Attlee Pledges Indian Transfer by June 1948
London Feb 20 Prime Minister Attlee announced Britain will transfer power to responsible Indian rule by June 1948. He recalled Field Marshal Wavell as viceroy and named Adm. Mountbatten to succeed him, noting princely states remain under paramountcy. Attlee warned a constitutional assembly is needed for Free India.
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London
Attlee
India
Lord Wavell
Adm
Lord Mountbatten
Wavell
Winston Churchill
Hyderabad
Mysore
Kashmir
Bardoa
Gwalior
House of Commons
Britain
Subcontinent
Congress Party
Moslem League
Free India
British India
Phone Workers Resist Curb
Washington February 20. A senate judiciary committee approved legislation outlawing portal to portal back wage claims except those covered by labor agreements. The bill moves to the full committee where Sen Wiley Republican Wisconsin predicts approval next Monday.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Full
Judiciary Committee
Sen. Wiley
R.-Wis
NFTW Eyes April Phone Strike Over Wage Demands
National Federation of Telephone Workers plans a country wide strike around April 7 unless wage demands are met. President Joseph Beirne testified before the Senate labor committee opposing industry wide collective bargaining, arguing it would curb competition and hurt independent unions. He urged CIO and AFL unity to resist restrictive laws, warning of a possible nationwide stoppage.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Upr
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Senate Labor Committee
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Beirne
CIO
AFL
NFTW
South Tucson to Hold Levy Hearing
Chairman Thad M. Moore of the state tax commission will conduct a hearing in South Tucson at 2 p.m. tomorrow on the town's request to exceed its budget by 4000 dollars for garbage truck apparatus and equipment.
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Phoenix
Thad M. Moore
State Tax Commission
South
Tucson
Roosevelt family agrees to film life of FDR
HOLLYWOOD, Feb 20. Abandoning their former policy of frowning upon all impersonations of the late President Roosevelt during the lifetimes of those who knew him, the Roosevelt family has consented to the filming of his life, his son James said Thursday.
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Hollywood
Roosevelt
James
Parade plans and rodeo headlines mix with Garbo legacy
Hollywood Greta Garbo reveals she may accept a $20,000 legacy from eccentric Michigan villager Edgar H Donne while Tucson gears for a grand Fiesta rodeo. The city expects 100000 parade spectators and 1500 horses as 2000 entrants pass during a three day celebration with 5500 prize money and plans for a larger stadium.
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Hollywood
W.p
Greta Garbo
Michigan
Miss Garbo
Edgar H. Donne
Dorv
Mich
Mr. Donne
Donne
Tucson
Ramey
Roger Ramey
Eighth Air Force
Davis-Monthan
Davis-Monthan Field
Arizona
Toots Mansfield
Big Springs
Tex
Mansfield
Rodeo Cowboys’ Association
Gaylor
Manerd Gaylar
RCA
Bill McMacken
Chandler
Bud Spearman
Daily City
Calif
Bud Linderman
Red Lodge
Mont
Jerry Ambler
Glenwood
Wash
Wag Blessing
Bell
Chuck Sheppard
Glendale
Joe Bassett
Tonto Basin
Ariz
Fred Alvord
Arena
Harl Lindsay
Rodeo Committee
C. Edgar Goyette
Chamber of Commerce
Goyette
Fifth Avenue
17Th Street
Safford School
12Th Street
Scott Street
Scott
Congress
Sixth Avenue
Reds and U S split on three atomic control issues
Lake Success New York February 20 Soviet Union and the United States clashed over atomic control in the United Nations Security Council. The three main points of dispute were veto rights immediate prohibition convention and powers for constructive work. The United States seeks to exempt the veto from atomic matters while Russia wants it preserved. Russia pushes for immediate conventions banning use for wrongdoing and a separate system of controls. Inspections are viewed similarly by both sides. The council planned further debate and a separate session to discuss charges by Britain against Albania for mines and the loss of two destroyers with 44 sailors killed.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Great Britain
Albania
Oil Workers Given Raise
A threatened CIO oil workers strike in five Western states was averted when Standard Oil and General Petroleum reached a tentative wage agreement worth a 10 cent an hour base pay rise plus a provisional $17.70 monthly cost of living increase for 1947. The pact, subject to union ratification, suspends the strike and could be adopted by other major regionals. about 20,000 workers in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Nevada were prepared to strike for 22.5 cents, given current wages at $1.40 per hour.
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Los Angeles
CIO
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers
Frank E. Wenig
Federal Conciliation Panel
Standard Oil Company
General Petroleum Company
Shell
Union
Tide- Water Associated
Richfield
Texas
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
Pipe Line In Iraq Blasted Near Haifa
An official report states the Iraq Petroleum company pipeline was blown up and cut in two places near Haifa at 3 a.m. on Thursday. The line runs about 800 miles from Kirkuk through Transjordan to Haifa with a branch to Tripoli, Lebanon. The incident follows violence reports in the Holy Land as the press debates Britain’s Palestine plan for the United Nations.
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Jerusalem
Iraq Petroleum Company
Haifa
Indur
Afuleh
Consolidated Refineries, Ltd
Haifa Bay
Kirkuk
Iraq
Transjordan
Tripoli
Lebanon
Holy Land
Palestine
United Nations
Truman Veto Of Fund Cut Sure
Washington February 20 House Republicans moved to slash 6 billion dollars from President Truman’s budget and barred amendments to their economy rule. Truman signaled he would speak plainly when the bill reaches his desk after further debate. He defended a 37.5 billion dollar budget as safe operations and discussed recalling 9 million from OPA. The Senate has yet to act on the recall.
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Washington
House
Truman
Willa
OPA
Senate
Congress
Senate Favors Rate Surveys
Arizona Senate approves a bill to require the Arizona Corporation Commission to order rate surveys of electric water and telephone utilities with the costs charged back to utilities. Amendments exempt cooperatives and municipalities. opponents question jurisdiction. Also approved is a measure to curb municipal competition against private lines, and actions on bond voting and tax issues. The session adjourned to 10 a.m. Friday for hospital relocation hearings.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
State Senate
Sidney P. Osborn
Federal Power Commission
Corporation Commission
Tarl Platt
Apache
Senate Committee of the
Lloyd Canfil
Pinal
Lloyd Henning
Henning
Navajo
Senate
Marvin E. Smith
Phoenix Transit
H. H. deAutremont
Hugo Farmer
Appropriations Committee
State Hospital For
Rivers
Tax Commission
House
Labor’ Committee
30 Killed 300 Injured In Los Angeles Blast
London dispatch reports a massive blast in Los Angeles causing 30 deaths and 300 injuries amid a broader update on European weather. Snow blankets England and Wales while northeast Yorkshire streets reopen only to be blocked again by drifting snow as subfreezing temperatures persist across continental Europe.
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Los Angeles
London
Britain
England
Wales
Conferences Held On Hospital Plan
A Phoenix legislative committee chaired by Rep. Frank L. Christiansen began conferences to craft a plan to acquire the Butte camp of the Rivers Japanese relocation site near Sacaton. The aim is to relieve overcrowding at the state hospital for the insane and later relocate the entire facility. Attending were Gov. Sidney P. Osborn, State Surplus Property Agent Robert O. Kelley, and Dr. Jeremiah Metzger. Discussions include acquiring about 2,000 acres from the Pima tribal council and potential postponement of building sales by the War Assets Administration amid bids closing Feb. 24 and Mar. 6 for public competition.
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Phoenix
House
Frank L. Christensen
Flagstaff
Butte
Sacaton
State Hospital For
Sidney P. Osborn
Robert O. Kelley
Jeremiah Metzger
State Hospital For the Insane
Christensen
E. R. McFarland
Carl Hayden
Washington
War Assets Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Metzger
India to face chaotic future after British withdrawal
AP foreign affairs analyst warns that India's independence will unleash liberty dreams but impose huge governance and orderkeeping duties on a less-experienced government. He notes the clash between British India provinces and 600 semi autonomous native states ruled by princes, whose wealth and power complicate a federal unification. He cites Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah as figures assessing postcolonial realities.
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Mother England
Britain
Subcontinent
India
Mahatma Gandhi
England
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
all-India
Moslem League
British India
New Delhi
It Was Worse Than War Ex Sailor Tells of Scene
Norman Scott of Alhambra California, an ex sailor, describes arriving at the blast scene as part of an eyewitness account provided to United Press. He recalls the chaos, injuries, and immediate aftermath, contrasting the disaster with wartime experiences.
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United Press
Norman Scott
Alhambra
Calif
Witness recalls bomb blast near war zone in Los Angeles
Norman Scott reports a street explosion that shook the city less than three blocks away. He helped pull survivors from wreckage, described burning clothing, green discoloration on bodies, and two fatalities as the crash echoed like a distant shell.
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Norman Scott
Los Angeles
U.P
Byron Price Named UN Assistant Secretary General
Byron Price, former director of censorship during World War II, is appointed United Nations assistant secretary-general in charge of administrative and financial services. He replaces John B. Hutson, resigning, and will arrive in about a month to assume duties for four years through Trygve Lie’s term. Price earns 13 500 dollars a year plus 8500 dollars in tax free expenses and has been a vice president at the Motion Picture Association of America under Eric Johnston in Hollywood.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Byron Price
United Nations
Secretariat
John B. Hutson
Price
Trygve Lie
The
Motion Picture Assn. of America
Eric Johnston
Hollywood
Four Blocks Wrecked by Los Angeles Explosion
A massive blast rocked downtown Los Angeles injuring hundreds and killing at least 30, with deputy chief Reed warning deaths may rise to 75. The OConnor Electro Plating plant and four nearby homes were obliterated, triggering a citywide emergency response and morgue setup.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Reed
O’connor Electro Plating Company
Pica Boulevard
Civic Center
William Tynan
California
Norman Scott
Southern California Telephone Company
Scott
Bewayne Bearsa
Home Rule On Water Talked By BOB BROOKS
Phoenix February 20 A movement to push an underground water code bill would leave operation within landowners of an underground water basin district. Senator Hugo Farmer of Yuma plans to introduce the bill to form underground water irrigation districts with local control. A related idea would let the state land and water department provide refill figures to determine usage allotment, with the land and water commissioner serving as an ex officio district director.
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Bob. Brooks Phoenix
Hugo Farmer
Yuma
State Land and Water Department
Land and Water Commissioner
Rubber Workers Local For Strike In Akron Plant
The CIO United Rubber Workers union won strike authorization from one local of the big four rubber plants in Akron Ohio. Other locals prepared to vote and B F Goodrich Local President George R Bass said workers authorized a strike Wednesday to back a 26 cent hourly wage increase.
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Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers’ International Union
George R. Bass
B. F. Goodrich Co
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