Bohannan Defends Merit Rating Plan Against Pima Officials
Phoenix May 9 state welfare commissioner Robert C Bohannan Jr charges Pima county social security authorities seek to block the plan for an efficiency rating of welfare employees He says a May 3 order ends the present merit rating form and introduces a new system after July 1 He accuses Tucson officials of misinterpreting the order and calls for a board meeting with the governor to resolve the dispute
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Phoenix
Robert C. Bohannan Jr
Pima County
Bohannan
Pima Welfare
Tucson
Ted Walker
Board of Public Welfare
Walker
W. P. Mahoney
Ridgway Nominated for Fourth Star by Truman
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, who succeeded Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Far East, was nominated by President Truman for promotion to four-star general. Ridgway had commanded the Eighth Army in Korea and now holds the post as supreme commander of the Allied Powers and other top allied and U N forces.
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U.P
Matthew B. Ridgway
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Truman
Ridgway
MacArthur
Tokyo
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations Forces
U. S. Army
Doris Spottswood Held On Jewelry Theft Charge
Doris Spottswood, 25, a former government stenographer, was jailed on a charge of stealing about $5,000 in jewelry from Baltimore Philadelphia and Washington stores. Police say she used a bosomy distraction, asking to view diamond rings while clerks were diverted, swapping real rings with imitations.
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Washington
Doris Spottswood
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Miss Spottswood
Food Prices Likely Steady Through Early Summer
The agriculture department forecast that already high food prices will remain fairly stable into early summer unless international or defense demand reshapes supply. Current supplies are adequate to meet civilian consumption, though prices rose about 15 percent in the first quarter with meats eggs fats oils and processed fruits and vegetables leading the gains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Drastic Controls Sought to Freshen War-Time Economic Powers
Washington reports show Edwin T. Gibson warning Congress that less than half of the $84 billion in defense orders are filled and urging two more years of price wage and defense production controls to curb shortages. President Truman backs extended authority to deter hoarding and to pressure the Kremlin while defense officials warn expiring controls could harm the U S buildup.
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Senate Banking Committee
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Kremlin
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House Banking and Currency Committee
John D. Small
Munitions Board
Defense Plant Corp
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Utility Cables Go Underground
The article discusses a proposed utility franchise plan to replace overhead wires and poles with underground cables. It is the third in a series aimed at informing Tucson voters about the franchise for the Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Co. with a full draft on Page 19.
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Tucson
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
Pioneer couple left mark on Tucson press history
Mrs. Allan B. Jaynes 71 wife of early Tucson publisher died in Pasadena and will be buried in Evergreen. She and her husband ran the Tucson Post and the Tucson Daily Citizen after purchasing the Post in 1902 and later the Citizen. Survived by daughter Mrs. Charles Lindbergh and sons Willis F and Allan B Jr.
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Tucson
Pasadena
Calif
Jaynes
Evergreen Cemetery
Tucson Post
Tucson Daily Citizen
George Smalley
Smalley
Old Post
Post
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Mulford Windsor
Jack Campbell
Citizen
O'Brien Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Lindbergh
San Francisco
Willis F
San Marino
Allan B. Jr
Altadena
Fort Hiring Civilians At Rate Of 20 A Day
BISBEE May 9 Civilians are being hired for work at newly reactivated Ft Huachuca at the rate of 20 persons a day. L C Drake personnel manager has announced. He said some 150 persons are already employed in civilian jobs and more are on their way. Drake cautioned job seekers not to come to the post. He said they should go through regular civil service channels or file an application with the Arizona state employment service.
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L. C. Drake
Drake
Arizona State Employment Service
Baseball Scores Giants and Yankees Lead In Tight Showdowns
Chicago drives four runs in the 6th and 7th as King earns the win for Brooklyn over Schmitz. St. Louis blanks New York 17 to 1 with Noble homering twice. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at Boston scheduled for night games amid a busy AL slate with New York at Cleveland and Boston at Chicago.
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Owen
Burgess
van Dynk
King
Campanella
St. Louis
New York
Lanier
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Dusak
Brazie
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Sarni
Maglie
Noble
St. L
Richmond
N. Y
Thomson
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
American New York
Cleveland
Pyle silent on debate challenge over reform move
Phoenix May 9 reporter says Gov Howard Pyle declined to comment on a debate challenge from L. S. Adams of Maricopa County, a leader of the state governmental reorganiza tion referendum effort. Adams issued the challenge.
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Phoenix
Howard Pyle
Maricopa County
L. S. Adams
Yank Missing Wife Receives Bronze Star Medal
Mrs Lore Smith of Nogales received a Bronze Star on behalf of her husband Sgt Luis Smith who has been missing in Korea since November 28 1950. The award for heroic action was presented today by Col T Q Donaldson Jr head of the University of Arizona School of Military Science and Tactics in his office in Tucson.
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Korea
University of Arizona
Lore Smith
Nogales
Luis Smith
Pyongyang
Col
T. Q. Donaldson Jr
School of Military Science and Tactics
Grand jury ends routine session with no stated surprises
County Atty. Robert Morrison cautioned reporters to expect two surprise witnesses, but none appeared. Dolores Raines and Alice Miller testified briefly as witnesses against former county officials Bryce H. Wilson and Maurice T. Guiney, while Jerome P. Martin’s bribery case set for June 13. Jury foreman Reed said next session is Wednesday at 10 a.m. Morrison warned to look for a big break.
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Robert Morrison
Grand Jury
Dolores Raines
West Coast
Bryce H.wilson
Martin
Miss Raines
Jerome P. Martin
Alice Miller
Pima County
Mrs. Miller
Maurice T. Guiney
Wilson
William J. Reed
Morrison
Insulin Shock Victim Saves Self By Action
James L. Mann, 22, started a car to avoid a parked vehicle, then passed out at a filling station. An attendant alerted police. Mann recovered at St. Marys hospital. Health officials emphasized diabetics wear identification and timely medical care. Police hold Manns license during investigation.
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Mann
J. E. Breglin
St. Mary's Hospital
E. North St
UN Planes Hit Red Airfield on Korea Manchuria Border
More than 300 Allied planes smashed the Sinuiju airfield on the Korea Manchuria border in the war's largest raid. The strike targeted 70 to 100 Red planes. 206 U.N. fighter bombers and 106 jets joined in two waves with heavy anti aircraft fire. No U.N. losses were reported.
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Korea-Manchuria
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Sinuiju Airfield
Sinuiju
H. L. Williams
Watonga
Okla
Carl G. Carlson
Denver
William Barnard
U.N
Impersonator Held In Denver In Banked Alias Case
In Denver FBI agents arrested James F. Sink alias Donald Wilson Barker and 29 other aliases on a Tucson supplied April 13 complaint. Sink posed as a navy lieutenant commander and used his girlfriend’s 1950 sport coupe to travel toward Alaska to seize a plane. The girlfriend said she never heard from him after he left. He may be sent back to Phoenix to face charges or enter a plea in Denver.
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Navy
Tucson
Alaska
Denver
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Donald Wilson Barker
U. S
Sink
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Sunny Tucson Weather With Warm 24 Hour Outlook
The forecast calls for more of the same sunny weather in Tucson for the next day. Yesterday saw a high of 89 and a low of 56 with 9 to 44 percent humidity and 6 mph south breezes. Mean yesterday was 73, above the 71 normal. tonight and Thursday should stay generally clear with steady temperatures. Nearby spots reported Phoenix 91/60 Yuma 93/63 Grand Canyon 69/38 Flagstaff 65/27.
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Abe Leever
Tucson
Arizona
Phoenix
Yuma
Grand Canyon
Flagstaff
Income tax hike approved by Ways and Means
The house ways and means committee approved an increase in individual income taxes expected to yield 2.95 billion dollars annually.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Harry Galpin’s War Accident Report From Japan to California
In Japan May 9 the B 26 bomber pilot Capt Harry Galpin learned of his own car crash in California via a wife’s letter. Mrs Galpin says she was driving with the radio on when the announcer named Capt Galpin and she rammed her car into another in Coronado California.
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Japan
Harry Galpin
California
Coronado
Calif
Galpin
Army General Saves UN Troops in Secret Plague Mission
Brig. Gen. Crawford Sams of Atherton California received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism after volunteering in March to probe reports of bubonic plague among enemy troops deep inside enemy territory. His risked life operation aimed to prevent a plague spread to United Nations forces amid fears of germ warfare.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Crawford Sams
Atherton
Calif
Sams
UN Command Public Health and Welfare Section
Heroes Raid North Korea Beach Recon Mission
Four men launched a daring night reconnaissance from a navy whaleboat to a coastal village near North Korea. They observed a convoy of Chinese trucks, reported suspected smallpox, and prepared smear tests for possible mass vaccination. After 90 minutes they returned to safety as reprisals followed, including the execution of 25 Korean families.
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North Korea
Sams
Middle- East
Marshall says MacArthur removal needed over policy row
Secretary Marshall testified that MacArthur’s clash with Korea war policy caused allied unease and risked the U S going it alone He said allies did not demand removal and cited limits on bombing Manchuria and Formosa as reasons for restraint while noting the risk of larger casualties.
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Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
MacArthur
Defense Secretary
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Korea
China
Formosa
United Nations
Japan
Wiley
Sen
R-Wis
Index Pearson writes on MacArthur
MacArthur topic featured by Pearson with broader historical reference and page 4 note.
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