Patrolman Fired On Looting Charge
A state highway patrolman admitted taking four cartons of cigarets from a burning market and was dismissed. Leonard McCulloch said he acted to prevent loss. Witnesses and insurer officials corroborated looting charges as the market building sustained heavy damage.
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Leonard McCulloch
Farmers Market
South Sixth Avenue
A. G. Walker
Phoenix
Highway Patrol
David Woon
Woon
Duke Kotsonaros
Blade Beverage Co
Frank A. German
First Ave
Walker
Desert search for missing Blythe bride skull near Salome
Police will scour a desert pit near Salome, Arizona, for human remains to match a skull believed to belong to Mary Cullen, missing Blythe bride. The Riverside case links her husband Rav Cullen to the disappearance and possible murder. a chemist has tentatively identified the skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaes
Rav Cullen
Rav Seeley
Riverside Sheriffs Office
Cullen
Bover
Vion
Homcide
Riverside County
Calif
Vivian
Hughes develops twin jet helicopter for heavy lift XH-17
Industrialist Howard Hughes is developing a large twin jet helicopter called the XH-17 described as a flying crane. The craft is designed to settle over cargo, straddle the load, and haul it short distances using two J-35 engines and 140 foot blades, with Air Force details not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes Friday
Air Force
Hughes Air
Chambers admits perjury in Hiss case testimony
Whittaker Chambers acknowledged under cross examination that he lied to a federal grand jury about espionage knowledge and later admitted perjury in a 1937 Works Progress Administration oath. The admission came as the Hiss perjury trial moved toward adjournment with Judge Kaufmann presiding.
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New York
W Whittaker
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
Stryker
Samuel H. Kaufmann
Whittaker Chambers
Softehicken
Priscilla
Reliability Defense
Works Progress Administration
Columbia University
Banking Leader Giannini Dies at 79 in California
Amadeo Peter Giannini founder of Bank of America dies at his Hillsborough home at 79 after a four week illness. He built the world’s largest bank and declined bonuses from his own companies, leaving survivors son L. M. Giannini and daughter Claire Giannini Hoffman.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Amadeo Peter Giannini
Tucson
Giannini
L. M. Giannini
Bank of America
Claire Giannini Hoffman
L. M
Claire
Transamerica Corp
San Jose
Genoa
Italy
Amadeo
Lorenzo Scatena
A. P
Scatena- Giannini Commission
San Francisco
Transamerica
Girls State Third Party Enters Governor Race
Third party candidate Priscilla Bonham of Bisbee wins write in support for governor at Girls State. Nationalists and Federalists field strong contenders. key races include secretary of state treasurer and attorney general with candidates from Phoenix Wickenburg and Jerome. County races feature Sheriff in Carr County with Tombstone and Yuma contenders as campaigning broadens.
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Priscilla Bonham
Bisbee
Katherine Pruetz
Phoenix
Suzanne Laws
E. Miltenberg
Tucson
University of Arizona
Washington, D D. C
Girls’ Nation
Carole Freeman
Irene Ortega
Wickenburg
Nejdia Hernandez
Ann Kelly
Prince Road
Barbara Stamper
Claypool
Billie Jean Fain
Jerome
Dorothy Nichols
Winslow
Audrey Peart
Casa Grande
Carol Ann Porter
Kingman
Doris McBee
Ash Fork
Barbara O'Neil
Yuma
Four Power Ministers Seek Berlin Peace Pact
Paris reports say the Big Four ministers push a small Berlin peace treaty based on Dean Acheson’s plan. Four power control of Berlin and city wide elections for an all Berlin council are key points with talks hinting at currency unification and Berlin access guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
West
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kommandatura
Acheson
Germany
Vishinsky
East
Road Building Planned In Tucson Region Budget
Arizona highway department 1949-50 budget to Gov. Garvey includes a $3,200,000 Tucson Nogales highway program plus $700,000 more for a Tucson freeway. Total major projects for Santa Cruz, Pima, Cochise and Pinal counties reach $3,963,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Tucson-Nogales
Arizona Highway Department
Dan E. Garvey
Tucson
Santa Cruz
Pima
Cochise
Pinal
Louis Escalada
Nogales
Picacho
Pinal County
Ajo
Hold Hearings On Car Thefts In Arizona Mexico Ring
David Mitchell Bowie 31 alleged leader of an international car theft ring that handled 200 or more cars in Arizona and California over two years was to appear Friday in U S district court in Tucson before Judge Dave W Ling. The ring used falsified papers changed motor numbers repainted bodies and stashed cars at Nogales Sonora. Police FBI and Mexican authorities co-operated in the break up with 41 cars recovered and 13 identified as ring property. one recovered car belonged to Louise Fernandez Rivera found murdered in 1948.
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Ace Bushnell
David Mitchell Bowie
Arizona
California
U. S. District Court
Dave W. Ling
Phoenix
Howard C. Speakman
Tucson
Bowie
Agua Prieta
Mexico
FBI
Douglas
W. A. Murphy
FBI Bureau
Nogales
Sonora
Murphy
Tucson Police
Mexican Federal Judicial Police
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Phoenix Police
Nogales Police
U. S. Customs and Immigration Bureau
Santa Cruz County
Louise Fernandez Rivera
Brewery Gulch Cafe
Bisbee
Rivera
Antonio T. Pacheco
Tony Rodriguez
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Senate approves postmaster nominations in Arizona
In Arizona the Senate approved several postmaster nominations including Lee N. Clayton Bull Head City Allan Baker Clifton Warren Judd Fredonia Mandy Looney Ganado Ernest Hulet Laveen Ralph Spotts Oracle Lloyd Basteen Safford Wallace Bryce Sedona and Edith Barnhill Window Rock. Meanwhile in Fresno California police seized 15 slot machines from the American Legion post 4 canteen and arrested Commander Thomas J. Bruno 37 on gambling device charges.
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Washington
Senate
Arizona
Lee N. Clayton
Bullhead City
Allan Baker
Clifton
Warren D. Judd
Fredonia
Mandy M. Looney
Ganado
Ernest
Hulet
Holbrook
Ralph
Spotts
Laveen
Lloyd K. Basteen
Oracle
Wallace FE. Bryce
Safford
Frankie F. Tanner
Sedona
Edith E. Barnhill
Window Rock
Fresno
Calif
American Legion
Thomas J. Bruno
Milo Popovich
Bruno
Gambling Urge Subject Of Cure For 47 Year Old Grandmother
A Los Angeles woman Lula Belle Stimson, 47, described a compulsive urge to gamble that nearly ruined her life. Doctors say glutamic acid may help, as she undergoes treatment in a jail hospital after cashing bad checks and losing thousands. Her husband and children await recovery as experts note potential brain damage underlying the impulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Bell Stimson
Los Angeles
Lula Belle Stimson
Gardena
Calif
Fred Miller
Albert Marinacci
Marcus Crahan
Miller
Stimson
Crahan
Marinacci
James L. Stimson
Grahan
Suit seeks removal of union head as trustee in Cleveland case
A common pleas court suit seeks to oust Alvanley Johnston, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, as a trustee of the union's assessment mor tuary fund. The filing also seeks to block trustees of the fund from canceling a $5,900,000 mortgage on the Standard and Engineers buildings in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Union
Common Pleas Court
Standard and Engineers
Spot non ferrous metals prices reported Friday
Copper 16.625 cents per pound in Connecticut valley with major mine operators quoted 185 to 235 cents. Lead 12 cents per pound in New York. Zinc 10.75 cents per pound in East St. Louis. Foreign silver 71.5 cents per ounce in New York.
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New York
Connecticut Valley
East St. Louis
Federal aid approved for Arizona school districts
The federal works agency notified Representatives John R. Murdock and Harold A. Patten that $40,831 has been granted to Arizona school districts. The bulletin appears on page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Works Agency
John R. Murdock
Harold A. Patten
D-Ariz
Symington requests hearing on B36 procurement charges
Air Force Secretary Symington asks Congress for an immediate hearing to answer Rep Van Zandt in Battle over B36 program irregularities. He denies ties to Floyd Odlum and says reports are lies. He rejects claims about Defense Johnson and Forrestal and explains Palm Springs visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Symington
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co
Odlum
van Zandt
James Forrestal
Defense
Louis Johnson
Consolidated
Johnson
Forrestal
Palm Springs
Califranch
California
Lucas Favors Labor Change in Taft Hartley Debate
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois said he supports some amendments to Truman administration’s bill to repeal Taft Hartley, signaling possible compromise. He declined to detail specifics as Democrats convene for labor talks ahead of Monday’s debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
CIO
AFL
Congress
Jobless Pay Staff Rushes Claims at Bisbee
Officials from Tucson and Phoenix aid Bisbee in handling unemployment compensation claims after mine layoffs. Florence Kelly of the Arizona state employment service says local staff work overtime as Alvin Rust and Bob Garcia assist with the process.
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Bisbee
Tucson
Phoenix
Florence Kelly
Arizona State Employment Service
Alvin Rust
The
Unemployment Commission
Bob Garcia
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University of Arizona Humanities
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Howard Hughes
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Brooklyn
Staley
Wolks
Baker
Hatten
Minner
Edwards
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Erautt
Fanovich
Gumper
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Roberts
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Simmons
Lopata
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