Stalin Fires Back in Press War Over Soviet Arms
Britain charged that Stalin aimed to mislead about Russia’s armament buildup with a Pravda interview claiming war is not inevitable. London cited 175 divisions 25 000 tanks and 20 000 aircraft as proof of a growing Soviet force and warned of plans to split the Allies. Poland sent notes urging talks with the Big Four on German rearmament.
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London
Britain
Josef Stalin
Russia
British
Foreign Office
Stalin
Newsa Pravda
Fish
Clement R. Attlee
United States
West
Attlee
House of Commons
Radio Moscow
Poland
Soviet Union
Six Month Phone Strike Ends In Mexico
Mexico City date lines report a six month strike against the national telephone company ending as workers agreed to operate shifts 8 am to 2 30 pm rather than split hours. The strike began in September and the communications ministry took over installations while maintaining service.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Communications Ministry
Courtesy Parking Tickets Adopted in Tucson
The law enforcement committee of the Chamber of Commerce approved a courtesy parking ticket program for first time violations by visitors in downtown Tucson. Tickets will be issued by police in the standard size and color, with an informal record to prevent repeat offenders from benefiting. No fines accompany the tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Parsons
Tito Warns Soviet Bloc as Yugoslavia Seeks West Aid
Marshal Tito told 2,400 Communist Elite Guards in Belgrade that any Soviet attack could trigger World War III. He argued the West aids Yugoslavia for defense against Russia while the country strengthens as a socialist state and seeks broader cooperation with the capitalist West.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Europe
U. S
George Perkins
Communist Party
West
Russia
America
Ten Year Old Dad Tops Texas Tale in Curious Birth Claim
Houston report details Helen G. Fite's request for a birth certificate for his 47-year-old daughter Virgin M. Cagle. Fite recounts marrying at age 10 to a neighbor girl, claiming 16 children and 21 grandchildren, and a life of unusual early marriage and migration to Texas.
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Houston
Tex
U.P
Helen G. Fite
Harris County Clerk’s Office
Virgin M. Cagle
Fite
Doskie
Miss
Josie Morris
Corinth
Texas
Theternational Longshoremen’s Association
Grand Jurors Chosen for County Court Inquiry
The Pima County Superior Court began selecting a grand jury to investigate gambling prostitution narcotics and marijuana within the county. Eleven jurors were qualified today with ten more to be drawn and report. The panel includes Ralph Lester Margaret Paraventi Ramon Cancio Yolanda Amado and others.
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Yolanda M. Amado
E. McCormick Jr
Pima County
Southern Arizona Bank
Norman Harrington
Pima County Superior Court No. 2
Ralph M. Lester
E. Linden
Tucson
Margaret A. Paraventi
Michigan
Ramon H. Cancio
Anita
Erasmo Valenzuela
Pascua Village
Louis G. Bustamante Jr
Lutie Lee Higley
University of Arizona
E. McCormick
Lucy D. LeMay
E. Lee
Mary Bermudez
W. Palmdale
Gladys W. Thomas
William J. Reed
S. Santa Cruz
Cy Bank
Showers Expected Over Mountains In Arizona
A weak frontal system brought cloudy skies and scattered showers to mountain regions with cooler tonight and warmer tomorrow. Temperatures rose, highs near 69 and lows around 42, while other cities like Phoenix, Douglas, Flagstaff, and Grand Canyon reported varied readings. Flagstaff noted a trace of rainfall.
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Tucson
Arizona
Phoenix
Douglas
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Pyle to Sign Welfare Bill in Arizona
Gov. Howard Pyle will sign the welfare bill approved by the state senate. The measure tightens eligibility, and appropriates 106 400 dollars for old age assistance direct relief aid to dependent children and other relief. It carries an emergency clause making it effective on signature.
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Phoenix
Howard Pyle
State Senate
Welfare Department
Senate
Wherry accuses White House gag on foreign policy hearings
Senator Kenneth Wherry charges a White House gag order blocks testimony on sending more troops to Europe. He says the Dec. 12 order forces officials to clearance and produces rubber stamp hearings. Wherry cites administration restraint as committees await Hoover and Dewey responses on troops policy.
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Washington
Kenneth
Wherry
R-Neb
White House
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Herbert Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Styles Bridges
U. S
Atlantic Pact Army
Seven Caught In Dhe Raid
A brief editorial poem by Ben Burroughs reflects on personal failure and a printer’s tip to face life with common-sense optimism. The piece frames responsibility and resilience as universal lessons for readers today.
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Ben Burroughs
Raid At West 27th Street Dance Hall Leads To Sentences
Three men received 30 day jail terms or $100 fines for gambling found during a raid ordered by County Atty. Robert Morrison and Sheriff Frank Eyman at a dance hall and restaurant on West 27th street. Four others were put on six months probation. The operation involved Deputy County Attys W. T. Holmes and Robert F. Miller and five deputies. A revolver and loaded dice were seized. In a separate Boston payroll padding probe, postal inspectors pursued a scheme alleging time card falsification affecting about 200 workers and involving millions of dollars.
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Justice Court
West 27Th Street
South 11Th Avenue
Robert Morrison
Frank A. Eyman
Attys
W. T. Holmes
Robert F. Miller
Smith & Wesson
Bertrand Roberts
W. Helen St
Morrison
Pima County
Boston
Florida
Tennyson Jefferson
New England
Big South
Jefferson
South
Francis A. Crowley
Willie Neal
Edward Taylor
W. 27Th St
Roberts
W. L. Fry
W. Third St
Willie Hemphill
S. Park Ave
Louis Hemphill
E. 30Th St
Thomas McMillion
S. Convent St
US forces halt Red advance near Chechon in Korea
U S forces counterattacked along the Chechon front driving a Red column seven miles north of Chechon and engaging enemy units north and east of Wonju. North Korean divisions totaling about 20 000 men pressed along the eastern central front while fighting continued near Pyongchang and Wonju with casualties and captures mounting.
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Tokyo
U. S
Chechon
Southeast Korea
Wonju
U. S. 10Th Corps
Fifth Corps
Eighth Army
Pyongchang
Wonju-Chipgvong
10Th Corps
Chechen
Pusan
A loaf remains a loaf in Britain after regulation change
London announces a loaf of bread will be considered a loaf in Britain starting tomorrow. The ruling follows last year’s complaints against two bakeries over underweight sliced loaves being dismissed because, under prior regulations, a loaf ceased to be a loaf once sliced.
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London
Britain
Morrison warns guest ranches on gambling
County Attorney Robert Morrison issued a warning to Tucson guest ranches operating slot machines and other gambling. He said such gambling must be halted immediately or raids will be conducted to stop it.
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Robert Morrison Tolday
Tucson
Morrison
White Sidewall Tires Banned by Government
Washington reports the government bans whitewall tire manufacture to save rubber for defense. The National Production Authority caps lines and types of tires and related goods, limiting to one standard line and one extra line for trucks, with tractors restricted to a single line. The move aims to cut rubber use by about ten percent.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
MacArthur Lifts Japanese Control Over Diplomatic Contacts
General Douglas MacArthur ordered a limited direct contact with 26 foreign diplomatic representatives accredited to allied headquarters effective March 15. The change allows Japan to handle exit and entry matters, mission logistics, protections for nationals, welfare cases, some trademark and patent issues, routine communications, and other non policy-changing matters without routing through MacArthur’s HQ.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Frozen Woman Survives Extreme Cold Miracle in Chicago
Dorothy Stevens 23, believed first to survive 64 degree body temperature, reports feeling wonderful after a miraculous recovery at Michael Reese hospital. She was found frozen February 8 on Chicago’s south side, doctors say no major amputation needed and she hopes to leave for a warm small town.
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Chicago
Dorothy Stevens
Michael Reese Hospital
Stevens
Index Last of the tax series page four
A catalog-like index notes the final part of a tax series on page four while cross references mention a fatal dispute on page two and a nationwide roundup on page seven. Rancher protests are linked to cattlemen coverage elsewhere in the edition.
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Marshal Tito
Soviet
Dad
Ier
Pat
Reggie Russell
Attys W. T. Holmes
Morris Udall
Vice
Lee Garrett
Garrett
Paul A. Baker
Helen
Cynthia A. Bell
E. Presidio
Marion T. Brewster
Vada Kerner
E. Helen
Dolores Nicoll
E. Mohaverd
Arthur Lee Phelps
S. Santa Rita
Margaret J. Reagan
E. Fifth St
Otis N. Shelton
Veterans’ Hospital
Wadley Spivey
S. Grand Ave
Katherine J. Warner
Pyle
Sun
SSS SF
Barbara Solomon
Maywood Hospital
Los Angeles
Paul
Mac
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