Army Discloses Tokyo Scandal
Tokyo dispatch reports United States Army officers allegedly accepted lavish gifts and geisha entertainments in exchange for favorable construction contracts for Akira Ando a Tokyo promoter and contractor. Provoost marshal and CID raid Ando headquarters seizing goods and taking Ando into custody as investigation widens.
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Tokyo
United States Army
Akira Ando
Provost Marshal
Army Counterintelligence Corps
Ando
U. S. Army
Japan
Metropolitan
Col. M. Logie
Daian
Greater East Asia Company
Kamakura
Keio
Atsugi
Logie
U. S. Army General Headquarters
Daian Club
Genevieve Topping
Truman Names Steelman OWMR Director as Reconversion Persists
President Truman announced John R. Steelman will direct the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion and will keep his labor adviser role. Steelman succeeds John W. Snyder who is nominated for secretary of the treasury. Gardner's resignation as OWMR advisory board chairman was discussed but he remains in place.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
John W. Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
OWMR
Snyder
Labor
Schwellenbach
C. Max Gardner
OWMA
Gardner
The
Treasury
War trials recessed as prosecutors plan Tojo case
Tokyo June 14 The prosecution finished a two day outline of the Japanese government and constitution against which it aims to indict Hideki Tojo and 25 war crime suspects. The 11 man tribunal recessed until Monday as prosecutors prepare to call American witnesses on the Nanking massacre of 1937.
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Tokyo
U.P
Hideki Tojo
Nanking
Senate clears partial price control extension over meat dairy
The Senate approved extending OPA to June 30 1947 but curbed price controls on meat poultry dairy and tobacco products and sent the measure to a House Senate conference for a final adjustment. The move drew mixed votes with leaders predicting a presidential veto unless broader changes are made.
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Washington
House
Senate
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
White House
OPA
Alben W. Barkley
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Eugene D. Millikin
R-Cole
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Local Air Firms Compete for Tucson Phoenix Route
The Arizona Corporation Commission will hear rival bids for intrastate Tucson Phoenix service. Southern Arizona Airlines, led by Edwin J. Montgomery Jr., seeks certif icate after its prior Arizona Airlines application was lost. Arizona Airways, run by Rocky Nelson, operates some routes and seeks expansion beyond state lines with possible TWA ties. The commission must weigh safety, financing, and staffing before deciding if a standby service can match existing operations.
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Tucson
Phoenix
Southern Arizona Airlines
Arizona Airways
Arizona Citizen
TWA
Army
Montgomery
Lost
Arizona Airlines
Arizona Corporation Commission
Montgomery Group
Washington
Texas
New Mexico
California
Arizona Commission
Warm first half June record and weather notes
The article highlights a 105 degree peak and calls June's first half the warmest in 50 years with an average high of 102.4 and low of 67.4. It notes 14 days above 100 and cites a 1918 record as the previous high for early June.
21 Charges On Student's Car
Daniel Espinosa, 23, a University of Arizona student, remained in city jail with a 100 dollar bond on traffic charges. Police said they are linking him to 21 tickets issued to his car, mostly illegal parking, with some tickets dated after his April purchase. Espinosa denied guilt.
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Daniel Espinosa
Phoenix
University of Arizona
Espinosa
Valley National Buys Winslow Institution
Valley National bank purchases the First National bank of Winslow and will assume control of it early next month. The deal announced in Phoenix states the bank will take over operations soon.
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Valley National Buys
Winslow Institution
Phoenix
The
Valley National Bank
First National Bank of
Winslow
Shipping Wage Pact Drafted
Washington reports that a settlement on the maritime wage dispute was near as Granville Conway said major issues were agreed and a retroactive pay plan accepted by Harry Bridges. President Truman voiced optimism that talks would end today with no strike, though preparations to stay off the job continued on the coasts.
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Washington
Granville Conway
Truman
Conway
House Labor Subcommittee
Harry Bridges
Labor Department
House Group
Augustine B. Kelley
D-Pa
Gulf
Bridges
World Proposes International Control of Atomic Energy
Bernard Baruch outlined a plan to place all dangerous atomic activities under a global atomic authority with enforcement powers, abolish national veto rights, and prohibit atomic weapons. The United States would destroy or surrender its bombs, joining a UN framework for an enforceable international treaty.
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New York
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
International Atomic Development Authority
ADA
America
United States
Spencer Klaw
W.P
International Atomic Control Agency
Truman
UN Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Baruch
Godspeed
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Judge Ignored Truman Advice
President Truman said he advised Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson not to release his criticism of Justice Hugo Black before further talks. He noted Jackson wired him Sunday with the central points he later released to reporters at the Nazi war crimes trials in Neum nberg, Germany, and that Jackson did not respond further.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Jackson
Neumnberg
Germany
Mikhailovich Admits Letter Evidence of Collaboration
Gen Draja Mikhailovich recognized a hand written letter as genuine and described its content as collaboration with the enemy. He conceded another note directed Chetnik units to receive arms from Italian forces as his personal collaboration. He also cited an American liaison Col Robert McDowell who allegedly said America would support him and that the Red Army would not enter Yugoslavia.
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William B. King
Belgrade
Draja Mikhailovich
Mikhailovich
Yugoslavia
Robert McDowell
America
McDowell
Red Army
New Radio Station Licensed At Douglas Arizona
The communications commission granted permission for Carleton W. Morris to operate a new standard radio station at Douglas Arizona on 1450 kilocycles with 250 watts and unlimited hours.
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New
Douglas
Washington
the Communications Commission
Carleton W. Morris
Douglas, Ariz
Crisis Looms In Big Four Parley In Paris
AP analysis notes the Paris talks among the United States Britain Russia and France could decide postwar peace. Byrnes arrives with Sen Connally and Vandenberg as advisors while Bevin hints at separate treaties if talks stall. Washington and London press Moscow to concede more in Europe’s realignment and security plans.
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Washington
London
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Flood Damage Payment Made
Final payment of 53 586 71 dollars was made to six Tucson firms for damages from the September 1941 flood. Arizona supreme court awarded damages costs and interest totaling 58 273 46 dollars, with attorneys noted for plaintiffs.
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Tucson
Arizona Supreme Court
Pima County Superior Court
Ralph W. Bilby
Bilby & Shoenhair
George Darnell
Darnell & Robertson
O’rielly Motor Company
Apache Motors
Tucson Laundry and Dry Cleaners
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Company
Unit Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Tucson Warehouse & Transfer Company
Loggers Rally in Victoria Over Wages and Hours Dispute
Several thousand loggers and millworkers marched on Victoria to press Premier John Hart and his cabinet for a settlement of a month-long wage and hour dispute. From Nanaimo and logging hubs Duncan Port Alberni and Courtenay the crowd, led by Harold Pritchett of the CIO Woodworkers, numbered 6 000 to 7 000. A bid to reopen talks by Pritchett was rejected by the operators.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
John Hart
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Duncan
Port Alberni
Courtenay
Harold Pritchitt
International Woodworkers of America
Ciocol
Pritchett
Big Four Envoys Reach Paris
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes heads to the renewed foreign ministers conference in Paris to push for approval of a 25 year German disarmament treaty and a peace treaty with Austria. He hopes for Soviet cooperation and will tackle topics including Trieste Venezia Giulia, Italian colonies and reparations, Dodecanese fate, Danube opening, future of Germany, and western economic restrictions.
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England
Bevin
America
Paris
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Austria
Byrnes
Britain
Russia
Hotel
Meurice
United States
Great Britain
Germany
U. S
Italy
Balkans
Senate delays Vinson’s confirmation amid charges from dealer
Edwin G. Creel, an elderly Washington auto dealer, postponed presenting serious charges against Fred M. Vinson for a week to the Senate judiciary subcommittee. Creel claimed Vinson, then on the court of appeals, presided over a questionable decision connected to his firm’s 1933 receivership. He plans to file impeachment charges against other judges, but not Vinson.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Fred M. Vinson
United States
Edwin G. Creel
Vinson
Creel
Creel Brothers
Court of Appeals
Pat McCarran
McCarran
House Judiciary Committee
Appeals Court
Four Mexican Citizens Face Narcotic Smuggling Trial
In Tucson federal court four Rosario Sinaloa Mexicans Roberto Aguilar Vincente Aguilar Benito Herrera and Nazario Aguilar face charges of smuggling and transporting opium into the United States. Arrested near Nogales on November 28 1945 they have been jailed in Pima County. Prosecutor K Berry Peterson and defense attorney Tony La Vetter present final arguments. A separate libel case involving 10 Goodrich tires seized as alleged smuggling was dismissed this morning by assistant U S attorney John P Dougherty.
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Mexico
Tostay
United States
Rosario
Sinaloa
Mex
Roberto Aguilar
Vincente Aguilar
Benito Herrera
Nazario Aguilar
Nogales
Pima County
K. Berry Peterson
U. S
Tony LaVetter
Goodrich
Abel Ochoa del Toro
John P. Dougherty
Molotov Reaches Paris for Big Four Session
Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov arrived in Paris for the reopening of the Big Four council. The session is set to begin tomorrow with participation expected from the allied powers.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Big Four Council
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