Date Set For Second Trial Of James P Converse
The state pursues a second trial for James P Converse after a deadlocked jury could not reach a verdict in the earlier trial. County Attorney J Mercer Johnson announced the plan and set February 11 as the trial date, with evidence showing Converse was intoxicated the night of the fatal shooting of Francisco Romero in the Tanque Verde area.
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Charles Darnell
James P. Converse
John J. Lyons, Jr
J. Mercer Johnson
Converse
Johnson
John van Buskirk
Francisco Romero
Tanque Verde
Ernie's
Sabine Canyon
Romero
van Buskirk
State Tribunal Rules In Cochise Mine Case
Phoenix December 18 The Arizona State Supreme Court reversed in one count and upheld all others in a mining dispute over unpatented mining claims and improvements. Keystone Copper Mining Company sued T C Miller A R Miller and E T Dykes administrator of Mary E Miller estate claiming ownership. both courts previously found Keystone owner of the property.
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Phoenix
Cochise County
Lord Haw Haw Loses Final Appeal From Hanging
London reports that William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw lost his last appeal, with the House of Lords 4 to 1 rejecting his bid claiming American citizenship. He will be hanged for treason for Nazi broadcasts during the war. Joyce was born in the United States, later British-leaning, now no further appeal remains. John Amery, another broadcaster for the enemy, is to be hanged tomorrow after pleading guilty.
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London
William Joyce
Haw Haw
House of Lords
Joyce
Hitler
Germany
United States
Britain
John Amery
Mayor Conferred On Utility In East
Col. Floyd E. Thomas, professor of law, spoke on AMG Italy duties describing Sicily's destruction and depopulation after bombardment. He noted scarce food and aid from America, with bread rations sometimes as low as 100 grams daily as AMG faced complex postwar problems.
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AMG
Italy
Col
Floyd E. Thomas
University of Arizona
Sicily
Coun
Tucson
Thomas
America
Admiral Says Pearl Harbor Defense Best
Senate house inquiry committee learned that Japan intercepted an American broadcast on December 5, 1941, revealing numbers of battleships cruisers and destroyers entering or anchoring at Pearl Harbor. The disclosure came from a Japanese naval officer's statement obtained through Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Tokyo headquarters and presented to the Pearl Harbor committee after Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson testified.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Pear Harbor
Theodores. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Defense of Pearl Harbor Defenses Questioned by Admiral
Vice Admiral Theodore S Wilkinson told the Pearl Harbor committee that the U S fleet would have faced greater danger if attacked outside Pearl Harbor than at the Hawaiian anchorage. He said harbor defenses were the best possible, in response to questions about December 7 1941.
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Washington
Theodore S. Wilkinson
U. S
Pearl Harbor
West
Hawaiian
Naval Intelligence
Congressional
Jaastad Home From Mayors Conference On Tucson Utility Sale
Mayor Jaastad returned from the United States Conference of Mayors to report no clear timing for bids on Tucson Gas Electric Light Power. The citizens utility purchase committee, chaired by Edward VanderVries, weighs secret information from Jaastad as banks and groups prepare to bid after January first. The Federal Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered divestiture by March 24, while bond houses indicate groups are forming, with no definite buyer or city cooperation disclosed.
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Citizens Utility Purchase Committee
Edward VanderVries
Henry 0. Jaastad
New York
Tucson, Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Janstad
Federal Light & Traction Company
Utity
Vander Vries
Council
Tucson
VanderVries
Central Arizona Power Company
Gos
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
New York Utility Company
Middle West
Citizens’ Utility Purchase Committee
Jaastad
United States Conference of Mayors
Army Fliers Hunted After Leaving Plane
Six airmen bailed out of a disabled B 25 bomber in a snowstorm as searchers and the plane’s pilot Second Lt. Roy L West comb the rugged plains of south central Wyoming. West crash landed yesterday two minutes after the last crewman parachuted and then trekked over ten miles to safety.
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Rawlins
Woo
Wyoming
Army Air Forces Technical Service Command
Cheyenne
Wyo
Roy L. West
Union Rejects Ford Offer Of Pay Increase
The Ford Motor Co offered a 15 cent an hour raise but the CIO United Auto Workers rejected it, insisting on a 30 percent boost. Pickets blocked nonstriking General Motors office workers in Flint, Michigan as GM and Ford wage talks continued amid a nationwide strike.
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Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Richard T. Leonard
Ford Division
John S. Bugas
Ford Industrial Relations
Ford
Washington
Oil Workers’ International Union
OIO
Navy
John Collet
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Monopoly Suit Filed By U. S. Over Television
The United States filed an antitrust suit in New York charging Paramount Pictures and four other corporations with a world wide conspiracy to control the manufacture and sale of revolutionary television projection equipment. The government named three individuals and alleged acts delayed a new field of public entertainment and education. The case cites Scophony entities and Television Productions as key players in a planned global monopoly, with patents on supersonic and skiatron systems and a division of the world into two fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Paramount Pictures, Inc
U. S. District
Paramount
Television Productions, Inc
Bretton Woods Loan Clears House of Lords
London December 18 The House of Lords passed the Bretton Woods agreement and the 4.4 billion dollar American loan bill after a brief challenge by the Conservative opposition.
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Bretton Woods
Loan
House of Lords
London
McVay Denies Negligence in Indianapolis Sinking
Capt. Charles B. McVay testified at his court martial that he ordered abandon ship about eight to ten minutes before the cruiser Indianapolis sank after torpedo hits in the Philippine Sea. He said poor visibility and no moon made zig zagging unnecessary and he slept when the explosions occurred, returning to assess damage before ordering evacuation.
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Washington
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Philippines
McVay
Navy
John P. Cady
Truman's Firm Stand Might Ease Chinese Unrest
United Press reports from Chungking indicate fighting between Communists and Central government forces cooled over the weekend. A Nationalist capital meeting of the political consultative council is planned to bridge basic differences. President Truman's China policy and Gen. George C. Marshall's role are cited as catalysts toward possible settlement, with Russia honoring its treaty pledges and aiding Chiang Kai-shek's north China occupation, signaling Communist inclination toward conciliation over force.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
China
Chungking
Political Consultative Council
Truman
United States
George C. Marshall
Patrick Hurley
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mansfield Is Re-Elected As C. Of C. Head
Monte Mansfield was re-elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting held yesterday at the Pioneer hotel. New officers named include Max Klinger as first vice president and Carl Barfield as second vice president. The term runs one year from yesterday. The board also amended by-laws to make the Sunshine Climate club president an associate member of the chamber’s board.
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Monte Mansfield
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Hotel
Max Klinger
Carl Barfield
C. Edgar Goyette
Louis Felix
Russell Spann
Sunshine Climate Club
The
Post Office Sets Record For One Day
Tucson post office reports a new one day receipts record of 7 260 dollars and an 11 percent rise in parcel post and 4 8 percent in letter mail for the first 18 days of December. Postmaster Harold Collins says flu absences are 10 percent, but staffing remains adequate though experienced help is scarce. Authorities expect the Christmas rush to peak and decline thereafter.
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Vultee
Tucson
Harold Collins
Collins
Youths Racing Granted At Sportsmans Park
PHOENIX December 18 The Arizona tax commission acting as a racing body granted a permit to Marion Welborn and Z T Addington for a horse race meet at Sportsmans Park from January 12 to February 10 The commission also granted a permit to William Collier and associates for a dog race meet from January 5 to February 3
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Phoenix
Arizona Tax Commission
Marion Welborn
Z. T. Addington
Sportsman's Park
William Collier and
Stalin Returns to Kremlin as Big Three Seek Atomic Policy
Generalissimo Stalin travels back to Moscow from a nine week vacation, dispelling illness rumors as the Big Three foreign ministers meet in secret to map an atomic bomb policy. Molotov, Byrnes, and Bevin hold talks amid cautious statements, with no news releases expected until progress.
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Moscow
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
James F. Byrnes
United States
Henry Shapiro
U.P
Stalin
Kremlin
Sochi
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Byrnes
Bevin
Molotov
Spasso House
Washington
Bevin-Byrnes
Reader Bullard
Iran
Azerbaijan Autonomous
Dominions
Ronald Campbell
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Troopship Is Turned Back During Storm
The U S heavy cruiser Augusta loaded with homeward bound troops reported damage from North Atlantic seas and turned toward a British port for emergency repairs. The carrier Wasp, battered for 48 hours, also faced trouble and headed for Plymouth. Both ships moved under their own power. port arrival expected tomorrow as Channel waters area paralyzed by a gale with 70 mph winds and mine danger warned.
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London
U. S
Augusta
North Atlantic
Wasp
Atlantic
Britain
Southampton
Portsmouth
Plymouth
English Channel
England
Channel
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Black Sea
Cochise
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Wilkinson
Probers
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Paramount Pictures
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C. of C. Head
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