Firemen strike halts major U.S. rail lines nationwide
May 10 Chicago reports a nationwide rail firemen strike cripples networks as mediators abandon hope for quick settlement. Francis A. ONeill says the mediation board has given up and will report to Washington. Major carriers including New York Central Pennsylvania Southern and Santa Fe suspend or embargo passenger and freight service affecting tens of thousands of workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Francis A. O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Washington
Tucson
O'Neill
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Pennsylvania
New York-Philadelphia
Baltimore- Washington
Harrisburg
Southern
New Orleans
Atlanta
Santa Fe
Pacific Coast
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas H. Murray
Ash Fork
Santa Fe Railroad
William J. Mason
Sun Valley Bus Lines
Parker
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Roob Allie
Michigan Association of Railroads
Truman
Firemen’s Union
Sen. Donnell
R-Mo
Donnell
Congress
Senators Open Loyalty Files
Senate investigators review 81 loyalty files named by McCarthy at the White House with four foreign relations members present. Tydings said the files include State Department and FBI data, and the group plans a monthlong examination with officials from State and the attorney general's office present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
White House
Tucson
Chaiman Tydings
D-Md
Sens
McMahon
D-Conn
Green
D-Ri
Lodge
R-Mass
Eben Ayers
White
Congress
John Poulnoy
Conrad Snow
State Department
Peyton Ford
Donald Dawson
Truman
Tydings
McCarthy
United States
Tucson Eyeing Water From Tombstone Mines
In a Chamber of Commerce letter Paul Gottschling of San Diego proposes a 60 mile gravity conduit from Tombstone mines to Tucson to supply 5 million gallons daily. Historian Mrs. J H Macia notes historic flows up to 11 million gallons daily and cites Charleston dam context. Estimated cost 3.53 million dollars with domestic use rationale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
J. H. Macia
Tombstone
House of Representatives
Gottschling
Charleston
Truman Ready To Order Use Of Atom Bomb
President Truman in Idaho and Oregon campaign speeches defended the atomic bomb decision and its peacetime potential. He warned he would use the bomb again if necessary to save American and Japanese lives and outlined plans for more frequent, nonpolitical appearances. Senator Glen Taylor was noted to attend in Boise.
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Truman
Merriman Smith
North West
Columbia River
Pocatello
Idaho
Japan
U.S
Sen. Taylor
Boise
Sen
Glen Taylor
Wyoming
Laramie
China
Weather Upgrades as Tempting Warmth Returns
Weather forecast calls for warmer days with a high near 85 and tonight and Thursday continuing with thin clouds. Night temperatures drop to cool levels after a low around 4. The report notes variable cloudiness and a slight rise in daytime temperatures, with rain totaling minimal for the period.
Wilson To Uphold Naming Of Regent
Atty. Gen. Wilson's office will rule that the appointment of William R. Mathews Tucson publisher to the board of regents of the university and state colleges is legal. The validity was questioned by State Auditor Ann Frohmiller who said Mathews' name was not submitted to the Arizona senate for confirmation.
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Phoenix
Wilson
William R. Mathews
Tucson
Board of
Regents of
The
University and State Colleges
Ann Frohmiller
Mathews
Arizona Senate
Dynamite Stolen From Mine Sparks Tucson Explosions
Police solved a string of blasts by four high school students in Tucson. John B. Cook and three juveniles stole more than 100 sticks of dynamite and fuses from Mt Lemmon mine owned by Grady Wilson. They detonated several charges around the city for thrills.
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Tucson
John B. Cook
Edison St
Lemmon
Grady Wilson
Cook
Tucson Mountains
Campbell Avenue
Catalina Foothills
James Herron
Larry Wilson
Herron
Wilson
Blast Victims Cling To Life In Sewer Explosion
Al Carter and Jack Viahovich of Mark Cockrill Construction were injured in a Monday sewer line blast. They remained alive but in critical condition at St. Mary's hospital after being hurled hundreds of feet from a 36 inch concrete pipe. Two helpers nearer the surface were shaken by the explosion on North Romero road between Rogers and Wetmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Carter
Jack Viahovich
Mark Cockrill Construction Co
St. Mary's Hospital
Romero Road
Rogers and
Wetmore
Flood Deaths Mount To Seventeen Across Midwest
Seventeen people were dead or missing as record floods swept Nebraska Minnesota and North Dakota. Thousands were left homeless and many communities isolated by rising rivers and flash floods in the southeastern Nebraska region. A Burlington bus carrying seven or eight passengers was swept off a highway near Unadil.
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Associated Press
Midwest
North Dako
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Lincoln
Unadil
Fight Promoter Held in California on Tucson Charge
Pima County attorney weigh extradition papers for William E. Moore a former fight promoter arrested by Richmond California police on a bogus $35 check charge. Moore promoted a Tucson arena event and allegedly owed over $250 to San Agustin cathedral from arena receipts and washed a $70 check. He was picked up in California at Tucson police request as investigation continues.
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California
Tucson
Pima County
William E. Moore
San Agustin
Richmond
Calif
T Moore
Frontier Sports
Congress St
Gilbert Ayup
F. D. Rossettie
San Agustin Cathedral
Moore
Pronoter
Californa
Economy Drive In Congress To Get Vital Test
Congress faces a pivotal vote to cut about 1 billion dollars from a 29.5 billion dollar appropriation bill. Defense spending dominates the increases with 385 million added for weapons and procurement. The air force and navy push for more speedily deployed programs as leaders warn defense needs outweigh current budgets.
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Congress
Truman
House
Appropriations Committee
National Defense
Navy
Air Force
Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
Vandenberg
United States
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Armed Services
Health Service
Veterans’ Administration
P Defense
Trapped Well Driller Found Dead After 27 Hour Rescue
Dominick Atteo, a 49 year old welldigger, died in a Brooklyn garage well after a 27 hour battle to rescue him. Dr Harold Berson treated him during the shaft delay and noted his remarkable endurance despite injuries from a fire and a later cave-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dominick Aztec
Harold Berson
John
Atteo
Dr. Berson
Maria
Jenny
Mary Amateo
Azteo
Dominick
Joe
Attec
Berson
Atte
Attee
Tucson
Azteca
Brooklyn
Oppenheimer Denies Secret Communist Meeting Claim
In Oakland May 10 Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer denies the charge by ex Communist Mrs Paul Crouch that he hosted a secret Communist meeting at his Berkeley home in July 1941. She testified before a state senate committee. Oppenheimer and Weinberg deny knowing such gathering or ever being party members.
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Oakland
Calif
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Berkeley
Paul Crouch
State Senate
Openheimer
University of California
Washington
Oppenheimer
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton
N. J
Communist Party
Crouch
Gastonia
N.C
San Francisco Bay Area
Maj Gen Ramey Named Air Staff Deputy
Maj. Gen. Roger M. Ramey commander of the 5th Air Force is named assistant to the deputy chief of air staff for operations in Washington on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramey
Air Staff
Washington
Roger M. Ramey
Sth Air Force
Baseball Scores National League and American League summaries
Boston defeats Chicago 3 to 9 in the opening nine innings with Spahn and Crandall on the mound and Gordon homering for Boston. Brooklyn visits Cincinnati and New York travels to St. Louis for night games as Philadelphia plays Pittsburgh amid rain delays in American League action.
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Boston
Chicago
Spahn
Crandall
Lade
Minner
Owen
Gordon
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
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Sylvia
Lassie
Tommy Jenkins
Tommy
Ft. Lewis
Wash
J. E. Comer
Omaha
Harold McCall
Beatrice
Robert Henner
Dunbar
Ronald Henner
Ina Hahn
Shenandoah
Walter Adams
Case
Berneda Meyer
Forrest Kitch
Tom Akins
Union
Frank Pedrick
Virgil Krause
Dorothy Krause
Paul Hill
Adolph Hahn
Ina
Marjorie Rinehart
Conad
Charles Beach
Maria Atteo
Richard
Ann
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