Arizona House Adopts Brief Session Bills Ahead of Debate
Brief sessions in Phoenix as the Arizona House wrapped up a formal session then prepared for third readings on major bills next week. Senate plans include a $91,380 increase for a utility rate survey and a land classification bill. Also advanced was a fish and game budget control measure and provisions for wildlife funds.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Senate
Fred J. Fritz
House
Corporation Commission
Judiciary Committee
Fish and Game Commission
Legislative Budget Control
Pittman- Robinson
Commission
Charles Dryden
Flagstaff
Armed Bandit Holds Up Inn Near Phoenix
Police seek an armed bandit who robbed elderly Paul and Lela Rittner, operators of the Southland inn, of 35 dollars. The thief forced the couple and two teenage boys to drive away in their car, with a sawed off shotgun pointed at the victims.
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Phoenix
Paul Rittner
Southland Inn
Southern Ave
Rittners
14 Die In Crash Over England
Coventry reports a mid morning collision near the city between a British European Airways DC-3 and an RAF Avro Anson. Fourteen bodies were found after the wreckage scattered across fields with one person wearing an American uniform among the victims. the aircraft were en route from London to Glasgow with six passengers and four crew on the airliner and four on the training RAF plane.
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Coventry
British European Airways
Royal Air Force
Here
Air Ministry
RAF
London
Glasgow
Exhall
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Leonard Hyde
Northholt
Tinkling Glass Rings Curfew For Night Out
Salt Lake City reports a curfew on a man named Charles Baris after his wife Mrs Baris objected to a planned evening out. She smashed auto windows with an ax, damaging the car valued at about 200 pounds, as stated by Patrolman Don G Ferguson.
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Salt Lake Ctty
Charles Baris
Don G. Ferguson
Phoenix Butchers Get $2 Increase
Phoenix and its meatcutters local 447 reached a new collective bargaining agreement increasing top wages by $2 per week for head meatcutters and journeymen. The deal covers about 220 workers in the Phoenix area and runs from Feb 20 for another year with a 48 hour week wage structure.
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Phoenix
Industrial Council
John R. Arnhold
Dan E. Wells
Warren Park
James Miller
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Phoenix Area
Arnhold
Congress Split On Labor Vets
Washington February 19 Congress split on labor policy as the Senate labor committee continued hearings to draft a bill in response to the Taft Hartley act. Witnesses included Nathan Feinsinger of the University of Wisconsin. Republicans debated three key points behind the scenes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Nathan Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Old War Labor Board
Arizona Receives 451000 Federal Social Security Funds
Phoenix reports that 451705.58 dollars in federal social security money arrived for March payments to Arizona. State Treasurer J. W. Kelly received funds as Arizona faced a hold in benefits to reservation Indians until Washington resolves the welfare hearing this week.
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Phoenix
J. W. Kelly
FSS
Arizona
Washington
Transit Union Asks CIO Help in Philadelphia Strike
The nine day transit walkout in Philadelphia costs business and workers millions. CIO leaders plan to seek national support if the strike extends beyond Monday. The 11,000 strikers reject 7 cent wage offer, demanding 13 cents and had originally asked 25 cents.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
America
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Cio-Transport Workers Union
National Cio
Michael Quill
Alan Heywood
CIO
Quill
Philadelphia Transportation Company
PTC
Cardinal Mindszenty Urges Pact Between Church and State
Budapest informs indicate Cardinal Mindszenty, after his treason conviction, urged Hungary's bishops to seek a settlement with the Communist government. Informants say bishops studied his letter privately and then adjourned without a decision, marking their third parley since his sentencing.
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Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Mindszenty
Liquor Dealers' Agent Joins Arizona State Control Board
Phoenix February 19. W. E. Bissett becomes executive secretary of the Arizona Retail Liquor Dealers association and joins the state liquor licenses and control department. He reportedly earned 300 dollars a month and had previously held the title director of fair trades and accountant.
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Phoenix
Arizona State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
W. E. Bissett
Arizona Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Bissett
Fair Trades and
Liquor Department
Liquor Dealers Associa
Holbrook Drum Corps Wins Fiesta Parade Sweepstakes
The Holbrook high school drum and bugle corps and drill team receive the grand sweepstakes prize at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros parade opening. A $250 handmade saddle from Porters serves as the trophy. Winners may collect at Chamber of Commerce on Monday with parade number.
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Rodeo Prize Committee
Holbrook High School
Porters
Holbrook Group
Tucson
Chamber of Commerce Headquarters
Consumers Market
Rita Ranch
Sally Fletcher
Jacome’s
Grunewald & Adams
Tucson Senior High School
Frontier Pants
American Pants Store
Bobby Marsland
Andy Anderson
Cecil Warren
Desert Willow Ranch
Levy’s
Patricia Bustamente
Ronstadt
Tucson Realty & Trust Co
St. Mary’s Hospital
School of Nursing
Cele Peterson
Southern Arizona Bank
Little Outfit School
Patagonia
Western Boot Co
Nancy Kelly
Howard & Stofft
Sunnyside School
Crystal Coca Cola Bottling Co
League of Women Voters
Army Admits Spy Mistake In Japan Disclosure
Tokyo February 19 United States Army spokesmen said there would be no immediate reaction to the army’s admission it committed a faux pas by revealing details of a prewar Communist spy ring in Japan. Col M P Echols MacArthur public information officer offered no timeline or comment on official response. Maj Gen Charles A Willoughby, the intelligence officer, could not be reached for comment. Willoughby had earlier taken responsibility for the report after an exhaustive review of Japanese court records.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
M. P. Echols
MacArthur
Charles A. Willoughby
Willoughby
Army
Deputy Brannon Injured Again in Rodeo Parade
Deputy Harry Brannon suffered a broken left arm during this year’s rodeo parade after falling from a horse. He previously was knocked unconscious after a similar fall last year, marking consecutive rodeo injuries.
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Harry Brannon
Brannon
Sheriff's Posse
Cold Front Pushes Subzero Temperatures Across Plains
A mass of cold air from Canada drops readings well below freezing across Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas. Snow, winds, and floods threaten the Pacific Northwest with Willamette flooding while a Portland blizzard follows a warm rain.
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Canada
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Mercury
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Falls City
Nebra
Dakota
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Willamette River
Portland
Ore
Timberline
Tucker Auto Firm Reshuffles Board
Tucker Corp. announced a sweeping reshuffle of its board of directors amid organization and financial troubles. Preston Tucker Jr. remains president with the former seven man board. four members resigned and twelve new members, all Tucker dealers or distributors, were named. Fred Rockelman and Alfred N. Anderson remain from the old board.
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Chicago
Tucker Corp
Preston Tucker Jr
Tucker
Fred Rockelman
Alfred N. Anderson
Navy Officer Relieved After Kilgore Remark Incident
Navy captain Ross Dierdorff, former public relations officer for the 11th Naval District in San Diego, received a reprimand and was relieved of all duties after a slurring remark about Senator Harley Kilgore. Kilgore’s office and Dierdorff’s actions are tied to a long running feud involving Rear Admiral Bieri and a border closure dispute at Tijuana.
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Washington
Navy
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W Va
Ross Dierdorff
11Th Naval District
San Diego
Calif
Dierdorff
Kilgore
B. H. Bieri
United States
United Nations
Bieri
Tijuana
Mexico
U.S
John L. Sullivan
85 Minutes Of Old West Parade Sets Record
George Rosenberg reports the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros parade drew the largest crowd in its 24 year history with at least 70 000 people. Tucson streets overflowed as spectators packed a two mile route for 85 minutes of marching spectacle. Children from the Tucson medical center rheumatic ward rode along in a parade care effort by the Square and Compass Crippled Children's clinic.
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George Rosenberg
Police Department
City Streets Department
Tucson Medical Center
Square and
Compass Crippled Children’s Clinic
United States
Boston Bulls
Parade Pictures From Tucson Rodeo Parade In 1940s
Crowds fill Tucson streets as a motorless parade winds past underpass routes. Mayor Houston and Gov Garvey ride by with tens of thousands watching a diverse display of buggies, broncs, bands, and rodeo entrants. Spectators cheer Holbrook High drum corps and border band Los Charritos.
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E. T. Houston
Dan E. Garvey
Tucson
Broadway
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Pintek
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Honor Holbrook
Deputy Brannon
Associated Press
Tucker Auto Firm
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Navajo County
Ramsey Paint Co
Maricopa County
Los Charritos
Nogales
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