Enke Signed For 2 Years By Detroit Lions
Arizona football star Freddy Enke agreed to a two year contract with the Detroit Lions dated June 1. The deal reportedly pays about 12 000 dollars annually and places Enke as the Lions fifth left halfback.
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Detroit Lions
Freddy Enke
Bo” McMillin
National Football League
Enke
Lions
McMillin
Udall
Fred Enke
Supreme Court
Frankie Sinkwich
Georgia
Knowland fights for Central Valley lines with Senate push
Sen Knowland denounces House cuts as political discrimination and pledges to press for Central Valley transmission lines and power facilities in the interior department appropriation. Edward Hyatt says $55.6 million could be spent next year. House approved $40 million.
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Washington
Knowland
Calif
Central Valley
House
Senate
Interior Department
Congress
California
Edward Hyatt
California Water Project Authority
Kenneth Markwell
Shasta and
Keswick
West Side
Roland Curran
Bakersfield
Central Valley Project Association
GOP Bloc Will Fight Aid Cuts
A group of house Republicans informally agreed to join Democrats in opposing cuts to the foreign aid bill. Rep. Dirksen announced a plan to restore the committee’s reductions, with a “substantial bloc” of Republicans backing him. Marshall warned the proposed cut would turn recovery aid into relief and hinder Europe, as final action was eyed by nightfall.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Marshall
Dirksen
R-Ill
Rayburn
Texas
Appropriations Committee
Taber
R-Ny
Harless Seeks Governorship
U S Rep Richard F Harless announced his candidacy for governor of Arizona subject to the Democratic primary September 7 He spoke from Washington saying duties in congress prevent immediate return and noted he postponed the bid out of respect to the late Gov Sidney P Osborn who died last week
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Bob Brooks
U. S
Richard F. Harless
Arizona
Washington
The
Daily Citizen
Harless
Congress
Hairless
Sidney P. Osborn
Truman Sees Hope For Peace On Westward Train Tour
President Truman, aboard a presidential special, urged a permanent peace if the United Nations fulfills its duties and European recovery succeeds. He spoke at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to about 2,000 people, outlining two conditions for peace and stressing the need to maintain strength. The trip will continue to Crestline, Pittsburgh, and Chicago with stops and informal talks along the way.
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Merriman Smith
U.P
Truman
United Nations
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Ind
Crestline
Pittsburgh
United States
U. S
Chicago
Stattium
White House
Gary
Palmer House
Dewey-Vandenberg Tie Raises 1952 Nominating Tie
Washington reports say Gov. Thomas E. Dewey may accept the Republican vice presidential nomination with Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. Vandenberg would back a one term pledge while Dewey seeks 1952 reach. Brownell and Jaeckle hosted reporters amid questions.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Russell Sprague
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Absentee Ballots and Truck Route Debate
Voters on the truck route discuss absentee ballots and city access. Absent voters may cast ballots before June 8 at City Clerk Carl Hitt’s office. Officials argue the route aids commercial traffic, minimizes city congestion, and keeps diesel noise centralized along the railroad line.
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Ans
Carl Hitt
Newfoundland Fate in Runoff vote on independence or Confederation
Newfoundlanders face a runoff after Thursday's plebiscite shows about two thirds of votes counted fail to meet 51 percent for any proposal. Ballots from remote outposts may delay final tally. independence leads with 53 131 supporting, Confederation 49 185, current government 17 948.
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Mid
Newfoundland
Canada
Dominion
Rocky Island
Britain
Meat Prices Still Rising Across Cities After Strike
A United Press survey in 10 cities finds meat prices still climbing after the CIO packinghouse workers ending their strike on May 24. St Louis and Detroit show the largest rises near 10 cents a pound for several cuts. Milwaukee Pittsburgh and Chicago report no increases while Los Angeles and Atlanta see some price drops.
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CIO
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Bernadotte seeks clear terms for Palestine armistice
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte aims to define Jewish and Arab differences on a four week Palestine armistice to set a cease fire time. Jenin fights flare as both sides claim gains while talks at Lake Success stall over immigration and a lasting truce.
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Palestine
United Nations
Lake Success
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Trans-Jordan
Bernadotte
Jenin
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Nablus
Tulkarm
UN Council Faces Impossible Palestine Truce Task
The United Nations Security Council privately conceded that a truce between Jews and Arabs in Palestine is unlikely now. It handed the mediation to Count Folke Bernadotte but gave no concrete instructions, signaling no agreement on reconciling Israel and Arab states' readings of the four week truce plan with a mid east arms embargo.
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Holy Land
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Bernadotte
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Mid-East
Faris el Khouri
Syria
United Nations Security Council
Council
Sweden
Flood Peril Deepens As Crest Threatens Pacific Northwest
Fresh troops and volunteers joined Red Cross and engineers to bolster dikes along the Columbia River as a new crest from the Rocky Mountains threatened Oregon and Washington. Forecasters warned another peak nearly matched last week with 29.5 feet at Vancouver and 29.3 at Portland while sandbag operations expanded from California to the flood zone.
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Ore
Columbia River
Rocky Mountains
Red Cross
Vanport City
Elmer Fisher
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Vancouver
Pacific Ocean
Astoria
Willowgrove
Clatskanie
Cathlamet
Puget Island
Sacramento
Stockton
Calif
Garvey Plans North Dakota Fugitives Extradition
Acting Governor Dan Garvey said he would sign extradition papers Friday for August L. Pusch and Lydia Witt of Waperton North Dakota accused of poisoning Pusch’s wife. The decision followed a hearing before Atty. Gen. Evo De Concini in Phoenix.
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Wu.p
Dan Garvey
August L. Pusch
Lydia Witt
Waperton
N. D
North Dakota
Pusch
Garvey
Evo de Concini
Phone Pact Averts Strike By 25 000 Long Lines Workers
New York June 4 A threatened walkout by 25 000 long lines telephone workers in 42 states was averted when negotiators signed a 21 month contract reached before a federal mediator. The deal ends the dispute between AT&T long lines and the CIO American Union of Telephone Workers. The pact does not guarantee an immediate wage increase but allows reopening once during the term. It includes higher maximum wages at scattered locations and overtime pay and other fringe gains. The agreement may be canceled after June 2, 1949 with 60 days notice if no agreement on new rates is reached. The Bell system has signed similar deals with 13 unions representing 54 000 employees.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
Bell System
American Union of Telephone Workers
Princess Elizabeth Officially Expecting A Baby
Buckingham Palace announced Princess Elizabeth would take no engagements after June, effectively confirming she is expecting. The note from London specifies the pause in public duties as the royal family prepares for a birth.
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London
U.P
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Boston Crushes St Louis 10 4 in Opening AL Showdown
In the American League the Boston club defeated St Louis 10 to 4 in the first game recap. Other finals included Philadelphia beating Chicago 7 to 2. Evening matches listed include Detroit at New York Chicago at Philadelphia Cleveland at Washington Brooklyn at St Louis Boston at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati.
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Detroit
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
National League
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Japanese Astronomer Reports New Comet Discovery
Astronomer Minoru Honda of Kurashiki Observatory reported discovering a new comet. He located it at 12:23 p.m. EST Wednesday, moving westward near Perseus with a tail visible, fourth magnitude, observable with the naked eye in the early morning northeastern sky.
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Tokyo
Minoru Honda
Honda
Kyodo
Perseus
Kurashiki
Senate approves $5 raise in old age pensions plan
The Senate voted 77 to 2 to boost federal contributions for the aged by $5 monthly and $3 for dependent children, while rejecting lowering the eligibility age from 65 to 60. The move, part of a conference with the House, would raise the maximum federal old age contribution from $25 to $30 monthly. Only Knowland and Byrd opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McFarland
D-Ariz
Sen
Revercomb
W Va
House
McFarland
Fraud Case Against Riccardi Presented To Jury In Newark
In Newark New Jersey the federal government began presenting its case against Constantino Vincent Riccardi a 63 year old Arizona man accused of removing furniture valued at 18000 from Princess Doris Farid Es Sultaneh widow of S S Kresge. The jury of twelve selected includes ten men and two women. He faces charges tied to an alleged marriage promise and faces additional New York state mining stock sale charges.
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Newark
N. J
Dapper
Constantino Vincent Riccardi
Phoenix
Ariz
Doris Farid-Es-Sultaneh
S. S. Kresge
Riccardi
Ricardi
Arizona
New York
Lewis to Resume Talks After Court Order in Coal Case
UMW leader John L. Lewis agreed to begin contract negotiations with the Southern Coal Producers Association after a federal court ordered bargaining. A soft coal pact runs to June 30. Judge Goldsborough criticized Lewis as seeking to destroy the southern group, with talks set for Saturday or Sunday or Monday June 7.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
Welly K. Hopkins
UMW
Lewis
Hopkins
T. Alan Goldsborough
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Goldsborough
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Denham
Moody
Maritime row prompts use of Taft-Hartley emergency power
President Truman invoked the national emergency provision of the Taft-Hartley act for a maritime dispute involving six unions of seamen and longshoremen. A five member board led by Harry Shulman will report on issues as contracts expire June 15, after which an 80 day court delay could be sought. The core dispute centers on wage terms and the right to use hiring halls for sailors and stevedores.
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Max Hall
Washington
Truman
Harry Shulman
Yale Law School
Andrew Jackson
New York
Arthur P. Allen
University of California Institute of Industrial Relations
Jesse Freidin
George Cheney
San Diego
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Nevada
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Waters
Las Vegas
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McFarland Aid Plan
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Byrd
D-Va
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