Atom Rehearsal For Atomic Bomb Drop Near Bikini Lagoon
Brig. Gen. Powers announced two final rehearsals ahead of Able day, detailing a 29-plane force including eight B 29s and four C 54s to simulate the atomic drop over Bikini lagoon. The schedule moves up Queen day to June 23 with the final decision on weather and participation after a fourth pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bennyhoff
Kwajalein
Thos. Powers
Joint Task Force
Air
AAF
Powers
Bikini Lagoon
Army
Navy
Air, Water
Japan
Nevada
W. H. P. Blandy
Evaluation Board
Soviets Urge Atomic Curbs and International Control
Soviet Russia called for the UN atomic energy commission to seek an international treaty banning production and use of atomic weapons and to begin work on a peaceful use control system after an agreement. Andrei Gromyko warned that bomb production harms world peace, while Britain pledged full cooperation with the U.S. plan to outlaw atomic weapons and punish violators. Sir Alexander Cadogan welcomed Baruch plan in the UN session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Carpenter
New York
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
Commission
Bidault elected France interim president. Senate backs irrigation funds
In Paris Georges Bidault was chosen president of France's interim government by the constituent assembly. In Washington the Senate defeated a cut in interior department funding for Western reclamation and irrigation projects, boosting House figures for Gila and Davis dam works in Arizona and Nevada. The Senate judiciary committee approved Fred M. Vinson as chief justice, and the foreign relations committee backed Paul V. McNutt for ambassador to an independent Philippine republic. In Tokyo Nami Chashi, linked to the Golden Dragon geisha house, will testify at Tojo war crimes trials.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Constituent Assembly
Washington
Senate
Styles Bridges
N.H
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
Gila
Ariz
House
Davis Dam
Nev
UPR
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fred M. Vinson
The
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Republic
Islands
Tokyo
Mme
Nami Chashi
Hideki Tojo
Newcomer Sigler Wins Michigan Gubernatorial Nomination
Attorney Kim Sigler, noted for anti graft work, wins the Republican gubernatorial nod in Michigan by a wide margin in a four candidate field. Massachusetts results show John Kennedy and Arthur Coolidge clinching major party nominations in their races, with Tobin leading Democrats in Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Joseph F. Kennedy
Congress
Bay State
Arthur Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Murray D. van Wagoner
William J. Cody
Detroit
Maurice J. Tobin
Francis D. Harrigan
Boston
Tobin
Robert F. Bradford
Senate
U. S
David I. Walsh
D-Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
James H. Lee
Detroi Counsel Corporation
Louis Versus Conn Weigh In For Yankee Stadium Fight
Joe Louis weighs 207 pounds to Billy Conn 182 at Madison Square Garden weigh in as they prepare for the heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium tonight. The bout, broadcast from KTUC at 7 p.m. Tucson time, draws over 2,000 onlookers and a large media crowd.
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Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Yankee Stadium
New York
KTUC
Tucson
U.P
Madison Square Garden
Joe
Pittsburgh
William H. Walker
Vincent Nardiello
New York Boxing Commission
Conn
Louis
49Th Street
the Gardien
Eddie Eagan
Chlan Powell
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Fraser Favors U. S. Control
Prime Minister Peter Fraser told U P New Zealand backs continued U S control of Japanese possessions in the Pacific under UN trusteeship. He proposed a Pacific regional committee of the United States Britain France Australia Canada and New Zealand to aid natives and manage postwar affairs. He outlined NZ housing refugee limits and socialization measures including coal, noted Polish children accepted from Siberia, and urged able bodied single workers for industry.
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Wellington
N. Z
U.P
Peter Fraser
United Press
New Zealand
United States
Pacific
United Nations
Fraser
Britain
France
Australia
Canada
First Flight
Pan-American Airways
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Auckland
Siberia
Police Pension System Intact For City Employees
About 350 city employees may receive a monthly wage increase of around 15 to 17 dollars after the police pension board refused to surrender roughly 11 thousand dollars from court fines. City Manager Phil J. Martin Jr said he would seek other means to fund raises, while the board's vote was unanimous and total funding needed equals 83 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
Phil J. Martin
Police Pension Board
Martin
Police
Pension Board
Subways Report Kissing Bug Attacks Prompt Police Action
A man described as young and of average build grabbed Gertrude Galiger in the North Sixth Avenue subway at 10 15 am. He previously accosted a woman in the East Broadway subway. Police detained then released a suspect after an alibi as officers observe several other individuals in connection with the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Galiger
YWCA
Southern Pacific
Sixth Avenue
East Broadway
C. V. Budlong
North Sixth Avenue
Marshall Seeks 60 Division Chinese Army Reform
General George C. Marshall proposed a U S supervised overhaul of China's armed forces to promote peace in the Far East. The plan would reduce the Chinese army to 60 divisions from an estimated 250 to 375, under U S supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
China
Far East
United States
Pilot's calm crash landing saves 41 on Pan-American flight
Hartford dispatch reports 41 passengers escaped injury when a Pan-American Constellation engine failed and Captain Samuel H. Miller steered a safe emergency landing in Willimantic Conn. Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were among those aboard the second flight. one passenger canceled. Father James O'Connor noted the close call.
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Hartford
Conn
U.P
Europe
Willimanti
Cornelius Curtin
Sydney
Mont
New York
Samuel H. Miller
Laurence Olivier
Vivian Leigh
Olivier
Miss Leigh
Father James O'Connor
Merrill, Ore
Ireland
Explosion at German salt mine ammunition dump
In Celle near Hannover a massive underground ammunition dump exploded. Military officials reported more than 100 workers and displaced persons, including Russians, may have been killed as flames spread through the Hanigsen salt mine. The fire threatened about 3,000 tons of German artillery ammunition stored there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celle
Germany
U.P
Hanigsen
Hannover
Ocotillo Fence Burns At Governor's Corner
A fire on the east side of Governor's Corner burned an ocotillo fence around 1:30 p m sending two fire departments to the scene. Paper and refuse accumulated beside the fence was ignited in an unknown manner and the flames spread quickly. A cot mattress used for outdoor sleeping also burned and traffic stalled in the courthouse area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor's Corner
Loggers End Long Stoppage Ends 33 Day Strike
Vancouver loggers vote to end a 33 day strike, with 37,000 woodsmen to return to mills, box factories, and lumber operations by 11 am tomorrow. Government mediation calls for 15 cent hourly wage rise, 44 hour week, and a voluntary checkoff. loggers sought 25 cents, 40 hour week, and union security. Newsprint supplies were critically reduced to 150 papers. Breakthrough followed CIO demands for peace proposals by a federal mediator.
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Vancouver
B. C
Council of the International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Tungsten Mine Owner Upheld in Boundary Ruling at Modiva Mine
Judge C C Fares upheld Edward H. Molson's right to exploit a definite tungsten vein at the Modiva mine in the Santa Catalina mountains. The ruling ended a $30,000 trespass suit filed by neighboring landowners led by L M Forcey and others. Molson plans to reopen the mine after its closure during litigation.
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Modiva
Santa Catalina Mountains
Buffalo Bill Cody
C. C. Fares
Globe
Edward H. Molson
Tucson
Molson
L. M. Forcey
Walter S. Tubach
William Iverson
H. G. Wilson
Louise A. Wilson
George H. Veech
Florence M. Veech
Frank P. Borchard
Myrtle F. Borchard
Elizabeth L. Wood
Judge Fares
Tom K. Richey
Fennemore, Craig, Allen, & Bledsoe
Phoenix
Ellinwood & Ross, Phoenix
C. R. McFall and
Darnell & Robertson
Arizona
Copper Strike Nearing Settlement at Phelps Dodge Plants
El Paso June 19 J P Dyer vice president of the company and Reid Robinson union president said negotiations are favorable for settling the CIO Mine Mill Smelter strike at Phelps Dodge Corp plants. Robinson said workers will not return until a single contract for all plants is signed.
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EL Paso
Tex
CIO International Union of Mine, Mill, & Smelter
Phelps Dodge Corp
J. P. Dyer
Dyer
Reid Robinson
Robinson
Phelps Dodge
Durants Arrive in Frankfurt for Trial
Colonel and Mrs Jack W Durant arrived in Frankfurt to face court martial proceedings over the disappearance of the Hesse crown jewels. A military police escort met them on arrival from Paris at 10 12 am after spending the night there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Jack W. Durant
United States
Paris
British Kidnapping Crisis Shuts Tel Aviv As Troops Tighten
In Jerusalem, June 19, British security officers were abducted by Jewish extremists amid a citywide search for five others in Tel Aviv. RAF planes, tanks, and infantry sealed Tel Aviv, curfew, and barbed wire barricades surrounded the city as officials weighed martial law amid ongoing violence.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Eliav Simon
Israel Rokah
Palestine
Floods Follow Summer Storms Across Multiple States
Heavy thunderstorms swept the mid- Atlantic region and spawned floods in 12 states after three days of violent weather that killed over 70 people and injured many. Baltimore and Philadelphia suffered severe damage as winds neared hurricane force. Keokuk faced rising Mississippi water threatening plant closures.
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United Press
Mid- Atlantic Seaboard
Kansas
Oklahoma
Atlantic
U. S
Chicago
Baltimore
Atlantic Seaboard
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Jersey
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Mississippi
Keokuk
Des Moines
Palestine Unrest Demands Action By Dewitt Mackenzie
DEWITT MACKENZIE argues urgent action is needed on Jewish immigration to Palestine amid rising unrest in the Holy Land and growing Jewish refugee flows in Europe. British and American positions clash over 100000 soon to be admitted, while UN council extends relief to Jews in Germany and Austria amid escalating crisis.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Palestine
Holy Land
Europe
Frankfurt
Germany
High Command
United States Army
Bevin
Labor Party
England
America
House of Commons
Attlee
Anglo-American Committee
New York
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Austria
Draft Strike Control Plan Seeks Lake Shipping Takeover
Ottawa reports an order in council drafting to allow government control of at least part of the Great Lakes shipping industry amid a 24 day strike. Ship operators in Toronto refused to deal with unions and want government operation of all lake shipping if seamen do not return to work. The union also urged seizure of vessels tied up by the strike.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
Toronto
Solon Probes Court Fight
Washington reports a push to remove four Roosevelt appointees from the Supreme Court and a proposal for all eight justices to testify on the court feud. Sen Eastland and Sen Bridges seek an open investigation amid factional chaos, with a two thirds congressional and three fourths state approval path. The plan would leave Black Reed Frankfurter and Burton on the court while removing Douglas Murphy Jackson Rutledge.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
High Court
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Hugo S. Black
Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Harold H. Burton
Chinese Reds Also To Get U. S. Army Help
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson said the United States has agreed conditionally to train and supply Chinese Communist troops as a first step toward forming a non political Chinese national army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Peace Parley Hints at July 15 21 Nation Conference
Paris dispatch reports French sources foresee a full dress 21 nation peace conference possibly on July 15 with a two week Big Four ministers session preceding it. Molotov signals openness to handling Italy reparations via Yugoslavia Greece and Albania while stubborn stalemate over Italy's assets and Trieste looms large.
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Joseph W. Grigg, JR
Paris
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
GOP To Fight Funds Boosts In Western Projects
Republican senators opened a battle over a $21.83 million boost for Western reclamation projects. Sen Bridges said he would try to knock out most of the increase above House figures while noting political issues may surface in the election year debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Washington
Chamber
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Committee
Bridges
Sales Tax To Yield $143,848 For Tucson
Arizona tax commissioners estimate $800,000 in sales tax revenue for 1946-47 across 35 cities and towns. Allocations include Tucson $143,848 and Benson $3,872, Bisbee $23,552, Douglas $34,696, Jerome $9,232, Pima $3,488, Prescott $24,216, South Tucson $4,288, Tombstone $3,304, Willcox $3,552, among others.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Benson
Bisbee
Douglas
Jerome
Nogaies
Pima
Prescott
South Tucson
Tombstone
Tucson
Willcox
Baseball Scores A L East Postponed In Cleveland Wet Grounds
Weather affected games in the American League with Washington at Cleveland postponed due to wet grounds. Other night games include New York 4 Cincinnati 3 in the National League with Chicago at Philadelphia also postponed and St Louis at Boston listed for night play.
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American League
Washington
Cleveland
National League
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
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Soviets
U. S. Control
By Jack Bisco
Marshall
British Zone
Governor’s Corner
Durants
C. of C
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Max Klinger
H. O. Pace
State Highway Commission
Good Roads
Tucson Chamber
Monte Mansfield
Klinger
State Roads Committee
Chamber Good Roads Committee
Ajo
Mansfield
Tucson-Ajo
Highway Commission
Reich
Belsen
Land
Solon
By Jack Bell
Meet
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Trieste
Saturnia
Vulcania
Byrnes
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