Border Patrol Arrests Youth in Hit and Run Case
Perfidio Fernandez 21 living at 865 South Ninth avenue was arrested at 1 30 am by border patrol at Amado while with friends headed south of the station. He is charged with a May 17 hit and run that killed Mace donio Rabago. A preliminary hearing is set for June 6 with bond at 5000. Rabago died from a broken neck and other injuries after being struck while riding a bicycle. Patrolmen Hayes Johnson and Ross led the capture.
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Perfidio Fernandez
South
Ninth Avenue
Border Patrol
Fernandez
Amado
Macedonio Rabago
Tucson
Rabago
Border
Joseph F. Hayes
Ralph G. Johnson
William F. Ross
Hayes
Sahuarita
Halifax Thanks Editor For Welcome Poem Amid Rome Advance
Allied dispatches describe Fifth Army moving toward Rome with heavy fighting near Valmontone and Lanuvio while advancing to Ceprano and the Liri valley. Ricardo Fierro, editor of El Tucsonense, received Lord Halifax’s letter of gratitude for a translated welcome poem.
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Lord Halifax
Ricardo Fierro
el Tucsonense
Halifax
Washington
D. C
Fierro
Halif
el Tucsonese
South Stone Avenue
Tucson
Ariz
Witnesses Say Mine Valuation Set Too High
In Nogales Arizona on May 29 witnesses for the state tax commission and the American Smelting and Refining Company testified before Superior Court that an excessive 1943 valuation was placed on the Trench mine in Santa Cruz County. The case seeks restitution of taxes on 800000, with a hearing set for next Saturday.
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Nogales
Ariz
State Tax Commission
American Nan, i and Refining Company
Superior Court
Trench
Santa Cruz County
Gordon Farley
Litigants
Commission
Cruz County
Arthur Houle
Jane
George
Trench American Smelting
Allied Forces Close Pincers On Myitkyina
Allied units break into the southern end of Myitkyina to trap Japanese defenders as heavy fighting continues. Chinese and American troops press from the south and west while a relief column from the southwest suffers heavy losses.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Myitkyina
Radio Tokyo
Mandalay
Tokyo
Mandalay-Myitkyina
Frank B. Merrill
Irrawaddy
Mogaung
Kamaung
Nation's Memorial Holiday Toll Reaches 109
Associated Press reports 109 deaths in the Memorial holiday period across four days. Of today’s 31 automobile deaths, 45 were from miscellaneous causes and 33 from drowning, reflecting varied weekend risks nationwide.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Dewey Nears Admit He Is GOP Presidential Candidate
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey on the eve of the Governors' conference avoided a direct pledge yet signaled openness to the GOP nomination. He said talk of his lead in delegate counts has moved beyond rumor and suggested he will offer platform ideas for Chicago.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Hershey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Indiantown Gap
Dewey
Ohio
Dewey Associates
Albany
John W. Bricker
Ohioan
White House Receives Bill To Reopen Bridges
Senate approval sent to the White House for legislation to reopen bridges on the Canadian and Mexican borders closed Sundays and holidays. The bill would shift duty for weekend inspections to the federal government and authorize continuous customs service at tunnels ferries and highway crossings after Roosevelt signs.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Supreme Court
Customs Service
Roosevelt
Harness Probes Navy and Merchant Marine Life Raft Procurement
Representative Harness of Indiana urged a thorough investigation into life raft procurement amid claims of irregularities. He cited a stockpile of steel rafts approved by the coast guard and criticized ships still using wooden rafts known as chicken crates. He noted orders for 1,400 wooden rafts and questioned renewal of a steel-raft contract with Globe American of Kokomo.
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Washington
Rep
Harness
R-Ind
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
Globe American Corporation
Kokomo
Ind
Globe
Island Blow Expected To Be Launched Soon
Allied forces push toward Mokmer airfield on Biak Island as Gen. MacArthur vows bases for the advance toward the Philippines. Forde signals Australia hopes for an early counterstrike with a Philippine return and moves include tank and air support across the island’s three airfields.
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Don Caswell
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Franci M. Forde
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mokmer
Biak Island
New Guinea
Formosa
Japan
Forde
Australian Natives’ Association
MacArthur
Netherlands East Indies
Mokmer Airfield
Bosnek
Sorari
Sorido
Boroku
Mokmer Field
Boroki
Senate Votes Pay Boosts For Some Postmasters
The Senate approved salary increases of five to 20 percent for postmasters earning up to 8 000 a year by a 44 to 12 vote, replacing overtime eligibility with the boosts. The conference report goes to the House amid Reed’s opposition over wasteful service.
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Washington
Sen. Reed
Valmontone Loss Would Hit Nazi Rome Defense
Allied forces press the Anzio breakout as Valmontone on the Via Casilina becomes a pivotal prize. Its loss would strike a heavy blow to retreating German troops under Kesselring, severing a key escape route toward Rome while other routes remain open.
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Sid Feder
Naples
Fifth Army
Rome Line
Eternal City
Aprilia
Fifth
Poleone
Rome
Valmontone
Casilina
Via
Campoleone- Valmontone
Velletri
Appian Way
Lanuvia
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Eighth Army
Liri
Sacco
Monte Siserno
Ceprano
Eighth
Dewitt MacKenzie
Anzio
Adolf Hitler
Via Casilina
Cetiase
Rane
Titan
Gary
Seay
Kesselring
Frosinone
Air Forces Seek Equality in New United Armed Forces Bill
Senator Hill of Alabama unveils a plan to abolish the War and Navy departments after the war and create a single department of armed forces led by a civilian secretary. The proposal includes undersecretaries for each service, a director of supplies, and a United States chiefs of staff with a single chief of staff accountable to the President. Army Navy and air forces commanders would join the board. Fellows Army Suggestions.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Army
Navy
Department of Armed Forces
Senate
Sen
Hill
Alabama
War and Navy
Armed Forces
United States Chiefs of Staff
Air Forces
United Armed Forces
Eshelman Wins Air Victory Over Nazi Planes
Lt. Francis Eshelman of Tucson Arizona, son of Mr and Mrs H E Eshelman, was credited with a victory in the air this weekend at a U S fighter base in England. Sixty one Nazi planes were shot down that week end, with Eshelman sharing the destruction with another pilot.
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U. S
England
Eshelman
H. E. Eshelman
Tucson
Ariz
Itemized income figures surface in misappropriation case
The Phoenix court heard Mrs. Catherine Doyle and her husband earned 1930 to 1942 salaries totaling 13701.39 and other incomes of 6337. She testified detailing money during the period as part of a 56,389.14 embezzlement charge tied to personal property tax funds. She cited horse betting winnings and sums from her mother as key components of her income.
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Phoenix
Catherine Doyle
Superior Court
Doyle
Leis
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