Pension Veto Easily Killed
The veto override clears the way for larger benefits to blind people and dependent children while denying federal old age pensions to about 750,000 workers. The House and Senate backed the override, 297-75 and 65-12 respectively, as debates over Social Security coverage continued.
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Truman
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Congress
Senate
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D-Ri
Sen. Langer
Morse
R-Ore
Writs Issued Prompt Pause in Maritime Strike
The threat of a nationwide maritime strike faded after federal judges in New York Cleveland and San Francisco issued restraining orders. The CIO National Maritime Union and six other unions were told to maintain the status quo for 10 days with hearings set for June 18. Union leaders voiced opposition but indicated compliance likely as seamen on eight tankers were ordered back to work.
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Cleveland
San Francisco
CIO National Maritime Union
John W. Clancy
Clancy
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Gulf Coasts
West Coast
Great Lakes
Truman
Chester Young
NMU
Great Lakes District
Spearhs of Tucson Man Dies at Local Hospital
William J. Spears 44, a Tucson resident for five years, died Sunday in a local hospital. Born in Minneapolis, he moved from Mellette South Dakota. Services at Bring's funeral home Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Chaplain Russell L. Phillips officiating. Graveside rites in Evergreen cemetery Legion plot by Morgan McDermott post American Legion. Survived by wife Jeanne, daughter Peggy Jeanne, sister Mrs. Kittie Kaiser of Tucson, plus mother, two brothers in Minnesota and a sister in South Dakota.
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Jeanne
Peggy Jeanne
Kittie Kaiser
Tucson
Minnesota
South Dakota
City Briefs Schedule Details Local Events
Pay day for head quarters company at the armory at 7 30 p m 158th infantry Rotary club noon meeting in the Pioneer hotel ballroom Tucson lodge No 4 PRAM to confer the third degree at the Masonic temple 160 South Scott Street Commencement exercises for the daily vacation Bible school at First Baptist church auditorium at 7 45 p m edition notes times locations for city events
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First Baptist Church
Church
Udall Cited by Law Week for Law School Progress
Calvin Hunt Udall named by United States Law Week as graduate with greatest improvement at University of Arizona law school. He will seek Arizona bar in July and plans to practice in St. Johns. He lives in Polo Village with wife Doris Fuss of Flagstaff and their two children.
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United States Law Week
Bureau of National Affairs
University of Arizona Law School
Udall
Arizona
St. John’s
Polo Village
Doris Fuss
Flagstaff
Examinations Open for Probationary Economist in Arizona
U S civil service board announces exams for a probationary economist with the Bureau of Reclamation in Arizona. Salaries range from 3397 to 4902 dollars yearly. Applications and forms available at the local post office, due by July 14.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Arizona
U. S. Civil Service Board
Flood waters recede as Vanport toll rises in flood zone
Waters of the Columbia River fall across the Rockies to the Pacific while the lower valley remains above flood stage for three weeks. Levee weaknesses threaten, 41 dead, 60,000 homeless in U S and Canada. Vanport tragedy toll uncertain as missing list fluctuates and army engineers warn of further dike breaches.
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Ore
Red Cross
Mongiay
Army Engineers’ Corps
Portland-Vancouver
Wash
Pacific
James McNalley to Be Buried in Brooklyn Burial
A rosary will be said for James McNally who died here Sunday at Bring's funeral home at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The body will be sent to Brooklyn New York for burial. There are no local survivors.
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James McNally
Bring’s Funeral
Brooklyn
N. Y
Billions In New Benefits Released For War Veterans
The article details proposed veteran benefit expansions including NSLI pension plans, survivor payments, and new dependency definitions. It outlines monthly pension schedules for widows, orphans, and disabled veterans, with boosts per child and increased rates for dependents of service connected disability. It notes a dispute over life-long payments versus 120 month guarantees and cites a 1941 context with Pfc. Adolph B. Schwartz.
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Pfc
Adolph B. Schwartz
Schwartz
Max Mintz Switches to Calvert Reserve for Milder Cocktail
Pasadena jeweler Max Mintz urges Calvert Reserve as the milder choice for Manhattan cocktails. The Calvert blend, 86.8 proof, mixes five year plus straight whiskey with grain neutral spirit, a product of Calvert Distillers Corp. of New York.
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Max Mintz
Calvert Reserve
East
Colorado
Pasadena
Calif
Manhattan
Calvet Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
Tucson Woman Ella Peterson Dies in Los Angeles at 87
Mrs Ella Peterson 87 longtime Tucson resident died June 7 in Los Angeles reported here Tuesday She leaves sister Elizabeth Caroll and brother Edward McGillicuddy both of Los Angeles A rosary is to be read at Tucson mortuary chapel Tuesday 8 p m A high requiem Mass at All Saints church Wednesday 9 a m with burial in Holy Hope cemetery
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Ella Peterson
Tucson
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Caroll
Edward McGillicuddy
San Carlos Reservoir Storage Report Ends June 15
SAN CARLOS RESERVOIR shows 6,518 acre feet of available storage for the 48 hours ending 7 a.m. June 15, a loss of 474 acre feet from the previous interval.
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San Carlos Reservoir
Benefit Schedule Text
That one child, twenty dollars. two children, thirty five dollars. three or more children, fifty dollars. Twenty five dollars additional for each parent dependent upon him for support. For veterans disabled partially but not less than sixty percent, additional compensation in proportionate amounts.
Military Police Commander Stationed in Wiesbaden
Staff Sgt. Frank R. Goy of 30 West 25th Street serves with the Air Force in Wiesbaden Germany as a military police platoon commander.
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Frank R. Goycoolen
West 25Th Street
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
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