Thousands Jam Airport For Arrival Of Film Stars
Tucson hosts a three day airport dedication and western premiere of Chicken Every Sunday as Hollywood arrivals land amid a welcoming crowd. Stars Celeste Holm Hugh Marlowe Robert Arthur Coleen Townsend greet officials including Mayor E T Houston while Vigilante pageantry sparks confusion during the landing.
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Thousands Jam
Tucson
Butterfield
Hollywood
Celeste Holm
Coleen Townsend
Hugh Marlowe
Robert Arthur
Miss Townsend
Marlowe
Arthur
Barbara Lawrence
Pope Warns Of Evil Conspiracy Against Mindszenty
Vatican charges a world conspiracy against the Church amid Mindszenty's Hungary treason trial. Pope Pius XII calls for April 10 masses and excommunications for those involved in his arrest and trial, warning atheistic influence across Communist states.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Josef
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Mindszenty
Consistoral Congregation
Cardinal Minds Zenty
Russia
College of Cardinals
Bank Debits Decline Across Most Cities in 12th District
The January report from the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco shows district bank debits totaling 9.88 billion dollars, down from 10.08 billion in January 1948. Gains occurred in eight cities including Hanford Sacramento San Francisco Boise Reno Ogden Salt Lake City and Seattle.
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San Francisco
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Hanford
Calif
Sacramento
Boise
Reno
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Lincoln Day Addresses Set By Republicans
Washington observers note the 140th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth sparks Republican Lincoln Day dinners across the nation with major speeches planned from San Diego to Boston. Governors and senators including Dewey Vandenberg Smith Bricker McCarthy Mundt and others prepared remarks in cites such as Detroit Springfield St Petersburg Seattle and Beverly Hills.
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Washington
San Diego
Calif
Boston
Mass
Lock Haven
St. Petersburg
Fla
Dixie
Springfield
Truman
Missouri
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Detroit
Abraham Lincoln
GOP
Hugh D. Scott
Bridgeport
Conn
Columbus
Ohio
Owen Brewster
Maine
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Sen. Smith
Margaret Chase Smith
Beverly Hills
John W. Bricker
Kansas
Hungary Demands U S Envoy Ouster
Hungary on Saturday demanded the recall of American envoy Selden Chapin from Budapest and the U S State Department said Chapin would be ordered home for consultation. The move marked a second concurrent Communist drive against the West and against religion.
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Washington
Hungary
United States
Selden Chapin
Budapest
State Department
Chapin
Ronstadt Heads Arizona Cattle Growers at Nogales Rally
At Nogales Arizona James Babbitt and Carlos Ronstadt were expected to be re elected leaders as the 45th annual Arizona Cattle Growers convention opened its second day. Speakers urged action on landing leases price controls and federal aid while Mexican border issues and grazing fees dominated sessions. A motorcade to Magdalena Sonora was planned with 450 attendees booked for a Rancho Grande banquet.
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Nogales
Ariz
Carlos Ronstadt
Tucson
Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association
James Babbitt
Flagstaff
Nogales High School
James L. Finley
Rancho Grande Hotel
A. A. Smith
Sterling
Colo
National Livestock Association
Cattle Growers Association
Canada
Argentina
Smith
Arizona
Hoover
Department of
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Garvey
Dan E. Garvey
Ronstadt
Arizona Cattlemen
Magdalena
Sonora
Sonora Cattle Growers Association
Albert K. Mitchell
Albert, M. M
Mitchell
U. S.-Mexico
Foot and Mouth Commission
Mexico
R. N. Roney
University of Arizona
Max T. Layton
Safford
A Game Protective Association
Russia Rebuffs Yugoslavia on Mutual Aid Council
Moscow rejected Yugoslav appeals to join the Soviet sponsored mutual aid council, citing Yugoslavia as hostile to the USSR and satellite states. The note stated Yugoslavia excluded itself by opposing Moscow conferences, as the council aims to integrate eastern bloc economies like the Marshall plan for western Europe.
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London
U.P
Russia
Economic Council of Mutual Aid
Yugoslavia
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Europe
Eduard Kardélj Ingrade
Western
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Soviet Blocks Berlin Food Supply Tightened
Berlin officials report Soviet blockade actions on February 12 aimed at stopping Swedish Red Cross aid to western Berlin children. Western Allied command confirms airlift space for 22 tons of Swedish soups and cereals, while Sweden continues feeding German children aged three to six with one extra meal daily. Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov informs Sweden that future shipments will be barred to prevent food from entering the western sectors, with only gifts to the Russian sector allowed.
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Berlin
Swedish
Red Cross
Alexander Kotikov
Brooklyn tavern manager aids robbery
Lil liam Wolfe, manager and co owner of a Brooklyn tavern, discussed crime with two customers. She said she would hand over every cent if held up. A gun was produced, and Wolfe handed over a box with $800. the two robbers escaped.
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New York
Lilliam Wolfe
Brooklyn
GOP Mapping Qown Labor Bill
Two Republican senators Morse and Ives said they will offer a new labor bill with no injunctions against national emergency strikes. They hope Taft will support it, aiming to junk the 80 day injunctive power while keeping other provisions. The measure echoes 1947 tracings but omits court orders to halt strikes endangering health or safety.
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Washington
Sens
Morse
Ore
Ives
R-Ny
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Morse and Ives
Morse-Ives
Senate Labor Committee
GOP
Mutilated body in Greece tentatively identified as U S colonel
Greek press reports say a mutilated body found in guerrilla wrecked Karpension is tentatively identified as Lt. Col. Selden R. Edner of San Jose California, a U S Air Force officer. Dental and fingerprint tests will confirm identity.
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Athens
U.P
Harpension
Selden R. Edner
San Jose
Calif
Karpension
Edner
Air Force
Looting at Martin Drugstore No. 5 on Sixth Avenue
Police report a Friday night robbery at Martin Drugstore No. 5 causing a loss between $1,000 and $1,500 from a safe and two cash registers. A third register and a safe with postal receipts were left intact. Entry came through a rear window with an iron-bar hack saw. One man act suspected. Store location is S Sixth Ave at E 22nd St.
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Martin Drugstore No. 5
L. A. Ellisburg
James Herron
Bus Strike Paralyzes Philadelphia Transit Face of City Wide Walkout
Philadelphia on the second day of an 11 000 worker transit strike with no settlement in sight. The walkout cripples commutes as 10 million dollars a day in losses mount and more residents walk or hitchhike to work. Union leader Michael Quill and PTC officials clash over wage raises while mediation continues and federal involvement grows.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Michael Quill
Ciio-Transport Workers Union
Andrew J. Kaelin
Kaelin
William J. MacReynolds
Philadelphia Transportation Co
PTC
John Murray
U.S. Conciliation Service
Quaker City
Chamber of Commerce
Clement V. Conde
Yellowcab Co
Eisenhower Called Back to Head Joint Chiefs of Staff
The White House named Dwight D. Eisenhower temporary chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to guide future military policy. He leaves Columbia University leadership on short leave, will mediate air force and navy disputes, and assess Atlantic European defense priorities amid ongoing Pentagon deliberations.
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Washington
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Defense
Forrestal
Fleet Adm
Wiliam D. Leahy
Omar Bradley
Hoyt Vandenberg
Louis E. Denfeld
Pentagon
Leahy
Key West
Fla
Pacific
Europe
Tokyo
Television betrays loafing office force at courthouse
In Cleveland on February 12 an 82 year old county auditor John A Zangerle recuperating from illness saw office staff loafing at a contempt of court case about the Cleveland Press on a newsreel. He phoned to scold them saying such goings on wouldn’t happen if he were there.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
John A.zangerle
Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland Press
Zangerle
Violent Storm Bounces Across Western States
A massive cold front drove heavy snows and 40 mph winds with 70 mph gusts across California, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Four thousand trapped workers in Feather River canyon faced flooding fears as snowbound towns in Idaho and Nevada strained food supplies. Air drops, frozen rail lines, and halted roads disrupted travel while Western senators planned emergency appropriations to combat blizzards and floods.
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Callifornia
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Feather River Canyon
Quincy
Calif
Western Pacific
Oroville
Ltbinitz
Ida
National Guard
Pocatello
American Falls
Glenns Ferry
Anderson Ranch Dam
Nevada
Denver
Salt Lake City
Rawlins
Wyo
Washington
Army Engineers
Philip B. Fleming
Truman
Nationalists To Quit Tsingtao
Nanking reports Chinese high command will abandon Tsingtao, the Shantung coast port once serving as the United States western Pacific fleet headquarters. Evacuation will be gradual, similar to the Marine and naval withdrawal now under way. Communist forces encircled the port for months but have not attacked while American presence remains. About 5,000 Marines were stationed there at one point, with many already withdrawn.
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Nanking
Tsingtao
North China
Shantung
Churchill Unable To Visit Jerome
Prescott February 12 Churchill declines invitation to visit Jerome mining town named after his maternal grandfather Eugene Jerome. A cablegram to Ersel Garrison chairman of Yavapai county board of supervisors says he regrets cannot accept the invitation.
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Prescott
Winston Churchill
Jerome
United States
Ersel Garrison
Yavapai J
Jenny
iChurchill
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