Metzger Backs Site At Rivers For State Hospital
Dr. Jeremiah Metzger endorsed Rep. Frank Christensen of Flagstaff proposal to relocate the state hospital for the insane to the Rivers camp near Florence. He cited Gheel Belgium as a model where patients run a small city’s businesses, with work for elderly noncriminals and wards for the criminally insane, and suggested a spring visit to inspect operations.
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Frank L. Christensen
Flagstaff
Rivers
Florence
State Hospital For the
Jeremiah Metzger
Metzger
Gheel
Belgium
Little City
Christensen
Children’s Colony
Attlee Announces Midlands Power Restoration Plan
Prime Minister Clement Attlee said electricity would be restored next Monday to Britain's industrial Midlands for industrial use only. Domestic power remains banned with a five hour daily dimout as the government aims to rebuild two weeks of stocks before broader recovery.
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London
Britain
Great Industrial Midland
Clement Attlee
Commons
Attlee
Midlands
Johnny Black Named PUH Head Coach at Phoenix Union
Johnny Black former Arizona football star and assistant coach was named head football coach at Phoenix Union High School. E W Montgomery Superintendent announced the selection and Black planned to sign his contract. he succeeds Larry Rouble who declined renewal of his contract.
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Phoenix
Johnny Black
University of Arizona
Phoenix Union High School
E. W. Montgomery
Black
Larry Rouble
Campaign to Back Military Training
The House Armed Services Committee said talks with military leaders show no draft extension request. They expect the Army and Navy to push universal military training in a broad Capitol Hill drive.
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Washington
House Armed Service Committee
Army
Navy
Capitol Hill
New Type Judicial Setup Is Proposed
Arizona legislature debates replacing elections with a retention ballot for supreme and superior court judges. The plan would let voters keep or remove judges after six-year terms, with the governor naming replacements if needed. The measure mirrors Missouri practice and faces opposition within the legal community.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Senate Judiciary Committee
State Bar of
Missouri
Pope Pius XII asks U S Catholic children to fund relief
Vatican City February 19 Pope Pius XII in a radio address urged American Catholic school children to donate pennies and dimes for war victim relief. He contrasted American children with those in Europe and the Far East who are fatherless without proper clothing shelter food or medicine. The pontiff spoke about 11 minutes on the first day of Lent launching a drive for child victims of war.
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Pius XII
America
Europe
Far East
Five Mesa youths admit false alarm and tragedy link
Five Mesa youths aged 14 to 16 confessed to dialing the false alarm that precipitated February 11 fire department crash. No charges yet. they will be turned over to juvenile probation. Curtis Dana, 18, cleared in the crash that killed Fireman Winston West and Volunteer John Owens.
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Winston West
John Owens
Mesa
Tucson to Get Surplus Center Airfield
Phoenix Feb 19 reporting Robert O. Kelly, state surplus property purchasing agent, says Tucson will be awarded the surplus Consolidated Vultee modification center airfield after conference with War Assets Administration officials in Los Angeles. Acquisition cost not yet set.
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Robert O. Kelly
Tucson
War Assets Administration
Los Angeles
Crippled Airliner Reaches Casablanca Morocco
New York report states Air France Constellation landed safely at Casablanca after completing the final 400 miles of its transatlantic flight on three engines. The vessel had departed on the route from New York and reached its destination in French Morocco with an emergency propulsion situation.
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New York
Air France Constellation
Casablanca
French Morocco
Cromwell Sues Doris Duke For Absolute Divorce
James H. R Cromwell former U S minister to Canada filed in chancery court for an absolute divorce from tobacco heir Doris Duke alleging desertion and other grounds in Trenton New Jersey on February 19.
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Trenton
N.J
James H. R Cromwell
U. S
Canada
Chancery Court
Doris Duke
Deser
Wavell To Be Recalled Soon From India
London reports indicate Lord Wavell will be recalled from his post as viceroy of India. Attlee to announce a planned path to Indian independence in the Commons, signaling possible British withdrawal within a stated period. The crisis centers on Moslem League boycott of the constituent assembly and Congress demands.
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London
Lord Wavell
India
Attlee
House of Commons
Subcontinent
Wavell
Nehru
Congress
Russia Seeks To Kall Plan On Atomic Energy Control
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko Tuesday presented 13 proposals to the UN Security Council outlining a plan to abolish warlike atomic energy and create a separate convention within the council to run an international control commission. The proposals would shift day to day duties to an international body with majority rules and a limited veto, subject to Security Council review.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
UN Security Council
Albania
Corfu
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
United States
Security Council
Gromyko
International Control Commission
Amas
Two Red Armies Defeated in Shantung, Says Government
Nanking reports that two Communist armies the new fourth and the 18th route suffered a decisive defeat in southern Shantung. Government spokesman Peng Hsueh Pei said Gen Chen Yi and Gen Liu Po Cheng were virtually destroyed and remnants fled north toward the Yellow River. Earlier field reports said many troops escaped into the hills, hindering pursuit.
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Nanking
Shantung Province
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Peng
Chen-Yi
Liu Po-Cheng
Yellow River
Telephone Co Requests Permit for $645000 Expansion
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph asks the Civilian Production Administration for approval of a $645,000 expansion in Tucson and Phoenix. If approved, a $550,000 Tucson main exchange addition and a $95,000 Phoenix North Central exchange building would be built with over $500,000 in new equipment. Tucson structure would have three floors and a basement. construction would start within 10 days after approval.
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Phoenix
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Civilian Production Administration
Tucson
CPA
Tucson Main Exchange
Phoenix North
20 Injured Still Critical In Wreck
The Red Arrow flyer crash near Horseshoe Curve Altoona left 22 dead and 124 injured. At least 20 of the wounded were in critical condition as investigators opened a triple inquiry. among the dead was Dorothy English, killed in Midland and married Saturday. Larry English, 20, survived with injuries.
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Pennslyvania
Red Arrow Flyer
Red Cross
Larry English
Midland
Mich
New York
Dorothy
English
Daniel M. Replogle
George C. Bowman
Tyrone
Bowman
House GOP backs six billion cut to Truman budget
House Republicans, in a closed session, voted to support a $6,000,000,000 reduction in President Truman's $37,500,000,000 budget. The standing vote was reported as unanimous.
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Washington
House
Truman
Obstacles To Peace Hopeful Yet Warns Of Hidden Dangers
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt Mackenzie cites optimism from Secretary of State Marshall and UN Secretary General Trygve Lie on peace. Both warn the world must address future risks as major powers remain wary. Mackenzie notes the Prussian militant mindset persists and other nations may toy with militarism.
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Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Gen. Marshall
Lie
Minneapolis
National Conference of Christians and Jews
United States
Oil workers strike threat postponed for 24 hours on West Coast
C A Knight of the CIO Oil Workers called off the looming strike against major west coast refineries for 24 hours to 10 am Thursday. Last-minute talks with Standard Oil of California were held as wage disputes linger. Standard Oil officials planned meetings at El Segundo after traveling from San Francisco. Union leaders said company planes were grounded but other transport would be used.
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Los Angeles
U.P
C. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers
Standard Oil Co
California
Standard Oil
San Francisco
el Se
Murray Calls In William Green To Settle Unions Disputes
CIO President Philip Murray urged the Senate labor committee to bring in William Green to negotiate an agreement with him and AFL leaders to avert jurisdictional strikes. Murray and Morse discussed possible new labor laws aimed at banning such strikes, with both CIO and AFL opposing the measure. Murray acknowledged there is no moral justification for jurisdictional strikes while Morse offered to invite Green for a committee-facilitated meeting.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Congress
William Green
AFL
Murray
Senate Labor Committee
Willie Green
Senate
Morse
Green
Truman seeks end to wartime emergency powers
President Truman asked Congress to repeal 24 laws and suspend 36 permanent statutes used only in emergencies. He urged ending most 20 defense appropriations and repealing measures that allow wartime controls. Some powers would remain briefly or be replaced with permanent rules as reconversion progresses.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
White House
Naval Academy
Army
Coast Guard
Navy
Senators Clash Over Lilienthal Nomination At Atomic Hearing
Senator McKellar pressed Lilienthal’s qualifications and claimed authority to share atomic secrets with foreign powers. Colleagues urged restraint as Hickenlooper and McMahon called his remarks inaccurate. Uranium mine owners in Colorado and Utah pressed for timing and price on government purchases.
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Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
David Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
Lilienthal
Senate Atomic Committee
Mc. Kellar
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen. McMahon
Dconn
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Hickenlooper
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Power Agency
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The
Colorado
Utah
Charles J. Moynihan
Montrose
Colo
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