Coal talks resume as miners halt output nation wide
John L. Lewis and U S Steel officials adjourned contract talks to June 23 while 480,000 striking miners walk out for a week. Lewis ordered miners out to stabilize the industry and meetings at the Bellevue Str atford hotel began with union and steel officials present.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
U.S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Lewis
United Mine
Bellevue-Stratford
U. S. Steel
Tucson water plan foresees ample supply with $2 5 million upgrade
Yost & Gardner report says Tucson can meet a 228 000 population with water from existing and new sources, but needs funding for pumping, reservoirs and transmission. After a citizens committee cut, the proposed expenditure drops to 2 500 000.
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Yost & Gardner
Tucson
Citizens’ Committee
Sahuarita
Tombstone
Charleston
San Pedro
Citizens’ Water Committee
Harold Schwalen
University of Arizona
G. E. P. Smith
Leigh O. Gardner
Yost &Gardner
John Rauscher
City Water Department
Rauscher
Charles
Stock market sinks to four year low as losses mount
New York reports a dramatic market downturn with prices hitting daily lows and total market value on the exchange sliding past one billion dollars. Copper prices also slip with refined copper at 16.14 cents a pound and wheat markets in Kansas City suffer from flood damage. Washington officials address rumors about unemployment figures and liquor transport on Indian reservations faces potential forfeiture rules. Boston trades Mickey Harris and Sam Mele for Walter Masterson reflecting ongoing player moves.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Senate approves Gordon Gray for secretary of the army
The Senate confirmed Gordon Gray as secretary of the army without objection. The record notes John J. McCloy of New York named as high commissioner.
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Washington
Senate
Gordon Gray
John J. Mo Cley
New York
Arizona Hearing Probes High Phone Rates Rise Demand Cited
The Arizona corporation commission reopened a hearing on Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. rate increase seeking about 1.46 million dollars in annual revenue. Assistant attorney generals pressed why Arizona rates are higher than other western states while company attorneys argued conditions vary by state and that growth since World War II raised costs. The three day session continued with questions on plant expansion costs and unit costs of operation.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Joe Ralston
Edward Jacobson
Olive V. Welch
J. H. Shepherd
Telephone Company
Commission
Welch
Ralston
Court Ruling Halts Oil Company Territorial Contracts
The U S supreme court ruled 5 4 that a major oil firm cannot force filling station owners to sell only its products or those it approves. The decision targets Standard Oil Co California contracts with independents, saying they reduce competition. Justice Douglas dissented warning of fewer independents and cartel control.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Standard Oil Co
California
Justice Frankfurter
Douglas
America
Standard Oil
Frankfurter
Black
Reed
Murphy
Rutledge
Vinson
Burton
COURT
Film Writers Must Say if Communists Or Not
U S circuit court of appeals upheld a congressional committee right to demand witnesses declare Communist affiliation. The ruling sustains contempt convictions of Screen Writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo, moving them toward possible one year jail terms and $1000 fines. The decision, plus similar cases, signals a broad constitutional clash on political loyalty questions amid wartime fears.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Congressional
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
F Lawson
Trumbo
U. S
House UN- American Activities Committee
Lawson and Trumbo
U. S. Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Beanie) Baldwin
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Congress
Bennett Champ Clark
Wilbur K. Miller
George C. Sweeney
Richard Morford
House
American ‘Activities Committee
National Council of ‘American-Soviet Friendship, Inc
Morford
House Committee
Granddaughter Of Ex Kaiser To Wed Texas Decorator
Princess Cecilie of Prussia, 31, granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm, will marry Clyde Harris, 31, an Amarillo interior decorator, with a June 21 ceremony at Hechingen castle in the Bavarian Alps. Afterward they plan to settle in Texas, despite royal lineage and connections to Queen Victoria and German emperors.
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Ex-Kaiser
Texas Decorator
Richard O'Regan Langen
Germany
Prussia
Texas
Cecilie
Kaiser Wilhelm
Amarillo
Clyde Harris
Bert Harris
Victoria
England
Crown Prince
Wilhelm
Prince Louis Ferdinand
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
United States
Hohenzollern
Hechingen
Bavarian Alps
Almanach de Gotha
Royalty
Cecilie Viktoria Anastasia Zita Thyra Adelheid
Russians Final Proposals Await Unveil In Germany Talks
In MAVERICK Arizona an Apache chief Tipah drives the final spike at Southwest Lumber Mills to complete a 67 mile railroad from McNary to Maverick. In Paris Soviet German proposals are expected Tuesday as the Big Four meet, with open talks featuring sparring between Acheson and Vishinsky and a secret session to follow.
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Maverick
UPR
Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc
Southwest
C. J. Warren
Arizona
Tipah
McNary
Paris
U.P
Russia
Germany
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Vishinsky
Josef Stalin
Truman
Father Gains Custody Clash After Courtroom Escape
Shirley Ann Perez resisted side by side with her father Norman Perez in a custody dispute with ex wife Perle Mandel. Judge Garrett had ordered Shirley to Perez for June through August but Mandel hid the girl and was jailed for 60 days before the child reappeared. The parties then left the courthouse with an amiable agreement, Perez planning to take the girl east later in the week.
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Shirley Ann Perez
Lee Garrett
Norman Perez
Philadelphia Metal
Perez
Perle R. Mandel
Garrett
Shirley Ann
Mayer M. Mandel
Philippine Ambassador Begins Duties In Rome
Proceso E. Sebastian presented credentials to President Luigi Einaudi as the first Philippine minister on the European continent. He said the Philippines plans to have a representative in the Vatican soon.
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Rome
Proceso E. Sebastian
Italy
Luigi Einaudi
Sebastian
Vatijcan
Science backs atomic policy backed by nine AEC scientists
Nine scientists on the AEC scientific advisory committee told Congress the atomic energy commission has a sound, forward looking program. Oppenheimer read the statement, praising progress since 1946 and noting one area to improve openness. He defended isotope exports for research and said no isotopes have gone to Russia.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
AEC
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Congressional
Oppenheimer
Army
Russia
Finland
Norway
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Red Action On Tito Planned By Cominform
A highly qualified informant says the Cominform meeting in Poland may plan action against Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. Eastern European democracies reportedly draft a propaganda campaign to undermine American aid to western Europe. No official announcement is expected before the meeting ends.
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Larry Allen
Warsaw
Poland
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Europe
Marana Field Probes Welcome by Owners
Pete Waggoner and C. W. Caywood of Santa Rita Investment Co. say they welcome a Civil Aeronautics Administration check of Marana air field. They claim full accounting of preexisting equipment and funds and say the CAA has approved or verbally approved their operations after inspecting field records and water and light utilities. The CAA reportedly planned a field check during the week, with inspectors visiting roughly every 30 days.
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Pete Waggoner
Tucson
C. W. Caywood
Phoenix
Santa Rita Investment Co
Marana Air Field
Civil Aeronautics
CAA
County Board of Supervisors
Waggoner
Caywood
O. D. St. Clair
P. F. Glendenning
Tiens
Board of Supervisors
Glendenning
Joe Nee
Marana
Kipling Biography Ban Stands By Daughter
Mrs. Elsie Bambridge, Kipling's daughter, barred publication of a 160,000 word biography by Lord Birkenhead. She refused to explain her decision, citing it as her own affair. Birkenhead said he used letters and manuscripts plus research including a trip to Brattleboro, Vermont. Under British law living relatives must consent to works about a real person.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Elsie Bambridge
Kipling
Earl of Birkenhead
Brattleboro
Lord Birkenhead
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Dorothy Wagner
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Council of Economic Advisors
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Rcalif
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Mickey) Harris
Sam Mele
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Harry Truman
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