Truman Calls End To A Bomb Race At U N Hearing
President Truman urged a workable international plan to outlaw atomic weapons and promote peaceful energy use during a New York speech at the UN building cornerstone ceremony. He linked disarmament to human rights and urged aid to underdeveloped areas with civil and political rights for all.
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New York
Truman
U.N
42Nd Street
East River
Russia
United States
Ussr
United Nations
U. N
General Assembly
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Budaps
Igaria
Congress
Deaths of Claude and Vera Henderson in Maricopa ruled murder and suicide
Deputy Hendricks said the two were found dead in a car near Maricopa with gunshot wounds. Claude Henderson, 54, a Western Union manager at Willcox, and Vera Henderson, 42, a Southern Pacific telegrapher, had separated for two years and Vera had filed for divorce. A car matching a suspected jail escapee’s was reported nearby.
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Maricopa
Ed Hendricks
Claude Henderson
Vera Henderson
Jack Tatum
Henderson
Southern Pacific Railroad
Western Union
Willcox
Herbert George
Mountain States Telephone seeks higher intrastate rates in Arizona
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. opens its rehearing case before the Arizona Corporation Commission to justify higher intrastate rates. Nine exhibits are introduced to support a target earning of about 5.62 percent on investment, with figures for the last ten months. Attorneys for the company and the attorney general debate past rulings and expected revenue figures as hearings proceed.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Arizona
Atty
J. H. Shepherd
Edward Jacobson
Attorney General's Office
Jacobson
Attorney General’s Office
Commission
Dial Profit
Small Shepherd
Dial
Tucson
Shepherd
J. R. Spangler
Help Is Rushed To Aid Lehman
Democratic national figure William Boyle arrives in New York to back Herbert Lehman in the key senatorial race against Republican John Foster Dulles. President Truman endorses Lehman, while national party figures urge a show of unity as both candidates are urged to defend domestic policy amid the high stakes of the New York contest.
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Washington
William M. Boyle Jr
Missouri
Tom Pendergast
New York
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Truman
Lehman
Blair House
Boyle
McGrath
Congress
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Senate
Daily Worker
Hunt For Tatum Pushed By Police After Jail Break
FBI agents and local police hunted outlaw Jack Tatum after a jail breakout in Maricopa County. A gun battle left two inmates dead. Tatum vanished amid roadblocks at state lines. A 1940 Ford used in his escape was found abandoned with nearby tire marks suggesting confederate help.
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Hunt
Tatum
Phoenix
U.R
FBI
Jack Tatum
John Dillinger
Floyd
Maricopa County
California
Nevada
Southwest
Salt River Valley
Dillinger
Billy Ray Gilbert
Carmen Sainz
Broken
Tempe
Ariz
Cal Boies
Tom Stowe
Charles
Trikkala Greeks Celebrate Tucson Adoption in Democracy Observance
Fifty thousand residents lined streets and squares to honor Trikkala's adoption by Tucson under Operation Democracy. Lt. Gen. James Van Fleet led the festivities with honorary citizenships awarded to him Mayor Houston and Ambassador Grady. King Paul absent.
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Trikkala
Greece
Tucson
James van Fleet
George Edman
E. T. Houston
Henry Grady
King Paul
American Square
van Fleet
United States
Strikes Persist Amid War-Timed Industrial Slowdown
Across the nation the coal and steel strikes show no progress as unemployment rises and industries stall. In Chicago cattle prices hit a 1949 peak while hog prices dropped to a three year low after policy changes. In Budapest Lt Gen Gyorgy Palffy was executed for treason under the new government. In San Diego Del Baker, ex Tigers manager, named Padres skipper for next season replacing Bucky Harris.
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Associated Press
Chicago
San Diego
U.P
del Baker
Detroit Tigers
Sacramento Solons
San Diego Padres
Padre
Bill Starr
Baker
Cleveland Indians
Padres
Starr
Bucky Harris
Japanese Diet to Open 30 Day Special Session
Tokyo oct 24 the diet plans a 30 day special session starting tomorrow with no bills ready. major business will be proposed tax reform and a supplementary budget as the session begins.
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Tokyo
Japan
Diet
Hefty Officer Wins Tug With Elephant
In Baton Rouge a 255 pound officer chased a circus elephant found roaming a residential block. H. E. Lambert grabbed the elephant by its neck chain and halted it, winning a tug of war before the handler arrived.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Adams
H. E. Lambert
Lambert
Gold Strike Stirs Alaska Near Arctic Circle
In Fairbanks Alaska on October 24 merchants closed shops as workers rush toward a new gold strike nine miles from the Arctic circle. Prospects from pilots to students race to stake claims along the Yukon river while peaceful filing is reported by Ramblin Sam Gamblin. Residents of nearby Ft Yukon and Circle gather for equipment as a rush to mine begins before winter.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
U.P
Arctic Circle
Yukon River
Fishwheel
Sam” Gamblin
Sushana
Gamblin
Ft. Yukon
Circle
Attlee Proposes Major Budget Cuts to Ease Britain's Crisis
British Prime Minister Attlee unveils a austerity program slashing dollar spending and defense costs while charging for prescriptions and trimming public health services. He predicts about £280,000,000 in savings for 1949 1950 with further cuts across education housing and administration.
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London
Attlee
Britain
House of Commons
Princess Elizabeth
Margaret
England
Wales
Scotland
Ministry of Food
France Faces New Election Amid Coalition Crisis
Paris reports bidault moves to form a cabinet as calls grow for a fresh national election. Auriol designated Bidault after Queuille’s fall, with three governments failed since 1947 in a Socialist Radical and Popular Republican coalition balancing between leftist communism and rightist De Gaulleism.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Popular Republicans
MRP
France
Henri Queuille
Jules Moch
Rene Mayer
Vincent Auriol
Bid
Tombstone Quiet After Helldorado Gunplay Calm Ends
Tombstone observers recount a tense Helldorado weekend with six guns displayed and fists flown but no shots fired. The town marshal intervened to quell the potential bloodshed as crowds crowded the streets and bars stayed open. Parade honors went to Tucson drum and bugle corps and local groups including Tombstone Union High School and Frank Romero's troubla doors.
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Tombstone
Tucson Drum and Bugle Corps
Ft. Grant Industrial School
Tombstone Union High School
Frank Romero
Sue Hoffman
I. V. Pruitt
San Pedro Valley
Prescott judge rules slot machines illegal and to be destroyed
Judge W E Patterson ruled that last July raid slot machines are illegal gambling devices and must be destroyed by the sheriff. He ordered destruction of 21 machines but granted a 60 day window for appeal, with Cusick signaling a possible appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court.
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W. E. Patterson
Prescott
Tucson
Jerome P. Martin
Montana Supreme Court
Cusick
Supreme Court
Patterson
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Gardner
Gardner
Martin
Jenior
E. T. Cusick
Justice J Court
Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
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Gyorgy Palffy
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Ministry of Agriculture
Norma Morey
West
Prescott Jurist
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