Tornadoes Hit Four Northwest Oklahoma Towns Killing Two
Tornadoes struck Canton Longdale and Blackwell in northwest Oklahoma on Wednesday killing two people and injuring 18. Canton and Longdale suffered the heaviest damage with many homes and businesses destroyed or heavily damaged. Blackwell, with 12 000 residents, reported injuries and a damaged school and bleachers.
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Canton
Okla
Oklahoma
Longdale
Blackwell
Enid
Here
Little Longdale
Oklahoma City
Murdock Defends Arizona Development Project Fees
Chairman Murdock told a house reclamation subcommittee that southern California interests oppose the central Arizona project. He urged support for the $738 million development bill, arguing water rights must be settled before feasibility is weighed and that California claims are unfounded.
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Washington
Mar
Murdock
D-Ariz
House
California
Arizona
House Reclamation
Hoover Dam
Rep
Patten
Central Arizona
Colorado
Engle
D-Calif
Committee
Congress
Supreme Court
Rent Law Seen as Tenants Victory Backers Say
Washington reporters describe the rent control bill as a tenants victory awaiting presidential signature as existing law expires at midnight. The measure extends controls 15 months and includes a decontrol option for states with gubernatorial approval, plus a provision promising landlords a fair net operating income. The piece also covers Senate debate on the European recovery program and House money bill developments, including concerns over Bonneville power and veteran benefits.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Patman
D-Tex
Missing New York Banker Linked to $690,000 Heist
Richard H. Crowe 41 a National City Bank executive vanished after reports of $690,000 in cash and bonds missing from a vault. A grand larceny warrant was issued as police across 13 states searched for the Staten Island civic leader who had recently recovered from a nervous breakdown.
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New York
Richard H. Crowe
National City Bank
Crowe
Staten Island
Broadway
Buffalo
Union Strike Delayed by Truman Emergency Board
A planned Southern Pacific strike set for Apr. 2 was postponed at least 60 days after President Truman formed a three member emergency board to study the dispute with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Mediation had failed to resolve 89 items on a 288 case ballot.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Truman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
Texas
el Paso
C. W. Moffitt
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Southern Pacific
Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
The
Patrick D. Harvey
National Mediation Board
Adjustment Board
Iowa Lightweight Dies After Fight
Des Moines boxer Billy Cornwall died from effects of blows received in the main event of a boxing match in San Jose. He passed away Wednesday, March 30, according to UPI reports.
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San Jose
Calif
Billy Cornwall
Des Moines
Iowa
Churchill to Speak on Radio From Cambridge Broadcast
Winston Churchill will address listeners at 7:00 p.m. Thursday on KCNA KOPO and KVOA from Cambridge Massachusetts. The speech titled The 20th Century Its Promise and Its Realization will be his second postwar address in the United States. He is in the U.S. this month for a convention of American scientists and will be introduced by Bernard Baruch.
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Winston Churchill
Great Britain
KCNA
KOPO
KVOA
Churchill
Cambridge
Mass
United States
Fulton
Karl T. Compton
Bernard Baruch
Mercury Due For Comeback
Light frost covered Tucson rooftops and cars as temperatures fell to 33 degrees. Officials predicted a slight chance of frost Thursday morning while warmer weather was forecast, easing the chilly spell for Tucsonans who endured 36 degrees on Wednesday.
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Tucson
Soviet appoints new German military governor sparks Berlin peace talks talk
Radio Moscow reports Marshal Sokolovsky is replaced by Gen. Cuikov as German military governor and first deputy minister. The move fuels speculation of a Soviet peace offensive including possible Berlin blockade relief. American officials and Brig Gen Howley declined comment.
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John B. McDermott
Berlin
U.P
Russia
Germany
Radio Moscow
Vasisily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Moscow
Vassily I. Cuikov
Stalingrad
Cuikov
Thuringia
United Press
Frank L. Howley
Lucius D
Science tasters grease free snacks for hosts and guests
Scientists from the U S department of agriculture announced a pectin based salty lacquer to coat salted nuts making them grease free and color matched. They also outlined a process to produce grease reduced potato chips by removing moisture freezing and slicing to reduce oil absorption.
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Memphis
Tenn
Science
Bureau of Chemistry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Farm Council
Ellinwood Vocabulary Test Slated for Thursday
Undergraduates at the University of Arizona will define 60 words in 60 minutes in the 11th annual Ellinwood vocabulary test. The exam is set for 4 40 p.m. in the humanities building on campus. The contest was begun by the late E E Ellinwood, Phoenix attorney and former university regents president.
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University of Arizona
Ellinwood
E. E. Ellinwood
Phoenix
University Board of Regents
Day's Activities In Congress
Senate continues debate on the European recovery program. Armed Services committee considers 70 group air force bill. Judiciary committee holds hearing on basing point moratorium bill. Debates interior appropriation bill. Veterans committee continues hearings on new pension bill. Rules committee considers procedure for house debate on Hartley repeal law.
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Interior Department
Jensen
Iowa
Congress
Bonneville Power Administration
Wall Street
Northwest
Veterans Committee
Armed Services Committee
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Ouster Proceedings Hover Over Arizona Hospital Case
Dr. Jeremiah Metzger and John Molloy traveled to Phoenix as the Arizona board of control prepares for its March meeting. The ouster hearing against Dr. John A. Larson hinges on next steps and available evidence, with Larson sending countercharges and resigning from Loganport Indiana to Phoenix. Governor Garvey said he would review the charges if Larson presents them.
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Jeremiah Metzger
Board of Control
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
John Molloy
John A. Larson
Phoenix
Molloy
Metzger
Larson
Longcliff State Mental Hospital
Logansport
Ind
Paul Roca
Roca
Harry Whitmer
Dan E. Garvey
New Rent Law As Compared With Old One
The ABC on the new rent law extends controls 15 months from April 1 1955 to June 30 1956. Tighe Woods heads the rent control office with 600 area offices and 800 advisory boards advising on rent changes. Boards’ recommendations are 95 percent accepted. appeals go to a federal emergency court. New provisions let state legislatures and governors remove federal controls in whole states or parts, with Woods able to reimpose controls as needed. Landlords must seek fair net operating income yet to be defined. Apartment hotels in New York and Chicago revert to 1949- level rents under controls. Veterans retain 30 days preferred purchase status.
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Washington
ABC
Truman
Tighe Woods
Woods
Court of Appeals
Area Rent Control Office
New York
Chicago
Bissell Faces Probe By Army
Maj. Gen. Clayton L. Bissell head of U S Air Force Europe faces charges under review for possible court martial. The nature of the accusations remains undisclosed though they relate to acts during his posting in London 1946 to 1948. Investigators Maj. Gen. Edwin B. Lyon and special counsel John E. Hughes lead the inquiry with Air Secretary Symington having ordered further look.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Clayton L. Bissell
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Bissell
United States
London
Air Force
John E. Hughes
Chicago
Washin
Edwin B. Lyon
Washington
Symington
India
Air Force Staff
Rose Hotel
Wiesbaden
Frankfort
Tucson Rent Decontrol In Local Government Change
Tucson follows Phoenix in lifting rent controls as federal housing expediter orders decontrol in the metropolitan area. A public hearing on Tucson decontrol is likely once the new law text arrives, with local boards and city officials shaping accompanying rules and potential recontrol under state and city authority.
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Phoenix
Tighe E. Woods
Rent Control Board
Tucson
A. P. Martin
Martin Drug Co
Martin
Associated Press
Phoenix-Salt River Valley
Woods
Congress
Truman
Garvey
Real Estate Board
Jin
Sam S. Leviton
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