Dummy Bomb Falls On Target
Task force 1 and its 42,000 men rehearse for the first atomic bomb test set for July 1. A dummy bomb was dropped near the Nevada aiming point, with experts saying the impact fell within the allowable margin. Weather studies improve odds of a July 1 drop while safety teams monitor radiological risks in Bikini Atoll operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Myler
Kwajalein
Task Force 1
Nevada
Bikini Lagoon
Dave's
Harold Wood
Dave's Dream
W. H. P. Blandy
Stafford L. Warren
Pacific
Building Strike Ban Is Sought By Sterling Green
Housing expeditor Wilson Wyatt seeks a six month no strike pledge from AFL and CIO building unions to aid the veterans housing program. The national housing agency also rolls out a multi million dollar subsidy for plywood logs and bricks to speed construction and urges a December moratorium on work stoppages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
AFL
CIO
National Housing Agency
Congress
NHA
Wyatt
Chester Bowles
William Green
Philip Murray
Bowles
Tribe Baseball Club Sold to Bill Veeck Jr
Cleveland June 20 stockholders prepared to approve the sale of the Indians to Bill Veeck Jr former Milwaukee Brewers owner. The price was reported at above 1.5 million dollars with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby among investors. Alva Bradley indicated Cleveland ownership should stay local but did not block the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alva Bradley
Cleveland Indians
Bill Veeck
Milwaukee Brewers
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Bradley
Indians
Airlines Hearing in Phoenix Reviews Tucson Phoenix Route
A Phoenix hearing into airline service between Tucson Phoenix and Los Angeles shows half of seats on American Airlines shuttle empty. Parties include Arizona Airways and Southern Arizona Airways with other locals contesting. Data shows load factors around 75 percent with fare cuts since 1933 and recent route proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Daily Citizen
American Airlines
Tucson
Los Angeles
Alfred R. Bone
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Airways, Inc
Southern Arizona Airways
G. and
G. Airlines of
Sky Harbor Air Service
Grand Canyon Scenic Tours, Inc
Bone
William J. Eden
Civil Aeronautics Board
Douglas
Southwest
Raymond Buck
Corporation Commission
Arizona Airways
Dean Merrill
Prescott
Nogales
Tucson-Nogales
Tucson- Prescott
Airline Stock Report Awaited By Arizona Airways
Arizona Airways received permission to sell 25 000 shares at 10 dollars each without a financial statement and was deemed solvent by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The approval, granted November 6 1945 and expiring June 30 1946, comes as the firm faces questions on stock sales income and disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brooks
Phoenix
Daily Citizen
Arizona Airways
Arizona Corporation Commission
Ed Locklear
Democratic Central Committee
Corporation Commission
Olwena Fraley
Corporation Commission Office
Commission
Arizona Corporation
Valley National Bank
Glenn Taylor
The
Navy submits local leases for Randolph park base plan
Cmdr J M Platz delivered lease documents to City Manager Phil J Martin Jr for Navy reserve division use at Randolph park. The plan calls for building training quarters to accommodate about 13 officers and 200 men under Capt S J Hooper 11th Naval District at San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Park
Navy Reserve
Phil J. Martin, Jr
J. M. Platz
S. J. Hooper
11Th Naval District
San Diego
Cmdr
Don J. Hays
Guthmann Approved For Bank Position
Valley National bank directors announce six new appointments in Arizona. Frank R. Guthmann assistant cashier at Tucson R L Hailey manager at Wilcox W E Swanson Prescott manager William C Jack Glendale manager John E Daniels and W G Wilcox assistant managers at Glendale were named effective June 20 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Valley National Bank
Frank R. Guthmann
Tucson
R. L. Hailey
Willcox
W. E. Swanson
Prescott
William C. Jack
Glendale
John E. Daniels
W. G. Wilcox
GIs Shape Arizona Summer Session Enrollment
The University of Arizona reports 1,280 students enrolled for credit in the summer session, with 1,312 total including 32 in the law college. Of the total, 823 are men and 489 women. Four hundred ninety seven GIs use the GI Bill. Deans and colleges list enrollments across liberal arts, graduate, business, engineering, and other departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Arizona
C. Z. Lesher
Law College
James W. Larson
Education College
Army budget tops seven billion with atomic energy boost
Washington June 20 A $7.091 billion peacetime Army appropriation heads to the house floor plus an extra $175 million for atomic energy development. The committee trimmed relief and government activities in occupied countries by $117 million and boosted the atomic fund to $375.9 million while supporting full air corps funding for 1947–48. Eisenhower and Groves caution against sharing the A bomb secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
Atomic Service
Army
War Department
Air Corps
Carl Spaatz
Spaatz
Air National Guard
Atomic Service Fund
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leslie R. Groves
Truman Backs Civilian Control of Atomic Energy
President Truman reiterated support for civilian control of atomic energy at a news conference in Washington. He cited Bernard Baruch’s recommendations and said he preferred an all civilian atomic energy commission, though he would not speak on House actions while they were pending. The Senate bill aligns with his views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Donald L. O'Toole
D-Ny
New York State Boxing Commission
Louis Conn
O'Toole
Mike Jacobs
Jacobs
Four Tanque Verde Lots Sold for About 44000
Sale of four Tanque Verde lots in section 1 township 14 south of range 16 east to Louise M. Lawler for approximately 44000 includes tanks pumps pumping equipment and other machinery. Former owners were Lucy H. O Neal and Perry E. O Neal. Two more lots and part of a third in block 7 Home addition sold to Frank L. Norton and Nora Wagner Norton by Ignatius Ibach and former wife Mercedes Ibach for about 18000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Township 14
Range 16
Louise M. Lawler
Lucy H. O'Neal
Perry E. O'Neal
Frank L. Norton
Nora Wagner Norton
Ignatius Ibach
Mercedes Ibach
Bowles threatens veto of OPA bill in Washington
Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles condemned the pending OPA extension bill and warned he would urge President Truman to veto it in its current form. Senator Taft charged Bowles with blocking compromise as conferees met to reconcile House and Senate versions amid calls for wage and price controls. Bowles warned relaxed controls could trigger higher living costs, wage demands, and more strikes while urging a simpler price control extension if the bill fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Taft
Bowles
Truman
White House
House
Senate
Committee
Congress
Highlights of the News
A collection of dispatches from Washington Phoenix Batavia and Victoria reporting a boxing fight dispute a new Arizona power authority director appointment a treasure theft trail and a five week wage hour strike ending with a 1946 agreement. The items involve Rep O'Toole Kenneth Aldrich a Japanese colonel and a CIO woodworkers group in British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Kenneth B. Aldrich
Portland
Ore
Bonneville Dam
Arizona Power Authority
Arizona Power Authority Commission
Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Gordon Sloan
Georgia Begins Suit To Oust Ku Kluxers
Georgia files in Fulton county superior court to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan charter charging the group seeks to seize state power by force and violence and to organize police and other workers in key positions to control government and enforce its doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Russia Agrees To Bevin Plan on Trusteeship Delay
The Big Four foreign ministers agreed to postpone for a year a decision on trusteeship of Italy's former colonies. They will continue drafting the Italian peace treaty without that item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Allies plan swift troop withdrawals from Italy and Bulgaria
The foreign ministers council agreed on a 90 day timetable to withdraw Allied troops from Italy and Red Army forces from Bulgaria after the Italian peace treaty takes effect. Bevin set removal as a condition for Britain's troops. A 12 month commission of the Big Four will interpret treaty terms in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Red Army
Bulgaria
Ernest Bevin
Balkans
V. M. Molotov
Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
U. S
Bevin
Rome
Californian Is Injured Here In Highway 80 Crash
FE J Shubert 57 of Bellefleur California is hospitalized at St Marys after a truck car collision about 7 am three miles east of Benson on highway 80. Clifford Fisher of Des Moines Ta was treated and released. Shuberts two sons riding with him were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. J. Shubert
Bellefleur
Calif
St. Mary’s Hospital
Benson
Clifford Fisher
Des Moines
Fisher
Shubert
Clarence Post
De Gaulle Poised For Return As France Seeks Stability
AP analyst De Gaulle remains sidelined yet active as France wrestles with a left right clash. He warns against dictatorship while urging balanced powers and a strong executive as interim government struggles to frame a new constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
France
Gev
Charles DeGaulle
Propaganda and school reforms tied to Japan war drive
Testimony at an international tribunal details how Japan's information bureau spread anti US and UK propaganda while diplomats sought peace. Witnesses describe education ministry orders for militarized schooling, censorship of liberal writers, and a push to instill Greater East Asia Co Prosperity ideology amid the 1941 blueprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles W. Vaughn
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Information Bureau
Nobufumi Ito
Japan
Far East
Board of Information
U. S
Ito
America
Washington
East Asia
Shigenobu IkKeshima
Hosei University
Koichi Kido
Sadao Araki
Kido
China
Akio Saki
Education Ministry
Tamon Maeda
War Ministry
Four Men Hurt In Highway Crash Near Tucson
Four men were hospitalized after a collision on Highway 84 fifteen miles northwest of Tucson. A truck driven by J G Williams of Amarillo Texas had been parked with signal lights when a La automobile driven by R F Rhodes halted and was struck from behind by Jose Gonzales. Williams jumped into a ditch with a head injury. Also injured were Gonzales David de Ambre and Faustine Gonzales of Nogales Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
Tucson
E. D. Sims
J. G. Williams
Amarillo
Tex
R. F Rhodes
Houma
Jose Gonzales
Nogales
Son
Williams
Gonzales
David de Ambre
Faustine Gonzales
Army Draft To Start At 19
A Senate-House conference committee reached a compromise to draft 19 year olds and exempt 18 year olds under a bill extending selective service. Sen Bridges announced the agreement as a victory for House conferees and said the 19 year old draft would be implemented without restrictions. The panel planned to finish other differing provisions quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
House
Sen
Bridges
Senate-House
Baseball Scores from Major Leagues
National League games Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 7 to 3 and St Louis beat Boston 9 to 1. Chicago versus Philadelphia was postponed by rain. In the American League Chicago beat New York 3 to 1 in the first game. Washington at Cleveland and Boston at St Louis were scheduled for night games.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Cleveland
U S and Russia Clash Over Scrap of Atom Bombs
The United States and Soviet Union clash over timing of scrapping atom bombs. Russia proposes a global treaty banning use production and storage and destroying all bombs within 90 days after treaty effect while the United States seeks safeguards and penalties before destruction. Five nations back the American plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Klaw
New York
U.P
United States
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
China
Mexico
Gromoyko
Gromyko
UN Security Council
France
Mufti Demands Home In Egypt
Egypt confirms asylum for Haj Amin Al Husseini the mufti of Jerusalem after his arrival in Cairo. King Farouk's palace says he visited the royal residence and sought refuge as Lufti El Said Pasha notes Egypt cannot return political refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Royd
Cairo
Egypt
Nile Kingdom
Haff Amin al Husseini
Jerusalem
France
Farouk
Haj Amin
Hitler
Palestine
Lufti el Said Pasha
Tel Aviv Sealed By British After Booted Outbreak Violence
Tel Aviv was declared out of bounds for all British troops except police and patrols after a new violence outbreak that left 35-year-old Jew dead. The three day death toll in Palestine rose to 22 Jews and three Britons as Haj Amin Al Husseini returned to the region amid tense preparations for further violence in the revolt. British troops manned rail junctions and road blocks while widespread military presence dominated the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Palestine
Haj Amin al Husseini
Middle East
Nehru Seized In Kashmir Entry Clash Sparks Tense Debate
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, designated leader of India's Congress, was arrested in Kashmir while attempting to enter against a ban. Reports place him near Damel, 200 miles northwest of Lahore, as Britain eyes independence moves and possible interim government. Abdullah remains jailed amid agitation charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
U.P
Kashmir
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian National Congress Party
Nehru
Damel
Lahore
London
Shiek Mohamed Abdullah
Kashmir National Conference
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Tribe Baseball Club
Airlines
By Bob Brooks
TWA
Transcontinental Western Air
Grand Canyon Scenic Tours Corporation
Northern State Line
Locklear
Yale McFate
C. William Peterson
W. J. Eden
Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
McFate
W. T. Wright
NAVY
Batavia
Java
Georgia
Joseph W. Grigg, JR
DeGaulle
Anced
Constituent Assembly
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
National Assembly
Gen. de Gaulle
U. S. War
Mufti
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