Wife Seeks His Release in Guatemala Revolt Case
Pullerton Calif April 14 Two Tucson men Rothe and Ramage involved in a Guatemala revolt face armed banditry charges with possible death penalty. They claim coercion and say they cut a communications line on Trangay orders. Rothe’s wife Philis rothe seeks his release as authorities describe an abortive border uprising.
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Guatemala City
Harry R. Rothe
S. Hale
Welter Glenn Perkins
Robert Ramage
Guatemala
Juan Jose Arevalo
Philis Rothe
Rothe
P.S
Trangay
Teadher
Tucson
Walter Glenn Perkins
Perkins
Ramage
San Marcos
Benson
Mexico
Nogales
Rothes
Clarence Post
Cochise County
Tapachula
Post
Suchiate
Benson Brick & Block Co. Inc
Mexico City
President Sees Loss Of Billion Dollar Appropriation
The veterans administration requests a $600,000,000 increase to this year’s deficit, sent to Congress last Monday. Officials predicted passage would push the total beyond $624.9 billion, with $16 billion for the armed forces dominating the bill.
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Veterans Administration
Congress
Energy Selective Service
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
61 Years Since Last Quake Near Tucson
The piece recalls a 61 year gap since a Tucson area quake and a youth, Marry Drachman, observing mountains shriek with fear. He recalls working at an old Zecken site proposed by Er N Fish that would house an Eagle flour mill, a project never built, leaving a hole used as an earthquake refuge.
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Arizona
Drachman
Zecken
Er. N. Fish
Eagle Flour Mills
State Employee To Be Questioned Over Ft Huachuca Missing Property
Ralph P. Merritt a state employee in charge of Fort Huachuca property was called before Arizona National Guard officials to explain the disappearance of 10 inch pipe hot water heaters gas ranges and other items. Col Frank E Fraser said Merritt was questioned by Maj Gen A M Tuthill at the guard headquarters in Phoenix. The value of salable Fort Huachuca property is estimated by guards at least 510 000 excluding land and power plant.
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Phoenix
Ralph P. Merritt
Ft. Huachuca
High National Guard
Frank E. Fraser
Arizona National Guard
Merritt
War Assets Administration
A. M. Tuthill
National Guard
Col. Fraser
Hart Installed as Arizona State Hospital Superintendent
Dr. Bruce B. Hart, 68, began his duties as superintendent of the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane after two weeks as acting head. The board elevated him over Dr. Warrick, who declined the post after a prior offer. Doyle opposed both choices, urging more applicants.
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Phoenix
Bruce B. Hart
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Hart
Illinois
Hospital Board of Control
Doyle
Joseph D. Warrick
Camarillo
Calif
Warrick
California Mental Hospital
Arizona Hospital
Dr. Hart
Metzger
Jeremiah Metzger
Tucson
Estelle Bjerg
Flagstaff
Anna Hirst
Douglas
O. A. Simley
U S and Allies Ready If Reds Propose Peace Talks
United States and Britain and France would consider any Russian proposal to lift the Berlin blockade and resume four power talks on Germany. Secretary Acheson reaffirmed that the blockade must be lifted unconditionally before talks resume, while leaving communications open.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Acheson
Moscow
London
Hoover to Host Five Minute Radio Series on Commission Report
Former President Herbert Hoover and Lymann Bryson will present five minute broadcasts next week on the Hoover commission report for federal government reorganization. The informal discussions air on KTUC Tucson daily Monday to Friday at 4 15 p m as part of You and the World. This marks Hoover’s first ad lib broadcasts.
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Herbert Hoover
Lymann Bryson
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hoover Commission
KTUC
Tucson
Easter Ham Prices Fall Across Stores as Demand Shifts
Easter menu planners will find hams plentiful this year with prices down two to six cents per pound in many stores and butcher shops. Trade sources note hams are often featured as Easter specials, not signaling a broader meat deflation. Lamb remains expensive with prices at all time highs in some cities. Eggs rise one to two cents per dozen amid an artificial shortage blamed on CCC dried egg purchases. CCC says support prices average 87 percent of parity. Carrots edge higher a penny or two per bunch due to tight shipments from February weather.
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Ces
New York
Butter & Egg Merchants Association
Department of Agriculture
Ralph Trigg
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Arizona wastes water salves irrigation for central project
California engineer Harold Conkling told the Senate Interior Committee that Arizona could salvage enough waste water locally to fully irrigation two units of the central Arizona project. He estimated salvage costs as a fraction of the 738 million dollar total and cited groundwater in Maricopa and Pinal counties with flood wastes averaging 470000 acre feet and swampy areas adding 270000 acre feet yearly.
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Washington
California
Arizona
Harold Conkling
Los Angeles
California State
Colorado River Board
Senate Interior Committee
Conkling
Reclamation Bureau
Maricopa and
Pinal
Gillespie Dam
Douglas Eye Improves Noted by Doctors After Accident
A doctors report from Southampton eye hospital says Ambassador Lewis Douglas's left eye shows no change in condition after last week's fishing accident. The examination Friday night involved three specialists including the king's personal surgeon-oculist. embassy spokesman called the page encouraging.
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London
W. S
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
Southampton
King George
Earthquake Shock Felt Across Washington State
A new tremor reached Pullman 400 miles from the Puget Sound quake, with mirrors dancing and windows rattling at 11:20 a.m. No damage reported. The major Seattle quake caused $20 million in damage and seven deaths, with 61 hospitalized and many minor injuries as it affected cities from Vancouver to Salem.
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Pullman
Wash
Puget Sound
Washington State College
Seattle
U.P
Pacific Northwest
Samuel N. Dicken
University of Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Washington
Vancouver
Victoria
Salem
Spokane
Walla Waa
Wenatchee
Yakima
Washington City
Cascade Range
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Quake Shatters Construction
In Tacoma Washington a 23 ton concrete block loosened by an earthquake fell into the water from the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge project. The barge below sank and two workers were hospitalized as construction started amid tremors from the quake. A separate Seattle report notes a man seen fleeing a street seconds after the quake.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Narrows
Seattle
U.P
Five $15,000 Seattle homes toppled in quake
Realtor Ralph Gilbow watched as five nearing-completion residences failed when the earth infill beneath them gave way during the quake. All five houses were demolished in Seattle on April 14.
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Seattle
U.P
Ralph Gilbow
Houses Drift Athe Puget Sound Sighted By Warden
Warden T J Squier of McNeil Island penitentiary reports sighting two houses adrift on Puget Sound between the island. The sighting was noted in Tacoma Washington on April 14. Authorities issued no immediate rescue details and directed attention to the unusual drift along the waterway.
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Tacoma
Wash
T. J. Squier
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Puget Sound
Bitter UN debate erupts over North Atlantic pact
At Lake Success the United Nations assembly held a full scale clash over the North Atlantic pact after Andrei Gromyko charged the treaty signaled atomic war on Russia. Warren R. Austin pressed to speak as Evatt ordered other nations to have their say first.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Lake Success
United States
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Flushing Meadow Park
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Evatt
Austin
Gromyko
Statue Wept After Child Kiss In Syracuse
In Syracuse on April 14 an 11 year old girl Shirley Anne Martin kissed a plaster head of St Ann saved from a trash can. Witnesses including Rev Frances J Furfaro and two other priests reported the statue's eyes appeared to cry after the kiss. About 500 people gathered to watch and the Martins planned more visits.
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Syracuse
N. Y
St. Ann
Shirley Anne Martin
Frances J. Furfaro
Our Lady of Pompei Church
Furfaro
Martin
Walter A. Foery
Shirley Anne
Quake Ravages Pacific Northwest Causes Wide Damage Across Cities
A major earthquake struck a 125 mile zone from Seattle to Longview along the Columbia border. Damage to schools churches offices bridges and plants ran into millions with estimates likely exceeding 20 million. Hardest hit were Seattle Tacoma Olympia Chehalis Centralia Longview Kelso and Castle Rock.
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Seattle
Longview
Columbia River
Oregon
Tacoma
Olympia
Chehalis
Centralia
Kelso
Castle Rock
Hanford Atomic Works
Washington
Bonneville
William Devin
Capital Papers Back On Stands
The capital pressmen and stereotypers ended a strike that shut major papers. The settlement grants a $6 weekly pay raise, shorter 36 1/4 hour weeks, three week vacations after five years, and staged raises for November and December. Retroactive to Feb. 7 and Dec. 1.
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Washington
AFT
Post - Times- Herald
Times-Herald
Evening Star
News
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