WAC Captain Goes On Trial In Kronberg Jewel Theft
In Frankfurt a U.S. Army prosecution opens against 43 year old WAC Captain Kathleen B. Durant Durant is accused in a million and a half dollar Hesse crown jewel theft from Kronberg castle. Evidence includes a voluntary statement and a lead box of gems reportedly buried in the castle basement.
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Frankfurt
Kronberg Castle
United States Army
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
the Phoenix
Ariz
House of Hesse
Capt. Durant
Harold H. Chase
Saliia
Hesse Foundation
August Wilhelm
Prussia
Sophia
Greece
Chase
Heinrich Lange
Wolfgang
Countess von Hessen
Kronberg
CIO Reaches Pact With Bethlehem in Great Lakes Strike
DETROIT August 23 0 Curran head of NMU announces agreement with Bethlehem Transportation Corp the second of 17 companies to settle during a nine day seamen's walkout on the Great Lakes The pact mirrors the Standard Oil Chicago agreement providing a 48 hour week and adjusted overtime rates with Bethlehem paying 1 10 to 1 20 per hour and five cents less for overtime due to tanker duties
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Detroit
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Bethlehem Transportation Corporation
NMU
Great Lakes
Curran
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago
Bethlehem
Dan- EY
State spends 26 million in last fiscal year and reports taxes
Arizona State Auditor report shows total expenditures of 26,367,569.32 with 30,738,087.52 in tax revenue for the year ending June 30. Education and social welfare led spending while fuel and sales taxes provided major revenue. the tax rate was reduced to 32 cents for 1946.
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Phoenix
Ann Froh‘miller
State Highway Department
Boulder Dam
State
President Truman Plans Bermuda Fishing Trip
President Truman will take a fishing excursion from the cruiser Williamsburg near Bermuda as part of his vacation routine. He has not fished since a failing Puget Sound outing and will target red snapper with guidance from RFC chief George E. Allen. Local waters offer wahoo, sharks, rock fish, bonita and barracuda.
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Charles G. Ross
Williamsburg
Puget Sound
George E. Allen
RFC
Naval Station
Ted Marks
James H. Foskett
Irvine Glennie
West Indies
Ross
Attlee
Bidault
France
Exchange Telegraph
Paris
Truman
Muriel Rich
Bridgeport, Conn
Manchuria War Expands as Communists Press
Widespread fighting erupts northeast of Mukden as Communist troops reach Sungari River bridgeheads and clash with Nationalist forces near Hailung. Peace talks continue in Nanking between Gen. Chou En-Lai and Premier T. V. Soong.
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Walter Logan Nanking
China
Manchuria
Mukden
Nanking
Hsin Min Pao S
Sungari
Hailung
Chou En-Lai
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Harbin
Henan
Chen Cheng
Lunghai
Chushenchen
Kaifeng
Shantung Province
Chen
Tsin
Tsingtao
Peiping
Cheng Tung-Kuo
Jehol
Communist “Peoples
Kiangsu
Shansi
Lunghai Railway
Communist New China News Agency
Hsinhsien
Eighth Route Army
Three Youths In Tucson Area Enlisted In Navy
Three more men were reported to have enlisted in the V-6 Navy reserve by Cmdr. W. J. Macy. They are James Eugene Grade from Red Rock as chief gunner's mate, James Thomas Cox of 1020 South Euclid as seaman 10, and Jesus Montano Lizardi of 141 South Sixth avenue as motor machinist mate 3C.
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Cmdr
W. J. Macy
James Eugene Grade
Gunnner
Red Rock
Ariz
James Thomas Cox
Euclid
Jesus Montano Lizardi
Sixth Avenue
Foghorn Know-It-All Probes Satirical Question For State
The piece cites health and ordnance officials and a satirical commentator. It claims 50 of 250 tuberculosis deaths in Pima County in 1945 were Arizona born while 200 occurred elsewhere. It notes four bombs in Tucson and Pima County in 1945, killing cattle and damaging land, with only one bomb made in Arizona.
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Foghorn
Jack Maszoras
Pima County
Arizona
Tucson
Foghorn Knowit-all
Know-it-all
Ordnance Department
Kingdom Come
Weather records show Tucson 37 of 54 wet days
In the office of E. P. Norwood and the local weather bureau, precipitation has occurred on 37 of 54 days through July and August. August recorded rain on 15 days and July on 22 days, marking the middle of the annual wet season.
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Tucson
E. P. Norwood
U .S. Weather Bureau
McKenzie Named Supervisor of Gila National Forest
Claude W. McKenzie assistant chief of operation for the southwest region of the U S forest service was appointed supervisor of Gila national forest on Wednesday succeeding Leonard R Lessel who previously led the forest unit.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Claude W. McKenzie
U. S. Forest Service
Gila National Forest
Leonard R. Lessel
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Hamilton
Bermuda
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Moore’s Bookkeeping Service
Fourth Ave
New York
Consolidated-Vultee Modification Center
War Assets Administration
P. O
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McKinney Ave
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Daily” Citizen
Kaibab Naional Forest
Philip V.woodhead
Fred W. Johnson
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Santa Rita Hotel
E. B’way
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Gamonds
North Side
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Penmiagton Street
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Congress Street
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