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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1946
Page
6
Berlin reports on May 8 1945 the first V E day anniversary finds Europe hungry and battered with few ceremonies. People seek to forget the war and focus on daily survival as Field Marshal late on May 8 1945.
Keitel and Doenitz faced war crime trials at Nurnberg while Berlin marks May 9 with a subdued observance as Allied troops plan a street procession. McNarney says occupation tasks include German reeducation self government and economic restoration amid Italy holiday and Caserta show for POWs.
Phoenix report describes a fatal highway accident near Solomonsville. Clarence Clifford 46 of Safford was struck by a car running a stop sign, pinned to a service station wall, and killed. Evelyn James 18 of Roswell New Mexico drove the car. Frank A. Stewart 36 of Oklahoma City Oklahoma owned it. Both occupants were held.
In Reims France 1200 French students study in the building that hosted the first German surrender at 2 41 a m on May 7 1945. The prosaic structure served as SHAEF headquarters under General Dwight Eisenhower.
Assistant Reclamation Commissioner William Warne testified before the House appropriations committee that 47 000 new irrigated farm units could be opened for war veterans by 1951 if funds are approved. The plan covers about 500 000 acres of public lands and more than 42 000 farms on privately owned lands that would receive water from reclamation projects.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. W. Dey, former Tucson resident, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Parker mortuary chapel. Burial follows at Evergreen cemetery. The body, with relatives, arrives today from Cimarron Kansas, where Mrs. Dey died.
Warne explained that remaining lands would be made available for settlement under homestead laws in parcels of about 80 acres each, offering opportunities for pioneer settlement and development.
NEW YORK May 8 A study by the Tile Council of America projects Arizona will receive a minimum of 19,800 housing units under the current veterans housing program. The report notes new houses will not differ greatly.
A study finds postwar houses look different from prewar styles with kitchens boasting labor saving features tiled baths and modern fixtures. New financing trends like package mortgages that cover equipment and longer amortization periods promise lower monthly payments and reduce the need for installment buying of stoves refrigerators washers and similar items.
In Springfield Massachusetts at age 80 Michael Dugan retires from Western Union after a long career noting manpower shortages have eased and the company can manage without him.
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