Arizona Water Shortage Grows in Drought Plague
Arizona faces its worst water shortage in memory as drought cuts reservoir storage behind Roosevelt and Coolidge dams to mud lows. Officials warn desert reclamation and dust bowl risk, with power shortages and pumping limits threatening crops and urban use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lefler
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Salt River
O. C. Williams
Conner Froom
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation
Casa Grande Valley
Gila
Duncan
Globe
Dan Deeman
E. L. Felton
US Weather Bureau
Coolidge Dam
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River Valley
OPA Raises Silver Ceiling to 90.5 Cents per Ounce
The OPA raised the ceiling on standard silver bars to 90.5 cents per troy ounce effective immediately, matching treasury prices. Treasury sales will charge 91 cents, with a 0.5 cent spread to cover transport costs and promote direct mine buying. Unallocated silver may be sold to industrial users at no less than 90.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P— Opa
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
OPA
Collective Bargaining Vote Set At Atom Plant
The National Labor Relations Board announced elections Aug 20 to 22 at three Oak Ridge Tennessee atomic plants. Production, process and maintenance workers including cafeteria laundry and janitorial staff will vote on AFL atomic trades and labor council or CIO atomic workers organizing committee or no union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPR
National Labor Relations Board
Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
CIO Atomic Workers Organizing Committee
World Court Debate and Arizona Tax Conference News
Arizona officials debated property assessments based on average replacement costs from 1940 to 1946 replacing lower prewar figures. J W Hartman of Los Angeles County urged using replacement values to fund government needs and rejected current high prices as inflation. House social security compromise moves forward after a party-line clash over expanded federal grants for needy groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Daily Citizen
J. W. Hartman
Los Angeles
Arizona Tax Commission
Hartman
Arizona
Tax Commission
J. B. Mead
Good Roads’ Association
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Robert L. Hoyal
C. of C
O'Neil
State Associations of Supervisors and Assessors
Arizona Good Roads’ Association
Bisbee Baseball Club To Be Formed By Cubs
The Chicago Cubs plan to add a Bisbee club to their farm system in Arizona. Mervyn Shea of the Angels was negotiating with Bisbee officials, with play expected next season. Major league clubs aim to back Phoenix and Tucson in the proposed state league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Chicago Cubs
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mervyn Shea
Los Angeles Angels
Cubs
Bisbee
Tucson
Baseball Scores from the American League Mixed Results
Philadelphia defeated by Chicago 7 to 6 in a high scoring game while Boston beat Cleveland 2 to 1. The doubleheader featured competitive innings with lead changes and late rallies.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
National League Scores: St. Louis Defeats Brooklyn in Rain Risk
St Louis beat Brooklyn 3 to 1 in a National League game. Cincinnati and Philadelphia played two rain shortened games. Pittsburgh and Boston also had rain delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Congress Scrambles to Finish Session Over Social Security and World Court
Aug 1 report from Washington notes the House stalled on social security legislation as Rep. Marcantonio uses quorum calls to block business. Senate considers extended debate on the world court resolution granting the UN ICJ broader authority. Rankin seeks contempt against George Marshall for alleged disrespect to the House committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Rep
Marcantonio
Asp-Ny
Senate
United Nations International Court of Justice
America
Rankin
Dmiss
George Marshall
National Federation For Constitutional Liberties
Marshall
UN American Activities Committee
Truman vetoes tidelands bill amid offshore oil dispute
Across the nation reports include President Truman vetoing the tidelands bill to clarify state titles to offshore oil rich areas. In San Diego a B-24 bomber crash kills all 11 aboard during a cross country flight. Bread and flour price hikes may be decided by Porter and Anderson. Cripps urges U.S. quick approval of federated Palestine plan. Manuel Quezon buried in the Philippines on the second anniversary of his death. In Los Angeles four men die and one survives after a hay load is swept under a railroad overpass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Dallas
Los Angeles
Jose V. Sandoval
Air Force Day Observed With Talks And Flyovers
A 39th anniversary celebration of Army Air Force Day featured P-51 P-47 and P-80 aerial displays at Davis-Monthan field. Col. Quentin Quick spoke on strategic bombing, while Fred Finney outlined jet bombers and fighters. Lt. Griffith received a patriotic service citation. others honored included Col. Smith and Col. Selser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Monthan Field
Combined Service Club
Pioneer Hotel
Army Air Force
Lions
Rotary
Quentin Quick
25Th Air Service Group
Davis- Monthan
Col. Quick
Fred Finney
Finney
Col
A. Y. Smith
Davis-Monthanfield
J. C. Selser
444Th
D M
W. L. Hamrick
Orson Secrist, Jr
Richard Griffith
Civil Air Patrol
War Department
Tucson
Col. Smith
Gilbert Snyder
Pacific
USO
Interest Rate Cut On GI Life Policies
The veterans administration reduced the loan interest rate on government life insurance policies from five to four percent. VA said the second cut in seven years aligns with the trend in rates offered by commercial insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Gasoline Tax Gains $200,000 for June
Phoenix report shows the state highway department collected 616582.47 in motor vehicle fuel taxes in June, more than 200000 higher than June 1945. The state retains 431607.73 while 184974.74 is allocated to counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Highway Department
Domestic Atomic Control Approved
President Truman signed the atomic control bill placing domestic nuclear authority under a civilian five member commission to guide peacetime use and potential bombization. The measure curbs military control, vests licenses and by product materials with the new board, and aims for world atomic oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Hiroshima
United States
Civilian
Army
Manhattan Engineer District
Commission
United Nations
Congress
Civilian Commission
Sports Arena Proposed Here
Robert A. Brickman spokesman for Tucson backers outlined plans for a $400000 sports arena hosting ice shows hockey and touring ice follies plus basketball boxing and wrestling. A 365 room hotel with a motion picture theater and outdoor pool is also planned nearby with excavation to start if rezoning is approved. The city planning commission holds a public hearing tonight on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Brickman
Cleveland
Brickman
North Stone Avenue
Drachman Street
City Planning and Zoning Commission
California
Tucson
Bat
Pearl Harbor Open To New Blow Says Honolulu Paper
The Honolulu Advertiser editorialized that Pearl Harbor remains vulnerable to attack as of August 1945 due to an antiquated Army Navy command setup. A Washington dispatch claimed unity of command at Pearl Harbor has not advanced in four and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Judge Rules In Realty Suit Denies Reininger Summary Judgment
In Globe Superior Court Judge C. C. Faires denied the summary judgment sought by Carl and Marie Reininger in a $230 000 real estate dispute with James C. Shields and Josephine G. Shields. The case concerns an alleged written sale contract for Rancho de la Sombra on Sabino Canyon road and competing offers from Country Club Estates Inc and Tucson Realty and Trust Co with a deposit already paid.
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Carl and
Marie ‘Reininger
James C. Shields
Josephine G. Shields
Superior
C. C. Faires
Globe
Belle D. Hall
Reininger
Rancho de la Sombra
Sabino Canyon
Shields
Tucson Realty and Trust Co
Country Club Estates, Inc
Reiningers
Country Club Estates
India Faces Crisis As Moslems Threaten Revolt
Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the Moslem League withdraw from India's constitutional assembly and threaten direct action against British and Hindu domination. Jinnah refuses to define actions but says negotiations remain possible. Moslem leaders call for a one day hartal on August 16 as tensions rise.
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India
Preston Grover
Britain
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Constitutional Assembly
Jinnah
League
Gandhi
National Congress
Mortar Shell Defects Traced by Senate Inquiry
The Senate war investigating committee opened a major probe into defective 4.2 inch chemical mortar shells used in the Battle of the Bulge. Testimony by Maj Gen Alden H Waitt cited 10 to 12 or later 29 killed with 83 wounded, with no single manufacturer blamed. The committee plans a broad fact gathering questionnaire among veterans and will pursue accountability across firms including Erie Basin Metal Products in the Garsson group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Alden H. Waitt
Army
Chemical Warfare Service
Erie Basin Metal Products Inc
Garsson Combine of War Manufacturers
Waitt
J. James P. McGranery
Tacoma, Wash
Paul A. Olson
Rep. Coffee
D-Wash
McGranery
Coffee
Olson
Sen
Mitchell
Senate
Gen. Waitt
Magnuson
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
May Took Hand In Draft Case
Col. Chester Goble head of Ohio selective service said he was pressed by Rep. Andrew May subcommittee counsel to justify denying an occupational deferment for Serge Rubinstein. Goble noted no regulation requires defense of such actions and the request followed Rubinstein's role at Taylorcraft Aviation Co. in Alliance, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
UPR
Chester Goble
Selective Service
Ohio
Andrew May
House Military Affairs Committee
Serge Rubinstein
New York City
Goble
Ralph Burton
Military Affairs Committee
Rubinstein
Yugoslav Attack on Trieste Plan Draws Fire Abroad
Paris dispatch reports Yugoslav Foreign Minister Kardelj condemning the Big Four Italy Yugoslavia peace decisions and a proposed Yugoslav veto over regional questions. Molotov proposed compromises to expand small powers' say while New Zealand seeks to influence conference leadership and trim big powers prerogatives.
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Paris
Edouard Kardelj
Yugoslavia
Kardelj
V. M. Molotov
Rules Committee
Molotov
Kardell
New Zealand
Georges Bidault
France
Italy
Trieste
Austria
Legion Annexes Arizona Crown in hard fought title game
Tucson walked off with the state Legion baseball title 5 4 over South Phoenix at Randolph Park. Brad Tolson earned the win with Eddie Jacome finishing close. Vasey and Cas tro drove in key runs while Rudy Castro started a critical double play. Captain Lee Carey handled seven chances at third.
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Tucson
State Legion
South Phoenix
Randolph Park
Arizona
Phoenix
Chuck Hollinger
Brad Tolson
Eddie Jacome
Bob Bailey
Joe Trejo
Chet Vasey
Robison
Vasey
Rudy Castro
Jacome
Tussey
Bob Hazelton
Dwight
Lee Carey
Carey
Hi Johnson
Long Beach
Capt
Manning
Trejo
Fowler
Ray Day
Legion
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Atom Plant
Bisbee Baseball Club
Paul Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
London
U.P
Stafford Cripps
Palestine
Manila
Manuel Quezon
Cemeterio del Norte
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Air Force
Dorothy Pages
Domestic Atomic Control
Dorothy Ellis
East Alturas
Sheriff's Deputies
Miss Ellis
Pearl Harbor
Chester Wood
Navy
Mead
Garsson Munitions Empire
International
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May
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