Rent Control Conferees Expect Funds Through Feb 1948
Washington dispatch reports House Senate rent conferees confident congress will fund Housing Expeditor Frank R. Creedon to administer rent control through February 29 1948. The measure would extend rent control into 1948 and outline boards to aid enforcement, with various relaxations and changes to eviction and construction controls.
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Washington
House-senate
Congress
Frank R. Creedon
House
Creedon
Congressional
C. Douglass Buck
Church and State Unite Against Communism in Durango
In Durango Mexico church and state officials held an eucharistic congress with 50 000 lay members as seven archbishops 24 bishops and 160 priests attended. Governor Valdes received benediction and church leaders urged unity to halt the Red threat amid new cooperation between church and state.
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Durango
Mexico
Benito Juarez
Jose Ramon Valdes
Monsenor Gonzalez Y Valencia
Gov. Valdes
Huejutla
Jose de Jesus Manriquez Y Zarate
America
Add Flood Control To Deficiency Bill
Washington June 12 The house passed and sent to the senate a 70 856 257 deficiency appropriation bill after adding 12 million for emergency flood control work in the Midwest and West The bill also allows federal agencies to incur legal obligations after June 30 if their 1948 supply bills are not enacted when the fiscal year ends.
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Washington
House
Senate
Midwest
West
Welfare Officials Back Hill Demand
Welfare officials support Governor Osborn's push for a second special session agenda item list includes a 10 percent budget law change, funding for the tax commission, and funds for the agriculture and horticulture board. A first session adjournment is eyed for Saturday with a second session likely to follow.
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Bob Brooks
Phoenix
Capitol Corridor
Gabfest
Sidney P. Osborn
Senate
G. Babbitt
FE. L. James
Tax Commission
Agriculture and Horticulture Board
France Ends Six Day Rail Strike With Salary Boost
Paris reports a six day nationwide rail strike ended after the government approved salary increases for rail workers. The Railroad Workers union ordered a return to work after late night talks. Prime Minister Ramadier and Transport Minister Moch signed a nine point compromise at 4 50 am. Unofficially the strike cost about 2 1 billion francs.
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Paris
Railroad Workers’ Union
Paul Ramadier
Jules Moch
Ramadier
Mrs Harless Sues For Divorce In Las Vegas
Mrs Margaret Darling Spurgin Harless wife of Arizona Congressman Richard F Harless filed suit for divorce in Las Vegas charging mental cruelty They wed in Washington DC while she served as a Red Cross nurse Harless has represented Arizona in Congress since 1942 and previously served four years as Maricopa County attorney
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Las Vegas
U.P
Margaret Darling Spurgin Harless
Arizona
Richard F. Harless
Harless
Maricopa County
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Kiwanis International President J N Emerson Dies
J N Emerson of Pullman the president of Kiwanis International died Thursday morning from a heart attack at his Pullman home. The announcement came from Kiwanis officials in Pullman Washington where Emerson served as leader of the service organization. He had guided Kiwanis during his term and was remembered by members. The cause of death was reported as a heart attack.
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Pullman
Wash
J. N. Emerson of
Kiwanis International
U. S
David I. Walsh
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Nellie E. Dooley
Boston
Welfare officials press for higher salaries in Arizona
In Phoenix on June 12 the county welfare secretaries urged higher salary appropriations before the Senate Appropriations Committee. They backed welfare commissioner Harry W. Hill’s bid for state office administration of county funds, seeking a total of 596 972 for ten counties while four counties not represented would receive 86 520. The debate also touched on social security deduction payments and a forthcoming interim welfare committee report as the session moved toward hearings.
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Phoenix
Welfare Department
Harry W. Hill
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Hill
State Office
House
Glen Hoopes
Safford
Graham County
Maricopa County
Pima County
State Welfare Department
al Lindsey
State Board
Lloyd G. Henning
Holbrook
Lindsey
Lorna Lockwood
Social Security
Lockwood
Social Security Department
Legisla
Snow Covers Denver Region As Midwest Sees Flooding Rain
Snow fell across the Denver area marking a rare spring episode while the Midwest faced heavy rain worsening floods. Wyoming towns reported six and five inches with near freezing lows. mountain highways remained open. The weather bureau projected a gradual warm up as eastern hotspots hit near 95.
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Midwest
Denver Weather Bureau
Lander
Wyo
Cheyenne
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Richmond
Mercury
New York
Deep South
Adventure Ends For Three Glendale Boys In Desert Mine
In Phoenix on June 12, three Glendale youths Gordon Reed 18 Bob Holly 17 and Bruce MacDonald 18 died in a desert mine exploration. Their bodies were recovered Thursday from an old mine shaft on the Carl Pleasant Dam road by sheriff's deputies after family members reported them missing by 9 p.m. and the search began about midnight.
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Phoenix
Glendale
Carl Pleasant Dam
Gordon Reed
J. B. Clark
Bob Holly
Roy Holly
Bruce MacDonald
Archie MacDonald
Sheriff's Office
Lester Jones
Truman Turns Tourist During Canada Visit
President Truman wraps up state visit with a leisure day near Ottawa as he tours the countryside with his staff. He plans a Seigniory club luncheon and a formal lunch with Parliament followed by an 8 05 p.m. return train to Washington.
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Ottawa
Ont
Truman
Canada
Washington
United States
Toronto
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
W. L. Mackenzie King
Laurier House
Marshall Voices Plan For European Economic Recovery
Secretary of State Marshall described his idea for European nations to unite on economic recovery with U S aid, influenced by Churchill. He said the plan covers economic cooperation not political unification, and noted possible billions yearly in aid. He also commented no detailed U S reports on alleged Outer Mongolia Soviet aided invasion in Sinkiang.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Great Britain
Harvard University
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
United States
State Department
Churchill
China
Sinkiang
Outer Mongolia
Churchill Recovers After Hernia Operation
London doctors report former prime minister Winston Churchill, 72, had a good night after a hernia operation on Wednesday and his general condition is satisfactory.
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London
Winston Churchill
Russian Veto of Hungarian Inquiry Hinted by Kremlin
Washington reports reflect ongoing speculation on the 1948 Republican race as Governor Dewey faces possible opposition plans. Talk of a stop-Dewey drive grows among rivals while taft supporters weigh regional delegate strength and the likelihood of a split at the Philadelphia convention.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
West
Dewey
New York
Mississippi
Albany
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
South
Taft
Bombs Fall in China War as Peitashan Battles Rage
The national defense ministry reported ongoing air and ground fighting at Peitashan in Sinkiang with Soviet emblem aircraft daily since June 5. Outer Mongolian forces reportedly captured Peitashan on June 6, then Nationalist troops recaptured it the following day. Defense leaders said the incident may be settled locally and noted a diplomatic protest to Russia.
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U.P
National Defense Ministry
Peitashan
Sinkiang
Pai Chung-Hsi
Wang Shih-Chieh
Legislative Yuan
Soviet Union
China
Russia
Sinkiang Crisis Tied to Truman Policy and World View
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst discusses Sinkiang as a remote border region where a small Chinese official presence rules vast multiethnic lands. The piece links US aid to stabilizing China’s currency to sustaining troops against the Communist force and frames the crisis within broader Cold War dynamics and fears for democracy.
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China
Great Western
Sinkiang
Texas
Tso Tsung
T’ang
Swedish Relief Official Killed by Russian Fire at Vienna Roadblock
Vienna reports Swedish relief official Arne Carlsson was killed by a Russian sentry near the Czechoslovak border after a roadblock incident. Dr Thorsten injured by glass. Carlsson's wife and three year old son unharmed. The Swedish legation calls it a deplorable accident and will file a report to the foreign office.
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Vienna
Foreign Office
Carlsson
Thorsten, Arneus
Austra
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
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Arizona Power Bonds Offered in Public Sale
Central Arizona Light & Power offers 155000 shares of $1.10 cumulative preferred stock at $27.50 per share led by First Boston Corp and Blyth & Co. Of these, 67044 shares will be exchanged by June 23 for holders of $7 and $6 cumulative preferred stock. 87956 shares are being publicly offered. Proceeds fund redemption of exchanged stock and the company’s construction program.
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New York
Central Arizona Light & Power Company
First Boston Corp
Blyth & Co
Marshall Attacks Wool Legislation
Secretary of State George C. Marshall warned Thursday that a wool bill approved by house senate conferees may disrupt international trade negotiations at Geneva.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
House-Senate
Geneva
Four Local B-29s Reach Hawaii Safely
Four B-29 bombers that departed Tucson at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday for Hawaii landed safely and on schedule at 6:00 a.m. mountain standard time Thursday. The aircraft, under Lt. Col Kent J. Prim, are on a routine training flight and will return to Tucson after a 36 hour rest period.
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Tucson
Hawaii
Davis- Monthan Field
Islands
Kent J. Prim
U S Pledges UN Push If Hungary Inquiry Blocked
Diplomatic officials predict Russia will reject or hinder a Big Three inquiry into Hungary. The United States may take the issue to the United Nations, citing urgency and accusing Moscow of interference. A note delivered to Budapest urged a three power investigation and warned of further action if unmet.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Hungary
United States
United Nations
Balkans
Moscow
Weems
George H. Weems
Allied Control Commission
Budapest
V. P. Sviridov
Sviridov
I. I. Levushkin
Bulgaria Expels 23 Agrarian Lawmakers in Parliament Action
The Bulgarian Grand National Assembly expelled 23 Petkov Agrarian party members amid charges against leader Nikola Petkov. It declared the resignations voluntary though the lawmakers dispute that claim. Replacements would come from October 1946 election lists. The U S State Department condemned Petkov’s arrest.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Grand National Assembly
Petkov
Agrarian Party
U. S. State Department
Cars Lead Labor March to Protest Taft-Hartley Bill
About 50 autos in a CIO AFL motorcade of 150 unionists left for Washington to protest the Taft Hartley labor bill awaiting President Truman's signature or veto. The caravan, led by Harry Lea, will pause in Williams Arizona Tucumcari Amarillo Tulsa St Louis and Cleveland en route, joining a northern California group in Cleveland. Each car bore a label 1947 Minute Men of Labor.
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Cio-Afl
Washington
Truman
Harry Lea
Central Afl Labor Council
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Ariz
Tucumcari
Amarillo
Tulsa
St. Louis
Cleveland
Lea
California
Minute Men of Labor
Baseball results from National League action
Chicago visits Pittsburgh and St Louis travels to Cincinnati for night games in the National League while the American League has no games scheduled.
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Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
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