Oasis in Antarctica Discovered by U S Navy Fliers
A night dispatch reports an inland oasis in Antarctica 40 miles wide with lakes and 500 foot brown mounds. Capt Charles Bond and Capt Robert Quackenbush describe pea green muddy lakes among dark blue water and conical peaks, with photos captured from Mariner planes.
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U. S. Navy
Antarctica
Associated Press
Alton L. Blakeslee
Navy
Blakeslee
Robert S. Quackenbush, Jr
Expeditionary Staff
Land of Lakes
PRM Mariner
Knox Coast
Charles A. Bond
Arizonian Aboard USS Sees Polar Continent Lakes
Radioman Richard L. Maris of Portland Oregon and Machinist Harvey McKaskle of Seligman Arizona report striking color changes in polar inland lakes during a discovery near Antarctica. The Mariner airplane crew noted land glaciers and lakes with waters shifting from deep blue to pea green along the coast and inland.
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Uss. Curritude
Antarctica
Mariner
Richard L. Maris
Portland
Ore
Rogers
Harvey McKaskle
Seligman, Ariz
McKellar Declares Lilienthal Blocking Effort A Success
Sen. E. D. McKellar says the senate will not confirm David E. Lilienthal as atomic energy commission chairman. He cites hearings records and notes support from several Republicans including Bridges Wherry and Taft while Sen. Vandenberg shows sympathy.
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Washington
E. D. McKellar
D-Tenn
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
McKellar
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Post
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
Sen. Wherry
Ned
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Atomic Committee
Third Democrat Is Ousted From Board
In Phoenix on February 12, the city commission ousted F A Rocky Ford from the civil service board for partisan balance. Harold Diverbess was appointed to replace him as the remaining Democratic member. The board's actions have opposed city administration by restoring employees after removal.
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Phoenix
U.P
Ray Busey
Phoenix City Commission
City Civil Service Board
F. A
Rocky) Ford
Ford
Harold Diverbess
Civil Service Board
U S and Canada to collaborate on peacetime security measures
Washington and Ottawa issued a joint statement on February 12 detailing continued cooperation between the United States and Canada. The plan outlines exchanges of personnel and observers, shared standards, mutual access to facilities, and a commitment to maintain each nation's territorial control.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Inflation In Shanghai Slows Amid Rumors Of Action
Rumors of government action to curb inflation sparked profit taking as investors dumped assets and sent gold and U S dollar quotations tumbling. Prices ricocheted with some goods jumping up to 200 percent in two days while officials discuss rationing essentials to combat hoarding.
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Walter Rundle
Shanghai
U. S
K. C. Wu
Cattle Disease Help Is Urged
A Senate agriculture subcommittee endorsed Secretary Andersons plan for U S Mexico cooperation to stamp out hoof and mouth disease among Mexican cattle. The panel urged full committee approval of a cabinet backed resolution allowing spending as needed to implement the control program.
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AP Special
Washington Service
Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Mexico
Capper
R-Kas
Agriculture Committee
Arizona spring term registration ends late at university
University of Arizona registration for the spring term was to end at 4 p m Wednesday but many students remained enrolled. Registrar C Zaner Lesher estimated that by early next week total enrollment would reach about 4 484 matching the fall term. The usual second semester drop during prewar and war years did not occur in 1946 and 1947 spring terms.
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University of Arizona
C. Zaner Lesher
Arizona House Adds Lincoln Birthday to Legal Holidays
The Arizona House passed a bill adding Lincoln's birthday on February 12 to the legal holidays. Washington's birthday remains February 22. Arbor Day and Admission Day February 14 were removed from the list, and the third Sunday in June was designated as Father's Day.
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Phoenix
Lincoln
Arizona
House of Representatives
Washington
Bill to Move Corporation Commission Under Legislature
Phoenix report details a bill to place the corporation commission under the legislature, with potential abolition of the commission and appointment of a single governor approved official. Sen. Dan Angius notes companion tax and revenue bills, plus a state board of equalization and a powerful director of revenue.
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Phoenix
Senate
Corporation Commission
Dan Angius
Bisbee
H. H. d’Autremont
D’autremont
Sen
Angius
Harry W. Hill
Department of Revenue
Revenue
Superintendent of Banks
Board of Equalization
Boards of Equalization
State
Highway Department
Bills Would Ban Or Limit Racing In Arizona House
PHOENIX Feb. 12 A bill to outlaw horse and dog racing and another to limit meets were introduced in the Arizona house of representatives. Rep. Wing Ong of Maricopa proposed repealing laws permitting legalized racing and pari mutuel wagering. Rep. Frank Robles of Pima offered a bill to limit meets to 30 days and permit only one of each per calendar year.
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Phoenix
Arizona
House of Representatives
Wing Ong
Maricopa
Frank Robles
Pima
Yuma Publisher Rites Thursday
Funeral services will be held at 3 p m Thursday in Johnson's mortuary chapel for R E Osborn publisher of the Yuma Daily Sun who died Tuesday in a San Diego hospital.
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Yuma
Johnson's Mortuary
R. E. Osborn
Redistricting Bill Is Passed In Arizona Legislature
The Arizona Senate approved 16 to 2 a bill to create two congressional districts with a plan for a third if population warrants. Maricopa would be district one. districts two and three cover the remaining counties. The measure moves to the House.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Senate
U. S. House of Representatives
Hugo Farmer
Yuma
C. L. McDaniel
Maricopa
W. H. Hathaway
Santa Cruz
Sam Snead
Yavapai
Wes Townsend
Graham
House
Maricopa County
Cochise
Pima
Pinal
Apache
Coconino
Gila
Greenlee
Mohave
Navajo
Election Board
Senate Committee of the Whole
Arizona Corporation Commission
Sidney P. Qosborn
Federal Power Commission
Senate Finance and Revenue Committee
Committee of the Whole
John E. Hunt
Claire Phelps
H. C. Armstrong
Richard Mar
False Alarm Fatal To Two
Two firemen were killed and five injured when a fire truck on a false alarm collided with a car at an intersection in Mesa Arizona on a Wednesday morning. The dead are John Owens 49 and Winston West 31 firemen injured Burl Harmon 47 Frank Benedict 45 Turner Jackson 47 Roy Lewis and Harry Sizemore. The passenger car driver Curtis Dana 19 of Mesa was injured.
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Mesa
Ariz
John Owens
Winston West
Burl Harmon
Frank Benedict
Turner Jackson
Roy Lewis
Harry Sizemore
John Perrca
Curtis Dana
Dana
Sullivan SDC Director resigns post to lead DNC
Washington February 12 Gael Sullivan resigned Wednesday as second assistant postmaster general and was named executive director of the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Cadogan Presses Gromyko on Atomic Control Scope
Sir Alexander Cadogan, Britain’s UN delegate, asked Soviet envoy Andrei Gromyko whether atomic questions should fall within the proposed arms reduction commission. He pressed for a clear scope in the resolution, noting Russia’s delay in proposals and urging alignment with the United States, Britain, France, and Colombia.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Pointblank
Russia
Cadogan
Enttire
United States
Arms Commission
Atomic Commission
Gromyko
Great Britain
France
Colombia
Gromtyko
UN Security Council
Telegraph Rate Is Upped Ten Percent
Western Union Telegraph Company won state corporation commission approval Wednesday to raise intrastate telegram rates by 10 percent. The move follows a federal communications commission increase on interstate traffic.
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Phoenix
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Corporation Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Army Bids For Youth Training
The War Department proposed cutting the regular Army to 875,000 if universal military training is approved. At a closed House Armed Services Committee meeting, officials led by Secretary of War Patterson outlined a mobilization plan of 1,750,000 active and reserve forces and a peacetime training program to build a reserve pool and strengthen the National Guard. The six month training cycle aims to lift National Guard strength to 680,000, with the draft extension not addressed.
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Washington
Wu.p
War Department
Congress
Army
House Armed Services Committee
Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl Spaatz
Army Air Forces
Truman
Patterson
National Guard
Judge Gives Talmadge Nod
Superior Court Judge Walter Hendrix ruled that Herman Talmadge's election by the Georgia legislature was legal and that he holds the executive office. The decision contrasts a Rome ruling and is expected to be appealed to the state supreme court.
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M’donough
U.P
Superior Court
Walter Hendrix
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Claude Porter
Rome
Porter
Talmadge
Hendrix
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
Ellis Arnall
Executive Department
Arnall
M. E. Thompson
Hen‘drix
Thompson
Atom Secrets Held Until Safety Is Assured
U S position on atomic disclosures remains firm with Warren Austin demanding airtight controls and independent international inspection. Disarmament talks are effectively stalled as the United States seeks to exempt atomic weapons from any disarmament commission and bar broad powers for a UN police force until guaranteed protections are in place.
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Atom
J. M. Roberts, JR
Warren Austin
United States
Security Council
Council
U. S
Atomic Control Commission
Disarmament Commission
Lake Success
United Nations
Germany
Austria
Japan
Sidney Toler Dies Veteran Actor Charlie Chan Star
Hollywood, Feb 12 Sidney Toler veteran stage and screen actor famed as Charlie Chan died at his home after seven months of intestinal cancer. Born in Missouri he left school at 18 to pursue acting and later led his own company. He wrote plays including The Dancing Master and Ritzy with Viva Tattersall who became Mrs Toler in 1943. His widow, 34, survives him. Funeral plans pending.
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Hollywood
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Col
H. G. Toler
Kansas
Viva Tattersall
Toler
Vivian
Refugee ship Elute sighted after Algiers departure
In Jerusalem on February 12 the government delayed the execution of condemned terrorist Dov Bela Gruner citing legal complexities that could take months or a year. Also reported: a Jewish refugee ship Elute with 600 uncertified immigrants left Algiers for Palestine, not yet sighted in Palestinian waters, amid RAF spotter patrols. PMID: clashes in Tel Aviv injure at least 12 during Jew against Jew violence as Irgun adherents clash with Hashemiya Hatzair supporters. London says UK may refer Palestine issue to the UN after Arab and Jewish spokesmen reject Britain's latest plan to divide Jewish settlements. Arab rejection arrives.
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Jerusalem
Dov Bela Gruner
RAF
Mediterranean
Algiers
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zyai Leumi
Hashemir Hatzair
London
United Nations
Britain
Holy Land
Moshe Shertok
Jewish Agency
British
Foreign Office
Carey to Start Work Thursday After Cleveland Signing
Lee Carey a 17 year old Tucson baseball player signed by the Cleveland Indians will work out at 11 a m Thursday at the Indians batting school in Randolph park. The contract was signed Wednesday in the Corbett Lumber offices with Mgr. Lou Boudreau and Coach Bill McKechnie present. Carey will finish his four years of college and remains eligible for Tucson class C ball pending club assignment.
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Lee Carey
Tucson
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Randolph Park
Carey
University of Arizona
Cleveland
Corbett Lumber Company
Mgr
Lou Boudreau
Bill McKechnie
Tucson High School
Junior Legion
National Legion
H. S
Hi” Corbett
Tucson Baseball Club
Cleveland Club
Mickey Heath
Bill Veeck
British government imposes wartime powers to avert coal crisis
London reports Attlee orders dictatorial powers and fines for electricity restrictions as five hour daily cuts spread nationwide. Gas and coal shortages threaten industry with mass unemployment as snow and storms paralyze transport and aid drops are planned.
Race to Deliver Coal To Power System Amid Snow
The British army and navy joined transport workers in a race to move about 1,000,000 tons of coal through snow to protect the electric system. Army trucks ferried coal from mines while radar ships escorted coal carriers through the North Sea toward London. Government notes the power supply is barely holding and whole country may face further shutdowns.
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Board of Trade
U. S. Department of Commerce
Attlee
England
Royal Air Force
Staffordshire
London
U.P
North Sea
Lincoln Tomb Birthday Observance Attracts Springfield
Springfield marked Abraham Lincoln’s 138th birthday with wreaths from President Truman, veterans groups, and the public. Citizens visited his tomb and recalled the prairie lawyer who split rails and united a divided nation.
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Springfield
Ill
U.P
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Truman
Veterans’ Organizations
Plain People
Lincoln
White House
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