Jury Expected To Decide Brush Case In Arizona
In Phoenix on June 5, the trial of James D. Brush state treasurer, and two former employees concluded lengthy testimony. The jury was to hear closing arguments from both sides before judge Henry C. Kelly submitted verdict forms on 15 counts with potential penalties of one to ten years per count.
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Phoenix
James D. Brush
Edwin Beauchamp
Francis J. Dono
James A. Walsh
Gene S. Cunningham
Catherine Doyle
Brush
John D. Rhyne
Walsh
Frank W. Beer
Hess Seaman
Henry C. Kelly
Yuma
Ritne
Beauchamp
Two Tucsonans to graduate at West Point
Eight Arizonans, including William S. Chandler and Daniel P. Lee, will graduate from West Point. Lee, who entered in 1941 from Louisville, Ky, will marry Lois Sullivan of Louisville and become a bomber pilot. Chandler will be commissioned in the United States Air Corps.
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Dier
Tucson
University of Arizona
National Guard
Air Corps
Chandler
United States Air Corps
Clark questions German 14th Army capacity to fight
Naples radio quoted Gen. Mark W. Clark of the Fifth Army saying the 14th German army may be no longer capable of fighting. He praised allied air support and noted Rome’s capture as a great day for the Fifth Army. He cited 20,000 prisoners taken and destruction of enemy forces and equipment. He also praised Rome’s condition and utilities.
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London
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Clark
Rome
Eaker
Ira C. Eaker
Price Of Keos Begins Regular Climb Upward
Egg prices start a scheduled rise from today with a one cent per dozen weekly increase through October sixteen. Grade A large uncartoned eggs rise two cents per dozen, grade B one cent, grade C unchanged, under OPA oversight with June twenty sixth next increase. Cartoned eggs cost two cents more per dozen than uncartoned.
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OPA
Four Cyclists Find Infant Body On Benson Highway
Four youths aged 11 to 14 riding on the Benson highway two miles east of the overpass discovered a dead infant along the roadside wrapped in newspapers. Deputies say the body likely lay there four to five days with no identifying marks. Names given include Tommy and Jimmie Ferguson, Percy Haron, and Marion Ezell.
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Benson Highway
Tommy
Jimmie Ferguson
West Point Drive
Percy Haron
Lincoln Street
Marion Ezell
East Lincoln Street
Landowners protest closing of two roads near convent
County board debated closing Dara drive and Martha drive near the Benedictine convent on Country Club road. Petition with 107 signatures opposed the closures while residents cited land value loss. Board to rehear July 3 after appointing appraisers as other agenda items move forward.
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County Board of Supervisors
Dara Drive
Martha Drive
Benedictine Convent
Country Club Road
R. K. Smith
Perry
E. C. Jesperson
Binghampton
Maple Boulevard
Speedway
Allies tighten grip as Rome fall sparks new offensives
Allied forces press north from Rome as German 10th and 114th armies retreat toward the Rimini Pisa line. Air power wrecks highways and seizes thousands of prisoners. Kesselring faces possible further German collapse with Rome's capture shaping future operations before D day.
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Kesselring
Rome
Rimini-Pisa
French Riviera
Balkans
Hitler
Europe
Woman Pleads Insanity in Child's Drowning Case
Mrs. Mildred Skelton, 18, who drowned her 10 month old illegitimate daughter to shame the man she said fathered it, pleads not guilty by reason of insanity in Imperial Superior Court. Trial set by July 26. she threw the baby into the Colorado River after Cpl. Robert Mell, with whom she lived, refused marriage.
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EL Centro
Calif
Mildred Skelton
Imperial Superior County Court
Skelton
Colorado River
Cpl
Robert Mell
Summer registration opens at Tucson high and UA
Registration for summer sessions at Tucson high school and the University of Arizona began this morning and continued into afternoon. At the high school 621 complete and 84 incomplete registrations were counted by noon, with total enrollment about 705 including incomplete signups, higher than last year's 503.
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Tucson High School
Univeristy of
Arizona
Bundy Couple Buy Property In Morningside Addition
Deed filed with county recorder Anna Supllinger shows Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bundy purchasing property in Morningside from Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Steenbergen for about 10 000 dollars. A separate land sale on 332.93 acres along the Tucson Nogales highway records Howell Manning selling to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Turner for 12 000 dollars with 3 000 paid in cash.
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Morningside Addition
Anna Supllinger
Homer Bundy
W. A. Steenbergen
Tucson- Nogales Highway
Howell Manning
Jack Turner
Thunderbolt Runs as Precision Bomber in Mediterranean
In the Mediterranean theater the Thunderbolt, a high altitude fighter, is now used as a precision bomber carrying two 1000 pound bombs.
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Mediterranean
South Tucson Accepts Quota Of $200,000
The town of South Tucson voted to contribute 200000 to the fifth war loan drive at a meeting at the town hall attended by about 40 people including the volunteer fire department. A committee was named to run the sale with Mayor Walter Ellis presiding and Fred Dragonette present as county chairman.
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South Tucson
Walter Ellis
Pima County War Finance Committee
South
Tucson
Fred Dragonette
William Molina
William Young
Womens
Margaret Watson
Jeanette Butler
Tina Arceniaga
Pat Kasalle
Joe Rodrieguez
Ted Price
George Howard
W. A. Morrow
B. J. Moore
Frank Benitez
J. C. Watson
Backes Joins Marana Flying School Command Staff
The narrative details Col Backes taking command at Marana Basic Flying School on March 9 1943 after transferring from Kirtland Field and prior service with Gen Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. A May 1944 petition led to sworn testimony about allegations against a Marana employee dismissed by the field officer.
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Washington
Santa Ana
West Coast Training Command
Marana
Secretary of War
Backes
Kirtland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
Philippines
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Insurance commerce ruling split at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held insurance falls under interstate commerce and subject to anti trust laws in a 4 to 3 decision. Justice Black led the majority with Justices Murphy Douglas Rutledge. Stone dissented with Frankfurter concurrence. Jackson dissented in part. Roberts and Reed did not participate. The case involved the Southeastern Underwriters association seeking to quash an indictment against 195 members. Attorney General Biddle argued that Congress intended broad antitrust reach.
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Hugo L. Black
High Court
Frank Murphy
William O. Douglas
Wiley Rutledge
Harlan F. Stone
Felix Frankfurter
Robert H. Jackson
Stanley. Reed
Owen J. Roberts
Black
District Court
Southeastern Underwriters Association of
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Francis Biddle
Congress
Trust laws aimed at all trusts and interstate commerce
The speaker argued successfully that the multi billion dollar insurance industry functions as interstate commerce under the Sherman and Clayton acts due to its constant flow of money premiums and documents across state lines as a business activity.
Dutch-East Indies drive gains noted with Dutch troops in Australia
Mokmer actions report 269 Japanese killed in Hollandia Aitape patrols along a 150 mile coast. Enemy total killed or captured reaches 4085 since the Apr 22 invasion. First fully trained Dutch army from the West Indies arrives in Australia to join Allied liberation effort in the Netherlands East Indies. Contingent largely permanent army members and conscripts.
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Hollandia-Aitape
Dutch New Guinea
West Indies
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
West Indies Forces Move in Surinam Dutch Guiana and Curacao
Allied forces push through Surinam and Dutch Guiana with actions near Curacao as part of Caribbean operations. Troop movements and clashes reported, outlining strategic positions and local defenses.
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E. R. Munson
Daniel
E. Congress
Arthur G. House
Congress Street
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Mrs. Bundy
Corregidor
Col
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Bromc Ray Astrea
Broadway Village Drug Store
Prescription Druggists
East Broadway One
Eve Ly
Justice Holmes
America
Spokane
San Francisco
Los Angeles Falls
New Guinea
Italy
Mid- Pacific
California
Oregon
Ihne Harvest Council
Richmond Refinery
Pacific Northwest
Structural Iron Workers
U.S.A
U. S. Employment Service War Manpower Commission
East Pennington
Lee
Grabe’s
Mokmer
Wakde
The
Ayds
Mr OM
Crosby Craftsmen
Crosby
Elmer E
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