House Senate Vote on OPA and Price Controls
The House defeated an effort to end price controls on livestock dairy meat and products, then moved toward final passage of a compromise extending OPA for a year. Senate approval is required. a 30 day re pricing window is set, subsidies capped, and rent controls left unchanged.
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Washington
House
OPA
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committees
Truman
Senate
Chester Bowles
Capitol
Sen. Barkley
Barkley
Sen
Taft
R-O
Millikin
R-Cole
Sen. Radcliffe
D-Md
Rep. Crawford
R-Midh
Joint Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Council Orders Housing Probe
The Tucson City Council orders an inquiry into the housing authority amid war veterans families alleging favoritism in housing selections. The move, prompted by Dr. B. Adams and supported by several councilors, seeks written and oral reports on La Reforma Davis-Monthan and related projects.
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Tucson
Davis-Monthan
8. T. Adams
Forrest G. Priser
Charles J. Brady
Brady
Priser
Thomas J. Elliott
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Pima County
Broadway Village
Country Club Road
East Broadway
Catalina Vista
East Grant Road
Campbell Avenue
County-City Zoning Asked
The State-wide legislative and planning committee agreed to submit to the next regular session a bill combining county zoning and county planning provisions. Officers named are Fred A. Ironside Jr. chairman, James B. Rolle Jr. vice-chairman, and Mrs. Ethel Hickman secretary.
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Phoenix
Fred A. Ironside, Jr
James B. Rolle
Yuma
Ethel Hickman
Monument to Peace Proposed by Harless
Representative Harless of Arizona calls for the United States to fund a peace monument for the United Nations site. He introduces legislation to inscribe lines from James Patrick McGovern’s poem on the monument, including War would ever be a fugitive and If only Christ among us all might live.
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Washington
Harless
D-Ariz
United States
United Nations
Rome
James Patrick McGovern
Christ
Copper Wage Accord Near Bisbee Strike Resolution
Representatives of the CIO International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Phelps Dodge Corp resume talks in Douglas to end the three month strike at Bisbee Morenci and Douglas. C R Kuzell reports some progress after last night’s session, as Reid Robinson misses today’s meeting due to his father’s illness in Los Angeles.
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Douglas
CIO International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Phelps Dodge Corp
Bisbee
Morenci
C. R. Kuzell
Phelps Dodge
Reid Robinson
Los Angeles
Ban On Russian Relief Is Possible
Acting Secretary of State Ache son says Russia rejected US protest over press freedom in Romania and forced Reuben Markham of the Christian Science Monitor to leave. The United States faces a possible no reporters no money stance on its UNRRA $465 million final contribution as Congress debates press access and use of funds in non compliant nations. The White House cites Soviet censorship while Truman notes satisfactory reporting arrangements exclude the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
United States
Romania
Reuben Markham
Christian Science Monitor
William F. Arbogast
UNRRA
Truman
Moscow
Soviet Republics
House
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Brown
Soviets
Congress
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Rayburn
Soviet Union
Eden Urges Atomic Pact To End Tense Global Atmosphere
Anthony Eden told the Canadian branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association that much of the current friction among great powers could be resolved by an international understanding on atomic energy. He warned that Allies of past battles threaten each other with recriminations and lingering distrust, though major powers lack intent to wage war.
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Ottawa
Anthony Eden
Empire Parliamentary Association
3 338 Registered To Vote In Santa Cruz
Total primary registration in Santa Cruz county reaches 3 338. Democrats lead with 2 995 registrants, followed by 217 Republicans and 126 nonpartisans. Comparative 1944 totals were 2 045 Democrats, 186 Republicans, 125 military, and 10 others.
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Santa Cruz
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Three Die in Staten Island Ferry House Fire
Nine alarm blaze at St George ferry house on Staten Island kills three and injures fourteen with thirty two others escaped. Fire started after locomotive pulled into adjacent railroad station. The deceased include Mrs Cor nellius White Alice Keizer and Harold Clendening a city firefighter. Authorities say fire exposed lower Manhattan as alarms rolled in from Brooklyn Manhattan and Richmond borough.
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New York
Staten Island
St. George Ferry House
Cornelius White
Alice Keizer
Harold Clendening
Clendening
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Richmond
City Department of Marine
Aviation
Ferry House
Byrnes and Molotov Hold Private Talks on Trieste
In Paris on June 25 Secretary of State Byrnes and Russian Foreign Minister Molotov met privately at Luxembourg Palace and then joined the foreign ministers council. A key issue discussed was Trieste with pressure from both sides to avoid delaying peace treaties for Romania Hungary and Bulgaria. Moscow dispatches quoted Tass opposing internationalization as contrary to Yugoslav aims.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Luxembourg Palace
Foreign Ministers Council
Europe
Trieste
Byrnes
Molotov
U. S
Haly
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Adriatic
United Nations
Danzig
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
Baseball Scores: Chicago Defeats Washington 6 4
Chicago beat Washington 6 to 4 in the night game. Boston lost 6 to 1 to Detroit while Philadelphia at St. Louis results were not complete for the New York Cleveland matchup.
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Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Cincinnati Beats Brooklyn 15 to 3 in Night Contest
A short report notes Cincinnati defeating Brooklyn 15 to 3 across three night games in progress, with the final score highlighted and game context hinted.
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National Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New Draft Law Expiration Set for March Thirty-First
Washington June 25 The house passed major selective service provisions sending them to the senate. Draft age 19 to 44, service 13 months, fathers exempt, active members may seek discharge after Aug 1 1946. Act lasts until Mar 31 1947. Pay rises 50 percent for low grades, 10 percent for high officers. Pay increase separated from draft extension per compromise.
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Washington
House
Senate
Compromise extends draft to March 31 with 18 year olds barred
The House approved a compromise extending the draft law to March 31 next year while barring induction of 18 year olds and allowing 19 to 44 year olds with restrictions. The bill, 259 to 110, follows a War Department note that July and August drafts will pause.
North Second Zoning Opened
City planning and zoning commission to hold hearings at 7:30 p m Thursday at Tucson Regional Plan Inc on 160 North Meyer street. Herman Raspke seeks to change zoning on southeast and southwest corners of the North Second and Drachman intersection from residential-1 to residential-2.
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Feldman Addition
North Second Avenue
Drachman Street
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Office of Tucson Regional Plan Inc
North Meyer Street
Herman Raspke
Mabel Street
Cherry Avenue
West Fourth Street
Ninth Avenue
South Euclid
17Th Streets
North Sixth Avenue
First
Second Avenues
Brother Freed of Shooting Ends Case
Delmar Leeth 25 told County Attorney J Mercer Johnson and Justice of the Peace Co W Gardner he would not testify against Clyde Leeth 21 his brother who allegedly shot him at their home 1147 South Osborn June 6. Gardner dismissed the case on Johnsons recommendation. Delmar from his hospital bed said he wanted his brother to go free and will be released in a few days.
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Delmar Leeth
J. Mercer Johnson
Justice of the Peace Co
W. Gardner
Clyde Leeth
South Osborn
Justice Gardner
Clyde
Johnson
Delmar
Condemnation Battle Over Tucson Gas and Power Case
George R. Darnell of Darnell & Robertson filed an answer for Tucson Gas Light and Power challenging the city of Tucson’s condemnation suit. He argues lack of South Tucson consent and cites prior intervention attempts, post filing improvements, and missing lien holders. The document requests judgment in favor of the utility and costs.
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Bob Brooks
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
George R. Darnell
Darnell & Robertson
U. S. District Court
Darnell
South
Tucson
South Tucson
Chase National Bank
New York
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Howard C. Speakman
Northrop mammoth bomber completes initial test flight
Hawthorne California June 25 Northrop Aircrafts flying wing the worlds largest bomber completed its initial 44 minute test flight landing at Muroc Army airbase at 11 14 a m PST in a dust cloud. Military and police report search for missing British officers after June 16 kidnaping in Jerusalem. Local reports note Poland endorses Soviet plan to outlaw atomic warfare and US plan for atomic control. OPA raises beer price by one cent per bottle while draughts stay unchanged.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Northrop Aircraft Company
Mammoth
Muroc Army Airbase
Washington
OPA
Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Peace on Atomic Control Faces Soviet Skepticism
Pravda attacks the U S plan for atomic control and U S officials insist on secrecy until robust safeguards exist. Bernard Baruch hints any control plan could evolve into a general peace formula while observers wonder if a focused peace project might be wiser than a Manhattan style effort.
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Baruch
Russia Stirs Atomic Wrath in U S Congress
In Washington on June 25 lawmakers blamed Russia for stalling UN atomic control talks. Senator Russell called Pravda’s charge of world rule absurd while opposing disclosure of A-bomb secrets without irrevocable inspection. Both Russell and Johnson warned of a new arms race if international controls fail.
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Jack Bell
Washington
United Nations
Congress
Russia
Pravda
Senate
Special Atomic Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
India Freedom Plan Accepted by Congress and League
The All-Indian Congress accepted a long-range British plan for a federated India but rejected an interim government. The Moslem League also accepted the cabinet mission proposals, after earlier signaling support for an interim government. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad announced the Congress decision to Viceroy Wavell by phone.
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New Deli
Lord Wavell
League
Nawabzada Liaquatali Khan
Paul Mason
New Delhi
All-Indian Congress Party
Union of India
Congress Working Committee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Congress Party
India
Moslem League
Van Voorhees Seeks Transfer Permit For Transport Service
The Arizona corporation commission will hold a public hearing at 2 p m Thursday on Paul van Voorhees application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to haul passengers and freight between depots airports and hotels. The hearing will likely be in the courthouse.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Paul van Voorhees
Tucson
Blandy tightens Bikini tests area and warns off intruders
Vice Admiral Blandy ruled Bikini and nearby waters out of bounds to all foreign ships and aircraft as the Crossroads tests near Able day. He warned he would use force to escort unauthorized craft from the area and noted the dangers and required clearance from Bikini port officials.
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W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini
Joseph Myler
MT. M'Kinley
W.P
Blandy
Barrett
Bikin
Harold H. Wood
Bordentown N. J
Nevada
Wood
Bikini Lagoon
Green House
Independence
Peron pledges Nazi trial in Argentina
President Juan D. Peron told United Press that his government will bring to trial Nazis still in Argentina. He said no third parties influence Argentine US friendship and that remaining Nazis will be handled by Argentine courts amid ongoing diplomatic discussions with the Soviet Union.
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Buenos Aires
Wu.p
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
United Press
Peron
Soviet Union
Bomb Wave Preview Shows Potential U S Harbor Flood Risk
The motion picture on the USS Appalachan’s Little Bikini test site depicts atomic bomb like waves endangering major harbors. It suggests New York Wall Street and Treasury steps could flood, San Francisco Market Street area hit, and Bremerton base require sea walls. The Taylor model basin near Washington simulates A-bomb effects with model ships afloat.
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Appalachian
U. S
New York
Wall Street
Treasury Building
Stock Exchange
San Francisco
Market Street
Navy
Bremerton
Washington
Little Bikini
Taylor Model Basin
Washington, D. C
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Francis J. Kelly
Council
By A. K. Brown
FPHA
East 22Nd Street
Randolph Park
South Alvernon Way
Navy Reserve Division
Southern Pacific
North Main Street
Federal Works Agency
Estevan Park
G. G. Sykes
South Main Street
Sundt Construction Co
North Fourth Avenue
East Fourth Street
Stevens and
North Fourth Avenues
Musicians’ Union
Junior Chamber of Commerce
VA Stadium
Eden
Yank
Cenfer
Louis Bevin
War Department
Army
John R. Murdock
Richard F. Harless
Arizona
Poland
Alexandre Parodi
France
Associated Press
Herbert R. O’conor
George L. Radcliffe
Baltimore
Maryland
FT. Francis
Ont
Ash Fork
Will Lock
Galveston
Tex
Don Lock
Barbara
U. S. II
J. M. Roberts, JR
America
Bernard Baruch
Bikini Region
Howard Blakeslie
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