Defense chief seeks authority for 625 million housing plan
Defense Secretary Johnson asked Congress for authority to approve a 625,125,682 program for armed services housing and buildings as critical. The plan lists Arizona sites including Davis-Monthan Tucson Williams Yuma Navajo and related family quarters utilities barracks and facilities, with costs ranging up to 1.6 million. The package is part of Truman's 15 billion defense budget for the new fiscal year.
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Armed Services
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Davie-Monihan Air Force Base
Tucson
Williams Air Force Base
Chan@ier
Yuma Test Branch
Yuma
Navajo Ordnance Depot
Navajo Village
Truman
AIR Force
Chinese Reds Block Sea Lane Near Shanghai
Chinese forces push a new Communist drive toward Shanghai nine miles from the east bank of the Whangpoo with infantry infiltration tactics. Word says units are five miles from the river’s east bank near Pootung across from downtown Shanghai as the siege continues.
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Shanghai
U. S
New School Budget Proposes 4 Million Spending Increase
The Tucson public school system tentatively approves a 1949 50 budget of 4 106 383 including a 10 cent levy an 18 5 percent rise over 1948 49. With conservatively estimated new property value 8 million dollars and expected state county funds a tax rate may stay same or drop slightly. The plan adds 83 teachers four principals seven nurses and 10 janitors, subject to June 9 public hearing.
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Pima County
Tucson
Tucs
School Board of Trustees
Paving Discussed At Cities Convention Now In Session
Municipal League reports progress as its finances improve and the group defends its stance on a refunding bonds bill. President Park H. Miller credits Tucson for supporting passage while Sen. John E. Hunt plans a 1950 gubernatorial bid.
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Municipal League
Park H. Miller
Prescott
Tucson
Casa Grande Paves Over 100 Blocks as Arizona Cities Plan
Delegates to the Arizona Municipal League in Tucson review paving efforts across cities. Casa Grande reports more than 100 blocks resurfaced. Glendale and Winslow discuss district paving and equipment needs. Phoenix accelerates paving and oiling. Tucson sealcoats a million square yards. Gasoline tax funds aid street improvements, with Casa Grande noting residents on surfaced streets pay about half the bill. Flood control remains a regional concern.
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Tucson
Arizona
Casa Grande
Glendale
Winslow
Phoenix
Ed Peterson
Baseball Results From Chicago and Boston Rivalry
The Chicago and Boston games ended with Boston taking a 7 to 4 win in Boston after a late rally. Pieretti and Shoun pitched for Chicago with Tebbetts handling catching duties. Cleveland defeated New York 2 to 0 as Feller and Papish worked the mound. New York beat Pittsburgh 8 to 2 behind strong hitting, while Jansen and Cooper combined for several runs in the Pittsburgh loss.
McCloy Named High Commissioner for Germany
President Truman selects John J. McCloy to be United States high commissioner for Germany. McCloy resigns as World Bank president, effective by July 1, to oversee nonmilitary occupation transfer plans and assist in establishing a German provisional government alongside Allied commissioners.
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United States
Germany
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State Department
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France
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Governor's Auto Is Tagged For Parking
Governor Dan E. Garvey woke in Tucson to find a parking ticket on his car left in a no parking zone near the Pioneer hotel. His aide Highway Patrolman Jack Hirsh noted the citation cited parking beyond 2 a.m. and Burr, head of the highway patrol, was unsure of any action.
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Dan E. Garvey
Tucson
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Pioneer Hotel
Hirsh
W. W. Burr
Highway Patrol
Burr
O'Mahoney Targets Funds For Communist Education
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney said he will bar the atomic energy commission from using government funds to educate Communist Hans Freistadt. He chairs the Senate appropriations panel handling the 1950 budget as the joint atomic energy committee probes a $1,600 fellowship for the young physicist. He noted the fiscal year 1950 bill should contain no funding for Freistadt. Other congressional items include tax timing reforms proposed by Rep. Mills and anti discrimination questions raised by Adam Clayton Powell.
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W.P
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D-Wye
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Hans Freistadt
O’mahoney
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Whin Hhandle Lawia
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Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
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FDR Jr Beats Tammany In Special NYC Race
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr won the May 18 special congressional election in New York's 20th district with 41 146 votes. He carried Liberal and Four Freedom party banners after Tammany denied him the Democratic nomination.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
20Th
Manhattan
Truman
Sol Bloom
Liberal
Freedom
Tammany
Tam
Special Session Planned for Legislature Next January
Phoenix May 18 Ray mond G Langham speaker of the Arizona House says the house has approved a special session next January if the senate concurs The session would focus on the state hospital financial crisis and possible layoff of about 70 employees with the appropriations committee likely to act.
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Raymond G. Langham
State House of Representatives
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Senate
Langham
State Hospital
Dan E. Garvey
House Appropriations Committee
Legislature
Congress Orders B 36 And Jet Fighter Duel
The House Armed Services Committee ordered the Defense Department to run impartial tests of the Air Force B 36 against the Navy s top jet fighters. The Navy claimed a jet could intercept and shoot down a B 36, prompting the challenge after the Air Force stayed silent.
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Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Air Force
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Food Trucks Blocked At Helmstedt In Berlin Traffic
Soviet traffic officers halt trucks at Helmstedt border crossing demanding entry permits from the German economic commission in the Soviet zone. Hundreds of vehicles stalled as vegetables and other cargoes wilt under the sun while drivers protest the new requirement.
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Berlin
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West Germany
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