Public meeting on utility sale discussed by city council
City council heard a plan by Southern Union Gas of Dallas to bid on Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power and offer the city a two year option to buy the electric system. The proposal includes options for the Arizona power authority and Trico Electric Cooperative, with the gas system to remain with Southern Union. A public meeting was ordered and a citizens utility committee will review the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Dougherty
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Southern Union Gas Co
Dallas
Tex
Tucson
J. R. Cole
Willis Lee
Citizens’ Public Utility Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Dallas Company
W. H. Coddit
Southern Union Company
Arizona Power Authority
Trico ‘Electric Cooperative, Inc
New Mexico
West Texas
Texas
Recruiting To Be Carried On At Marana
First Lt. Tom G. Laster Tech. Sgt. Wheeler Newman and Staff Sgt. Monroe Douglas arrived from Williams Field to serve as air force recruiting personnel based at Marana AAB. The veterans bring combat experience from RAF 9th England France Belgium B 29 action India and North Africa earning Air Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters and ten battle stars. They will recruit former RAF mechanics for jet propulsion training and may assign recruits to Williams Field. Contacts are via the Marana recruiting office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom G. Laster
Wheeler Newman
Monroe Douglas
Williams Field
Air Force
Marana
Laster
Ninth
RAF
England
France
Belgium
Newman
Clarksville
Tex
India
Douglas
Denton
Georgia
Panama
Ecuador
North Africa
15Th Aaf
Naples
Italy
Aab
City debate over condemning land for subdivision streets
Tucson officials debate whether to condemn privately owned land to extend North Harris and North Bentley streets into East Eighth Street for Better Homes Inc. parcels. City attorney says condemnations possible for public use, while critics favor developer funded dedications. Committee to study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Brown
Tucson
W. Stuart Nicholas
Forrest J. Priser
Nicholas
Better Homes, Inc
East Eighth Street
North Country Club Road
North Harris
North Bentley Streets
Priser
T. J Elliot
University of Arizona
North Cherry Avenue
William J. Pistor
E. D. Herreras
University
Board of Adjustment
Pistor
North Cherry Avenue Stadium
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Federal Housing Authority
Martin
State Tax Commission
Tucson Heights
Northside
Veterans
Tucson Shrine Club
Randolph Baseball Park
Baseball Commission
Shrine Club
Ben West
Council
Recess Hinted For Big Four Conference
Paris May 7. Foreign ministers of the Big Four wrapping Balkan peace treaty talks agreed only on Transylvania’s award to Romania and tentatively accepted a vague Bulgar frontier. With wide Balkan and Italy disputes, American and British spokesmen urged a possible three months’ recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Transylvania
Romania
Italy
Baseball Finals Lean to American League Duel
Chicago faced New York after edging Detroit 7 to 2 while Philadelphia trailed, in a tense sequence shaping the American League finals.
National League Scores and Schedules Brief
Boston visits St Louis at night while Brooklyn plays Pittsburgh and Philadelphia travels to Chicago amid rain delays. Cincinnati defeats New York 2 to 1 in a standalone result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Transmission Lines Dropped By Committee
A Senate appropriations panel cut the reclamation bureau budget for the year starting July 1 by 94 million dollars. It approved 72.3 million for construction and other expenses, down from 166.9 million requested, citing 135.4 million in unexpended funds as of Jan 1 1946. The committee lays out approved projects in Arizona and Nevada and disallows funds for specific Davis dam related transmission lines such as Tucson Deming interconnection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reclamation Bureau
House
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Bureau
Gila
Ariz
Davis Dam
Ariz.Nev
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Ariz.-Nev
Tucson- Deming
Wilson W
Wyatt
John D. Small
Budget Bureau
Tucson Doctor Praises Climate in Rheumatic Fever Fight
Dr. W. Paul Holbrook told American Legion luncheon members that climate at Tucson and other low incidence areas dramatically reduces recurrent rheumatic fever. He noted antibiotics and penicillin help, but no germ is confirmed as its cause. climate and respiratory infections influence rates. He recalled wartime use of sulpha drugs and later penicillin, and his role as Army air corps hospital consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Paul Holbrook
Army Medical Corps
American Legion
Holbrook
Tucson
Boston
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Army Air Corps
Interior Fund Slashed by Committee Amid Waste Claims
The House appropriations committee cut nearly half of the Interior Department's requested funds for the new fiscal year, citing inefficiency under former Secretary Harold L. Ickes. The panel approved 174,652,579 dollars, well below the budget bureau's 346,765,830 dollar request, affecting all agencies including power and reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Harold L. Ickes
Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Bureau of Reclamation
House
Ickes
J. A. Krug
1 000 Dwellings Being Constructed
Official V E Day To Be Celebrated In U S Tomorrow. May 7 1945 Washington D C. Tomorrow is V E day proclaimed by President Truman last year. Surrender papers were signed two days earlier and formal hostilities ceased the night before. May 8 is recognized as V E day by armed forces and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Germany
Europe
Russian Army Departures From Four Iranian Provinces
The U N security council heard Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala report that four Russian-occupied provinces in Iran have been evacuated and Azerbaijan may also be clear. Iran was told its officials could not confirm conditions there. The May 6 evacuation deadline followed a 4 April council resolution requesting evacuation reports from Iran and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Azerbaijan
United Nations
Iran
Hussein Ala
U. N. Security Council
Ala
Council
Russia
Phoenix Dean Of Cathedral Dies Suddenly
Rev. William R. Otto aged 42, dean of Phoenix Trinity Episcopal cathedral, died at 7 a.m. He was native of Atlanta and formerly taught English at Los Alamos Ranch School. He served in Long Island and Buffalo before six and a half years at Oshkosh Trinity Church. Acting dean since Jan 1, full dean since Mar 24, he leaves a wife and three stepchildren. He died at breakfast with Bishop Kin solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
William R. Otto
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Atlanta
Los Alamos Ranch School
Los Alamos
N. M
Virginia Theological Seminary
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Long Island
Trinity Church
Buffalo
N. Y
Trinity
Trinity Church, Oshkosh
Wis
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Missionary District of
Arizona
Most Of Building Is Going Up Outside City Limits
A Tucson real estate board survey shows 84.6 percent of 1000 homes under construction lie outside city limits with 144 inside. Suburban districts west of South Sixth Ave lead in activity, followed by areas north of Speedway and south of Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Real Estate Board of
Arnold Fouts
Arizona
National Housing Authority
H. E. Heighton
Local Realty Board
South Sixth
South Sixth Avenue
Speedway
Mountain
Maple B
Broadway
Campbell Avenue
Wilmot Road
Maple and
Swan
Oracle Road
First Avenue
Whitney Proposes U.S. Government Run Railroads
In Cleveland on May 7 A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen calls for government ownership and operation of the railroads to stop overcapitalization and fix finances. He urges immediate seizure and congressional legislation as trains prepare a nationwide strike set for May 18 by the Brotherhood and Locomotive Engineers after rejecting emergencies board findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
French Uncertainty Extends After French Vote
The French referendum on a new constitution shows the leftward trend persists while Communists face a rebuke. The coalition of Socialists Liberal MRP and Rightists affects the vote, keeping France from swift adoption of a Bolshenist styled charter. Preamble notes and political sentiment remain under debate as coverage continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
France
Liberal Catholic Popular Republicans
MRP
British Plan for Complete Withdrawal From Egypt Proposed
The British government announced a plan to remove all land, sea, and air forces from Egypt in a staged withdrawal to be set in Anglo-Egyptian negotiations. The move aims to ease Egyptian unrest while treating Egypt and Britain as equal partners, though some Egyptian sources question Sidky Pasha’s stance. A banquet for King Farouk lacked British attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
U.P
Egypt
United Kingdom
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Sidky
Guest Ranch Sale Highlights Tucson Area Deals
Real estate filings in Pima County total $87,000 in cash. The Silver Spur guest ranch near Tucson sold by Alblock Inc. to Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Manini for about $30,000. Gussie Selig sold 80 acres on Alvernon Way to Speedway Realty for about $21,000. Tom Ellison sold auto parts site at Stone Avenue to Carl Shurtz for about $15,000. Charles J. Hollis sold 67 North Irving Avenue for about $11,000. Claire E. McCullough sold 818 East Speedway residence to Cecil E. Unruh for $10,000. Incorporation of La Madera Land and Trust Co. listed with $500,000 capital. Groom couple filed water rights for 1500 gallons daily for domestic use and irrigation on 3 1/2 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sullinger
Pima
Silver Spur Guest Ranch
Tucson
Alblock, Inc
New Jersey
Paul L. Manini
Gussie Selig
Speedway Realty Company
Alvernon Way
Rincon Way
Claire E. McCullough
Cecil E. Unruh
East Speedway
la Madera Land and Trust Company
Florence B. Armstrong
C. K. Smithe
James J. Silver
George F. Groom
Rillito River
Harlan Man Killed While Picketing
Harlan Kentucky a man was killed during a picketing incident. In Washington on May 7 senator William F Knowland of California warned the senate to lay aside the British loan and take up labor legislation if the coal strike not settled within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
William F. Knowland
R- Calif
Senate
Government proposes end to soft coal strike as violence erupts
The government hands a peace proposal to United Mine Workers and soft coal operators in Washington as a 37 day strike drives a coal shortage. In Benham Kentucky a mine conflict left one man dead and six injured after pickets surrounded the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan County
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
UFL
Washington
International Harvester Company
Benham
J. S. Cawood
UMW
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Ind
U. S. Steel Corp
Solid Fuels Administration
Solid Fuels
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Forest Fire Extinguished in Santa Catalinas
Officials of the forest department thank about 25 volunteers and C B Mead of the federal prison camp for aiding in checking a 150 acre blaze in the Soldier Mountain area Sunday and Monday. Fire chief Roger Morris says the fire is under control and an embers watch continues. lightning is suspected as the cause. Estimated area ranges 120 to 150 acres with vegetation largely destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Department
C. B. Mead
Federal
Soldier Mountain
Santa Catalinas
Roger Morris
Rogers
Morris
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U.S. Steel
By Morris Cleavenger
Dr. Holbrook
Krug
By Dean W. Dittmer
Southwestern Power
Sam Rayburn
D., Tex
Southwestern Power Construction
Southwestern Power Administration
U. S
Tehran
Cathedral
W. R. Otto
Walter Collins
Farouk
Harlan, Ky
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