Communists Hit Shanghai Defenses Amid Wide Front
Chinese forces claim multiple Red attacks west and northwest of Shanghai were repelled with heavy losses. Reports say Nanchang and Hankow Canton rail links face siege, with Reds advancing toward Hangchow and Pingwang while air raids encounter suspected unknown type aircraft.
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Shanghai
Kashing
South China
Nanchang
Hankow-Canton
Yangtze
Nan
Hangchow
Ing
Pingwang
Kunshan
Taichang
Central News Agency
Manchuria
China
Munists
Idle 750000 Workers as Auto, Bus Strikes Spread Nationwide
More than 750000 workers across the United States were idle due to strikes with little sign of settlement. CIO United Auto Workers walkout at Ford and Lincoln Mercey plants in Detroit affected 62200 members while Bendix, Nash, Hudson, Briggs and Chrysler plants faced stoppages. Additional sympathy actions included 5000 Bendix South Bend workers and 1300 Atlanta bus drivers amid broader industry slowdowns.
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United States
CIO
United Auto
Ford
Lincoln-Mercury
Detroit
Bendix
Nash
Hudson
Briggs
Chrysler
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Ind
Hudson, Nash and Packard
Indiana
Super
United
Atlanta
Mobile
Ala
AFL
Northland Greyhound Bus Line
States
Canada
Public Hearing Set Over Arizona Phone Rate Hike
The Arizona corporation commission will hold a Monday Phoenix hearing on Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. proposed rate increase that would boost Arizona revenue by $864000 per year. Protests are invited as officials review company records to justify the rise.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Telephone company seeks rate hike amid postwar expansion
Commissioner Wilson T. Wright said protests have come from nearly every city in Arizona as the telephone company defends a rate increase. The firm argues its postwar construction program, including dial phones and Tucson facilities, was funded largely by debt and that rising debt threatens continued growth unless earnings attract new capital.
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Wilson T. Wright
Tucson
Arizona
Racing's Biggest Day Gets Blessing Of A Blazing Sun
The 75th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs began under a blazing sun with an expected crowd near 100 000. Olympia the favorite faced lower odds as betting windows opened, while jockey Mel Peterson rode Colonel for Derby day defending champ. Fort Knox soldiers arrived early and a minor incident sent Head Usher Frain to jail after a deputy clash over admission.
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Louisville
U.P
Churchill Downs
Fred Hooper
Olympia
Joe A. Goodwin
Mel Peterson
Third Armored Division
Ft. Knox
Andy Frain
Frain
Jefferson County
the Roses
Sgt. Abe
Evy
Baseball Results National League Scores and Highlights
National League results include Pittsburgh beating Philadelphia 6 to 4 with Chesnes Gregg Fitzgerald and Seminick among the lineups. Cincinnati defeats Boston 4 to 2, with Lively Gumpert Mueller Voiselle Potter Salkeld contributing. Chicago bests Brooklyn 10 to 4 as Branca Campanella drive the win. St Louis routs New York 13 to 9 behind Breeden Stanley Boyer Garagiola Hartung Livingston.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chesnes
Gregg
Fitzgerald
Rowe
Trinkle
Konstanty
Donnelly
Thompson
Seminick
Cincinnati
Boston
Lively
Gumpert
Mueller
Voiselle
Potter and Salkeld
St. Louis
New York
Breeden
Stanley
Boyer
Garagiola
Hartung
Livingston
Hunt for Col. Smith Continues in Coast Plane Search
Air rescue teams searched for Col. A. Y. Smith, former Davis-Monthan commander, after his B 26 vanished on a west coast flight April 21. With 1,000 hours of search time logged, leads proved false. Smith, 49, wa s a World War II veteran and holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Col
A. Y. Smith
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Hamilton Field
Calif
Portland
Ore
Air Force
Col. Smith
Tucson
Regular Army Commission Board
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Davis-Monthan
15Th Air Force
Colorado Springs
Special Army
San Francisco
North Africa
Europe
Buenos Aires
Hawaii
U S and Britain Expand Radio War With Russia
Washington May 7 United States and Britain launch a concentrated peacetime radio campaign against Soviet jamming. Using 61 transmitters to broadcast Russian language programs toward Moscow they join Voice of America and BBC in a round the clock effort. Official statements compare Soviet interference to Nazi wartime jamming and urge listeners to seek the new frequencies.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Moscow
George V. Allen
State Department
Voice of America
Allen
Voice
Berlin
the Voice
British Broadcasting Co
Luther J. Reid
Soviet Union
BBC
West German leaders push to adopt constitution amid blockades
In Bonn on May 7 Western Germany moved toward finalizing a west German constitution with an interim government slated until July. The plan followed a push to lift Allied blockades under the New York agreement while addressing transport and rail issues affecting Berlin. Communists criticized the interim setup though non‑Communists said it is temporary and will lead to a Bundestag in July with 400 delegates and Bundesrat representation from 11 states.
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Bonn
Germany
Western
New York
Russia
Berlin
Bundestag
Bundesrat
Killer Hunted At Las Cruces
Las Cruces authorities seek to exhume the body of waitress Ovida Coogler to aid the death investigation. District Judge Scoggin granted the order while state police pursue new laboratory tests amid questioning of football player Jerry Nuzum, a former Steelers and New Mexico Aggies receiver, in connection with her death.
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Las Cruces
N. M
W. T. Scoggin Jr
Jerry Nuzum
Pretty Ovida Coogler
Hubert Beasley
Scoggin
Nuzum
Atty
T. K. Campbell
Littlefield
Tex
Santa Fe
Pittsburgh Steelers
New Mexico Aggies
Two Injured In Crash At Winstel And Bellevue
Two persons sustained minor injuries in a Friday afternoon motorcycle automobile crash at North Winstel Boulevard and East Bellevue Street. Billy Shannon 19 of 4615 E Pima Ave and Betty Eppley 19 of 140 S Palomas Ave rode the motorcycle. Walter Ross 55 of 462 W Thurber St drove the car. No citations were issued.
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North Winstel Boulevard
East Bellevue Street
Billy Shannon
E. Pima Ave
Betty Eppley
S. Palomas Ave
Walter Ross
W. Thurber St
Prescott Auto Falls 350 Feet
Ken W. Black a 53 year old Prescott resident was driving to Phoenix to attend his mother’s funeral when his car crashed over a 350 foot cliff on Yarnell grade near Wick enburg. The car landed upright and Black lay unconscious in the wreck for six hours before revival. A busful of grade schoolers spotted the car and waved help as locals summoned aid. He was taken to Wickenburg for treatment.
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Wickenburg
Ariz
Uu.p
Ken W. Black
Prescott
Phoenix
Yarnell
Here
Black
Local Players Named to All Star Grid Squad
Five Tucson and four Amphitheater players earned spots on the South football squad for the first annual All-Star game on August 23 in Flagstaff. selections were announced at the Arizona Interscholastic Athletic Association meeting at the University of Arizona. Sid Kain appears for both football and basketball squads, with Amphi coach Genung potentially starting his high scoring ace on the basketball team.
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Tucson
Flagstaff
Dave Ewing
Roger Johnson
Claude Wheeler
Don Rhee
Jim Turpin
Jason
Red) Greer
Nick Drackovich
Superior
Gerald Wester
Sid Kain
Larry Hart
Joe Venuti
Arizona Interscholastic Athletic Association
University of Arizona
Rudy Castro
Syl Taylor
George Genung
Amphitheater
Genung
Controversy Over Rent Rule Boiling As Hearing Nears
Protests and petitions on both sides of the rent control issue flood city hall as Monday night’s public hearing approaches. Supporters of retaining controls outnumber opponents, aided by the Tucson real estate board. City records show nine letters favoring junking controls and ten favoring retention. Labor groups have filed resolutions backing rent control, with mass demonstrations expected from both sides.
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City Hall
Tucson Real Estate Board
Carl M. Hitt
Tucson Central Trades Council
Cholla Business and Professional Women’s Club
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Tucson Post Office ‘Clerks’ Union
Tucson Typographical Union
Old Pueblo Lodge No
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Bedford-Jones Dies at 62 in Beverly Hills
H Bedford Jones veteran pulp writer and author of about 100 books died at age 62 after a two year heart ailment in Beverly Hills California He was born in Napanee Ontario and had lived in California for 19 years.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
H. Bedford-Jones
Bedford-Jones
Napanee
Ont
Prominent Rancher Ross Sloan Dies at 77
Funeral services planned Monday for Ross Sloan a prominent Arizona and New Mexico rancher who died Friday. A Dallas native he lived in New Mexico before moving to Arizona in 1914 and was owner of the Skeleton Canyon ranch at Apache. Survived by son Ralph a businessman.
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Douglas
Ross Sloan
Arizona
New Mexico
Dallas
Sloan
Skeleton Canyon
Apache
Ralph
Strike Ends At Cement Plant In Arizona
Work resumes immediately at the Arizona Portland Cement Co. project in Rillito after a Wednesday strike. John Fisher of Fisher Construction Co. in Phoenix announced the return to work on Saturday following a telegram to Fred D. Rhodes, secretary of the Tucson Building and Construction Trades Council. Richard Gray of the AFLCIO affiliate warned the Tucson council against a spot strike violating the national plan for jurisdictional disputes.
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Arizona Portland Cement Co
Rillito
John Fisher
Fisher Construction Co
Phoenix
Fred D. Rhodes
Tucson Yar and Construction Trades Council
Richard Gray
Building and Construction Trades Council
American Federation of Labor
Rhodes
AFI
Gray
Tucson
One Killed As Bus Turns Somersault Near Sweetwater
A Greyhound bus en route from El Paso to Dallas overturned twice in a predawn rainstorm near Loraine Texas killing T M Harris 51 of Bartlesville Oklahoma and injuring at least 11 others. The crash occurred about 4 a m on U S highway 80 overpass nine miles west of the scene. Several passengers were hospitalized with varying injuries and others received first aid.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Greyhound
T. M. Harris
Bartlesville
Oklo
el Paso
Dallas
Loraine
Colorado City
Roscoe
Ithe
Polio Type Virus Found By Albany Doctor
Albany physician Dr. Gilbert Dalldorf reports a newly found virus causes polio like disease with similar paralysis rates but milder, shorter effects. It was isolated from 17 patients and shows distinct behaviors in mice and nonparalytic effects on monkeys.
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Albany, N. Y
Buffalo
N. Y
Albany
Gilbert Dalldorf
Dalldorf
State Health Department
State Medical Society
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Lemon
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Hegan
Tresh
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Berra
Gettel
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Wheeler
Masterson
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Brissie and Guerra
Hutchinson
Swift
Hunt
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Bellevue
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