Editor Fears Trouble Ahead For France
Tribute to Matt Mansfield at the Kiwanis meeting in the Pioneer hotel featured a framed poem and readings from international Kiwanis leaders. W R Mathews, Star editor, predicted trouble in France and said the next Berlin Big Three conference would shape its fate. He anticipated Churchill as England's next PM in a coalition government and urged Germany’s industrial recovery.
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Matt Mansfield
Kiwanis Club
Pioneer Hotel
Bill Pyle
Tucson Club
Ben Dean
Bill Kimball
O. E. Peterson
W. R. Mathews
the Star
England
France
Mathews
Berlin
Churchill
Germany
Elise
Bender Trial Seeks Insanity Defense In Husband Slaying
Defense questions Mrs. Bender's sanity as 11 witnesses, including sheriffs, testify she was of unsound mind since childhood. Prosecution counters with notes of normal behavior until May, plus a prior syphilis diagnosis. Nephews Ricardo and Benito, both 15 and 17, have pleaded guilty to beating and stoning her husband Herman C. Bender. Manuel Calixtro, her son-in-law, awaits trial for first degree murder.
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Rosenberg
Conchise
Bisbee
Enriqueta Borland
Bender
Patagonia
Big Jim
4000 Men Furloughed for Rail Work in War Emergency
The War Department authorized 30 day furloughs for 4000 soldiers to work on railroads to prevent a breakdown in transportation amid troop and freight movements from Europe to the Pacific. Furloughed men will serve as brakemen firemen boilermakers electricians car repairmen and machinists.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
Pacific
Robert P. Patterson
Germany
Patterson
Chicago
Japan shifts war effort from home to continent supply
Japanese observers noted a shift in focus from dispersal of war industries on the home islands to sustaining war through reduced air raid vulnerability. They warned that shipping was constricted by a tightening blockade and that the remaining sea transport would drive the broader war effort. Industrial transfer to Manchuria accelerated, with production steering toward weapon output.
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Japan
Manchuria
Beheading of Cow Symbol and Prewar Oil Output Report
The article notes a prewar Balikpapan output of about 6,000,000 barrels annually. Natives hold a religious ceremony to bless the undertaking, led by a Mohammedan priest, with a cow’s head buried near the pumping station. On Borneo’s opposite side, Melbourne radio cites Australian forces seizing Beaufort near Brunei Bay.
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Borneo
Melbourne
Beaufort
Brunei Bay
Bonds Raised At Plaza Rally Reach $96000
A plaza theatre rally for the Spanish American War loan sold bonds totaling $96000. The event featured the Mexican film Cuando Escuchos Este Vals and bands. Purple Heart recipients including Mrs. Carmen Nunez and others were honored. Guests included Andreas Alday, Jose Ochoa, and Tech Sgt Henry DeLlama.
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Plaza Theatre
Alianza Club
Ahtepa
Santa Rita Hotel
Bilbo Senators Face Uncertain Exit After Quorum Stalemate
Senators were dragged from bed to form a quorum as they adjourned amid anger and confusion. A cloture rule vote loomed for Monday while the fiscal year ends Saturday night, risking funding for 16 war agencies if no action occurs. Compromise suggested.
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Senate
Rapid panel approval moves bill to top of agenda
The rules committee fast tracked the bill approving it in 15 minutes. Floor leaders then announced the measure would lead the day’s order of business within three hours.
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Rules Committee
Vandenberg Sees Chaos Without UN Security League
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg urged early ratification of the UN security charter, arguing that world chaos is the alternative to collective security. He called the charter a potential emancipation proclamation and asked critics to judge its realism against current world facts.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate Today
United Nations’ Security League
Vandenberg
Senate Republicans
San Francisco
Senate
Army Major's Wife Is Held For Killing Youth
Coroner Theodore E. Steiber found Mrs. Imogene Stevens 24 criminally responsible for the death of Albert Kovacs 19 a submarine sailor shot in a neighbor's home in New Canaan last Saturday night Liquor and emotional strain were cited though intoxication does not absolve her of manslaughter. chemical analysis showed Kovacs was also under the influence of liquor.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Theodore E. Steiber
Imogene Stevens
Albert Kovacs
New Canaan
Stevens
Steiber
Albert
Detroit Fines For Pen Nants On Cars
In Detroit Michigan motorists face penalties for decorating automobiles with pennants. A separate note states that ninety percent of Eire's motion pictures originate from the United States and are shown domestically.
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Eire
The
United States
Emily Hubbard Buys Pantano Road Property
Real estate transactions in the Tucson area include Emily Scott Hubbard paying over 38 000 for the Pantano road ranch owned by Charless L Hinds as deeds show. R B Maples Jenny Maples and Ona Kennedy acquire joint tenancy in the residence of Charles A Painter III and Dorothy D Painter. Purchase prices noted include 22000 for the Painter residence and 13000 for the Hampton street home. The Fourth Street property and four adjoining lots sold for 17000 to F Payne Dearing from Harry F Bryant and Mary M Bryant.
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Tucson
Anna Sullinger
Charless L. Hinds
Pantano Road
Emily Scott Hubbard
R. B. Maples
Jenny Maples
Ona Kennedy
Charles A. Painter, III
Dorothy D. Painter
Catalina Foothills Estates
Campbell Avenue
Emily P. Westoff
Hampton Street
John de Young
East Fourth Street
Tetreau Remembered For Social Science Contributions
Tetreau trained in social science and humanities and inspired students and groups with his materials. He advanced instruction and research on mankind in social groups and was a valuable asset to university life. He donated time, aided student organizations, and was widely known and admired in the community and state.
President Truman Decides on Charter Delivery and Talks Today
The President weighs delivering the charter in person and plans a 2 p.m. meeting with Landon at the Muehlebach hotel suite. He may address the international scene and is due to return to Washington Sunday. He will divide time between the federal building and Independence with friends and family.
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Landon
Jackson County
Truman
Washington
Federaluilding
Independence
Man testifies on murder case of wife and alleged lover
The seven officers penalty board watched as the slayer described two weeks of belief in an affair between his wife and Vernet. He recalls seeing them embrace in a buffet after failed attempts to bring his wife home. He then used an 8 inch bowie knife to stab them behind a tavern.
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Vernet
Largest price jumps since 1939 hit apples potatoes prunes lard
The record notes the steepest price increases for apples potatoes prunes and lard since 1939. It highlights a broad rise in staple food costs affecting household budgets and may reflect shifts in supply demand and policy factors impacting groceries.
Noisy Courtroom Echoes From Faulty Window Cooler
In superior court spectators noticed a loud rattle resembling a cement mixer. Investigators traced the din to a window cooler with a loose bearing. The cooling unit ran loudly, so it was left off during proceedings to keep witnesses and attorneys from being drowned out.
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Superior Court No. 1
Anderson to Meet Battle Over Price Control Extension
The outgoing Secretary of Agriculture pledged to fight to restore his amendment to the price control extension bill. The Senate approved conference report would give incoming Secretary Clinton P. Anderson power to veto OPA food regulations, a change critics call the weakened version.
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Retary of Agriculture
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
OPA
Amendment Provisions Shield Farmers and Meat Prices
The text outlines a series of measures including the Andresen amendment, rent adjustments in defense areas, OPA rules to set cattle sheep and hog prices as processing costs plus a reasonable profit, removal of slaughtering quotas in certified clean plants, and government purchase of meat from nonfederally inspected slaughterers.
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Sion
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
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