Taylor Holds Victory Sure
Idaho Senator Glen H. Taylor, a vice presidential candidate, argues a third party could win enough states to ensure victory and predicts the movement will stay on the ballot in most states. He dismisses chances of rejoining the Democratic party and frames liberal conservative realignment as the goal.
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New York
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
White House
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Party
Senate
Divorce Suit Kept In Court By Grimditch Heiress
Phoenix December 26 1940 Heiress Giulia Grimditch testifies in her own defense in a divorce action against William H Grimditch Jr. She admits loving Blake Brophy while husband overseas and denies adultery illicit relations or wrongdoing Judge J Mercer Johnson sustains objections and allows the defense to proceed with the case notes a cross complaint and family background as shading.
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Dick Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
W.P
Giulia Grimditch
Blake Brophy
William H. Grimditch, Jr
Philadelphia
J. Mercer Johnson
Grimditch
Giulia
Brophy
Jay Gould
Big 3 Denounce Czech Tyranny and Communist Takeover
The United States, Britain, and France condemn Klement Gottwald's Czechoslovak government as a disguised dictatorship. They call the crisis artificial and deliberate, noting Communist control of police, media, and opposition suppression. Diplomatic observers compare Czechoslovakia to other Soviet-aligned states and predict a Soviet-style regime.
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United States
Britain
France
Klement Gottwald
Prague
Gottwald
East
West
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Poland
Nogales Official's Rites To Be Friday
Funeral services for Camille Mignardot 63 Santa Cruz county treasurer who died suddenly Wednesday will be held here Friday. Mignardot was a county official since 1932. A Chicago native raised in Santa Fe he attended St Michael's College. He began work at the Bank of Bisbee in 1901 and joined Sonora Bank & Trust Co in Nogales in 1904. He married Maria Luisa Wanless in 1928.
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Nogales
Ariz
Camille Mignardot
Santa Cruz
Mignardot
Chicago
Santa Fe
St. Michael's College
Bank of Bisbee
Sonora Bank & Trust Co
Maria Luisa Wanless
Novel Tax Break Aims to Cut Movie Rights Take
Washington reports Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. introduced two bills to tax gains from selling motion picture rights at no more than 25 percent, and other proceeds from creations at no more than 30 percent. The bills, introduced by request, lack clear origin as Scott was away.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Rpa
Uncle Sam
Scott
Arabs Die In Fierce Battle Near Gethsemane
A mortar battle between Jews and Arabs near Jerusalem’s Garden of Gethsemane left two Arabs dead and four wounded as clashes spread to nearby Jaffa and Tel Aviv borders. Arabs reported civilian casualties and two houses demolished. fighting began at 5 am near Hadassah hospital on Mt Scopus.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
UN Urged To Proceed With Voting In Korea
UN urged to proceed with nation wide elections in Korea defying a Soviet boycott. Vote 31 to 2. New York union pacific dividend 2.50 on common stock payable april 1 to record holders march. Arizona house approves guard armory sale to Mesa union high school district for 35000 dollars and five acres. Senate to debate European recovery plan totaling 5500000000 dollars led by senator vanden berg. Apache county trial reimbursements bill approved for 7410 dollars.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Co
The
National Guard
Mesa Armory
Mesa Union High School
Rights Message Stalls in Congress Over Lynching Bill
Southern Democrats blocked House Judiciary action on an anti lynching measure amid a rules dispute. The bill, supported by President Truman and Republicans, would make lynching a federal crime with penalties up to 10 years and 20 thousand dollars.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
Judiciary
House
Michener
f-Mieh
Priday
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
National Committee
UN American Activities Committee
Loomen
Leo Allen
Rain
House Rules Committee
Dixie
Senate
Sen
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Senate Judiciary
Stennis
D-Miss
Virginian Proposes Bar Truman From Ballot In Virginia
Gov William M Tuck urged the Virginia General Assembly to remove President Truman from the next presidential ballot and bar Henry Wallace's third party. He proposed changing election laws to have voters choose party preference rather than nominees.
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Richmond
William M. Tuck
Virginia General Assembly
Truman
Tuck
South
America
Hitler
Stalin
Henry Wallace
No Homesites For Five Acre Fellows
About 150 applicants seek five acre parcels in lower Paradise valley north of Scottsdale and Deer valley near Peoria. The General Land Office blocks most entries as David B Morgan fights for 800 acres including the favored tracts. The Deer valley and Paradise valley sites lie near water projects and aqueduct routes shaping future land distribution.
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General Land Office
Washington
Paradise Valley
Scottsdale
Deer Valley
Peoria
Granite Reef Dam
Granite Reef
Arizona
David B. Morgan
Morvan
Parliament of Greece Adjourns to May 10
ATHENS February 26 The Greek parliament voted to adjourn until May 10 by 147 to 43. The government had proposed a recess so members could better serve the nation by being near constituents on the eve of an offensive against guerrillas.
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Athens
Truman Enjoys Florida Rest Before 1948 Campaign
President Truman began a potential final extended vacation at Key West Florida while in the Caribbean. He toured the Virgin Islands on a voyage that drew no White House comment as Southern leaders criticized civil rights proposals including poll tax repeal anti lynching law and desegregation bans.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Naval Submarine Base
Virgin Islands
White House
Commandant’s House
Congress
Tucson Faces Superior In Night Playoff Duel
In a state high school basketball tournament opener at the University of Arizona gym, Amphi trailed St Johns most of the first half before St Johns pulled away 32-24. Richey led St Johns with 11 points while Sid Kain topped Amphi with six. The Panthers drop to the consolation bracket to meet St David at 9 am Friday.
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St. Johns Wallops
Joe Richey
St. Johns Redskins
Amphitheatre Panthers
University of Arizona
Bear Down
Tom Matlock
Larry Hart
Amphitheatre
St. David
St. Johns
Carver
Amphitheatre High Panthers
Northern Arizona
Amphi
Redskins
Gordon Cowley
Richey
Panthers
Sid Kain
State Highway Quiz Demanded by 18th Arizona Legislature
Phoenix activists push for an interim committee to investigate the multimillion-dollar Arizona highway department. The pending bill mirrors a welfare department probe, aiming to curb administration flaws and curb relief rolls while seeking family financial responsibility, with more highway bills possible.
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Bob Brooks
Phoenix
Arizona Highway Department
Arizona
State Welfare Department
Highway Department
Pustarfi Ousted as Arizona Labor Chief in Commission Row
Phoenix February 26 Theodore Pustarfi head of the Arizona Industrial Commission labor department is fired after a long running dispute with the commission's current majority. The turmoil followed Earl Rooks and Fred Edwards joining to oust Ray Gilbert as chairman and the appointment of Harry Blassingame as Pustarfi's assistant who stayed only weeks.
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Phoenix
U.P
Arizona Industrial Commission
Theodore Pustarfi
Pustarfi
Commission
Earl Rooks
Fred Edwards
Ray Gilbert
Rooks
Harry Blassingame
Blassingame
General Rains Seen As Boon To Southern State Ranges
A home grown storm drenched nearly all of Arizona with rain or snow, boosting hope for a wet spring. The system formed over Arizona at about 10 000 feet and spread statewide with general rain in central and southern areas and up to four inches of snow above 4500 feet. Flagstaff logged four inches of snow and a year total of 2.74 inches. Rain and snow were forecast to continue with limited immediate runoff but benefits to ranges were anticipated.
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Associated Press
Arizona
U. S.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Prescott
Grand Canyon
Four B-29 crew killed as eight survive crash near Meridian
A B29 bomber from Ft. Worth crashed in rain and fog near Meridian injuring no one seriously. Pilot Col Alan D. Clark and co pilot Lt. Col. Harry E. Goldsworthy survived after parachuting from 10 000 feet. Eight crew members escaped, four died. The wreck occurred near the Solberg farm as the flight continued to Willcox bombing range.
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Meridian
Tex
Here
Alan D. Clark
Ft. Worth
West Coast
Carswell
Clark
Prank H. Riggs
Orange
Frank M. Worley
Williams. Kern
Pasadena
D. W. Aslin
William W. Weaver
Falmouth
Julian F. Moffat
San Antonio
Harry E. Goldsworthy
Spokane
Orus Solberg
Carswell Air Base
Goldsworthy
Solberg Farm
Willcox
el Paso
Los Angeles
Willcox Dry Lakes
Tucson
Doyle Spurlin
Butchers Talk Tucson Strike Heats Up Negotiations Near Deadline
Butchers local 109 AFL and local market employers meet at the Labor temple to avert a strike that could affect about 150 butchers in 50 markets. Negotiations, the Taft Hartley process cited, include wages holidays vacations handling of unfair products and onsite meat processing with government mediator S Lyle Johnson present. A fifth negotiation Friday follows four prior sessions since the contract expired February 18.
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AFL
Labor Temple
South Stone Avenue
S. Lyle Johnson
Johnson
Edward C. Marques
Consumers’ Market
Joe W. Tang
Tang's Market
Clyde Killingsworth
Retail Grocers’ Association of Arizona
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