Grace Church Buys New Site for Arizona Parish Center
Grace Episcopal church plans purchase of property at North Tucson boulevard and East Elm street to build a new church, parish house, and rectory. The sale from Mrs. Isabella Greenway King funds construction. T. H. Frohman to design with local architects. The church, with about 700 members, seeks to expand Sunday school and activities. Rt. Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving III approves the property purchase.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Tucson Boulevard
East Elm Street
Isabella Greenway King
Arizona Inn
Jerry Wallace
North Stone Avenue
East Third Street
T. H. Frohman
Frohman
Broadway
Stone Avenue
Wallace
Grace Church
Harry G. Stratton
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Episcopal Bishop of
Arizona
Protestant Episcopal Church Corporation of Arizona
U S Protest Over jailed American Official in Prague
The United States protested to the Czech foreign ministry after Samuel Meryn, a 39 year old U S embassy employee, was jailed as a spy and denied access by officials. James K Penfield reported the protest and said access was later allowed but canceled again. The Czech authorities blamed Voice of America for inaccurate statements. John G Heyn denied spying accusations in Munich as Prague accused him of economic spying. The Czech press urged vigilance against perceived class enemies.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
U.S
James K. Penfield
Samuel Meryn
Foreign Ministry
Penfield
Meryn
Voice of America
Czech Foreign Ministry
Washington
Munich
John G. Heyn
United Nations Club Seeks To Ease Debts
Washington reports the United Nations club faces a $32,000 debt load as a reorganization occurs under a new board. Meredith Howard, once with the Ziegfeld Follies and now married to ex Representative Richard F. Sharless of Arizona, headed the club in earlier years.
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Washington
United Nations Club
Meredith Howard
Richard F. Sharless
Arizona
Land Lease Test Suit Overlooked by Staff
Phoenix October 26. A state land lease test suit filed July 26 in Maricopa superior court asks that the land commissioner be the sole power to set annual rentals for grazing lands and that county appraisal boards lack such authority. The attorney general has not answered the complaint, but insists there is no default risk and that staff will address the case after other deadlines pass. Joseph P. Ralston, involved in the telephone case, is expected to handle the land suit.
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Phoenix
State Land Department
Maricopa
Attorney General
Florencio M. Gallego
Tucson
Arizona
Fred O. Wilson
Perry Ling
Joseph P. Ralston
Erie railroad awarded damages in crossing accident
In Cleveland on October 26 a federal court jury awarded the Erie railroad 100000 in damages after an Elmer C Breuer trucking interests freight train collided with a Breuer truck. The railroad sought 246622 claiming the steel laden truck stalled on the tracks at Ravenna for seven minutes with no signal.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Erie Railroad
Elmer C. Breuer
Erie
Ravenna
Amtorg to Register Under Foreign Agents Act
Russia's Amtorg Trading Corp. will obey the law to register under the foreign agents registration act. The corporation and six officials were indicted last Friday on charges of failure to register.
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New York
Russia
Amtorg Trading Corp
Secretary of State says Prague spy charges are trumped up
Secretary of State Dean Ache son claims Czechoslovakia’s espionage charges against six American embassy employees in Prague were obviously trumped up to intimidate the Czechs.
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Washington
U.P
Dean Acheson
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Fate of Denfeld rests with Truman as unification row nears end
Washington dispatch reports President Truman expected to follow Defense Secretary Johnson and Navy Secretary Matthews in decisions on Admiral Denfeld’s fate. Rumors place Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman as Denfeld’s possible replacement, with further shifts facing dissident officers if unification policy criticism persists.
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Washington
Truman
Defense
Louis Johnson
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Forrest P. Sherman
Mediterranean
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sherman
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
House Armed Services Committee
Denfeld
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Johnson
Matthews
White House
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Britain urged to work more or risk hunger and unemployment
London Oct 26 Sir Stafford Cripps told Britons they must produce more and spend less or face hunger and joblessness. He opened a two day debate on Attlees economy drive 280 million pounds aimed at revival. Cripps warned of a fall in living standards and widespread unemployment while detailing 25 000 fewer privately built homes and 10 000 civil service cuts among other measures.
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London
U.P
Stafford Cripps
Britain
House of Commons
Eden
Anthony Eden
Cripps
Attlee
United States
Yugoslavia Approves Allen as U.S. Ambassador
Belgrade confirms George V. Allen named United States ambassador to replace Cavendish Cannon as tensions with Moscow rise after Yugoslavia expels its envoy. Allen’s appointment signals Western support amid Tito Khrushchev era strains and a pending UN Security Council test.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
George V. Allen
United States
Russia
Karlo Mrazovic
Moscow
Soviet Union
Mrazovic
Marshal Tito
Cavendish Cannon
Tito
Kremlin
United Nations Security Council
Westward Ho Hotel Fire Put Out Fast
Phoenix fire officials say a fire on the Westward Ho hotel fifth floor sundeck was quickly controlled. Damaged were furniture and an awning. Police suspect a cigarette carelessly tossed from a window above the deck started the blaze. Three engines fought the fire as onlookers watched from upper floors. Hotel manager John Mills estimated damage at 1000 dollars.
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Phoenix
WUP
Westward Ho
John Mills
Courtyard Filled In With Third Building
Columbus city officials estimate about 55000 dollars to fill the hollow center of city hall a structure housing departments built in two phases in 1928 and 1935 remains largely surrounded by empty space downtown. Construction crews recently moved in with equipment to seal the 5000 square foot gap and create space for the income tax department and other offices.
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Columbus
Ohio
City Hall
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