House and Senate vote on OPA price controls extension
The House defeated a bid to end price controls on livestock dairy and meat 221 to 150 then moved to a final vote on compromise extend ing OPA life. Senate must approve for law. Bowles denounced inflation risks while conferees announced a $1.0 to $2.05 billion subsidy plan with set end dates.
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Washington
House
OPA
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
Senate
Chester Bowles
Council Orders Housing Probe In Tucson
Tucson city council voters instructed head of the housing authority W T Pryott to explain operations on La Reforma Davis Monthan Consolidated dwellings and other projects. Briefer reports needed and council seeks written and oral updates amid veteran family complaints of delays in housing.
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Tucson
Davis-Monthan
County City Zoning Plan Proposed by Committee
Phoenix June 25 The state wide legislative and planning committee agreed to submit a bill at the next regular session combining county zoning and county planning provisions. Fred A. Ironside Jr. of Phoenix was named chairman James B Rolle Jr of Yuma vice chairman and Mrs Ethel Hickman of Phoenix secretary. The officers will serve the balance of this year and the next two year term of the legislature.
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Phoenix
Fred A. Ironside, Jr
James B. Rolle
Yuma
Ethel Hickman
New Draft Law Expiration Set for March Thirty-First
Washington reports the new selective service act sets the draft age 19 to 44 with 18 months service, fathers exempt, current personnel may seek discharge after August 1, 1946, act runs until March 31, 1947, and pay rises 50 percent for lower grades down to 10 percent for top officers. The pay bill is separated from the draft extension.
Monument to Peace Suggested by Harless
Representative Harless of Arizona proposes U S action to erect a peace monument on the United Nations site. The plan would have the United States fund the monument and inscribe lines from James Patrick McGovern's New Roads to Rome: 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
Baruch
Copper Wage Accord Near
Representatives of the CIO International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Phelps Dodge Corp resumed talks in Bisbee Douglas and Morenci to end a three month strike. C R Kuzell said some progress was made at the session. Reid Robinson was in Los Angeles due to his father's illness and did not attend.
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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 said Russia rejected a strong US protest over news freedom suppression in Romania and forced Reuben Markham of the Christian Science Monitor to leave Romania.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
United States
Romania
Reuben Markham
Christian Science Monitor
Eden Favors Atomic Pact To End War Fear
Anthony Eden told the Canadian branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association that an international understanding on atomic energy could remove tensions among the great powers. He warned there is no major power ready to risk war and urged quick settlement of disagreements with goodwill.
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Ottawa
Anthony Eden
Empire Parliamentary Association
Registration totals set for Santa Cruz primaries
Revised figures show 3 338 registered in Santa Cruz county for the primaries. Democrats total 2 995, Republicans 217, and nonpartisans 126. Comparison with 1944 shows 2 045 Democrats, 186 Republicans, 125 military, and 10 others.
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Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Three Perish In New York Fire
A nine alarm blaze at Staten Island's St George ferry house killed three people including two women ticket agents and city fireman Harold Clendening. Fourteen injured were hospitalized and twenty more overcome by smoke as crews battled flames across Brooklyn Manhattan and Richmond boroughs. The fire began after a locomotive pulled into the adjacent railroad station.
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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 and Aviation
Byrnes Molotov Meet in Paris on Trieste Peace Outlook
Secretary of State Byrnes and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov held private talks in Paris and joined the foreign ministers council as they pursued Europe peace issues. Russian opposition to internationalizing Trieste and plans for plebiscite stalled prospects, with Moscow citing Yugoslav sovereignty goals and concerns over past internationalization efforts.
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James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Luxembourg Palace
Foreign Ministers Council
Europe
Trieste
Byrnes
Molotov
U. S
Italy
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Adriatic
United Nations
Danzig
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
Baseball Scores Roundup From National League Night
Chicago defeated Washington six to four. Boston routed Detroit nine to one. Cincinnati hammered Brooklyn fifteen to three in National League action. Philadelphia at St Louis and New York Cleveland games were incomplete as night games continued.
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Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York - Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
National Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Compromise extends draft to next March with restrictions
The House approved a compromise extending the draft through March 31 while barring induction of 18 year olds. The bill allows 19 and 44 year olds to be drafted for 18 months, limits force size, and grants discharge on request after Aug. 1 1946 for current fathers in service. The pact also lifts a prior ban on 19 year olds and on pre Oct 15 inductions. The Senate had favored drafting 18 and 19 year olds.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Department
Army
John R. Murdock
Richard F. Harless
Arizona
North Second Zoning Opened for Public Hearings
The Tucson planning and zoning commission will hold hearings at 7 30 p m Thursday at Tucson Regional Plan Inc 160 North Meyer Street on multiple zoning changes. Herman Raspke seeks R1 to R2 on southeast and southwest corners of the North Second and Drachman intersection.
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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 his brother Clyde Leeth 21 who allegedly shot him at their home on 1147 South Osborn June 6. Gardner dismissed the case upon Johnsons recommendation. Delmar said he wanted his brother to go free and he expected hospital release 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 Attack Emphasizes Utility Legal Stand
George R. Darnell for Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power filed four defenses in the U S district court against the city's condemnation suit begun January 12 1944 He argues the city lacks power to condemn as South Tucson has not consented to transfer of the utilitys properties and cites South Tucsons intervention attempt in related actions He notes voters had rejected bond financing for acquisition and points to required improvements and missing defendants Chase National Bank and John Hancock Life hold major mortgage bonds He asks for judgment in favor of the utility and costs
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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
Flying wing bomber completes initial test flight at Muroc
Northrop Aircraft announced its mammoth flying wing, claimed as the world’s largest bomber, completed a 44 minute test flight today at Muroc Army Airbase landing at 11 14 a m PST. The report also notes political and weather highlights from the same day across several locations.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Northrop Aircraft Company
Mammoth Flying Wing
Muroc Army Airbase
Peace Offer Of United States Rejected By Analysts
Pravda's outburst over U S atomic control plans prompts a restatement of U S resolve to keep secrets until safeguards exist. Critics argue that the United States must demand quid pro quo for its vast expenditures and genius, while noting Britain and Canada accept limits without surrendering American information.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Pravda
America
United States
Russia Stirs Atomic Wrath and UN Control Deadlock
Congress reacts as Russia presses its own terms for international atomic controls amid fears of a new arms race. Senators Russell and Johnson condemn Pravda’s charge and warn that a UN stalemate could trigger a fresh nuclear arms contest.
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Washington
United Nations
Congress
Russia
Pravda
Senate
Special Atomic Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
India Freedom Plan Accepted
New Delhi reports the Moslem league will join the interim Indian government proposed by the British cabinet mission and Viceroy Lord Wavell. League Secretary Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan announced the agreement tonight.
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New Delhi
Lord Wavell
League
Nawabzada Liaquatali Khan
Congress Accepts Long Range Plan for Federated India
New Delhi June 25 The All India Congress accepted a long range British plan for an independent federated union of India while rejecting proposals for an interim government The decision followed a two hour meeting of the Congress working committee announced by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to Viceroy Lord Wavell A forthcoming official statement on constitutional future may come tonight or tomorrow The 14 member cabinet plan favored equal five seats for Congress and Moslem league with four for minorities The Moslem league had already accepted the long range proposals for independence on June 6 and signaled approval of the interim government plan
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New Delhi
All-India Congress Party
Union of India
Congress Working Committee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Lord Wavell
Congress Party
India
Moslem League
League
Paul van Voorhees Seeks Transfer Permit
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 Declares Bikini Off Limits to Foreign Warcraft
Vice Admiral Blandy announced Bikini and surrounding areas are out of bounds to all foreign ships and aircraft during Operation Crossroads. He warned force would be used to escort unauthorized craft away as the atomic test schedule nears Able Day next week.
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W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini
Joseph Myler
MT. M’kinley
Blandy
Barrett
Maj
Harold H. Wood
Bordentown N. J
Nevada
Wood
Bikini Lagoon
Green House
Independence
Peron Promises Trial of Nazis in Argentina
President Juan D. Peron pledged that Argentina will bring to trial Nazis still in the country. He told UPI that no third parties influence Argentina’s friendship with North America and that remaining Nazis will be dealt with by national courts.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
United Press
Peron
Soviet Union
Bomb Wave Demonstrations Warn of Harbor Flood Risks
On board the USS Appalachian a film shows atomic bomb type waves from the Little Bikini tests. It suggests possible water damage in U S harbors if bombs explode near cities like New York and San Francisco. Bremerton Navy base could need sea walls.
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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
Little
Bikini
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