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UPR A proposal to send Columbia river water to southern California is discussed in a House committee. Rep Richard Welch notes it as long range with 75 to 100 years to realization. The plan would study diversions from Western waters to alleviate drought in California.
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Rosemarie Mullany
Washington
UPR
Northwest
Columbia River
California
House
Richard Welch
Calif
William E. Warne
Welch
House Public Lands Committee
Senate
San Francisco Bay
Texas
Secretary of Interior
Columbia
Sheridan Downey
D-Calif
Colorado River
Central Valley
Oregon
Shasta
Sacramento and
San Joaquin Valley
Kiwanis Mourns Loss of Leader Jay Emerson
Prescott reports the death of Jay N. Emerson president of Kiwanis International from a heart attack in Pullman Washington. Rev Charles Franklin Parker Southwest district governor requests memorial services at next regular meetings and sends sympathy to Mrs Emerson praising his leadership and spiritual influence.
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Prescott
Jay N. Emerson
Kiwanis, International
Pullman
Wash
Charles Franklin Parker
Kiwanis
Parker
Emerson
Southwest
Jay Emerson
B-29s Overhead Mark VFW Encampment in Douglas
Five B-29 Superfortresses from Davis Monthan field in Tucson roared overhead as hundreds of VFW and auxiliary members paraded through Douglas to open their 27th annual encampment. Parade marshal Chief of Police Percy Bowden led the procession with bands from El Toro and local groups performing. The Grand Order of Cooties elected F. A. Mylius as grand commander and announced new officers for various posts.
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Douglas
Davis Monthan Field
Tucson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Percy Bowden
Marine Air West Coast Band
el Toro
Calif
Drum
Lambert Kautenburger
Jack _ Norrid
Phoenix
Otis Mitchell
Louie Menager
Victor Klauser
Ely Shelton
Kingman
Sky Pilot
M. E.faulk
Glendale
John ‘H. Barry
Killed By Tree He'd Cut Down In Arizona
Juan Franco aged 83 Harshaw resident died in a freak accident when the tree he was cutting fell and broke his neck. Coroner E Oliver Rothrock of Patagonia reported the death found Thursday evening by his son Eustacio who had searched for him since early morning. Funeral services will be in Harshaw. Surviving are his widow two sons and three daughters including Rosalia Franco and Manuela Pena of Tucson. Franco was a Calabasas native who had lived in Santa Cruz county all his life.
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Nogales
Ariz
Juan Franco
Harshaw
E. Oliver Rothrock
Patagonia
Franco
Eustacio
Rothrock
Forest Burning Advice Reposted For Winter Fireplaces
A suggestion advises burning wood in home fireplaces during cold winds to manage forest fires. The note uses bold language about using indoor fireplaces as the best method.
Farley recalls split with FDR over 1938 purge plan
James A. Farley said his break with Franklin D Roosevelt grew from refusing to back the 1938 purge of congressional opponents of the Supreme Court reorganization plan. He said Roosevelt never forgave him for choosing party welfare over personal loyalty. Farley noted he supported the court plan yet declined to help defeat opponents in primaries.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Collier’s
Roosevelt
Farley
Hopkins
Idea
Harry Hopkins
Sens. George
Georgia
Tyding
Maryland
John Nance Garner
Sen. Tydings
Cordell Hull
Eleanor Roosevelt
Treaty With Italy Is Ratified By Assembly
Paris June 13 The French national assembly ratified the treaty of peace with Italy Friday without a dissenting vote.
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Italy
Paris
French National Assembly
University of Arizona Coach Visits Local Campus in 1923
B L Butch Stanley of San Francisco former head basketball and assistant football coach at the University of Arizona in 1923 visited the local campus Friday. He is now an independent professional football...
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B. L
Butch” Stanley
San Francisco
University of Arizona
Right Pronunciation of Hungarian Names
The item discusses how to pronounce Hungarian names such as Aladar Szegedy-Maszak and Deszo Sulyok and notes the anglicized readings like Ah la dar Seg ke dee mas ank and Day shoor shoo yok. It mentions Ferenc Nagy the ousted premier with a phonetic rendering Fay rents Nudge.
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Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
Washington
Deszo Sulyok
Freedom Party
Day’Shoor
Look
Ferenc Nagy
Fay’-Rents
Ft Huachuca transfer urged as war dept abandons post
Phoenix June 13 The house committee on state institutions introduced a joint memorial urging transfer of Ft Huachuca to Arizona if the war department abandons the old post. The house also named a committee to study Ft Huachuca and the Douglas Army airfield as possible sites for a proposed children’s colony.
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Phoenix
House Committee On
Ft. Huachuca
Arizona
War Department
House
Douglas Army Airfield
Arizona Urges Fair Treatment In Air Mail Service Probe
The aeronautics committee introduced a concurrent resolution Friday urging the Civil Aeronautics Board to scrutinize a discriminatory air mail service report. The CAB examiner recommended denying all applications for Arizona routes while permitting new service elsewhere in the United States. The measure asks Arizona lawmakers to push for fair consideration and action.
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Phoenix
Aeronautics Committee of the
House of Representatives
Civil Aeronautics Board
Arizona
U.S
Katzorke Named State Commander by Purple Heart Order
Tucson resident Ted Katzorke was elected state department commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart at a Flagstaff convention. Fellow Tucsonans Forrest Priser and James Jimas were chosen as adjuvant and judge advocate respectively, with Katzorke previously serving as Tucson chapter commander in 1944 and now adjutant for three years.
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Ted Katzorke
Tucson
State Department
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Flagstaff
Local Air Service Fate Promised Impartial Arizona Treatment
A historic note pledges energies be directed to ensure Arizona receives fair, just handling of local air service. It asserts a standard of impartiality comparable to that in other regions of the country.
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Arizona
Bean Breeders Seek Early Low Fiber Snap Bean Varieties
Bean breeders are pursuing early varieties of snap beans that have relatively little fiber in the pod walls to improve texture and ease of processing.
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