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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1946
Page
1
NUERNBERG Oct 1 Here is the list of defendants in the Nuernberg trials and the counts on which they were convicted or found innocent G Guilty I Innocent D Death L Life imprisonment A Acquitted figures years imprisonment.
International tribunal sentenced 12 top leaders to death by hanging and seven to prison. Russia protested acquittals of Franz Von Papen Hjalmar Schacht and Hans Fritsche, while the Soviet judge objected to Hess life term and to acquittal of the general staff. Hull suffered a slight stroke. he is 74.
Paris October 1 The Bulgarian political commission rejected Greek claims to Bulgarian territory and endorsed the Big Four plan for an unchanged frontier Greece lost its bid for strategic rectification after an Anglo American tribute to its Allied role The Greek demand drew two votes for revision eight against and three abstentions The Big Four draft treaty was adopted 10 to 1 with two absentees The Italian commission will study Trieste later Tuesday amid reports no agreement is reached continuing armistice lines Morgan line on one side Yugoslavs on the other The conference limited itself to general principles awaiting Big Four ministers to draft the statute for the disputed area
Two Los Angeles men Ernest Flores Flores aged 22 and Raymond Gonzales Lucero aged 23 faced a U S Commissioner on charges of transporting a 1946 Chevrolet two ton truck from Los Angeles to Nogales. They told officers they were paid 30 dollars for fuel to drive to Nogales and 400 dollars more for the task, allegedly hired by Francisco Lopez. The car owner Abraham Pritzer of Los Angeles reported it stolen on September 22. They were bound over for federal court with bond set at 2000 dollars each. This case marks the sixth arrest in a month of suspects driving stolen cars toward Nogales border.
Gov. Sid N. Osborn signed 19 measures from the third special session of Arizona’s 17th legislature. Key acts raise the state old age pension max from 40 to 50 dollars, authorize 484 975 dollars for social programs, and set salary raises, including restoring legislators pay to 15 dollars a day after a previous cut.
Suburb residents near the Pacific tracks and west by 12th avenue will vote December 9 on forming the first suburban fire department in Greater Tucson. A county board decision followed a 1,200-person petition amid recent dwelling fires outside city limits. City officials barred city firemen from responding outside municipal boundaries, leaving suburbs without protection unless they organize.
Bradley Houghton, convicted by a superior court jury of reckless driving, failed to appear for sentencing. Judge John D. Lyons Jr. ordered a $300 cash appearance bond and issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Houghton has prior reckless driving records in Tucson and Mesa, including a 90 day jail term. A separate case filed May 18 in justice court remains pending.
County recorder Anna M Sullinger reports that the register office remained crowded past 5 pm as late voters were admitted to finish registering for the November 5 general election. Officials expect turnout to exceed 35 000, driven by unionactivity on the right to work amendment and a proposed constitutional change increasing legislative pay from 8 to 15 per day.
More than 4000 letters go out this week from the senior honoraries Bobcats and Mortarboard inviting parents to the 17th Mom's Dad's Day at the University of Arizona. The event precedes the Wildcats versus College of the Pacific football game on October 19 with parent registration at Old Main and an assembly to follow.
Prominent Tucson attorney and Republican leader John L. Van Buskirk was shot at his office on West Pennington Street around 3:50 p.m. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital. Police reported a man fired the shot after Van Buskirk escorted him to the door. a .45 caliber revolver was recovered. No arrest had been made a short time after the incident.
The Truculent Turtle Navy patrol bomber landed at Port Columbus at 10 28 p m Tuesday completing a record nonstop flight of 11237 miles from Perth Australia. The unofficial elapsed time was 55 hours 18 minutes. Fliers led by Omar Thomas D Davies of Cleveland prepared for a fatigue check and planned to relate their experiences to newsmen.
The U.S. faces its broadest labor strike wave since last spring. CIO officers walk off ships in New York, 60,000 Pittsburgh workers idle, losses near 125 million dollars. Columbus motormen and bus drivers halt transit, leaving 300 000 residents without service.
Hollywood police and deputies charged a 700 strong parade of studio strike sympathizers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The clash ended with 16 marchers and officers hospitalized amid the violence.
Harold C. Warnock was chosen Tucson housing authority attorney in a unanimous vote. The THA board includes two World War veterans A. B. Sieh and William T. Walsh. W. T. Pyott resigned after ill health. A. E. Conner quit and Milton Cole failed to start. The meeting included criticism of Langdon W. Post on recreation funding. Notices announced 24 new housing units in Santa Rita park and eight in Estevan park for veterans families.
Navy conducts munitions storage tests 75 miles north of Pocatello expecting a cloud over a mile high. A half million pounds of TNT will be detonated electrically from a point near the magazine, with potential for a further 1.5 million pounds if successful.
George Bideaux of Tucson was elected president for 1947 of the American Legion Press association, an editors’ group for about 375 Legion publications, and Mrs. Esther Gaston of Phoenix was unopposed as Western vice-president of the Legion auxiliary.
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues the Nuernberg tribunal defines conspiracy to wage aggressive war as the supreme crime and notes the Big Four nations shape the peace effort. The ruling could strengthen UN actions against aggressors, though veto power remains a potential hurdle.
Nürnberg observers describe reactions of Hermann Goering Joachim von Ribbentrop Hjalmar Schacht Rudolph Hess and other defendants as verdicts are announced in the war crimes trial Doenitz Raeder Keitel and others show mixed emotions with some appearing cheerful or stunned while Goering masks feelings behind glasses and glances at the floor
The three freed men Hjalmar Schacht Hans Fritzsche and Franz Von Papen told reporters they desire rest oblivion and space after being acquitted by the international military tribunal. Schacht plans to join his wife and two daughters and disappear from the press. Von Papen remains sought by Austria for trial in Vienna.
Tucson attorney Herbert F. Krucker says the Nuremberg proceedings set a standard for fairness and procedure. He notes defendants were allowed to present cases, were given documents, and were kept informed on all trial aspects. Schacht’s acquittal is cited as evidence, with plans proposed to keep the nation solvent and no sign of Nazi knowledge.
In Sportsman's Park St Louis the Cardinals edged the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2 in the opening game of a three game NL pennant series. Shultz hit a homer for Brooklyn in the third inning while Branca Gregg Lombardia Melton Edwards and Pollett handled pitching duties for the Dodgers.
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