Truman Skips Deadline in Mediation of Steel Coal Strikes
The White House says President Truman set no deadline for mediation in the steel coal disputes and is keeping hands off for now. Secretary Ross denied reports of imminent presidential intervention and said the mediation service remains in charge. Cyrus Ching and John Steelman relay progress as Philip Murray negotiates with U.S. Steel in New York.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
John R. Steelman
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation
Ching
Philip Murray
CIO
U. S. Steel Corp
New York
Fair sparkles at Pima County exhibit with crowded stalls
The Pima county fair opens amid keen competition and crowded fields. Judges praised appearances and finishes across sewing, baking, and crafts while livestock displays expand with pigeons, rabbits, and dairy exhibits. Organizers Dayton Skoug and the fair commission receive praise for a well run event.
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David Baker
Ann Sylvester
Thomas G. Porter
Virginia Black
Betty Jo Hatfield
Tucson
Williams Base Receives Two Safe Flying Awards
Williams Air Force Base in Arizona earned two safe flying awards from Air Force Headquarters in Washington for an exemplary flying safety record in the second quarter of 1949. The base reported more than 16,000 flight hours logged in F-51 and F-80 aircraft during the period.
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Williams Air Force Base
Ariz
Air Force Headquarters
Washington
Arizona
Air Force to Use Tucson Facilities for European Aid Plan
Air force officials consider using Tucson Arizona plant and nearby fields to modify long range bombers for the European aid program. The plan would expand spending from 12 million to 20 million and bolster employment from about 1200 to at least 3500 with Davis-Monthan Marana and Ryan airfields involved. President Truman also lifts Adm Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations.
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Air Force
Tucson
Ariz
Hayden
D-Ariz
Symington
Hoyt Vandenberg
Muir Fairchild
Davis-Monthan Field
Marana Airfield
Red Rock Field
Ryan
Aviation Maintenance Corporation
Marana
Ryan Fields
Pete Waggoner
CAA
Truman
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Garvey Pressed Over Secrecy on Land Report and Misspending
Carl W. Diverbiss, acting as Arizona Republican chairman, charges Governor Dan E. Garvey with misfeasance and nonfeasance for not releasing the attorney general and state examiner reports on the land department. The documents allege misused funds totaling about 243000 across Mohave, Maricopa and Santa Cruz counties, with recoverable sums and ongoing lawsuits.
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Bob
Dan E. Garvey
Land Department
State Examiner
Carl W. Diverbiss
Republican Central Compee
Land Commissioner's Office
C. C. Williams
Koch Claims Arizona Phone Costs More Than National Average
Arizona hearings on Mountain States Telephone rate request feature W. K. Koch asserting Arizona traffic and commercial expenses exceed company averages. He cites operator wages and heavy switchboard work as cost drivers and notes per-phone maintenance costs reach 3.61 dollars annually in Arizona versus 2.65 dollars elsewhere.
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Phoenix
UPR
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Arizona
W. K. Koch
Denver
State Corporation Commission
Koch
Edwin Montgomery
Arizona Helicopter Service
Seligman Harvey House Is Robbed
Seligman police report the Seligman Harvey House robbed of 1650 dollars last night from a metal office box. About 3 am discovery, cash divided as 800 in tens 500 in twenties 200 in fives and 150 in ones. Railway officers question a suspect.
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Seligman
Seligman Harvey
Veeck Plans Second Marriage After Divorce
Chicago report says Bill Veeck, 36, president of the Cleveland Indians, will marry Mary Frances Ackerman, 27, former Pittsburgh and New York model, after his divorce from Eleanor Raymond goes through. Ackerman, a Carnegie Tech drama student, met Veeck in Cleveland. breakup set in Evanston in 1935. The pair aim to wed within six weeks, likely in Chicago, pending divorce proceedings.
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Chicago
Bill Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Pittsburgh
New York
Veeck
Mary Frances Ackerman
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Cleveland
Toronto
Canada
Miss Ackerman
Bill
Evanston, Ill
Eleanore Raymond
Ringling Brothers Circus
Landlady Challenges 2 Percent Rent Sales Tax
Mrs. Ida Buntman of Phoenix filed suit in Maricopa county superior court contesting a two percent sales tax on rental receipts. She argues the levy is a double tax as her property lacks a business site. The tax commission based on an attorney general ruling requires tax on gross income from land equipment and businesses with a retroactive date adjusted from Oct 1 to Nov 1.
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Phoenix
U.P
Ida Buntman
Maricopa County
Buntman
State Tax Commission
Ambassador Douglas to Fully Recover Sight
American Ambassador Lewis Douglas told Manchester Chamber of Commerce that his left eye will regain full sight after treatment ends around the first of the year. He wore a black patch while on an official visit and observed Lancashire textile samples as the mills promote their cotton goods for global markets.
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Manchester
England
Lewis Douglas
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas
Lancashire
U. S. Retracts Radio Charge Against Czechs
In Prague on October 27 the United States withdrew a claim that the Czech government barred American officials from seeing embassy clerk Samuel Meryn, jailed on espionage charges. The Foreign Office canceled a planned meeting after the Voice of America had alleged the ministry refused requests. Meryn, a naturalized American of Czech origin, is named a leader of a spy ring. two other embassy attaches, also American, were expelled.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Foreign Office
Samuel Meryn
Voice of America
U. S. Propaganda Radio
James K. Penfield
Meryn
Veterans Urged to Pay Up Debts
The Veterans Administration announced that veterans who owe money on subsistence allowances education benefits pensions and VA loans will have deductions taken from next year’s National Service Life Insurance dividends. About 600000 veterans owe roughly 70000000 with 20000000 to 30000000 expected to be collected via NSLI dividend deductions as the VA begins paying 2800000000 to 16000000 veterans mid January.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service
64 German Prisoners Killed in Polish Mine Accident
Berlin reports 64 German POWs were killed and 150 seriously injured when a mine collapsed near Katowice Poland. The Social Democrat newspaper quoted the casualty figures today.
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Poland
Berlin
U.P
Kattowitz
Social Democrat
Break Made At Workhouse In Delaware
Mexican customs inspectors and a civilian are arrested at Nogales on the U S border for smuggling 3 670 000 silver pesos and 425 000 dollars in value out of Mexico. Seven customs officers and an eighth person face charges in Nogales Sonora court. The ring moved coins to Nogales Ariz and involved hijacked trucks and a 15 percent export tax.
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Mexico City
Nogales
U. S
Ciudad Juarez
Treasury Department
Bank of Mexico
Treasury
Sonora
Bolivar Cisneros
Guadalajara
Cisneros
Ariz
Epigmenio Cienfuegos Franco
Victor Manuel Sesteaga Cohen
Manuel Rivera Gomez
Jose Bouzas
Gustavo Beltran Quiroga
Julio S. Vargas
New York
Woodward Anaconda Chief Engineer Dies at 71
Clif ford D. Woodward, 71, chief engineer for the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., died yesterday of a heart attack. He had served as chief engineer since 1927.
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Butte, Mont
Clifford D. Woodward
The
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Nehru Says Individual Freedom Ends Under Soviet System
Prime Minister Nehru at a Chicago banquet declares that under the Soviet system individual freedom ceases to exist. He urges India to seek peace over war, pursue Gandhi’s peaceful path, and supports strengthening the United Nations as a path toward a possible world government.
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Nehru
Chicago
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
New York
Council On Foreign Relations
The
Association of Commerce
Mahatma Gandhi
United States
Asia
United Nations
eight escaped convicts lead four state manhunt from Delaware jail
More than 200 state police joined a four state search for eight armed escapees led by life term murderers Danny Norris and John Milner. Prison break at New Castle county jail saw guards overpowered and guns stolen. fugitives chased through Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland and Delaware with gunfire and a barricaded escape route.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
New Castle County
Kennett Square
New Castle
Danny Norris
Whitington
John H. Milner
Florida
Norris
Carl Lynch
Lynch
Harry Harrington
Cal Pritchett
Harrington
Elwood H. Wilson
Norris Milner
Willie Edwards
Satsuma
Ala
Jessie W. Palmer
Joseph Lankford
Bellefonte
Edward Ernest
Victor Bryson
Minquadale
Edward J. Hardy
Gloucester
Mass
Wilson
Bryson
Edwards
Sanford
Plunging Neckline Unmasks Concealed Weapon Case
Washington police arrested and convicted Mrs. Jowell Williams after a low cut dress exposed an ice pick concealed in her bosom. The incident on October 27 led to her conviction for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Washington
Jowell Williams
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