Oscar to Zukor and mumps expose sweep Illinois
A gold Oscar awarded in Hollywood arrived in Tucson as Adolph Zukor, famed Paramount founder, visited relatives. In Springfield, Illinois, Mrs Adlai Stevenson and about 50 state senators were exposed to mumps during official dinners, prompting concern over immunity and transmission. Zukor, still active, argued films' costs are stabilizing and foreign cinema benefits American industry.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Hollywood
Tucson
Adolph Zukor
America
Eugene
Zukor
Mildred Zukor Loew
Board of Directors
Paramount Pictures
Academy
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Governor's
State Senate
United States
Laurence Olivier
Oscar
Milwaukee youth charged in girl's death after elopement
Milton Babich, 19, was charged with slaying 16 year old Patricia Birmingham whose body, weighted with a cement block, was pulled from the Milwaukee river after she had vanished on February 10. Babich, who had married her sister Kathleen two days earlier, faced murder charges as authorities pursued a habeas corpus hearing. The case ties to the sisters eloping to Michigan and later being found in Minneapolis before return to Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Dist
William McCauley
Babich
Milwaukee River
Young Babich
Patricia
Kathleen
Michigan
Minneapolis
Roland Steinle
Steinle
Eisenhower illness trims Joint Chiefs to three
President Truman announced Adm. Leahy will retire as the Joint Chiefs of Staff member as Gen. Eisenhower, acting chairman, battles a severe gastro enteritis. Eisenhower has been ill at his hotel and may be sidelined for days while Leahy’s retirement follows illness and a long career from Spanish American War service to World War II.
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Washington
Mar
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Adm
William D. Leahy
Joint Chiefs Organization
Leahy
Naval Base
Key West
Fla
Truman
Navy
Puerto Rico
France
Roosevelt
Army
Air Force
Columbia University
Pentagon
No Reason For Special Session On Welfare Seen By Auditor
State Rep James W Ewing and State Auditor Ann Frohmiller said there is no reason for a special session to alter welfare administration funds. The welfare department faces a biennial budget near unchanged, with counties slated to spend about 327 660 for administration in the new period, 26 784 less than the current.
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Ewing
James W. Ewing
Tucson
House Appropriations Committee
Ann Frohmiller
State Welfare Department
Harry W. Hill
W. A. Sherwood
Pima County Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Pima
Sherwood
Hill
Senate
Frohmiller
Britain To Tighten Export Controls To Reds
Britain moves to restrict shipments of potential war materials to iron curtain states. A confidential U S schedule guides bans on arms munitions radar gear atom bomb materials and jet engine parts. Western countries including Sweden object to parts of the schedules and full compliance could hit Britain’s trade with Eastern Europe. ongoing pacts with Russia remain in force.
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London
Britain
United States
Washington
Iron Curtain
Sweden
Europe
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Weather Shifts Bring Unseasonable Chill and Rain
Tucson area faced a cold front that cut weekend temperatures and brought rain hail and light snow to high elevations. By midweek a broad forecast had called for warmth but a late front disrupted that trend across Arizona and much of the Midwest with cooler, unsettled conditions lingering as March rainfall remains below normal.
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Tucson
U.S. Weather Bureau
United States
Arizona
Midwest
Tombstone
Weather Bureau
Pima Tax Ruling Expected Monday
Phoenix March 26 A ruling is expected Monday on Pima county seeking permission to spend over 192000 beyond its budget The Arizona tax commission will decide The county plans funds for the sheriff office the assessor s office and the county health clinic Twenty sheriff s deputies are working without pay pending the appeal
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Phoenix
Mar
Pima County
Arizona Tax Commission
Ofice
Three Local Stations To Broadcast Appeal
A nationwide radio appeal One Great Hour to aid Catholic and Protestant churches in overseas relief programs will air Saturday night on Tucson stations. KTUC hosts 8 to 9 p.m., KOPO 9 to 10 p.m., KCNA 11 to midnight, with actors Ida Lupino Gregory Peck Robert Montgomery and Quentin Reynolds contributing.
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Tucson
President Truman
KTUC
KOPO
KCNA
Ida Lupino
Gregory Peck
Robbert Montgomery
Quentin Reynolds
Church Bans Bare Shoulders At HS Dances
In Milwaukee archdiocese directive, strapless or shoulder revealing gowns are banned at parochial high school dances. Curfews, prom expense limits, and conduct rules apply. Boys must wear business suits. violations may lead to dismissal from the prom.
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Milwaukee
Moses E. Kiley
Edmund J. Goebel
Archdiocese
Riley
Goebel
New Pension Bill Backed by House Leaders
Washington March 26 United Press House administration leaders called Rankin’s new veterans pension bill good and predicted passage. The measure would set 72 dollars monthly pensions for 65 year old veterans who are honorably discharged and in need, aligning with expanded disability pension rules already in effect. A veteran’s group official noted many needy World War I or II veterans could qualify under revised rules. Then the piece notes rent extension talks and Marshall plan oil refinery financing concerns, with separate Senate Republican opposition cited.
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Washington
House
John E. Rankin
D-Miss
Truman
Rankin
Veterans Administration
Veterans Organization
Congress
Senate
Kenneth Wherry
Senate-house
Sen
John
New Nogales Motel Sold For 129000
Nogales reports the El Portal motel sold for 129000. Builders Bert Cox and William Schaffer of Phoenix developed the 30 unit property. Purchaser Miss Anna Pilemeir of Phoenix took possession on Saturday.
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Nogales
Mar
el Portal
Bert Cox
William Schaffer
Phoenix
Anna Pilemeir
War Of Ideologies Rages In New York As Peace Delegates Scolded
In New York on March 26 anti Communist protests filled Carnegie Hall and Park Avenue as the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace drew thousands. Immigration officials questioned three Canadian delegates while police guarded rival meetings at Freedom House. Norman Cousins delivered a sharp anti Communist speech at a Friday banquet, highlighting the tension between pro peace and pro American Freedom groups.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Fashionable Park Avenue
Americans For Intellectual Freedom
Freedom House
AIF
Organi
Cousins
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Wife Of Copper Magnate Is Found Dead
In a Park Avenue apartment a society matron, Mrs Helen Reinberg, 51, was found strangled. Police traced a note by Jose Del Pino, 57, saying he was crazy after she spurned his love. Del Pino then killed himself by subway. The victim was married to Gustave Reinberg, VP of Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp. Their daughter Anne attends Vassar. Del Pino, once a Brown Spanish teacher, had given lessons since 1945.
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New York
Park Avenue
Helen Reinberg
Jose del Pino
Brown University
R. I
Middlebury College
Vermont
Columbia University
Reinberg
Providence
Hunter Kellenberger
Brown
del Pino
Spain
U.S
West 74Thtreet
Last Day To File For Health, Security Jobs
Phoenix March 26 Saturday is the deadline for filing applications for competitive examinations for positions in the state department of health social security and unemployment compensation Zilpha Fuller state merit system supervisor said Applications for interviewer claims deputy and information writer are being accepted to create eligible lists for positions in the departments Applications for the positions of business machine operator and stenographer and typist must be filed by April 2 Fuller said.
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Phoenix
State Department of Health, Social Security
Zilpha Fuller
Fuller
Tornado Toll Rises in Oklahoma and Texas
Severe storms battered Crowder Oklahoma and Springtown Texas leaving at least two dead and 48 injured. Desdemona Texas recorded a fatality and multiple injuries as a Friday tornado damaged Desdemona and nearby communities. Oklahoma patrol and National Guard mobilized to search affected areas while road and telephone lines were disrupted.
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Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Crowder
Okla
Springtown
Desdemona
Albert Allen Avery
el Paso
Oklahoma State Highway ‘Patrol
Jane ‘Colburn
McAlester
Westville
Pittsburgh
Heywood
Canadian
Highway Patrol
Texas Way Patrol
Fred Emanuel
180Th Infantry Company
Oklahoma National Guard
McAlester Hospital
Jewell Hayes
Eubanks
Jewell Daniel
Henry Hobbs
Ft. Worth
Speed Trials Win Interest At Pima County Fair
After the cattle auction, Pima county fair focus shifts to weekend quarter horse trials with finals Sunday for the world championship race. 4 H clubs judged by Walt Armer and Ralph Van Sant. Loren Mann won two firsts in beef and a senior showmanship award. Blondie the cream Palomino tops the horse division, rode by Ray C. Edsall in cutting with a cast on his left foot. Ranchero Joe and Cowboy G earned top spots in reining and rope horse. Cartorze corrected to fourth in cutting. Exhibits include domestic science, home arts, photos, Papago weaving, and 35+ booths. San Xavier Rock and Sand Co. won best commercial display. Three daily free shows run through the fair.
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Pima County
Sunshine
Old Pueblo
Walt Armer
Ralph ‘van Sant
University of Arizona
Agricultural Extension Service
Loren Mann
Amphittheater Club
Blondie
Ray C. Edsall
Olney
Tex
Edsall
Cowboy G
Gill Cattle Co
Ranchero Joe
Buster Naegle
Winkelman
Cartorze
Menard Gayler
San Xavier Rock and Sand Co
Tucson
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Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Paramount
District Attorney’s Office
Ili
By Bob Brooks
Executive Secretaries Association
W. J. Bray
Pima County Welfare Board
The
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Park Avenue Society
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Canadian Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Margaret
John Goss
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