Water Power Fight Starts
A four hour House hearing on HB 135 in Phoenix explored how to bring Colorado River power into Arizona. Opponents argued private utilities failed rural development while supporters said the authority could avoid duplications, require public power contracts, and offer firmer pricing. Legislative figures and electric co op representatives clashed over the bill as southern district lawmakers attended.
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Bob Brooks
Phoenix
House
Arizona
Authority
Electric Coordinating Committee
Corporation Commission
Reil
M. J. Dougherty
Kenneth B. Aldrich
County and County Affairs Committee
Coordinating Committee
Lin B. Orme
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Henry B. Sargent
Central Aria Light & Power Company
Illips B. Shaw
Arizona Edison Co., Inc
Frank Sngil
Orme
Water Users’ Association
Appeal Taken In Sugar Case
Government lawyers prepare a third Supreme Court bid by March 4 to challenge the OPA sugar allocation method for industrial users. The U S Court of Appeals upheld a district ruling invalidating the historical use formula used for bulk sweetened condensed milk producers. OPA says the rationing program remains in effect at least until March 4.
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Washington
Supreme Court
OPA
U. S. Court of Appeals
Atpberly (Mo
Milk Co
F. Dickinson Letts
Sit-Downers End Anthracite Strike
Thirteen Pennsylvania anthracite miners ended a 60 hour sit down strike at the Lansford colliery after a wage deduction dispute prompted the protest. About 6,000 miners in Panther Valley walked out in sympathy as UMW officials said efforts would start to end the general work stoppage.
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Lansford
Pennsylvania
Wunshaven
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Panther Valley Corries
UMW Hen
Pope Pius XII Talks With Hoover on European Food Crisis
In Vatican City on February 15 Pope Pius XII met with former U.S. Secretary Herbert Hoover. They discussed European food problems and relief efforts amid postwar shortages.
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Pope and Hoover
Europe
Vatican City
Pius XII
Herbert Hoover
Dean Mine Sold To Phelps Dodge Corp
Transition of Shattuck-Dean Mining Co from copper to a lead zinc fluorspar producer will close if stockholders approve the Denn mine sale near Bisbee to Phelps Dodge Corp at a March meeting. The deal includes a $300,000 cash payment and earnouts on ore mined beyond 100 000 tons, excluding the Bisbee concentrating mill.
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Prescott
Shattuck-Dean Mining Co
Denn
Bisbee
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Copper Queen
Phelps Dodge
Iron King
Shattuck Dean
Dean
Shattuck- Dean
Lilienthal Faces Senatorial Question On Public Power
Washington February 15 The hearing fate of David E Lilienthal rests on his stance toward Georgia Senator Russell s charge that private power groups sway local politics The confirmation battle to head the new atomic control commission hinges on his position as Democrats seek votes against Republican opposition and Brooks Illinois accuses him of contempt for Congress
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Lilienthal
Senate
TVA
New Atomic Control Commission
Joseph Alsop
Georgia
Atomic Commission
Senate Atomic Committee
Lilienthan
Sen. Brooks
Illinois
Congress
Overton
United States
Murray Taken Back To Face MacArthur
Col. Edward J. Murray, ex Bank of Japan custodian and decorated veteran, heads to Tokyo by air to explain how he obtained $210,000 in Japanese jewels. Arrested after Army seizure of diamonds and related stones brought into the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edward J. Murray
Bank of Japan
Tokyo
California
U. S
Train derailment injures about fifty near Maxville Florida
An estimated 50 people were injured, mostly minor, when Seaboard Airline's Orange Blossom Special from Miami to New York derailed south of Maxville. Six sleeping cars and a diner left the tracks on the main line Friday night.
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Maxvicle
Fla
Seaboard
Miami
Britain faced fuel crisis slows plants to reopen
London reports industrialists in northern regions fear plants cannot resume operations for at least a week. Workers continue to replenish coal bunkers at power plants as Prime Minister Attlee expresses confidence Britain will overcome the gravest fuel shortage and lift the economy.
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London
Britain
Attlee
French Labor Crisis Threatens Ramadier Government
Paris February 15 The Ramadier coalition grapples with a mounting labor crisis that imperils the save the franc drive as a government wage and price policy faces mass strikes. Newspaper outages loom while 5 million public workers staged a four hour protest crippling railways and communications.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
France
United Press
Ramadier
Labor Union Confederation
Byrd Discovers Major Mountain Range in Antarctic Flight
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd led four Navy skiplanes from Little America IV on a 1,400 mile polar flight uncovering a ridge shaped range of reddish colored mountains rising about 15,000 feet beyond the Horlick mountains. He noted possible volcanic origin and predicted the range would align with Lt. George H. Anderson’s findings once photographs are analyzed.
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Little America
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Byrd
Pole
Antarctic
Horlick Mountains
Anderson
Tucson Welcomes Art Linkletter With Vigilante Gag
Radio host Art Linkletter arrived in Tucson after a plane incident and was greeted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Vigilantes who staged a mock arrest at the airport. He was treated as deputy sheriff and dined with local clubs before a Fiesta de los Vaqueros event.
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Art Linkletter
Columbia Broadcasting System
Tucson
Linkletter
Radio
American Airlines
KTUC
University of Arizona
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Ruhl
Pecos
Old Pueblo
Jerry Martin
Lee Little
Congress
Pennington
Martin
Moscow Parley Crossroads In Path To War Or Peace
AP analyst J. M. Roberts notes Marshall warns of a world in a critical condition. China faces collapse, Britain struggles, India unrest, and Europe stalls. Soviet cooperation and the Moscow talks loom as pivotal in shaping a wartime or peaceful turn.
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Moscow
J. M. Roberts, JR
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Russia
Great Britain
India
Middle East
Europe
Latin America
Soviet Russia
Gen
Vandenberg Warns Soviets on US Resolve and Mutual Ties
Sen. Vandenberg urged Moscow not to underestimate the United States, calling it dangerous to ignore four lend lease talks and a note on 125 lend-lease ships. He pressed for clearer official mail from Moscow as Secretary Marshall warned of a critical world condition. Ambassador Lane returns from Warsaw amid questions on Poland’s Jan. 19 elections and Communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
Russia
Michigan Republican
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Soviet Union
State Department
U. S
Vandenberg
Michigan
Moscow
Marshall
Arthur Bliss Lane
Warsaw
United States
Poland
Gurney Pushes Back on Military Budget Slash
Senator Gurney leading a fight on the senate floor against a 6 billion dollar defense cut that would weaken the Army and Navy. The budget committee's 50 to 22 house vote threatens Truman with a major early clash in the new GOP led Congress.
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Washington
Gurney
R.S.D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
Sen
Brewster
Ma-Yu Plan To Expand Halted By Court Order
Ma-Yu Electric Cooperative was temporarily enjoined from extending lines into the Central Arizona Light and Power Co. service area in western Maricopa County by Superior Judge C. C. Faires. Final hearing for a permanent injunction has not been set. The suit targets lines in the CALAPCO region including Tonopah Wintersburg Hassayampa Rainbow Valley and south Buckeye.
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Phoenix
Ma-Yu Electric Cooperative, Inc
Arizona Light & Power Co
Maricopa County
C. C. Faires
Globe
Judge
Babe Ruth Returns Home After Major Surgery
New York reports Babe Ruth came home after a three month hospital stay and a January 6 operation to tie off an artery to ease head pain. The former home run king weighed 189 pounds, down from 225, and said he wanted to view the river from his apartment window.
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New York
Babe Ruth
La Fiesta de los Vaqueros honors D M and more
Three entities will receive special honors during La Fiesta de los Vaqueros February 21 to 23 announced by C. Edgar Goyette. Friday dedicates to Davis Monthan field with Brig. Gen. Rodger M. Ramey in official box. Navy day follows honoring USS Tucson with naval officers and civilian guests. Arizona day closes with Gov. Sidney P. Osborn and local officials in the official roster.
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Rodger M. Ramey
Ft. Worth
Tex
Eighth Air Force
Davis-Monthanfield
Army Air Force
C. Edgar Goyette
Chamber of Commerce and the
Rodeo Committee
Davis-Monthan Field
James C. Selser, Jr
Alvin Moore
Davis-Monthan
W. L. Roberts
Ft. Huachuca
J. E. Merritt
CAA
Los Angeles
Phil J. Martin, Jr
J. Homer Boyd
Pima County Board of Supervisors
James Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Tucson
Navy
Old Pueblo
Naval Service
Kathleen Klaunch
Navy Mothers’ Club
J. M. LaFollette
William H. House
11Th Naval District
Don Hays
Naval
R. D. Kunkle
Naval Reserve
Robert Bookman
Atkinson Guest
Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Henry O. Jaastad
G. T. Alley
Joe Niemann
S. T. Adams
William Pistor
Arizona
Sidney P. Osborn
Mayor Jaastad
William Codd
Charles Brady
Lambert Kautenburger
Pima County
Raymond Carlson
Arizona Highways Magazine
Morris Burge
Sells Indian Reservation
Ray Hackman
Jose Ignacio
Papago Indian Tribal Council
Richard Hendricks
Papago Fair and Rodeo Commission
M. H. Starkweather
Tucson Rodeo Committee
Third Army Ends Its Foreign Duty
FRANKFURT Feb 15 The last of America’s war winning armies in Europe will stop operations in Germany at midnight Saturday. The Third Army under late Gen George S Patton will hand over occupation duties to the U S Constabulary, marking the end of its foreign duty.
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Frankfurt
America
Europe
Germany
George S. Patton
Third
U. S
Truman flies to aide of 94-year-old mother with hip fracture
Grandview Missouri reports President Truman rushed to Mrs Martha E. Truman after she fractured a hip in a late Thursday fall. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham accompanies him for examination as Mary Jane Truman notes she spent a restful night and remained in good spirits. The trip followed three hip fractures in seven years from home falls.
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Grandview
Truman
Martha E. Truman
White House
Wallace H. Graham
Mary Jane Truman
Washington
Bank of America Robbery Faints Key Teller In San Francisco
A 30 year old man robbed a Montgomery and Market branch teller Lavonne Herrman of about $5,000 before vanishing into the prenoon crowd. Herrman, a 23 year old clerk, fainted after handing over the paper bag marked hand over all the cash.
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San Francisco
U.P
Montgomery and Market
Bank of America
Lavonne Herrman
Corcoran Demands Full Control Over Golf Tour Affairs
Fred Corcoran, builder of touring pros purses, threatens to resign as tournament manager over a disputed attack by Dick Metz. Corcoran says he will quit unless he is fully in charge of golfers affairs, a move tied to his New York office setup and potential Boston residence.
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New York
Fred Corcoran
Corcoran
Dick Metz
Ed Dudley
PGA
Links
Metz
Arkansas City
Kas
Carmel
Calif
Dudley
Boston
Another Judge For Talmadge
McDONOUGH Georgia February 15. Superior Court Judge Bond Almand ruled that Herman Talmadge is legal governor of Georgia in a suit by an Atlanta bank to decide who may draw from a $100000 executive department bank account. It is the second ruling this week favoring Talmadge after a Rome judge previously ruled otherwise. The matter is on appeal to the state supreme court, expected in March.
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McDonough
Superior Court
Bond Almand
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Atlanta
Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Executive Department
Claude Porter
Rome
Walter Hendrix
State Supreme Court
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Colorado River
Denver
Joe C. Hearn
Burbank
Slick Airways, Inc
Colo
Phelps Dodge Corp
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Murray
MacArthur
By Tom Williams
Manchester
Great Northwest
Joseph W. Grigg
H. D. Quigg
Combined American Press
George H. Anderson
Holly Springs, Miss
By Sally Dixon
Ma-Yu
Babe
ED Dougherty
Third Army
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