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Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1946

Page

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American Told To Add Planes

The Arizona corporation commission heard American Airlines defend its Tucson Phoenix service and postponed Southern Arizona Airlines certificate. The panel favored two daily round trips between Douglas, Phoenix, and Tucson and planned further conferences within 20 to 30 days.

Bob Brooks Phoenix Daily Citizen Arizona Corporation Commission American Airlines Southern Arizona Airlines Tucson Arizona Airways Douglas Commission Tucson-Phoenix Paul Roca

Nazi-Jap Control Pact Is Proposed

London reports Pandit Nehru, arrested for entering Kashmir, has been released after defying a ban. he is Congress president-designate. In Washington, the State Department releases a four power treaty draft to keep Japan demilitarized for 25 years with a quadri-partite control commission. Britain and China favor Byrnes plan. Soviet response pending. The proposal mirrors a 25-year German disarmament draft, with France as the fourth signatory instead of China. Byrnes had unveiled both disarmament ideas at the Paris Big Four talks, presenting a shift in U.S. policy toward European affairs and alliances.

London New Delhi Pandit Jawharal Nehru Congress Party Kashmir Nehru Indian National Congress Party India Sir Hari Singh Srinagar Washington State Department United States Great Britain Soviet Union China Japan Byrnes James F. Byrnes Germany Russia France Paris U. S

Pacific Bases Debate of Evatt and U S Policy

Washington reports Australian Foreign Minister Evatt pressing for an overall Pacific defense framework with the United States. Washington prefers bilateral rights on specific islands, notably Manus in the Admiralty group, as the key postwar base.

R. H. Shackford Washington Herbert V. Evatt United States Pacific Islands Manus Admiralty Islands New Guinea Equator Britain U. S Joint Chiefs of Staff Filand Evatt Truman Dean Acheson State Department New Zealand Peter Fraser United Press Wellington United Nations

Yugoslav Tells Court I Do Not Want To Live

Belgrade June 21 Yugoslav minister of interior Tanasije Tasa Dinic in the Milan Nedic Quisling government told the court trying Gen Draja Mihailovic that he did not want to live after the crimes he had committed He admitted collaborating with the Germans and said he approved joining the Axis He was the eighth of 24 Yugoslavs on trial for treason and collaboration.

Belgrade Yugoslavia Tanasije Tasa Dinic Quisling Milan Nedic Draja Mikhailovitch

Protest Over Housing List Delays By Tucson Veterans’ Wives

Five veterans wives and two veterans appeared before Tucson’s housing subcommittee to protest Davis Monthan dwellings management. They cited no clear priority list, unfair placement, and unsanitary conditions in trailers, demanding a transparent applicant list and quicker access to units.

Mayor's Emergency Housing Committee Davis-Monthan Neit Federal Housing Authority Davis- Monthan Stewart H. Weston Weston John Simmons S. A. Lundstrom, Jr R. K. Kerr, Jr J. L. Smith George P. Huisking Douglas R. Howard Tellez Robert F. Tellez American Legion Roy Drachman Thelma McQuade FPHA City Authority Henry O. Jaastad M. L. Tophey Mary P. Waugh E. H. Sisterson P. M. Elias W.S. Nicholas W. T. Pyott Tucson la Reforma Consolidated Dwellings

Says Airways Losing Money and Arizona Airways Prospects

H O Nelson president of Arizona Airways reports daily losses around 100 dollars with total company revenue near 3 000 daily. He says freight service and an extra passenger mile per flight could bring break even as mail contracts loom. 200 000 dollar capitalization allows about a year of losses. Decision on mail routes expected late this year and by Jan 1 1947 for in state mail. The stock sale filing was not made though 16 owners hold all stock. 24 of 26 male employees are World War II veterans, four are women.

Bob Brooks Phoenix Daily Citizen H. O. Nelson Arizona Airways Nelson Las Vegas Nev Civil Aeronautics Board The Corporation Commission

Senate confirms Vinson to chief justice post

The Senate approved the nomination of Freq M. Vinson to be chief justice of the dissension-ridden Supreme Court, succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone.

Senate Vinson Washington Freq M. Vinson Supreme Court Harlan F. Stone

Airline Stock Deal Is Aired In Arizona Hearing

During a corporation commission hearing on Southern Arizona Airlines planned Tucson to Phoenix hourly service questions arose about Transcontinental & Western Air owning Arizona Airways stock. Arizona Airways president H C Nelson said a contract could trigger TWA to buy 50000 dollars of stock if CAB approves the Phoenix to Las Vegas mail route, with a stock refund if the deal falls through.

American Airlines Tucson-Phoenix Alfred R. Bone Paul Roa Southern Arizona Airlines Bone American Tucson AIR Service Phoenix Daily Citizen Transcontinental & Western Air Arizona Airways, Inc Corporation Commission Rlines TWA J. D. Merrill Arizona Airways Edwin J. Montgomery The Montgomery H. C. Nelson Arizona Air Ways Civil Aeronautics Board Las Vegas Nev Nelson

Fraulein Convicted of U. S. Soldier's Murder

Merneberg reports Erika Krebs 21 was convicted of killing Sgt. Robert E. Flannigan of Peoria Illinois, her soldier lover. She received a life sentence.

Fraulein U. S

Quick Cleaning At D-M Project On Tucson Trailers

Seventy silver trailers along Pyott avenue serve Davis Monthan housing tenants under FPHA direction. Veterans and families wait for flat tops or Rincon Vista homes, with many have waited since Oct or Nov. Trailers lack running water unless families install it themselves, and sanitary facilities are poorly maintained. Claims of favoritism and bribery are denied by project manager Miss Laura Fleischer, while fires from gas stoves and no spare parts for repairs add to concerns.

Tucson Emergency Housing Committee S. H. Weston J. L. Smith R. K. Kerr, Jr Pyott Avenue Davis-Monthan FPHA William Pyott Federal Housing Authority Rincon Vista Flattops Laura Fleischer

Pace Denies Road Promise In Arizona Budget Hearing

Casa Grande June 21 Pace chairman H O Pace of the state highway commission said there was no reason for sectionalism during a public hearing before adopting the 1946 47 road budget at Phoenix. He denied any gentleman's pact to allocate 282000 to the St Johns Allentown section of U S highway 666 amid sharp exchanges with J M Smith of Central and a clash involving Marcel Forman of Yuma.

Casa Grande H. O. Pace State Highway Commission Commission Phoenix St. Johns- Allentown

Bomb Test Has Circus Aspect

Edward L. Thomas reports from Kwajalein Island on the Bikini atomic bomb test site resembling a circus sideshow. The article notes a loaded Superfort, armed Marines, and heavy security around a high ramp, with officials outlining arming procedures and safety measures for takeoff and potential crash scenarios.

Edward L. Thomas Kwajalein Island U.P Dave Superfort Bikini Lagoon Adm W. H. Parsons Joint Task Force Parsons Bikini Nevada Bikini Island

Ammonia Blast Kills Seven at Baker Hotel Dallas

An ammonia explosion in the basement of the 700 room Baker hotel in downtown Dallas killed seven and injured more than 30. Guests were evacuated as fumes spread through the skyscraper on a busy city corner. 36 people were reported injured and most victims were basement employees yet to be identified.

Dallas Tex Baker Skyscraper Skyscraper Hotel Baker Hotel

Moscow's Atomic Offer Faces Severe World Scrutiny

DEWITT MACKENZIE analyzes Moscow's counterproposal to U S atomic policy, noting it demands destruction of American bombs before international control. He warns the plan tests UN talks and Big Three trust, while Washington weighs risks, unsure of Moscow's cooperative zeal.

Washington Russia Moscow Uncle Sam America United States UN Security Council

B 29 On Record Hop Starts From Wright Field

Dayton June 21 The Army air force sent a B 29 Superfortress from Wright field on a 5 000 kilometer flight to Tuc son Ariz and back with a 22 046 pound payload to seek new speed distance and weight records Pilot Lt Col Robert G Ruegg announced aims to surpass existing marks for 5 000 km with various payloads and to set two new records at Wright field in August 1939 terms

Dayton Army Air Force Today Wright Field Tucson Ariz Robert G. Ruegg Fighter Test Division Air Materiel Command Union of Soviet Socialist Republics France United States

B-29 Makes Half-Day West Leg Flight Test

The Superfortress completed six hours and twenty nine minutes of flight from Dayton, turning over its pylon 6.03 miles east of Benson at 10 35 a.m. The Tucson segment used high frequency air to ground comms from a Davis Monthan truck with a C47 nearby to test signals, all operated by Wright Field personnel.

Benson Dayton Davis-Monthan Tucson Wright Field

Highlights Of The News At 2 30 P M Today

At 2 30 this afternoon the mercury read 100 in Washington. The Senate quickly passed a treasury office appropriations bill with a silver bloc amendment raising the silver selling price to 90.3 cents an ounce. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a 3 to 6 percent rail freight rate increase effective July 1. A Navy supply bill of 4 100 009 100 received Senate approval, including a clause on worker idleness. it returns to the House to action on that clause and on reducing 39 708 900 from the House total. Comptroller General Warren urged merging Reconversion Finance Corp activities into a single integrated structure under one management.

Washington U.P Senate Treasury Office Treasury Interstate Commerce Commission House Comptroller Lindsay C. Warren Reconstruction Finance Corp RFC

Big 4 Turns To Key Issue

Paris dispatch notes the Big Four foreign ministers faltered over Trieste amid Italy Yugoslavia frontier disputes. Informants say no fresh ideas emerged, with talks set to resume in Bevin’s office as officials seek a path to a 21 nation conference.

Joseph W. Grigg, JR Paris Trieste Italy Yugoslavia Ernest Bevin Dodecanese Venezia Giulia V. M. Molotov Russia Molotov London Bulgaria Big Four Byrnes Bevin

OPA Extension Formula Set

Senate house conferees reached a formula for manufacturers profit margins and passing higher costs to consumers as a modified Taft amendment. Stabilization Director Bowles warned it could trigger a continuous rise in prices. CIO chief Murray urged Truman to maintain an effective OPA to stabilize prices and protect American shoppers.

Washington Senate-house Chester Bowles CIO Philip Murray White House Truman Murray

Baseball Scores National League tie Chicago New York

A baseball score update notes a 4 to 4 tie between Chicago and New York in the National League after three night games in the program. No American League result listed.

Chicago New York

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