Save OPA Drives Capitol Hill Ahead of Price Control Vote
Delegations from house wives and labor groups pressed senators and representatives to extend the OPA price control law. A Save OPA rally was planned near the Washington Monument as lawmakers debated four disputed provisions and potential meat and dairy price liftings. The House and Senate conferees, meeting late, aimed to finish tonight with a vote possible tomorrow and a Senate filibuster risk noted.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Capitol Hill
Save Opa
House
Washington Monument
Sen. Taylor
D-Ida
OPA
Citizens’ Committee
Midwest
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Joint Congressional Committee
Senate
Quake rattles Pacific Northwest with strong quake
A dozen Northwest communities reported minor damage as a rare quake lasting about 45 minutes shook the region and Canada. In Seattle a 63 year old man died of a heart attack after buildings jolted. chimneys and bridges showed damage while Vancouver and Courtney BC reported toppled smokestacks and a classroom incident. Seismologists placed the epicenter roughly 200 miles west of Vancouver, BC.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
United States
Canada
Washington State
California
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Vancouver
B. C
Jacob Leroy Kingston
Mercer Island
Lake Washington
Courtney
U.S. Geodetic Survey
Hawaiian Islands
Phoenix Home Destroyed by Gas Fire in Suburb
A Phoenix suburb house owned by Lyda S. Chambers of Tucson burned last night due to leaking gas. Occupied by J. A. Vanderv er. Loss was about 3000 dollars for the structure and 2000 dollars for furniture.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Lyda S. Chambers of
Tucson
J. A. Vandever
Sales Tax Test Suit Is Planned In Arizona
D C ONeil announced a test suit will be filed by Sundt Construction Co against the Arizona state tax commission to challenge taxes on materials used in war contracts after the state supreme court ruled contractors are ultimate consumers. The ruling was 3 to 2 with Thad Moore dissenting. The government furnished materials questions remain unsettled and back taxes total about 300000 dollars.
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Phoenix
Arizona State Tax Commission
Supreme Court
D. C. O'Neil
Commission
Tax Commission
Thad Moore
O'Neil
Sundt Construction Company
Purcell quits as SEC head and other resignations
President Truman accepted Ganson Purcell's resignation as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission effective June 30. Edmond Hanrahan of New York was named for Purcell's unexpired term but later withdrawn after a misapprehension surfaced. R Randall Irwin also resigned from the National Wage Stabilization Board effective June 15, with A Coleman Barrett to replace him.
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Washington
Truman
Ganson Purcell
Securities and Exchange Commission
Edmond Hanrahan
New York
Purcell
Commission
Hanrahan
Senate
White House
SEC
Arizona Mine Claims Sold
Sale of the Continental Gold and Copper group and the Cavern mining claims in the Bill Williams mining district Yuma county by W. J. Hokett of Phoenix to William Hemleben and George N. Foster of Los Angeles was announced. The new owners plan road construction to haul equipment to the idle mine with 608 feet of tunnels and a 96 foot shaft. Ore samples show more than an ounce of gold and good copper per ton. An adjoining location Mineral Hill mine is owned by James S. Douglas and associates.
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Continental Gold and Copper Group
Bill Williams
Yuma County
W. J. Hokett
William Hemleben
George N. Foster
Los Angeles
Greater Bisbee Lode
Mineral Hill Mine
James S. Douglas
The
United Verde Extension
Rehearsal of Atomic Test At Bikini Ends With Tragedy
Vice Admiral Blandy reports a successful Queen Day rehearsal of Operation Crossroads as a fleet tests safety drills in Bikini lagoon. A ground crewman dies after walking into propellers of Dave's Dream during the exercise while aircraft report minor mishaps and weather challenges.
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Bikini
W. H. P. Blandy
Joint Task Force No. 1
Bikini Lagoon
Blandy
Dave's
Adm
McKinley
Harold Wood
Bordentown
N. J
Nevada
Wood
Dave
Independence
Kwajalein
Blanchard
Vinson Sworn In As Chief Justice at White House
President Truman presided as Fred M. Vinson became the 13th chief justice in a nine minute ceremony on the White House south portico. Thousands watched the solemn oath taking as Vinson proclaimed I do so help me God and the president praised the appointment.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
White House
Vinson
Truman
United States
Austrians Lose Claim To Tyrol
Paris June 24 The foreign ministers opened Balkan peace talks and rejected Austria’s demand for the Pustertal valley in Italy’s South Tyrol. Molotov blocked a proposed minor-change transfer while the council aims to finish five peace treaties in five days as a midsummer conference looms.
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Danube
Austria
Pustertal
Italy
South Tyrol
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Trieste
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Council
Housing Scene Bright Asks Housing Shortage Despite New Units
Ruth Stutz of the Chamber of Commerce housing bureau says a local housing shortage remains acute even as 68 units arrive at 2st street and South Second avenue from Warren Arizona. Construction at Tucson Heights and university polo grounds aims to add dozens more homes, improving supply for fall and winter visitors.
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Chamber of Commerce Housing Bureau
2St Street
South Second Avenue
Warren
Ariz
Tucson Heights
Paul Broman
Great Western Construction Co
Polo Grounds
University of Arizona
Tucson
Hunger Marches On to Be Broadcast on KTUC at 9:30
The March of Time program titled Hunger Marches On will air at 9 30 p m Tucson time. Tucson relief agencies are urged to tune in for descriptions of famine conditions abroad and to stay informed.
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March of Time
KTUC
Tucson
Donations For Food Pour In Relief Effort From Tucson
Donations for famine relief in Europe total over 2000 dollars in food boxes, aided by Tucsonans who mailed checks to local banks. About 400 dollars was raised Saturday during a downtown tagless day. Boxes cost 7 to 15 dollars and contain 50 pounds of various foods totaling 40000 calories, packed in waterproof containers.
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Europe
Rault
Dragonette
Paris
Raults
Cooperative
Ince
UN Opposes Polish Call to Break With Franco Spain
The United Nations Security Council rejected a Polish proposal to sever diplomatic relations with Franco Spain immediately by a 7 to 4 vote. Oscar Lange urged continued observation of the Franco regime, noting a “serious danger” to international amity and planning to revisit the issue by September 1, 1946.
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New York
U.P
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Spain
Oscar Lange
Lange
Security Council
Democrats and Republicans clash over 17 state Senate race hopes
Democrats led by Sen. Lucas challenge GOP claims of sweeping November seats. He contends Democrats will defend and win in several states including North Dakota Maryland Indiana as Republicans counter with lists of possible gains in 10 more states. The tally shows 56 Democrats 39 Republicans and 1 Progressive.
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Washington
Sen. Lucas
GOP
Carroll Reece
Senate
North Dakota
Ron Lucas
Gerald P. Nye
Roosevelt
John Moses
Lucas
P. W. Lanier, Jr
Fargo
Nye
Milton R. Young
William Langer
J. B. Bridston
Grand Forks
Langer
Maryland
George L. Radcliffe
Herbert R. O’conor
Indiana
William E. Jenner
Raymond E. Willis
Reece
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
West Virginia
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
Pepper Raps British In Address To Jews
Senator Claude Pepper accuses British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin of seeking to draw the United States into conflict. He says Bevin wants U.S. blood shed to advance British imperial aims in the Middle East and that many Britons may prefer U.S. and Soviet clash.
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Pepper
Chicago
U.P
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Ernest Bevin
United States
Middle East
American Jewish Congress
U. S
Russia
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie Dies in New York at 89
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie aged 89, widow of the steel maker and philanthropist, died today at her Fifth avenue mansion in New York.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Fifth Avenue
Poles Face Plebiscite Under Guns Amid Terror
J M Roberts Jr reports Polish Sunday referendum measures the fate of Mikolajczyk’s Peasant party amid government raids, mass jailings, and a secret police campaign. Voters face intimidation as 75,000 to 100,000 jailed and armed poll watchers deter turnout. The issue centers on democratic representation versus Soviet style control.
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Mikolajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Poland
Central
Europe
Germany
Mikolajcczyk
London
Moscow
Misses Quake Sunday Ready To Try Again
Vancouver based inventor Edgar C Thrupp claims to forecast violent earthquakes using planetary gravity. He predicts the worst temblor of 1946 will occur in the next 16 days in the evening. He gave no location or reason for withholding Sunday's forecast.
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Vancouver
B. C
Edgar C. Thrupp
Thrupp
Peru
Asia Minor
Thrapp
U S Army Dependents Arrive in Japan in Welcoming Scenes
Widespread reunions marked the arrival of 183 wives 128 children and one mother on the Army transport Ainsworth in Yokohama. Families embraced on decks and in passageways as two years apart bridged by the homecoming.
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U. S. Army
Japan
Ainsworth
San Juan Day Skies Sunny Over Tucson Weather
The forecast from E. P. Norwood at Davis Monthan field notes continued warm and clear conditions in Tucson. Clouds may form in the afternoon over mountains, but none appeared in Tucson at press time, signaling no rain yet despite border legends.
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Tucson
San Juan
Mexico
United States
E. P. Norwood
U. S
Davis-Monthan Field
Norwood
Baruch Plan Condemned by Pravda in Atomic Debate
Moscow paper Pravda denounces the Baruch atomic plan as an American drive for world domination. It criticizes veto elimination and quotes Boris Izakov blasting U S monopoly aims while praising Andrei Gromyko's Soviet counterproposal for peace and general security.
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Moscow
Pravda Today
Baruch
United States
Pravda
Boris Izakov
Radio Moscow
Bernard Baruch
United National Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Bidault Forms Three-Party French Cabinet Amid Wage Demands
Paris June 24 President Georges Bidault formed a three party cabinet after winning Communist support with a promised 15 per cent national wage rise. The nine man Popular Republicans members lead a coalition with seven Communists and a Social Democratic Union of Resistance member. The cabinet will face a constituent assembly Wednesday and meets Tuesday with many former ministers present. Felix Gouin and Maurice Thorez named vice presidents of the council.
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Paris
U.P
Georges Bidault
France
Socialist Party
Bidault
Popular Republicans
MRP
Social Democratic Union of Resistance
Constituent Assembly
Felix Gouin
Maurice Thorez
Sugar Price Advances Under OPA Authority
Sugar retail prices rose by one fifth of a cent per pound while refiners ceilings increased by one tenth of a cent per pound. The OPA said the boosts were needed to offset refiners lower earnings and rising labor costs.
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OPA
Washington
Congress Party Rejects British Interim India Government Plan
The Congress party's working committee rejected the British proposal for an interim government in India. A decision on accepting the long-term phases of the independence plan was expected the next day. Н
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London
Congress Party
India
Reuters
New Delhi
Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE and NATIONAL LEAGUE
All night games include Cincinnati at Brooklyn tied in the 12th inning. Boston defeated Chicago 5 to 0. Two night games were reported.
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Brooklyn
Boston
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