STOP That TRAIN Phoenix Story of a Pink Nightgown Chase
Phoenix Police Detective Charles Heyser helped a woman identify herself as Mrs. C. C. Hull of Oxnard after she was left behind by the eastbound Golden State Limited near Union Station. Railroad worker George Albright and his wife were also stranded, and Heyser hauled the trio to catch the train at Tempe.
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Phoenix
Charles Heyser
Heyser
Union Station
C. C. Hull
Oxnard
Calif
George Albright
Tempe
Grand Central Spikes Rumors of Boeing Takeover
Grand Central Aircraft Co. denies takeover rumors claiming no change in status and reiterating existing contracts with Boeing to modify B 47s and maintain B 29s. Boeing engineers are at Grand Central coordinating work with the Wichita factory while rumors spread through Tucson via motel guests and gossip.
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Grand Central Aircraft Co
Boeing Aircraft Co
P. A. Johnson
GCAC
Grand Central
Boeing
Wichita
Johnson
Fluoridation Challenged as Socialistic in Cleveland
Atty William J Krause says he will file a taxpayers suit to block fluoridation of Cleveland water, arguing the city should provide pure water not add a chemical to affect mood. He notes past suits blocked slot machines in 1939 and bingo in 1951. The chemical aims to prevent tooth decay and Krause warns future additives could be used to influence happiness or mood.
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Cleveland
William J. Krause
Krause
General Hudelson Receives Army Reprimand in California
Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hudelson commander of the California 40th division of the national guard was reprimanded by Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Swing. The reprimand followed a Los Angeles press comment claiming Reds could drive UN forces from Korea. Swing called the statement completely inaccurate.
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San Francisco
U.P
Daniel H. Hudelson
California
National Guard
Joseph M. Swing
Sixth Army
Hudelson
United States
Korea
Los Angeles
Reds
United Nations
Swing
Bagdad Arizona Housing Gets Federal Approval
Construction of 100 houses for defense workers in the Bagdad area was approved. Seventy five two bedroom units will sell for six thousand dollars and twenty five three bedroom or larger units for seven thousand dollars. Units to be privately built.
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Washington
Bagdad
Ariz
Eisenhower Claims Gains With Uncommitted Delegates
Eisenhower campaign says he is gaining inroads on uncommitted GOP delegates as the July convention nears. Taft supporters dispute the claim, noting shifts away from Eisenhower since his June homecoming. Eisenhower meets Pennsylvania delegates at Gettysburg and Michigan’s delegation in Detroit as Taft plans talks with Maryland and Pennsylvania delegates.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Detroit
Abilene
Kas
New York
Harry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
North Carolina
Maryland
Green Stays As Chief Hospital Neurosurgeon
The state hospital board of control confirms Dr. John Raymond Green of Phoenix will remain chief of the neuro surgical division. His team has operated on about 90 patients over the past three years. Dr. Samuel Wick of the Sawtelle Veterans Hospital in California was expected to join the state staff in a few weeks.
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Phoenix
WUP
State Hospital Board of Control
John Raymond Green
Green
Samuel Wick
Veterans Hospital
Sawtelle
Calif
State Hospital
Jets Collide In Flight Near Phoenix Causing Fire
Two military aircraft, an F-84 jet and a B-26 bomber, crashed in flight near Phoenix. Wreckage narrowly missed a farm labor camp and a store near West Van Buren Street and U S Highway 80. Parachute seen but pilot status unclear. power lines sparked a fire in a cotton field.
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Phoenix
Lateral 27
West van Buren Street
Here
Herbella
City Council Delays Plan to Speed Uniform Address System
The council scrapped ordinance 1272 on street naming and house numbering, allowing the planning department to continue a survey with a 10 day delay. Advancing public hearings and possible referendum timing may push the plan toward fall, with two major changes likely: fewer street identifications and one number per house.
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Wick Calicu Ura
Planning and Zoning Department
Andre Faure
Broadway
Main Street
Oracle Road
First Avenue
Speedway
First
Main
Stone
Congress
Faure
Planning Commission
Tucson Pit Fencing Begins Work
Workmen started a fence around a dangerous pit near the Tucson Pressed Brick Co. yard in Menlo Park to prevent a possible 60 foot fall into stagnant water below. Local residents had urged action since May 2 and praised the fence plan as a safety measure.
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Menlo Park
Tucson Pressed Brick Co
Grade Brick Co
Congress Street
Grande Avenue
William Naumann
Tucson
Alejandro Valdez
Ten Die Unconfirmed After B-29 Crash West of Kwajalein
HONOLULU reports ten crewmen missing after a B-29 ditched 175 miles west of Kwajalein. The pilot, a captain, was rescued with a broken leg four hours after impact. Debris emptied from the water as searches ended with the fate of the others unknown. Two engines failed shortly after takeoff from Kwajalein for Guam.
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Honolulu
Kwajelein
Air Force
Navy
Kwajalein
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Guam
Hearing Set Monday In $412 Phoenix Holdup
A hearing is scheduled for Jim Kortangian 55 on charges of armed robbery of the Headliner formerly Cathay Gardens in Phoenix. About $412 was taken during the incident, according to Justice of the Peace As Flood.
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Phoenix
W.P
Jim Kortangian
Cathay Gardens
Flood
Senate Approves War Powers Extension Through June 30
The Senate adopted a House passed resolution extending the president’s war powers to June 30 1952 using a 58 to 18 vote. Negotiators continue on a one year extension for limited powers while wage price and rent controls face separate measures in both chambers.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Banking Committee
Spence
D-Ky
Steel Union Chief Vows Enduring Fight Over Steel Dispute
CIO President Philip Murray addressed the 36-member executive board and 170-member wage policy committee in Pittsburgh announcing readiness to carry the steel workers’ dispute to the end. He decried political use of the strike by politicians and criticized Sen. Harry Byrd over Taft Hartley injunction proposals amid an 11 day stoppage by 650,000 workers and families.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Murray
Sen
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Collins Avoids Troops Issue In West Germany Pacts Hearing
Gen. J. Lawton Collins told the senate he does not know if two West German pacts would give the President authority to order American troops into an international army. He said there are no plans to send more troops under present conditions. Frank Nash echoed that the treaties do not change the status quo on troops for Europe.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Senate
West Germany
Truman
Army
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Nash
State Acheson
Chinese Raids Blasted Back Near Armistice Line
American infantrymen repelled a heavy Chinese counterattack in night fighting along the armistice line. Oklahoma 45th Division, with tanks and air support, drove Reds from hills west of Chorwon and southeast of Kumsong, inflicting heavy casualties and seizing weapons and explosives from captured bunkers.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
Oklahoma 45Th Division
Chorwon
Kumsong
45Th
Gi’s
Friday the 13th heatwave across regions in 1952 notice
The article notes a hot air Friday the 13th with high temperatures and dry conditions. It records 101 degree highs and 69 degree lows locally, with Phoenix at 100, Yuma 101, Flagstaff 77, and New Delhi reaching 110.6 degrees, forecasting more heat the next day.
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Phoenix
Yuma
Flagstaff
New Delhi
India
Rhee Bans Foreign News and VOA Broadcasts in Korea
President Syngman Rhee orders strict censorship of incoming foreign news in South Korea and bans Voice of America broadcasts. Censors blot out unfavorable items in newspapers and magazines, while US officials await formal notice. Rhee asserts Your People's Voice airs pro government news to counter editorials critical of his administration.
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Pusan
Korea
U.P
Syngman Rhee
Republic
Voice of America
Rhee
United States
Voice
San Francisco
Forest Fire Danger Growing In State Forest
Phoenix reports fast drying grass and weeds raise fire risk in state forests. R D Holtz area forester says Ft Apache reservation has twelve fires this year and San Carlos seven. Monday fire burned three acres in Ft Apache forest and five fires were started by lightning last week.
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Phoenix
R. D. Holtz
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Holtz
Ft. Apache Reservation
San Carlos Reservation
Ft. Apache Forest
Quickie Mexican Divorces Ousted Keeps Mexico’s Divorce Capital
Reform legislators in Cuernavaca Morelos closed down the so called quickie divorce mills that allowed celebrities to end marriages in 24 hours. A new bill ends the notoriety and requires residence and adherence to the civil code for all divorces.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
U.P
Morelos
Wife Freed In Fatal Stabbing Of Husband
Lorine Kendall was found innocent of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of her husband Allen Kendall 27 a Phelps Dodge smelter worker in Greenlee county. The murder charge had been reduced and the couple had marital trouble. Kendall died from a knife wound in the heart on May 27.
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Clifton
Lorine Kendall
Allen
Phelps-Dodge Corp
Greenlee County
Kendall
Evening events in Tucson include softball and theatre
At Santa Rita park St Marys Belles face Tucson Squirts at 6 30 p m and Goodman Sup ply meets Davis Monthan at 8 p m. Noel Cowards Private Lives is staged at Santa Rita hotel at 8 30 p m. Jalopy races run at rodeo grounds on South Sixth avenue at 7 15 p m with a 9 00 p m public dance at Odd Fellows hall 13542 S Sixth Ave.
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St. Mary’s Belles
Tucson Squirts
Santa Rita Park
Goodman Supply
Davis-Monthan
Noel Coward
Corral Theater
Santa Rita Hotel
Rodeo Grounds
South Sixth Avenue
Oddfellows Hall
S. Sixth Ave
Index County Attorney Reports Gang Sters Invest in Tucson Property
County attorney states that a gang has invested about 5 million dollars in Tucson properties. The claim appears in page 2 coverage, with surrounding notes on crime and local impact.
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Tucson
Iran
Truman
Newark
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