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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
1
City council deadlocks 3-3 on a motion to remove the Tucson housing authority amid heated accusations of political games. Veterans groups press for resignation while council members debate timing and fairness as Mayor Jaastad is away.
UPA reports from Washington say Packers and cattle raisers warned that restoring meat price ceilings would revive the black market and trigger scarcity. Wesley Hardenbergh of the American Meat Institute and E F Forbes of the Western States Meat Packers Association testified before the OPA price decontrol board, arguing prices may fall and demand shift as consumers buy other goods.
Veterans groups form United Veterans Organization of Tucson to push recall of Mayor Jaastad and three council members after resistance to removing the Tucson housing authority. UVO plans mass meeting and telegrams to lawmakers for federal housing aid.
Moscow radio quoted a Soviet note to Turkey demanding a joint Soviet Turkish defense for the Dardanelles and a revision of the Montreux convention. The note criticizes Turkish wartime policy aiding the Axis and calls for a fortress on the straits. An international conference in Istanbul was suggested to draft a new accord.
William J. Gilrein, former sales manager in the war assets administration, testified he probably was negligent in handling an $8 085 order for scarce wire screening for Benjamin F Fields. He denied special consideration for Fields and cited staff shortages and heavy business as reasons the order was processed without required certification.
Eighteen Army Air Corps veterans who took part in atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll now stationed at Davis Monthan Airfield say Americans overrate the bomb. They describe six months of prep, note scientists were pleased, and discuss film records radioactivity and heat measurements. The first bomb wobble was due to drop abnormality, not bombardier error. Lt Col Jack J Catton led the prep group through prebombing training.
Millionaire aviator Howard Hughes, critically injured in an airplane accident, left Good Samaritan hospital for a friend s home without informing his physician. Hospital attendants could not confirm his location as Hughes, still bedbound, continues convalescing and faces weeks of recovery.
The UN Security Council membership committee blocked Ireland and Transjordan with Soviet backed opposition. Afghanistan was tentatively cleared for membership with U S support amid ongoing information gathering and potential later objections. Controversies loom over Albanian Mongolian bids and Transjordan Ireland sponsorship.
The Tucson housing controversy centers on recall petitions for Mayor H. C. Jaastad and Councilmen J. O. Niemann W. H. Codd and W. J. Pistor. Signatures required equal 25 percent of last vote counts, with figures listed for each official. Codd’s eligibility questioned as he took office last May after April re election. The Arizona constitution outlines recall procedures and potential special elections if a resignation is not offered.
The government projected states will receive 152,208,000 more annually from the treasury for public help programs under the broadened social security act, raising federal contributions to about 560,281,000. Senator Pepper urged a future minimum American social security program with 150 a month for unmarried persons over 60 and 200 for married couples in that age group.
British troops fired on Jewish crowds at Haifa port while escorting refugees to Cyprus detention camps. One woman was killed and ten men wounded as protesters clashed with marines and police near the port and central station during the mass effort to reach ships.
Tentative 1946 47 tax figures for Tucson show total city, school and state tax at 6.3798 per 100 assessed value. City rate 2.05, state 0.32, school 4.0078, with district subrates for elementary and high schools and variations by area such as Amphitheatre Ft Lowell Sunnyside and South Tucson. Highest rate found in Sierrita at 12.5102.
National League Chicago 1 St Louis 0 Philadelphia at Boston rain New York at Brooklyn night Cincinnati at Pittsburgh night American League Washington at New York wet grounds Boston at Philadelphia night Detroit at Cleveland night Chicago at St Louis night
AP analysis notes Britain may act unilaterally to quell threats in Iran without UN approval. The piece frames this as a joggle in the peacekeeping rope, contrasting Britain’s stance with Russia and the US, both with strong Iran interests. The author situates the issue within wartime alliances and ongoing global restraint.
Noted British author and thinker H. G. Wells died in London at 4 15 p m local time after months of ill health. He was nearing his 80th birthday and left a prolific legacy including The Time Machine The War of the Worlds and The Outline of History whose global sales and influence were vast.
Sen Robert M LaFollette veteran Progressive leader now seeks Republican renomination in Wisconsin his first run under the GOP banner The Wisconsin primary tops today’s ballot in three states Vermont and South Carolina also vote with Senate seats at stake in Vermont only Ralph E Flanders and Sterry R Waterman are contesting the seat vacated by Warren Austin for the United Nations post
At the peace conference Romania urged cobelligerent privileges and permission to keep its armed forces. Foreign Minister Tatarescu pressed for recognition as a cobelligerent, reparations for war damages, and retention of Romanian troops. Molotov accused U S and Britain of seeking Mediterranean dominance as the session opened on Italy.
Labor leaders Don A Baldwin and George Sebestyen filed a Maricopa county suit challenging signatures on petitions to place the right to work measure on the general election ballot. The complaint cites unregistered voters and duplicates from petitions in Maricopa Pima Yavapai and Yuma counties. The action names Secretary of State Dan E Garvey as defendant.
President Truman plans to abandon the five year old government seizure policy used to end strikes. The move estranges Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and strikes at CIO leader Philip Murray. The policy had allowed government seizure of private property to manage the coal industry seized May 22, with mines run under a temporary UMW leadership.
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