Army seeks 6000 more beds for military hospitals
The House Armed Services Committee reviews Gen. Collins testimony on the need for two additional hospitals to care for Korea war wounded and expanding domestic forces. They discuss expanding beds from 37,000 to about 82,000 and potential reactivation of stand by facilities.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense
Johnson
J. Lawton Collins
Korea
Armed Services
Naval Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Veterans’ Administration
Murphy General Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Percy Jones Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Valley Forge
Phoenixville
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Chief
Naval Operations
Navy
Richard L. Meiling
Two Drivers Sent To Jail for DUI in Tucson
Police Magistrate Paul J. Cella sentenced Ralph Gonzales 40 to $100 fine and 15 days in jail for drunk driving after an July 30 arrest at 17th and Meyer. Clyde Bolton 30 of Davis Monthan AFB faced similar charges after July 25 stop at East Sixth Street. Walter Bies 41 of Davis Monthan was arrested yesterday following an accident and tested .19, with his case set for Aug. 30.
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Paul J. Cella
Ralph Gonzales
S. Eighth Ave
Gonzales
17Th
Meyer Streets
Clyde T. Bolton
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
East Sixth Street
North Sixth Avenue
Davis-Monthan
Walter W. Bies
East Broadway
North Campbell Avenue
Highway Department
Bernice Cox
Tucson
Arizona Sees Fewer July Traffic Fatalities Compared To 1949
Arizona reports 17 traffic deaths in July, down from 24 the previous year. Yet year to date fatalities reach 166, up from 137 last year, while the governor's safety committee notes 15 fewer deaths than 1949 over the past two months and cites ongoing campaign gains.
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Arigona
Arizona
Interparish picnic for Catholic college-age youth
City briefs note an interparish picnic for Catholic young people of college age at Green Fields school. Attendees will meet at SS Peter and Paul’s church for transportation. Clifton Quinn speaks on two-cent stamps from 1870 to 1909 at the Tucson Stamp Club meeting.
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Green Fields School
SS Peter & Paul's Church
Clifton Quinn
United States
Tucson Stamp Club
State Museum
Elk City man fined jailed for reckless driving in Oklahoma
Harold Caddell 37 of Elk City Oklahoma was ordered to pay a 100 fine and serve 15 days in county jail for reckless driving after a Highway Patrol stop on highway 80. He faced a optional 5 day jail term or 5 fine for driving without a license. Lumir J. Vitek 31 pleaded innocent to DUI with trial scheduled for August 22 and was released under a 100 bond.
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Justice of the Peace
James M. Howsare
Harold Caddell
Elk City
Okla
Caddell
Barney Hockstad
Lengthy Council Session Ahead in North Tucson
Mayor J O Niemann and the city council face hours of work at Monday's meeting. Three weeks since the last session, a stack of routine warrants awaits action. Bids on Jefferson Park paving open. Freeway preliminary work expected within 60 days. Postwar public works budget zoning liquor and street matters to be discussed.
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J. O. Niemann
Tucson
Jefferson Park
Pima County Board Faces Lengthy Agenda
The Pima county board of supervisors will meet Monday for the regular August session. Road issues exceed 30 items attracting observers and liquor applications slated for action are likely to draw protests and longer discussion. Several items may be continued to the next day.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
Men 1 A Enrollment Open for Navy Service
Navy recruiting officials announced that men classified 1-A can apply for enlistment if they have not received a preinduction notice. Eligible men aged 17 to 31 with no dependents may enlist, former navy men can join the naval reserve, and active duty will be in the rating held at discharge for at least one year. The recruiting station is in the post office building.
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Navy
Naval Reserve
Services for Mrs Hazel McBee Held at 6 Tonight
Hazel McBee who died Thursday will have a 6 p.m. service in Bring's chapel with Rev Clovis Snider of St James Methodist church officiating. Burial follows at South Lawn memorial park. Mrs McBee, 64, resided on West Corona road.
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Hazel McBee
Bring’s Chapel
Clovis Snider
St. James Methodist Church
South Lawn Memorial Park
Ve rmillion Arrangements Noted For Tucson Resident
Arrangements for Mrs. Zelle Vermillion who died in San Diego will be announced by Bring's funeral home. Vermillion, 61, lived in Tucson 24 years and at 370 Pastime Rd. She visited San Diego in May. Survivors include husband Henry W. and five daughters and three sons plus 15 grandchildren. In a separate notice Corp. Jabe A. Hill died in Japan July 9. services set at A. L. Moore & Sons in Phoenix with military rites to follow. Hill, 32, is survived by mother, three sisters, and daughter in Santa Rosa. He previously worked for Southern Pacific and was stationed in Japan for three years.
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Zelle Vermillion
San Diego
Bring’s Funeral Home
Vermillion
Tucson
Pastime Rd
Henry W
Lyle Young
Phoenix
Josephine
John T. Cassaday
Pineville
Paul C. Lightle
Berkeley
Calif
del Mauder
Santa Monica
Orie
Albert
Venice
Kenneth
Corp. Jabe Hill
Corp. Jabe
Ala
Marcia Elaine
Santa Rosa
Southern Pacific
Corp
Japan
Mrs. Edna Kleitsch Dies Painter Sculptress at 64
Mrs Edna Kleitsch 64 painter and sculptress, widow of renowned artist Joseph Kleitsch, died of a heart attack yesterday in Laguna Beach California. The couple helped found the Festival of Arts association in Laguna Beach and contributed to its early growth.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
Edna Kleitsch
Joseph Kleitsch
Festival of Arts Association
Government offers cut price food to foreign governments
Washington announces vast quantities of meat cheese and butter sold at deep discounts to UN FAO member governments. Soviet Russia is ineligible as not a member. Purchases must use local currency and support supplementary feeding programs to avoid disrupting markets.
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Washington
United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization
Soviet
Russia
Agriculture Department
U. S
U.N
FAO
United States
Alabama lawmakers return for fifth special session
Montgomery Aug 5 Alabama legislators head back to the state capital for a fifth special session in seven weeks with talk of further calls. Governor James E. Folsom presses his reapportionment plan as factions in both chambers resist changing representation despite a constitutional requirement every ten years. Some counties with small populations hold larger delegations than bigger ones.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
House
Senate
Daily report for San Carlos reservoir storage loss
The 24 hour report ending 7 a.m. yesterday shows available storage at 15 302 acre feet, down 356 acre feet from the prior period.
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San Carlos
Grace Ryan joins 18 teachers in Ohio State workshop
Grace Ryan, home management specialist for the University of Arizona extension service, is among 18 college teachers enrolled in a household equipment workshop at Ohio State University.
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Grace Ryan
University of Arizona
Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio State University
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