Tucson News Briefs Include Airmen Crash in England
In England an Arizona air crew on duty crashed with live bombs aboard. Prescott reports a kitchen fire gutted the Chino Valley School but 107 students and four teachers escaped unharmed. Pope Pius XII met with Ambassador Lewis W Douglas and family in private audience at Castel Gandolfo. Michigan hospital says Senator Vandenberg is in excellent condition and walking after a serious lung operation.
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Tucson
Arizona
DIAL
England
Prescott
Chino Valley School
Here
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Lewis W. Douglas
Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan Hospital
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Vandenberg
Davis Monthan Crew Perishes As B 50 Falls
A U S air force B 50 bomber carrying live bombs dived into a wheatfield near Isleham England and exploded. All twelve crew members were killed. The aircraft on a 180 mile practice flight to Helgoland left a crater and set fires to farm buildings and 60 tons of wheat.
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Isleham
Eng
North Sea
Helgoland
Lucky the Tucson Canine Delivers Five Puppies After Attack
Lucky a crossbreed poodle injured in mid August gives birth to five healthy puppies at 2 a.m. Dr J H Shannon volunteered to nurse her and oversee the birth. The litter includes three females two males with weights under a half pound each. Three are pure white one black and white and one brindle and white. Father thought to be a Boston bull. Puppies to be weaned four weeks later eye opening in about 10 to 14 days.
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Lucky
Tucson
Canama
J. H. Shannon
Boston
Shannon
Dr. S
Olds Rejected By Senators 53 to 15
Washington October 13 The Senate rejected President Truman’s reappointment of Federal Power Commissioner Leland Olds by a 53 to 15 vote. The defeat followed weeks of heated debate with opposition led by New York senators Ives and Dulles and support from some Democrats. Olds, a Rochester native, faced strong opposition over his stance on democratic governance and policy.
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Washington
Leland Olds
Truman
Senate
Marsnauecu Weninu Wie
New York
Olds
Rochester
Sen
Ives
Dulles
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Carl A. Ilgenfritz
Munitions Board
Ilgenfritz
Steel Company
Arizona
E. W. McFarland
Carl Hayden
Two Nominees For Judges Approved In Senate Panel
Washington October 13 senate judiciary committee approved two nominations for federal district judgeships in southern California. James M. Carter current U S attorney for southern California and Harry C. Westover collector of internal revenue at the time. Kilgore said there were no opposing votes.
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Washington
James M. Carter
Harry C. Westover
California
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kilgore
D-Wva
Carter
U. S
Westover
Chief Hays Ducking Press in Tucson Police Probe
After 60 hours of fruitless attempts to contact Tucson Police Chief Don J. Hays, the Citizen and United Press west coast offices report the chief appears to be avoiding interview. Allegations say a $250 reward check was not deposited to the pension fund, as required by law. UP says, think he ducking contact with press.
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Tucson
Don J. Hays
United Press
West Coast
Hollywood
Hays
San Diego
Public Housing Backed by Tucson Committee
The Tucson committee for public housing supported federal public housing in a meeting of the mayor's committee on public housing. Attorney W Edward Morgan said rents in west of Stone Avenue slums rose up to 166 percent after rent control ended. Maj J Dorsey Watson, co chair, reported a survey of over 200 rentals finding only two with complete baths and six with inside toilets.
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Tucson
Tucson Committee For Public Housing
Mayor's Committee On Public Housing
W. Edward Morgan
Public Housing Committee
Stone Avenue
Maj. J. Dorsey Watson
Lewis Demands U. S. Operation
John L. Lewis disclosed contract demands as federal conciliators push to end the coal and steel strikes. He said soft coal costs could rise 30 to 35 cents a ton but industry profits could absorb it, and urged a bona fide seizure if the government runs the pits. Negotiations continued in West Virginia as Cyrus Ching seeks to return leaders to bargaining.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
CIO
Cyrus S. Ching
Cio-United Steel‘workers Union
Ching
Bethlehem Steel Co
New York
Philip Murray
Cio-Usw
Truman Signs Bill For Federal Loans To States
President Truman signed a law authorizing 100 million dollars in federal loans to states for advance planning of public works. If Congress provides the funds later, loans will be awarded 75 percent by population and 25 percent by needs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Miss America Jacque Mercer Reunites with Douglas Cook in Chicago
Jacque Mercer 18 arrived at Chicago airport with her mother Mrs. Joy Mercer and was greeted with her boyfriend Douglas Cook 20, a University of Chicago student. Photographers flashed as they embraced before Mrs. Mercer watched.
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Chicago
Jacque Mercer
America
Douglas Cook
Miss Mercer
Phoenix
Joy Mercer
Jacque
Young Cook
University of Chicago
Mrs. Mercer
Quadruplets Born to Mrs. Evelyn Hargreaves
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario reports the birth of four girls to Mrs. Evelyn Hargreaves. All are described as exceptionally well. Weights were not disclosed.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
Evelyn Hargreaves
Moch seeks ratification as France's premier
Socialist Jules Moch appeared before the national assembly to be ratified as the new premier. Police surrounded the chamber to guard against Communist demonstrations opposed to Moch.
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Paris
Jules Moch
France
National Assembly
Moch
Missouri Pacific talks flag hope despite railway strike doubt
In St Louis Missouri Pacific negotiators expressed a sense of progress but warned the crippling railroad strike may not end this weekend as hoped, with both sides uncertain about a quick settlement.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Shirley Temple Seeks Divorce After Separation From John Agar
Hollywood Oct 13 Shirley Temple and John Agar have separated and are pursuing divorce papers, with grounds undecided though a close friend cites mental cruelty. The former child star, now 21, married Agar in 1945 and they have a daughter Linda born 1948.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
John Agar
George Stahlman
Agar
Linda
Shirley
Miss Marker
DeMille
George Temple
Lillian Agar
Lake Forest, IL
Williams Only Symbol In New Political Row
Phoenix article outlines Gov. Dan Garvey pressing Land Commissioner O C Williams to resign. Whitney, Williams’ lawyer, says he has not received supporting evidence from the attorney general’s land department report. Deadline set for Monday at 10 am. failure could trigger ouster hearings and possible appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. The case, seen as a major political battle, features Williams fighting to the state supreme court if needed.
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Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
O. C. Williams
Louis B. Whitney
Williams
Land Department
Las Cruces
N. M
Arizona Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Atty
Fred O. Wilson
Amos A. Betts
Betts
Fall of nearby Canton sparks Hong Kong tension
Reports from Canton say Nationalist forces abandoned the city and planned resistance ended, with Communist troops advancing toward Canton. In Hong Kong 30,000 garrison troops faced the border while British forces bolster defenses.
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Hong Kong
Canton
South China City
Associated Press
Kongtsuen
Canton-Hankow
British Kowloon
China
Chungking
Li Tsung-Jen
Kweilin
Kiangsi
Chiang Kai-shek
Kowloon
Red
Canton-Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
Triumph
Belfast
Jamaica
British Vote Set Next Year
Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced that the Labour government will not dissolve parliament this year and will carry out its full term, with elections to be held by law next summer. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin attended the cabinet meeting. the last election was in 1945.
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No. 10 Downing Street
Attlee
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
United States
Labor
Bloodhounds Track Down Two Mt Lemmon Escapees
Dan Moore's pack led to the recapture of Mexican nationals Victoriano Gomez-Carrillo and Salvador Bernardo Macias from a federal prison camp on Mt Lemmon. They were turned over to immigration officials after capture near a Tanque Verde road service station.
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Dan Moore
Mt. Lemmon
Moore
Tanque Verde
Victoriano Gomez-Carrillo
Salvador Bernardo Macias
FBI
Dead from Davis Monthan list named officers and aircrew
The afternoon list from Davis Monthan confirms casualties including First Lt. John A. Dryer Jr from Kansas City Missouri and First Lt. Robert H. Short from Allentown Pennsylvania among ten named airmen. Other fallen are First Lt. Robert M. Stannard of Richland Washington First Lt. Robert W. Chatfield of Syracuse New York Technical Sgt. Delmas F. Bisq Tule Lake California Technical Sgt. Paul P. Butler Jr Douglas Arizona Technical Sgt. Harold B. Merin Newport Kentucky Staff Sgt. Arthur L. Gilbreath Porterville California Staff Sgt. Julius V. Odegard Minneapolis Minnesota Staff Sgt. Robert C. Williams Miami Florida and one name withheld.
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Davis-Monthan
John A. Dryer Jr
Kansas City
Robert H. Short
Allentown
Robert M. Stannard
Richland
Towa
Robert W. Chatfield
Syracuse
N. Y
Delmas F. Bisq
Tule Lake
Calif
Paul P. Butler Jr
Douglas
Aria
Harold 8. Merin
Newport
Arthur L. Gilbreath
Porterville
Julius V. Odegard
Minneapolis
Minn
Robert C. Williams
Miami
Fla
B 50 bomber crashes near Lakenheath during Helgoland mission
Fire equipment from Newmarket Cambridge Mildenhall and Oxfordham respond after a B-50 crashes seven miles from Lakenheath in Norfolk during a Helgoland mission. Ten aboard are killed and bodies recovered within two hours. Weather foggy with limited visibility. The RAF guards the wreckage as the US Air Force notes the crew’s identities will be released to next of kin.
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Isleham
Newmarket
London
Cambridge
Mildenhall
Oxfordham
U. S
Third Air Division
Tucson
Lakenheath
Norfolk County
Helgoland
Ariz
Sculthorpe
Fairbanks
Alaska
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
RAF
Suffolk County
Britain
Berlin
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