State rests case in Riddlesbarger trial blocks last witness
Superior court judge Lee Garrett denied defense motions for mistrial and directed verdict as Rufus Riddlesbarger faces a charged statutory rape case. Prosecution rested after Doris Mae Kessel testified about an April 17 1947 encounter, with hotel testimony from June 5 1947.
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George Rosenberg
Lee Garrett
Superior Court
Rufus Riddlesbarger
Bryce H. Wilson
Doris Mae Kessel
Riddlesbarger
Doris Mae
Nogales
Wilson
Doris Williards
James Elliott Dunseath
Dunseath
Miss Williams
Tucson
Maricopa County
John D. Anderson
Beer
Phoenix
Anderson
Riddlesbargers
Rail Dispute In Federal Court Ruling On Right To Strike
Justice Goldsborough ruled the issue is whether railroad unions have a legal right to strike and refused extended background on the dispute. Royall operates the railroads under Truman seizure order and seeks time for White House settlement efforts while unions reject a 15 percent hourly pay raise.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
U.S. District Court
Goldsborough
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Army
Kenneth Royall
Truman
Justice Department
Perman
Royall
Carl McFarland
Truman eyes first ballot nomination and Veep choice
President Truman forecast his renomination at the Democratic national convention and victory in November over the Dewey Warren ticket. He left the vice presidential pick to the convention and smiled when asked about Mrs. Roosevelt and General Eisenhower as running mates. Mrs Roosevelt stated she has no intention of seeking public office.
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Washington
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congress
California
Earl Warren
Truman Faces Southern Pressure and Tito Rally in News Conference
President Truman rejects retirement talk and says he will seek the Democratic nomination on the first ballot at Philadelphia's July 12 convention. He predicts Mrs. Roosevelt as possible running mate and pledges to attack the GOP record. Concurrently Tito gains strong support from Yugoslav communists amid cominform tensions with Albania and Bulgaria.
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Truman
Sen
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
McGrath
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Mrs. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Tito
Communist Party
Belgrade
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Slovenia
Central Committee
Borba
Yugoslav Central Communist Committee
Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
U. S
Russia
Enver Hoxha
Truman backs Marshall in firm stance on Berlin crisis
President Truman approved in advance Secretary Marshall's statement that the United States will stay in Berlin and deal promptly with issues raised by Soviet starvation tactics. Western powers draft a joint note to Moscow and plan to combat the blockade with talks ongoing among London Washington and Paris with possible UN action if needed. Meanwhile the U.S. boosts forces in Europe by expanding air strength including about 30 B-29 bombers.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall
United States
Berlin
London
Whitehall
Britain
France
Russia
Bevin
Commons
Europe
Tickets On Sale For Big Fireworks Show Monday Night
Independence day celebration at the University of Arizona stadium starts at 7 30 p m on Monday Tickets are sold through Saturday at two banks Penneys Tucson Gas and Electric Light Power Co Adults 25 cents children nine cents Tickets should be bought before the event Fireworks will feature 9 12 15 and 18 inch bombs a volcano jackass and more Streets surrounding the stadium will be closed to traffic and police will block all entrances Daylight displays include the American flag dancers horseback riders and ships
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Nue
Jack Daley
Parents Of Dead Baby Get 90 Days
A Hollywood group led by actor Sunny Tufts opens talks to buy the St. Louis Browns. Judge H G Stein began talks with Browns officials as the Mans couple, 28 and 25, receive 90 days in jail for neglectful care that led to their 8 month old son Dean Timothy's death.
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Hollywood
Sunny Tufts
St. Louis Browns
Max Fink
Fink
H. G. Stein
Browns
Richard Muckerman
Stein
St. Louis
Tufts Syndicate
Jack Mans
Dean Timothy
Paul J. Cella
Jean
Helen Yost
John D. Anderson
Crosdella Mover
Mans
Edward Carrillo
Manses
South 12Th Avenue
Hartman
Carmel
Finland Votes On Parliament in Free Election
Finland begins a two day parliamentary vote with six parties competing for 200 seats. The Popular Democrats hold 51 seats and are expected to fall to 47 35 or 38 in most forecasts. Voters include 2 416 000 adults and officials note a crisis near cabinet changes and a mutual aid pact with the Soviet Union.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Popular Democrats
Communists
Socialist Unity Party
Yrjo Leino
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Switzerland
Arabs Spurn UN Proposals On Palestine Crisis
Cairo reports say the Arab league rejects United Nations peace plans for the Palestine question. Trans-Jordan Prime Minister Tewfik Abu Houda Pasha objects to proposed annexation of Arab lands, insisting Trans-Jordan remains sovereign. Bernadotte plans separate Arab and Jewish talks with Rhodes invitation. Israel anticipates its own reply within days. Britain hands Haifa to UN control before Aug 1.
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Cairo
High
Arab League
League
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Holy Land
Bernadotte
Tewfik Abu Houda Pasha
Trans- Jordan
Houda Pasha
Trans-Jordan
Trans
Lake Success
Rhodes
Syria
Abdel Moneim Mustapha Bey
Azzam Pasha
Britain
Haifa
Truman Signs Republican Housing Bill Amid Criticism
President Truman signed a Republican modified housing bill calling it political patchwork and a failure to meet long range housing needs. He cited removal of public housing provisions and said the RFC can buy GI home loans up to ten thousand dollars with banks able to sell up to twenty five percent of GI mortgages.
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Washington
Truman
80Th Congress
Congress
House of Representatives
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Federal National Mortgage Association
Baseball scores roundup with late games
In the American League New York beat Boston 10 to 7 and Detroit defeated Cleveland 9 to 5 while Chicago edged St Louis 4 to 3 and Washington played Philadelphia at night. In the National League Boston lost 4 to 1 to New York with Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 2 and Pittsburgh facing Cincinnati.
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New York
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Henry Cotton Sets Mark as British Open Leads Field
Henry Cotton fired a 66 at Muirfield to seize the lead in the British Open with a 36 hole total of 137. Art Clark from Huntington WV topped the American group, posting 145 after a 71. Johnny Bulla and Ed Kingsley followed at 146, with Claude Harmon Frank Stranahan Lawson Little and Bobby Cruickshank at 148.
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Muirfield
Scotland
Henry Cotton
Art Clark
Huntington
W. Va
Johnny Bulla
Phoenix
Ariz
Ed Kingsley
Utah
Germany
Clark
Claude Harmon
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ohio
Lawson Little
Cleveland
Bobby Cruickshank
Virginia
Louise Brough Reaches Wimbledon Final
Louise Brough of Beverly Hills defeated Mrs Pat Canning Todd of La Jolla 6 3 7 5 to reach the Wimbledon women's final alongside Doris Hart of Miami. Hart earlier upset defending champion Mrs Osborne Dupont 6 4 2 6 6 3 in the all American semifinals.
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London
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Doris Hart
Miami
Fla
Pat Canning Todd
la Jolla
Miss Hart
Margaret ‘Osborne Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Soviet Deserts Pact In Berlin
Berlin July 1 The Russians quit Berlin city government killing the last four power body the Kommandatura A British spokesman said the Kommandatura no longer exists Col Boris Kalinin blamed Col Frank Howley for its demise The American currency move cited In Frankfurt 45 000 000 Germans heard Western state proposals and asked to discuss them Acceptance seen as likely unless new four power talks start See BERLIN on Page 15
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Berlin
Germany
Kommandatura
Boris Kalinin
Frank Howley
Frankfurt
President Sees No Need For Steel Rationing
President Truman said there is no need under the draft defense act to order steel allocation for the armed forces. Separate items note an execution stay for Angel B. Serna in Arizona on a first degree murder conviction, the ILO seating of John Jouhaux amid protests, and infantile paralysis cases rising to 2,007 by late June with 64 percent in Texas North Carolina and California.
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Washington
Truman
Phoenix
Angel B. Serna
Arizona Supreme Court
Pinal County
Texas
North Carolina
California
Public Health Service
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Winslow
Santa Fe
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
England
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Film Group
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C. J. A. Enckell
Paavo Viding
Yrjo Kauinen
Leino
Hertta Kuusinen
Kilpi
Socialist Tead Party
Trans - Jordan
San Francisco
U.P
International Labor Organization
John Jouhaux
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Jou
Haux
ILO Credentials Committee
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