Chiang Strikes To Save China From Internal Reforms
Nanking February 17 Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek leadership reshapes China to survive. New decrees pull home foreign fortunes ban foreign currency exchange and gold trading tighten budgets tax more, limit wages and prices, curb government industry role and fund urgent imports. Shanghai markets go underground amid strict penalties. Bruce Smith warns US firms may pause. A new interim state council will be formed with broad powers.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
Chiang
U. S
Bruce Smith
American Chamber of Commerce
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Supreme Court blocks appeals in liquor license transfers
Phoenix February 17 The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that decisions by the state superintendent of liquor licenses on transfers cannot be appealed to superior courts. It prohibited further appeals in such cases and suggested the legislature must grant the right to appeal. The ruling covers pending suits including Nick J. Mansour v Superior and involves transfer disputes with school district objections.
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Phoenix
State’ Supreme Court
Superior
John A. Duncan
Nick J. Mansour
Duncan
School District Board of Trustees
C. C. Kaires
Joe Gordon Reaches City
Cleveland Indians second baseman Joe Gordon arrived in the city after leaving Eugene Oregon. He joined the club from the Yankees and expects a close pennant race. Gordon staying at Rancho del Jefe and may attend batting school or hunt before reporting Feb 24.
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Joe Gordon
Cleveland
53 Killed In Avianca DC-4 Crash In Colombia
Search parties evacuate bodies from a mountainous crash site in Colombia after a DC-4 operated by Avianca plunged into Mt Tablazo killing 53 people including eight Americans. The flight from Barranquilla to Bogota ended in a fiery canyon, with crew and passengers scattered along the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
U.P
Avianca
Subachoque
Henry R. Burton
St. Louis
Tropical Oil Co
J. K. Hafendick
McAllen
Tex
Texas Oil
Carl Hubman
Boulder
Colo
The
Texas Co
Hafendick
Roy Kaye
Kenneth Newton Poe
Reno Slesin
New York
United Artists
Linkletter Quips Please Tucsonians
Thousands of Tucsonans fill the University of Arizona auditorium to hear Art Linkletter on House Party and watch a half hour of contests with prizes. Five Safford elementary students won top honors, and local residents received Western outfits, a Brahma bull gift, and a Navajo blanket. The show repeats Tuesday at 2 pm in the auditorium and can be heard on KTUC.
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Menceless
Steve Kennedy
Roberta Kane
Willie Mesa
Marilyn Lyle
Joe Gonzales
Willie
Linkletter
Phil Ruhl
Alfred Atkinson
University
Irene Hays
Delores Naill
S. R. Nelson
Owatanna
Minn
East Third Street
Tucson
KTUC
Ex-Attendants Sentenced for Fatal Beating at Hospital
Phoenix February report says Charles J. Coleman 32 and Robert J. Coch ran 44 former attendants at the state hospital for the insane were sentenced to seven to ten years for fatally beating patient Cornelius Crowley. They were convicted of manslaughter, the case also led to discharge of Dr Charles E Clark as superintendent amid legislative scrutiny.
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Phoenix
Charles J. Coleman
Robert J. Cochran
State Hospital For the Insane
Cornelius Crowley
Geraldine Swift
Charles E. Clark
Refugee Survivor Sophie Spanjaard Stirred Jewish Appeal Audience
Mrs Sophie Spanjaard of New York described two years in a German prison camp and starvation at a Jewish Appeal luncheon in the Pioneer hotel. Her husband died at the border to liberated territory after they crossed into Switzerland. She also spent ten months in a Dutch detention camp before deportation by the Gestapo.
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Sophie Spanjaard
New York
Germany
Jewish Appeal
Pioneer Hotel
Switzerland
Spanjaard
Holland
America
Houses
Congress
Arizona school bill nears final form in compromise plan
A proposed amendment to the $115 per capita school apportionment would shift part of the educational burden to the 14 counties. The plan would set $95 per capita for grammar and high schools, with counties paying most of the increase. It aims to avert higher state taxes and limit an effort to raise $4.5 million by broader tax hikes.
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Phoenix
Arizona
House
County and County Affairs Committee
House Passes Insurance Bill In Arizona Legislature
The Arizona House approved house bill 90 to convert benefit insurance corporations into benefit stock firms. Rep. Wing Ong led opposition over policyholder protections, while Rep. R. H. Wallace and supporters argued existing contracts remain unchanged and policyholders are safeguarded. 14 companies could convert under the measure.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Wing Ong
Maricopa County
R. H. Wallace
Maricopa
The
Corporation Commission
Ong
Arizona
Frank Robles
Pima
Robles
Harry Wimberly
Wallace
Five Die As Fire Destroys Oregon Apartment Building
In Klamath Falls Oregon a three story apartment house burned Sunday. The blaze killed five residents and seriously injured six others. The fire caused an estimated 175000 dollars in damage. Fire investigators probed the cause.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
United States seeks UN trusteeship for Pacific islands
The United States proposes UN trusteeship and continued administration over the former German island mandates in the Pacific, including the Marshalls, Marianas, and Carolines, to secure American defense. Moscow London and Canberra reportedly oppose rapid acceptance until a Japan peace treaty is signed, while U.S. control would resemble annexation in practice.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Pacific
Trygve Lie
UN Security Council
U. S
United Nations
Marshalls
Marianas
Carolines
Council
Russia
Great Britain
Australia
Moscow
London
Canberra
U. S. State Department
Japan
Equator
League of Nations
Saipan
Tinian
Truk
Kwajalein
Warren R. Austin
American Council
Tokyo
Senate panel amends two term limit bill
The Senate judiciary committee approved 9 to 1 a house backed amendment to limit U.S. presidents to two terms. The measure would amend the Constitution requiring 36 states for ratification. The panel added a provision allowing a president who served less than one year of a term to gain two full additional terms.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
United States
Senate
President Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Industry Wide Unions Faced Calls to Break Up
A Huntington attorney urged the House labor committee to dissolve industry wide unions like the United Mine Workers into smaller groups and curb industry wide bargaining. He also proposed banning closed shops and welfare funds involvement.
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Washington
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rolla Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Island Creek Coal Co
House Labor Committee
Campbell
UMW
Rep
Nixon
Calif
Scranton
Auto Insurance Rates Rise for Arizona Motorists
Arizona motorists will pay more for public liability and property damage coverage starting Monday. The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters cites higher mileage, unsafe cars, higher speeds, and slow road construction as reasons, with increases averaging 22.3 percent for bodily injury and 33.9 percent for property damage.
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Phoenix
Arizona
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
District of Columbia
Alaska
Palestine Problem Calls For Greatest Compassion
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst J. M. Roberts Jr. reflects on the Palestine issue noting personal limits in understanding and the deep passions involved among Jews Arabs and Britons. He says Palestine has become a battleground touching religion possessiveness and fears as Britain considers submitting the question to the United Nations.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Palestine
Europe
India
United
Compassion
State Dept Sends Reply to Moscow Over Acheson Attitude
Washington on Monday announced that Secretary Marshall has sent a reply to Soviet Russia’s protest about what it called a hostile attitude by Undersecretary Dean Acheson. The exchange reflects ongoing tensions in the U S Soviet relationship during the Cold War.
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Washington
State Department
Marshall
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Dean Acheson
Britain Faces Prolonged Fuel Crisis Amid Cold Weather
London reports forecasts of continued cold weather threaten to extend the fuel crisis for at least a week. Power rationing remains in effect with five hours daily outages as coal stocks inch up slightly at generation stations and miners ritualistically work overtime in support of nationalized mines and promised reforms. Conservative leaders urge revisiting nationalization while urging national unity.
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London
Ministry of Fuel
Sir Guy Nott-Bower
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Sir Guy
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Eden
Lovell Named Superintendent at Tucson Gas Elec Light
N M Lovell was appointed superintendent of electrical distribution for Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power, effective Feb 15, succeeding Russell V Sanford who died in Tucson. Lovell, 36, came to Tucson in 1934 from Champagne Illinois and has served as general foreman and assistant superintendent.
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N. M. Lovell
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
J. R. Snider
Lovell
Russell V. Sanford
Tucson
Champagne
Ill
The
Power Company
Taylorville
Purdue University
University of Illinois
Decatur
American Institute of Electrical Engineering
Tucson Engineers’ Club
Grace
1801
East Seventh Street
No Ruling Yet In Lewis Mine Case
Washington February 17 The Supreme Court recessed for two weeks without ruling on contempt of court against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. A decision is delayed at least until March 3 when the court will issue its next opinions. Lewis's mine strike truce expires March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Utility Probe Under Debate in Arizona Senate Session
Phoenix February 17 The state senate opened debate on a bill to fund a state utility rate investigation by the operating companies amid broader talk of amending the Arizona power authority act. Senators described the measure as a dress rehearsal for future FPC related action, while insisting it would not block the federal survey. The day’s business also included House readings on boosting the highway patrol and declaring Abraham Lincoln’s birthday a holiday, with Father’s Day added and Arbor Day dropped from banking closings.
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House
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Control Commission
TVA
Congress
Truman
Lilienthal
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House Foreign Committee
Marshall
Phoenix
State Senate
Arizona Power Authority Act
Sidney P. Osborn
Federal Power Commission
Arizona Highway Patrol
Abraham _.Lincoln
Dan Angius
Cochise
Lloyd Canfil
Pinal
Corporation Commission
Canfil
Lloyd Henning
Navajo
Marvin E. Smith
Maricopa
Sen. Canfil
William Brooks
I P
Bill Brooks
Senal
Yavapai
Sen. Henning
Sen
Sam Head
Legislature
Luxury taxes pass senate on war time rates
The Senate approved a bill to retain excise taxes at war time rates on items such as liquor cosmetics jewelry and furs. The measure now goes to a conference committee after House action last month and was adopted by a voice vote with little debate.
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Senate
Sen
Taft
R-O
Congress
Republican Policy Committee
Sens
Millikin
R.cole
Gurney
R.-S.d
Truman
Washington
House
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John A. Parris, Jr
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