Wholesale Prices Edge Down 0.2 Percent in Week
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.2 percent drop in wholesale prices for the week ended August 14 under the new defense production act wage and price controls. The index stood at 177.4 percent of the 1926 average, 13.1 percent above Korea-era levels, with farm products and food driving the declines in hogs cattle beef sugar and fruits while nonfarm items rose 0.1 percent led by boosts for anthracite and cattle feed.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Stormy day with extreme heat and scattered showers
A heat wave continues across Arizona with highs reaching 107 degrees and low 83. Winds 21 mph with stronger gusts accompanied last night’s brief storm. Rain began at 3:05 am and ended at 3:22 am at the downtown station. Multiple cities report hot, dry to humid conditions with varying precipitation and forecasts call for continued high temperatures and scattered clouds.
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Weather Bureau
Downtown Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Hunger strike ends at Cook County jail
Ten condemned killers ended their hunger strike in Chicago when they filed into the mess room for breakfast. The event occurred at Cook County jail as the inmates resumed their regular meal, marking the end of the protest.
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Chicago
Cook County
Defense to study cotton stockpile plan next week
Representative Mahon of Texas said the Defense Department will be asked next week to recommend stockpiling cotton. The statement ties to federal action amid agricultural and economic considerations.
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Washington
Defense Department
Mahon
Texas
Utility Rate Protests May Bring Hearing
Arizona Edison faces renewed scrutiny as the State Corporation Commission investigates complaints from Miami Yuma and Casa Grande customers over rate hikes. Commission chair Wilson Wright hinted at reopening the case while Edison defends an average 8 percent rise, with some subscribers seeing much higher increases. The utility serves about 50 000 customers across Central and Southern Arizona and plans meetings with protesters to reexamine schedules.
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Arizona Edison Co., Inc
State Corporation Commission
Wilson T. Wright
Commission
Wright
Arizona
Miami
Yuma
Casa Grande
Arizona Edison
Frank Snell
Phoenix
Shell
Globe, Bisbee
Douglas
Florence
Coolidge
Superior
Texan Robbed As FBI Chief Sawed Wood
Hermand D. Cornell of Fort Worth was robbed at 4 30 a m in La Jolla near hotel cottages used by J Edgar Hoover. The robber took 800 dollars and missed jewels valued at 100000. Mrs Cornell had jewels stolen last May at Beverly Hills Hotel.
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LA Jolla
Calif
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hermand D. Cornell
Fort Worth
Cornell
Convention Defeats Gray Ouster Motion at Purple Heart Meet
The 19th convention of the Military Order of the Purple Heart defeated a resolution to oust National Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. due to concerns over veteran interests and potential political fallout with President Truman. Delegates outlined 46 resolutions, including condemning Soviet religious persecution and advocating armed forces integration, with preparations for officers’ elections and a banquet in Cubia City.
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Carl R. Gray Jr
Truman
William Randolph Hearst
Russia
Korea
Cubin City
Cubia City
National Executive Committee
Saretta Callahan Dies in Phoenix After Illness
Mrs Saretta N Callahan 53 of 76 E Vernon Phoenix died Thursday after a long illness. Born November 18 1898 in Kansas City Missouri she came to Phoenix 31 years ago. Survived by husband Arthur two sisters Loretta Brookober Los Angeles and Katherine Hayes Arcadia and mother Jenny H Brookober Los Angeles. Funeral services were conducted by Rev William B Van Wyck Trinity Episcopal Cathedral this morning at Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Saretta N. Callahan
E. Vernon
Phoenix
Kansas City
Callahan
Arthur
Loretta Brookober
Los Angeles
Katherine Hayes
Arcadia
Calif
Jenny H. Brookober
William B. van Wyck
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
A. L. Moore and Sons
Greenwood Memorial Park
Julian R. Ochoa Rites Held in Mesa
Funeral services with a requiem high mass were held for Julian R. Ochoa 77 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mesa. Burial followed at Mesa Cemetery. A native of Mexico, he came to Mesa in 1915 and worked as a farmer. Survivors include nine children Joe Juana and Mrs. Sarah Barrioz of California Carlos Luis Bernardino Anita and Mrs. Lisa Padilla of Mesa.
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Mesa
Julian R. Ochoa
E. Fourth St
Queen of Place Catholic Church
Mesa Cemetery
Mexico
Ochoa
Joe
Juana
Sarah Barrioz
California
Carlos
Luisy
Bernardino
Anita
Lisa Padilla
State FFA selects 1951 winners and new officers
Bruce Brooks of Tolleson named state winner of the soil and water management contest and recipient of a 350 dollar Standard Oil College scholarship. New FFA officers include William Lundahl Yuma Pete Shumway Snowflake Dean Kartchner St David Lee Huber Mesa Bruce Heiden Buckeye Eugene Walker Casa Grande and Henry Evans Tolleson. Max Kartchner hands the Honorary State Farmer degree to Governor and other leaders from Farm Bureau banks and universities.
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FFA
Bruce Brooks
Tolleson
Standard Oil Company
William Lundahl
Yuma
Pete Shumway
Snowflake
Dean Kartchner
St. David
Lee Huber
Mesa
Bruce Heiden
Buckeye
Eugene Walker
Casa Grande
Henry Evans
Max Kartchner
A. J. Fram
The
Arizona Farm Bureau
Ralph S. Hawkins
College of Agriculture
University of Arizona
Sam Maxey
Maricopa County Farm Bureau
George V. Christie
First National Bank of Arizona
Don Stewart
Livestock Loan
Rudolf Zepeda
Valley National Bank
W. G. Austin
Chandler Schools
Daniel Robinson
Department of Agriculture
Arizona State College At
Tempe
Ray Cowden
Cowden Livestock Co
Charles Cochran
Phoenix Livestock Show
FBI Agents Jail Banker In Misappropriation Case
New Kensington banker Ludwig R. Schlegat, 40, president of Parnassus National Bank, was arrested by the Pittsburgh FBI on charges of misappropriating $600000 in bank funds. He posted $50000 bond and was arraigned before U S Commissioner Edward Snodgrass Jr, with a second arraignment planned after his wife sought time to raise the money.
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INS
New Kensington
FBI
Ludwig R. Schlegat
Parnassus National Bank
U.S
Edward Snodgrass, Jr
Schlekat
Native Arizonan LeRoy Bunch Dies in Phoenix
LeRoy Bunch 46 a native Arizonan died unexpectedly Thursday at his home 2510 North 14th Street Born in Glendale he had lived in Phoenix 42 years He was a watchman at Phoenix Flour Mills Survivors include wife Laurine daughter Mrs Frank Robertson mother Mrs Ellen Bunch brother Carl and sister Mrs Edith B Strough all of Phoenix Funeral services were held this afternoon in Memory Chapel A L Moore and Sons Mortuary Rev W Clyde Beecher officiated Burial was in Greenwood Memorial Park
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Phoenix Flour Mills
Laurine
Phoenix
Frank
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