12 Apr 1949
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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1949
Page
1
In a sweeping upheaval, aides to Ward's executive Sewell Avery resign amid turmoil. The article notes wide impact on the firm and hints at executives stepping away as the company faces a pivotal moment.
New York reports a split within Tammany Hall over Franklin D Roosevelt Jr seeking a nomination. Roosevelt denounces a small internal faction and asserts he remains an organization Democrat. He states a separate Liberal party bid may accompany his May 17 ticket.
Phoenix April 12 special meeting of the state hospital board of control set for 2 pm Wednesday with Dr Jere Mish Meteger to consider appointments to new Residence. Dr Joseph Warrick senior of Camarillo Call mental hospital refused the post in a letter to the board.
Nathan Leopold, inmate at Stateville since 1924 with Richard Loeb, seeks parole after four years with life and 99 year sentences. The parole board will interview him April 22 as part of wide hearings. Separately, Washington reports on President Truman’s fourth anniversary in office, his outlook, and Hyde Park ceremonies marking FDR’s death anniversary.
City Council scheduled a public hearing for May 9 at 8 p m on a local option rent control measure. Mayor Houston was reelected with 1855 votes. ward council races listed with vote counts. A floor request urged an ordinance to require open wells on property, and paving plans for North Campbell Ave faced procedural questions.
Washington suffers a newspaper strike as Times-Herald and Evening Star suspend publication alongside News and Times Herald. Publishers proposed arbitration but unions pressmen and stereotype workers rejected it. No immediate end to the strike appears likely.
The United Nations General Assembly opens discussion on formally investigating the Mindszenty and Balkan church trials. Soviet and satellite objections loom as they challenge UN action and argue these are internal sovereign matters. Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko is expected to lead the bloc in opposition.
Athens reports Premier Themistokles Sophoulis submitted his resignation to King Paul on Tuesday. The king promptly asked him to form a new cabinet, signaling a quick reshuffle in Greek government.
James Forrestal, former defense secretary, is hospitalised at Bethesda Naval Medical Center for occupational fatigue. The 57 year old, who retired last month, shows exhaustion with poor appetite and fatigue, says his son Michael. Doctors report no psychiatric symptoms beyond fatigue. Rep Rankin cites a hostile Drew Pearson broadcast as propoganda in Moscow dispatches.
Washington April 12 Administration leaders in the house push for full repeal of Taft-Hartley with no amendments. Labor Committee Chairman John Lesinski vows to oppose any changes and to bring the administration bill to the floor April 26. Southern Democrats back Wood substitute with minor changes while debates over the Marshall plan extension and defense spending continue.
Joe DiMaggio will fly to Baltimore to enter Johns Hopkins hospital for treatment of an aggravated heel injury. The decision rests on how the injury responds to treatment and affects his season status.
The University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory hosts eclipse viewing led by Dr. E F Carpenter. Total eclipse begins about 7 28 p m with naked eye visibility and multiple telescope sessions at 7 15 8 15 9 15 p m for ticket holders and a late 9 45 to 11 p m period for others.
A batch of price cuts spread savings to consumers as Sunshine Biscuits cut about 10 percent on a dozen cookie lines and General Electric lowered prices on three radio-phonograph combinations by 15 to 90 dollars. Coal prices eased with summer demand down, soft coal by 13 to 65 cents a ton and anthracite reductions up to a dollar per ton, signaling a resumption of prewar pricing trends.
Civic leaders in San Marino California began three separate funds to reward the 60 volunteers who worked 53 hours to save Kathy Fiscus the 3 year old who fell 94 feet into an abandoned well. The rescue ended in her death two hours after the fall. Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce launched funds while workers declined to accept praise. The story notes the humility of workers and a planned medical care for foreman Whitey Blickensderfer.
President Truman sent the North Atlantic defense treaty to the Senate for fast approval calling it a step toward peace within the United Nations framework. He warned that lasting peace requires steady, realistic steps and noted the pact binds 12 nations to aid each other if attacked. The treaty awaits Senate ratification with hearings by the Foreign Relations Committee to follow.
The United States convicts four Nazi officials including Joachim von Ribbentrop staff and SS Lt. Gen. Gottlieb Berger in the latest war crimes trial. Baron Ernst von Weltsaecker and Ernst Woermann are among the others convicted of aiding Hitler’s aggressive war and extermination policies. Sentences to be announced after the 800 page verdict is read, likely Thursday or Friday. Weltsaecker is cleared on charges involving French Jews and the mass executions in Italy, the Netherlands, and Croatia, as well as Catholic persecution.
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