the superior court ruled that James C. Shields and wife did not enter into a sale agreement for Rancho de la Sombra. The 681 acre Sabino road ranch near Tucson remains with the Reiningers and the plaintiffs take nothing by suit. Rancho de la Sombra lies 10 miles northeast of Tucson and features a main ranch house several guest houses wells and 200 acres irrigated land.
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James C. Shields
Cortaro
Tucson
Rancho de la Sombra
Sabino Road
John D. Lyons, Jr
Superior Court
Shields
Josephine Shields
Lyons
Marie Reininger
California
Carl Reininger
Reiningers
Reininger
Tucson Realty & Trust Co
Paul Monier
Carl and
Marie
Paul Seiler
George R. Darnell
Larry Robertson
Archie Connor
Gerald Jones
Interned Japanese in Russia Reported at 550,000
Tokyo dispatch says Ashai reports Soviet camps along the Manchurian border hold about 550,000 Japanese internees. Repatriates quoted claim mass detention and ongoing halt to repatriation.
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Russia
Tokyo
Siberia
Ashai Thursday
Truman reorganizes war offices and housing posts
President Truman overhauled the war emergency setup by abolishing the war mobilization and reconversion office and creating a new office of temporary controls led by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming. He also named Raymond M. Foley housing administrator and Frank R. Creedon housing expeditor. The wage stabilization board is ended. economic stabilization board ceases immediately, while rent controls remain in place and small rent increases may be considered by OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Philip B. Fleming
OPA
OWMA
Civilian Production Administration
Office of
Steelman
Mr. Truman
Raymond M. Foley
Frank R. Creedon
Wilson W. Wyatt
RFC
Wage Stabilization Board
Economic Stabilization Board
Burrows Receives Full Pardon From Governor Osborn
Richard Nash Burrows, who killed Mesa salesman Jack Martin in 1929 and buried him in the desert, was granted a full pardon and restoration of citizenship by Gov. P. Osborn. Burrows, paroled nine years ago after serving in World War II and living in Chicago, had the support of public sympathy following his defense that the killing occurred during a struggle.
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Phoenix
Richard Nash Burrows
Jack Martin
Mesa
Martin
Beardsley
Burrows
Denver
Desert Brave
Howard C. Speakman
Tucson
State Supreme Court
R. C. Stanford
Gen Rooks Named For LaGuardia Job
Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks was nominated to succeed Fiorello La Guardia as director general of UNRRA. The UNRRA nine nation committee endorsed the choice and the conference expected to approve it.
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Washington
Lowell W. Rooks
Amercan
Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
LaGuardia
State Tax Commission Urges Economy to Ease Postwar Tax Load
The Arizona Tax Commission urged strict economy by state and local governments during inflationary times to prevent an unmanageable tax burden. It warned excise and sales tax receipts may fall as war effects wane, and recommended postponing nonessential public works and amending law to access earmarked postwar funds. A statewide property tax revaluation is suggested to address assessment discrepancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Sidney P. Osborn
Globe Miner Thought Dead
Rescue workers at the Buckeye copper mine in Globe Arizona recovered a battered lamp and a helmet fragment from a miner buried by a slide six days earlier while continuing efforts to reach John Orekar who remained trapped.
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Globe, Ariz
UPR
Buckeye
John Orekar
Orr Woodburn
Woodburn
Orekar
Elijah M. York
William Kuchar
Clifford Murdock
Kuchar
Age-Old Principle In Britain Albania Row
AP analyst J M Roberts notes the Corfu channel mining by Albania mirrors the Yugoslav shoot down of American planes. He argues Russian satellites push violent actions to defend sovereignty and warns Albania may be fully under Moscow control, with West representatives withdrawn since 1945.
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Britain
Albania
J. M. Roberts, Jr
Great Britain
Corfu Channel
U. S
United States
Corfu
If All Were Careful Could Be Lucky Day
Chicago reports the National Safety Council says Friday the 13th brings no extra risk. It notes there will be as many accidents as on any other day and warns to be careful, marking this as the second Friday the 13th of the year with the next coming in June 1947.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Detective Accused of Beating Ex-Serviceman
Phoenix police said they were investigating an alleged beating of veteran Jack Briggs by a city detective. Briggs, from Phoenix, is hospitalized with a broken jaw after an incident early Sunday morning when he allegedly resisted officers during a patrol check.
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Phoenix
U.P
R. C. Coulter
Jack Briggs
Papago Park Veterans’ Hospital
Briggs
Missing B-25 Lands Safely on Mojave Flight
A B-25 bomber reported missing on a flight from Muroc airbase to Minesfield, Los Angeles, landed safely at its destination at 1 PM Wednesday. The Army air force said the pilot did not close the flight plan, so March Field in Riverside was not advised of the landing.
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Army
Bell Aircraft Co
Chalmers
Slick) Goodlin
Muroc
Calif
Army Airbase
U. S. Air Forces
Los Angeles
Muroc Airbase
Mojave Desert
Minesfield
Muroc Field
Army Air Force
March Field
Riverside
Fulbright Pushes Truman Resignation Amid Coal Crisis Debate
Sen. J. William Fulbright praises Truman's coal crisis handling as "very good" but repeats his call for the president to resign in favor of a Republican. He warns of continued Democratic-Republican gridlock, potential 1948 setbacks, and moves to legislate a functionally unified executive and legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Truman
Fulbright
Oxford
Congress
John L. Lewis
Arkansas
Republican Congress
Hoover
Truman Plans Three Messages to Congress
President Truman said he will send three separate messages to the new Republican controlled Congress. He declined to discuss tax reductions but pledged a state of the union message, a budget message, and a third on the economic report. He warned against radical labels and noted strides on a merger of armed forces and changes to labor laws.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mr. Truman
Capitol Hill
House Committee
House Committee On
Atomic Technical Board Appointed by Truman
President Truman announced a general advisory committee headed by James B. Conant to counsel the atomic energy commission on scientific and technical matters. Members include Lee A. DuBridge Enrico Fermi J. Robert Oppenheimer I. I. Rabi Hartley Rowe Glenn Seaborg Cyril Smith Hood Worthington and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Lee A. du Bridge
California Institute of Technology
Enrico Fermi
University of Chicago
J. R. Oppenheimer
Los Alamos Laboratories
Manhattan
I. I. Rabi
Columbia University
Hartley Rowe
The
United Fruit Company
Glenn T. Seaborg
Cyril Stanley Smith
Institute of Metals
Hood Worthington
DuPont desNemours & Co
CIO Wages Survey Warns of New Strikes if Prices Rise
Industry leaders say the CIO forecast that wages can rise up to 25 percent without price hikes could trigger another wave of strikes. CIO President Philip Murray backs the Nathan survey, while NAM executive Walter B. Weisenburger warns of renewed wage demands. George Romney also notes possible reactions. AFL offers no immediate comment.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Robert R. Nathan
War Agency
Nathan
Walter B. Weisenburger
National Association of Manufacturers
George Romney
Automobile Manufacturers Association
AFL
Nathan-Cio
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R. H. Shackford
Boston
Coast Guard
Barnegat
N. J
Edward Rowe Snow
Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay
Logan
Snow
Rooks
Globe Miner
Yugoslavia
Tito
Kremlin
Ois
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Atomic Technical Board
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