Army plans rapid release of 100000 reserves from duty
Washington June 19 The Army will release almost all of the 100000 inactive and volunteer enlisted reserves recalled since the Korean War within six months. Secretary Pace said only a few irreplaceable specialists remain on active duty. The program starts next month and by December most will be out. No point system. unit standards apply. Those with 90 days or more in World War II discharged first, then those with prior service, then those with no prior service. Length of service, hardship, and age will influence within groups.
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Washington
Army
Frank Pace Jr
Pace
Far East
Korea
National Guard
Big Navy Superblimp Flight Test in Akron Ohio
The U S Navy flight tested the giant ZPN non rigid airship in Akron, noting its 324 foot length, 875000 cubic feet of helium, and capability to hover at low speeds while reaching about 75 knots. Built by Goodyear Aircraft in 1950, the blimp took two years, with the envelope completed at Goodyear’s Litchfield Park plant.
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Akron
Ohio
U. S. Navy
Goodyear
Litchfield Park
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Navy
Husband Shoots Wife and Daughters Then Kills Self
PAYALLUP Wash June 19 Glenn Taft 46 a service station manager shot his wife Louise 43 and daughters Mary Helen 18 and Glenda Lee 17 as they slept in bed and then killed himself. Bodies found yesterday after employers reported no showoffs. A .22 rifle slain the three while a .30-30 lay under Taft. Authorities cited illness hospital advice and financial troubles as context.
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Payallup
Wash
Glenn Taft
Taft
Louise
Mary
Helen
Glenda Lee
Jonas Anderson
Dick McCreadie
McCreadie
Controls Extend Tax Delay and Price Rules Debated
The article reports on five month extensions of economic controls and proposed tax delays, with Senate and House committees split over price supports and wage-price powers. Arguments center on continuing present controls to December 1 or extending to March 31, while farm price regulations and defense act authority face amendments and votes.
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Senate Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Livestock Markets See Strong Turnout Across Markets
CHICAGO June 19 AP another sizable cattle run hit the major markets as beef shortages in some cities eased. Twelve principal markets reported receipts totaling 44,600 versus 37,300 a week earlier and 50,700 a year ago. The weekly rise began June 12 and has stayed upward, following a 10 percent price rollback industry wide two weeks earlier and prior curtailments that caused shortages.
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Chicago
Canadian troops reach Yokohama for Korea duty training
The first post May landing Canadian unit arrived at Yokohama and proceeded to a Japanese training center. They will be assigned to British Commonwealth forces in Korea. Censors withheld troop size. In a delayed report from Korea, a battalion from Colombia arrived today as the first South American soldiers to reach the war zone.
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Tokyo
Far East
Yokohama
Japan
Korea
Colombia
Water Conserving Program Discussed
A Tucson meeting at Kinsley’s ranch on the Nogales highway will discuss a long range plan to conserve water in the Santa Cruz River watershed. Attendees include representatives from Tucson, Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Nogales, and Sonora. The group plans to call on experts to help raise the water level.
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Tucson
Santa Cruz River
Kinsley
Nogales Highway
Pima County
Santa Cruz County
Nogales
Sonora
Lever Brothers opens coast plant in Los Angeles
The Lever Brothers Co. opens a new 25 million dollar plant in the Los Angeles central manufacturing district. The 30 acre site lies seven and a half miles east of downtown. Three hundred workers are already employed across six buildings, with a planned total of 500 when fully operational.
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Los Angeles
Lever Brothers Co
Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District
Stops To End On Highway Traffic Uninterrupted
The Arizona Highway Department announced that traffic on the Miami Superior highway will run without flag signals or stops after Saturday. State engineer Cy Perkins said a road section east of the Queen Creek tunnel is nearly finished. Construction paused traffic for three months to allow tunnel and road work, the final major projects on this route. The 1,200 foot tunnel has been bored, with lining still under progress.
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Miami-Superior
Arizona Highway Department
Cy Perkins
Queen Creek
Highway Department
Admiral warns on Soviet gains and possible war
Admiral warns that detaching areas from China to the Soviet Union risks greater control by Moscow and Beijing. He urges initiative and notes Russia may threaten Southeast Asia, potentially forcing Indian Ocean routes around Africa if Indonesia falls under Soviet influence. He says India could seem lost on the map.
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China
Soviet Union
Moscow
Peking
Badger
Russia
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Pacific
Indian Ocean
India
Australia
Cape of Good Hope
Fred White Dies Rites Held In Phoenix
Fred S. White 61 of 4103 N 12th St died Friday at Papago Park Veterans Hospital after brief illness. A native of Ortonville Minnesota he moved to Phoenix from Scobey Montana seven years ago. A World War I veteran he belonged to American Legion post in Scobey. Survived by wife Eva of Phoenix. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Arizona Funeral Home Chapel Rev Adolph Krohl officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park Luke Greenway Post No 1 in charge.
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Fred S. White
N. 12Th St
Papago Park Veterans’ Administration
Mr. White
Ortonville
Minn
Phoenix
Scobey
Mont
American Legion
Eva
Arizona Funeral Home Chapel
Adolph Krohl
Bethel Methodist Church
Greenwood Memorial Park
Luke Greenway
Racket King Kills Attacker In Chicago Shootout
Theo dore Roe, head of Chicago’s policy racket, exchanged shots with three men who dragged him from his car. He fired five times, wounding one in the head. Leonard Cafiano, 42, later died at a South Side hospital from a bullet wound in the temple.
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Chicago
Theodore Roe
Roe
State’s Attorney
John Walsh
Uniform Force
Wreck blocks railway near WITT Iowa
Ten freight cars of an eastbound Chicago and Northwestern train derailed at the edge of WITT Iowa, blocking the main line for hours. No injuries were reported.
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DE. Witt
Iowa
Chicago and Northwestern
The Rise of the Male Baby Sitter in Town
A columnist notes a trend as older men in their sixties become paid caregivers. Two families report positive results with a 69 year old sitter who bonds with children, replacing worry with affection. The piece hints that life stages shift and traditional roles blur.
Mexico to Build Two Oil Refineries
Mexico will build two gasoline refineries at Mazatlan and Guaymas on the west coast. Governor Ignacio Soto of Sonora announced the decision after a conference with President Miguel Alemán. The move aims to meet fuel needs if war disrupts U S supplies.
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Mexico City
Mazatlan
Guaymas
Mexico
Ignacio Soto
Sonora
Miguel Aleman
United States
Otis Marston expedition begins Colorado trip from Granite Park
The Otis Marston expedition with 14 travelers in five boats left Granite Park on the Colorado River aiming to reach Pierce Ferry by Thursday. Ranger John Riffey met the party at Whitmore Wash, mile 188, and reported all was well.
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Grand Canyon
Otis Marston
Colorado River
Granite Park
Pierce Ferry
Lee Ferry
John Riffey
Whitmore Wash
Damage Suit Trial To Open At Bisbee
The $38,000 damage suit against Ralph C. Cowan and Mrs. Cowan, McNeal rancher and state senator, is set to begin in Cochise County Superior Court. Plaintiff Grace C. McCartney says a fall on the Cowan home steps on May 12, 1950, fractured her right hip. The item notes a health statistic about chronic disease and disability in the U.S.
Saltair Fire Damages Bathhouses At Salt Lake Park
A midnight blaze at Saltair Amusement Park near Great Salt Lake damaged the boiler room laundry hot house and several bathhouse rows. No injuries reported. fire under control by 2 am as crews from Salt Lake County battled sparks blown by winds. Looting reported among concession stands. state police and deputies kept order. The resort sits about 10 miles west of Salt Lake City and past fires include 1939 pier and train loss.
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Salt Lake
CFTV
Saltair Amusement Park
Great Salt Lake
C. J. Wennergren
William Armstrong
Jack Clay
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake City
Saltair
Tucson Motel Sold to Chicago Couple for 110000
The Major Motel at 1635 N. Oracle Rd in Tucson changed hands from Halesco Associates of New York to Mr and Mrs John C Flannigan of Chicago for an estimated 110000. The sale was reported June 19 by AP.
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Tucson
Oracle Rd
Halesco Associates
New York
John C. Flannigan
Chicago
Graham Fair Plans Begun
Tentative plans for the annual Graham County fair are under way in Safford led by chamber secretary Mac Smith. The event will feature Indian Day with an all Indian rodeo after a chamber meeting with Clarence Wesley, San Carlos Tribal Council chairman. Also, Safford Kiwanians schedule a two night stage show for underprivileged children at Eastern Arizona Junior College gym. Ned Rogers becomes Safford Lions Club president, succeeding John F. Johnson, with an active slate of officers and directors.
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Safford
Graham County
Mac Smith
Safford Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Clarence Wesley
San Carlos
Safford Kiwanians
Eastern
Arizona Junior College
Fred Misak
Vic Stewart
Hart Barnett
Don Wilson
Dale Blan
Neal Passer
Eileen McKay
San Francisco
Ned Rogers
Safford Lions Club
Safford Inn
John F. Johnson
Ace Griffiths
Gerald Hoopes
Marcus Goldberg
Ralph Eggleston
Bob Wardlaw
Harl Barnett
Mark Bliss
Hayden Pyeatt
Ernest Andresen
Calvin Williamson
Services Held For Lewis Wright
Funeral services for Lewis Mar shall Wright 61 a Fred Harvey chef on the Santa Fe Railway Phoenix to Ash Fork run and Phoenix resident since 1917 were conducted at Ragsdale Mortuary with Rev J H Payton CME Church officiating Burial was in Greenwood Memorial Park with Maricopa Masonic Lodge No 1 in charge Wright died in his sleep at his home 420 S Fifth St A native of Kentucky he had worked for the railway dining car service about 30 years He is survived by his wife Emily.
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Lewis Marshall Wright
Fred Harvey
Santa Fe
Phoenix
Ash Fork
Ragsdale Mortuary
J. H. Payton
CME
Greenwood Memorial Park
Maricopa
Emily
Pony Express Established in 1860 for Rapid Westward Mail
The U S government created the Pony Express in 1860 to speed mail between the eastern states and California. Sixteen months later a telegraph line replaced it, linking coasts with instant communication.
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U. S
California
Tucson Teens Die In Arizona Car Crash Toll Rises
A one car crash at Apache Junction claimed two Tucson youths, Gus Morales, 17, died in Mesa hospital, and Carmen Mendoza, 16, was killed, injuring Arnold L. Castro, 18, in a Sunday collision that pushed Arizona traffic fatalities to 157 for 1951.
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Tucson
Apache Junction
Arizona
Gus Morales
Southside District
Mesa
Carmen Mendoza
Arnold L. Castro
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Homer E. Capehart
Ind
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Ala
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House
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Columbia
Coast
Fred White
Wurlitzer
Chak Learnitt
Second Ave
West van Buren
Bisbee
Salt Lake Park
Graham Fair
Orla Els
Lewis Wright
DEERO
Paint & Glass Co
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