McFarland protests double standard in copper pricing
Senator Ernest W. McFarland charges Washington with a double standard in copper prices after RFC bought Mexican copper at about 16 cents a pound and 17 cents for fourth-quarter copper while domestic OPA ceiling is 14 to 14.5 cents. He urged OPA and RFC leaders to prevent American and Arizona production from competing with cheaper foreign labor, protecting workers and industry.
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Sen. McFarland
OPA
Paul Porter
RFC
Charles Henderson
Arizona
Ship Strike Parley Ended Amid Negotiation Break
Washington reports that Atlantic and Gulf ship operators halted talks with striking unions ending hopes for settlement. With west coast talks already stalemated eastern operators condemned the unions stance as futile. Operators cancelled compromise offers and returned to the spot from ten days prior. Frank J. Taylor, head of the eastern negotiating committee, cited a union refusal to negotiate a separate Atlantic Gulf settlement as the break point.
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Washington
UPR
Atlantic Gulf
Frank J. Taylor
Gulf
OPA Advisers Urge Meat Decontrol in Arizona
The Arizona consumer advisers committee of the OPA calls meat price control a partial failure. They urge lifting control from retailers, suspending subsidy payments and slaughter rules, and implementing a retail price adjustment to offset subsidies. Copies sent to President Truman and key federal and state leaders.
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Phoenix
Arizona Consumer Advisers’ Committee
OPA
Washington
Truman
Arizona
Congress
Power Sales Under Attack in Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission ruled that future power supply contracts with wholesale buyers must be in writing and filed with the commission. Testimony cited Arizona Power Company agreements with Phelps Dodge and other wholesale users, prompting questions about proper utility rate bases for retail customers. A spokesman said APS entered an agreement to supply large wholesale buyers when domestic supply was short in the Winslow area.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Power Company
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Commission
W. J. Eden
Winslow
Atomic Bombs Remain United States Hidden Defense Policy
President Truman stated the United States will keep atomic bombs at home and denied any British access to finished weapons. He affirmed there are no atomic bombs in Britain and withheld further details after addressing Attlee's Palestine appeal, aiming to ease international tensions over nuclear arms.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Britain
Attlee
Palestine
Doomed Nazis pace in cells after appeals denied
In Nuernberg on October 11 reports said 11 condemned Nazi war criminals learned their final appeals were denied. Ribbentrop and Jodl paced their cells “like caged lions” while the other nine sat glumly on death row as word spread through the prison grapevine aided by U.S. guards and Stars and Stripes.
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Nuernberg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Alfred Jodl
Reims
Adolf Hitler
Frederick Teich
Burton C. Andrus
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Stars and Stripes
Flying Princesses To Advertise Air Talks
Phoenix dispatch notes four flying princesses will drop in to promote air talks. The event aims to draw attention to upcoming discussions and public interest in air travel exchanges.
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Phoenix
Arizona Aviation Week Sets Stage for Phoenix Conference
Gov Osborn designates October 2026 as Arizona Aviation week to promote the Phoenix aviation conference. The event on October will feature a keynote role for aviation in Arizona and more than twenty national aviation leaders. An Army air power show at Lakefield on October 26 and 27 will climax the program.
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Gov. Osborn
Arizona
Phoenix
Army “Air Power
Lakefield
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