Parade Marks Gala Opening Of Speedway
Greater Speedway launches two miles of smiles with a 7 30 p m ribbon cutting by Gov Dan E Garvey at Country Club Road. The parade features the Sheriff’s Posse, American Legion drum corps, Davis Monthan Air Force Band, local riding clubs, Mexican band Los Carlistas, vintage cars, and public address setups along the two mile route.
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Greater Speedway
Dan E. Garvey
Country Club Road
D-M
Los Carlistas
Keystone
Tucson
Mt. Lemmon
Larry
Sunset Riders
Tumbleweed Riders
Harold Kosta
Angler uses radio antenna as rod to catch trout
In Athol Massachusetts Edward Donnelly forgot his fishing rod so he strapped his gear to a car radio antenna and fished his way to a legal limit of 12 trout. In Washington a 4000-deck-officer walkout was averted as mediators pressed agreements in maritime rail and telephone labor disputes.
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Athol
Mass
Edward T. Donnelly
Donnelly
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
AFL
Gulf Ports
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
Railway Mediation Board
McCarthy Targets Marshall as Communist Threat in State Dept
Senator Joseph McCarthy broadened his attack to include former Secretary George C. Marshall calling him unfit for the cabinet. He tied Marshall to China policy and to John Stewart Service and Owen Lattimore, while noting the probe into Communist influence within the State Department. The report also covers wage talks with the CIO CWA, a New Jersey arbitration ruling, and a planned rail strike by the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen with potential White House seizure.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Marshall
China
McCarthy
American Society of Newspaper
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Louis F. Budenz
Lattimore
Subcommittee
Suboena
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Jack Stachel
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Red
Philip Jaffe
S.O.B
Reds
CWA
New Jersey
New Jersey Bell Co
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Beirne
Brotherhood of Firemen & Enginemen
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southern Railway
New York Central
Buffalo
Michigan Central
Detroit River
Big Four
Ohio Central
White House
Defending Champion Out Of Tourney In Tucson Club Cup
Ethel O Banion upset Gladys Utzinger 1 up to reach the final at Tucson Country Club where she will meet Ez Helso who beat Jane Bering 3 and 2. Irene Hewitt and Edith Ann Tovrea reached the first flight final with Hewitt 2 up over Jesse Lankford and Tovrea 1 up over Marge Flood. Jerry Kelso defeated Marie Harford 5 and 4 and Judith Lowery beat George Oyler 3 and 2 in semifinal consolation matches. finals set for tomorrow morning.
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Ethel O’banion
Gladys Utzinger
Tucson Country Club
O’banion
Ezhelso
Jane Bering
Irene Hewitt
Edith Ann Tovrea
Mrs. Hewitt
Jesse Lankford
Tovrea
Marge
Soviets Reject Plane Protest Over Baltic Incident
London reports Moscow rejected U S demands for compensation for the loss of an American four engined B 29 bomber in the Baltic area on April 8. The Soviet note claims the Privateer fired first and that the aircraft was photographing defense installations, declaring the U S demands absurd.
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London
Russia
U. S
Baltic
Ussr
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
United States
Lepaya
Latvia
Lockheed Constellation To Carry 110 Passengers
A Lockheed Constellation transport is being redesigned to carry up to 110 passengers, enlarged by 18 feet. Eastern Airlines has ordered 10 of the new ships at a total cost of 18 million dollars, with deliveries beginning in July 1951. Current Constellations seat 70 to 80.
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Burbank
Calif
Eastern Airlines
Romero Refuses To Quit Arizona Industrial School Board
The chairman of the Arizona Industrial School for Boys board at Ft Grant asks Tucson member T D Romero to resign. Romero refuses, citing prior resistance to firing former Supt Wilson and noting he visits Ft Grant monthly. Several key personnel resignations follow, including Paul Paulson and others, with ongoing board tensions and a disagreement over a constructive report on improvements.
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Arizona Industrial School For Boys At
Ft. Grant
T. D. Romero
Tucson
Romero
Nelson
Donald E. Nelson
Howard Grant
Jack Wilson
Grant
Ft. Grant School
Wilson
Safford
Paul Paulson
May Caldwell
C. M. Ditmars
Dee Hawke
Jack Hinton
Clyde Debaud
Frank Burkhead
James Cox
FHA Cuts Interest on New FHA Home Loans
The government cuts the top rate on new FHA mortgages to 4 1/4 percent effective with Monday applications. The move, tied to expansion of nearly 4 billion dollars in the FHA program, aims to boost housing demand and residential construction while lenders stay funded.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Veterans Administration
Franklin D. Richards
Sen
U S Back in Crippled Children Aid Plan for Arizona
A tentative agreement would have the federal government rejoin Arizona in funding crippled Indian and other crippled children. Attorney General Fred O. Wilson said details await welfare board action and possible federal changes. the plan preserves federal guardianship while aiding state treatment efforts.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona Welfare Board
Fred O. Wilson
Washington
Federal Security Agency
Wilson
Katherine F. Lenroot
FSA Children’s Bureau
Russians Charge Trieste Is Made Allied Arms Base
The Soviet Union accuses the western powers of turning Trieste into a military base to offset Western peace efforts. The note cites violations of the Trieste treaty and mentions a U N governor issue, while U S policy remains that Trieste should return to Italy with Yugoslavia’s interests considered. A Kremlin drive in eastern Europe is outlined with a boxed list of alleged Western provocations and pressure.
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Trieste
Washington
Soviet Union
Europe
London
Paris
Kremlin
Adriatic
U. S. Security Council
Russia
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Weather update from Tucson notes record-approximate heat
Humidity remains low as temperatures hover near the century mark. Yesterday reached 94 degrees the warmest so far this year, two degrees below the 1930 all-time high for the date. morning low was 58. Today and tonight expect variable clouds with slightly cooler conditions on Saturday.
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Tucson
Engle says Central Arizona project could dodge court fight
Rep. Clair Engle argues that if the Central Arizona project bill passes California opponents might challenge it through appropriations committees rather than courts. He critiques a Supreme Court adjudication clause as limited and predicts broader congressional support could emerge by completion. Interior’s Chapman issues a noncommittal update as a Senate bill delays effectiveness by six months.
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Washington
Clair Engle
California
Supreme Court
Colorado
Arizona
Congress
Engle
Chapman
Senate
Budget Bureau
Truman Flies To Maneuvers At Fort Benning
President Truman arrives by plane for a review of army and air force troops at Fort Benning Georgia. The visit includes watching an infantry artillery exercise and an aerial demonstration before traveling to Elginfield Florida for a live ammunition display. Attending officials include Secretaries Johnson Pace Matthews Snyder Brannan and Tobin and Gen. Omar Bradley with JCS chief Gen. J Lawton Collins.
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FT. Benning
Truman
Air Force
Independence
Lawson Field
Tucson
Washington
Elginfield
Florida
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Pace
Army
Matthews
Navy
Claxton
Defense
Early
Omar L. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Mrs Hoffman's Fight for Rights Ends in City Police Court Guilty
In Tombstone's first jury trial in police court, Mrs. Sue Hoffman was found guilty of failing to yield to a fire truck and fined 65 dollars by Police Judge John P. Sebring after a six hour deliberation. The case, tied to Feb 24 events, featured city volunteers as witnesses and ends with an appeal planned to superior court.
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Tombstone
Sue Hoffman
John P. Sebring
Kenneth Ludeke
Hoffman
Chamber of Commerce
Barney Hockstead
Hockstead
Anthony Deddens
Bisbee
Dale Adams
Joe Castles
Charles Rockhill
Clayton Smith
Wally Foster
Clarence Criswell
Fremont Street
Eighth
Seventh
Sebring
Census Director reports 75 percent 1950 count finished
Washington April 21 Census Director Roy V Peel said the 1950 population count is more than three quarters completed with about 115000000 Americans recorded. Eight days remain in April to finish the remaining quarter as officials warn some areas may extend into May.
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Washington
Roy V. Peel
Peel
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Sen. McCarthy
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James P.ryan
State Senate
Ryan
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Latva
Baltic Sea
Czechoslovakia
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Turkey
Montreux
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Finland
Ralph de Rose
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