Tucson Council Accepts Duff & Phelps Report for Utility Purchase
Tucson officials in special session accepted a 13000 valuation by Duff & Phelps of Chicago and invited the parent firm Federal Light & Traction Co to send a representative with power to make a definite offer for the utility properties. The finance committee urged keeping the appraisal confidential until negotiations progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duff & Phelps
Chicago
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
New York
Henry C. Jaastad
Tucson
J. O. Niemann
Frank Dawson
Homes
MaVor and Council
City of
Forrest Priser
W. H. Codd
Finance Committee
Priser
el Paso
Ome 4
Phoenix
Edward Vander Vries
Citizens Publicity Committee
Council
Four Alarm Fire Battles Luna Park At Coney Island
A four alarm fire ripped through Luna Park at Coney Island threatening the entire amusement area. Initial reports named the Dragon Ride the Scenic Railway and several sideshows among the affected attractions.
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New York
Luna Park
Coney Island
Japs Shuffle Forces Ahead of Imminent Allied Assault
Chungking August 12. A Chinese army spokesman said Japan is shuffling troops across conquered territories to counter the advancing Allied onslaught. Reinforcements are moving into the Philippines and Formosa, with defenses beefed up along the Canton coast in anticipation of an Allied landing in China.
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Chungking
Japan
Philippines
Formosa
Canton
China
Refinery Blast Shocks Newhall Residents
A massive explosion at the Newhall refinery in California forced residents within a mile square to evacuate for hours. A 29 year old San Fernando stillman James Breckenridge died of burns, while trucker William Taylor and others suffered injuries as six tanks detonated and a 10 000 gallon naphtha tank blew up. Power outages affected Newhall and San Fernando during the blaze.
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Newhall
Calif
James Breckenridge
San Fernando
Newhall Community Hospital
William Taylor
Breckenridge
Allied Bombers Strike Southern France Coast
Fifteenth air force heavy bombers numbering upwards of 750 attacked enemy military installations along the southern France coast. The raid followed an opening strike by the tactical air force the day before, intensifying Allied pressure on the region.
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Rome
Fifteenth Air Force
France
Tactical Air Force
Nazis withdraw from Florence sparing ancient city
The German forces pull back from Florence to the north of the Mugnone canal, allowing the historic city to escape widespread damage as Allied troops hold the south bank of the Arno. The eighth army advances west toward Empoli, facing continued German resistance and noting Pavolini led fascist squads among the garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Florence
Arno
Mugnone
Eighth Army
Empoli
Fuchs
Pavolini
Alessandro Pavolini
Mussolini
Reds Threaten German Left Flank in East Prussia Drive
Soviet forces in two armies pushing through about 250 towns over a 100 mile front moved toward East Prussia. Reports from Red Star say counterattacks failed to halt the Russians, who pressed toward the Masurian lakes as Germans shift armored reserves to meet the threat. Maslennikov meanwhile penetrated deep into the enemy rear near Pskov, trampling the German defense with a fierce breakthrough.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Zakharov
Bialystok
East Prussia-Lithuanian
Red Star
Masurian Lakes
Bug
Vistula
Biebrza
Narew
Kialystok
Stalin
Ivan Maslennikov
Pskov
Petseri
Japs Almost Cleared From Northeast India
Southeast Asia Command reports Allied forces have cleared most Japanese troops from northeastern India by capturing the last large village before the Burma frontier on the Tiddim road. Troops are a few miles from the border as other units push toward the Kabaw valley and the Chindwin river near Burma with little resistance.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Burma
Tiddim Road
Tamu
Kabaw
Chindwin
Roosevelt to Speak From Bremerton Naval Yard
President Roosevelt prepares for a radio address from Bremerton Navy yards with a Pacific war report after visits to Pearl Harbor and the Aleutians. The speech at 5 p.m. will be carried by four networks, continuing his West Coast tour that began July 13 with war conference stops on Oahu and elsewhere.
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Merriman Smith
Seattle
U.P
Roosevelt
West Coast
Pearl Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Bremerton Navy Yards
Padget Sound
Washington
Oahu
Paladino Begins Last Lap Toward Felon Path
Liberal E Paladino moved from respected war worker to felon after being convicted of manslaughter for the June 17 incident. Sheriff Ed Echols will escort him to Florence State Prison for a 3 to 10 year sentence as Judge LaPrade reprimands him for temper and the O Hara death.
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E. Paladino
Paladino
Ed Echols
Florence
Arthur T. LaPrade
Richard O'Hara
O'Hara
Murder Suspect Returned To City
Jack D. Curtis charged with the murder of 16 year old Richard Caffrey last Feb 21 has been returned to Tucson and jailed. He failed to appear for trial on April 27 and was captured in Portland Oregon on unlawful flight charges. Curtis previously held on a $1500 bond and now faces old murder charges.
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Jack D. Curtis
Richard Caffrey
Tucson
Curtis
Arizona Inn
Portland
Ore
U. S
Richard S. Griffith
Justice Court
Caffrey
Gigis
East Drachman Street
Seven Arizona Soldiers and Marine Wounded in Action
The War Department released the names of seven Arizona soldiers and a Marine wounded in action. The wounded Marine is Arthur Otto Koerber, Phoenix, hospital apprentice first class. Soldiers include Adolfo Gonzalez Williams. Jack R. Hammett Phoenix. James R. Nunn Glendale. Fred O. Sianez Phoenix. Louis Villaneuva Glendale. Vincent Wendt Cornville. and Charles L. Lopez Tucson.
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Washington
Arizona
War Department
Arthur Otto Koerber
Phoenix
Adolfo Gonzalez
Lilly Gonzalez
Williams
Jack R. Hammett
James R. Nunn
Glendale
Fred 0. Sianez
Louis Villaneuva
Germans In Precarious Position In France As Allies Trap
German forces in Normandy fight to hold positions as Allied forces close in from three sides. Mortain has changed hands several times as Americans push forward while Florence falls to the Allies. In Normandy and Brittany the Allies press from Caen to the Loire as Soviet forces advance in the east.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Normandy
Seine River
Mortain
Avranches
Brittany
Italy
Florence
Eighth Army
Arno
Red
Estonia
Latvia
Lake Pskov
France
Caen
Loire River
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Paris
Seventh Army
English Channel
Channel
England
London
Eisenhower
Secret of American Thrusts Of Utmost Importance
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE reports secrecy is vital as American thrusts from Le Mans keep Germans guessing. German counterattacks from Brest were reconnaissance in force with no progress. In 48 hours to Thursday midnight, Americans held over 10,000 prisoners.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
le Mans
Brest
Senate Passes George Bill On Reconversion
Senate votes 55 to 19 to approve the George bill creating a war mobilization office and letting states use unemployment plans for 3.5 million federal workers, with a federal loan fund to back state funds and state control of rates. The Murray Kilgore proposal would have raised benefits and training but did not pass.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate
Rep
Carlson
R-Kan
Barkley
Murray-Kilgore
George Bill
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
Arizona Senators Align Against George Reconversion Bill
Arizona's two senators Carl Hayden and Ernest W. McFarland were among 19 voting yes yesterday against passage of the George reconversion bill which would leave postwar unemployment compensation administration to the states. Fifty-five senators supported the George bill.
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Washington
Arizona
Carl Hayden
Ernest W. McFarland
George Bill
Germans Appear Confused By Strategy
Allied forces pressed a two way threat into southern France with U S columns breaking across the Loire toward the Mediterranean coast. The Caen pocket tightened as German forces moved west, while air raids hit coastal defenses and pillboxes. The Loire push signals a shift to a broader southern France offensive under Omar Bradley.
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France
Normandy
Caen
U. S
Loire
Italy
Mediterranean
Paris
le Mans
Rivieras
French Channel
Omar N. Bradley
Loire River
Brittany
Seine-Loire
Johannes Blaskowitz
Yanks Bombress Metz Railyards and French Airfields
A large force of up to 750 American heavy bombers and 500 fighters attacked Metz rail yards and multiple airfields in northern France including Le Pertre Chamant Athies Couvron and Juvincourt near Laon. Brest received its third heavy bombing in a week. RAF Lancasters struck Givors rail center as part of a three way shuttle raid from Britain to Russia and back through Italy.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Metz
France
Brest
Toulouse
Britain
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Givors
Paris
Germany
Upper Danube
Upper Silesia
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Bulletin
Baltic Sea
Bydgosz
Poland
Koto
Czechosloo
Lithuania
Hungary
Chelm
Brest _Litowsk
Pinsk
Memel
Tilsit
Narew River
Kielce
Czechoslovakia
California Highway Patrol
William Servoss
Masurian Lake
Navy
LaPrade
John van Buskirk
John L. Sullivan
Jack Curtis
Oregon
Gladwin Hill
Lancasters
Rhone
Lyons
RAF Bomber Command
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