Marana Airfield to Halt Pilot Training September Ninth
The Marana Army Airfield near Tucson plans to suspend basic pilot training beginning September 9 for at least a temporary period. Senator Ernest W. McFarland said he was informed by the Army of the plan after Lt. Col. Bates reported the notice from Washington.
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Marana Army Airfield
Washington
U. S
Ernest W. McFarland
Army of Ito
Marana
G. M. Bates
Western Flying Training Command
Ae Ana
Calif
City
Tucson
Trenholm J. Meyer
Ma- Tana
John A. Fraps
U. S. Army
Ever
Calif.) Army Airfield
Santa Ana
Wallace S. Ford
King
Charles Backes
Kirtland Field
N. M
Backes
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Army Air Force
Bataan
Louis W. Proper
Gardner Field
Taft
Stockton
Proper
Albuquerque
Col
Bates
Lake Field
Phoenix
Arizona
Army Air Forces Training Command
United Nations
Air Transport Command
Nations Charter Diverges From Dumbarton Oaks Plan
San Francisco dispatch notes major differences between the San Francisco UN charter and the Dumbarton Oaks draft. It highlights a strengthened general assembly, a new trusteeship council, and a world court, with veto by the Big Five in the Security Council and broader aims of peace, justice, and human rights.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Security League
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
General Assembly of All Mem
Stettinius
United Nations Organization
League
General Assembly
Oaks
Security Council
Assembly
Council
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Canada
Australia
Big Five
International Court of Justice
League of Nations
Wickard Confirmed By Senate For REA Post
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard won senate confirmation to a 10 year term as rural electrification administrator by a 56 to 6 vote. Wickard succeeds Harry Slattery, who resigned last Dec. 1. Rep. Clinton P. Anderson will take over Wickard's cabinet post. The vote to confirm Wickard came yesterday after a futile fight led by Sen. Shipstead.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude @Wickard
Senate
Wickard
Harry Slattery
Rep
Clinton
P. Anderson
D-Nm
Sen
Shipstead
R-Minn
Second Air Force To Train B 29 Crews At March Field
The Second Air Force announced it will take command of March Field California soon and will train B 29 Superfortress crews there. It also confirmed it has again taken over Mountain Home Army Air Field Idaho, originally built by its force.
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Second Air Force
March
Colorado Springs
Colo
March Field
Calif
Fourth Air Force
Army Oe
Mountain Home
Ida
Rival Polish Factions Near Pact and Moscow Trials
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Arciszewski announcing the Polish government in exile will appeal to President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill over Moscow trials of twelve underground leaders. A separate dispatch hints at a forthcoming unity government agreement between Mikolajczyk's London delegation and the Soviet backed Warsaw Provisional Government.
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London
Tomasz Arciszewski
Truman
Churchill
Moscow
Arciszewski
Red Army
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Warsaw
Mikolajczyk
U. S
United States
Britain
State Refuses Moores Plea To Shift Bus Stop
Arizona Corporation Commission chair Wilson T. Wright ruled against the petition by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Moore to move a Tucson Rapid Transit bus stop from in front of their home at 1601 East Broadway. The hearing room was packed as TRT officials testified over public desire for stops near homes and not near others. Mrs. Moore urged a rotating system. the commission dismissed the citation and ordered filing of a bus patron list in correspondence.
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Wilson T. Wright
Arizona Corporation Commission
William Petersen
Lawrence L. Moore
East Broadway
Tucson Rapid Transit Company
Moore
Wright
U. S. Supreme Court
Moores
South Cherry
Southern Pacific
Eli
Iah
Justice of the Peace
Arthur E. Magee
TRT
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Magee
Commission
Shere
President Truman Plays Organ At Olympia Capitol
President Truman surprised onlookers by playing several selections on the organ in the state capitol rotunda in Olympia Washington. Gov Wallgren press secretary Charles Ross press secretary Matt Connelly and aide Col Vaughn were among the observers.
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Olympia
Capitol
Wash
U.P
Truman
Capitol Rotunda
Wallgren
Charles Ross
Mr. Truman
Matt Connelly
Col. Vaughn
Water Concern Seeks Permit To Raise Mountain View Rates
The Mountain View Home Water Co subsidiary of Monterey Water requests higher rates to cover standby water service costs for seven or eight customers it cannot supply adequately. Hearing opened with engineer R D Whitaker detailing current charges, depreciation, and city comparisons.
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Mountain View Homesites Water Company
Monterey Water Company
R. D. Whitaker
Mountain View Company
Whitaker
William Petersen
Wilson T. Wright
J. Mercer Johnson
The
Water Company
A. E. Butterfield
Baseball Final Scores From Major Leagues
American League results New York 2 Philadelphia 0 Boston 10 Washington 5. National League St. Louis 5 Chicago 2.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Five Aircraft Plants and Arsenal Targeted in B 29 Strike
B 29 bombers struck five aircraft plants and the Kure naval arsenal on Honshu as part of the week’s third major raid. Over 450 planes dropped thousands of bombs, targeting Kagamigahara Himeji Akashi and Tamashima complexes. Ground damage and city destruction were assessed in Nagoya area and Osaka.
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Hazel Hartzog
Guam
U.P
Japan
Honshu
Kure
Nagoya
Kobe
Tamashima
21St Bomber Command
Mitsubishi
Kawasaki Aircraft
Kagamigahara
Kawanishi Aircraft
Himeji
Kawasaki Factory
Akashi
Mitsubishi- Mishima
Shizuoka
Toyohashi
Hamamatsu
Yokkaichi
Osaka
Amagasaki
Guerrillas Seize Guiguegarao in Cagayan Valley Campaign
Filipino guerrillas led by Col. Russell W. Volckmann captured the city of Tuguegarao the capital of Cagayan province and blocked a Japanese force retreat. The 37th division clashed with the enemy as tanks and air power supported the operation. In Borneo, Lutong refinery area saw Australian landings and POW finds amid ongoing bombardment.
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Hugh Crumpler
Manila
U.P
Cagayan Valley
Russell W. Volckmann
Guguegarao
Cagavan Province
Cagavan
Luzon
Ilagan
Hart
37Th
Fifth Air Force
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Lutong
Brunei Bay
Seria
Miri
Far Eastern Air Force
Balikpapan
Balikpanan
Ciano Diaries Reveal Italy’s Bankrupt Drift Toward War
From the 1939 diary entries of Count Ciano Mussolini’s son in law the notes show Italy’s mounting financial strain and cautious to aggressive shifts as Hitler’s plans sharpen. Entries recount palace feuds over monarchy and speculation about ending the Savoy line while Albania is annexed quietly. A Spaniard minister voices anti France while Italy presses aggression in the Balkans.
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Count Ciano
Mussolini
Europe
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Hitler
Italy
Ciano
Count Costanzo Ciano
Senate
DUCE
Guarnieri
Il Duce
Starace
House of Savoy
Albania
France
Serrano Suner
Suner
Spain
Truman Opposes Food Czar in Meat Distribution Plan
President Truman does not plan to appoint a food czar. White House sources say he favors a closer working relationship among agencies overseeing food production distribution and pricing to streamline meat and other distributions.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
White House
Crazy Corner License Suspended For 15 Days
Lyke Marsland operating as Crazy Corner service station at 321 Drachman street faces a 15 day license suspension due to a 526 gallon gasoline inventory shortage. Francis McCarty, OPA hearing commissioner, issued the order effective 12:01 a.m. July 15.
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Lyke Marsland
Crazy Corner
Drachman Street
OPA
Francis McCarty
Jap Commander Is Hunted In Cave On Okinawa
On Okinawa Major Japanese officers and thousands of troops surrendered to American forces in the first mass capitulation of enemy troops in the Pacific war. This marked a major surrender after heavy fighting in the southern area.
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Okinawa
U.S
Okinawa Campaign Ends as Japan Faces Final Losses
Tokyo reports 94 401 enemy killed or captured as Okinawa nears completion. U S forces near Sakashima islands and Amami landings are hinted at while fighting for Mabuni ridge continues. Casualties: about 90 401 Japanese and 45 029 American. civilians and deserters noted.
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Guam
Tokyo
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Sakashima Islands
Sakashimas
Amami
Radio Tokyo
Kyushu
Kuichiro Tezuka
Mabuni
Seventh Division
96Th
Madeera
Yaeju- Dake
Central Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Russell Annabel
United Press
Bishop Kinsolving Expected At Prescott On Weekend Arrival
Rt. Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving recently consecrated as bishop of Arizona is due to arrive in Prescott over the weekend to assume his new post on July 1. He was consecrated in Pittsburgh May 29 and travels with his family, succeeding Rt. Rev. Walter Mitchell as Arizona Episcopal bishop.
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Prescott
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Arizona
Dr. Kinsolving
Pittsburgh
Walter Mitchell
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Sen. McFarland
Kyushu Island
Water Concern
Arsenal
North
William F. Tyree
Bishop Kinsolving
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