Rain and Floods Hit Kansas and Louisiana Crops
Heavy rains drenched flood areas in Kansas and Missouri while south Louisiana rain saved the rice and sugar crops ending a drought. Flooding threatens Missouri and Kansas again as acres inundated rise to over a half million. Crop damage runs into millions as hundreds of families evacuate bottomlands.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Louisiana
Wichita
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Middle Atlantic
Rockies
Great Lakes Region
Japanese holdouts on Anatahan surrender after seven years
Eighteen Japanese soldiers on Anatahan island in the Marianas surrendered to the U S navy tug USS Cocopa Wu. They carried the ashes of dead comrades and bowed as they boarded the tug for transport to Guam and eventual repatriation to Japan. Lt Cmdr James Johnson marked the end of his two year leadership as civil administrator of the Northern Marianas. Henry M Hedges was to be sworn in as district administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Anatahan Island
Marianas
Japan
Cocopa
Cmdr
James Johnson
Birmingham
Ala
Northern
Johnson
Henry M. Hedges
Chicago
Department of the Interior
Navy
Kan Akatani
Tokyo
Ishiwata Ichori
Hoyoosuka Maru
Katsusabur
Usui
Brancato Free On Big Bail
Anthony Brancato, once listed by the FBI as a top ten wanted man, is free on ten thousand dollars bail after surrendering in San Francisco. He is due back Tuesday for questioning about a Las Vegas holdup last month and is described by the FBI as a longtime illegal gambling figure. Three other suspects remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Anthony Brancato
FBI
U.S
Francis St. J. Fox
Brancato
Las Vegas
Nev
Harry Kimball
Nathan Coghlan
Los Angeles
Kimball
Passengers listed for missing United DC-4 flight
United Air Lines released a passenger list for a DC-4 missing flight from Salt Lake City to Denver. The roster includes K. C. Morgan and family, numerous California residents, doctors, military and civil service personnel, and 41 names plus crew headed by Captain Richard J. Appleby and co-pilot Harry G. Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Air Lines Today
Salt Lake City
Denver
K. C. Morgan
San Bruno
Calif
Morgan
UAL
San Francisco
Shirley Colmer
Washington St
Detroit Lakes
Minn
S. Frodden
Frances Hoffner
Stockston
J. F. Schuster
Como St
St. Paul
S. Sussman
Santiago St
Shreveport
D. P. Zilla
Treasure
Iowa
E. Ivie
C. W. Dingman
United Air Lines Medical Department
Zoe Ann
Palo Alto
L. E. Montgomery
Mary Patricia
Joe Coury
Bedford Ave
Pittsburgh
A. W. Gerth
S. Safford
Alexandria
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
I. Thomas McKillip
Ravensworth
George W. M Hagard
Brandywine
Mr. Bieghley
Marker W. Youngstown
Ohio
Stewart E. McCabe
11Th St
North
Arlington
T. L. Evans
Clovis
N. M
Frank C. Drake
Park Ave
Nashville
Tenn
P. W. Cullom
Pemce
Joseph H. Britain
Benjamin J. Pingel
Francis E. Wvyst
Hill Air Force Base
George Piper
J. G. Vann
Wright Field
J. W. Landers
Atlanta
Darrell C. Ensign
Dr. Orenstein
Hilo
Hawaii
Richard J. Appleby
Sunkist Ave
Los Altos
Harry G. Tower
Acacia Dr
Burlingame
August P. Petrovick
Beresford
Redwood City
Frances May Smith
College Ave
Carol ‘."Raymond
Aragon
San Mateo
22nd Country Club signal to begin operation Monday
The county's new traffic signal at East 22nd Street and South Country Club Road will start on Monday after construction. It will run as a red flasher with a full stop during a test period, then switch to full operation on July 5, guiding 22nd Street traffic with red, amber flashing and cautious proceeding.
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East 22Nd Street
South Country Club Road
Ralph N. Burgess
Burgess
22Nd Street
Country Club
Notable Gangster Slayings and FBI Most Wanted List Move
The notes reference two mob killings, Bugsie Siegel in 1947 and Edward Neddie Herbert in 1949. It states he joined the FBI’s ten most wanted list three days ago, replacing Henry Clay Tollett who died in Alcatraz after being wounded by state police in Redding California.
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Bugsie” Siegel
Edward “Neddie” Herbert
Henry Clay Tollett
Alcatraz
Redding
Calif
Woman Fined for Overtime Parking Sparks Car Scratches Mystery
Mrs. Rosalie Adler paid a $1 fine for overtime parking after claiming a police officer scratched her car door with fingernails amid hot day frustrations. A court check traced the officer. the scratch theory failed as an officer blame shifted to a blouse buttons before the police case was closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Adler
E. Sixth St
Fourth Ticket Booths Open for Junior Chamber Fourth of July
Mitchell Schatz announces extra hours for ticket sales at three downtown outlets from 10 am to 4 pm due to high demand. Tickets cost 40 cents for adults and 10 cents for children at the University of Arizona stadium. Tucson Vigilantes plan a 1 pm Tuesday downtown demonstration ahead of the Wednesday program. The 775th Air Force Band will perform before the fireworks and sound retreat at Davis-Monthan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mitchell Schatz
Southern Arizona Bank
Valley National Bank
J. C. Penney Co
University of Arizona
Schatz
Tucson
Jury Duty Calls Up Holiday Excuse
Pima County residents queued in two superior court rooms for jury qualification. About 220 people explained why they could or could not serve on juries for the next three to four months. Judges said holiday vacations complicate panel selection.
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Pima County
Superior Court
City Employees Asked To Aid In Scrap Drive
All city employees were asked to lookout for salvageable scrap metal for mobilization efforts. The memorandum, issued today by acting City Mgr. Phil J. Martin Jr., follows a request by Gov. Howard Pyle and the national production authority of the commerce department. Employees should report any salvaged scrap to the city manager's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
Phil J. Martin Jr
Howard Pyle
National Production Authority
Department of Commerce
Tucson Sergeant Killed In Action In Korea
Sgt. Raul C. Camacho, son of Mrs. Nela Camacho of 130 Armijo Street, has been killed in Korea. He had been wounded previously and returned to duty, and his name appears on the Defense Department casualty list in Washington.
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Raul C. Camacho
Nela Camacho
Armijost
Camacho
Department of Defense
Washington
Sky Cats Planes Fly Again After Tax Sale Delay
Members of Sky Cats Inc. reclaim their 1946 Aeronca aircraft seized at the municipal airport for two years of back personal property taxes. They paid 94.23 dollars, saving 20 dollars in sale costs. deputy sheriff Jack Marks says other delinquent private planes will face similar measures.
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Sky Cats, Inc
Jack Marks
Pima County Board Sets Two Dozen Road and District Actions
Pima county supervisors prepare for the first session of the new fiscal year with about two dozen routine items. Four liquor license transfers proceed unprotested. School District No. 1 requests boundary changes adding 24 square miles southwest of Tucson. Action on a combined drainage ditch and super-highway on East 22nd Street between Alvernon Way and Wilmot Road with a 125-foot right of way. Project includes widening for traffic from the Davis Monthan gate move to Craycroft Road. Several improvement district matters, including a Salpointe district public hearing at 2 30 p.m.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
Davis-Monthan
Alvernon
Craycroft Road
Salpointe District
City Eyes Milk and Access Roads
The July meeting of the mayor and city council will consider repealing the city milk ordinance as urged by the board of health to align with the stricter state statute. The plan drops the ban on outside milk into Tucson and reviews downtown freeway access via Church street along with Hughes Co plant traffic road changes. Other items include paving Cherry Avenue, widening Speedway, and a policy on slum clearance by condemning substandard homes. Routine matters fill the rest of the 36-item agenda.
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Board of Health
Tucson
Planning and
Church Street
Hughes Co
Tucson Real Estate Board
Cherry ‘Avenue
22Nd Street
Speedway
Tucson Boulevard
Country Club Road
Safeway Seeks Court Action Over East Broadway Store
Safeway Stores Inc asked superior court for an alternative writ of mandamus and a writ of certiorari against Tucson board of adjustment and city inspector E D Herrera to approve front elevation plans and issue a temporary occupancy certificate for a East Broadway South Norris store. The board cited architectural conformity with neighborhood dwellings as the reason for denial under city ordinance 1168. Safeway contends the ordinance is void for purely aesthetic reasons and that the board acted arbitrarily and unreasonably. Construction has begun while appeals await a new meeting date.
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Safeway Stores, Inc
Superior
East Broadway
Tucson
Board of Adjustment
E. D. Herreras
Safeway
City Board of Adjustment
South
Norris Avenue
Pony Express May Replace Phones in Apache County
Superior Court Judge Robert S. Tullar struggles to reach Judge J. Smith Gibbons for a retrial of Bryce H. Wilson amid three days of disconnected telephone lines and downed poles due to forest fires in Apache County. Wilson, a former county attorney, faces conspiracy bribery and prostitute-earnings charges.
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J. Smith Gibbons
St. Johns
Superior Court
Robert S. Tullar
Gibbons
Bryce H. Wilson
Tullar
Apache County
Parker Faces Morals Charge In Superior Court
Clare V. Parker, 45, of 244 E Pastime Road, trailer court operator, is arraigned Monday in superior court on three morals charges involving two girls aged 8 and 10 and a charge of sodomy, plus a bogus check for $20. Bond set under $10,000. Parker remains in county jail after arrest June 15 by Deputy Sheriff Glenn Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare V. Parker
E. Pastime Road
Glenn Beck
Parker
Justice of Peace
James M. Howsare
Widens Search For Missing Woman Gutierrez
Deputies extended the search for Magdalena Gutierrez a 60 year old woman missing since Sunday. Investigators traced her to East Luna and North Fifth, and she may have asked for the Santa Cruz church or river. Deputies and volunteers worked overnight and today in the desert after she was last seen near 56 W Corral Jt. with limited English and illness affecting speech.
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Magdalena Gutierrez
W. Corral Jt
Gutierrez
East Luna
North Fifth Avenue
Larry Wilson
Wilson
Santa Cruz
Ed Hendricks
Law in Pursuit as Things Pop
Braxton Pryor called the sheriff's office at 2 30 this morning to report a man firing a gun in front of his house at 1915 S Park Ave. Deputies Barrins and Monger spotted three youths exploding firecrackers. Two were caught. the third fled through desert brush with a flash of light in his feet.
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Braxton Pryor
Sheriff’s Office
S. Park Ave
Edward Barrins
Bill Monger
Monyer
Monger
Barrins
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Krueger
Richards Paving CO
John J. Cecilia M. Chris A. Reilly Jr
Dial
E. Pennington
M. A. Wuerschmidt
Broadway
Korea
Glover-Clark Engineering CO
4Th Ave
Een Lawns
Pabvetean Manure
Tucson Fertilizer Company
California
H. S
Actmv
Market St
Kemp Agency
Pony Express
Church OF Christ
Christian Union Missionary
Harry Welch
West 44Th St
First Assembly
E. Broadway
Christ's Ambassadors
Kopo
Assembly of God Church
Young People
Holy Ghost
R. E. Webb
Sixth Avenue
Stone Ave
Ile Cleaners
Wurlinzer Organs
Maestro Music Inc
Apache
Cochise
Graham
Gila
Greenlee
Navajo
Pima
Santa Cruz Counties
Wurlitzer
Coron 400 Baptist Church
A. E. Diddams
Bible School
Emmanuel (Southern) Baptist Church
North Maple
Eugene Stone
T. A
Baptist
E.fifth St
R. S. Real
First Southern Baptist
North Third Ave
Selwyn S. Smith
8. S
North Tucson Baptist
North First Ave
Rev
Ross Partridge
Sanday School
Palo Verde Baptist
North Palo Verde Co
J. Cording
Bethel Christian Reformed Church
Tucson Bivd
G. B. Boerlyn
Pastor
Bible Chapel
East North
Campbell and Grant
N. Country Club
Wallace Layton
Mabel St. Quentin Fanning
West Lincoln
Christian & Missionary
Alliance
M. First Ave
E. Adams
William J. Foley
First Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
E. Speedway
Euclid
Harold L. Langer
First Church OF Christ
First Congregational Church
N. Second
George C. Vance
Grace Episcopal Church
Third St
Jerry Wallace
ST Paul’s
John W. Ellison
ST. Philip’s-In-The-Hills
Episcopal Church
St. Philip’s Plaza
George Ferguson
Shrine Club
E. B.way
E. A. Hoefer
Faith Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
East Fifth Street
Raymond Buck
Faith Lutheran
South Side
Government Heights
Indian School Road
Grace Lutheran Church
Synodical Conference
E. Arnold Litz
Evangeli
CAL Lutheran Church
N. Campbell Ave
Helen St. George A. Spindt
First Methodist Church
East Fourth
Pak Ave
Richard J. Dunlap
ST. James
E. Prince
Clovis B. Snider
Catalina Methodist Church
East Speedway
Maurice G. Ballenger
First Church OF the
Nazarene
E. 10Th St
Highland Ave
J. Erleen Moore, Jr
Presbyterian Church OF the Covenant
East 17Th St
Great Ave
Ronald M. Straus
Mountain View
Presbyterian Church
East Third St. Rev. Pauli David Sholin
Trinity Presbyterian
Fourth Ave
Glenn C. McGee
D.D
Dale E. Hewitt
Church
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
North Mountain Ave
D. Strever
First Southern Baptist Church
North Third Avenue
Smith
KCNA
S. S. Smith
Wisconsin Synod
Lutheran Churches
The
Lutheran Church
KOY
Phx
GRACE
NO. 1St Ave
Redeemer
Good Shepherd
Robt. Hochmuth
E. Yavapai RD
S.S
Fifth Ave
First Baptist Church
N. 6Th Ave
E. St. St
Beal
E. E. Matteson
W. E. Epps
Sleeth Chapel
Lord Jesus
Willis
B.Y.P.U
Prayer Fellowship
T.N.T
Earle E. Matteson
4Th Avenue
9Th St
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