MacArthur Hirohito Work On Peace Pact
Washington May 11. Air Secretary Symington urged Senate committee to approve a 300 million dollar program to fund supersonic wind tunnels for armed services and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Fairbanks Alaska saw Max Williard win 68000 for predicting ice break time on Chena slough. Re election of Charles J. MacGowan as president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers was announced at AFL union headquarters in Kansas City. Cincinnati and New York game scores noted.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Fairbanks
Alaska
Max Williard
Anchorage
Chena Slough
Tanana
Nenana
Kansas City
Kas
Charles J. MacGowan
AFL
Tucson Gas Electric Power Board Re-Elects Directors
At the Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co annual stockholders meeting J R Snider presided as All directors were re elected The nine directors from Tucson include C L Clawson H S Corbett Herbert A Morrison J J O Dowd H E Phenicie Carlos E Ronstadt J H Saunders Snider and J S Sundt The company reported progress on a new power plant and financing details including 3 5 million in bonds and one share of stock at 17 dollars DeMoss Petrie road plant to meet current Tucson electricity demand expected online mid year with a second unit by October
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J. R. Snider
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Tucson
Denver
P High Joes
C. L. Clawson
H. S. Corbett
Herbert A. Morrison
J. J. O'Dowd
H. E. Phenicie
Carlos E. Ronstadt
J. H. Saunders
Snider
J. S. Sundt
Tucson Man Killed In Railway Mishap
Ignacio Maretinea a 44 year old Tucson man and railroad employee died after injuries from being crushed between a work train and a boxcar on the Southern Pacific line 55 miles west of Phoenix He was taken to St Monica's hospital after the Tuesday mishap authorities said the fatal incident occurred early Wednesday in Phoenix area reports indicated.
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Phoenix
Ignacio Maretinea
Tucson
St. Monica’s Hospital
Southern Pacific
Maretinea
Senate Opens Economy Drive In Government
The Senate debated a plan to force treasury and postal heads to cut five percent while keeping discretion on where to apply the cuts. The measure aimed to trim a $3.11 billion appropriations package for the year starting July 1. Government economy advocates pushed to curb spending without tax increases as administration foes argued for tax-financed programs.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Treasury-Postal
Bridges
R-Nh
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
House
Commodity Credit Corp
An Veterans Committee
Two Who Now Rule Japan Express Views
UP reporter Frank H. Bartholomew describes views of Emperor Hirohito and General Douglas MacArthur, noting Hirohito’s patriotism and MacArthur’s leadership. The piece contrasts the rulers’ personalities and daily lives, with remarks on mutual respect and personal differences.
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Japan
Tokyo
Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Communists pressing on Hankow and Shanghai area
May 11 dispatch reports Chinese Communists advancing on Fukien and surrounding Shanghai. Hankow and Kashan near Shanghai show Red thrusts, with communications cut to Shanghai and a three way push near Hankow and Kunshan area. Size of forces not specified.
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Shanghai
Fukien
Hankow
Yangtze
China
Kinki
Kiangsi
Sukien
Formosa
Kashan
Rent Fight Sparks Tucson City Hall Hearing Clash
Residents landlords and tenants claim victory as rent control debate reaches city council. More than 100 people were barred from Monday night’s hearing amid charges of a closed setup. Opinions split with Roy Drachman saying demand for rent control is past while Maj. Dorsey Watson urged affordable housing to replace slums. Assistant US Attorney Don Hummel was among those unable to enter the chamber.
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Tucson
Robert C. Soto
Congress St
A. M. Pearlman
Soto
City Council
E. T. Houston
Drachman
Roy Drachman
Tucson Real Estate Board
Dorsey J. Watson
Council
U. S
Don Hummel
Hummel
City Hall
Ford and CIO Back At Parley In Speed-Up Dispute
Detroit May 11 Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers resumed talks on the seventh day of a 65 000 man strike. The union accuses Ford of a 10 per cent speed-up at Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants. Ford says manpower increases offset it. Pickets gathered as Walter Reuther calls the protest Communist engineered, while he vows no other issues will enter the negotiations.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Rouge Assembly
UAW
Walter Reuther
Rouge
Hague's Political Power Broken in Jersey City Election
In Jersey City newFusionists led by John K. Kenny toppled Frank Hagues control of the city commission in a stunning municipal vote. Hague, 73, his nephew Hague Eggers named mayor, had ruled for 32 years, with fans celebrating citywide after the loss.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Big City
Hague
City Commission
John K. Kenny
Kenny
United States
Frank Hague Eggers
Frank
Hudson County
Tucson Doctor Elevates Robert Hastings as President Elect
Dr. Robert Hastings of Tucson was unanimously elected president elect of the Arizona Medical Association by the house of delegates at the Pioneer hotel. The meeting also elected officers and adopted two resolutions on the tuberculosis sanatorium and a proposed federal health insurance program.
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The
Arizona Medical Association
Harry Thompson
Tucson
House of Delegates
Robert Hastings
Pioneer Hotel
Harry T. Southworth
Prescott
Frank J. Milloy
Phoenix
C. E. Yount
Jesse D
Lloyd K. Swasey
Dan E. Garvey
Garvey
Swasey
Blue Baby to Leave Tucson for West Coast Treatment
Georgia Ann Wells a 10 month old with a congenital heart malformation will depart Tucson by train with her mother Mrs. William T. Wells for Los Angeles where she will be examined by a blue baby specialist and possibly undergo heart surgery at Children’s Hospital under the crippled children's division of the Arizona state department public welfare. Georgia Ann was admitted April 27 with the condition and had measles earlier. hospital attendants report improvement Wednesday morning.
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Georgia Ann Wells
Tucson Medical Center
Los Angeles
William T. Wells
Willcox
Vivian Tappan
Georgia Ann
Crippled Children’s Division
Arizona State Department
Public Welfare
Children's Hospital
Wells
Protests Mounted Over Mountain States Phone Rate Increase
Arizona opponents of Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. seek to block a proposed $123,000 monthly statewide rate hike. The Arizona corporation commission will hear testimony Thursday, with cross examination after a commissioner review.
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Phoenix
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Arizona Corporation Commission
William T. Brooks
Attorney General
Joe Ralston
Corporation Commission
Bakers Strike In Phoenix
In Phoenix on May 11 bakers began a walkout at Fairfax Bread Co a Safeway division. Union business manager Harry Blassingame says the strike involves 13 major Phoenix bakeries with contracts expired last Saturday. The union will avoid disrupting bread supplies to hospitals schools and government installations.
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Phoenix
Fairfax Bread Co
Safeway Stores, Inc
Harry Blassingame
Bakers Union Local 232
AFL
Safeway
Blassingame
Trains and Trucks Ready as Berlin Blockade Ends
At Helmstedt Germany on May 11 trains and trucks lined up for a midnight race into Berlin as the Soviet blockade ends. British American officials coordinated traffic with crowds, flags, and prizes offered by Berlin manufacturers to first drivers delivering supplies. Airlift continued overhead from the route crossing.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Berlin
Tucson
Elbe River
Elbe
Iswick
Hannover
U. S
Greater Berlin
Erst
Chronology of Blockade
Timeline of Berlin currency dispute and blockade events from May to August 1948. Dates include Moscow refusal to permit rail and barge traffic, the British American airlift, four power rule withdrawal, Western blockade measures, and high level talks with Stalin Molotov.
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Berelin
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
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National Mystery
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