Fight Looms In Big Four Talks
The United States Britain and France face a tough decision if Russia proposes withdrawing occupation troops from Germany at the Paris Big Four minister conference opening May 23. Western unity on goals and plans for a Western German government and unification of German zones under democratic institutions remains a core aim.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Paris
United States
Britain
France
State Department
Truman
Baseball Results from American and National Leagues
In American League games the New York club beat Chicago 7 to 6 with late runs, while Philadelphia and Detroit had no complete score details. Washington-St Louis were to play at night. In the National League, St Louis defeated New York 6 to 5 in a nine inning affair, with Hearn and Pollet pitching for St Louis and Kennedy and Cooper for New York. Chicago played Brooklyn at night, and Cincinnati hosted Boston while Pittsburgh faced Philadelphia later.
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St. Louis
New York
Hearn
Pollet
Rice
Kennedy
Cooper
Derby Weather Forecast Promises Showers Saturday
Showers and possible thunder storms are forecast for Kentucky Derby day after a revised prediction from the U S weather bureau in Louisville on May 6. The update emphasizes unsettled conditions likely affecting the Derby events.
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Louisville
U. S. Weather Bureau
Rocky Grazianno, Former World Middleweight Champion
Rocky Grazianno, former world middleweight boxing champion, is mentioned in a Bulletin note on page 15.
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New York
Rocky Graziano
Anaconda Seeks Method To Reopen Tombstone Mines
Tombstone Development Co grants 90 day option on 91 Tombstone claims to Anaconda Copper Co through Alexander M. McDonald. The option allows surveys and potential mining start by August 1. If not exercised, properties revert. historic mines include Lucky Cuss, Toughnut, Flora Morrison, Contention, Grand Central and others.
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Tombstone Development Co
Anaconda Copper Co
Alexander M. McDonald
Mineral Producing Corporation
Martin
Jack B. Martin
Tucson
Ed Schieffelin
Flora Morrison
Contention
Grand Central
Tranquility
Empire
Silver Thread
West Side
Orthwest
Emerald
Silver Plume
Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co
B. S. Butler
Union of Arizona
U. S. Geological Survey
Leslie Wells
Blockade Guns Blaze In Berlin
Berlin reports say German police enforced the Russian blockade with gunfire as barriers near lift date. An east Berlin boundary shooting accompanied a car breach into the American sector under darkness. West Berlin raided an illegal Socialist Unity meeting, arresting 20 and seizing Communist literature. Authorities noted a possible east Berlin shooting with unconfirmed injuries. Editorials in Taegliche Rundschau outlined Soviet aims for the Paris meeting, including excluding Germany from the new council, Ruhr control, and a united Germany under Soviet influence. The western press faced sharp Soviet attacks linked to Berlin airlift tonnage claims.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Taegliche Runschau
Germany
Soviet Zone
East Germany
Hitler
Hermann Schlimme
Eastern Union
Tribuene
Russia
Garvey Signals New Arizona Project Secrecy
Governor Dan E. Garvey hinted at a forthcoming Arizona project with federal government ties. He declined to name the venture, saying disclosure depends on a visit from an unidentified source and that an official announcement is expected soon in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Statehouse
Washington
Peso Slump Pushes Sonoran Needs for U S Suit
Peso weakness after Cinco de Mayo holiday extends its fall on the market. Within ten days the peso lost about one seventh of its value to roughly 13 cents US, with figures around 8.00 to the dollar emerging as tentative stability. Mexico City bankers note acceptance of 8.00 to the dollar and firms begin trading dollars to settle accounts as officials weigh Pemex loan prospects. Secretary of the Treasury Ramon appears to signal further action.
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Associated Press
U. S
Ge U. S
Pemex
U.S
Mexico City
Ramon
Palomar's Big Eye May Reach Farther Than Expected
Pasadena May 6 Palomar's 200 inch telescope mirror will be polished again this month for the last time removing about 20 millionths of an inch from an 18 inch edge. Dr. Ed win P Hubble predicts a 10 percent gain in capability enabling photos of stars up to 100 million light years farther away than the camera was designed to reach.
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Pasadena
Calif
Palomar
Edwin P. Hubble
Mt. Palomar
Ira S. Bowen
Mt. Wilson
Hubble
Outer Space
Dr. Hubble
Communists Fight Landing Near Shanghai From the Yangtze
Shang hai garrison reports a failed Communist amphibious landing near Liuho on the Yangtze fifty miles southwest of Shanghai. Nationalists hold Kashing and its airfield as forces clash from the south with thousands of attackers. Four ringleaders of a fifth column are executed, 500 more arrested for sabotage.
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Shanghai
U.P
Whangpoo
Liuho
Yangtze
Woosung
Kashing
Fifth Column
Yuma Flyers Pursue World Endurance Record Try
Yuma Arizona May 6. Woody Jongeward and Ben Woodhouse began a second attempt to reach the 1,008 hour world endurance flight record in an Aeronca monoplane. They took off at 8 p m Thursday night and will circle Yuma while making supply runs from a car at the airport. The effort is sponsored by the Yuma junior chamber of commerce.
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Yuma
Ariz
Woody Jongeward
Ben Woodhouse
Aeronca
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton
Calif
Jongeward
Woodhouse
Arizona
Eckhart Resigns as State Examiner Before Start
Governor Garvey accepted the resignation of James E. Eckhart Prescott from the state examiner post effective before he began. Eckhart was slated to serve two terms, with one starting next month and ending June 18 1950, and a second beginning then for two years. The resignation leaves A. L. Means in office until a successor is qualified and Senate confirmation occurs.
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Phoenix
U.P
Dan E. Garvey
James E. Eckhart
Prescott
Eckhart
State Senate
A. L. Means
Phelps Dodge Plants Curtail Working Hours
Douglas May 6 A curtailment of working hours has been effected in all Arizona plants of Phelps Dodge corporation. H M Lavender general manager said plants are operating on an 11 days on three days off basis. Suspected cause is recent drops in copper prices.
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Douglas
Arizona
Phelps Dodge Corporation
H. M. Lavender
Maeterlinck Author of The Blue Bird Dies at 86
Count Maurice Maeterlinck famed Belgian author of The Blue Bird Pelleas et Melisande and The Life Of The Bee died in Nice at 86. Nobel Prize winner in 1911 he fled Paris in 1940 for the United States and remained a celebrated figure in literature and theater.
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Paris
Maurice Maeterlinck
Nice
Maeterlinck
Claude Debussy
French Riviera
United States
New York
Philadelphia Opera Co
Shirley Temple
McCarran presses Spain talk before Atlantic pact vote
Senator Pat McCarran warns that relations with Franco Spain must be thrashed out before Senate votes on the Atlantic pact and the 1.13 billion arms program. He cites calls for proper diplomatic recognition and Spain's inclusion in recovery, while secretary Acheson is recalled for questions. Congress also debates education funds and labor repeal timing.
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Pat McCarran
D.nev
U.S
Spain
Senate
Congress
McCarran
Nevada
Democrat
Dean Acheson
Washington
Arizona
Acheson
Labor — Administration
House
Homer Ferguson
Mich
U. S. Communist Party
H. Alexander Smith
Hoover Commission
Steel Workers Demand Raise Amid Auto Labor Strikes
The CIO United Steel Workers announce a 1949 program seeking higher pay guaranteed annual wage social insurance and pensions for more than 1 million workers. The Ford strike idles 62 000 UAW members at River Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants while Bendix Nash and Hudson plants face parts shortages and discharges.
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CIO
United Steel Workers
Ford
River Rouge
Lincoln Mercury
United Automobile Workers
Bendix
Nash
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Hudson
Detroit
Steel
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Union
Murray
Ford Workers
Mich
Mem- Ford
Rouge
Uaw-Cio
No Action In Cement Strike Continues At Plant
A jurisdictional strike at the Arizona Portland Cement Co. plant in Rioito extends into its third day. Foreman H O Evans reports no change as boiler makers and iron workers dispute which union handles work on the kiln of the $3,000,000 project.
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Arizona Portland Cement Co
Riliito
H. O. Evans
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Kennecott Copper Corp
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Anaconda
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