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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1946
Page
8
Hopi Reservation Ariz Aug 26 band of Hopi Indians danced around a camp fire awaiting rain. Hundreds of spectators witnessed the annual snake dance with snakes clamped between teeth amid drums and ritual chants.
In Chuckawalla Arizona on August 26 Paramount Pictures moved into Cottonwood to shoot Desert Town street scenes. The town renamed landmarks including Purple Sage Bar replacing Rusty’s Roundup and Chuckawalla Emporium replacing Cottonwood drug, with other firms undergoing changes.
A full scale Navy inquiry was ordered after three Navy planes during a weekend training mission mistakenly bombed the private yacht Albatross on Lake Erie. Seven fishermen escaped injury as the 38 foot cruiser caught fire from a practice bomb near the water line. owner Albert Reisig of Toledo suffered minor burns.
Delegates in Maricopa County elected Cal Boies incumbent sheriff as the party’s nominee for the November 5 election after a day-long meeting marked by heated debate. The roll call allocated 315 votes to Boies, with Gordon Smith receiving 60 and George Fryne 50 amid a split caucus.
Carl Laney a WWII veteran who had been defeated by Roach in the primary remains in contention as Smith moves for unanimous selection of Boles. The convention faced a near riot before Boies clinched a majority on the first ballot, with recess motions floated but ultimately unnecessary due to Boies rising in strength.
Beauford H. Jester won the Texas gubernatorial nomination in a decisive runoff over Homer P. Rainey. Jester led with about 683,605 votes to 355,888 as returns rolled in from most counties. Allan Shivers led in lieutenant governor race, with 561,582 to 438,008 for Boyce House.
A three judge federal panel upheld Georgia’s county unit vote method for Democratic primaries and refused to void Eugene Talmadge’s nomination for a fourth term as governor. The suit by an Emory professor and a civic leader was dismissed, with the court noting an interlocutory injunction denial. The opinion linked unit votes to the Electoral College, noting presidents have been elected without a majority of the popular vote.
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