United States urges UN action to place Pacific islands under American trusteeship
The U S delegation asked the United Nations Security Council to strip Japan of mandated islands without awaiting a Pacific peace conference and place them under exclusive American trusteeship for collective security. Warren Austin said the islands will be administered by the United States, with bases and fortifications as needed, to ensure U S and international security.
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N. Y
U.P
United States
United Nations Security Council
Japan
Man
United Nations
Warren Austin
Council
Austin
Pacific
U. S
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
America
Guam
Saipan
Wkwajalein
Truk
Palau
Mexico Eager To See Truman Arriving in Mexico City
Mexico City prepares for U S President Harry Truman with three million people expected along a special route through downtown. Miguel Santibanez Jofre, publisher of Cronicas, says a Truman edition will be sent to all 48 governors and confirms street cleanups and hotel reservation freezes ahead of the visit.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
U. S
Harry Truman
Miguel Santibanez Jofre
Oon
Vr. Santibanez
Cronicas
Truman
Mr. Truman
Santtibanez
Water Diversion Bill Loses in Arizona House
Phoenix February 26 The Arizona House defeats the Colorado Central Arizona water diversion bill 27 to 30 ending hopes for state funding of 2.55 million dollars and acknowledging possible federal funding. Rep Sidney Nartus and 25 sponsors saw approval while opponents warned of cost and federal interference.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona House of Representatives
House
Sidney Nartus
Maricopa
Ford Baker
Boyce
Christensen
Cole
Combs
Connolly
Craig
Harhart
Koster
Franklin
Hardwicke
Hune
Swartus
Lindsey
McBride
McRae
Metz
Morris
Rosenbaum
Rosok
Solomon
Spikes
Timmerman
Wallace
Jameson
Decker
Robies
Frank Robies
Pima
California
Colorado River
Bridge Canyon
Parker Dam
U.S. Reclamation Bureau
Colorado
Washington
Kartus
Arizona Power Authority
Governor’s Office
Wing Ong
J. M. Combs
John Hunt
Harry Wimberly
Claire Phelps
al Lindsey
Richard Searles
Frank Robles
Leo Foster
Cochise
H. C. Armstrong
Rhill
Wartus
Nartus
Armstrong
Snow Delights Mt Lemmon Area With Early Morning Snowfall
Snow measured at two inches by 8 a.m. on Mt Lemmon after a 5 a.m. start. Tl H Zimmer man of the Mt Lemmon store reports the fresh dry snow covering the peaks. Ranchers, farmers, and winter sports enthusiasts welcome the wet spell as light rain drifts through Tucson. Ranger J H Hunts notes the skies show the last chance for winter rain amid unprecedented dry statewide conditions. The U S department of agriculture confirms the overall dry climate.
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Mt. Lemmon
Tl. H. Zimmerman
J. H. Hunts
Catalina Mountains
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tucson
Zhdanov Quits Post in Soviet Council of the Union
Gen Andrei Zhdanov resigns as chairman of the council of the union of the supreme soviet due to work pressure. A central figure in Soviet politics, he led Leningrad during the siege and holds key roles in the party, politburo, and allied control commission for Finland.
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London
Moscow Radio
Andrei Aleksandrovitech Zhdanov
Stalin
Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet
Council of the Union
Russia
Moscow
Zhdanov
Communist Party
Allied Control Commission
Finland
Leningrad
Sugar Ration Up 10 Pounds for 1947 Homes
Washington reports a guaranteed 25 pounds of sugar for household users during the first nine months of 1947. An official calls this a safe guess that the annual personal allowance will be about ten pounds higher than last year. New stamps will be issued on April 1 and July 1. Industrial users and food establishments also gain additional quarter two rations.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Office of Temporary Controls
Four Measures Advance In Arizona House Action
The Arizona House passed four bills including a budget publication requirement for school districts and access to budget figures for taxpayers. One measure moved funds from health to Tempe’s Arizona State College for scorpion control. Another bill allows work- release for minor- parent cases at $82 daily on public works and keeps felony status. Senate actions included SB 21 on engineer registration and SB 30 on private carrier tax attachments, plus an education funding appropriation of 3 600 dollars for patient education.
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Phoenix
State House of Representatives
W. G. Rosenbaum
Gila
State Department of Health
Arizona State College
Tempe
Senate
Board of Technical Registration
Douglas Named As Ambassador
Lewis W. Douglas, former budget director, named by President Truman to be ambassador to Great Britain. A Bisbee Arizona native born July 2, 1894, he served in the House representing Arizona and held the budget post in 1933 before resigning over policy disagreements. He has three children and is a World War I veteran cited by General Pershing, holder of the Belgian Croix de Guerre.
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Washington
Lewis W. Douglas
Truman
Great Britain
Senate
Douglas
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Arizona
Franklin D. Roosevelt
St. James
Bisbee
Ariz
Stuart
Peter
Sharman
John J. Pershing
Wholesale Food Prices Hit All-Time High in New York
The Dun & Bradstreet index of 51 common-use foods rose to $6.62, surpassing the previous high of $6.49 from Nov 19, 1946. A year earlier the index was $4.16, with price gains across flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, hams, lard, butter, and related items. Only raisins and currants fell among the 31 foods tracked.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
Deputies End Big Four Meet Over German Peace Talks
London Feb. 26 deputies of the Big Four adjourned as German settlement talks stalled on reporting disputes. They stressed groundwork laid for the Moscow foreign ministers council meeting March 10 amid cordial dinners and ongoing Austrian treaty drafting.
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London
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Moscow
Green Admits Revision Need to the Wagner Act
AFL President William Green testified before the House labor committee that amending the Wagner act to guarantee employers free speech and require unions to file financial reports and register with the government might be desirable. He warned that outlawing jurisdictional strikes could create discord and new deputies. Green had previously argued no new labor legislation was necessary.
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Washington
W.P
AFL
William Greene
House Labor Committee
Green
Senate Labor Committee
Clare Hoffman
R-Mich
Hoffman
Congress
Phoenix Okays Firemen's Bill
Phoenix voters approve a 48 hour work week for firemen and nominate four candidates for two city commission seats at special and primary elections. Nominees include Nicholas Udall Richard E. Dennis Roy D. Stone and Hersh Collins with write in George E. Graham. general election set for April 1.
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Phoenix
Nicholas Udall
Richard E. Dennis
Ray Busey
Roy D. Stone
Hersch Collins
Udall
Stone
Dannis
Collins
Irving W. Brayer
Karl M. Wilson
Lewis M. Johnson
George E. Graham
Court considers strikers petition in Westward Ho case
Superior Court Judge Dudley W. Windes on Wednesday had under advisement the suit of striking employees of the Westward Ho hotel in Phoenix to obtain unemployment compensation dating from November 20.
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Phoenix
Superior Court
Dudley W. Windes
Westward Ho
Korea's strategic position highlighted in tense Korea report
Lt Gen John R. Hodge reports that negotiations for a provisional government in Korea have failed, with Russia insisting on a five year trusteeship and Koreans opposing it. He notes Soviet conscription in the northern zone and Dr Syngman Rhee claims 500000 Koreans are being drilled for the Red army. The Moscow union paper meanwhile says Rhee seeks US weapons to fight communists in the north. Korea’s vital geographic position amplifies the risk of conflict.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
John KR. Hodge
U.S
Korea
Washington
Hodge
Musecovite
Syngman Fhee
South Korean Democratic League
Red Army
Moscow
Trud
Dr. Fhee
United States
State Or U S To Control Insurance
Capitol Corridor Gabfest discusses an $115 education bill advancing to the committee of the whole. Arizona lawmakers debate insurance regulation with four bills in play to place state oversight on fire and casualty firms and prevent unsustainable rates while preserving competition.
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Phoenix
Capitol Corridor
House
Truman Seeks National Defense Unification Plan
President Truman sent to Congress a bill to unify the Army Navy and air forces under a single secretary of national defense. The plan creates three departments yet keeps naval aviation separate and transfers Army air forces into a new U S air force with chief of staff oversight. The measure alters presidential succession and aims for coordinated military structure.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Army
Air Forces
Secretary of National Defense
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
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Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air Force
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Services
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Air Force
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A. U. S. Air Force
Air Force Department
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Air Corps
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Air Force Combat Command
U. S. Air Force
Fate of Power Bill Uncertain in Arizona Legislature
Phoenix February 26 Representatives of the electric coordinating committee and the Arizona power authority met to iron out amendments to the power authority act. Governor Osborn would gain ten days to veto if passage is delayed to near adjournment. The House appears certain to pass, but the Senate faces a tougher fight.
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Phoenix
Arizona
James H. Heron
Globe
Senate
House
Sen. Heron
Supreme Court
Electric Coordinating Committee
Arizona Power Authority
J. Dougherty
House of Representatives
Sidney P. Osborn
Phoenix Grocery Robbed by Pair of Men
Two men robbed a Phoenix grocery around noon Wednesday, shooting proprietor Jim Ong in the knee and fleeing with about 80 to 100 dollars. Police reported the incident.
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Phoenix Grocery
Phoenix
Jim Ong
Forrestal Seeks Adequate Support for Wartime Leaders
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal warns that civilization’s future may hinge on the next 24 months and urges Congress and the public to fund General George Marshall Admiral Nimitz and General Eisenhower. He says the nation must not disarm and must provide an anchor of stability amid postwar turmoil.
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New York
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Congress
George Marshall
Gen
Eisenhower
Adm
Nimitz
Navy
Economic Club of
Forrestal
Vitamin Shot Kills Woman in Alleged Allergy Case
Coroner and pathologist report Mrs. Rita Quihuis died after a vitamin B complex shot at a nurse’s home. Autopsy findings suggest allergy to the complex caused bronchial collapse and asthma like attack. Gardner ruled the death accidental.
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Rita Quihuis
South “Ninth Avenue
C. W. Gardner
George Hartman
Gardner
Anna EH. Hernandez
South Fifth Avennue
Old Mexico
Hartman
United States
Sues for use of stock in movie
Monterey Productions Co. is sued for 48128.90 by rancher S. W. Fletcher of Elgin Arizona in U S district court Los Angeles. He claims damages for bonus payments on live stock used in filming in Arizona and injuries to the animals.
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Los Angeles
Monterey Productions Co
Arizona
S. W. Fletcher, Elgin, Arviz
U.S
Fletcher
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