Central Arizona Light expands service area into northern Arizona
The Central Arizona Light and Power Co proposes a major expansion by forming the Northern Arizona Light and Power Co to serve Prescott Flagstaff Winslow Cottonwood Ash Fork Seligman and Payson. William P. Reilly will become vice president and GM of the new firm based in Prescott while Central Arizona extends two new lines linking northern circuits.
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Phoenix
Central Arizona Light & Power Co
State Corporation Mission
Northern Arizona
Sargent
Arizona Power Co
Prescott
Flagstaff
Winslow
Cottonwood
Ash Fork
Seligman
Payson
William P. Reilly
Union Shop Is Ruled Illegal
Washington May 27 The board ordered Lewis to stop the union shop clause with 18 steel company owned captive mines and to pledge no strikes by United Mine Workers members. An NLRB election would be required for Taft-Hartley to act, but none has been held among the miners.
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Washington
Lewis
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
Taft-Hartley
NLRB
Congress To Curb Johnson's Power
Washington May 27 Congress may not grant Defense Secretary Louis Johnson full power to unify the armed forces. Vinson says the committee has done all it can this session. A big inquiry into air force B 36 purchases is planned. Some members oppose the senate bill. They fear Johnson would gain too much authority. Other developments cover CIA authorization, atomic energy bill timing, Far Eastern policy, civilian vs military control of atomic programs, adjournment hopes, tax payment speedups, and foreign aid cuts.
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Washington
Congress
Defense
Louis Johnson
Y. Vinson
House
Senate
Johnson
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Tydings
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-la
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
China
Kenneth 8. Wherry
R-Neb
W. Walton Butterworth
Harry P. Cain
R-Wash
Lilienthal
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenlooper
Cain
Truman
Foreign Aid
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Baseball Results Cincinnati Chicago Narrow Victory in Rain-Short Card
Cincinnati scored five runs with a late surge while Chicago managed three runs. Fox pitched for Cincinnati with Gumpert and Howell supporting in relief. Schmitz and A Walker appeared for Chicago. All other games across leagues were scarce at night.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Fox, Gumpert
Howell
Schmitz
A. Walker
Bridges Surrenders to U S Authorities on Perjury Charge
Australian born longshore leader Harry Bridges turned himself in to federal agents in San Francisco on a perjury and conspiracy charge over his 1945 naturalization. He posted anticipated bail of 5 000 dollars alongside two union officials, J R Robertson and Henry Schmidt, amid potential additional indictments and a civil deportation suit.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Communist Party
J. R. Robertson
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Henry Schmidt
Honolulu
Robertson
Schmidt
John P. Boyd
Immigration Department
Boyd
New York
State to Make Own Census in Arizona 1950
Arizona will conduct its 1950 census under state management with local district managers and 700 enumerators per district. Reports go directly to Washington. The area office remains in Los Angeles, and officials consider making Arizona an independent census area.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Stephen W. Langmade
Democratic Central Committee
Washington
Los Angeles
New Mexico
California
Civil Service
Langmade
Cailiffornian
Shanghai Falls to Communists end of city resistance
The red blanket of Communism enveloped Shanghai as Nationalist holds surrendered. Red rule took over the northern city as evacuation ships withdrew, after stubborn bridge defenses and foreign civilians were freed. The occupation completed three days after it began with Communist troops securing the garrison and government.
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Fred Hampson
Shanghai
Woosung
Yangtze
East China Sea
Whangpoo River
Soochow Creek
Turnesa Reaches British Amateur Final in Rain Soaked Match
Willie Turnesa of Elmsford New York defeated Ernest Millward of England 1 up to advance to the British Amateur final at Portmarnock Ireland. The American’s deft pitching and putting prevailed in a rain drenched afternoon as Millward led early before Turnesa claimed the 12th hole with a par after a tussle through 11 holes.
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Portmarnock
Ireland
Willie Turnesa
Ernest Millward
England
Elmsford
N. Y
United States
Turnesa
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Millward
Bournemouth
Willie
Sam McCready
Stranahan
Indians Lease Uranium Mines in Navajo Reservation
Five uranium mines are being developed in northeastern Arizona on the Navajo reservation by Vanadium Corp. of America and the Atomic Energy Commission. The project has located 30 additional potential mines, with an extensive exploratory drilling program planned for 1951. Charles H. Dunning announced the details after tours of Colorado and Utah plants and discussions with western officials.
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Phoenix
State Department of Mineral Resources
Arizona
Vanadium Corp. of America
Atomic Energy Commission
Charles H. Dunning
State Department
Colorado
Utah
Eisler Freed as Extradition Bid Dismissed in Bow Street
London May 27 U P A Bow Street court freed Gerhart Eisler after chief magistrate Sir Laurence Dunne dismissed the extradition bid. The perjury charge could not be proven and the case moves toward closure. Eisler avoided removal to the United States while prosecutors acknowledge identity and jurisdiction hurdles.
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London
U.P
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Bow Street Court
Laurence Dunne
Eisler
Southampton
Valentine Holmes
U. S
America
Britain
Holmes
Duane
Enola Gay Given Last Minute Scrap Heap reprieve to flying status
The Enola Gay B-29, famed for dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, is spared from scrapping and assigned to fly one final mission to the National Air Museum in Washington by June 20 from Davis-Monthan.
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Enola Gay
National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Hiroshima
Japan
Wendell Willkie
Nagasaki
National Air Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tinian Field
Tinian
P. W. Tibbetts
Honshu
20Th Air Force
Skeleton search at Granite Wash seeks human bones
Deputies from Yuma county sheriff's office combed Granite wash area Friday after a human skull was found there last Friday. The skull has been sent to Los Angeles to obtain identification.
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Yuma
Yuma County
Sheriff's Office
Granite Wash
Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth Weds Aly Khan in Vallauris Ceremony
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan married in Vallauris in a five minute civil ceremony at the town hall witnessed by the Aga Khan and other royals. The bride wore an ice blue gown costing about $1000 and the couple shared a first kiss as guests cheered.
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Vallauris
France
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Vallauris Town Hall
Brooklyn
Oui
Aga Khan
Aly
Aga
Begum
Sadri Aga Khan
Kharim
Amya
Rebecca Welles
Rita
Orson Welles
Jacques Fath
Paul Derigon
Hollywood
Derigon
Nancy Gunter Trial Begins in Manslaughter Case
In a manslaughter trial about the December death of 11 year old Lynn Marie Allen Nancy K Gunter 26 faces charges after allegedly striking the girl with her car on East Grant road near North Forgens avenue The jury selection and testimony began Friday afternoon before Superior Judge Lee Garrett Prosecuting attorney James M Howsare and defense counsel William F Kimball represented the parties with a list of attending officials and witnesses noted See GUNTER On Page 11
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Nancy K. Gunter
E. Navajord
Lee Garrett
East Grant Road
North Forgens Avenue
Lynn
Grant Road
Gunter
James M. Howsare
William F. Kimball
Ethel
Pinkerton
Joy H. Hansen
George F. Hutton
Edward W. Nowell
P. K. Charonhas
Emery J. Bouchee
Jessie D. Mann
Peter Stew
170000 Automobiles To Crowd Arizona Highways Over Memorial Weekend
State highway officials forecast a busy three day Memorial weekend with about 170000 automobiles and many more passengers. They expect travel to northern mountains and popular swimming holes while urging caution for rising fire hazards and a record turnout at national forests. Memorial Day observances were planned in Phoenix Tucson and other large towns.
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Arizona
United Press
California
Glen Smoot
Highway Department
Sta
Phoenix
Tucson
Berlin Rail Strike Paralyzes West Berlin Transit
Berlin faces a massive rail strike as 8,000 tons daily supply airlift continues. West Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter convened district officials while Soviet controlled Reichsbahn sends repair crews. Rioters clash with strikebreakers. trains halted, signals blocked, and food rots in storage.
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Berlin
West Germany
Western Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Independent
Reichsbahn
Helmstedt
West
Big Four Hit Deadlock Over Germany Conference
Paris May 27 UP French observers say the Big Four foreign ministers may only achieve a narrow success on renewing trade between eastern and western Germany. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky blocks any overall deal insisting Moscow veto rights over any Bonn constitution plans and Ruhr arrangements. Western sources note the talks are underway with room for shifts.
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R. BH. Shackfort
Paris
Germany
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Bonn
Russia
Ruhr
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