Power Fight Shapes Truman Stalin Parley Renewal Doubtful
In Phoenix the 29th Arizona legislature begins to re call 1947 48 battles over the corporation commission powers and public versus private electric power distribution. A bill to amend the constitution to abolish or modify the commission is introduced in the senate while a house hearing weighs removing co operatives from the commission jurisdiction. The day also covers liability and death reporting measures and education aid proposals.
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Phoenix
Sam Head
Yavapai
J. B. Mead
Pima
John Hunt
Maricopa
John Pintek
Cochise
Corporation Commission
House
Senate
Employment Security Commission
Sen. Head
Earl Platt
Commission
Internal Revenue Bureau
Platt
Board of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Stalin signals openness to meeting Truman amid Berlin blockade talks
Stalin says there is no objection to a meeting with Truman and would discuss a peaceful declaration and gradual disarmament. He allows Washington as a possible venue but does not specify place. He also sees no obstacles to lifting the Berlin blockade if the western powers meet two conditions.
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Moscow
Stalin
Truman
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Ber
Foreign Ministers Council
UN Security Council
Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Congress At A Glance Looks At Seven Month Extension
Senate weighs a seven month extension of a voluntary allocation plan for scarce commodities while various committees open hearings on the Taft Hartley repeal bill with Tobin as first witness. Interior Krug outlines program as routine session continues.
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Associated Senate
Labor Committee
Tobin
Rules Committee
Interior Committee
Secretary of Interior
Krug
Metlger Prepared To Ask Ouster If Larson Stays On
Arizona House approves a 113 day license plate extension 3 to 2 sending the measure to the Senate. Dr Jeremiah Metzger chairs the Board of Control plans to press for ouster of Dr John A Larson while Larson resists and a board hearing is discussed. The case ties to the legislature and Floren ce branch noted.
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Metzger
Larson
Phoenix
Jeremiah Metzger
Board of Control
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
John A. Larson
Paul Roca
Roca
Dow Ben Rousch
Maricopa County
Rousch
Dr. Larson
O. A. Simley
Tucson
Anna Hirst
Douglas
Dan E. Garvey
Laura McRae
Salt River Valley
House Appropriations and
Public Institutions
Florence
Landlords Face Suits In Court
Tulsa January report says landlords opposing rent controls plan mass evictions to protest controls. Federal prosecutors to study eviction notices for illegal conspiracy. housing expediter Tighe Woods threatens injunctions. Veterans Committee chapters to aid evictions defense. lawmakers weigh Truman rent control proposal and possible stricter laws.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tom Clark
Tighe Woods
The
American Veterans Committee
Wallace J. Murphy
Tulsa Property Owners Association, Inc
Thomas
D-Okla
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Congress
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Truman
VA Regional Setup To Be Discontinued
Veterans' Administrator Carl R. Gray announced the 13 VA regional branch offices nationwide will be discontinued effective Tuesday and replaced by 13 district offices in the same locations. The new districts will handle life insurance and death claims under Washington headquarters supervision to save money and streamline operations.
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Washington
UPR
Veterans
Carl R. Gray
Omar N. Bradley
Axis Sally case adds more German witnesses and broadcasts
The Axis Sally treason trial in Washington resumes after a three day recess with more German witnesses and play backs of Nazi broadcasts. Prosecutors plan to introduce additional witnesses from Germany and about 35 more recordings documenting Mildred Gillars wartime Nazi broadcasts.
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Washington
Germany
Mildred E. Gillars
Miss Gillars
U. S
John M. Kelley Jr
Sally
If We Operated Russian Way Every One Would Be A Hero
Washington January 31 James Marlow notes a contrast between American and Russian rhetoric. He cites Pravda branding theatrical critics as antipatriotic parasites and cosmopolitan scalers while praising Soviet heroes and asserting superiority in arts and science.
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Washington
Ben Franklin
American Democratic Party
Russian Communist Party
Pravda
Communist Party In
Russia
Storm Damage Sets Toll Across Western States
Western states faced one of the worst winters as storms from New Year’s hit southern California to the Dakotas. Losses include 76 lives in blizzards and storms, 119000 cattle and 154000 sheep killed, about 190 million dollars in overall losses, and extensive crop, rail, and property damage. Emergency funds and Army relief were mobilized as blizzards buried towns and trapped rescues.
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Chicago
U.P
California
Rocky Mountain
National Stock Newspaper
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakotas
Truman
Congress
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Wymping
Andrew Archuleta
Air Force
Army
Canada
National Guard
Lewis A. Pick
Fifth Army
AFL Leaders Meet In Miami
In Miami Florida Philip B Fleming urged the AFL executive council to back legislation for about 100 million dollars in planning funds for a public works program. He said sites should be acquired and plans drawn for city county and state projects including schools to prepare for a potential employment dip. Fleming will depart for Tulsa to oversee snow rescue operations. The AFL did not comment on Washington labor law proposals.
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Norman Walker
Miami
Fla
Philip B. Fleming
American Federation of Labor
Fleming
AFL Executive Council
Tulsa
Okla
AFL
Washington
Air Liner Survives After Plane Hits It
A Pan American World Airways Constellation survived a midair collision with a private Cessna 140 and landed safely at Mitchel Field with 33 aboard uninjured. The private plane's two occupants were killed. The crash occurred near Port Washington and LaGuardia, as the liner Monarch Of The Skies departed for London.
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New York
Lone Island
Pan American World Airways
Constellation
Port Washington
N. Y
George Knuth
Mitchel Field
Monarch of the Skies
LaGuardia Field
London
Arthur Cutting
Portland
Conn
Eugene Kowalczyk
Middleton
Knuth
Malcolm Wade
Air Force Base
Nme
Donaldson Named To Another Term As Postmaster General
President Truman sent to the Senate the nomination of Jesse M. Donaldson for a new fixed term as postmaster general.Donaldson, the cabinet member with a fixed term, rose from the ranks to head the Post Office Department. The same package included Maj. Gen. Lewis A Pick for chief of engineers and Brig. Gen. Eugene M Foster for army chief of finance.
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Washington
Truman
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
Post Office Department
Senate
Lewis Andrew Pick
United States Army
Pick
Raymond A. Wheeler
Wheeler
John J. McCloy
The
World Bank
John B. Dunlap
Internal Revenue
Texas
Eugene M. Foster
Army
Stevenson's Appeal Denied Over Johnson Selection Dispute
The U S Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by former Texas Governor Coke Stevenson that it review his selection dispute with U S Senator Lyndon B Johnson. The action ends Stevenson's bid to overturn the contested U S Senate race in Texas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Coke Stevenson
U. S
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Britain Ends Years Of Clothing Rations
Britain virtually ended eight years of clothing rationing on Monday with immediate rights to buy a suit or a dress for money. The relaxation, announced by Board of Trade President Harold Wilson, ends the coupon system used since January 1940 and frees Britons to shop in stores starting Tuesday.
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London
Britain
Board of Trade
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Nanking Peace Pact Seen Amid Shanghai Talks
Acting President Li Tsung-jen and most of the Nationalist cabinet met in Shanghai on a likely separate peace move for the city. Li visited Madame Sun Yat-sen before returning to Nanking, while premier Sun Fo and officials considered travel to Canton with plans still secret. The Communist radio claimed northern forces would move into Peiping to replace or disband Nationalist troops as peace talks progress.
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Nanking
U.P
Li Tsung-jen
Shanghai
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Fo
Canton
Peiping
China
Demaret Opens 3 Stroke Lead In Phoenix Open Playoff
Jimmy Demaret, of Ojai California, held a three stroke lead over Ben Hogan after five holes in the 18 hole playoff for the Phoenix Open top prize. Demaret birdied holes one four and five while Hogan carded a bogey after a 30 foot putt for par on the fourth. The crowd of about five thousand grew at each hole as Demaret stood three under par after five.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jimmy Demarét
Ojai
Calif
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Demaret
Hogan
GOP Contends Proposal Weak in Senate Hearings
Sen. Aiken accused the administration labor bill of lacking teeth as it would replace Taft Hartley’s 80 day cooling injunction with a 30 day voluntary pause. Tobin argued presidential influence and public opinion would compel miners to stay at work, citing a larger coal stock and a shift back toward normal labor relations. Lewis was noted as an institution by Aiken while Taft dismissed the claim.
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Washington
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
John L. Lewis
Tobin
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Lewis
United States
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Lewis Record
Congress
Missing B 29 Flares Spark Canary Islands Search
Ten ships and $5 planes from four nations hunted for the U S B 29 Superfort missing in the Atlantic for over four days. British French and Portuguese aircraft aided by two American destroyers scoured the Canary Islands area after reports of flares, an oil slick, and an emergency radio signal near the planes planned flight path from Dakar to Marham.
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London
Canary Islands
Atlantic
U. S. Third Air Division
Las Palmas
Canaries
Superfort
Dakar
French West Africa
Marham
England
U. S
Britain
France
Air Force
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U.S
State Corporation Board
Alben W. Barkley
Armed Services Committee
Air Symington
Hoyt Vandenberg
Banking
Labor
Expenditures
Herbert Hoover
Ways and Means
Ray G. Langham
Globe
William Craig
Wickenburg
By James Marlow
Bolton
Frances P. Bolton
Mary Peters Bolton
John Bingham Bolton
Kenyon Bolton
State Department
Phillips Peters
Lancaster
GOP
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