Fox to separate film production from theater ownership
Fred McSpadden of the Fox Tucson theater says the 20th Century Fox ruling will mostly affect eastern markets where film companies control theaters. He notes local contracts with major studios remain and sale of theaters would still keep ownership under the same stockholders. Attorney General McGrath says the consent judgment ends the decade-long antitrust action and mirrors terms with RKO Paramount and Warner Brothers separating production from exhibition.
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20Th Century- Fox Film Corp
Fred McSpadden
Fox-Tucson
20Th Century- Fox
MGM
Universal
Warner Brothers
McSpadden
Fox West Coast
Washington
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
20Th Century-Fox
RKO
Paramount
Government halves car output in third quarter order
The National Production Authority ordered passenger auto production limited to 1.2 million for July through September, a 37 percent cut from the prior year. It ties metal allocations for steel copper and aluminum to a companys industry percentage, with a formula based on January 1950 usage to determine total metal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oe Vers
VME
National Production Authority
NPA
He Likes Parades But Not Majorettes
Long Beach California story reports 9 year old David R. Nove injured after a marching band baton mishap. Doctors stitched his scalp after the baton soared and fell during a parade practice. The article notes his future affection for parades despite a dim view of majorettes.
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Long Beach
Calif
David R. Nove
Dave
Co-op Receives First Colorado River Power Delivery
The Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative reports its first Colorado River power delivery at midnight June 1 via Bureau of Reclamation lines. Initial 1,500 kilowatts of a 4,000 kilowatt target reduce the need to buy power from Arizona Edison. The system serves nearly 3,000 customers with a peak load around 6,300 kilowatts and new transmission lines spreading to Cochise county and Duncan. Arizona Industrial School for Boys at Ft. Grant listed among future line customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Operative
Arizona Edison
Douglas
Cochise
Graham County
Graham County Cooperative
Duncan
Bennett
Arizona Industrial School For Boys
Ft. Grant
American Students Win Paris Junkets
Four American university students gain a free trip to Paris to see the city’s 2000th birthday celebrations this summer. Basil Guy of Yale and Ellen Wise of Wellesley are chosen by a panel of ten including civic and academic leaders. Runners-up receive secondary prizes: M. W. Wallace of Oregon and Miss Weiss of Vassar.
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Paris
Basil Guy
Yale University
Ellen Wise
Wellesley College
Alliance Francaise
French Chamber of Commerce
M. W. Wallace
University of Oregon
Miss Weiss
Vassar College
Milk based cream aids burn victims in Norfolk
Fire victims of the Thomas Tracy and Valcour collision recovered fully after three months using zinax a new milk based burn treatment. Developed with hydrolyzed milk in a jelly base applied to zinc impregnated gauze zinax forms a protective coating that seals burns and keeps fluids in place while blocking bacteria.
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Norfolk, Va
Valcour
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Tracy
Zinax
P. E. Spangler
USN
Raymond M. Curtis
Baltimore
Portsmouth Hospital
Naval Shipyards
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Just Luck In Front Of Parochial Schoolyard Incident
In Olympia Washington on June 2 a truck loaded with logs rolled downhill after brakes failed. The driver Harold Arnold and his partner Ben Lack escaped with minor injuries as the vehicle plowed into St Michael's parochial schoolyard where children would have played that day but were released early for summer vacation.
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Olympia
Wash
St. Michael's
Harold Arnold
Ben Lack
Camel Humps Stump Pilots
In Korea reports claim air force and navy pilots spotted camels near Hungnam and Pyongyang, counting two humps on each animal and debunking skeptics. Ground troops deny sightings while airmen cite multiple sightings of camels hauling artillery and near Red convoys, fueling playful banter about pet camels.
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Korea
Air Force
Navy
Hungnam
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Reds
North Africa
Asia
Norman Burhner
Des Moines
Iowa
Pyongyang
Fortune Teller Arrested Here
Mrs. Diana Fisher a transient fortune teller from Los Angeles and Philadelphia was arrested on a complaint by two southside housewives. The women said the gypsy tried to enter their homes and forced Mrs Robles to pay $2 for advice. Fisher bonded for trial set for June 5 in city court.
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Diana Fisher
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Angela Barios
W. 20Th St
Rudy G. Robles
W. 19Th St
Barios
Chinese Reds Protest Nationalists Seats at UPU Meeting
San Francisco June 2 Communist China lodged an official protest over Nationalist China’s seating at the Universal Postal Union meeting May 21 in St Gall Switzerland. The protest was filed with the union by Su Yu Ning director general of the Peiping postal administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Universal Postal Union
St. Gall
Switzerland
Peiping
Associated Press
Su Yu-Ning
Tyrone Balks At Role And Draws Suspension
Hollywood June 2 20th Century Fox suspends actor Tyrone Power for resisting costume roles and seeking modernization. He balked at Lydia Bailey citing four of his last five films were in costume. First Fox suspension in 15 years.
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Hollywood
Tyrone Power
20Th Century-Fox Studios
Power
Kenneth Robert
Lydia Bailey
Fox Studios
El Siglo Apartments Sold to FHA in Foreclosure
The 99 unit El Siglo complex, built by Oshrin Building & Development Co after World War II and completed in 1948, was sold into foreclosure receivership. The federal housing administration paid $675,000, while Michigan's retirement fund had invested $719,113.59, recording a loss of $44,113.59. The Michigan retirement system originally held a $670,380 mortgage and foreclosed when financial trouble struck. The deed was filed in the county recorder's office.
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el Siglo
Federal Housing Administration
County Recorder’s
State of Michigan Retirement Fund
FHA
Michigan
Oshrin Building & Development Co
Favor Costs $10 In Court
Davis Monthan airman James A. Lewis was fined $10 in city court after police identified him as the driver in a speeding car by sight. He admitted lending his license to William F. Rowland who had no license and faced a charge of false use of a driver's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Lewis
Davis-Monthan
Harvey Howell
Lewis
Howell
West Speedway
North 11Th Avenue
James Lewises
William F. Rowland
Nancy McKale Benefit Play Draws City Support
Sunnyside school auditorium hosted a benefit play for Nancy McKale, a 12 year old injured in a May 7 accident on Nogales highway. Rob ert Q Bushnell 70 confessed he dozed at the wheel and the St John s Methodist church men s group produced Two Days To Marry to aid Nancy s parents. Gate receipts reached 145 with advances pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Nancy McKale
Municipal Airport
Nogales Highway
Nancy
William McKale
Randall Blvd
Robert Q. Bushnell
St. John’s Methodist Church
Cc. J. Nichols
Steno Exams Scheduled in Tucson for City Jobs
The city of Tucson will hold an open competitive examination for stenographer clerks on June 16. Twenty applicants have joined the register, and all will take the test to form a waiting list of certified stenographers. Civil service head Albert Hesselberg notes a tightening labor pool as defense industries increase demand. He also cites a recommendation to abolish the residency requirement due to the labor shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Albert Hesselberg
Civil Service Commission
Hesselberg
Defense Industries
Coffee purchase leads to later armed robbery in San Francisco
A young man entered Phillip Ortega's grocery and asked for coffee. He returned 45 minutes later with a .32 caliber automatic and robbed Ortega of $80 and a pound of coffee, after initially declining to buy at 92 cents.
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San Francisco
Phillip Ortega
Ortega
Korean War Veteran Rescued From Jump by Police
A 35 year old Korean War veteran Lt Thomas W Grant of New York City attempted to jump from a 10th floor hotel window in Washington on leave. Two Washington policemen and Army Pvt Maurice W McClanahan and Pvt Frank M Manthos kept him from leaping for over an hour and talked him down. Grant was hospitalized at Walter Reed for severe combat reaction after the rescue.
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Washington
GBA
Ington
Maurice W. McCla
Thomas W. Grant
New York City
Grant
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Washington Ovey
McClanahan
Frank M. Manthos
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Charlie Ruggles
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