Building Costs Raised By OPA
The OPA boosted prices on tires building materials eye glass lenses toilet tissue paper towels and lead products to meet a congressional deadline. Tires rose 24 percent and cotton bed spreads table linens and hosiery saw 5 20 percent hikes while other items including handkerchiefs blankets rope and tobacco seed bed covers increased with undisclosed levels. The measure also set tighter decontrol petitions requiring proof of supply and demand balance and allowed distributors to use their March 31 markups.
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Washington
OPA
Easinane
East Central
South Central
California
New Jersey
Ohio-Michigan
Wherry
Three Guilty Of Battery In Arizona Case
A superior court jury found Jewell W. Stephens Sr and his two sons Leon and Jewell Jr guilty of simple battery for beating Michael B. Hodges of the Arizona Industrial Commission on July 4. Sentencing is set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. The trial, before Judge John D. Lyons Jr., followed testimony and arguments over two days.
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Jewell W. Stephens
Leon and
Jewell, Jr
Michael B. Hodges
Arizona Industrial Commission
John D. Lyons, Jr
Lyons
Hodges
Stephens
Oolin Dodd
Leon
Ramon Y. Machado
Fred Depper
Arturo Torrez
William J.ee
George L. Randall
Irving . Louis Araneta, Jr
John Brady
van Humphries
Harbert Fricker
Peter M. Pelion
Dyed M. Lopes
Truman Budget Slash Assailed by Lawmakers
President Truman faces a party rift as four senior Democrats denounce a 300 million cut in flood control and rivers and harbors funding for 1947. They call for a protest meeting in New Orleans on Sept 20 and invite Republicans to join.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
New Orleans
Senate
McKellar
D-Tenn
Overton
D-La
Senate Commerce Committee
Mansfield
D-Tex
House Rivers and Herbors Committee
Whittington
House Flood Control Committee
Rumor Claims Resignation Rumors Hit Tucson Housing Panel
Rumors swirl that M. L. Tophey may resign as housing authority chairman while Tucson veterans press a recall of Mayor H O Jaastad over housing management. W S Nicholas and other officials have submitted resignations or letters, and a mass petition drive is planned at Armory Park to oust Jaastad.
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Tucson
H. O.jaastad
M. L. Tophoy
Housing Authority
Jaastad
Tophoy
Ft. Lewis
Wash
W. T.pyott
Tophey
Authority
Veterans’ Groups
American Legion
VFW
Amvets
DAV
American Veteranscommittee
P. M. Elias
Neal B. Waugh J
E. H. Sisterson
United Veterans Organization
Jerry A. Gump
Armory Park
Fessenden
N. D
Hte
George White Sentenced After Hit Run Fatality
George White, 52, producer of a girl show noted for scandals, was sentenced in San Diego to one year in a county industrial road camp and fined 600 dollars for a July 20 hit and run that killed a newlywed couple. Judge Joe L. Shell criticized his failure to tell the truth and denied probation. White was given 48 hours to arrange his affairs before beginning his term.
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San Diego
Calif
George White
Here
Joe L. Shell
White
Zellars Named Senior Instructor for Arizona National Guard
Washington August 23 Col John T Zellars has been assigned as senior instructor for the national guard in Arizona. The assignment is part of a list covering 23 states Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia issued by Gen Jacob L Devers Army ground forces commander.
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Washington
John T. Zellars
National Guard
Arizona
States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces Commmander
Union Leader To Be Speaker Here At Labor Day Event
The 1946 Labor Day program omits the parade and hosts an open air meeting in Armory park with N son H. Cruikshank of the AFL as principal speaker. A pre-event banquet for unions is planned at 7:30 p m in the Santa Rita dining room. Cruikshank has held key labor roles since 1931, including director of social insurance activities for the AFL since 1944.
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Armory Park
Son H. Cruikshank
American Federation of Labor
H. O. Payton
Culinary Workers’ Union
Cruikshank
Brooklyn Federation of Churches
Yale University
New Haven
War Manpower Commission
New Faces Seek Help Of Leaders In Tucson Racket Probe
In Tucson new faces seen around the Grace ranch linked to Peter Licavoli, ex Detroit gangster. Police say many have prior records and are watching hoodlums who may buy local businesses. Chief Hays states criminals use fronts to operate legally and warns against liquor-license evasion.
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Grace Ranch
Tucson
Peter Licavoli
Detroit
Toledo
Don J. Hays
Grace _ ramch
Lan Eomenae
Frank Eyman
Detective Bureau
Hays
Licavoli
Refugee Ship Sails Secretly For Cyprus
In Haifa, the British troopship Empire Heywood departed secretly at dawn with 700 Jewish refugees bound for Cyprus. Troops and police stayed on alert as a coded warning reportedly from the Hagana warned of an attempted attack and said the captain did not obtain sailing papers.
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Jerusalem
Empire Heywood
Cyprus
Haifa
Hagana
Heywood
Legion 9 Due Home Sunday
The Tucson Legion baseball team returns home at 4 40 p m Sunday on train 43 after an 8 7 sectional loss to Cincinnati in Lafayette Indiana last night They previously won the State tournament at Tucson and the regional at Colorado Springs Colorado The locals beat Davenport 60 in a sectional contest but lost twice to Cincinnati
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Tucson Legion
Cincinnati
Lafayette
Ind
Joe R. Hanson
Morgan McDermott Post
Colorado Springs
Colo
Davenport
Yugoslavia Responds to U S Ultimatum at UN
At the United Nations Yugoslavia’s reaction to the American ultimatum eased council tensions and spared the body a larger clash. Brazilian delegate Pedro Leno Velloso denounced Russia and its satellites for Nazi Fascist tactics, urging Tito to meet Washington’s terms while noting the Yugoslav authorities’ actions to release the downed plane crew.
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New York
Security Council
Yugoslavia
Council
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
Pedro Leno Velloso
Tito
Marshal Tito
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Velloso
Six candidates seek Democratic sheriff nomination in Maricopa race
In Phoenix the Maricopa county Democratic central committee prepares for tomorrow’s decisive meeting to select a sheriff nominee from six candidates. Incumbent Cal Boies and Gordon Smith are seen as the front runners amid last minute campaigning and committee maneuvering.
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Phoenix
U.P
Maricopa County
Democratic Central Committee
Cal Boies
Phoenix City
Gordon Smith
Boies
Ernest Roach
Boses
Roach
Ray E. Busey
Smith
Busey
Everett Bowman
Carl Lane
Otis L. Goddard
George Frye
Central Committee
Yugoslav Radio Declines U.S. Ultimatum on Yugoslavia
Belgrade radio reports the Yugoslav government refuses to acknowledge the American ultimatum, claiming its contents are irrelevant. In Belgrade the U.S. ambassador inspected the crash site near Bled from August 19 and found no survivors aboard the second Army transport.
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London
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Bled
U S airs ultimatum on Yugoslavia over airmen release
Undersecretary Dean Acheson declines to confirm whether the 48 hour ultimatum to Yugoslavia is satisfied or if the case will be taken to the United Nations Security Council. He notes a full report is required, while reports from Belgrade confirm nine airmen were released from a crashed American plane.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Marshal Tito
Department
Belgrade
United Nations’ Security Council
Harold Shantz
Hohenthal
Theodore Hohenthal
Zagreb
Fourth Army
Morgan
Bisbee Committee Seeks Federal Court for Bisbee
The Bisbee improvement committee announces a drive to secure a federal court in Bisbee, citing Tucson as too inconvenient. Chairman Robert Fergus says citizens should write Senator Ernest W. McFarland to push for a Bisbee federal court due to travel, climate, and housing issues in Tucson.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Bisbee Improvement Committee
Tucson
Robert Fergus
Ernest W. McFarland
Yugoslav Row Signals Wider U.S. Soviet Struggle
Analysis argues Yugoslavia incident reflects broader Cold War fault lines. Tito acts as Russia proxy with no break, Britain moves to nationalize Ruler industry, Western powers shift to a stance of no more concessions while U S planes face attacks.
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United Nations Council
Russia
Red Army
Rispute
Yugoslavia Charges U S Holds Danube Boats
Yugoslavia accuses the United States of illegally holding six passenger vessels and 165 other Danube craft in upper Danube reaches in its occupation zones. Belgrade asks Trygve Lie to raise the protest at the UN Security Council.
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William Boyle
London
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Moscow Radio
Belgrade
Tass
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Thsun
Security Council
Tito
Danube
U. S
Austria
Germany
Balkan
Hungary
Peace Parley Advances on Italian Treaty Preamble
Paris August 23 The peace conference adopted the first paragraph of the Italian treaty preamble naming signatories excluding Norway after Yugoslav edits It marked a milestone in the Italian political and territorial committee with Sen Tom Connally making his first appearance in the American delegation Progress on the second paragraph stalled over word choices such as declared unleashed undertook and provoked a state of war The conference faces a large wave of amendments and a Ukrainian charge that Greece seeks territory from Albania raising Balkan tensions
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Paris
Albania
Norway
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Netherlands
Andrei Vishinsky
Germany
Japan
France
China
Australia
Canada
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Mussolini
Greece
Dimitri Manuilsky
Balkans
Europe
Choir Cancels Coast Tour Due to Polio Concerns
Eduardo Caso, director, announced the boys choir tour of West Coast cities is canceled amid polio worries in California after consulting health authorities. Caso plans to travel to California Monday to arrange a shortened December tour of about ten days.
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California
Boys’ Choir
Eduardo Caso
Case
India to announce interim government tomorrow
New Delhi August 23. An interim government aimed at steering India toward independence after nearly two centuries of British rule is expected to be proclaimed tomorrow. Viceroy Lord Wavell will broadcast at 8 30 p.m. local time.
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New Delhi
India
Lord Wavell
Interzone Travel Arranged For Germans
Berlin Aug 23 The American military government announced ratification of an agreement with the British to permit free travel for Germans between their zones beginning at once.
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Berlin
Mass Replacement of Ukraine Communist Leaders Reported
Moscow reports a Kremlin Politburo member says Ukraine’s Communist leadership is being replaced for poor selection of personnel. Khrushchev cites 38 percent of regional secretaries replaced and 64 percent of executive presidents changed in 18 months, with many appointed without proper examination or records review.
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Moscow
Ukraine
N. S. Khruschev
Russia
Ukrainian Communist Party
Kiev
Khruschev
Pravda
Soviet Union
Voroshilovgrad
Kharkov
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
Chicago defeats Boston 3 to 1 while New York at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at St Louis play at night Brooklyn beats Cincinnati 2 to 1 in the National League American League games listed as night or later in the schedule with results not finalized.
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Boston
New York-Pittsburgh
Philadelphia-St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
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South Sixth Avenue
Dean Wardlow
Sheriff's
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Pima County Hospital
Legion
By Charles A. Grumich
Boies-Smith
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Acheson
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Bisbee Committee
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Vladimir Velebit
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