Fire fighters recruited from Douglas to battle fires near Silver City
A bus with 38 Douglas men left to assist forest fires near Silver City New Mexico. Arizona State Employment Service sought to recruit 250. No word on how many have reached the field yet. Recruits are paid 1 dollar per hour during travel and on the fire line, with free room, board, and transportation.
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Douglas
Silver City
N. M
Arizona State Employment Service
New Mexico City
Employment Service
Gifts Save Home Of Sailor S Family
Airmen at Lowry Air Base donated 2800 to Mrs Mary Cady and her five children to save their home in Denver from foreclosure as the widow of a sailor in waters off Korea faced eviction after missing two mortgage payments.
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Sailor
Denver
Lowry Air Base
Korea
Mary Cady
Indian handicrafts exempt from price controls
The Office of Price Stabilization announced casual new rules exempting all Indian handicraft from price controls, allowing sellers to set prices without OPS oversight. This regulatory decision is part of a broader adjustment to wartime economic controls.
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Office of Price Stabilization
China Reds Jail Bishop Two Priests In China
Bishop Cuthbert M. O Gara head of the Passionist Diocese of Yuanling Hunan China and two priests were jailed by Chinese Communists. The Rev Paul Ubinger and Rev Bede Chang were reported imprisoned with the bishop in a cable from Hongkong. O Gara earned the nickname stretcher bearer bishop during World War II for aiding refugees. This marks his second imprisonment after a prior detention by the Japanese in 1941.
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Washington
Cuthbert M. O’gara
Yuanling
Hunan
China
Ernest Welch
Anthony Maloney
Hongkong
Paul Ubinger
Pittsburgh
Bede Chang
O’gara
B 36s Return Flight From England To Fort Worth
Four U S Air Force B 36 superbombers which arrived in England from the United States are leaving Lakenheath today for a nonstop return to Fort Worth Texas The return flight is also planned to be nonstop and carrying crew and equipment for the mission
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Lakenheath
England
INS
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
Sunnyslope Post 75 Veterans Honor Flag on Fourth
Desert Post 75 in Sunnyslope revived a Legion chapter eighteen months ago with a hall valued at over 15000 dollars and 170 members. The auxiliary funded school playground equipment and child rehabilitation while the post donated land for a National Guard Armory. A former prisoner from the Philippines Death March shared how an American flag kept spirits alive. The article urges a renewed look at the flag and unity.
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American Legion
Post 75
Sunnyslope
Cave Creek Road
Pleasant Valley
Legion
Rocky Point
Post %5
National Guard
Mesa
Philippines
Douglas Visits Belgrade Amid Middle East Trip
U. S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas arrived in Belgrade Yugoslavia by plane and met briefly with U. S. Ambassador George V. Allen before continuing to the Middle East.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
U. S
George V. Allen
Middle East
Searles Leaves On Defense Mission Trip
R. D. Searles undersecretary of interior traveled to Albuquerque and Denver to study western defense matters under U S Interior Department. He visited Scottsdale home and conferred with Salt River Valley Waters Users Association officials and plans to return to Phoenix next month.
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Searles
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Interior
Power Board
John W. Pendergast
Glendale
Clyde Neely
Gilbert
R. D. Searles
U.S. Interior Department
Albuquerque
Denver
Scottsdale
Salt River Valley
Phoenix
Fifth Regiment Donates Over 10000 to Red Cross and Cancer Society
The fifth regiment of the U S Army first cavalry division contributed more than 10000 dollars to the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society.
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U. S. Army
First Cavalry Division
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
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