State Welfare Costs Rising in Arizona Budget Talks
The 18th Arizona legislature considers a biennial $14,511,258 appropriation for the state board of social security and welfare. Expenditures would reach about $22,000,000 for 1947-49 with federal funds added, and welfare cases are expected to rise about one third.
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Bob Brooks
Arizona
State Board of Social Security and Welfare
Harry W. Hill
Ann Frohmiller
General Fund
Valley National Bank Statistical Department
Hill
Osborn
Flagstaff
Tempe
University of Arizona At
Tucson
Three UA Players Reach Golf Semifinals
Three University of Arizona students Charley Lamb Don Byrd and Dick Hopwood advanced to the Arizona state amateur golf tournament semifinals along with Norman Norred of Globe Saturday at El Rio Golf and Country Club. Lamb defeated Miller 4 and 2 while Byrd and Hopwood won earlier matches.
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University of Arizona
Charley Lamb
Don Byrd
Dick Hopwood
Norman Norred
Globe
el Rio Golf and Country Club
Lamb
Norred
Byrd
Hopwood
C. D. Miller
Yuma
Norved
Jim Vease
Tucson
Ernest Lehmann
Harrison
N. Y
Billy Bell, Jr
U. of A
Hovwood
Randolph Golf Club
Bell
Miller
Bob Goldwater
Kim Bannister
Wees
Arizona Labor Urged To Unite
Arizona CIO leaders urge unions to shed differences and unite on a common program of economic and legislative measures to protect labor rights. They call AF L, railroad brotherhoods, and Machinists to join in an emergency unity effort amid right to work debates, strikes, and anti union actions in the state.
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Phoenix
Arizona
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Brotherhoods
International Association of Machinists
Unons
Philip Murray
Westward Ho
Goetz
Michigan State To Get Munn
Syracuse announces coach Clarence Munn resigns effective January 1 and will direct Michigan State football. He calls the move a great chance and says he is eager to start. Bachman recently resigned as Michigan State coach. Munn’s staff may join him depending on each assistant.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Clarence
Biggie) Munn
Syracuse University
Michigan State
Wiliam P. Tolley
New York City
Munn
Charley Bachman
Bilbo Denies Taking Graft in War Contract Probe
Former Mississippi congressman Ross Collins testified to deny involvement in a $25,000 1942 war contractor contribution tied to Sen. Bilbo. The hearing heard claims that Gandy handled funds for the Doxey campaign while Collins and associates disputed key testimony.
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Ross Collins
Mississippi
Robert Gandy
Gandy
Senate War Investigating Committee
Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Bilbo
Collins
Sen
Senate
Wall Doxey
Ferguson
R-Mich
Collings
Cecil Travis
Lara Harrison
Congress
Bilbo- Collins
Harrison
Doxey
Miss
Mead
D-Ny
F. T. Newton
Wall Roxey
Forrest Jackson
Jackson
Senate War Investigating
Chou En Lai Attacks Chiang On Sian Incident Anniversary
Chou En Lai, long-time Communist negotiator, launches a sharp personal attack on Chiang Kai Shek on the 10th anniversary of the Sian incident. He demands Chang Hsueh Liang's release and accuses the United States of imperialistic aims, signaling possible not returning to Nanking if peace talks resume.
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Nanking
U.P
Chou En-Lai
Chiang Kai- Shek
New China Agency
Chou
United States
Chungking
Wreck injures 17 near Salt Lake City Utah
A head on collision between two Western Pacific trains west of Salt Lake City injures at least 17 with 15 taken to St. Marks hospital. The eastbound passenger train carried farm bureau delegates from Texas and Louisiana returning from San Francisco. the westbound freight train was en route to Tooele.
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Salt Lake City
Western Pacific Railroad
Here
St. Mark’s Hospital
Great Salt Lake
Texas
Louisiana
American Farm Bureau
San Francisco
Tooele
Utah
Union Pacific
Western Pacific
Struck College Ordered Closed in West Texas
West Texas State College in Canyon will close until further notice after a student strike led by veterans. President A J Hill said the board of regents ordered the shutdown. about 400 students were involved as business manager Virgil Henson was demanded to resign. Pickets around the administration building were withdrawn Friday.
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Canyon
Tex
A. J. Hill
West Texas State College
Virgil Henson
Henson
Board of Regents
Hill
Manchuria’s Stripping by Reds a Blow to China
AP analysis notes Edwin Pauley’s warning that Soviet stripping of Manchuria created long lasting instability in China. The report argues Moscow’s actions aided Chinese Communists by weakening a postwar central government and hampering reconstruction efforts.
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Manchuria
China
J. M. Roberts, JR
Edwin W. Pauley
Russia
Moscow
Red Army
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pauley
Truman
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
Chiang
Japan
School Year May Be Lengthened In State
Arizona's state board of education favors lengthening the school year to 180 full days and recommends local districts adopt the change. They argue longer years deliver more value for taxpayers as current minimum is 160 days with averages around 168 to 172 days.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Board of Education
Civil Unrest Ends as Azerbaijan Forces Enter Tabriz
In Tabriz on December 13 thousands of citizens blocked advancing government troops and offered sacrifices at road edges. After days of violence 10 killed and the Soviet provincial government toppled as troops closed in. Citizens seized weapons, looting occurred, and volunteer police patrolled while the army moved toward the city.
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Tabriz
Iran
Azerbaijan
Democratic Party
Salamollah Javid
Haji Mirza Shabastari
Mianeh
Toll Of Train Wreck 20 Dead
The Mansfield Ohio area reports the death toll reaching 20 from the three train collision on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Coulter. Edwin Gene Krautblatt 19 of Chicago dies in Crestline hospital. four soldiers remain critically injured. 18 with less serious injuries in Ft. Hayes Columbus.
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Mansfield
Pennsylvania
Coulter
Here
Edwin Gene Krautblatt
Chicago
Crestline
Mansfield Hospital
Army Hospital
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ft. Dix
N. J
Army
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburgh
Calif
Cornelius T. Morris
Golden Triangle
Louis Petoskey
Toledo
Petoskey
Robert E. Keith
Keith
Bus and Trolley Men Win Boosts in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City officials announced the resumption of bus and street car service after a one day strike ended. About 500 operators, AFL Amalgamated Association members, accepted Oklahoma Railway Co. terms for a 15 cent hourly wage increase. Five cents of the raise will be retroactive to July 1, with a county promise of another five cents if higher fares are approved.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
The
Oklahoma Railway Co
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Couny
UNRRA council disperses after three month aid deadline
The 48 nation UNRRA council closed a four day session with a tentative three month deadline to complete its operations aiding hungry nations. It accepted the resignation of Director General Fiorella H. LaGuardia and elected Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks as his successor.
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Washington
UNRRA
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
Lowell W. Rooks
United Nations approves world arms limits plan
The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a basic world arms reduction plan and rejected an immediate troop census by 36 to 6. It directs the Security Council to craft a detailed arms plan and oversees a veto-free inspection system to enforce disarmament while moving toward peaceful atomic energy use.
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New York
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Security Council
Assembly
Russia
Trusteeship Council
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Belgium
New Zealand
Australia
Byrnes
World Assembly
United States
Germany
Japan
Japanese Islands
Korea
Austria
Trieste
Father of 3 Offers Eye to Vet for Christmas
In Los Angeles a 36 year old father of three named Mickey Miltenberger offered to donate his eye to Corp Chester R Perkins a blinded veteran who asked Santa for two eyes. Doctors said a corneal transplant could not restore Perkins sight as his right eye was removed and his left eye had perforating injuries.
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Los Angeles
Santa Claus
Mickey Miltenberger
Carpenters
Montebello
Corp
Chester R. Perkins
Phoenixville
Miltenberger
Perkins
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Struck College
Edward Curtis
Associated Press
Clifton Daniel
New York Times
Christopher Sykes
London Daily Mail
Tehran
Books
Max Harrelson
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Molotov
Britain
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