Gallup Begins Election Polls Across Nation
Gallup surveys show Democratic strength at a 16 year low in early October. Five trend studies indicate a nationwide shift toward Republicans, suggesting potential congressional gains if the election were held then. Independent voters lean toward Republicans as Truman’s popularity drops.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Democratic Party
House
Truman
New York City
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Institute
Roosevelt
Europe
Early Fall Rains Help But Little
Rome Oct 16 Premier Alcide De Gasperi writes US Secretary Byrnes hoping spirit of wartime aid to Italy may guide broader international acts. US Geological Survey report shows early rains barely altered underground water in southern Arizona. Tucson’s basin still falls, with gains near pumped areas and mixed changes elsewhere. Pumpage rose in Pima county from 68,500 to 111,000 acre feet 1941–1945 while Cochise and Santa Cruz see declines or leveling.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
U. S
James F. Byrnes
United States
Italy
Arizona
Tucson
Samuel F. Turner
U. S. Geological Survey Office
Ground Water Division
Turner
Santa Cruz
Nogales
Rillito
Pimay County
Rillito Creek
Cochise County
San Pedro
Sulphur Springs
Santa Cruz County
Atomic Control Plan Outlined
New York October 16 a proposed international atomic energy control plan would create an atomic development authority to inspect mines and facilities worldwide. The 57 page Baruch drafted report outlines three activity categories including strict technical control and detection of unauthorized activities with eight specific risk points.
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New York
U.P
Atomic Development Authority
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
ADA
AFL Back Baruch Plan Urges Full International Atomic Authority
The AFL convention called for continued firm policy with Russia and rejected compromises in U S atomic energy control. It endorsed Baruch's plan for international control of fissionable materials and research as the only way to prevent war use of atomic energy. The AFL condemned appeasement toward the USSR and refused to form a joint foreign policy with CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Russia
U. S
AFL
CIO Union Organization
Parker Fire Loss Rated At $70,000
A downtown Parker blaze destroyed the Arizona theatre and a jewelry store, with total losses estimated at $70,000. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson escaped from the theater building where their apartment was located. The fire damaged a hardware store, post office, and lumber yard. Parker’s volunteer department led by Chief Johnny Johnson fought the blaze.
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Parker
Arizona Theatre
R. H. Thompson
Chandler
Johnny Johnson
Yuma Irrigation Fee Raised By Two Dollars Per Acre Foot
The Yuma County Water Users' Association announced an increase of $2 per acre-foot, raising the charge from $4.50 to $6.50. The decision was disclosed in Yuma Arizona on October 16. The move affects irrigation costs for farmers relying on the association's water supplies.
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Yuma
Yuma, Ariz
Yuma County
Full Program Held By Synod
The Presbyterian synod of Arizona met at Trinity church with Rev W Duff Canada stressing times. Rev William Orr Albuquerque reported on church state status and noted Peoria lacks a minister. By laws amendment delays moderator election until opening of 1947 synod. The united promotion committee reported on a 27000000 restoration fund with Arizona share 74194.
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W. Duff Canada
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Synod of Arizona
Trinity Church
William Orr
Albuquerque
N. M
Boards of Christian Education and
National Missions
Arizona
Peoria
Rollo LaPorte
Phoenix
S. B. Hannah
Florence
Committee On United Promotion
Arizona Synod
Raymond V. Kearns
New York
Board of National Missions
George L. Robinson
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Synod
Herbert J. Strickler
Synod of
Ilinois
Paul H. Torrey
Private Power Group Urged to Bring Boulder Power to Arizona
Salt River Valley Water Users Association proposed forming a private group to obtain Boulder dam electricity for Arizona at about 1,000,000 dollars a year cheaper than Arizona power authority rates. President Lin B. Orme cited weaknesses in the authority act and urged long term contracts to lower costs. he noted no progress by public agencies toward Colorado River power since Boulder Dam’s completion.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Boulder Dam
Arizona
Lin B. Orme
Arizona Power Authority
Orme
Central Arizona Light & Power Co
Arizona Power Corp
Tucson Electric Light, Gas & Power Co
San Carlos
Arizona Edison Co
Arizona Power Authority Act
Board of ‘Governors
The
Association
Colorado
Ft Huachuca building sale revealed for sealed bids
Over 80 barracks mess halls lavatories shop buildings and storage tanks at Ft Huachuca will be sold as government surplus by the U S Army engineers. Inspection is daily Oct 21 to Nov 2 from 8 am to 4 pm. Bids due by 10 am Nov 4 through the South Pacific division offices in Los Angeles and Phoenix.
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Ft. Huachuca
U. S. Army Engineers
District Engineers
Los Angeles
Ft. Huachuca Military Reservation
Tucson
South Pacific Division
South Hope] Street
Calif
Phoenix Real Estate
Printery
West Adams Street
Phoenix
OPA holds line on auto price ceilings despite decontrol rush
OPA Deputy Geofrey Baker said ceilings will remain on new and used autos indefinitely to prevent price surges. Nonessential items including farm equipment appliances clothing and building materials will be decontrolled from Nov 1 with hundreds of items freed in two weeks. Whisky policy under review with possible decontrol of packaged whisky while straight whisky remains short.
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Washington
OPA
Geoffrey Baker
Baker
Truman
Cage
Reece Assails Truman Action Over Meat Crisis
Washington reports Republicans blame food shortages on President Truman while government agencies intensify wage price control efforts. Senator Reece tallies Democratic control of Congress when price laws passed and warns meat controls could return if Republicans do not win the November election.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Carroll R
Reece
Congress
Goering Poison Mystery Sparks Nazi Suicide Questions
In Nurnberg officers probe how Hermann Goering obtained cyanide and timed his death. He swallowed the poison at 10 45 p.m. Tuesday, two hours before the scheduled hanging, prompting officials to deny any arrests or planned actions as of Wednesday morning.
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Mernberg
Goering
Chhosen
United States
Reichsmarshal
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Sauckel
Nazi Chiefs Valuable For First Time As Warnings
J M Roberts Jr argues in AP analysis that the Nuernberg executions mark a historic pivot. He frames the Nazi leaders as warnings to future rulers that the world will hold aggressors to account, applying equity-like judgment beyond strict international law.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
America
Washington
Nuernberg
Robert Ingersoll
Napoleon
Record cattle and hog prices surge at Chicago market
Chicago live stock traders push prices to new highs as red steers top 35.25 per hundred pounds and hogs fetch around 27.50 with later sales slipping. Lambs resist lower bids amid abundant receipts and shifting market dynamics.
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Chicago
Byrnes Sees Yugoslavia Likely to Accept Italian Treaty
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes predicted Yugoslavia would yield to the Italian treaty despite its walkout, saying the peace conference justified itself and the Big Four can reach agreement at the New York meeting on November 4. He spoke at a Paris press conference before returning to Washington.
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Paris
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Yugoslavia
Byrnes
Washington
New York
Vu. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Truman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Vandenberg
Tom Connally
Molotov
Southampton
United Nations Assembly
McFarland cites shift of regulation to states
In Phoenix a luncheon remarks quote Sen. Ernest W. McFarland praising a congressional trend to push administration and regulation back to states. Other brief items note the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen spurning CIO ties and a Western Union AFL strike delay. Erle Stanley Gardner treated for infection in Riverside. Hirohito meets MacArthur about the new Japanese constitution. Arizona range conditions run five points above the 20 year average with abundant feed reducing winter concentrate demand.
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Phoenix
U. S
Ernest W. McFarland
Congress
Arizona
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Pope to Review Yugoslav Affair Encyclical Expected
Rome reports say Pope Pius X may publish an encyclical on the Catholic church in Yugoslavia soon. Vatican confirmation was not obtained and church officials note encyclicals are prepared in secrecy and rarely announced in advance.
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Rome
Yugoslavia
Vatican
Mexican Cattle Flow to Reopen U S Border
The United States will lift the quarantine and reopen its borders to Mexican cattle at 12 01 a m Friday. An estimated 125 000 to 150 000 head may cross monthly for the next three months through El Paso Nogales and Eagle Pass with lesser numbers from Reynosa Matamoros and Mexicali.
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Washington
United States
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Nogales
Mex
Ariz
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Mexico
Dreamboat B29 Sets Transatlantic Speed Record Run
Westover Field Massachusetts reports the Army B29 Dreamboat landed after a Paris to Westover crossing in just under 12 and a half hours. Officials say the flight may set a new speed record for the Atlantic crossing. Col Irvine from St Paul noted no attempt to set a speed mark when spark plug trouble disrupted the original plan.
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Westover Field
Mass
Paris
Army Airfield
Atlantic
Washington
Col. C. S. Irvine
St. Paul
Mexican Cattle Ban Lifts Friday for Small Crossings
Cattle inspectors predict only small herds will cross the U S Mexico border at Nogales and Sasabe ports when the quarantine ends Friday. James Ballard says larger herds will form within 10 days to two weeks and that cowboys will drive cattle north after deals with Mexican ranchers are completed. Cattle must undergo dipping to remove insects and germs and to meet customs rules.
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U. S.-Mexico
Nogales
Sasabe
Tucson
James Ballard
Mexico
Arizona
York bishop denounces Catholic marriage restrictions
The archbishop of York called Catholic Church conditions on mixed marriages humiliating and urged Church of England communicants not to sign documents pledging Catholic baptism for children of such unions.
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York
London
Church of England
Episcopal Church
United States
Cunard-White Star Chairman Succumbs
Sir Percy Bates 67, shipping magnate and Cunard White Star chairman, died at Hinderton Hall Neston Cheshire after a heart attack.
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Cunard
White Star
London
Sir Percy Bates
Cunard- White Star Line
Hinderton Hall
Neston
Chesire
Eisenhower Arrives in Trieste for Inspection Tour
General Eisenhower arrives by plane in Trieste on an inspection tour of American forces in the Venezia Giulia region as Allied occupation continues.
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Eisenhower
Trieste
Venezia-Giulia
Nazis Die Unrepentant Goering Hangs as Others Face Fate
A three man U S Army board opened an investigation into how Hermann Goering obtained poison to kill himself before the Nazi leaders hanged. Eight correspondents witnessed the executions at Nuremberg as Joachim von Ribbentrop and others faced the scaffold with varied responses.
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Private Power Group
Boulder Power
Prescott
Bisbee
Hermann Goering
Germany
Miami Beach
Fila
Brotherhood of Railroad
CIO
Denver
WUP
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union
Riverside
Erle Stanley Gardner
Riverside Community Hospital
Tokyo
Hirohito
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Dreamboat
Basil Gingell
Combined Allied Press
U. S. Army Board
Army Board
Emmy Goering
Streicher
Andrus
Joachim von Ribbentrop
H. F. Gerecke
von Ribbentrop
Keitel
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