Midwest Cold Wave Reaches Texas Panhandle
Cold temperatures spread from the Midwest and north central states into the Texas panhandle after more than a day of milder February weather. Sub freezing readings appeared in Michigan's upper peninsula and along a line through Indianapolis. Miami and Tampa posted in the low eighties as Florida saw the warmest readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
North Central States
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bemidji
Minn
Grand Forks
N. D
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Indianapolis
Texas Panhandle
Florida
Dispute Ends UNO Group's Meet On Site
London February 9 United Nations committee meeting adjourned without a decision on permanent headquarters site. Edouardo Zuleta Angel adjourned after a 19 19 tie on the French motion to delay until September. Proponents of Greenwich Stamford urged immediate approval amid the Connecticut New York site dispute.
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London
United Nations Committee
UNO
Edouardo Zuleta Angel
Greenwich-Stamford
Angel
New York City
V. Broustra
France
Broustra
Assembly
United Kingdom
Connecticut- New York
Radio Permit Hearing in Tucson Contested
FCC held its first Tucson hearing as three groups seek a third station on 1340 kilocycles. Old Pueblo Broadcasting, Sun Country, and Catalina Broadcasting must prove public need and financing. Key stockholders include Autry with 460 shares and local Phoenix figures, total backing about $20,000 plus $16,500 asset costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Federal Communications Commission
J. R. Heath
Sun Country Broadcasting Company
Phoenix
FCC Commission
FCC
Federal Communications
Clifford J. Durr
John P. Hearne
San Francisco
Durr
Old Pueblo Broadcasting Company
Catalina Broadcasting Company
Gene Autry
Autry
Old Pueblo Company
Charles Garland
American Broadcasting Company
Thomas Chauncey
Foster Rockwell
Hotel Adams
John Payne
Garland
William F. Kimball
H. C. Torren
RADIO
Atomic Star Explosion Measured At Yerkes Observatory
Far away star T Coronae Borealis erupted with an energy release millions of times greater than Hiroshima. Observers including Armain Deutsch report a naked eye outburst visible in the eastern sky, suggesting insights for stellar physics and atomic research. The event, a recurrent nova, shows an explosion velocity near 3,000 miles per second and may be short lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Observatory
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Japan
Strive
Struve
Harvard
Yerkes Observatory
Stalin Proposes New Five Year Plan Ahead of Elections
Generalissimo Stalin announced a third five year plan to rebuild war damaged areas and raise living standards through lower production costs. He urged massive outputs in pig iron steel coal and oil and argued peaceful redistribution of markets could avoid war. He spoke on Moscow radio before concurrent elections.
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London
Stalin
Soviet Union
Russia
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Senate Rejects Debate Limitation on FEPC Bill
The Senate refused to limit debate on the FEPC bill today. The motion to end the prolonged Southern filibuster and establish a permanent fair employment practices commission was offered by Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
FEPC
Barkley
Kentucky
Secret Naval Document Presented to Probers in 1944 Memo
The Pearl Harbor committee studied a secret memorandum by Navy Capt. A. D. Kramer from 1944 about Washington events before the Hawaii attack. The panel withheld contents for national security reasons but allowed Rep. Frank B. Keefe to question Kramer on pertinent points. Deadline Feb. 15 looms for hearings continuation.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
U.P
Pearl Harbor
Navy
A. D. Kramer
Hawaii
Kramer
Frank B. Keefe
R-Wis
Jere Cooper
D-Tenn
Congress
Keefe
Kaiser Plans Over 10 000 Low Priced Homes Nationwide
Henry J. Kaiser announced plans to build more than 10,000 affordable houses at selected sites nationwide using wartime mass production methods and labor training. The project aims to apply emergency housing techniques to civilian construction across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Truman Eyes 2.7 Million Veterans Homes by 1947
President Truman seeks 2.7 million new veteran homes by end of 1947 with federal aid, facing industry skepticism and rough congress turns. Wyatt’s plan targets 400k to 500k yearly starts, 1.2 million in 1946, 1.5 million in 1947, and 3 million by early 1948 with price ceilings and veteran access, barring hardship cases.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Congress
Wyatt
Franco Regime Excluded from United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly reaffirmed Spain’s exclusion under Franco after a Czechoslovak bid for a break with the regime. A resolution for boycotting Franco’s government passed without dissent, with 45 votes in favor, and abstentions from Salvador and Nicaragua. The session set Sept. 3 as the next meeting date.
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London
U.P
United Nations Assembly
UNO
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
General Assembly
Panama
United Nations
Salvador
Nicaragua
Luxembourg a united 300000 in a family state
DEWITT MACKENZIE visits Luxembourg and portrays a tight 1000 square mile duchy as a single large family of 300000. He notes close kinship among citizens, mutual aid in misfortune, and a communal spirit highlighted by Prime Minister Dupong.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Luxembourg
Grand Duchy
Brotherhood of Man
Principality
Dupong
Duchy
Bowles Slated As Price And Wage Director
Government sources say Chester Bowles won the fight to oversee price control and reconversion policy. President Truman may move Bowles to head wage and price policy with John W. Snyder handling reconversion, while Paul A. Porter could take Bowles’ price control post.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
U.P
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Truman
John W. Snyder
White House
Charles G. Ross
Snyder
Office of War Mobilization
Ross
John C. Collet
Collet
Paul A. Porter
Federal Communications Commission
Porter
Second Trial Of Converse Opens Monday
The second trial of James P. Converse Tucson rancher begins at 9 30 a m Monday in superior court for murder in the Sept 29 fatal shooting of Francisco Romero ranch hand. A prior jury failed to agree and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Converse
Tucson
Francisco Romero
Superior Court
John D. Lyons, Jr
Converse
Romero
Victoria Celaya
Tanque Verde
Alberto Gomez
Mexico
Gomez
Pima County
Western Union Strike Ends as Workers Vote to Return
Western Union employees voted to resume work at 12:01 a.m. Monday, ending a 33 day strike. The move comes amid broader reconversion labor talks and administration shakeups over price controls and steel industry negotiations.
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New York
U.P
Western Union
Juda Kaufman Estate Valued Over $10 000 Probate in Pima County
The estate of Juda A. Kaufman Tucson pioneer merchant died Thursday and was admitted to probate with value in excess of 10000 dollars. His will leaves Sarah Kolk of Brooklyn 500, Maria Grace of Tucson 1000 in remembrance for service. He bequeaths the home at 1933 East 10th Street valued 10750 to his wife plus 5000 on condition she waives community claims.
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Juda A. Kaufman
Tucson
Pima County
East 10Th Street
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OPA
National Association of Broadcasters
United Press
Mammoth
Mt. Wilson
Generalissimo
Capt. Kramer
By Frank Eleazer
Duchy of Luxembourg
New York Western Union
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Wage Stabilization Board
U.S
Howard Doyle
FBI
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Gridley, Il
CIO
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
Juda Kaufman
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