Truman budget calls for 15 million in supplemental reclamation funds
President Truman's budget projects 15 070 000 in supplemental funds for four big reclamation projects and records 379 593 000 for reclamation in the next year. The Davis dam and other Western projects would receive additional support beyond existing appropriations. Hayden leads the Senate interior affairs committee with 13 members from western reclamation states.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Davis Dam
Ariz.Nev
Colorado-Big Thompson
Colo
Columbia Basin
Wash
Missouri River Basin
Colorado
Big Thompson
Missouri Basin
Hayden
Senate
Interior Affairs Committee
West
Republican Committee
Deficit Seen In Oil Drilling Law At Arizona Session
Washington report notes a 41.858 billion peacetime budget spurs talk of higher taxes to cover spending. Congress weighs suspending budget rules as President Truman’s plan risks a July 1 deficit. Arizona lawmakers labor over an oil well control bill aimed at preventing premature production and waste.
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U. S
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Sen. George
Georgia
Rep
Doughton
North Carolina
Sleet and snow halt services as hospitals work by lanterns
A severe ice storm paralyzed parts of the Midwest and West with freezing rain and heavy sleet. In Kansas and Missouri doctors operated by emergency lights as power failed, while hospitals in Joplin and Pittsburg relied on generators and lanterns. Roads and trolley lines were blocked and radio stations went off air as crews restored electricity. Various cities reported record cold as the storm expanded from Texas to the Dakotas. See STORM on Page 9.
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California
Mississippi River
Arizona
Prescott
Flagstaff
Rockies
Illinois
Texas
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Joplin
Kansas City
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Pittsburg
Kas
WTAD
Quincy
KOAM
KSEK
Missouri State Police
Ft. Scott
Columbia
Kansas City Weather Bureau
City Sues for Flood Damages Over July 1948 Flood
A $30 898 suit filed in superior court by Darnell Robertson Holesapple and Knapp Boyle Bilby Thompson alleges city negligence in flood-control failures during the July 24 1948 flood. The complaint cites an inadequately conditioned culvert and an arroyo left in poor condition, with nine plaintiffs listed and a 24 page document detailing losses and the watercourse history dating back to 1925.
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Darnell, Robertson & Holesapple
Knapp, Boyle, Bilby & Thompson
Supreme Court
Minicity P
Frank O'Rielly
O’rielly Motor Co
Mgr
Phil J. Martin, Jr
George Ae
Ralph W. Bilby
Apache Motors
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Co
George Martin
Crystal Coca-Cola Bottling Co
John Guiffre
Lil John
Palo Verde Cafe
Tucson Warehouse & Transfer Co
Frida O. A. Christman
North Fourth Avenue
William T. Fitchett
Arizona Glass & Mirror Co
Tucson Auto Parts & Equipment Co
Tucson
North Sixth Avenue
Superior
Phone Company Seeks Rate Hike Pending Rate Bureau Funds
At Phoenix on January 11 the Arizona corporation commission was told Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co will withdraw its rate increase application until funds for a state rate bureau are available. Lawson Smith, MSPT general manager, cited higher operating costs. Wright noted absence of a rate bureau has forced the commission to rely on company figures.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Lawson Smith
Telephone Company
Arizona
Wright
State Department
Commission
Flood Damage Strikes Winter Crops across Sonora and Sinaloa
Reports from Hermosillo and Navojoa describe the Rio Mayo flood sweeping the Navajoa bridge and silencing telegraph lines. Nurses and relief goods were airlifted as the Mayo valley area faces multi million peso losses to winter produce with hundreds of thousands in property damage and no deaths confirmed yet.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mex
Southern Pacific Railroad
Navajoa
Jose Healy
el Imparcial
Miguel Orrico de Los Llanos
Rio Fuerte
Mayo River
Sinaloa
Navojon
Manuel Corral
Heraldo del Mayo
Navojoa
Corral
Tucson Pharmacist Drowns in Colorado River Tragedy
Earl M. Cole of Tucson drowned after a hunting trip when a boat capsized on the Colorado River on December 5. Langdon Paul Kindler, 23, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife service game ranger, died trying to save him. Kindler’s body was found on a California sandbar near Lake Martinez. An inquest will be held at the request of Kindler’s parents, and the body will be sent to Waco for burial.
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Yuma
Earl M. Cole
Tucson
Colorado River
Langdon Paul
Ike) Kindler
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
California
Lake Martinez
Clarence Revill
R. Fitzgerald
Winterhaven
Calif
Kindler
Cole
E. A. Kindler, Jr
Waco
Tex
Streamliner Rams Bulldozer No One Killed in Derailed Crash
The eastbound Union Pacific City of Los Angeles struck a bulldozer in Pine Bluffs Wyoming. Ten cars derailed but stayed upright with bruised passengers. all 141 aboard reassigned to other trains after delays.
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Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Union Pacific City of
Los Angeles
Wyoming
City Mars
Overland Limited
City of
San Francisco
Omaha
Sam Wahrhaftig Faces Army Loyalty Hearing
Frankfurter report says Sam L. Wahrhaftig of Brooklyn New York a civilian in the Frankfurt U S military government activi ties branch has left for the United States to face an army disloyalty hearing under circular 100. He boarded a plane at Rhein Main for Westover Field Mass and said he did not know the reason for the hearing.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Sam L. Wahrhaftig
Brooklyn
N. Y
U.S
Wahrhaftig
Military Air Transport Service
Rhein Main
Westover Field
Mass
Army
Washington
Atom Bombs Deal Out Death In 7 Different Ways
Atomic blasts create seven death modes from concussion and heat to radioactive rays and fireball effects. Concussion devastates structures within miles, heat ignites inflammables, gamma rays and neutrons injure bodies, ultraviolet burns, and a fireball causes fatal heat within a mile. Five explosions show these reach limits. future bombs may grow more powerful but not linearly larger in destructiveness.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Jan
Truman Budget Sparks Fight Over Air Force Size
President Truman proposes a minimum 48 group air force in his budget with debate over expanding to 70 groups amid Democratic and Republican opposition. Vinson predicts 70 groups within three to four years, while Tydings cautions study. Air Force aims to measure strength by units. current force stands at 60 groups with 66 authorized previously.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Air Force
Symington
Civil Service Test Set For Jan. 19
Arizona Supreme Court fixed January 19 for oral arguments on the constitutionality of the new civil service law. The first 1949 state payroll is January 16, with State Auditor Mrs. Ann Frohmiller withholding pay until the court rules.
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Phoenix
Arizona Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ann Frohmiller
State Audilor
Forrestal expects to stay as defense secretary
James V. Forrestal told White House reporters after a talk with President Truman that he plans to remain in the cabinet. He said he may submit a resignation as routine but does not expect it to be accepted and reiterated his intention to continue as secretary of defense. He discussed security act changes and noted a 70 group air force was not on the agenda.
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Congress
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Itcterrt werkatie-Carriorn
Truman
Russia
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
Taber
Rep. Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
O. C. Williams
Arizona
General Incorporation
Apache County
Coconino
Navajo
Cochise
Navajo Indian
Utah
Senate
Sen
Warner
Legislature
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Sparrows Point
Internal Revenue Department
John F. Oaks
Oaks
Internal Revenue
Washington
Forrestal
White House
B 36s Picked Over Jets in Air Force Buy Revision
The U S Air Force canceled orders for 240 aircraft and redirected funds to B 36 bombers and upgrades to other planes including the B 50 As part of a 300 million dollar shift this does not reduce total spending for new planes The move is described as a readjustment to build a stronger air force quickly It drops 51 North American B 49s 30 Northrop RB 49s and the entire order for the eight engined flying wing bombers with deliveries not due in 1949 and possibly not until 1952 See B 36s on Page 9
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Washington
Jan
Air Force
Northrop
Doctor With Penknife Delivers Healthy Child Of Dead Mother
In Abingdon Virginia a physician saved a fetus after a mother died from circulatory and kidney ailments. Dr Harry Hayter performed a Caesarian with a pocket knife after a heartbeat was detected, delivering a four pound four ounce boy who cried at birth. The child seemed to be thriving as of the hospital report.
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Abingdon
Hayter
Lee M. Cole, Jr
Harry Hayter
Elmer Widner
Denton's Valley
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