Six Arrested In Rape Cases
Six individuals faced charges and hearings on rape and assault accusations. Louie Cannon, 18, a Davis Monthan air force base soldier, and George E. McDowell, described as Negro, were ordered held for superior court after pleading guilty to rape. Bond set at $2,000 each. Cannon allegedly had sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl on June 12. McDowell allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old girl last December. Four others Carlos Urbina Gildo Frederico Alex Madrill and Jesus Garcia pleaded not guilty with a July 2 preliminary hearing set before Judge Paul J. Cella. Bonds in their case set at $2,000 each.
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Louie Cannon
Davis Monthan Air Force Base
George E. McDowell
Justice of the Peace
Paul J. Cella
Bond
Cannon
McDowell
Carlos Urbina
Gildo Frederico
Alex Madrill
Jesus Garcia
Cella
Council Advances Extend Trailer Court Use and Budget Items
The council approved extending the Southern Pacific trailer court use for a year and instructed staff to request another year from the board of adjustment. A full‑time traffic engineer will be funded in the 1948‑49 budget. Official canvass showed freeway bonds 1 818 yes 921 no. ten charter changes carried. Road projects included Calle Glorieta and part of Trent avenue paying proceedings.
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Southern Pacific
Board of Adjustment
Council
Charles Brady
Glenton G. Sykes
George Grove
Calle Glorieta
Trent Avenue
Monterey
Evo de Concini
Forrest G. Priser
E. T. Houston
J. C. Sievert
Pueblo Gardens
del E. Webb Company
Weeco Corporation
Mundo Vista
East Broadway
UN Talks and Arab Leaders Search for Palestine Truce
In a series of meetings the United Nations and world powers discussed Palestine testing limits of a ceasefire. Arab delegates and army chiefs of staff from seven nations met in Cairo while Bernadotte weighed pleas to keep military aged men from sailing to Palestine. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha framed talks as exploratory.
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United Nations
Mariana
Caroline
Marshall Islands
Palestine
Bernadotte
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Ibn Saud
Saudia Arabia
Cairo
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Congressional battles sweep over budget and social policy
AEC asked for restoration of a 48 million cut, warning grave dangers to the atomic program. Senate and House debate draft, TVA, poll tax, anti lynching, and social security boosts dominate session as adjournment nears.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Commission
Truman
Wreck blamed. train derails after 50 mph run
A wreck likely caused the derailment as a train leaving the track at about fifty miles per hour tore up track a quarter mile. Buses transported passengers to safety. The automobile driver striking spectators was identified as E A Murray. Santa Fe official T H Murray said recovery may delay schedules. Engineer George L Ebsch Fireman C N Cherry and Brakeman J L Ellis were not hurt.
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Highway Patrol
E. A. Er T. H. Murray
Santa Fe General Freight
George L. Ebsch
C. N. Cherry
J. L. Ellis
Air Force Extends Permit For Airlines At Davis Monthan
The Air Force notified Mayor E. T. Houston by telegram that permission for Tucson to use Davis Monthan air base facilities is extended until Sept 15 or until Tucson airport No 2 is ready, whichever comes first. City facilities include the American Airlines terminal Sky Chef restaurant the weather bureau and the civil aeronautics administration headquarters.
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Department of the Air Force
Washington, D. C
E. T. Houston
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson Municipal
American Airlines
Sky Chef
Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Administration
President Defends Eight Point Program On Tour
The president outlined an eight point program covering prices housing labor social security health education agriculture and reclamation. He criticized Congress for laws favoring goods controllers and said consumers pay the price. This was his final major speech of the tour and he will speak informally from the rear platform of his train on the way to Washington.
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House
Voice of America
State Department
National Broadcasting Co
Congress
Truman
Los Angeles
Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Rep
Powell
D-Ny
Tennessee Valley Authority
Army
Air Force
Navy
TVA
GOP
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Aiken
Power project funding shifts in conference committee actions
Conference committee boosted several river basin and dam programs with higher totals for Missouri basin Hungry Horse Colorado Big Thompson Davis Dam and Central Valley projects. Senate approvals also favored power transmission lines not greenlit by the house, signaling key dissension points.
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Missouri Basin
Hungry Horse
Mont
Colorado-Big Thompson
Colo
Davis Dam
Ariz.Nev
Central Valley
Calif
Senate
House
Railroads, Truman feud ends with support for re election
David B. Robertson of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen confirms White House talks with Dr. Steelman and railroad leaders. He says railroads were encouraged, but any agreement must stay within the emergency board report and not be influenced by presidential politics.
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Truman
Whitney
Glover
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
White House
Steelman
United States
Emergency Board
Burma Communists Roil Nation With Guerrilla Raids
The Burmese government claims various Communist factions use flash guerrilla raids to embarrass officials and disrupt order. Raiders, sometimes with bearded Burmese posing as Russians, loot villages and police posts while factions differ in leadership and legality. The government has jailed Thakin Soe. White flag leaders face arrest or flight as security tightens around key buildings.
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Burma
Russia
Thakin Soe
Thakin Than Tun
Auto wage patterns spread in GM and Ford price moves
The GM pattern raised wages by 13 cents and extended to 40 000 CIO Electrical Workers while an 11 cent pattern reached about 50 000 auto workers. Ford announced price increases averaging 8.7 percent on 1949 models and opened wage reopening talks allowed 30 days before July 15.
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Ford
Truman Train Stop Delights Former Independence Schoolmates
President Truman boarded a 16 coach train at a railroad station and waved as the observation car stopped briefly. Two Phoenix women who were Truman and Mrs. Truman’s schoolmates in Independence, Mo., joined the run to Winslow. About 100 onlookers at Seligman hoped to glimpse him during a five minute stop but the president was not visible. Secret service agents were the only notable presence.
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Truman
Phoenix
Fred N. Holmquist
L. R. Finch
Independence
Winslow
Holmquist
Charles Ross
Seligman
Secret Service
Post Office Bill Proposes Large One Year Raises
The committee introduced a bill to grant $50 000 non postal civil service workers one year raises of 360 starting July 1 1948. Estimated one year cost is 324000000 with extra pay boosts for part time postal workers civil service workers and fourth class postmasters including hourly and percentage increases.
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Civil Services
Cahill Chosen to Head Winslow Truman Reception
Cahill, a longtime American Legion ally of President Truman, was selected to lead the Winslow reception committee for Truman’s visit. A former state adjutant in the Legion, Cahill served in WWI with the 89th division and recalls meeting Truman decades ago as the two men prepared for military service and events in 1919 to 1922.
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Eratic
Navajo County
Cahill
Truman
Winslow
American Legion
the Legion
Kansas City
National American Legion
89Th
Camp Funston
Kas
Nevada
Ft. Sill
Okla
War veteran passes in Missouri postwar era noted
A fragmentary note mentions a man associated with American Lesourson Baily Citizen 9 and a pass prepared in Jefferson City on Tuesday evening June 15, 194 after the war by Missouri Adjutant General Harvey Clark.
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Jeffereer
Wacd
Missouri
Harvey Clark
Clark
35th Division Preserved Overseas Service Duty
A fragment notes the 35th division commanded to stay in service until deployment abroad. The brief references a unit assignment and overseas status without additional details.
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Manded
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