Continued Dry Spell Hits Northeastern States Across Regions
Sunny skies worsened drought across lower New England New Jersey and New York with no relief in sight. Crops face millions in losses and bans on lawn sprinkling reflect harsher conditions as fires and heat rise in Adams Adirondacks and Maine forests.
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New England
New Jersey
New York State
Burlington
Paterson
N. J
New Brunswick
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondacks
State Conservation Department
Massachusetts
Maine
Nebraska
Charges Dropped in Lottery Case Against Club Leader
PHOENIX June 24. George president of Ring side Athletic club was cleared of charges of conducting a lottery after Justice Al Flood dismissed the case. The defense argued similar events occurred in Phoenix but faced opposition from Deputy Prosecutor Don Ben Roush.
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Phoenix
N. RK. George
Ringside Athletic Club
al Flood
Justice Flood
Aaron Kinney
Don Ben Roush
Kinney
Greek Premier Sophoulis Dies in Athens at 88
Themis tokles Sophoulis, Greece’s Premier since 1947, died Friday at his summer home in Athens at 4 15 p.m. He had faced illness and a heart attack earlier, with political turbulence including a cabinet reshuffle in April after a government scandal. He was 88.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Sophoulis
Paul
Hospital Bond Appealed in Santa Cruz County
The appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court of a Santa Cruz County ruling upholding a $300,000 county hospital bond election was filed Friday by Mayor James Robbins and attorney Nasib Karam. Supporters have 30 days to file briefs. opponents say a publicly funded hospital cannot accept paying patients and must serve only indigent patients.
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George Henry Steele Jr
Circle A
Freedom Village
Carolyne Steele
Steele
Kane
Nogales
Arizona Supreme Court
Santa Cruz County
James Robbins
Nasib Karam
High Court
Prescott Seeks Tariff Restoration on Foreign Copper
The Prescott chamber of commerce joins other Arizona communities in urging restoration of the copper tariff. A telegram was sent to President Truman and Arizona's senators and representatives requesting the tariff be restored.
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Prescott
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Truman
Arizona
Man Admits He Killed Young Iowa Mother
A Morrison youth confessed to his mother that he killed and mutilated Irma Jean Stahlhut a 22 year old tavern owner and mother of a 13 month old. He was held in Grundy county jail likely facing first degree murder charges after being captured in a corn field near Morrison.
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Morrison
Grundy County
John A. Meyer
Edward J
Buddy) Beckwith
St Ile
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Harvey
Beckwith
Grundy Center
Meyer
Saguaro Forest Road Completed Near East Broadway
Pima county highway engineers near completion of a new road from East Broadway to the Saguaro monument headquarters. The route is expected to boost tourism to the 53 500 acre national monument housing the last solid stand of giant cacti. Government efforts to acquire the entire monument area were reported, potentially placing control with the national park service.
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East Broadway
Saguaro Monument Headquarters
Pima County
National Monument
National Park Service
Day's Activities In Congress
Senate continues debate on changes in the Taft Hartley labor act. Appropriations committee resumes hearings on the Economic Cooperation Administration recovery funds. Public works committee hears governors of Oregon Washington Idaho as well as the Columbia Valley Authority. Senate House atomic energy committee continues its investigation of the atomic energy program. House debate on housing continues. Foreign affairs committee considers aid to Korea. Agriculture committee considers new farm program.
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Economic Co-Operation Administration
Public Works Committee
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Columbia Valley Authority
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Korea
Agriculture Committee
Joint
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
CVA
Senate Public Works Committee
Pacific Northwest
Sen
Cain
R-Wash
Democrats Claim Labor Vote Gain
Democratic leaders claim gains on housing aid and Taft-Hartley act changes. House hopes for a 40 to 50 vote margin on a trimmed housing bill while Senate debates removing emergency injunction power from Taft-Hartley through new plant seizure provisions. Senate votes on key questions likely after additional amendments.
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Rep
Priest
Tennessee
Sen. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Lucas
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Capitol Hill
Tax Exemptions Proving Costly in Arizona Taxes
State tax officials warn leaks in Arizona tax structure raise property tax burdens. Veterans and widows exemptions in Pima county rose significantly from 1947 to 1948, increasing exempt valuations and reducing county revenue by about 225000 dollars. Exemption totals now exceed 4300000 dollars statewide.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Thad Moore
Joe Hunt
Tax Commission Office
Moore
Hunt
Tax Commission
Pima County
Hiss and Coplon Deny Espionage Charges in High Profile Trials
In Washington and New York, Judith Coplon and Alger Hiss testified as they deny sharing state secrets with Soviet agents. Coplon admitted carrying secret papers between offices and home while praising Russia cautiously, and Hiss proclaimed he never gave secrets to Whittaker Chambers or anyone. A related New York trial sees 11 Communists charged with conspiring to overthrow the U.S. government.
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Judith Coplon
Alger Hiss
State Department
New York
Department
U. S
Richard Gladstein
San Francisco
John M. Kelley Jr
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Russia
Valentine A. Gubitchevy
Gubitchev
Hiss
Chambers
Malcolm Cowley
Secre
He's Got An Excuse It's Hot Weather Nogales Tale
Nogales police rush to the northeast after a frantic phone call from a woman reporting a male neighbor watering his yard without clothes. He was cited to appear in police court.
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Nogales
Ariz
Post office reform urged as political patronage ends
President Truman proposed a sweeping reorganization to Congress allowing the postmaster general to name all postmasters while obeying civil service rules and the classification act. The plan aims to remove postmaster appointments from politics and increase merit hiring.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Truman
Civil Service Laws
Coal talks near deadline amid stalled bargaining
In Bluefield West Virginia Southern Soft Coal Operators faced a Friday deadline with no contract agreement after a week of bargaining with the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis. In Phoenix a dysentery outbreak claimed 14 lives in 10 days, including the two month old Virginia Ortiz daughter of Mrs Sophia Ortiz.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Soft
John L. Lewis
Phoenix
Virginia
Sophia Ortiz
No Verdict In Extort Trial
Edward Ebersold 38 faced a new trial after a federal court jury failed to reach a verdict on extortion charges involving $10 000 from the Diamond brothers Phoenix merchants The jury was dismissed after nearly eight hours of deliberation Mrs Ruby Riggs 24 testified she wrote the letter as Ebersold dictated and printed another for Clarence Jensen owner of the tourist court tied to a February gun battle involving Phoenix police No date for new trial set
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Phoenix
U.P
Edward Ebersold
Diamond Brothers
Ebersold
Diamond
Clarence Jensen
Billy Ray Gilbert
Ruby Helen Riggs
Jensen
Stephen Weining
FBI
Emergency Runs Offer Refused by Russian Office
Berlin authorities report June Kahn announced on Friday that an emergency basis proposal by communist strikers to restore interzonal runs was refused by a Russian office. The brief statement cited no further details.
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Berlin
Kahn
Acheson Sees Soviet On Run In Europe Struggle
Secretary of State Acheson says the Soviet Union is on the defensive in Europe after the Paris Big Four meeting. He urges continuing Marshall Plan aid North Atlantic treaty and arms for Europe, noting Western gains.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
Europe
Paris
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
State Department
Secret navy building fire near munitions depots in D C
A three alarm fire at a top secret naval installation near the Anacostia base threatened nearby munitions warehouses. Shore patrolmen with revolvers barred police from entering while foam was used to contain the blaze. No damage figures were disclosed.
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Washington
Naval
Navy
Naval Research Magazine
Washington Times-Herald
Anacostia Naval Base
Baseball Results National League Scores and Standings
Baseball results show New York edging Chicago 2 to 1 with hits by Jansen Higbe and others. St Louis and Boston pitchers faced off in a 2 to 1 finish. Detroit crushed New York 58 to 47 in a high scoring clash with Berra contributing for the Yankees.
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New York
Chicago
Jansen
Higbe
Hansen
Webb
Behrman
Westrum
Hacker
Walker
St. Louis
Boston
Oo Ostrowski
Papai
Shore
Lollar
Greyhound Crash Injures 33 Near Baltimore
A New York to Washington Greyhound bus leaving U S 40 northeast of Baltimore pitched off a culvert embankment at dawn injuring 33 of 35 passengers and the driver. Driver Gerald Thibodeau 25 of Philadelphia and Corp William Pomerleau 20 of Kennebunk reported injuries as ambulances moved victims to Johns Hopkins and city hospitals.
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Baltimore
U. S. 40
Beret Way
Gerald Philip Thibodeau
Haworth
Philadelphia
William Dreyer
Baltimore County Police
Thibodeau
Johns Hopkins
Corp
William A. Pomerleau Jr
Kennebunk, Me
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