Editorial Ax Sparks City Hall Wage Debate
City hall workers discuss an Arizona Daily Star editorial accusing them of threats over the utility deal. Opinions vary from defense of civil service rights to charges of intimidation while the mayor and council face pressure to seek wage adjustments and regain respect. Henry A. Dalton urges renewed leadership to restore confidence in Tucson’s utility governance.
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Arizona Daily Star
Citizens’ Utility Committee
O'Dowd
J. J. O'Dowd
Star
Citizen
Henry O. Jaastad
Tax Commission
Henry A. Dalton
Janstad
City Hall
City of
Tucson
Armory
Chief Accident Investigators Still Undecided
The Arizona state corporation commission said its probe into the Santa Fe Chief wreck near Maine on July 3 found cause of the accident not definitively determined. It noted no basis for blaming officials or employees, though the ICC and the commission linked excessive speed to the derailment.
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Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Santa Fe
Maine
Ariz
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Corporation Commission
William Petersen
Commission
University of Arizona to host 1944 45 artist lecture series
University of Arizona will present ten programs in the 1944 45 artist lecture series in the auditorium from Oct 26 1944 to Apr 19 1945. Guests include Blanche Thebom Dorothy Crawford Lotte Lehman Mario Berini Efrem Zimbalist Alexander Kipnis Joseph Shevinne and Louis Fischer with Thomas Mann headlining the 1945 start. Tickets available to students with registration fees and to the public as season or single admissions. single tickets limited.
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Arthur O. Anderson
Fine
University of Arizona
Blanche Thebom
Dorothy Crawford
Lotte Lehman
Mario Berini
Mann
Thomas Mann
National Operatic Quartet
Metropolitan
Gilbert Russell
Winnifred Heidt
Polyna Stoska
Jess Walters
Efrem Zimbalist
Alexander Kipnis
Joseph Shevinne
Louis Fischer
13 Year Old Drowns in Phoenix Pool
McKin ley Fields, 13, son of Mr and Mrs David Fields of Scottsdale, drowned in a resort hotel pool near Phoenix yesterday. Constable Al Frederick said the boy could not swim.
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Phoenix
McKinley Fields
David Fields
Scottsdale
al Frederick
Engine accident hearing casts doubt on speed cause
Petersen questioned the agency findings after a Winslow hearing. He noted the engine stayed on track for hundreds of feet past the curve, suggesting excessive speed may not be the sole cause. Conflicting testimony from officials and witnesses at Flagstaff Bellmont and Maine stations also raised questions about timing and speed.
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Petersen
Winslow
Flagstaff
Bellomont
Maine
Three Tuccsonians Set For Stateside Leaves This Month
A Tucson trio and other veterans are due to arrive in the United States soon after overseas service. First Lt. Louie R. Rogers logged 20 months with the coast artillery in the American theater, Pfc. Francisco Alcantar 25 months with the infantry in the Asiatic Pacific, and Pvt. Antonio C. Diaz 25 months with the infantry in the American theater. Navy Lt. William L. Sparks, famed for the Empire Express run, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for wartime service. Foster field class 44-1 members near completion of training at an RAF advanced pilot school. William B. Allin awaits final action as a second lieutenant. Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Hale, B-24 waist gunner, recently completed his 50th mission over Axis territory. Hale, a Tucson High graduate, arrived in Italy last April and helped bomb oil refineries, ports, rail yards, and air fields across Germany, Romania, France, Yugoslavia, and northern Italy.
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United States
Tucson
Arizona
Louie R. Rogers
John Rogers
South Fifth Avenue
Coast Artillery Corps
Francisco Alcantar
Josefa de Miranda
Infantry Division
Navy
William L. Sparks
Aleutian
North Pacific
Japanese
Kuriles
Foster Field
RAF Training Command
Robert M. Hale
M. M. Hale
Italy
Hale
Germany
Romania
France
Yugoslavia
Tucson High
Apples Join Ceiling Price List For Week
Weekly Tucson area retail ceiling prices issued by OPA. Apples: two pounds for 23 cents. Lettuce: 14 cent head price. 14 ounce or larger heads. Cabbage 11 cents per two pounds. carrots 8 to 9 cents per bunch. Cucumbers 11 cents per pound. onions White 3 pounds for 21 cents, Yellow 3 pounds for 15 cents. peas 21 cents per pound. Potatoes price change noted.
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Tucson
OPA
Concord
California
J. H. Hale
Hothouse
Notable 1942 Graduate Served in Army Air Corps
A member of the football and track teams and a 1942 graduate enlisted in February 1943. He was employed prior to service by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.
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Army Air Corps
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Wounded Sailor Recalls Nurse Holding His Hand
From Lansford Pennsylvania on August 30 a soldier wounded in the South Pacific wrote home that a local neighbor and schoolmate, Nurse Florence Williams, held his hand as he woke in a hospital bed.
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Lansford
Michele J. Vitek
South Pacific
Florence Williams
Sweet potatoes added to list at 27 cents per two pounds
Ceiling prices for potatoes effective tomorrow set by group stores: sweet potatoes at 27 cents per two pounds, five pound lots of U S No 1 Burbank Bakers 27 cents, U S Commercial Burbank and U S No 1 Red Triumph 27 cents, U S No 1 Russets and U S No 2 Russets 25 cents, U S Commercial White Rose 24 cents. Prices apply to Group 1 and II stores with other items priced per MPR No 423 and no higher charges by large independents or chains.
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U. S. No
Burbank Bakers
U. S. Commercial
Burbank
U. S
Red Triumph
MPR
Five Chinese Officers Executed for Corruption in Changsha Loss
Five officers of the Chinese 4th army were executed on charges of corruption and profiteering in the surrender of Changsha. Gen. Hsueh Yueh ordered the executions after Gen. Chang Tem Seng, blamed for the loss of Changsha to the Japanese, had already been executed.
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Chungking
U.P
Changhea
Tungtink Lake
Hunan
Hsueh Yueh
Chang Tem- Seng
4Th Army
Changsha
Goby Fish Can Drown If Kept Underwater Too Long
The goby f ish cannot survive prolonged submersion and will drown if kept under water for extended periods. It is capable of moving about on dry land when out of water.
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Mar
Grabe
East Congress St
Nu-Enamel
Mede
Pvt
Antonio C. Diaz
Julian Diaz
William B. Allin
Thomas E. Allin
North
First Avenue
Speedway
Seventh Street
Chum
Civil Service
Arizona College OF Commerce
E. Congress St
Stone Avenue
Daniel
Tak
Mitro BP
Jewelers
Congress Street
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