Harper Named Navajo Administrator at Window Rock
Allan G. Harper of Montana was named general supervisor of the Navajo Indian Reservation at Window Rock Arizona by Secretary Krug. Harper will replace James M. Stewart who becomes California state director at Sacramento. Stewart has led the Navajo agency since 1942 and will move to the Los Angeles office as Indian service representative on the interior department Colorado River regional committee. Greenwood new executive officer of the bureau of Indian affairs will oversee budget property management and plant construction. Moris Burge of Phoenix named associate representative on the regional committee. Stewart departs after seven years amid funding and personnel constraints during the war years.
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Window Rock
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Interior
Krug
Harper
James M. Stewart
California
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Stewart
Walter V. Woehlke
Los Angeles
Indian Service
Interior Department
Colorado River
Moris Burge
Phoenix
Billings
Navajo Post
John R. Nichols
Congress
Missouri
William Barton Greenwood
Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Military Pay Bill Advances in House Armed Services
The House committee tightens the military pay plan after rejecting the initial raise. The revised bill lowers overall cost to about 350 million dollars for the first year and 307 million after family allowances end in 1952, with targeted increases for most personnel and preserved family allowances for enlisted members.
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House Armed Services Committee
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Vincon
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Senate
Rules Committee
Don Brimhall Dies Mesa Rancher at 81
Funeral services are incomplete for Don Brimhall 81 longtime Mesa rancher and Arizona family member. A prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints he died at his ranch after residing in the southside district for 65 years. He served as a Mormon missionary in the southern United States and helped construct several LDS chapels and the Arizona temple. Survived by wife Esther two sons three daughters fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Mesa
Arizona
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Church of Jesus Christ of Saints
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Southside
United States
Esther
Fidtren
Box tragedy near Walnut Ridge claims three young lives
Arkansas police report a 10 year old boy said he slammed shut an unused wooden icebox causing the deaths of three children aged 2, 6, and 9. The victims were James Delbert Chastain Joyce Ann Chastain and Shirley Ann Ramsey. The boy, James Chesser, uncle to Shirley, was detained but authorities doubted charges would be filed stating it was likely accidental.
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Ark
Arkansas State Police
H. R. Peterson
James
Buddy) Chesser
Peterson
James Delbert Chastain
Joyce Ann Chastain
Ed. Chastain
Shirley Ann Ramsey
Arthur Ramsey
Young Chesser
Ramsey
Chastain
Aldermen Banned From Smoking In Public Elevators
Chicago aldermen faced their own ordinance as smoking in public elevators was prohibited. City lawmakers must now quit smoking while ascending stairs in city hall.
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Chicago
U.P
Congressmen Talk Too Much Costs Taxpayers Much
Washington June 9 ARTHUR EDSON reports the house appropriations hearings show excessive talking. Public printer John J. DeViny cites the congressional record averaging 75 to 117 pages daily and subcommittee testimony totaling 17 646 pages plus 28 pages for his own testimony, all increasing government costs.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
John J. Deving
Capitol Hill
Deviny
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
Congress Sees Record Questioning as Bills Grow
Congress has 10 568 bills introduced, more than last session’s six months. The Library of Congress reference service will answer about 22 000 questions this year, averaging 40 per senator and representative, reflecting a surge in congressional curiosity compared with 1925.
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Deviny
Legislative Reference Service
Library of Congress
Luther H. Evans
Librarian of Congress
Evans
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