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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1946
Page
1
Sen. E. W. McFarland criticizes price swings in cotton as election influenced factors. He says the President aims to stabilize prices and that shortages and reconversion issues should ease after election day. He notes the pre election uncertainty affects finance and industry.
President Truman reviewed the cotton price situation with White House aides and Reconversion Director Steelman. Buttoned to action or not, no immediate government move was promised as discussions continued. Senator Sparkman urged possible decontrols and elimination of price limits to restore confidence in the cotton industry.
Joseph Keenan, secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor, tentatively accepts the job to resolve studio union jurisdictional tangles. Representatives from the Screen Actors Guild, Conference of Studio Unions, and IATSE say he will come to discuss next week. He is receptive to the $20,000-a-year post chosen by the three unions.
Bridget Waters testifies in Las Vegas as cross-examination resumes after a recess for Nevada Admission Day. She recalls Labor Day shooting of her estranged husband Frank K. Waters Jr., 38, and breaks into tears when shown the gun and during a reenactment with the baby present. The defense continues to press her account as the jury watches.
A delayed action bomb damaged the British embassy in Rome with a 100 foot wide hole in the chancellery. An Italian pedestrian Niccolino Pattina, 25, was critically injured. Initial reports of a fatality were unconfirmed. Premier Alcide De Gasperi called a cabinet meeting.
Chinese dispatches report government troops breaking into Chefoo amid stiff resistance. Nationalists captured Mangping southeast of Chefoo and cut off Communist land retreat. Communists massed forces at five peninsula ports to safeguard sea route between Manchuria and north China. In Nanking delegates voted to withdraw from mediation and urged the two sides to talk. Third party leaders concede little progress toward resuming peace talks.
Mesa man Lloyd Ellsworth, 45, sustained critical injuries Thursday when his car collided with a tractor three miles north of Chandler.
Reports indicate war department economy actions will release many civilian workers at the base soon while a larger troop influx arrives from across the country to station at Davis Monthan. Officials could not confirm, but informants are considered reliable.
Major David F. Watson, of Burlingame California, was found guilty by a 10 man military court of conspiracy and receiving stolen property in the Kronberg castle jewel robbery. He received a dishonorable discharge and three years at hard labor. he was acquitted of larceny.
The OPA announced 1 642 local price boards will close November 4 as rent control supervision shifts to 650 area offices. Sugar rationing continues under 61 district offices. Other ceiling items remain under district administration.
Winston Churchill urged the United Nations to end war talk through full disclosure of actual military facts and reciprocal inspection on equal terms. He spoke in Birmingham while accepting the freedom of the city, saying suspicion could be cured by transparency and UN action.
Hungarian composer and general manager Fred Markush, 63, of the Hungarian Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers, died Thursday in New York. His 1931 tune Take Me in Your Arms was among his noted works.
Washington reports John L. Lewis appears poised to win gains from the government in the looming talks with Secretary Krug and N H Collisson. With 400000 soft coal miners backing him, negotiations may reopen the contract in 10 days and end in 30, aiming for higher pay without triggering a nationwide strike.
Miami reports the attorney general assumed authority over 48 Estonian refugees who sailed from Sweden to the city. They will not be deported until an official order, to be issued by the attorney general, and will stay under immigration supervision. The group entered without visas but are not deemed criminal.
Rex L. Nicholson, special assistant to Secretary of Interior Krug, said his two week report to Washington will propose permanent range management changes. Western livestock groups back reforms including higher grazing fees and broader use of public domain under the Taylor act.
Phoenix officials say work on the first 199 358 dollar section of the Black Canyon highway project will begin within two weeks. The project aims to create a paved link between northern and central Arizona, with a 650000 second section funded in the 1946 47 budget, but limited funds will delay completion for years.
AP analysis notes delegates at the United Nations view Molotov’s speech as distrustful yet many join the call for disarmament with inspection and guarantees. Austin and Truman frame U S policy for arms reduction and a decent life under the Golden Rule, while Russia’s armed strength remains a point of global concern.
Secretary of State James Byrnes said the U S information service would resume in Yugoslavia within a day or two. The Yugoslav counterproposal limited content and distribution to government ministers and the press agency, and the United States accepted these conditions as not at variance with its broad objectives.
Ernest C. Roberts, 41, of 1237 East Linden, was fined 250 dollars and sentenced to 90 days in jail by Justice Gardner after conviction for reckless driving (liquor). Two other traffic charges are awaiting appeals in superior court, and Roberts plans to appeal the third conviction.
A Western Union wage agreement was ratified averting a strike. Nonmessengers receive 12 1 4 cents more per hour and messengers 10 cents, under a federal board's recommendations. The pact runs through April 1.
Five people were killed when the advance Commodore Vanderbilt locomotive of the New York Central struck two automobiles at a crossing in Lancaster New York. Victims include Coletta R Weber 15 James F Weber 18 Leo J Weber 21 Jack H Stiegler 18 and George H Lanthier Jr 20 all residents of Lancaster.
The United Nations General Assembly moved to place the four point Soviet arms proposals on its agenda after a 14 nation steering committee vote. Dmitri Manuilsky urged rapid arms cuts while defending veto rights of the five major powers. The assembly also prepared to discuss the Spanish question in a full debate.
Byrnes said he will ask the United States Britain Russia and France to reach agreement on Germany frontiers and occupations during preliminary talks in New York on the German peace treaty. He expects discussions to start about November 20 and hopes for quick progress if ministers wrap up preliminaries during the current UN general assembly.
PHOENIX Oct 31 Gov Sidney P Osborn denied a rumor he would call another special session of the 17th legislature The rumor stemmed from belief action would be needed to allow the Arizona Power Authority to issue 15 million dollars in bonds to bring Colorado River power to the state The governor said no extra action was required and the 18th legislature would meet in regular session before funds were needed.
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