Don Bacon Ex Badger star dies in California car crash
Don Bacon former Tucson high school baseball star and Pomona College student died in a Pomona hospital after a car crash on the Brea Canyon highway near Pomona. His college friend also died and Bacon would have turned 18 next February. He was the son of Donald and (Mrs.) Bacon, 3801 East Calle Barcelona, and graduated from Tucson High in May.
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Don
Lefty) Bacon
Tucson High School
Pomona
Calif
Donald Bacon
East Calle
Barcelona
Pomona College
Whittier
Whittier College
Brea Canyon
California
Geoffrey L. Ayres
Chino
Stanton Welch
Welch
William Borah Kuhl
Costa Mesa
Kuhl
Vivian Horbath
Newport Beach
Evelyn May Hunt
Tucson
King
Don Bacon
Secrets Too Public To Learn Of Spy Papers Release
House investigators will publish the first batch of government papers stolen by a Communist spy ring some bearing top secret labels. Twelve documents will be released at 5 p.m. Tucson time with more promised later. The committee may cite Alger Hiss and Donald Hiss next week as witnesses.
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Washington
House
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Russia
Tucson
UN American Activities Committee
Chambers
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Alger
Donald Hiss
Hiss Brothers
Henry Julian Wadleigh
William Ward Pigman
National Bureau of Standards
Alger Hiss
Maryland
Emilio Landeros Sought Santa Letter Bus Rescue
Emilio Landeros in first grade at St Henry's sketched a letter to Santa and tried riding a city bus. He grabbed a bus ticket from a friend and disappeared before teachers and family could stop him. His dog Spotty waited in the yard as mourners gathered at his return.
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Santa
Manuel Landeros
San Antonio
Tex
Emlio Landeros
Santa Claus
Emilio
St. Henry’s School
Courts In Detroit Suspend Wage Garnishments Evictions
Detroit courts announced on Saturday that no wages will be garnisheed and no family evictions will be ordered between Monday and January 3 in observance of Christmas and the New Year.
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Detroit
Badgers Announce 1949 Grid Schedule for Tucson
Tucson high school reveals a ten game football schedule for 1949 under athletics coordinator Rollin T. Gridley. Games include Amphi at Tucson Sept 23 and Yuma at there Nov 25, with sites tentative for several dates.
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Tucson
Rollin T. Gridley
Amphi
Bisbee
North Phoenix
Mesa
St. Mary’s
Douglas
Phoenix Union
Glendale
Prescott
Yuma
Drivers Union Talks Are Set
Negotiations between the Tucson Rapid Transit Bus Co. and its 65 drivers resume at 2 pm next Friday with a national rep to arrive. Drivers seek 15 cents more per hour, starting wage 90 cents, plus 15 cent raise after 18 months. They also push for a lunch hour, a retirement plan, and a nine hour 35 minute day or eight hour day with pay integrity.
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Tucson Rapid Transit Bus Co
Harry T. Matthewson
Matthewson
National
Russians Admit Berlin Squeeze
Berlin reports that Soviet occupied Saxony officials say four key industries have fallen short of quotas due to West German raw materials technician shortages and transport limits. The economy in the eastern zone warns firms against Western contracts as six Saxony textile executives face death for breaking the Russian trade ban.
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Saxony
Germany
Berlin
Economic Commission
Eastern
The
Zone Economic Commission
Suit Over Building D M Field Finished
A U S district court in Phoenix awarded 22162.64 on a performance bond for work at the Davis Monthan airfield in Tucson. Basich Brothers Construction Co. of California and Hartford Accident Indemnity Co. collected against the Glenn Falls Indemnity Co. for nonperformance by subcontractors.
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Phoenix
U. S
Davis- Monthan
Tucson
Basich Brothers Construction Co
California
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co
Glenn Falls
N.Y
UN Assembly in Last Hours Seeks Weak Plan for Palestine
Western powers urged the United Nations General Assembly in Paris to back a watered down Anglo American plan for a new conciliation commission to resolve Arab Jewish strife. John Foster Dulles and others warned action is needed or risk greater violence as the session nears dawn.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Palestine
United States
Great Britain
France
Canada
China
John Foster Dulles
Hector McNeil
Robert Schuman
Lester Pearson
Assembly
Middle East
Pearson
Holy Land
Vincent Auriol
New York
Korea
United Nations
Berlin Airlift Plane Crash Kills 24th Worker
Frankfurter dispatch reports a U S C 54 navy air lift plane returning from Berlin crashed in foggy Taunus near Bad Homburg killing one crew member and injuring four others including a U S air force hostess Diana Day of San Francisco who survived. The incident raises the death toll among airlift crews to 24 with 17 Americans and seven Britons among the casualties.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Bad Homburg
Taunus Mountains
Diana Day
San Francisco
U. S
Britain
Forgotten State Amendment Vanishes From Nov 2 Ballot
Secretary of State Curtis M. Williams said a constitutional amendment pruning salaries and attaches for the legislature was accidentally left off the November ballot. The error arose from misread titles and insufficient help, noticed by State Sen. Dan Angius.
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Curtis M. Williams
Williams
Senate
House
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Dan Angius
Cochise County
Truman Seeks War Controls Plan To Speed Emergency Powers
President Truman plans to ask the new Congress to enact a broad emergency control program for war. The proposal includes wage and price controls, allocation of scarce materials, excess profits taxes, and production guarantees. John R. Steelman named to succeed Arthur M. Hill as acting chairman to oversee the move. Kenneth D. Johnson notes WWII powers can be revived on standby.
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Washington
U.pr
Truman
Congress
National Security Resources Board
Arthur M. Hill
White House
John R. Steelman
Hill
Kenneth D. Johnson
the Resources Board
Johnson
Fire damages Alianza Club in West Congress district
Firefighters in smoke masks battled a blaze at the Alianza Hispano American building on West Congress Street early Saturday. Damage confined mainly to the clubroom and bar with extensive electrical and water damage. cause undetermined though smoking debris is suspected.
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Alianza- Hispano American
West Congress Street
West Side
Headquarters Company
Central Station
Fraternal Society
C. B. Sedillo
Alianza
National Lodge
J. S. Sievert
John Campillo
Local tax clash at parley over county budget
At the Pioneer hotel a public discussion of county tax matters saw Sam W. Seaney and William R. Mathews clash over who misquoted figures and who invited tax chief Spear to Tucson. The dispute touched hospital funding and a $12.06 tax rate compared to 1932 levels as a survey prompted by the Arizona Tax Research association was debated.
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Pioneer Hotel
Arizona Tax Research Association
Pima County
Association
Sam W. Seaney
Lucsos Merchants Association
William R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
Seaney
Mathews
Steve A. Spear
Tucson
Spear
E. T. Houston
Arizona
Arizona Tax Research
Sam
Irun
Tax Association
Phoenix
Group Forms To Check Taxes In Pima County
A new Pima county advisory council to study tax matters was formed after a Friday night Arizona Tax Research association meeting at the Pioneer hotel. Jan 5 1949 was set as the first meeting date. The 14 members include John S. King Bertha Sanford Miller L T Jackson Randolph Jenks Grover J Duff K Louise Fitzpatrick Leo B Keith Malcolm Middleton E D Norton Julia W Smith Stewart Patterson J W Hardie S W Seaney G P Serrano N E Naumann W S Hostetter and Dr Ludwig Lindberg.
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Pima County
Pima County Advisory Council
Tucson
John S. King
Bertha Sanford Miller
L. T. Jackson
Randolph Jenks
Grover J. Duff
K. Louise Fitzpatrick
Leo B. Keith
Malcolm Middleton
E. D. Norton
Julia W. Smith
Stewart
Jeep Falls On Driver Shatters Hip
Charles Drower of Phoenix suffered a shattered right hip when his jeep skidded 50 feet along a concrete bridge railing on highway 80 then toppled onto him. He was treated at Florence hospital Friday for his injuries.
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Florence
Wup
Charles Drower
Phoenix
Florence Hospital
Nationalist Troops Drive Five Miles In Suhsien Push
Chinese Nationalist forces on the northern shoulder of the Suhsien area report a five mile breakthrough through Communist lines as Tu Yu Ming and Chang Yu Chin lead three army groups from Suchow toward the Kangcheng Suhsien corridor. Linkup with southern troops expected soon in Nanking. Chiang Kai Shek extends martial law nationwide except Tibet Formosa Sinkiang Tsinghai Si Kang and Taiwan. Local magistrates empowered as military judges and to raise armed forces while curfews may be imposed.
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Nanking
U.P
Suhsien
Chang Yu-Chin
Pengpu
Tu Yu-Ming
Suchow
Kangcheng
National Defense
Ho Ying-Chin
Executive Yuan
Chang Kang
Henan
Mengcheng
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Tsinghai
Sikang
Sinkiang
Tibet
Formosa
Truman Hears Plea For China
Mme Chiang Kai shek met with President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall in Washington to press for aid to Chiang Kai shek's Nationalist forces. Officials offered no clear assurances as Communist advances intensify and confidence in Chiang wanes.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Marshall
China
Blair House
White House
Eben Ayres
Mme. Chiang
Chiang Kaishek
Robert Quillen Dies End of Press Career in South Carolina
Robert Quillen, 61, longtime columnist whose work appeared in more than 300 newspapers in the United States and Canada, died at a Hendersonville nursing home. A Syracuse native, he began as a tramp printer, bought the Fountain Inn Tribune, and chose small town Fountain Inn for its friendliness over big city pay.
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Fountain Inn
S. C
Robert Quillen
United States
Canada
Hendersonville
N. C
Syracuse
Kansas Prairie
Quillen
Fountain Inn Tribune
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Justice Department
Badgers
UN Assembly
R. H. Shackford
Alianza Club
By Bob Brooks
Henry Boice
Tax Research Association
Boice
Research Association
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