Road paving proposal blocked by Southern Pacific protest
The Southern Pacific Railroad protested a Broadway and South Park Avenue improvement district delaying the project for 40 days. Attorney James P. Boyle outlined objections including lack of benefit to the railroad and unequal assessments. City engineers defended the plan and a compromise moved paving to equally abut rail and private properties, delaying the project and necessitating redrafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
South Park Avenue
Southern Pacific Railroad
James P. Boyle
East 12Th Street
Park Avenue
Boyle
Glenton Sykes
Monterey
Ponderosa
Henry ©. Jaastad
Dolores Thelma van Horn
Rosalia Encinas
West Third Street
Stone and
Ninth Avenues
West Council
North Church Streets
James Aspell
City Aviation Commission
The
Arizona Airways Inc
Corporation Commission
Tucson
Phoenix
Harrison C. Duff
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Municipal Airport No. 2
Aviation Commission
H. A. Rawlings
East Broadway
Arizona Highway Department
22Nd Street
Draft Of Vets May Be Banned
Senator Edwin C. Johnson urged outlawing the redraft of veterans as part of a draft extension bill debate. He claimed the war department could meet targets with voluntary enlistment and release draftees after 18 months, presenting a manpower balance showing 1,550,000 on July 1 and 1,070,000 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Congress
Johnson
Senate
War Department
Army
WAC
Philippine Scouts
War Crimes Laid To Japs At Trial
Chief Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan laid out a 15 000 word opening at the international tribunal accusing former Premier Hideki Tojo and 27 other Japanese leaders of planning world domination through brutality rape and pillage. He listed six specific charges including assassination rule by ultra nationalists secret pacts with Germany war with the United States to boost sea power and the use of terror to wipe out towns and punish dissenters. Keenan stressed personal liability of officials as a core issue for international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hoberecht
Tokyo
Japan
Joseph B. Keenan
International Crimes Tribunal
Keenan
Hideki Tojo
Asia
Germany
Italy
United States
Hitler
City Council Considers Street Closings For Dormitory Project
City council last night signified plans to close portions of North Vine avenue and Fast Fourth street during construction of a $600,000 University of Arizona dormitory. M. M. Sundt Construction Co. requested the closure as the winning contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vine Avenue
Fast Fourth Street
University of Arizona
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
H. F. Maffeo & Son
Mgr
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Thomas C. Rickel
University of Oregon
Joint Airport Commission
Harry Gruenwald
East Prince Road
Alva Nivens
North Warren Avenue
Arizona Frozen Foods
East Seventeenth Street
South Mountain Avenue
Italian King Trails In Vote For Republic
Italian voters favor a republic over King Humbert II with 5,369,155 votes to 4,004,145 at 6 pm unofficial totals. Christian Democrats lead the constituent assembly race, emerging as the strongest party alongside reported Socialists and Communists tallies from one fourth of votes cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Murray
Rome
U.P
Humbert II
Republic
Christian Democrat Party
Gasperi
Constituent Assembly
Italy
Christian Democrats
Low bid of $101,986 for Highway 80 bridge span
A bid of 101,986.48 dollars submitted by H. L. Royden of Phoenix for construction of a bridge over Canada Del Oro wash on U S highway 80 between Tucson and Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Highway Department
H. L. Royden
Canada del Oro Wash
Tucson
Florence
National school lunch act signed by President Truman
President Truman signed the national school lunch act to fund school meals with federal money and state and local cooperation. The act aims to strengthen the nation through better child nutrition and sets annual appropriations to be determined.
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Washington
Truman
Bevin Assails Soviet System
London June 4 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin warned that the Soviet idea of exporting its system worldwide blocks peace. He urged lifting the eastern European iron curtain, backing a 25 year German security plan, and stressed Russia must join a European settlement for lasting peace. He urged Western unity and UN effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Bevin
Europe
United States
Germany
Russia
Britain
United Nations
Road Plan Moves Forward As Pima Board Urges More Staff
The Pima County Planning Board urged county supervisors to increase staff for County Engineer George T. Grove to begin surveys for widening East Speedway. It also adopted a long range plan and priority list for thoroughfares, suggesting widening on East Speedway from 20 to 40 feet and retaining the 70 foot right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
Tucson
G. T. Alley
J. Homer Boyd
Grove
George Chambers
Robert Parnell
A. W. Voorhees
J. N. Chapman
Ajo
Meat and Bread Shortages Edge Nation, Strikers Clear Streets
Households faced long lines for meat and bread as shortages deepen nationwide. Government moves to boost flour and bread via a lend lease with millers face doubt, while meat production falls 72 percent below normal at ten major packers. In North Dakota, 200 farmers join a marketing strike, pledging to withhold foodstuffs until labor disputes ease. Hospitals and schools in New York risk bread shortages with only ten days of flour remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
OPA
Association of Operative Millers
American Meat Institute
Institute
Rugby
N.D
Oscar Blessum
North Dakota
New York City
Los Angeles
California
Meyer To Head World Bank
Eugene Meyer, publisher and editor of the Washington Post, is named president of the new 9 billion world bank. His career includes service on the federal reserve board and as RFC first chairman, with Hoover appointing him to the Fed board in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
World Bank
Meyer
Post
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Herbert Hoover
RFC
Bretton Woods
International Monetary Stabilization Fund
Camille Gutt
Edison Institute Head Aims to Speed Farm Chores
Grover C. Neff, newly elected president of the Edison Electric Institute, calls to cut farming chores time in half. Born near Milford Indiana in 1886, he urges private utilities and REA cooperatives to collaborate on practical methods beyond the milker to reduce barn work time. He notes research is needed to prove practicality to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
Grover C. Neff
Edison Electric Institute
Milford
Ind
Neff
REA
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Madison
Wis
Forest Fires Add To Dreuth Losses
Forest fires and water shortages spread through Arizona as authorities urge calm and conservation. Fire crews battled the worst blaze in years in the Coconino and Sitgreaves forests while losses mounted at mills near Greer and Winslow. Mayor McGowen urged citizens to skip car washing and lawn watering as pumps run to save crops in the San Carlos valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Williams
Colorado
Coconino National Forest
Sitgreaves National Forest
Holbrook
Forest Service
U. S
E. L. Felton
Mercury
Phoenix
Tucson
Gila Bend
Yuma
Coconino
Sitgreaves
McNary
Mogollon Rim Road
Winslow
E. I. Whiting Company
Greer
C. D. Moore Co
Vernon
New Mexico
Globe
Arizona
Guy V. McGowen
San Carlos Valley
Coolidge Dam
Ground Water Adequate For Arizona Crops This Year
Ground water is adequate for irrigation in Arizona this year despite southern wells going dry. Turner of the U.S. Geological Survey warns long range planning is needed and outlines regional conditions from Eloy to the Salt River valley, noting deep pumping may become uneconomical if crop prices fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
S. F. Turner
U. S. Geological Survey
Turner
Santa Cruz
Tucson
Eloy
O. C. Williams
Coolidge-Casa Grande
Santa Cruz Valley
Turkey Creek
Chiricahua
San Pedro Valley
St. David-Benson
Safford
Duncan-Virden
Gila River
Gila
San Carlos
San Carlos Irrigation District
C. J. Moody
U. S. Indian Service
Baseball scores from major leagues update
National League Pittsburgh edged Brooklyn 4 to 3 in the first game. Chicago defeated New York 3 to 2. American League New York beat Chicago 2 to 1 while Boston won 9 to 4 at St. Louis. Detroit at Philadelphia and Cleveland at Washington listed for night games. Boston and St. Louis scheduled another tilt after.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
France and Italy Faces as Western Europe Redraft Sees Change
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst highlights France's 1951 general election shift away from Communist strength toward center right as pivotal for Europe. Italy's plebiscite on monarchy looms. Post election coalitions form, Georges Bidault and Gen. De Gaulle cited as potential leaders amid a largely socialist French electorate wary of dictatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Europe
France
Turkish Quake Toll Rises With Thousands Feared Dead
Istanbul June 4 The Turkish Red Cross reported the eastern Turkey earthquake may push death figures into the thousands. By noon 1 039 deaths were confirmed as ruins hinder full assessment in two large provinces west and northwest of Lake Van.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Turkish Red Cross
Lake van
Navy Prepares To Run Ships If Maritime Strike Occurs
The Navy orders shore stations to assemble reserve officers and volunteers to meet a possible nationwide CIO ship strike set for June 15. Labor talks at Allis-Chalmers resume after Schwellenbach threat of government seizure, while Petrillo warns radio actors to withhold contracts if anti Petrillo measures pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers Corp
Lewis Schwellenbach
St. Petersburg
Fla
James C. Petrillo
James Forrestal
World Federation of Trade Unions
CIO
W. J. Malone
Marine Firemen’s Union
J. B. Bryan
Pacific Coast Ship Owners’ Association
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles-Hollywood
Pauley Reports Soviet Efforts in Korean Industrial Zone
Edwin Pauley, chief American reparations commissioner, said Russians aim to revive industry in the Soviet occupied zone of northern Korea with few removals of capital goods. He and his party toured major industrial centers and returned to Seoul after a six day visit. He noted Soviet policy forbids removals and described the zone as politically similar to eastern Europe plus Soviet influence among Koreans. Kim Il Sung emerged as the most prominent political leader with no other favored candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauley
South Korea
Korea
Edwin Pauley
Seoul
I. M. Christiakov
Germany
Poland
Yugoslavia
Kim Il Sung
People’s Interim Committee
Bailey Killed In Truck Wreck
Funeral services for Leonard Archibald Bailey 32 Tucson contractor killed near Bisbee will be held Thursday at Bring's chapel with Rev. Royal Reisner officiating. Burial in Evergreen cemetery. Survivors include wife Carolyn Elizabeth Bailey two daughters Joan and Mary Lee father Edmund C. Bailey and brother Gerald Bailey, all of Tucson. The Tombstone canyon accident involved an army type dump truck loaded with cement. William McKay was injured and hospitalized in Copper Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Archibald Bailey
Tucson
Bisbee
Bring’s Chapel
Royal Reisner
First Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
L. A. Lohse
Mr. Bailey
Chateroy
W. Va
Carolyn Elizabeth Bailey
Joan
Mary Lee
Edmund
French Vote Pleases U S and Britain
Diplomatic officials say the French election results strengthen ties with the United States and Britain. The middle of the road MRP emerged as the strongest single party in France, prompting private satisfaction among government officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
United States
Britain
MRP
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Council
ED Dougherty
By A. K. Brown
Vancouver
B.C
Gordon Sloan
International Woodworkers of America
Spain
U.N
Generalissimo Franco
Clyde F. Rowe
Arizona Dairymen’s League
Labor
Voorhees
Chambers
Andrew Faure
Faure
Airport Zoning Board
United Press Survey
United Press
Electric Institute Head
Salt River Valley
By Dewitt MacKenzie
World
Paris
English
America
England
Popular Republican Movement
Gen. DeGaulle
Georges Bidault
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Palmer Hoyt, JR
Bailey
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