1 000 TWA Pilots Ready To Strike
About 1 000 pilots and copilots of Transcontinental and Western Air planned a strike at midnight over wage demands. The move would halt all TWA flights, with 13 other air lines affected through shared equipment after a failed mediation and a presidential emergency board proposed by President Truman.
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United Press
Truman
TWA
Chicago
U.P
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
David Behncke
Airline Pilots’ Association
AFL
Behncke
Constellation
Skymaster
Airline Negotiating Committee
National Mediation Board
Airlines’ Committee
New York
Kansas City
Albuquerque
N. M
Irish Rebel Leaders Hold Hunger Strikes
Belfast May 7 David Fleming 27 former IRA leader nears death on an iron cot in Belfast prison begging political treatment or I starve as he enters day 48 of a hunger strike for 12 year treason sentence. Sean McCaughy in Maryborough prison 70 miles from Dublin on day 19 of a similar strike.
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J. J. Kelly
Belfast
David Fleming
Fleming
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Sean McCaughy
McCaughy
Maryborough
Dublin
TheIrishman
Ellen McCaughy
Basil Brooke
Basil
Northern Ireland
Local Pastors Attend Arizona Baptist Convention in Douglas
Dr. Richard S. Beal pastor of the First Baptist church and Rev. Roy W. Gustafson along with Rev. Eric A. Folsom and Rev. Glenn Lawrence left Tucson today for Douglas to attend the annual Arizona Baptist convention. About 25 from Tucson expected. The pastors conference and women’s missionary society meet at 9 am tomorrow in the First Baptist church, Douglas, host to the convention. The four day session opens tomorrow night with Beal giving two talks and Folsom speaking at the youth conference on Saturday. Gustafson will lead convention singing.
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Richard S. Beal
First Baptist Church
Roy W. Gustafson
Eric A. Folsom
Glenn Lawrence
Emory Park Baptist Church
Douglas
Beal
Lawrence
Tucson
Women’s Missionary Society
Dr. Beal
Folsom
Baptist Young People
Gustafson
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Darry
Glendale
Douglas Byf
Viola Berry
Phoenix Christian Center
Ed Glover
Prescott
Margaret Smith
Yuma
Fred Roberts
Assembly
W. R. Gorsage
Eric Folsom
Gadsden
Silence at Alcatraz Prison Riot Probed by FBI
FBI agents press murder probe into last week's Alcatraz riot amid 280 inmates who refuse to talk. Warden Johnston notes inmates hid for days and authorities pursue all leads while U S Attorney Hennessy vows federal murder prosecutions unless extenuating circumstances arise.
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San Francisco
FBI
Alcatraz
James A. Johnston
U. S
Frank J. Hennessy
Tucson Chamber seeks CPA office and school bond plan
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce board met at the Pioneer hotel and resolved to petition Louis A. Myers to establish a CPA office in Tucson, citing heavy building activity. They approved a May 14 vote on a $2,100,000 bond issue, including $1,250,000 for a vocational high school.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Hotel
Louis A. Myers
CPA
Tucson
Phoenix
Funeral Arranged for Norman Palmer in Willcox
Rev. Charles E. Madinger of the First Christian church will conduct services for Norman Palmer 63 who died suddenly Saturday. Rites set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Bring's funeral home with burial in Evergreen cemetery. Palmer was a widely known cattle rancher and resident of the area since about 1900.
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Charles E. Madinger
First Christian Church
Willcox
Norman Palmer
Bring’s Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Palmer
Douglas Host To Baptists Annual Meet Opens Tomorrow
The 54th session of Arizona Baptist church opens tomorrow in Douglas with about 300 attendees. Theme is Voice Vision Victory. Rev Verner Olson of Oakland will speak. R C Easter presides. Schedule spans May 7 to 8 9 50 a m sermon by H Gordon Hyde and many pastors and missions updates through Friday.
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Phoenix
Lynn Sharp
Mesa
Rev. C. S&s. Scott
Safford
Edna Mathes
Scottsdale
Young Peoples’ Conference
Verner I. Olson
Melrose Baptist Church
Oakland
Calif
R. C. Easter
Edward Larson
J. M. Newsom
Kaster
Everett J. Jones
Roland H. Cortright
Ministerial Association
Deacon Board
Newsom
Douglas Choir
James I. Jones
F. E. Hawes
C. J. Cording
H. A. Wilson
Christ
Leroy Thomas
Christian Center
R. L. Andrews
A. B. Apra
Anita Nock
Altona Park
Hulda Suderman
C. B. Sanders
J. T. Weeks
Primaries Focused on PAC Activity Across Four States
Four states held primaries including Ohio Indiana and Florida with Alabama’s race drawing heavy registration. PAC in Ohio and Alabama dominated political talk as voters faced a light overall turnout. Negro voting in Alabama and Florida outlined new civil rights dynamics.
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CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Alabama
Indiana
Florida
Senate
Congress
PAC
Parks Concessions 1947 Budget Report Demands Change
The house appropriations committee urged competitive concessions in national parks saying contracts resemble a virtual monopoly. Yosemite’s 20 year deals drew scrutiny after Yosemite Park & Curry Co. paid the government only 5,000 dollars from a 2.87 million dollar peak in 1941.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Yosemite National Park
California
Yosemite Park & Curry Co
Mrs. Virginia Bethune To Be Buried In Denver
The body of 71 year old Mrs. Virginia Bethune who died yesterday at her home in Sells will be sent to Denver for burial following arrangements by her family and local authorities.
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Virginia Bethune
Denver
Sells
The
Arizona
Surviving Family Named in Local Obituary
Funeral services and burial will take place in Denver for a deceased person accompanied by husband James Bethune. Other survivors include three daughters Mrs. Robert Packard Dr. Virginia Van Meter of Denver and Mrs. Jane Hinman of Washington DC.
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Denver
James Bethune
Three Daugh
Ters
Robert Packard
Virginia van Meter
Jane Hinman
Washington, D. C
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