Lumber controls stir black market tales across nation
A South state lumber dealers executive recounts a nationwide bootlegging pattern in building materials driven by government controls. He cites inflated prices, bypassed channels, and profits from cross-country trades involving corn hay peaches beans and grapefruit as itinerant traders move goods well above ceilings.
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South
Texas
New Orleans
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
St. Louis
Treasury Department
OPA
Father General Dies In Crash Near Alameed Texas
Father General Peter Thomas Siolo 56 of Rome heads the Carmelite brotherhood and dies in a head on collision on Route 66 near Alameed Texas. Also killed were Father Joseph V. Cantarella of Oklahoma City and Cono Marino of New York. Father John Batista of Rome is seriously hurt, and several others including Rev. Antonio Marino and his family are injured.
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Amarillo
Tex
Peter Thomas Siolo
Rome
Italy
International Carmelite Brotherhood of
Roman Catholic Church
Alameed
Joseph V. Cantarella
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Cono Marino
New York
Shamrock
John Batista
Siolo
Antonio Marino
Mt. Vernon
Russell
Services Planned in Kansas for War Veteran Frank A. Duffield
The Arizona Mortuary sent the body of WWI veteran Frank A. Duffield 49 to Kansas City Kansas for funeral and burial. He had been in town only briefly. Survivors include five brothers Robert Springhill Luther Wellsville Guy Ocheltree Lewis Theodore Kansas City and two sisters Letha Alatha and Virginia Duffield Ossawatomie.
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Arizona
Frank A. Duffield
Kansas City
Kas
Mr. Duffield
Robert
Springhill
Luther
Wellsville
Guy
Ocheltree
Lewis and
Theodore
Letha Duffield
Alatha
Sawmill closes over regional black market pressure
The speaker cites ongoing black market pressure affecting lumber regions, noting mills across several states are forced to shut down. He recalls a trusted mill that operated forty years but ceased operations, calling the situation a "rotten" mess that should be exposed.
Marmion Organizes Arizona Merchants Patrol
Ralph Marmion, formerly a Tucson police patrolman, has organized the Arizona Merchants' police patrol. He says service has begun on the southwest side and in the downtown business districts.
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Ralph Marmion
Tucson
Arizona Merchants
Marmion
Vet Captures Congress Seat in Mississippi Runoff
In Jackson Mississippi John Bell Williams a 27 year old one armed war veteran won the seventh district Democratic runoff defeating 61 year old Dan R McGehee Williams led with 18 987 votes to 13 556 with 263 of 316 precincts reporting Williams had been Hinds county prosecuting attorney since his 1944 discharge after loss of his arm in a South American crash that killed four crew members The CIO PAC Negro vote issue was cited by Williams as a smoke screen for McGehee’s waning career
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Cio-Pac
John Bell ‘Williams
Dan R. McGehee
Williams
McGehee
South America
Africa
Theodore G. Bilbo
Hinds County
Flagstaff Street Job Bids Due on Sept 11
The Arizona highway department invites bids for street improvements on Railroad avenue in Flagstaff between Sitgreaves and Verde streets. The project widens about one half mile of pavement and should be finished by December 15, 1946. It is a nonfederal aid job not affected by federal aid suspensions.
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Phoenix
State Highway Department
Flagstaff
Railroad Avenue
Sitgreaves
Verde
Seven Army One Navy Recruitments Listed
Seven enlistments were reported today from local recruiting offices. Dean Dumas Baird of Benson joined the Navy. Army enlistees include Arturo V. Martinez Albert B. Whipple Manuel P. Lopez and Albert D. Fontes all from Nogales. From Tucson are Tony J. Moreno Charles E. Skein and Edward V. Robles.
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Army
Navy
Dean Dumas Baird
Benson
Arturo V. Martinez
Albert B. Whipple
Manuel P. Lopez
Albert D. Fontes
Nogales
Tucson
Tony J. Moreno
Charles E. Skein
Edward V. Robles
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Washington
United States
CPA
Seattle
Miami
Florida
Portland
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Auto Supply Co. F
Stone Ave
Father General
Kansas
Ace
Prince’s
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Philadelphia
Crown Prince of
Japan
U.S. State Department
Vet
Congress
Wea Vee
Mae Adda
Ann
Jesse M. Chase
America
West
South Sixth Avenue
Leo L. Carrillo, Jr
Mgr
Lady Home Owners
Richard J. McPartland
Beverly Hills, Calif
Flagstaff Street
Arizona Steel Buildings Supply CO
No. 4Th Ave
Great Lakes Steel Corp
New Yorkk Stock Exchange
Geo
San Diego
Southern Arizona
Southern Arizona Bank
East Pennington Street
Outhern Arizona Bank
Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insu
Ance Corporation
Chinaa
Artisan
E. Congress St
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