Burr Awaiting Appeal Result From Council In November
In Phoenix the highway merit system council will rule on whether ex Captain Walden V Burr was unjustly dismissed by November 6 after Burr testified in his defense. His Tucson attorney argued the process lacked fair defense funding and proper filing of charges. Burr plans to appeal if the decision goes against him.
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Phoenix
Arizona Highway Merit System Council
Walden V. Burr
E. J. Warner
Burr
E. T. Cusick
Tucson
Council
Jack Powell
Harry Seymour
Cusick
Maricopa County
Don J. Hays
Patrol Merit System Council
William R. Mathews
Hays
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan
Dunkenness
Chief of Police
Merit System Council
Highway Patrol
Flagstaff
Elks Club
Kenneth Wooton
C. S. Kimball
St. David
Kimball
Perry Ling
Ling
Garvey Burr
Garvey
Dan E. Garvey
Shrine official charged in auto raffle at East Speed Market
A Tucson Shrine club official, A. P. Green, secretary treasurer, was arrested at El Rancho market after Judge Lee Garrett witnessed him selling raffle chances for a 1949 automobile donated by Ralph Watkins of Buckeye for El Zaribah temple. Green faced unlawful lottery charges with bond set at $100.
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Tucson Shrine Club
East Speedway
A. P. Green
Shrine Club
Lee Garrett
Green
Garrett
Buckeye
Ralph Watkins
el Zaribah Temple
Globe
Miami
Wickenburg
Phoenix
Temple
Justice Court
el Rancho Market
N. Park Ave
Lehman Dulles Locked In Fight in New York City
Senatorial campaign heats up as Herbert Lehman campaigns in Manhattan and Brooklyn while John Foster Dulles returns from upstate. Dulles toured 45 of 62 counties, delivering about 200 speeches and covering 2300 miles. Lehman appeals to NYC voters amid heavy regional campaigning and liberal backing.
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Associated Press
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York
John Foster Dulles
Syracuse
Upstate
Dulles
Lehman
Coney Island
America
Russia
Mt. Vernon
Westchester County
Democratic High Command
Bill Signed But President Orders Funds Not Used
President Truman signed the large peacetime military appropriation but impounded 615 million dollars. Congress increased air force funding to 58 groups, drawing a sharp reaction as steel and coal strikes threaten production. Auto plants Nash and Ford plan cuts. unemployment claims rise. Senate and House clash over stockpiling and aircraft procurement, with a November 1 deadline for action on remaining measures.
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Washington
Truman
Navy
Air Corps
Congress
House
Nash Motors
Detroit
Car Assembly
Kenosha
Wis
Ford Motor Co
W. P. Kennedy
Trainmen's Brotherhood
Thomas A. Lewis
Kentucky State Agriculture Department
Kentucky
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO
Senate
White House
Europe
Korea
Greece
Turkey
Alaska
Okinawa
Chinese Reds Seize Consul and Four Staff in Mukden
The state department reports Chinese Communist authorities arrested Consul General Angus Ward and four staff in Mukden around October 24. Two staff members identified locally as Rahberg and Shirow Tatsumi are American citizens. The other two arrested employees are European nationals locally employed for chauffeuring.
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Washington
State Department
Mukden
Angus Ward
Ward
Rahberg
Shirow Tatsumi
Peiping
San Francisco
Associated Press
R. Rehberg
F. Ciogna
Shiro Yatsumi
A. Krista
Killings Rage In Colombia Amid Election Clashes
Reports from Bogota say 175 people were killed in Valle province in 24 hours with 150 Liberal followers murdered at Ceilan by Conservative forces in a town set ablaze. Twenty five more died at Villanueva as Liberals clash with Conservatives. overall toll in recent weeks nears 600 ahead of the November 27 election between Dario Echandia and Laureano.
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Bogota
Colombia
Dona
Charba
Dario Echandia
Laureano
Autograph Bet: Man Seeks 48 Governors For 4800
Paul Clark marching toward a $4 800 wager by collecting autographs of all 48 governors. The Columbus, Ohio native has hitchhiked across the country since April 9 and needs Thurmond of South Carolina, Talmadge of Georgia, Folsom of Alabama, Warren of Florida, and Wright of Mississippi plus the president. He aims to sign Truman next.
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Charlotte
N. C
Paul Clark
Columbus
Los Angeles
Clark
Southeast
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Fuller Warren
Florida
Fielding
Wright
Missipi
Truman
Radio Failure Blamed In Air France Constellation Crash
Investigators say radio failure led to a wrong island approach in the Azores, causing a Constellation crash that killed 48 people including Marcel Cerdan and Ginette Neveu. The aircraft hit Mt Redondo on Sao Miguel after misdirected guidance and a failed signal.
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Azores
U.P
Air France
Santa Maria Field
Marcel Cerdan
Ginette Neveu
Cerdan
Miss Neveu
Jean de la Noue
Santa Maria
Sao Miguel Island
Algarvia
Neveu
United States
Sao Miguel
Mt. Redondo
Kay Kamen
New York City
Paris
Kate Kamen
Emory H. Komlos
New York
Raoul Silbernage
France
Casablanca
Edward Lupine
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Abbott
Chicago
Cairo
Egypt
Hanna
Maude Marie Ryan
Atlantic City
N. J
Irene Sivanitch
Detroit
Yugoslavia
Navy Secretary cancels trip to Notre Dame game
Navy Secretary Paul Matthews scrapped plans to attend the Navy Notre Dame football clash in Baltimore due to heavy workload. In Phoenix Lt. Col. Barry Goldwater won the Leo Bruns trophy as outstanding Arizona National Guard officer. In Prague Gottwald freed 127 imprisoned priests under the new church control law. Transamerica sold 1,199,554 Bank of America shares for 51.58 million dollars to cut to 11.1 percent stake amid Fed concerns over control.
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Washington
Navy
Matthews
Baltimore
Phoenix
U.P
Barry Goldwater
Leo Bruns
Arizona National Guard
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
San Francisco
Transamerica Corp
Bank of America
Federal Reserve Board
Transamerica
Builder Plans 113 Low-Cost Homes In City
Tucson unveils 113 low-cost two bedroom masonry homes on West 29th street named Vista del Pueblo annex. Each home costs about 6000 with FHA financing and roughly 30 dollars monthly payments. C Richard Dalton of the federal housing administration announced the plan. Owners James and Elnora Benefield plan sales on lots no smaller than 75 feet wide. A mayorally appointed housing committee urges city to seek public housing for low income families especially Negroes and Spanish.
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Tucson
West 29Th Street
C. Richard Dalton
Federal Housing Administration
Vista del Pueblo Annex
James
Elnora Benefield
Tucson Negro housing plan eyed by citizens committee
Morris Udall says a proposal by Mr. Dobry will be invited to the next public housing committee meeting. The panel recommends public housing in Tucson for low income families and tours slum areas to assess conditions. Bids for Vista del Pueblo annex homes are out with a model house due in 10 days.
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Tucson
Morris Udall
Citizens Public Housing Committee
Dobry
Udall
Citizens’ Housing Committee
State Police Aid Fight Investigation In Michigan
Detroit October 29. The Kid Gavilan vs Lester Felton boxing match investigation expands as Michigan agencies join the probe. Gov Williams orders state police in after the boxing commission request, with Detroit police and Wayne County prosecutor also examining the October 21 verdict amid gambling rumors.
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Detroit
Kid Gavilan
Lester Felton
Michigan
Oldsters
G. Mennen Williams
State Boxing Commission
Wayne
Harry S. Toy
Joseph V. Krug
Felton
Gavilan
Morrie Sherman
Sam Pearlstein
Litchfield Loses To Carver In Unsettled Battle
Litchfield Park High kept 11 players on the field against Carver last night but still fell 26 to 0. Coach Glen Mackie frayed by injuries and absences amid a strained roster, drafting players from unlikely sources to field the team.
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Carver High
Phoenix
Litchfield Park High
Litchfield Park
Carver
Glen Mackie
Mackie
Convicts Linked to Cafe Holdup in Philadelphia
Five of eight New Castle county workhouse escapees have been captured. Police identify two gunmen Willie Edwards and Joseph Lankford from Delaware as part of the group at large, after a cafe holdup netted 85 dollars. Other escaped prisoners are still at large across Maryland and Delaware.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Willie Edwards
Joseph
A. Lankford
New Castle County
Wilmington
Del
Danny Norris
Victor M. Bryson
Bryson
John Andes
Minquadale
John Henry Minor
Bear Cleve
Fla
Jesse W. Palmer
Tuscumbia
Ala
North East
Edwards
Lankford
Edward J. Hardy
Gloucester
Mass
Bellefonte
Satsuma
Fila
Norris
Ernst
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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National Security Council
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