Italy Signs Sorry Dlack
Italy and four other nations signed peace treaties with the Allies ending wartime claims and redrawing borders. Yugoslavia protested the Italy accord while ceding Venezia Giulia but retaining Trieste as a free city. Italy lost colonies Eritrea Somaliland and Libya and recognized Ethiopia and Albania independence. Reparations totaling 360 million dollars were imposed, with 200 million to Russia, and armed forces were reduced to 97 490 soldiers and 67 500 tons of navy.
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Yugoslavia
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Romania
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Finland
Stanjoe Simic
Marshal Tito
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Venetia
Slovenia
Monfalcone
Istria
Eritrea
Somaliland
Libya
Ethiopia
Albania
Mussolini
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Greece
France
Russia
Pola Exodus In Full Swing As Italian Evacuation Expands
In Pola Italy on February 10 the exodus of Italians accelerates with over 20 000 Pola residents preparing to leave for safety in Italy. About 5 000 have already departed while some 22 000 more await evacuation. shops board up and property moves proceed by rail through the Yugoslav occupation zone as hospitals and even clergy depart.
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Italy
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Venice
Kimball Proposes Enduring Legislature Change in Arizona
Sen. William F. Kimball of Tucson introduces a concurrent resolution to abolish 60 day biennial sessions and allow continuing but not daily sessions to enable thorough study by major standing committees. He warns a legislative council could become a tool for minorities and notes continuity issues across legislatures.
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Phoenix
William F. Kimball
Tucson
Senate
House
Kimball
Legislative Council
Sen. Kimball
Arizona
Probe of Asylum Starting Monday
Phoenix Feb 10 The senate state institutions committee will open its investigation of the state hospital for the insane Monday afternoon. It was reported a majority of the hospital board of control would submit a statement on conditions at the institution.
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State Hospital For the
Hospital Board of Control
Ariz
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Sunset Limited
Mesa
Clem Hoyt
Charles Heyser
Harry Roberts
Jannings Stone
San Francisco
Goldie Hoffman
Detroit
Harvey Montgomery
Shafter
Calif
Stone
Sgt. Hoyt
Susano R. Barrangan
Daniel Baccarat
White Castle
Marine Hospital
Carville
Barrangan
Corpus Christi
Tex
San Antonio
Hoyt
R. T. Quint
Tucson
Senate Favors District Bill For Arizona Two Congressional Districts
The Arizona Senate approved a bill to divide the state into two congressional districts with a provision for a third if the 1950 census warrants it. District No. 1 would be Maricopa County, with Districts 2 and 3 covering the other counties. If a three-member House is created, districts would be reorganized accordingly, potentially unseating Maricopa-based representatives.
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Arizona
State Senate
Senate
House of Representatives
W. H. Hathaway
Santa Cruz
Sam Head
Yavapai
Forbes
Egypt
Colorado
Tucson
Tombstone
Supreme Court upholds Hatch Act limits on federal and state funding
The Supreme Court, in two rulings, upheld the Hatch Act restrictions on political activity by federal employees and by state workers funded with federal grants. Justice Reed authored the Oklahoma case with a 5-2 result, while dissenters were Black and Rutledge without opinions. The decision noted federal money disbursal terms can regulate state activity via funding conditions.
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Supreme Court
Hatch
CIO
United Public Workers of America
Oklahoma
Reed
Jackson
Murphy
Black
Rutledge
Justice Frankfurter
Road Fund
Balkans Probe Is Curtailed by UN Action
The United Nations Security Council approved a US resolution by a 9 to 0 vote directing the Balkans commission to avoid involvement in death sentences of nationals under investigation. An amendment to delay 11 Greek guerrilla executions was defeated as Greece urged the commission not to be diverted by internal affairs. The council adjourned to continue arms discussions.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
United States
Council
Balkans Commission
Herschel V. Johnson
Athens
Johnson
Vandenberg Opposes Taft in GOP Presidential Race
Washington February 10 Bricker may back Taft in Ohio as a favorite son choice narrowing 1948 field to Taft and Vandenberg. Vandenberg says he is not a candidate though his remarks signal possible continued race participation. They diverge on international economic policy and foreign aid pricing.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
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Taft
Vandenberg
Ohio
Columbus
Senate
Michigan
Sen. Millikin
R-Cole
Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Congress
Haas Granted Three Months Leave of Absence
Phoenix chamber of commerce general manager Lewis E. Haas was granted a three month leave starting March 1 to attend to personal business. Haas has served as general manager for 20 months.
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Phoenix
Lewis E. Haas
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Haas
Portal Pay Ruling Heads Toward Supreme Court Review
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard's ruling on the Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. dispute prompts labor lawyers to seek Supreme Court review while arguing it bears little on hundreds of other portal claims. Industry spokesmen praise the decision as urgent wage hour reform remains a priority.
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Frank A. Picard
Congress
Supreme Court
Picard
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Mt. Clemens
Portal To Portal
Portal
Supreme Court orders new trial for Pudman in Yuma case
Arizona Supreme Court overturns prior ruling and grants a new trial for Edward Pudman 41-year-old hospital worker convicted of stealing a six-year-old Yuma girl. The decision, issued by Justice Levi S Udall, resolves a deadlock and remands for sentencing.
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Arizona State Supreme Court
Edward Pudman
Yuma
Levi S. Udall
Josep H. Morgan
R. C. Stanford
Padman
Yuma County
Udall
Morgan
Supreme Court
Stanford
Arthur T. LaPrade
State Court
If War Comes, Insufferable Conditions Loom Discussed
J M Roberts Jr notes Sen Wiley proposes a stand by television congress and interim appointive governor system to preserve democracy if an A bomb destroys Washington. He argues for a national defense system with ready trained members to maintain continuity and avoid a dictator's rise in any future war.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Sen. Wiley
Wisconsin
Washington
Congress
Wiley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
United States
Lilienthal Faces Push to Withdraw as Atomic Chairman Nominee
In Washington on February 10 Rep. Cox demands David E. Lilienthal withdraw as chairman nominee citing dangers of the atom bomb. He argues the man entrusted with secret power must be above suspicion. Senate hearings continue as Dean Acheson asserts no state department info has been given to Britain or Canada.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Marylay
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Cox
Lilienthal
Senate
Dean Acheson
State Department
Britain
Canada
United States
Acheson
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Acheson-Lilienthal
English Industry Forced Into Shutdown Amid Energy Crisis
The British government ordered extensive power curtailment as more than half of industry halted. About 4 million workers idle, 22 million people affected by daily electricity cuts, with 38 of 64 counties hit and stocks dropping as Labour and Conservatives clash over causes and remedies.
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London
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Stock Exchange
England
Wales
London Power Company
Birmingham
Dartford
Kent
81 Perish At Berlin Dance
Berlin officials say rescuers recovered 81 bodies from the Karlslust hall ruins after a fire at a Saturday night costume ball. Forty hospitals reported 39 more injured. Seven British soldiers were missing. four were hospitalized with burns. Identifications remain scarce.
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Karlslust
Frank Walton
Boston
Private Flier Missing After Departure From Winslow
The civil aeronautics administration reports W. V. Sebold of McMinnville Oregon is missing in northern Arizona after taking off from Winslow at 5 30 p m Sunday bound for Prescott. Sebold filed a flight plan before leaving the Winslow airport.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Arizona
Here
Prescott
CAA
W. V. Sebold
McMinniilst
Ore
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