City Officials Seek Lower Budget for 1949 50 Tax Rate
City officials aim for a notably lower tax rate for the 1949 50 fiscal year despite department requests totaling $2 988286 to run the city next year. City Manager Phil J Martin Jr expects savings around 50 cents while police and fire budgets push higher for equipment and personnel. Arizona law requires a 10 percent reduction from requests before final recommendations, with about $675 308 to be cut, mainly from new equipment, before council hearings and August actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Department
Phil J. Martin Jr
Fire Deoe
Police
Entens
Santa Rosa Park
Martin
Senator Charges Pushed B
Washington dispatch reports on June 4 that Senator charges were pushed by B in a developing political controversy. Further details remain unconfirmed as editors await additional statements from involved parties.
Chambers Admits Perjury Charges
Las Vegas counterfeiting ring turned to casino chips at Hotel El Rancho. Four men and possibly two women cashed over 5000 in bogus red chips. District Attorney Robert E. Jones disclosed the scheme. Ray S. Phillips, 30, Los Angeles, held by L A police for returning to face charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
U.P
Hotel
el Rancho Eee
el Getetay
Robert E. Jones
Ray S. Phillips
Los Angeles
Big 4 Seeks Berlin Peace
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers pursue a Berlin peace solution in secret talks amid a news blackout. The two sides push for a workable city model with dual governance and currencies, while a Western rail strike cripples Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
West
Berlin
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Conference
Weekend Heat Expected Across Cities With Wind
Weekend forecast calls for hot, windy conditions with temperatures rising. Mercury around 93 degrees in some areas, Phoenix near 92 and Yuma around 91, as hot conditions persist into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Yuma
City Council Agenda Subtly Bets On Routine Session
City Clerk Carl M. Hitt released one of the year’s shortest agendas for Monday night’s meeting. Routine business fills the docket with two notable items: postponing the budget estimate presentation to July 18 and Morgan McDermott, Amer-Legion post, seeking permission to bore holes in carbings to display flags in front of Tucson businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl M. Hitt
Eediton
Morgan McDermott
Amer— Legion Post
Tucson
Congressmen As Ball Players Make Pretty Good Speeches
About 3 000 spectators watched the congressional baseball game in Washington where the Democrats defeated the Republicans 16 to 10. Notable moments included Rep. Tom Pickett catching an inning and Rep. Albert Gore delivering a two run grounder that broke a 10-10 tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressmen
Washington
Tom Pickett
D-Tex
Pickett
Wheeler
Hugh Addonizio
D-Nj
Francis Case
R-Sd
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Washington Evening Star
Probe of B 36 Costs 50 000
Washington June 4 The House Armed Services Committee will seek 50 000 to finance a broad inquiry into B 36 costs and air force purchasing. Chairman Vinson plans to appoint expert counsel and staff to probe Navy Air Force differences and the role of Floyd Od lum in Consolidated Vultee. Symington denies any talks of a position with Od lum or his associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Air Force
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Naval Reserve
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Pennsylvanian
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Odlum
Symington
Six Are Ousted At Dartmouth
Dartmouth college refuses to reinstate six students suspended after a dormitory brawl that led to the death of Raymond J. Cirrotta, 21, of Linden, New Jersey. Thomas A. Coxsee, 22, from Fayetteville, New York, was fined 500 dollars and given a suspended manslaughter sentence in Plymouth, with two more students later suspended for involvement. The enjoined names include George L. Day, George G. Eaves, William C. Felton, George D. Schreck, Robert A. Fox, Glen B. Peck Jr., and Charles T. McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cirrotta
George L. Day
Altamonte Springs
Fla
George G. Eaves
Chattanooga
Robert A. Fox
Philadelphia
Glen B. Peck Jr
Cambridge, Mass
Charles T. McCarthy
Andover
Girls' State Head Is Suzanne Laws
Suzanne Laws of Tucson will be sworn in as second governor of eo State at inauguration ceremonies at the University of Arizona. She, a Nationalist, defeated Federalist Katherine Pruett and write-in Prisilla Bonham for the post. Nationalists won most offices, with key winners including Carole Freeman and Ann Kelley. The first Girls' State legislature convened with sessions in the humanities building, advocating longer sessions and more local hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Laws
Tucson
University of Arizona
Suzanne
Karin Stallcup
Phoenix
Girls’ State
Katherine Pruett
Pricilla Bonham
Bisbee
Carole Freeman
Ann Kelley
E. Prince Jd
Barbara Stamper
Claypool
Audrey Peart
Casa Grande
Beatrice Baker
Prescott
Audrey
Julia Windsor
Scottsdale
Ocotillo City
Saguaro City
Beverly Root
Yucca City
Cholla City
Senate
House
Margaret MacDonald
Judy Winsor
Pat James
Barbara Miller
Seligman
House of Representatives
Leah Kline
Morenci
Jackie Allen
Glendale
Janis Polson
Williams
Carol Ann Porter
Kingman
Barbara O'Neil
Glenna Mae Mouser
Yuma
Mary Ann Cuba
Orth County
Janice Wilky
Carr County
Patricia Picker
Boards of Supervisors Boards of Supervisors
Betty E. Hammer
Patricia Brown
Grand Canyon
Mary F. Sullivan
Rebecca Albo
Clifton
Virginia Burrell
Safford
Audrey Prince
Ann J. Stahnke
Tempe
Patricia Colgan
Douglas
Bertha Ann. Long
Mesa
Jacquie
Farley
Tolleson
Czech Official Flees Position In Berlin Exile
high ranking Czech representative in Berlin resigns citing a corrupt police dictatorship. Dr Bedrich Bruegel, acting Czech military mission chief, follows Brig Gen Frantisek Dastich into exile after warning of intelligence services in western Germany and a state repression. Bruegel left Germany. whereabouts undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bedrich Bruegel
Frantisek Dastich
Bruegel
Arthur London
Germany
Dastich
Prague
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Bohemian
Three Communists jailed after New York trial climax
In New York on June 4, three of eleven top American Communists awaiting verdict in a 20 week conspiracy trial were ordered jailed after a courtroom clash. Judge Harold Medina warned defense attorneys of possible penalties and Gates was jailed for contempt for refusing to reveal names of committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal House of Detention
U.S
John Gates
Daily Worker
Communist National Veterans Committee
Medina
Gates
Henry Winston
Ponder wins Peter Pan at Belmont Park in 10th running
NEW YORK June 4 Calumet Farm's Ponder surged from far back to win the 10th Peter Pan handicap at Belmont Park. Ponder paid 7.10 4.90 4.20. Colonel Mike was second and Old Rockport third in the one mile race. PHOENIX Dr Stephen Steuben protested his discharge from Arizona State Hospital saying he had license issues. Reno Nevada resignations of University of Nevada officials Moseley and Gorman were accepted with Moseley kept on salary for a year and Gorman to retire after 38 years with one year leave of absence.
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Hiss
State Department
Samuel H. Kaufman
Chambers
Priscilla
Russia
Grand Jury
House UN American Activities Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Stryker
Chamber
Ida Dales
New Orleans
New York
Calumet Farm
Ponder
Belmont Park
Colonel Mike
Old Rockport
Phoenix
Stephen Steuben
Arizona State Hospital
Bruce Hart
Hart
Steuben
Arizona
Philippines
Udall W. Pace
Yuma
Reno
Nev
John CO. Moseley
Charles Gorman
University of Nevada
Board of Regents
Moseley
University of Tennessee
Gorman
Baseball Results from American League Games
The scores show Philadelphia over Cleveland 10 to 8 in ten innings, Chicago beating Philadelphia 14 to 2, Pittsburgh prevailing 6 to 0, Brooklyn defeated 8 to 6, Cincinnati nipping New York 7 to 1, and New York 9 to 11 in a separate contest. Key pitchers included Fowler Rosar Bearden Ben ton Zoldak Papish Hogan Rush Rush Novotney Heintzelman Seminick Masterson Evans Wight Tipton Wehmeier Dobernic Favich Dobernic Gumpert Mueller Hartung Livingston Werle Dickson Chambers Mun crief Kitzgerald Pal ica Ed wards.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Fowler
Rosar
Bearden
Benton
Zoldak
Papish
Hogan
Tresh
U S Officials Seize No Ship After Eisler Controversy
A Polish liner returned to New York with Gerhart Eisler aboard and was guarded by border patrol. Officials disputed earlier seizure claims while 30 patrolmen watched the pier and gangway. Some passengers later ashore as authorities weighed possible actions against the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Europe
Immigration Department
Border Patrol
P. A. Esperdy
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U. S
John Donovan
Pier 88
Hudson River
Gangway
Immigration and Customs
Esperdy
Batory
Gdynia
Poland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Southampton
England
Ashington
Eisler
U.S
Upper
New York Bay
Customs, Immigration and Health
U.S. Coast Guard
Tuckahoe
FBI
State Department
Six Escaped Felons Recaptured Near Moundsville
Six of 14 long term prisoners who broke out of the West Virginia state penitentiary were rounded up within 24 hours. Recaptured near Rosby Rock were Dennis P. Taylor Jack Henney Donald Wurster and another man. Taylor, a 25 year sentence for armed robbery, was nabbed by a storekeeper while buying food. Trials continue for the remaining escapees with searches in Ohio near Shadyside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Orel J. Skeen
Dennis P. Taylor
Jack Henney
Donald Wurster
Rosby's Rock
Here
Ohio
Taylor
Kanawha
Heeney
Ohio County
Wurster
Floyd Fritzman
Glen Easton
Skeen
Fritzman
Shadyside
Mike Ables
Rosby Rock
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Big 4
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Atty
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Communist Party
Time Magazine
Air Materiel Command
Wright- Patterson Field
Dayton
Dartmouth
Reggie Russell
Tucson High School
Lloyd Laws
E. Miltenberg St
Tucson Pilot Club
N. Y. Red
Bulletins
Chicago
Masterson and Evans
Wight and Tipton
Rush
Novotney
Heintzelman
Seminick
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Werle
Dickson
Chambers, Muncrief
Kitzgerald
Barney
Palica
Newcombe
Banta
Edwards
Cincinnati
Wehmeier
Dobernic
Fanovich
Gumpert
Mueller J Hartung
Livingston
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