Atom War Would See Navy Active
HONOLULU August 17 Vice Admiral Blandy warned an atomic war would involve naval forces guarding ocean frontiers. He said without a practical universal plan to outlaw the atomic bomb, atomic warfare including naval actions is likely. He noted Crossroads improved naval preparedness and outlined potential changes in ship design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose PH L. Myler
Honolulu
U.P
W. H. P. Blandy
U. S. Navy
Blandy
United States
Mr. McKinley
Bikini Atoll
Kwajalein
WAC Captain’s Trial Delayed in Jewel Theft Case
In Frankfurt Germany on August 17 WAC Captain Kathleen B Nash Durant faces a court martial on charges of larceny embezzlement conspiracy and absence without leave tied to the theft of the Hesse crown jewels The trial was postponed to August 22 marking the second delay in three days Major Ray E Grantham of Ponca City Oklahoma appointed to try the case says the postponement came by mutual agreement between defense and prosecution
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
Ray E. Grantham
Ponca City
Okio
Army
Marine Corps Sets Transfer Deadline
The Marine Corps requires reserve and temporary officers to apply for transfer to the regular corps by October 15. Eligible officers on active, inactive, or terminal leave must file, except those with under a year of commissioned service by October 15 or those commissioned after that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Regular Corps
Marine Recruiting Office
Reckless Driving Arrests and Sentences This Week
This week saw three arrests for reckless driving and three sentenced offenders. One person was sentenced this week, while last week produced one sentence and three arrests. Total sentences amount to 260 dollars and 45 days.
City Teachers Exchange Posts Across States
Five city school teachers will swap positions with educators from Massachusetts to Hawaii this year. Gertrude Wagner will teach in Aurora Illinois. Darlene Rose Amacher will replace her. Nora Heng will depart for Honolulu with Flora Louise Scott swapping to Wakefield. Cecelia Szymkowicz moves to Pearl City with Madge Hope Babcock replacing her. Dorothy Cadwell heads to Seattle with Claire A Behnke replacing her. Helen Jacobs exchanges with Margery M Pierce from Greenwich Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Robert Morrow
Tucson
Morrow
Gertrude Wagner
Safford
Aurora
Ill
Darlene Rose Amacher
Nora Heng
Wakefield Junior
Honolulu
Flora Louise Scott
Cecelia Szymkowicz
el Rio
Madge Hope Babcock
Pearl City
Dorothy Cadwell
University Heights School
Seattle
Wash
Claire A. Behnke
Helen Jacobs
Roskruge
Margery M. Pierce
Greenwich
Conn
Five Enlistments Reported for Marine Corps and Naval Reserve
Five enlistments in the Marine Corps and one in the Naval Reserve were announced at local recruiting offices. Among the Marines are Richard Clifford Meitzke of Webster Hall hotel, Jerry Henry Savala of 528 West 27th Street, Jefferson Davis Goulette of 1232 North Fremont Street, Edmond Nelson Jr of route 3 box 324, and Ernest M. Silvain of A Mountain Dairy. the Naval Reserve V-6 recruit is George Iller Ganz, mailman at 423 East 23rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve
George Iller Ganz
East 23Rd Street
Richard Clifford Meitzke
Webster Hall
Jerry Henry Savala
West 27Th Street
Jefferson Davis Goulette
North Freemont Street
Edmond Nelson, Jr
Ernest M. Silvain
RFC Representative to Attend Site Sale at Consolidated Vultee
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will have a representative at the site sale of surplus properties by the War Assets Administration at the Consolidated Vultee modification center. RFC will represent small business. contact R. J. Plass who arrives Wednesday and will stay through August 26 for small business sales only. Dartmouth College was founded in 1769.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War Assets Administration
Consolidated Vultee Modification Center
RFC
R. J. Plass
Consolidated Vultee
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Youth swimmer John Carpenter dies in Rincon falls accident
John Carpenter, 16, son of Mrs. Walter Clapp, fell 100 feet from a pool above Jim Converse falls while climbing out. Companions Stan Spence, Mike Hodges Jr, Glen Lane, and Albert Touche aided rescue efforts but could not revive him. Funeral set for St. Philip’s Church with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
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John Carpenter
Walter Clapp
Cooper Street
Jim Converse
Rincon Mountains
Young Carpenter
Stan Spence
Rancho Motel
Mike Hodges, Jr
Rotunda
Glen Lane
San Clemente Addition
Albert Touche
South Country Club Road
Carpenter
Touche
Hodges
Tucson Medical Center
Spence
Lane
Redington Road
Tucson Realty & Trust Company
Charmaine Carpenter
St. Phillip’s Church
Walter Whichard
Evergreen Cemetery
Edward Gibbs
Frank Drachman
Glenn Lane
Stanford Spence
Michael Hodges
Jack Hon
Thomas Ciochetti
Hemme Death Being Probed
The sheriff's office investigates the death of Mildred Hemme 25 at St Marys hospital after a coroner's jury returned an open verdict death by poison. Assistant county attorney Colin Dodd ordered the probe. Undersheriff John Higgins said the inquiry started. Testimony indicated death from a heavy metal toxin, likely tincture of metaphen, causing stomach perforation.
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Sheriff's Office
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mildred Hemme
East North Street
Colin B. Dodd
John Higgins
Hugh Knox
Higgins
Klemmedson Withdraws As School Post Nominee
Phoenix, Aug 17. L D Klemmedson withdraws as Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction leaving Nolan D Pulliam, Democrat, unopposed.
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Klemmedson
Phoenix
L. D. Klemmedson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nolan D. Pulliam
Veteran lawbreaker faces sixth potential sentence in court
Charles L. Hightower, 54, with a 29-year police record and 5214 years claimed sentences, waived preliminary in JP court on grand theft charges and was bound over to the superior court under $1000 bond after a South ern Pacific agent nabbed him taking tools worth $200 from a car in the SP lot. Known aliases include Thomas O'Shea and Jimmy Carroll among others. His prior terms include two, three, and 45 years in various states.
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Charles L. Hightower
Hightower
Superior Court
C. W. Gardner
Thomas O'Shea
Jimmy Carroll
Patrick McGill
T. F. Prince
F. C. Greene
Clarence Emitt
Wright
Hunteville
Tex
Omaha
Neb
San Quentin
California
Florence
War Surplus Office Opens In Tucson With New Certifier
Edgar B. Murphy arrived to take the post as certifying officer for the war surplus office in Tucson in temporary quarters at the Chamber of Commerce building. He succeeds Dale Hand and will oversee veterans certificates of priority for the million dollar sale beginning Monday at the Consolidated Vultee plant. The office serves Tucson and nearby Bisbee Douglas and Nogales, with assistants Miss Zanae Coote and Miss Elma Robles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar B. Murphy
War Assets Administration
WAR Office
Chamber of Commerce
Dale Hand
R. L. Lehman
Phoenix
Murphy
Tucson
Public Interest and Veteranservice Division
WAA
Zanae Coote
Elma Robles
Consolidated Vultee
Bisbee
Douglas
Nogales
Judge Orders Boy Spanked
In Phoenix on August 17 Judge Harold Scoville of Maricopa County Superior Court ordered a 14 year old boy to receive corporal punishment at home in the presence of the probation officer. The boy had been charged for taking $50 from a bookstore after previously borrowing automobiles without permission. The probation report noted the home subjected him to tears and pleas but he had never been spanked before. The sentence required an adequate application with a proper instrument for a duration and length directed by the probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Harold R. Scoville
Maricopa County
NYC Negro Professionals Scarce While Authors and Actors Abundant
A New York Urban League survey finds New York City has only five Negro college professors and instructors, but 61 Negro authors editors and reporters, and 107 Negro actors. The findings highlight a stark imbalance between academic representation and creative and media fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Urban League
New York City
Border and United Airlines Present Southwest Route Applications
Border Airlines and United Airlines wrapped up their filings before a civil aeronautics board examiner seeking authority to operate new routes in the southwest. Testimony covered links from San Diego to Nogales and a large 1,500 mile radiating plan from Phoenix to Los Angeles San Diego Las Vegas Albuquerque and El Paso. Arizona Airways overlapped with portions of the proposed service.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Border Airlines
United Airlines
Civil J Aeronautics Board
Southwest
Border
United
San Diego
Calif
Nogales
Ariz
Pacific Coast
LAMSA
Truman L. le Fors
Richard F. le Fors
Gulfport
Miss
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
el Paso
Tex
Arizona Airways, Inc
On-Job Vet Trainees Face Paycheck Pruning
In Phoenix on August 17, federal action caps monthly incomes for Arizona veterans in on the job training. Married trainees face a $200 limit and single trainees $175 including subsistence. About 90 percent of the 2,500 trainees reportedly earn more than these caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Ben G. Schumacher
Veterans’ Administration
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Housing Squeeze Forces Tucson Teachers to Seek Homes
Tucson school officials and University of Arizona spokesmen say housing shortages hinder new faculty. About 50 instructors need housing, some already arrived, others declined jobs without housing. The Chamber of Commerce housing bureau reports a waiting list as four high school teachers and 12 university professors seek accommodations before classes begin.
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Tucson
University of Arizona
John L. Anderson
University
Anderson
Charles A. Carson
Tucson Senior High School
Robert Morrow
Morrow
Chamber of Commerce Housing Bureau
Ruth Stutz
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Electrolux Corporation Sales and Service
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Hemme
Helene Curtis
Eugene
Edie
Elsie Orth
N. Scott
Veterans
F.H. A. Loans
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co
Southern Arizona
Kibank
Trest Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lawbreaker
South
Delmar Avenue
Tucson High School
Oscar’s
Texaco
Congress
John M. Harlow
R. A. Wilbur Jr
East Alameda Street
MT. Lemmon
Flo-Kold
Polito
East Ninth Street
Tucson Gas
Atain
Subway Cleaning Service
Fourth Ave
Catalina Chemical CO
Ats Oe
Waal IL
America
WNW
Jesse M. Chase
West
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Leo L. Carrillo, Jr
Mgr
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