Vets confident atomic fliers to over housing be trained
Veterans urge swift settlement of Tucson housing row after closed door talks. Officials consider resignations and staff changes while FPHA investigators press for reforms amid tenant and maintenance concerns. Col. Catton says Tucson chosen as atomic training site with Roswell and Fort Worth.
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War Veterans
W. T. Pyott
Tucson Housing Authority
United Veterans’ Organization
American Legion
VFW
DAV
Am *Vets
AVC
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Hous
UVO
Post
Conf
Mgr
Phil J. Martin, Jr
H. O. Jaastad
M. L. Tophey
THA
Ott
Tophoy
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Tucson
Jack J. Catton
Bikini Atoll
58Th Air Wing
Davis-Monthan Field
Col. Catton
Roswell
N. M
Ft. Worth
Tex
Truman
Davis-Monthan
Air Corps
Bikini
Air Force
Nevada
China
Legionnaires
Moran Guilty In Robbery Case Tied To Prohibition Era
George Moran known as Bugs, rival of Al Capone, was found guilty in Dayton Ohio of robbing a tavern. He and two associates Virgil Summers and Al Fouts were convicted after an 11 day trial. Moran claimed a quiet Henderson Kentucky oilman life and offered alibis.
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Dayton, O
Bugs
Moran
al Capone
Chicago
Kentucky
Ohio State
Henderson
John Karpe
al Fouts
Dayton
Virgil
Doc) Summers
Miracle Man
Capone-Torrio
Dion Bannion
Capone
Toriio
O’bannion
Tucson Gas Electric Declares 50 Cents Dividend
The Tucson Gas Electric Light Power Co. declares a quarterly dividend of 0.50 per share on 147000 shares, totaling 73500 dollars. Payment is Sept. 16 to holders of record Sept. 6, per J. R. Snider president.
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Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tucson
Snider
Black Pepper Rising After OPA Price Elimination
Black pepper advances to 60 cents a pound in the New York open market after the OPA ceiling of 15 cents per pound was removed. White pepper traded at 65 cents. Brokers say supplies moved from free zone ports. pepper imported from Singapore and Lampong.
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New York
OPA
Christopher Clark
John Clarke & Co
United States
Singapore
Lampong
Army Seeks Live Bombs Dropped From Shooting Star
Ground teams at Williams Field hunt three live bombs from a Shooting Star that malfunctioned in flight. Two 250 pound bombs fell south of Sentinel in a gunnery range already marked with danger signs. The third landed in the Sierra Estrella mountains southwest of Phoenix. None exploded and all were on safety.
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Williams Field
Williamsfield
Sentinel
Sierra Estrella Mountains
Phoenix
Baseball Scores in Major Leagues Prompt Night Action
Detroit 7 New York 4 after 10 innings in the American League game. Chicago visits Philadelphia overnight as does St Louis at Washington. In the National League New York lost 1 to Chicago 2.
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Detroit
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Pacific Sailors Vote Strike Amid Coast Ship Tie Up
AFL Sailor's Union of the Pacific members vote to strike effective Sept 4. In San Francisco 1800 cast a unanimous ballot for Aug 28 30. Similar meetings report planned action in Seattle Portland and other ports. Leader Harry Lundberg says expected 95 percent support. Wages recently raised by $27.50 monthly, $10 above CIO ocean unions.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
AFL
Sailor’s Union of the Pacific
SUP
Wilmington
Sailors’ Union
Seattle
Portland
San Pedro
Coos Bay
New York
Honolulu
Harry Lundberg
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Committee For Maritime Unity
CIO
WAC Captain Bates Pledge on Hesse jewel theft
Frankfort dispatch reports WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant testified in a military court about the $1.5 million Hesse crown jewels stolen from Kronberg castle and smuggled to the United States. She named Col. Jack Durant Maj. David Watson and Sgt. Roy Carlton as participants and described how the jewels were hidden buried and divided.
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Frankfurt
Germany
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Hesse
Kronberg
United States
Chicago
Col
Jack Durant
Maj
David A. Watson
Sgt
Roy C. Carlton
Carlton
Col. Durant
Maj. Watson
America
Durant
Watson
Railcar control measures aimed at easing impending shortage
Reconversion Director John R. Steelman announced emergency actions to avert a fall freight car shortage. The plan directs diverting freight to ships, speeding repairs for 80,000 old cars and 40,000 new ones, and speeding foreign orders while reviewing costs for shippers shifting to water transport.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Office of Defense Transportation
War Shipping Administration
Maritime Commission
CPA
Civilian Production Administration
State Department
U S To Guard Voting Greeks Plea for Calm Issued
The United States reportedly ordered a detachment of warships to Greek ports to deter possible violence around the plebiscite on abolishing the monarchy. Ships include carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and cruisers Fargo and Little Rock, with several destroyers, now in the Mediterranean. 70 informal observation teams were to monitor election irregularities in Greece.
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Washington
UPR
United States
State Department
Navy Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fargo
Little Rock
Warrington
Noa
New
Cone
Mediterranean
Department
Greece
Erranean
Lisbon
Naples
Malta
Navy
Yalta
Britain
France
Soviet Envoy Seeks Passport Visa to Leave Greece
Athens reports acting foreign minister Stephen Stephanopoulos said Admiral Konstantin Rodionov, Russian ambassador to Greece, requested a passport visa to depart Greece after lodging a formal protest over anti Soviet articles and bans on Soviet films in Greek districts.
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Athens
Stephanos Stephanopoulos
Adm. K
India forms provisional government under Nehru
The article notes the birth of a provisional Indian government under Jawaharlal Nehru, aiming to unite British India and gain Moslem league participation. It discusses two main sections of India, the Hindu majority, and the Moslem demand for equal cabinet representation, with Lord Wavell appointing Nehru as head to move forward.
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Jawaharalal Nehru
India
Egypt
B. C
Clive
Plassy
England
New Delhi
British India
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Eat It While You Can Packers Say
Lumber production in June reached 3.154 billion board feet, up 2.6 percent from May and 15.3 percent year over year. Softwoods produced 2.293 billion and hardwood 861.055 million. Nevada and California showed the largest monthly gains at 21 percent. June output rose 12.4 percent from May in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Nevada
California
South Dakota
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Building Wage Rates Increase
Washington reports rising wage rates in the building industry as organized labor pushes for higher pay amid rising prices. The wage adjustment board approves scattered increases, mostly 25 cents an hour, while backlogs and strict standards keep the overall policy in check to prevent runaway costs.
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Washington
Wage Adjustment Board
UA Recorder Dies Of Injury
Miss Retta Knickerbocker a 6 year University of Arizona recorder in the registrar's office died in Salida Colorado after an automobile crash Saturday while visiting relatives. Born in Fisher Illinois she lived at 1221 North Highland Avenue Tucson. Surviving are two brothers in Washington DC and Washington state and a sister in Longmont Colorado. No funeral plans were announced.
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Retta Knickerbocker
University of Arizona Employe
Salida
Colo
Miss Knickerbocker
Colorado
Tucson
Fisher
Ill
Tri-State Normal
Cattle Surges Spark Prices as OPA Ceilings Loom
Chicago reports the largest cattle run since 1925 with 183000 cattle at 20 markets totaling 153000 in Chicago. Prices fell sharply though two loads of prime cattle topped 30 per hundredweight while hogs slid to recent lows. The meat industry warned of shortages this winter if markets stay overwhelmed.
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Chicago
OPA
Norman Draper
American Meat Institute
Agricultural Department
Start of all-out reprisal attack reaches Chanteh
Peiping reports Communist headquarters announce an all-out reprisal against Chanteh Jehol capital as Nationalists mass seven armies in southern and eastern Jehol. The spokesman says Nationalists aim to seize Chengteh under Chiang Kai-shek plan for a China wide civil war.
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Peiping
Chanteh
Jehol
China
Yenan
Kalgan
Chengteh
Tatung
Hsin Min Pao
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pingchuan
Byrnes Bevin Plan Prompted Paris Peace Conference Talks
Secretary of State James Byrnes and British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin agreed last Saturday to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers council on Thursday to accelerate the stalled Paris peace conference work, according to American sources in Paris.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministers Council
Bandits Rob West Oakland Bank for Cash Heist
Three gunmen armed with army pistols robbed the Bank of America in West Oakland California. They entered after 11 a m and gathered currency and coins from tellers and customers before fleeing through downtown streets. The attackers were described as Negro and wore hats over their faces. One man pinned a customer at bay and another guarded the door.
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Oakland
Calif
West Oakland
Bank of America Today
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Bay of Naples
Dewitt MacKenzie
UA Recorder
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Robert Eunson
J. A. Beasley
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Political and Economic Commission
Australia
V. M. Molotov
Commission
Molotov
Soviet Union
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Vishinsky
Col. W. R. Hodgson
Europe
Lief Egeland
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