Congress Near End Of Session Adjourning Amid Debate
Washington reporters note a weary Congress aiming for a midweek adjournment as farm legislation and unfinished appropriations loom. Senate leaders clash over records and policy with Wherry accusing the 80th Congress of deficit spending while Myers says the administration achieved foreign policy and several domestic gains. A 36 to 30 vote to sidetrack the displaced persons bill trimmed adjournment delays. The farm price support bill remains in conference between House and Senate versions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Francis J. Myers
House
Nine Aluminum Plants Closed In Pension Row
Pittsburgh October 17 America's strike idle neared the million mark as 16 000 CIO members struck nine Aluminum Company of America plants. The walkout joins 480 000 steelworkers and 380 000 coal miners on picket lines. Pension costs are the central issue with ALCOA offering a small pension package while the steel group demands broader coverage. The dispute threatens to disrupt postwar economy, with mediation efforts ongoing and limited picketing at ALCOA sites.
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Pittsburgh
America
CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Allied Industries
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Truman
Philip Murray
Murray
Bethlehem
Aluminum Co
ALCOA
AFL
Big Steel
Big Aluminum Co. of America
New Kensington
Land Official Faces Shakeup in Arizona Land Office
In Phoenix a planned leadership reshuffle under Gov. Garvey aims to install W. W. Lane as chief deputy of the land department with O. C. Williams likely to remain land commissioner. Williams, asked to resign, has not, and the governor convened no final decision as of midday. Lane would succeed Williams if he resigns, while Wayne Davis could be replaced. other names such as Winston Reynolds surfaced but had no confirmation.
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Phoenix
State Land Department
O. C. Williams
W. W. Lane
Roosevelt
Maricopa County
Wayne Davis
Mesa
Dan E. Garvey
Williams
Fred O. Wilson
Land Department
Lane
Davis
Ran Bone
Bone
Wilson
Arizona
Flagstaff
Arizona Federation of Labor
Arizona Education Association
Elmer Vickers
State Federation of Labor
Walter Maxwell
Central Arizona
Don Lockwood
Lockwood
Senate
Winston Reynolds
Pima County
Tucson Plaza
Trikkala
Troy
Asclepius
Apollo
Zeus
Bomber Crash Near Chino Kills Four or Five
A B 26 bomber based at Sheppard Field Texas reportedly crashed in hilly terrain south of Chino California killing four or five crew members. The plane was en route from Williams Air Base Phoenix to Long Beach.
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Chino
Calif
U.P
Here
Air Force
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Tex
Williams Air Base
Phoenix
Ariz
Long Beach
Truman Acts Like Candidate In ’52
Washington observe President Truman projecting a 1952 run aided by a strategy to break the Solid South, win farm support, and keep labor and civil rights votes. He backs the house farm bill, skirts senate plans, and pushes Brannan subsidies while highlighting anti trust actions and rights legislation. Hastie’s federal circuit appointment and ADA ambassador pick signal party maneuvering amid a changing political map.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
Congress
Solid South
Democratic Party
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Brannan
Farmer Labor Coalition
Truone
Mr. Truman
William H. Hastie
Virgin Islands
Federal Circuit
Hastie
Americans For Democratic Action
Denmark
Eugenie Anderson
Minnesota
Ada
Roosevelt New Dealers
Four Pound Boy Born Aboard Atlantic Flight
An American GI bride in a crowded plane over the Atlantic gives birth to a four pound boy assisted by a doctor and nurse aboard the flight. The infant arrived about 400 miles from Shannon, Ireland, as the Constellation headed to Ireland. The mother is Darinka Parker, a former Nazi camp inmate, and the father is Master Sgt. James C. Parker of Alderson West Virginia. The baby was taken to Ennis hospital after the stop in Shannon.
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Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
American Overseas Air Lines Constellation
Darinka Parker
Ennis
Frankfurt
James C. Parker
Rhein- Main
Air Force
Wiessbaden
Parker
Nuernberg
Sgt
Alderson
W. Va
Bavaria
John Hennessy
New Town
Conn
Tucson
Airlines
Hennessy
Fred Henschel
New York City
Mary Jane’Hinckley
Millville
N. J
Marine Corps Chief Says Army Undermines Marines Power
General Clifton B. Cates head of the Marine Corps told the House Armed Services Committee that Army and Pentagon policy cripples Marine combat power. He warned reductions strike at the heart of combat forces while morale remains high.
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Washington
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps
Army High Command
Cates
House Armed Services Committee
National Defense
Pentagon
House
Armed Services
Navy
Air Corps
Army
Air Force
A. A. Vandegrift
Marines
Light Showers Fall In State
Light showers fell over most of Arizona with more expected today and tonight. Meteorologist Louis R. Jurwitz reported the rainfall was fairly general but light, with Pinal ranch recording .82 inches in 24 hours and other sites like Roosevelt Dam .21 and Horseshoe Dam .79. He forecast sunnier skies tomorrow but continued mountain showers.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Louis R. Jurwitz
U. S. Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Pinal Ranch
Salt
Gila
Roosevelt Dam
Horseshoe
Verde
Payson
Flagstaff
Tucson
Winslow
Prescott
Gila Bend
Douglas
Jurwitz
Lee Spargo Dies On Trip To Coast
Hollywood reports Lee A. Spargo 54 of Phoenix Arizona motel owner and Motor Hotel Association official died on a coast trip. He left Phoenix with wife Grace and Jean Jacques editor of Motels and Courts on a motel inspection and pleasure journey to Los Angeles and Tacoma. Spargo was stricken at Indio California and died after reaching a motel in California.
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Hollywood
Lee A. Spargo
Phoenix
Ariz
Motor Hotel Association
Grace
Jean Jacques
Glendale
Calif
Los Angeles
Tacoma
Wash
Spargo
Indio
Trikkala Learns Tucson Pronunciation Amid USA Affection
Operation Democracy reaches Trikkala Greece as residents learn the Tucson pronunciation and plan a celebratory link with Arizona. Mayor Retos invites Tucson officials. plans include a Tucson plaza and sending students to learn American culture. The piece surveys ancient Trikkala history and legends alongside recent turmoil and liberation in 1881.
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Trikkala
Greece
Tucson
Ariz
Tewson
Tuckson
Hercules Retos
Arizona
USA
Retos
E. T. Houston Toome
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Finland
William Green
John L. Lewis
Atlantic
John E. Anderson
Bragg City
Blytheville
Ark
Anderson
Lee Spargo
U.S
By L. S. Chakales
Actaincu
The
United States
Old Pueblo
Trikki
Podalirios
Machaon
Macedonia
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Alexander
Ali Pasha
Ioannina
Spyridon
Skilosophos
Skila
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Lithaos Stream
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