Wilson Heads War Effort
New York December 15 Charles E Wilson will lead industrial mobilization for wartime production. The 64 year old former General Electric president will oversee defense production activities across federal departments and the national production authority as he ends his post at GE.
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New York
Charles E. Wilson
United States
General Electric Co
Roosevelt
War Production Board
United Nations
White House
Wilson
Washington
GE Presden
Defense
National Production Authority
Commerce Department
Defense Aes Administration
Defense Petroleum Administration
Interior Department
Auto Crash Blocks Subway in Southbound Route
George M Hale 17 of 1311 E 10th St drove into the concrete dividing wall of a subway tunnel causing southbound blockage. The Model A Ford stalled in the south lane while TRT bus and traffic waited for a wrecker. Passenger Thomas Witkowski 17 of 221 N Melrose Ave suffered chipped front teeth. Hale cited for faulty brakes.
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George M. Hale
E. 10Th St
Hale
Thomas Wit
Children's Board Seeks $775,000 Budget and Construction
The Arizona children's colony board announced a 1951-52 operating budget of 225,000 and a separate request for 500,000 to build housing for personnel a maintenance shop a storeroom roads and sidewalks. The board met at Randolph campus and inspected six cottage style homes for mentally retarded children along with other current projects.
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Phoenix
U.P
Arizona Children’s Colony Board
Arizona
New Colony
Randolph
Underground Helping Reds Blamed for North Korea Murders
In Hungnam North Korea on December 15, the Underground is blamed for the murder of 12 pro American civilians found shot in the back and frozen in trenches within the Seventh U.S. Division defense area. Witnesses saw Korean men in GI clothing leading victims to a rear area. UN troops report threats and reduced labor pools as cooperation with Americans wanes.
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Hungnam
Northeast Korea
Red Underground
North Korea
U. S. Division
Esca
United Nations
Bank Debits Remain High In Tucson Clearing Week
For the week ending Wednesday the Tucson Clearing House Association reports bank debits 29.5 percent higher than the same week in 1949 with a $4,031,809 increase. Six banks posted $17,710,834 in debits, vs $13,679,025 the prior year. clearing house total reached $17,763,926, up from $13,706,687 a year ago and $3,034,689 ten years earlier.
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Old Pueblo
Pardons Board Chief Questions State Department Merger
Walter Hoffman chairman of the pardons and paroles board questions a proposed consolidation of health welfare and correction into one department. He argues he already handles three roles including director and secretary and questions the merger’s efficiency and inclusion of the criminal identification bureau. A legislative panel presses Hoffman on his effectiveness and duties. In a separate note, surplus property backlog appears as the federal program lists items ignored in the Willcox bombing range nearby.
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Walter Hoffman
Pardons and Paroles Board
Hoffman
Atty. Gen
Fred O. Wilson
Superiary Public Instructions
Special Legislative Interim Committee
Wilson
Brooks
Capitol
Criminal Identification Bureau
Clayton Caywood
Burrough to Succeed Read as Deputy Commander
The Navy appoints Rear Adm Edmund W Burrough deputy commander of the eastern sea frontier and the Atlantic reserve fleet He will assume New York headquarters in January and relieve retiring Rear Adm Oliver M Read Burrough now on the Navy general board moves into command as Read steps down
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Washington
Navy
Edmund W. Burrough
Eastern Sea Frontier
Burrough
General Board
New York
Oliver M. Read
Art Exhibit Here Sunday by Tucson Artist Beatrice Edgerly
A group of Beatrice Edgerly paintings opens Sunday at Kathal Wales Desert gallery on Tanque Verde road. Edgerly, longtime Ladies Home Journal illustrator, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and produced pen and ink decorative work and oil experiments.
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Beatrice Edgerly
Tucson
Southern Arizona School of Art
Desert Gallery
Kathal Wales
Tanque Verde Road
Miss Edgerly
Ladies Home Journal
McCalls
Christian Herald
Pennysylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Europe
Orient
J. Howard MacPherson
Salt Valley Fall Lettuce Harvest Ends
PHOENIX, Dec. 15. The fall lettuce harvest is virtually over in the Salt river valley as sheds began shutting down yesterday. All but two or three expect to halt operations by tomorrow. A total of 5,900 carloads were shipped from the valley this year, up from 4,850 last year.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Hospitalized After Fall In Club
Manuel Martinez a 55 year old resident of 734 S Osborne ave sustained injuries after slipping and falling at the Latin American club 140 S Main st at 633 pm yesterday He was taken by ambulance to the county hospital where officials said he is partly conscious and his head injury is aggravated by the fall
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Manuel Martinez
S. Osborne Ave
Theodore Anaya
Olero St
Jmereu
Martinez
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Howard Pyle
Finders Keepers
BY Bob Brooks
Tucson Warehouse & Transfer
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14Th Ave
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Penington St
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