Arizona Pima County Produces Nation's Largest Cotton Bale
First bale of 1952 crop in Pima County was ginned at Marana at 2 p.m. by Jim Lewallen on a 160 acre farm near Red Rock. Total county crop spans 47,000 acres with over 70,500 bales and $13 million economic impact. state tally expected at 1,040,000 bales and $200 million. Labor shortages loom. 10,000 Mexican nationals to be imported. 12 new gins planned across three counties. Arizona dominates long staple Pima 32, with one-strain crop driving overall production amid drought in other states.
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Sedley-Hopkins
Pima County
Jim Lewallen
Marana
Cotton Oil Co
Yuma County
Earnest
Aroun
Red Rock
San Manuel
Here
RFC
Arizona
U. S. Labor Department
Pinal
Yuma
Maricopa
California
New Mexico
Three GIs Sentenced for Stockade Riot at Frankfurt
Three American privates Hugh R. Ward Vincent E. Peervoe and Peter E. Zamora were convicted by court-martial in Frankfurt of leading a stockade riot described by the provost marshal as a minor disturbance. Each received ten year prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Larue M. Edelen
Hugh R. Ward
Nashville, Tenn
Vincent E. Peervoe
Berkeley
Calif
Peter E. Zamora
Bakersfield
Crop Duster Plane Burns Near Casa Grande
Donald R. Churchell a 38 year old crop-duster pilot from Phoenix formerly of Nevada Missouri is recovering in Casa Grande hospital with second and third degree burns after his plane from Crawl Dusters Inc. crashed and burned eight miles west of Casa Grande. He escaped after the aircraft overturned following a motor failure during a cotton field run. His wife and mother are identified among his relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casa Grande, Ariz
Donald R. Churchell
Phoenix
Nevada
Casa Grande Hospital
Here
Churchell
Crawl Dusters, Inc
F. L. Churchell
Truman Says No Mess In Washington
President Truman at a news conference said there is no mess in Washington and urged some new blood in the Democratic party while declining to comment on Adlai Stevenson Sparkman campaign. He criticized the Saturday Evening Post and said he does not read it, noting he knows what it will say. He avoided details on steel strike handling and Swedish press charges about his daughter.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
United States
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Sparkman
Margaret
Secret Service
Communist Party
Moscow
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Tucson Flood Control Basin To Be Built
Project to create a detention basin and flood containment in Tucson with 168 acres of basin land. Final drawings delivered to Pima county. bid call planned next month. detention basin storage of 1 041 acre feet. Works include dikes 21 feet high, outlet channels, and three large discharge tubes to Julian wash.
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Tucson
Greater
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Johannessen
W. T. Holmes
Ajoway and
South Country Club Road
Julian Wash
Santa Cruz River
Julian
Walter Johannessen
Davis-Mon
Air Force Base
Flash Flood Crowns Korean Platoon in Tragic Loss
A flash flood in Korea produced a nine foot wall of water that swept 30 soldiers to death from a shallow river ford. Eleven survivors were rescued as the 45th division unit, previously an Oklahoma National Guard outfit, faced the rising flood during Typhoon Karen. A leading lieutenant died while guiding troops, and four bodies were recovered with 26 still missing as search efforts continued.
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Korea
W.P
45Th Division
Oklahoma National Guard
Lly
Rain Fades as Heat Returns Across Regions
The weatherman reports rain activity diminishing with clear skies expected for now. Temperatures are unusually cool for the season, though peaks reached 69 on Mt. Lemmon while cities nationwide show varied readings from Phoenix 101 to Seattle 73 and New York 86.
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Mt. Lemmon
Phoenix
Chicago
Flagstaff
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Prescott
Seattle
New York
Living Costs Rise to New Peak in July CPI
The government reports the July 15 cost of living index at 190.8 percent of the 1935–1939 average, up 1.2 points from June, and 12.1 percent above pre-Korea levels. Food prices drove the increase with higher costs for miscellaneous goods, services, insurance, and medical care.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Labor Department
CIO Auto
Eisenhower Defends Korea War Role as Me Too Candidate
Eisenhower told a Republican group in Kansas that the United States may have avoided a far worse war by entering Korea. He criticized calls for a broader China war, saying no feasible plan existed to strike China and that bombing China would not work. He referenced MacArthur’s views without naming him.
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Kansas City
Kas
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Eisenhower
United States
China
Douglas MacArthur
Detroit
Gary
Hammond
Ind
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Postponed by Rain
American League action: Boston defeats Cleveland 4 to 1 as the schedule shows Brooklyn at Pittsburgh postponed by rain.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
American Boston
Cleveland
Assassin Wilson Fires Back in Arizona Attorney General Race
Phoenix Attorney General Fred O. Wilson labeled opponent Robert Morrison a character assassin in a response to graft and gambling allegations. Wilson denied links to Pima County gamblers and defended actions on the Ryan airfield lease, asserting his neutral conduct and commitment to the race as Fred O. Wilson.
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Phoenix
Fred O. Wilson
Pima County
Robert Morrison
Morrison
Wilson
Bert Mosekian
Mosekian
Charlie Waite
Glendale
Reddi Wip Corp
16Th St
Pete Waggoner
Pete
Ryan Airfield
Tucson
Howard Pyle
Waggoner
Mosekian Morrison
Attorneyeneral
Maricopa County
Arizona
Next Soviet Ruler Chosen
Washington reports a strong clue from the Moscow Communist congress that Georgi Malenkov, 50, may be named prime minister and Stalin’s heir apparent. U.S. diplomats caution analysis is preliminary as Moscow prepares the first congress since 1939 and eyes the new praesidium leadership replacing the politburo.
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Washington
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Praesidium
Politburo
Double Target Bombing Good Board Dodges Wilson Probe
United Nations warplanes delivered two smashing attacks against the Communists with raids on Pyongyang including a four hour night strike and a 100 plane attack on a cement factory. Morrison seeks a special prosecutor while Wilson denies charges as the board throws the matter back to Morrison.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Phelps Dodge Union Peace Near Agreement
Negotiations between the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union and Phelps Dodge Corp continued in Douglas with federal negotiator W P Halloran presiding. Indications grew that a settlement of the differences between the union and the company was near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Mill & Smelter Workers ‘Union
Ind
Phelps Dodge Corp
W. P. Halloran
Little Boy Dies From Auto Injuries in Globe
Daniel Lopez four year old son of Mr and Mrs A Lopez of Globe died this morning at Gila General hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car yesterday afternoon. Globe councilman and pharmacist John Bracco driver of the car said he could not avoid the child who ran into the street behind a truck. An inquest is planned later today before ex officio coroner Clyde Shute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GLOBE
Daniel Lopez
A. Lopez
Gila General Hospital
John Bracco
Clyde Shute
Tucson Cowboys Seek Swing Back In A-T League Clash
Tucson Cowboys head to Hi Corbett field to face the El Paso Texans after a 9-8 loss. The schedule lists multiple softball games at Santa Rita park, a Dinner at Eight at the Arizona Corral, and a Davis-Monthan unit match.
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Tucson
Cowboys
el Paso
Texans
Grand Central Aircraft
el Paso Natural Gas
Santa Rita Park
A & E Squadron
Davis
Tucson Cowboys
Spectacular Tucson Crash Injures Six
Six people are injured in a dramatic Tucson auto crash as emergency crews respond. The incident prompts investigation and a review of nearby traffic signals.
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Tucson
Jack Underwood
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U. S. Agriculture Department
Norman Harrington
Ike
Minocqua
Wis
GOP
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Board of Supervisors
Pima
J. Homer Boyd
Thomas S. Jay
Lambert Kautenburger
County
Fred C. Wilson
Pyle
Phoenix Press Club
Osu
Sarmon
Navy
Thompson
Sonjin
Fist Radio
Sinuiju
Ralph Keyes
Roadhouse
Ill
Charles Owens
Orlando
Fila
Far East Air Force
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Okinawa
Red
Namyang
Sukchon
Phelps Dodge
Union Peace
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