Bandit robs Meat Box manager as spree of burglaries unfolds
A masked gunman holding a blue steel revolver robbed Ben L. Snyder, owner of the Meat Box market, taking between 800 and 900 dollars from a cash sack after entering the back door. The spree began around midnight with multiple burglaries across Sixth Avenue, leaving pennies as the small loot in several sites and suggesting a single culprit.
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Ben L. Snyder
S. Sixth ‘Ave
Snyder
Tucson Auto Sales
S. Sixth Ave
Douglas
S. ‘Sixth
Trejo
Richfield
S. Sixth
Boland
Texaco
E.broadway
Harbour Body
Fender Works
E. Toole Ave
Railroad Cafe
S. Fourth Ave
Economy Printing Cor
E. Toole ‘Ave
Desert Gold Farms
N. Fourth Ave
Tariff Slash Plan Is Denied
Washington reports Sen. Walter F. George predicts no major tariff reductions even if the reciprocal trade act extension passes. The Senate debates the measure as arms and foreign aid bills proceed, with allocations for NATO, Greece and Turkey, Korea, the Philippines, Iran, and Western Europe under consideration amid partisan debate and adjournment timing concerns.
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Washington
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Congress
George
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Britain US Canada announce 10 point plan to ease dollar crisis
Washington reports a three power accord to help Britain become self supporting in long term dollar earnings. Cripps says the program blocks further drains on gold and dollar reserves and expands Marshall plan dollar usage. The plan includes greater US Canada spending freedom, stockpile reviews, and expanded raw rubber use.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
Stafford Cripps
Treasury
Snyder
World Bank
USS. Import Bank
Cripps
Four Face Trial In Gaming Cases
Four men face misdemeanor trials in justice court for conducting gaming and one man for possession of gambling devices. The hearing before Justice C W Gardner follows a July raid initiated by Sheriff Jerome P Martin.
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Justice Court
Jerome P. Martin
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Gardner
H. E. Ellebracht
el Rio Golf and Country Club
West Speedway
William Krylowicz
Tucson Press Club
N. Stone Ave
George Brooks
Old Pueblo
S. Stone Ave
Brooks
Joe Corral
W. 15Th St
Pasquel Torres
CMS
Sixth Ave
Bryce Wilson
Corral
Torres
Wilson
Allenbracht
Brooks and Krylowicz
Atty
E. T. Cusick
William Martin
Justice Gardner
Congress Day: Trade Pact Debate and Arms Program Action
Senate resumes debate on house approved reciprocal trade agreements bill while foreign relations and armed services committees consider a $1.314 billion foreign arms program, portion passed by the house at $580.495 million. House adjourns until Tuesday.
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Senate
House
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Crash Kills One And Injures Two Others
Holbrook report: Orville S. Hubbard, 34, New Blaine Arkansas, improving after a head on collision that killed Vincent Amor, 54, Los Angeles, on USS highway 66 about 10 miles east of Holbrook. Roy Amor, 22, son of Vincent, discharged from hospital yesterday.
Mary Pickford Opposes Releasing Old Silent Films
Boston reports Mary Pickford declines reviving her old pictures. The former sweetheart of the screen says she prefers to remain in memory and believes talking motion pictures have surpassed silent films, making it unfair to actors to reissue older works.
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Boston
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
The
Boston Globe
Shirley May France Aims To Swim English Channel
Shirley May France 17 from Somerset Massachusetts took off for the United States after a brave but unfinished attempt to swim the English channel on Tuesday. She expressed determination to complete the swim and described her plans for a home welcome including a clam bake. Her party included her father J Walter France and coach Harry Boudakian.
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London
Shirley
France
United States
Somerset
Mass
J. Walter France
sCoach Harry Boudakian
European Reporters On Tour Of America
Fifty European journalists arrived in Fort Worth to view a Carswell air force base demonstration where B 36 bombers will test with jet fighters. John Marshall of the London Evening News praised friendship over conferences in Washington and European capitals.
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Ron Crommelin
Department of Defense
Army
Air Force
Sanford B. D. Wood
Navy
Crommelin
Cedric R. Worth
House Armed Services Committee
Worth
Dan A. Kimball
FT. Worth
Tex
America
Carswell Air Force Base
John Marshall
London Evening News
Washington
London
Paris
Miss America Jacqueline Joy Mercer from Arizona
Jacque Mercer, Miss America of 1949, grew up on the X-Bar X Arizona ranch where she drove a tractor to save for a theater ticket. The 18 year old plans a coast to coast itinerary, college reentry, and endorsements while weighing marriage as a future option. Katherine Wright was runner up with Trudy Germi, Sylvia Canaday, and Jane Anne Pedersen also high contenders.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jacque Mercer
Arizona
Burt Lancaster
New York
Milwaukee
Phoenix Junior College
Jacqueline Joy
America
Harrow
California
Father Mercer
University of Arizona
Litchfield Park
Phoenix
Jacque
Douglas Cook
Katherine Wright
Mississippi
Trudy Germi
Illinois
Sylvia Canaday
Colorado
Jane Anne Pedersen
Burglary at Troc Buffet Ties to Poor Eye Readings
Mrs Julia Georges 59 told police she could not read the safe combination due to poor eyesight allowing burglars to loot the Troc buffet for 3500 in cash and jewelry. Thieves also took 32000 worth of liquor. A separate report notes a 500000 federal grant for St Josephs hospital in Phoenix and 50000 for Gila county hospital upgrades. A Claypool yard fire destroyed the Guy Beedle main building with losses around 6900 in hay grain and machinery.
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Phoenix
Julia Georges
State Hospital Survey and Construction Board
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Gila County Hospital
Obe
Miami
Guy Beedle
Claypool
Beedle
Tito Defies Moscow in Yugoslavia Premier Rally
Belgrade dispatch reports Premier Marshal Tito remaining defiant toward Moscow as he addresses engineers and workers in Na Rakovica. He praises Yugoslavia’s wartime resilience and industrial push, vowing independence from Soviet policy and urging unity against perceived foreign manipulation.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Na Rakovica
Here
Tito
Borba
Churchill
Stalin
Pittsburgh Session Sealed On Steel Strike Policy
CIO United Steelworkers leaders met in Pittsburgh behind closed doors for three hours to decide on the Truman request for an 11 day strike truce extension and the fact finders wage plan. President Murray declined comment as the cycle of reports continued.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Truman
Murray
Big
Steelworkers Executive Board
Sheraton
Arizona AFL Names Officers
Prescott September 12 The Arizona Federation of Labor plans an all out drive to elect state legislators friendly to organized labor. Members will donate $1 to the political action fund. A V Humphreys of Tucson was reelected president Elmer F Vickers was renamed secretary treasurer. New vice presidents named for six districts and at large positions include leaders from Tucson Phoenix Prescott and other towns.
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Prescott
Arizona Federation of Labor
Political Action Fund
A. V. Humphreys
Tucson
Elmer F. Vickers
Grace Weidler
Lin Boice
Thomas Hughes
A. E. Williams
Frank May
Phoenix
Roland Fish
McNary
Howard D. Grant
E. H. Eagle
W. H. Ellis
H. D. Self
Benson
Tom St. John
Tombstone
Charles Parker
Mason Warren
Yuma
William A. Gray
Howard Clements
Trade Agreements Fought By Malone
Sen Malone opposes a three year extension of the 1934 trade agreements act in Senate debate. He spoke at a Pettry family reunion calling the extension a menace to living standards and arguing it would open US markets to all nations while others restrict Europe.
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NACMA
W. V
Sen
Malone
R-New
Senate
Pettry
Europe
Bomb strikes Turkish consulate in Plovdiv Bulgaria
A bomb exploded at the Turkish consulate in Plovdiv Bulgaria, according to Anatolia. The report notes the incident occurred last Friday and was carried by the semiofficial agency from Istanbul.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Plovdiv
Anatolia
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D-Minn
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Jaque Mercer
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