Truman Revamps Housing Program as Long Quits
Frank Creedon sworn in as housing expediter with Foley as administrator. Truman slashes $10,000 home price ceiling, expands nonveteran building, and raises rental ceiling flexibility. Norton Long resigns citing a dead housing program, praising Wyatt’s earlier efforts and warning veterans may be misled. Blum forms all socialist emergency cabinet in Paris to end France’s government crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eleazer
Washington
Frank R. Creedon
President Truman
Raymond M. Foley
National
Creedon
Norton E. Long
Truman
Long
Wilson W. Wyatt
Wyatt
Joseph L. Rauh
E. A. Verpillot
Ray Sawyer
Amvets
Louis E. Starr
Veterans of Foreign Wars
China Drafts Constitution in Nanking Appeal
Chiang Kai-Shek urged national assembly delegates to adopt the all party draft of the new Chinese constitution without altering earlier principles. He aimed to finish writing the constitution before adjournment this week and warned against undemocratic amendments pushed by rightist elements. Chin Hou-Cheng’s Social Democrats oppose granting the assembly too much power. Wang Ping-Nan denied reports of a Communist rival assembly to draft the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
U.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
National Assembly
Political Consultative Council
Chiang
Chin Hou-Cheng
The
Social Democrats
Wang Ping-Nan
Harvard To Join In Mexican Trip
Harvard anthropologists will study the Cocopah Indians of northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Dr and Mrs William D Kelly former Tucson residents will spend a year with the tribe on a Peabody museum project. About 600 Cocopah remain in the Colorado river delta practicing traditional lifeways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Mex
Harvard
William D. Kelly
Tucson
Peabody Museum of
Colorado River
Atom Control Lacks Teeth in UN Report
The United Nations atomic energy commission weighs a report to be sent to the Security Council by December 31. An informed source says the working paper lacks a concrete plan for control and focuses on inspectors, omitting essential safeguards demanded by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Commission
United Nations Security Council
Nine Deputies Named to Serve Under Sheriff Echols
Martin announces twelve deputies start Jan 1 under Sheriff Echols with undersheriff Maurice T. Guiner leading the list. The appointees include numerous ex servicemen and city, county, and federal veterans many with past roles in merchant patrols and police, all to attend FBI training in Bisbee this week and continue law enforcement education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome P. Martin
Ed Echols
Martin
Maurice T. Guiner
John F. Belton
Arizona
Tucson Merchant Police
van Vorst
M. J. van Vorst
Echols
John D. Anderson
Belton
Merchant Patrol
Lester Nalley
Southern Pacific
Edgar D. Neal
Barney Armstrong
James I. Brady
Ajo
Emmett A. Newland
Marana
Rupert M. Hopkins
Department of Justice
Arivaca
P. B. Wilbanks
Tucson
Guy McKinney
State Prison
Florence
Walter IF. Kines
Mary L. Rogers
Anese FE
Leneries
FBI
Bisbee
Odlin Dodd
C. W. Gardner
M. Mitchell
Manny Celi
Labor Program Offer Too Late
Washington December 16 An industry labor proposal that promised labor law reforms drew a too late response from Republican leaders on Capitol Hill. The AFL CIO NAM and US Chamber backed it while GOP leaders urged immediate legislation including compulsory arbitration. CIO chief Murray urged wage boosts with taxes on postwar profiteers and speculators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
AFL
CIO
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Brown
R-C
House
New
Brown
GOP
Industry-Labor Committee
Labor Department
Philip Murray
Steel
Auto
Electrical
Pittsburgh
Murray
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
OPA
Lewis Files His 10 Point Plea
The Supreme Court allowed John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers to present a 10 point appeal from their contempt conviction and $3,510,000 fines, tied to the restraining order during the recent coal strike. Arguments set for January 14 as the court also handled several other procedural actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Court of
T. Alan Goldsborough
Java
Texas
Mann Ad
Tadiana
New York Stock Exchange
U. S. District Court
United States Gypsum Company
Schine Chain Theatres, Inc
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
U. S. Circuit Court
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Seeley Dairy of
Chicago
Justice Department
Secretary of Agriculture
CIOs Confer On Wage War Plan For 1947
The CIOs big three leaders meet in Pittsburgh to map a wage war for 1947 to aid 2,350,000 workers amid high living costs. Philip Murray Walter Reuther and Albert Fitzgerald head steel automotive and electrical unions planning informal talks this week with wage policy groups and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
CIO
Philip Murray
Steel
Walter Reuther
Albert, Fitzgerald
United Electrical, Radio
Murray
Reuther
Fitzgerald
New York
United Automobile Workers
United Steel Workers
Gifts and Loans In Bilbo Scandal Tangle
A Mississippi war contractor testifies before a senate wartime investigating subcommittee that he gave Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo a 1919 Cadillac as a Christmas gift in 1941 and built a 23 acre artificial lake using surplus Army equipment. He says Bilbo owes him 9728.50 including the lake and mortgage loans. Another contractor says Bilbo still owes money and Bilbo’s friend is tied to a Mississippi church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gandy
Baptist Church
Senate War Investigating Committee
Washington
Ross Collins
Mississippi
O.R
Theodore G. Bilbo
Michael T. Morrissey
Vicksburg
Miss
Senate
Bilbo
Morrissey
John A. Lellan
Keesler
Biloxi
Pat Harrison
Juniper Grove
Miss.) Baptist Church
B. L. Knost
Search Begins For Lost Marine Plane
Seattle dispatch reports ideal weather for an aerial search of Mt. Rainier slopes for a Marine transport plane believed crashed with 32 aboard. Eighteen Army and coast guard planes flew from McChord Field and Port Angeles at daylight. a helicopter from March Field was to assist if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Marine Corps
Army
Coast Guard
McChordfield
Port Angeles
Marchfield
Calif
Changed Russian Attitude Sparks Hope for Peace
After months of stalemate in UN talks Russia shows signs of softened stance. It agrees to disarmament plans without veto rights for enforcement agencies and demobilizes troops in Europe. Observers weigh whether this shift endures and if it signals improved Western relations amid ongoing debates on Trieste Iran Azerbaijan and Franco Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Danube
Europe
Franco
Spain
Iran
Azerbaijan
New Times Calls for International Good Will and Cooperation
The New Times editorial from Moscow advocates lasting peace through compromises by all sides and praises Stalin’s wartime collaboration. It notes differences among powers but stresses joint decision making and sacrifices to reach acceptable agreements. It parallels Molotov’s conciliatory line at New York and UN talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
New Times
V. M. Molotov
New York
United Nations
Big Four
Josef ‘Stalin
Iran Reports Quiet Azerbaijan After Military Actions
Iran says central government ordered transfer of Sala mo Nah Javid the Azerbaijan governor general and M Sabostari head of the Azerbaijan provincial council. Tehran claims the operations brought Azerbaijan and Kurdish dissidents back under control and notes a claimed surrender of Zhazi Mohammed ending the Kurdish republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Curtis
Tehran
Iran
Salamo Nah Javid
Azerbaijan
M. Sabostari
Ahmed Qavam
Soviet
Russia
War Ministry
Tabriz
Etash
Ardebi
Zhazi Mohammed
Third Arizonian On Missing Marine Plane
Phoenix announces Pvt. Buddy Snelling of Phoenix is the third Arizonian confirmed aboard the missing Marine air transport. The Marine Corps had listed his home as Columbus, Ohio. Also aboard were Pvt. Ernesto R. Valdovin and Gilbert E. Watkins of Tucson.
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Phoenix
Washington
Buddy Snelling
Marine Corps
Columbi, O
Ernesto R. Valdovin
Gilbert E. Watkins
Tucson
Albatross Kill Allowed Aboard Navy Antarctic Ship
Navy Antarctic expedition leader approves killing albatrosses for science. Biologist Jack Perkins will trap and tag a bird to test if it follows the Olympus for 1,500 miles before potentially stuffing specimens for the Washington national museum. The move challenges legend tied to Coleridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Blakeslee
MT. Olympus
Navy
Coleridge
Richard H. Cruzen
Jack Perkins
Perkins
Washington National Museum
Germans Food Costs for U S Occupied Zone Revealed
Senate war investigating committee learned it will cost American taxpayers about 171 million dollars next year to feed the U S occupied zone of Germany while the Soviet zone eats at no cost to Moscow. Meader cites failure to unite Germany economically under Potsdam terms and French blockage of central administration as causes. Occupation officials note Soviets will not finance food imports into their zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
U. S
Germany
Moscow
George Meader
Europe
Meader
L Army of Occupation
United States
Six Officers Form Human Ring to Save Negro in Mob Fight
In Murfreesboro Tennessee six policemen formed a human ring around Tobe Haynes to shield him from a 1500 strong mob after he shot three officers a fire chief and a bystander. Haynes surrendered after a gun battle in a house. he was wounded and moved to jail then to Nashville for safekeeping. Police say mob violence was quelled and officers were lauded for their restraint and protection of the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Tobe
Bud) Haymes
Haynes
Rutherford County
Nashville
States Highway Patrol
Lynn Bomar
Bomar
Smyrna Army
Claude Vance
Herbert McClanahan
Wash Powell
UN Assembly hands disarmament task to Security Council
The United Nations General Assembly ends an eight week session in New York turning over to the eleven member Security Council the plan to reduce armed forces and end war weapons. The next regular meeting is set for Sept 16, 1947 with potential special session in six months to approve worldwide arms reductions. The body endorses broad disarmament measures and calls for using the veto sparingly by the Big Five. It also urges recalling diplomats from Franco Spain and transferring eight League mandates to UN trusteeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
Flushing Meadow Park
United States
Manhattan
United Nations
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Warren R. Austin
Austin
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Andrei A. Gromyko
Assembly
Council
Atomic Commission
Veto Suh
Security ‘Council
France
Britain
Spain
Francisco Iranco
Madrid
League of Nations
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Blum
War Department
Paris
Leon Blum
Georges Bidault
Ministry of National Defense
Left
Republican Union
Francis W. Carpenter
Norman Walker
By Paul M. Yost
J. M. Roberts, JR
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Red
Walter Cronkit
Vodders
O. P. Echols
England
John A. Parris, JR
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