Senate Hearings on Colorado River Water Bog Down
A Senate Interior Committee hearing on California and Arizona water claims for the lower Colorado River stalls amid technical debate. Chairman O Mahoney directs three engineer groups to independently estimate river water, Anderson seeks a starting point on water quantity before considering two measures. The panel delays as experts discuss data and methods. Separately, the House votes 208 to 207 to shelve Rankin veterans pension bill, sending it back to committee for reconsideration with potential reintroduction later.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Senate Interior Committee
California
Arizona
Colorado
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Central
Arizona Reclamation
Supreme Court
Anderson
Iowa
Bureau of ‘Reclamation
O’mahoney
Arvin L. Shaw
Sen. Miller
Idaho
Central Arizona
House
Veterans Committee
Veterans’ Committee
Rankin
Congress
Teage
D-Tex
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Rayburn
Teague
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Browder Seeks Testimony in U.S. Communist Trial
Earl Browder, former Communist leader, pressed to testify in defense of 11 defendants on conspiracy charges. He denied plans to aid the government or join the Catholic church, arguing the 1945 convention and party constitution remained unchanged. Louis Budenz testified for the prosecution.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Browder
Louis Budenz
Kremlin
Communist National Committee
Budenz
Aoeonda
Churchill to Visit Truman During Eleven Day Tour
Winston Churchill arrives in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth for an 11 day stay in the United States. He will call on President Truman in Washington Thursday and dine with the Trumans. Churchill, 74, met by about 200 reporters, will address a MIT gathering in Cambridge on March 31.
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New York
Mar
Winston Churchill
President Truman
Washington
Churchill
Truman
Great Britain
America
Churchills
Christopher Soames
Bernard Baruch
Henry R. Luce
Time, Inc
The
New York Times
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Levee Breach Floods Port Allen Area Along Mississippi
A Mississippi River levee broke about 4:10 am near Port Allen Louisiana sending residents fleeing. Water advanced three miles in hours, covering Highway 190 to three feet. Red Cross opened a refugee center in Port Allen as deputies and volunteers evacuated homes. The break surprised officials despite a river stage near flood level earlier. Port Allen, a sugar area town of about 3,500, faces widespread inundation as authorities assess further spread.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Tucson
Port Allen
Baton
Red Cross
Wilkinson
H. L. Oncal Jr
Lichtblau
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
It's Not All Work At Pima County Fair
Five year old Jack Marlar visits the Pima county fair with his grandmother and enjoys a hot dog while touring exhibits. Mrs R A Wood displays prize winning devil's food cake with mint icing baked by Mrs A F Knox. Phillip Allan, 4H entrant, poses as he shares rural farming memories from Minnesota with his family.
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Reggie Russell
Jack Marlar
Dale Marlar
Geronimo
Ray Garrett
R. A. Wood
A. F. Knox
Wood
Amphitheater Homemakers Club
Phillip Allan
Norman Pace
Teton
Phillip
Esmond Stewart
Ohio
Minnesota
Four B-29 crew missing after Mt Irid crash
Manila report says search continues for four missing bodies at Mt Irid wreck, Clark Field noting five of nine U S air force crewmen were found after the March 1 crash. The B-29 based at Davis-Monthan refuelled the globe girdling B-50 Lucky Lady II then failed to return. A jungle ground party with machetes aided the search.
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Manila
Mar
U.P
Mt. Irid
Clarkfield
U. S. Air Force
Davis-Monthan
Lewis Orders End Of Strike Ends Idle Miner Standstill
John L. Lewis ordered 463,000 idle coal miners east of the Mississippi to return to work Monday after a memorial period ends March 28. Production may resume in all mines and workers should be available. The action protests the firing of Dr. James Boyd as head of the U S Bureau of Mines and follows a strike that cost miners about 30 million dollars in wages. Railroads also laid off over 70,000 workers during the shutdown.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Lewis
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Navy Captain Missing As Wife Sues Congresswoman
Navy Captain Harold A Latta-Lawrence is absent from home and Navy offices as U.S. marshals seek to inform him of his wife Ellene Latta-Lawrence's separate maintenance suit. Ellene, former California model, claims marital strain from his ties to Edith Nourse Rogers.
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Washington
Mar
U.S
Navy
Harold A. Latta-Lawrence
Latta-Lawrence
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Latta Lawrence
Navy Department
G. R. Perry
Rogers
Eilene Diana Latta-Lawrence
Harold Alexander Latta-Lawrence
District Court
Edith Nouree Rogers
Cattle Sales Set To Open Friday At Pima County Fair
Fair weather brings crowds to the Pima County Fair and Tucson livestock show with cattle sales starting at 12 30 p m Friday. Free entertainment runs daily from 1 to 3 p m and Bunnyland theater at 8 p m. Judging of poultry, cattle shows, and cow horse events fill the schedule along with food proceeds aiding the VFW orphanage.
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Pima County
Tucson
George Legler
Bunnyland Theater
Ladies Auxiliary of
VFW
Pamela Wolf
Brief Chilly Spell At End In Arizona Outlook
A cold snap dropped Arizona temperatures below freezing in the north and chilly in the south before a warming sun returned. Snow fell in Flagstaff Prescott and other northern cities with a low of 11 degrees at Flagstaff. The U S Weather Bureau said the low pressure area moved northeast and Arizona would stay warm in the coming days.
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Tuba City
Tombstone
Short Creek
Quartzsite
Arizona
Southland
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tucson
Mercury
Rockies
Plains States
Pacific Northwest
Flagstaff
Prescott
Yuma
Weather Bureau
Gas Fire Near Houston Destroys Gas Well, Burning Uncontrolled
A huge gas fire in the Houston oil field ten miles southwest of Houston raged uncontrolled Thursday. Police cordoned the area to keep bystanders away as fire crews and equipment failed to halt the blaze. Officials cited a possible blowout from an abandoned well on the R Y Smith lease near a new well location.
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Houston
Tex
R. Y. Smith
Harry Hess
Texas Railroad Commission
Hess
Engineer Killed In Head On Train Crash
In Jesup Georgia on March 24 a passenger train and a freight train collided head on killing James Paul Parrish 51 a Savannah Georgia engineer buried under coal. Fireman Willie Murray Savannah was severely scalded and not expected to live. None of the 25 passengers injured.
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Jesup
James Paul Parrish
Savannah
Atlantic Coast Line
Willie Murray
Bevin Opposes Total Blockade of Germany
London March 24 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin warned in the house of commons that a total economic blockade of Soviet controlled eastern Germany would provoke war. He urged against breaking east west trade while saying materials usable for war should not reach eastern areas. Bevin noted western allies blocked routes to the Soviet zone, but eastern Germany still obtains some western shipments by sea.
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London
Mar
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Germany
Atlantic
West Berlin
Bevin
Switzerland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Denmark
East Germany
France
Italy
Harold MacMillan
The
House
Russia
CIO Urges Higher Labor Department Funding
Washington March 24 The CIO urged Congress to boost Labor Department funding to 25 million dollars for the coming fiscal year, 8.5 million more than House passage. Mrs Katherine P Ellickson said current funding equals about 50 cents per worker versus Agriculture spending of 1.7 billion, arguing for equal treatment for labor.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Labor Department
Katherine P. Ellickson
Senate
House
Federal Security Agency
Ellickson
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Mikhail E. Chiaurely
Reds
Denver Tavern
York
Atkins
Denver
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Harry Anderson
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