Congress Can't Finish Quickly
Washington May 24 A thick stack of must bills looms over Republican plans to adjourn June 18 with night sessions and added hours to push through civil rights and foreign aid measures. Key items include farm appropriations over 1 billion dollars, European recovery program funds, oleo tax repeal, peacetime selective service, displaced persons, and reciprocal trade debates.
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House Rules Committee
Auto Makers Seek Settlement After Major Walkout
Gov. Kim Sigler brokered talks between Chrysler Corp and the CIO-United Auto Workers to resume bargaining on a 13 day strike involving 75 000 production workers. Packinghouse workers return to most plants after a nine cent raise while Wilson & Co plants excepted. A new dispute over seniority at Cudahy Kansas City and a possible 30 000 telephone equipment workers strike were noted with Western Electric rejected pay raise.
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Associated Press
CIO Packinghouse
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Chrysler Corp
Cio-United Auto Workers
Packinghouse Workers
Wilson & Co
UPWA
Ralph Helstein
Rath
Waterloo
Morrell
Ottumwa
Cudahy
Kansas City
Kas
Dan V. Harris
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Harris
Western Electric Co
Boy 12 orders sister to shoot him in mistaken quarrel
In Youngwood Pennsylvania Richard Russel Henry, 12, died after forcing his 9-year-old sister Joanne to pull the trigger of a .22 rifle held against his stomach. Detective Gordon said Joanne feared defying him and carried out the act. District Attorney O'Connell seen no charges likely for Joanne. The children, from estranged parents, were playing at their grandparents' home when the shooting occurred.
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Youngwood
Richard Russel Henry
Edward Gordon
John O'Connell
Joanne
Gordon
Nancy
Richard
Mary Ruth Henry
Baltimore
C. G. Livingston
Arizona decides long terms for justices of the peace
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1945 law extending terms for justices of the peace and constables from two to four years. The ruling affects about ninety justices and an equal number of constables, and came in a test suit led by former Superior Judge James A. Walsh. The decision was authored by Justice Levin S. Udall with the court’s unanimous agreement.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Arizona
State Supreme Court
High Court
Levin S. Udall
R. S. Standford
Arthur T. LaPrade
James A. Walsh
Earle F. Barrows
Dan E. Garvey
Supreme Court
Jp’s
Spikes Signals Return Not This Year in Arizona Politics
Rep. A. R. Spikes of Cochise County, after saying he would not seek re election this year, stated in a United Press poll he will be a candidate again but not this year. He hinted at possibly running for governor in 1950. The piece notes at least 23 House members plan to run again, including W. G. Rosenbaum and several from Pima and Maricopa counties. Lorna E. Lockwood said she will not run for the legislature again but may seek another office.
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A. R. Spikes
Cochise County
United Press
Arizona
House Appropriations Committee
Spikes
House
W. G. Rosenbaum
Gila County
Raymond G. Langham
Gila
Ray Martin
Pima
W. W. Franklin
Maricopa
W. S. Hostetter
Robert H. Forbes
Frank G. Robles
Lorna E. Lockwood
Brooklyn Beats Reds in National League Contest 9 to 4
Brooklyn pitcher hitters capitalized as the Dodgers defeated Cincinnati 9 to 4. St Louis played Philadelphia and Washington met Detroit in separate scheduled games.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
American League
Washington
Detroit
Truman Proposes Expanded Social Security and Taxes
President Truman urged Congress to raise the earnings tax cap from 3000 to 4800 and boost the payroll tax to 1 1 2 percent starting 1949. He called for higher benefits, broader coverage, unemployment insurance extension, disability insurance, and stronger public assistance. He noted current benefits are inadequate and urged state federal support increases.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Lavender To Talk At Commencement
Golden Colorado May 24 Harrison M Lavender of Douglas Arizona vice president and general manager of Phelps Dodge Corp and a 1916 Colorado School of Mines graduate will deliver the commencement address at the 74th ceremony next Friday He will receive one of eight distinguished achievement medals along with Russell J Parker of New York a Kennicott Copper Corp executive assistant and Robert F McElvenny of New York a vice president at American Smelting and Refining Co both class of 1919 and 1903 respectively.
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New York
American Smelting & Refining Co
Brannan Nominated as Secretary of Agriculture
President Truman nominates Charles F. Brannan to be secretary of agriculture replacing Clinton P. Anderson who resigned May 10 to run for the New Mexico senate. First woman on the FCC line is Frieda B. Hennock named to a seven year term starting July 1. Brannan has long served in agricultural public service and currently advises UN on agriculture.
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Washington
Charles Franklin Brannan
Brannan
Senate
Colorado
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Frieda B. Hennock
New York City
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Hennock
Clifford J. Durr
Denver
Resettlement Administration
Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
Department
White House
Senate House
UN Social and Economic Council
United States
San Francisco
Truman
Indian Claims Commission
Anderson
GM offers UAW wage rise and other early 1947 items
GM offered the CIO United Auto Workers a wage increase over six cents an hour. Federal Judge Goldsborough ordered John L. Lewis into court on June 1 to explain why he should not bargain with the Southern Coal Producers on a new soft coal contract. The Senate panel indicated 18 year olds would not be drafted in peacetime, ending the push to include them in pending draft legislation.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
U.P
Senate Armed Services Committee
Southern Pacific to Modernize Sunset Limited Trains
Southern Pacific announced a $15 million overhaul of the Sunset Limited. Nine new diesel electric locomotives and 78 cars will be added, with delivery expected late in 1949.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Transcontinental
Sunset Limited
Dr. H A Curtis to lecture at Arizona State College Flagstaff
Holbrook reports that Dr. H A Curtis head of the education department at Arizona State College Flagstaff will deliver the coin the bulletin notes on page 17.
British Labor Rule Eases Up to Consolidate Gains
Britain’s Labour government pauses its rapid expansion to consolidate socialization gains. Attlee’s cabinet avoids overreaching as public resistance grows against further socialist experiments. The plan aims to secure already nationalized sectors while delaying iron and steel nationalization amid internal splits.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Attlee
High Command
Labor Party
England
Winston Churchill
Bank of England
Memorial Day Plans in Tucson Observed by Veterans Groups
Memorial Day services will be held Sunday at Evergreen cemetery and South Lawn Memorial Park in Tucson. The events are led by Victor Klauser, with a morning parade from Evergreen to the GAR and Soldiers plots, and an afternoon service at South Lawn. Military and veterans groups including VFW posts, American Legion, DAV, and others participate and invite auxiliaries.
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Evergreen Cemetery
South Lawn Memorial Park
Veterans’ Organizations
Victor Klauser
Tucson Post No. 549
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Klauser
Gar
VFW
American Legion
Marine
Tucson
Marine Corps League
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Post
Pima
Morgan-McDermott
Cocio-Estrada
Charles Young
Tucson Women’s Post
DAV
Land Tucson
Unite Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Navy Mothers’ Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
158Th Infantry
National Guard
Two Tucson Men Hurt In Accident
Ronald Grove of 733 South Sixth Avenue and Richard Eckstein of 1521 North Park Avenue, both Tucson, were reported in critical condition after a Sunday automobile crash 29 miles north of Nogales. Jose Y. Teran of 2228 South Eighth Avenue faces drunken driving charges. passenger Charles Salas escaped with minor injuries.
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Nogales
Ariz
Ronald Grove
South Sixth Avenue
Richard Eckstein
North Park Avenue
Tucson
Charles Salas
Thorne 81 Ex Wall Street Dealer Dies
Oakleigh Thorne 81, once a Wall Street figure in bitter financial struggles, died in New York Sunday after retiring in 1912 as president of the Trust Company of America.
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New York
Oakleigh Thorne
Wall Street
Trust Company of America
Truman Faces Delegate Shortfall at Democratic Convention
President Truman enters the July convention with 140 pledged delegates and 636 unpledged votes. Analysts warn Southern factions in Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, and South Carolina may block or withhold support, potentially prompting Eisenhower’s early entry into the nominating scramble. Ralph E. McGill cites possible Northern-Democrat and labor opposition coupling with rebellious Southerners to threaten a Truman nomination.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Ohio
W. A. Julian
United States
Mr. Truman
Alabama
Florida
Virginia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ralph E. McGill
Atlanta
Georgia
McGill
North
Full Surrender Of Jews Asked
The United States urged Arabs to cease fire in Palestine while Israel ordered a provisional halt to fighting. Arab demands for Jewish surrender and immigration limits were reported as terms likely rejected. Jerusalem battles intensify with Ramat Rachel fallen, while the Jewish population suffers severe hardship. US consul Wasson and Navy radioman Walker were killed in Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
Cairo
United Nations Security Council
Jerusalem
Amman
Bethlehem
Ramat Rachel
Rachel
Old City
Holy City
Abdullah
Washington
Thomas C. Wasson
U. S
Holy Land
Wasson
Herbert M. Walker
Walker
Navy
Supreme Court backs Alcatraz inmate retrial bid
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to require a San Francisco district court to reconsider Homer C. Price’s habeas petitions seeking release and address false testimony claims. Justice Murphy led the majority, while Justices Jackson Frankfurter dissented. The ruling allows new scrutiny of Price's 1938 Detroit bank holdup conviction and his Alcatraz sentence.
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Supreme Court
Alcatraz
Jackson E
Murphy
Justice Jackson
Justice Frankfurter
Vinson
Reed
U. S. District Court
San Francisco
Homer C. Price
U. S
Price
Detroit
U. S. Circuit Court
District Court
Circuit Court
Grant
High Court
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