City Declines De Concini Bid In Tucson Water Fight
The Tucson city council rejects Eva De Concini’s bid to sell Monterey Water Co. and plans to begin municipal water mains within 18 months. City leaders value Monterey at 25 647 while opponents press for municipal rates and annexation benefits amid school traffic reroute concerns.
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A. K. Brown
Phil J. Martin, Jr
City Water Department
Monterey
E. T. “Happy
Houston
Eva de Concini
Monterey Water Co
Tucson
Martin
de Concini
T. J. Elliott
Don J. Hays
J. C. Sievert
G. G. Sykes
East Prince
Flowing Wells
Hazard
Arthur Softley
Paul Guitteau
East Prince Road
Hover Davis
Flash Flood Wrecks Train and Flooded Ohio Valley
Torrential spring rains caused flash floods across about twenty communities in Pennsylvania and Ohio. A derailment occurred on an Erie Railroad line near Cambridge, injuring eight passengers, with none seriously hurt. Dozens of families were evacuated in Pennsylvania and Ohio, while animals in Columbus zoo were sheltered from two feet of water.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cambridge
Erie Railroad
New York
Chicago
Meadville Hospital
Springville
Conneautville
Dayton
Miami River Valley
Zoo
Columbus Zoo
Hays
Kas
Ft. Hays Experiment Station
L. C. Archer
Ellis County
Building Labor and Employers Resume Negotiations
Representatives of management and labor met in Phoenix to resume talks on a new working contract. It is the first meeting in over a month since a temporary wage agreement expired May 1. Six basic building crafts are asking for wage increases, with no work stoppage reported during negotiations.
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Phoenix
Management and Labor
India Chooses Between Two Proposals for Dominion Status
In a London broadcast and parliamentary briefings, Britain offers temporary dominion status for India with a possible partition into Hindustan and Pakistan. Indian leaders in New Delhi indicate a peaceful transfer of power and decide between one or two self-governing states under the British commonwealth. Winston Churchill backs the plan with warnings of danger, while Willie Gallagher criticizes the approach as insufficient.
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London
Britain
India
Lord Mountbatten
New Delhi
Lord Listowel
India Secretary
House of Lords
Churchill
Partition
Willie Gallagher
Senate Urged to Ratify Hungary Italy Bulgaria Romania Treaties
Senator Vandenberg pressed rapid ratification of peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Hungary and Romania to hasten German and Austrian settlements and limit Soviet influence. He warned delays could stall postwar peace and troop withdrawals from Hungary with occupation lines to remain only where necessary. Secretary Marshall and James Byrnes backed the terms as the best possible among wartime Allies.
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Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
United States
Germany
Europe
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Vandenberg
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Marshall
James F. Byrnes
Hungary to Recall Envoys Under Communist Government
Hungarian informants report that represents abroad including Aladar Szegedy Maszak at Washington will be recalled to report to the new Communist led government. Paul Auer in Paris and Ferenc Gordon at Berne are also named for recall as Dinnyes forms a new administration and reshuffles the foreign info office.
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Jack Guiin
Budapest
Aladar Szegedy- Maszak
Washington
Paul Auer
Paris
Hungary
Ferenc Gordon
Bérne
Ferenc Nagy
Switzerland
Lajos Dinnyes
Laszlo Jekely
Zoltan Tildy
Erno Mihalysi
Checking Of Petition Signers Is Progressing
Phoenix June 3 William JC Eliot special master in the examination of right to work petitions is in Bisbee checking Cochise county petitions this week. From there he plans to go to Yavapai county. With him are Laurence H Whitlow George S Sebestyen and Robert Myers representing parties in the suit. Petitions in Maricopa Pima and Yuma counties have been checked.
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Phoenix
William JC. Eliot
Bisbee
Cochise County
Yavapai County
Laurence H. Whitlow
D. A. Baldwin
George S. Sebestyen
Robert Myers
W. R. Renck
Maricopa
Pima
Yuma
Marshall urges army missions to aid foreign nations
Secretary of State testified before the House Armed Services Committee in favor of legislation to authorize peacetime military missions to foreign countries upon request. Marshall cited current wartime missions to Iran and China and said Russia would not be angered more than it already is about China. He said the bill would not make the U S police the world.
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Los Angeles
John Nicholas Brown
Navy
Air
Aviation Writers’ Association
Brown
AWA
Washington
Marshall
Congress
United States
House Armed Services Committee
Iran
China
Rep. Arends
Russia
Arends
Suit Filed Against Advice In City Utility Fight
City of Tucson filed suit January 12 1944 against Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power after voters rejected an 8.5 million dollar purchase plan. Burns & McDowell advised against condemnation citing high prices and long delays in securing any extra earnings for the city.
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Bob Brooks
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Burns & McDowell
R. L. Baldwin
Boxcar Trade Probe Asked
U S Atty General Tom C Clark called for a District of Columbia grand jury inquiry into alleged antitrust violations by the railway freight car building industry. Subpoenas will compel freight car makers and trade groups to produce records as it investigates alleged price fixing and market allocation among major firms.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Clark
District of Columbia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Briggs Breaks Off Parleys With UAW
Detroit June 3 Briggs Manufacturing suspends negotiations with the CIO United Auto Workers after a wildcat strike at two Detroit plants. The move ends formal talks while production disruption continues at Briggs facilities in Detroit.
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Briggs
UAW
Detroit
U.P
Briggs Manufacturing Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Truman Asked To Veto Bill
The White House told Rep. Lesinski and other House labor committee Democrats they may consult with President Truman at noon Wednesday as they seek a veto against a labor bill aimed at curbing unions. Several colleagues plan to press the White House, while the House is set to act Wednesday and the Senate Thursday on the compromise measure.
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Washington
White House
Rep
Lesinski
D-Midh
House Labor Committee
Crepetoris Truman
Madden
D-Ind
D-Mich
Truman
Kelley
D-Pa
Kennedy
D-Mass
Powell
D-Ny
Klein
House
Senate
Hartley
R-Nj
Taft
May Declined Pay: Garsson Testimony in Bribery Trial
Dr Henry M Garsson head of a large wartime munitions firm testified for the defense at a federal bribery case involving Andrew J May Murray Garsson and Henry Garsson The Cumberland Lumber Co ownership and payments were central to the charges and witnesses described the firm as the financial agent for May.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Henry Garsson
Munitions Combine
Clashing Signals on Austria and Korea Bonds
AP reports Vienna and Seoul hold key tests for postwar ties with the United States. In Vienna a three week deadlock on Austrian peace leaves little sign of Moscow willingness to cooperate. In Seoul a Soviet-US joint commission seeks a Korean trusteeship basis that could end separate zones.
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Vienna
Seoul
Moscow
United States
Joint Commission
Korea
Russia
Mark Clark
U. S
Clark
London
Austria
Osborn Works on Message to Restore Social Security Funds
Phoenix June 3 Gov Sidney P Osborn drafts a message for the special legislative session urging restoration of more than 220000 cut from the social security admin budget and to boost social security program appropriations toward the department request. The plan faces opposition from a special committee and some lawmakers demanding outside investigation results before funding.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Senate
House
Social Security Department
Conscription Hearings Set in Public on Universal Training
Washington June 3 The House Armed Services Committee ordered public hearings on universal training after Karl T. Compton urged action saying the international crisis is too serious to delay He would be the first witness with hearings to begin in a week or 10 days and the committee would hear all sides.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Karl T. Compton
Compton
Truman
Andrews
United Nations
Congress
Court Andrews
Osborn Calls Arizona Legislature to Special Session
Governor Sidney P. Osborn issues a proclamation calling the 18th Arizona legislature to meet in a special session at the capitol on June 9, 1947, at 10 a.m. The emergency concerns cooperation with the federal social security and welfare program and protecting the health and welfare of thousands of disabled and aged residents.
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Arizona
Capitol
State Senate Choice Studied in Pima County
The Pima county board of supervisors awaited Gov. Sidney P. Osborn's decision not to call a special election to fill the late H. H. d Autremont seat. The three supervisors remained undecided among J B Mead Rep Hamilton Catlin and Eva de Concini, with a Wednesday decision anticipated. If Catlin is appointed he would resign from the house and Harry Ransom could be named to the house. the panel also seeks a pre session appointment to preserve Pima county votes for senate president.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
Sidney P. Osborn
H. H. d’Autremont
J. B. Mead
Hamilton Catlin
Superior Court
Eva de Concini
Mead
Rep
Catlin
House of Representatives
Senate
Harry Ransom
William G. Hall
House
Pima County
Colin B. Dodd
Dodd
Phoenix
John G. Babbitt
Flagstaff
Lloyd C. Henning
Holbrook
James Heron
Globe
William F. Kimball
Tucson
Senate approves 4 billion dollar income tax cut
The Senate passed a 4,000,000,000 annual income tax cut 48 to 28 after a House approval 220 to 99. The measure would reduce individual taxes 10.5 to 30 percent starting July 1 but requires veto-proof margins, which were not achieved. President Truman is expected to veto, delaying final enactment. Taft accused spenders of maintaining high taxes and urged early tax revision. The bill now heads to the White House for final action.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Truman
Sen. Taft
R-O
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Congress
House of Representatives
Seek Path To Atom Control
United Nations delegates wrestle with American and Russian aims for world atomic control. David Lilienthal warns the United States will keep its supreme position in atomic energy until an international agency governs it. US opposes veto in punishment of atomic violators. Russia seeks Security Council jurisdiction with veto power.
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John A. Parris
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
United States
David E. Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
World Agency
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Security Council
U. S
Atomic Control Agency
Lilienthal
Commission
Overell Jury Nears Completion in Calif. Murder Case
Santa Ana reports the original Overell murder jury exhausted on Tuesday but indications point to the 12 jurors and four alternates being seated by nightfall. Attorneys say progress is rapid and a Wednesday seating seems likely. Louise Overell, charged with double parricide, walked to court in a sky blue linen dress as she and Otto Jacobs conferred with Judge Kenneth Morrison.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
Louise Overell
Otto Jacobs
Kenneth Morrison
Baseball Scores National and American Leagues
In the National League Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 11 to 6 in the first game. New York hosts Chicago at night as Cincinnati plays Philadelphia and St Louis visits Boston. In the American League New York beat Detroit 3 to 0 while Washington heads to Cleveland and Boston meets St Louis at night.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
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