Seek To Stop Tankers' Sale To Foreign Companies
Washington October 28 congressional appeal seeks President Truman action to halt the sale of a fleet of American oil tankers. Senate small business committee says the sale worsens a steel shortage while warning of heating oil shortages on the east coast this winter. The panel notes a plan to use tankers to bring oil from Saudi Arabia and questions steel export approvals for a Mediter ranean pipeline project.
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Washington
Truman
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Small Business Committee
Grenville Mellen
Maritime Commission
Forrestal
Navy Department
W. John Kenney
Navy
United States
Mediterranean
Commerce Department
Nogales Police Chief Resigns Under Market Robbery Turmoil
Nogales Sonora Oct 28 Julian Terminel former Mexican customs official resigned as police chief after a bitter press attack linked to an unsolved market robbery. Night watchman Jesus Reyes was gravely wounded during the attack on the municipal market with small cash theft reported. Municipal Presidente Miguel Vasquez accepted the resignation and did not name a successor.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Julian Terminel
Jesus Reyes
Municipal
Miguel Vasquez
Terminel
Oldest Swedish oak at Rumkulla subjected to preservation surgery
A 2000 year old oak at Rumkulla, Sweden, reputed as the oldest tree in the country, has undergone extensive surgery to halt decay and preserve its condition for the future.
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Sweden
Rumkulla
Farmers' Income Sets All-Time Peak Across Western States
Western farmers show record cash receipts from farm marketings for January to August at 2.638 billion, up from 2.332 billion a year earlier. Livestock and products rise in every state. crops up in all but Arizona and California, though total crop and livestock receipts exceed last year in every state. California totals reach 1.244 billion, up from 1.163 billion in 1946 for the eight months.
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San Francisco
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Arizona
California
Maine Holding Fires In Check
In Portland Maine on October 28 the state fought to prevent a forest fire resurgence after a string of blazes caused fifteen deaths and thirty million dollars in damage. Weather forecasts predicted southwest winds 15 to 18 miles per hour and light showers in the north as twenty thousand firefighters kept vigil. A new fire threatened timberlands near the Machias River but endangered only lumber camps for the moment.
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Portland
Maine
Weather Bureau
Edward A. Whitney
Governor’s Emergency Committee
Machias River
Postwar gold mining fails to recover nationwide in 1946
The 1946 summary from the Bureau of Mines shows gold production staying near levels from decades past and confirms the West Mountain district near Bingham as no longer the leading US producer. It notes gold imports at about 532.96 million dollars and silver consumption outpacing mine output plus imports, with stocks drawn down. Several states list 1946 gold and silver outputs, including Colorado and Nevada among the top gold producers and Idaho and Montana leading silver output.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
West Mountain
Bingham
United States
U. S. Treasury
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
New Mexico
Wyoming
Texas
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Utah
California
South Dakota
Alaska
Missouri
Illinois
New York
Benson Girl Queen Of Tempe Festival Named
Irene Seik of Benson will reign as queen of Tempe State college homecoming festivities after winning 97 of over 1,000 votes over Rosemary Clark of Phoenix. Seik is Beta Chi home economics sorority president and Hall councilor at Matthews Hall. She leads the 35 float Alumni day parade Saturday and will celebrate her 21st birthday.
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Tempe
Irene Seik
Benson
Tempe State College
Rosemary Clark
Phoenix
Miss Seik
Beta Chi Home Economics
Matthews Hall
Bisbee Chamber Elects Officers For Year
Bisbee October 28 Ed Plumb an automobile agency dealer was elected president of the Bisbee Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting last night He succeeds Spencer Shattuck a banker and mining man who was named to the board of directors executive committee John S Wood a Lowell lumber man was elected first vice president and Joe Mauzy a Bisbee automobile dealer was chosen second vice president The secretary post vacant since Gus Michaels resigned was left unfilled for the moment
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Bisbee
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce
Ed Plumb
Plumb
Spencer
Shattuck
Gus Michaels
Phoenix
John S. Wood
Lowell Lumberman
Joe Mauzy
Bisbee Automobile Agency
Author Denies Novel Stolen in Federal Court
Daph ne Du Maurier testified in a New York federal case that Rebecca is an original work and not plagiarized. She argued the suit by J. Clifford MacDonald, claiming influence from his mother's stories, lacks merit. The author noted she began Rebecca in 1937 while married to a British colonel in Egypt.
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New York
Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
J. Clifford MacDonald
Tampa
Fla
Edwina le Vin MacDonald
Miss du Maurier
Doubleday & Co
Alexandria
Egypt
Haunted Cornwall house inspires author’s suit testimony
Miss Du Maurier described a Cornwall home she and her husband bought after being intrigued by a haunted house. She said she learned of two MacDonald stories only in 1941 when a suit was filed. Monica McCall testified that movie rights to the novel were sold for $50,000 in 1941.
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Cornwall
Eng
Taft Plans Two Oklahoma Talks
Tulsa Oklahoma October reports Senator Robert Taft Republican presidential candidate will deliver two addresses in Oklahoma next week. The stops and dates were not fully disclosed but are part of his campaign tour through the state.
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Taft
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Sen
Robert Taft
R-O
Tulsa Republican Leader Announces Speaking Tour
Tuesday Evening, October 28, 1947, Tulsa County Republican committee chairman announced plans for speaking engagements by G. H. Blankenship. He accepted invitations for November 5 in Tulsa and November 6 in Oklahoma City, with later October engagements canceled due to a special session of Congress. Blankenship said he also invited Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, but Dewey indicated he could not leave New York this winter.
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Tulsa County Republican Committee
Oklahoma City
G. H. Blankenship
Congress
Truman
Blankenship
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
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