Ground Party Nears Tucson B 29 Wreck No Hope Left For Crewmen
A ground party of 56 men nears the wreck site of a B 29 flying tanker atop Mt Caladang in the Luzon mountains. Nine airmen are almost certainly dead and families in Tucson await word as the long trek to the crash site continues.
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Marikina
Philippines
Luzon
Caladang
Tucson
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Air Force
Tucson Daily Citizen
Soviet mark slumps after Berlin outlawing move
Berlin dispatch reports the Soviet mark falls to 10 to 1 western Berlin after outlawing by the three western powers. Lord Mayor Ernst Reuter assures Berlin that allies will stay to protect the city and pay scales shift to western marks. In Haifa, Israel Lebanon armistice drafts set demarcation lines and outline prisoner exchanges to be finalized at Rhodes this week.
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Berlin
U.P
Ernst Reuter
United States
Britain
France
Haifa
Mar
Israel
Syria
Mishmar Hayarden
U.S
William Riley
Damascus
Riley
Bunche
Rhodes
Trans-Jordan
Moshe Dayan
Foreign Office
Trans- Jordan
No-Man’s-Land
Hebron
President to Ask Congress for Free Hand on Arms Aid
President Truman will seek blank check authority from Congress to fund Western Europe arms aid totaling about one billion dollars in the first year. The move accompanies plans to ratify the North Atlantic treaty with Senate approval following a multi-nation signing. The policy aims to fulfill mutual aid provisions and integrate allied military strength into a coordinated defense plan.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Congress
Europe
Senate
State Department
Department
Lees
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
America
Associated Press
Western Europe
Senate stalls over extended federal rent controls
Washington March 21 A revised 12 month extension plan faces major Senate hurdles as it nears expiration of current rent limits March 31. Sen Maybank proposes a 12 month extension with 3 months of supervision while Cain and Ricker push a six month extension plus six months supervision. Capehart favors a step by step decontrol schedule. House support for local option decontrol also looms.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
House
Cain
Wash
Ricker
Ohio
Senate Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Rail Men Get 40 Hour Week
Chicago March 21 U P says George E Leighty spokesman for 1 000 000 non operating railroad workers called the new agreement the most momentous in American industry The deal cuts the work week from 48 to 40 with pay intact and adds a seven cent pay boost retroactive to last September Yard masters stay on 48 hours but get 10 cents more pay The plan adds benefits for monthly rated workers on 48 hours Most workers will have two consecutive rest days each week with the right to split rest days under certain conditions Read Page 19 for full settlement details
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Chicago
U.P
George E. Leighty
Railway Express Agency
New York
Leighty
Order of Railway Telegraphers
American
Research Bureau To Keep Tab On State's Expenses
Phoenix readers learn that Tom Thorpe sergeant at arms of the state senate became the first officer recently to receive a gift at a closing ceremony. Sen John Franks presented a pen and pencil set while Thorpe’s predecessor Pat Kelley was honored with a sterling silver tray and Mrs May Belle Craig received a silver coffee pot and cups during the session.
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Phoenix
Tom Thorpe
State Senate
Senate
John Franks
Thorpe
Prescott
Pat Kelley
May Belle Craig
Spring Given Cold Shoulder
Chicago reports a mixed early spring with warmer conditions in most regions, while New England and the middle Atlantic stay cooler. A small tornado hit Melrose New Mexico on Sunday damaging a garage and cutting power and telephone lines as part of the unsettled start to spring.
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Chicago
Mar
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Middlewest
Gulf
North Dakota
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Portland
Middle Atlantic
Melrose
N. M
Legislature's research bill could spur informed budgetary planning
By Bob Brooks the measure on the governor's desk creates a legislative research and investigative bureau. If signed it will give the 20th Arizona legislature well substantiated data for the general appropriations bill. It also funds Capitol annex contract oversight led by Myron R. Holbert. The two year state spending estimate stands at 53,384,979 with a tax rate outlook around 1.17.
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Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Capitol
Capitol Annex
West Adams Street
Myron R. Holbert
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Communists Clash With Fascists in London Parade Protest
In London on March 21, police guarded the north London police court as 23 Communist demonstrators faced assault and obstruction charges after clashes with police and Fascist marchers. In Tottenham, 500 Communists mobilized near the parade start, while eight officers and several protesters were injured in street battles involving bottles and concrete.
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London
Mar
North London
Tottenham
Cort
Mosley
Union
British Union of Fascists
Finland Attitude Hit By Reds in Soviet Rant
Moscow dispatch quotes Leningrad Pravda accusing Finland of violating the peace treaty and pursuing a worsening stance toward Russia. It criticizes Prime Minister Fogerholm’s coalition government and warns Finland must align with the Soviet Union and be friendly to avoid Western aggression.
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Moscow
Finland
Russia
Leningrad Pravda
Leningrad Soviet
Karl A. Fogerholm
Finnish Communist Party
Europe
Rusia
Leningrad
Lenin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Congress Busy With Debates On Rent Controls and More
Senate opens debate on extending rent controls while subcommittees hear about a 70 group air force bill and postal rate changes. Labor panel resumes talks on veterans hospital cutbacks. atomic energy panel holds closed session. House convenes at noon to take up District of Columbia bills. Banking panel questions Brannan on the Commodity Credit Corp charter act. Continued hearings on revising postal rates.
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Armed Services Subcommittee
Post Office Committee
Labor Subcommittee
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
House
District of Columbia
Banking and Currency Committee
Agriculture
Brannan
Commodity Credit Corp
Endurance fliers push toward 1000 hours in coast-to-coast flight
Bill Barris and Dick Riedel, two Californians, aim to extend their endurance flight beyond 726 hours. Refueling over Meridian, they proceed to Jacksonville then plan 44 days aloft and a return trip across the country with stops in Tallahassee, New Orleans, Beaumont, San Angelo, El Paso, and Tucson.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Mar
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Meridian
Miss
California
Tallahassee
Fla
New Orleans
Beaumont
San Angelo
el Paso
Tex
Tucson
Riz
Truman Says Congress O K as Working Together
President Truman told six hundred mayors that he and Congress are united for the country. He blasted the real estate lobby opposing housing and rent control and forecast passage of the housing program with public housing and slum clearance. He warned against press hysteria over his recommendations and affirmed ongoing cooperation with Congress.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Congress
United States Conference of Mayors
Gustin, Assistant To Hayden, Dies
Don Gustin aged 32 principal assistant to Senator Hayden died in his Carroll Arms hotel room on Monday. A friend said the death was likely a heart attack as he shaved and prepared to go to work. He leaves a widow and two young children, his Phoenix mother Mrs. Florence Gustin, and he came to Washington in 1937 as Hayden staff. He was a University of Arizona graduate.
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Washington, Mar
Don Gustin
Sen
Hayden
D-Ariz
Carroll Arms Hotel
Gustin
Florence Gustin
Phoenix
Sen. Hayden
University of Arizona
Moscow Publishes Full Text of North Atlantic Treaty
Moscow papers publish the complete North Atlantic treaty on Sunday highlighting Soviet caution that the pact is aggressive. State media report foreign opposition and quotes from Henry Wallace while noting no official Kremlin statement beyond January claim of world domination aims.
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Moscow
Mar
Russia
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Pravda
Communist Party
Izvestia
New York
Henry Wallace
Italy
North Atlantic
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Great Britain
Cleared In Cleaver Killing Woman Seeks Custody
Betty Ferreri freed by a jury in the October murder of her husband Jerome plans to regain custody of their four year old son Vincent and return to New Jersey. The trial ended with Ferreri and co defendant Charles Fauci acquitted. Fauci remained in custody as authorities seek him.
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Los Angeles
Betty Ferreri
Jerome
New Jersey
Chares Fauci
Ferreri
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