Pima Supervisors Weigh Special Levy to Delay Budget
A Tucson group urged the Pima County Board of Supervisors to seek state tax commission permission to spend surplus funds to keep departments running into the new fiscal year. County officials warned against potential personal liability and urged budget relief instead, while debate focused on legality and emergency precedent.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
Tucson
Fields of Endeavor
Superior Courtroom No. 1
J. Homer Boyd
Bryce Wilson
Tax Commission
Wilson
State Supreme Court
Gerald Jones
Connor & Jones
Jones
Boyd
Pima County
Goodell
William C. Bell
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Co
Tucson Merchants Association
U S Halts Aid To Netherlands East Indies Over Indonesia Clash
The United States suspended all Marshall plan aid to the Netherlands East Indies pending hostilities settlement with the Indonesian republic. The move follows prior cuts and UN reports accusing the Dutch of violating the truce, while the Dutch deny arming forces.
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Washington
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Republic of Indonesia
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Netherlands
State Department
D. Soemitro
Lovett
Eelco van Kleffens
Netherlands Far
East Indies
Indonesia
China
Paris
United Nations
Renville
Republic
Security Council
Australia
Jan Herman van Royen
Council
Musso
Hope For Bus Pact Rejected Arbitration Likely
John M. Elliott, international VP of the Amalgamated Association, said no settlement is possible between Tucson Rapid Transit Bus Co and drivers. Officials refused to arbitrate the existing dispute or accept a third party as chair. Arbitration was proposed with mayor or governor selecting a third neutral, but both sides rejected. The contract expired in October and a new proposal was not accepted.
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Tucson Rapid Transit Bus Co
John M. Elliott
Elliott
Focal Union
Elliot
Union
Lawrence V. Robertson
Lawmakers Outline Blueprint for Economic Overhaul
Washington lawmakers practice a framework for potential policy reform as a Senate House subcommittee closes an extended probe into current profits and their sources. Senator Flanders says industrial profits meet demand, yet warns big corporations cannot expand forever without social and economic changes. The probe ties to wage talks and government finances.
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Washington
Congress
Senate-House
Tesday
Sen. Flanders
R-Vt
Flanders
Plea Made For Killer Of Mate In German Trial
Defense lawyer pleaded self defense for Mrs Wilma Ybarbo accused of killing her US Army husband Sgt John Ybarbo in Marburg Germany The 23 year old Malden Mass mother faced new charges as the first American woman tried for murder in occupied Germany The case moves to the U S military government court after prosecution rests and Gaines described brutal years of abuse and threats by the husband
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Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
Marburg
Germany
U. S
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
Stanley H. Gaines
Brookline
Ybarbo
Geliad
Mal
Duggan Death Still Mystery Deepens In NY probe
Laurence Duggan's death in Manhattan draws police inquiry into suicide accident or foul play. Rep Mundt raises possibility of espionage link. Sumner Welles backs a thorough police probe and states Duggan would not have killed himself. FBI said interview was routine while officials defend Duggan's 14 year service.
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New York
Laurence Duggan
State Department
Manhattan
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
House
UN American Activities Committee
Sumner Welles
New Yorks
William O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
Welles
Duggan
Mundt
Tno
Whittaker
Chambers
FBI
Institute of International Education
Christmas Sales In Tucson Reported Ahead Of Last Year
Department stores in Tucson report sales ahead of last year with toy demand unusually strong. Managers note shoppers are selective with many buying high value items while some show reluctance at three figure prices. Population growth and more stores boost overall sales.
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Tucson
Tuscon
Santa
McGrath Sees New Labor Act To End Taft-Hartley
Democratic Chairman J Howard McGrath predicted a single package labor bill will pass Congress. It would repeal Taft Hartley restore the Wagner Act and revise it as outlined by President Truman. McGrath said repeal is essential and the party platform and campaign demanded it.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Congress
President Truman
McGrath
Truman
Rhode Island
Chiang approves cabinet after dim peace prospects
Nanking reports Chiang Kai-shek sanctioned a Sun Fo led cabinet aimed at an honorable peace. But northern Communist armies press toward the Yangtze as Nationalist forces retreat southward. Observers doubt a peace with the Reds while Chiang remains in charge of the government.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Yangtze
Chiang
Sun Fo
Sun
Peiping
Tientsin
Winter Rain Delays Christmas Shopping in Tucson
The first day of winter brought persistent drizzle to Tucson with rain continuing past noon. By Wednesday midday 0.12 inch had fallen, totaling 0.17 inch for December, while forecasts called for more showers and cooler temperatures. Mount Lemmon saw intermittent snow and rain with hopeful lodge manager Hurst Amyx awaiting renewed snow before Christmas.
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Tucson
Douglas
Weather Bureau
Mt. Lemmon
Hurst Amyx
Amyx
Architects Of Jap Aggression Die In Night
Tokyo reports Hideki Tojo and six top conspirators hanged at Sugamo prison for starting the Pacific war and crimes against humanity. Doihara Hirota Itagaki Kimura Matsui Muto were executed. Tojo self attempted suicide earlier but survived. The Far East tribunal had 11 nations and pronounced Japan a nation of aggressors.
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Tokyo
U.P
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Sugamo
Tojo
Pacific
MacArthur
Public Information Office
Kenji Doihara
Lawrence
Manchuria
Koki Hirota
Seishiro Itagaki
Dutch East Indies
Heitaro Kimura
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
Manila
Self
Doihara
Tiger
China
Hirota
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Muto
War Office
Sumatra
14Th Area Army
Philippines
Far East
Yosuke Matsuoka
Osami Nagano
Pearl Harbor
Shumei Okawa
United States
Australia
Canada
France
India
United Kingdom
Netherlands
New Appeal To Supreme Court Comes Too Late To Save Seven
Washington reports the Supreme Court was asked to rehear its ruling denying authority over the Tokyo based international military tribunal that convicted 25 Japanese war leaders. Kansas City attorney John G. Brannon filed the petition for Kenji Doihaka and others, as seven of the seven war lords were reported hanged in Tokyo.
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Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
John G. Brannon
Kansas City
High Court
United States
Court
Brannon
Sider
International Tribunal
Kenji Doihaka
Koichi Kido
Takasumi Oka
Kenryo Sato
Shigetaro Shaimada
Shigenori Togo
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By Bob Brooks
Fred C. Goodell
Recreation Fund
Java
UN Good Offices Commission
Batavia
Donald Doane
Duggan Death
N. Y
The
Labor Department
Deal
Black Dragon Society
Allied Tribunal Found
East
Southeast Asia
Axis
Malaya
Gen. Kimura
Burma
Itagaki
Singapore
Matsui
New Asia Society
New Zealand
Russia
Sir William Webb
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S. Department of Justice
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