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ril tornado Kills 15 At Detroit Both Sides Of Border In Path Of Heavy Windstorm By ROY J. FORREST DETROIT, June 18. (UK-- Police, estimating that at least 20 persons were killed, today directed scores of volunteers searching tornado of more than 100 homes on the outskirts of Detroit and Ont. Fifteen bodies had been recovered. Thirteen in morgues on the Canadian side of the border, and a power company linesman was killed by a h'ot wire on the Detroit side.

Police believed the toll would rise as the search for missing continued. The weather bureau said the storm whipped itself out 30 minutes after it hit. Starts Over Melvintyftle The black funnel formtd over the small community of Melvindale and swept eastward through River late yesterday as many families were sitting down to their evening meal. It moved across the Detroit river and circled Windsor. River Rouge was the hardest hit on the American side, but authorities said a check showed no one killed in their homes.

i -Officials began a search of fields and vacant lots as well as crumpled homes at daybreak. The storm lifted homes, people, automobiles, freight cars and outbuildings high in the air and hurled them to the ground hundreds of feet away. More than 100 houses were de- and another 300 damaged on the Canadian side of the river, officials said. Hardest hit were River Rouge and the Canadian border cities of Ojibway, West Sandwich, East Sandwich, South Sandwich, South Windsor, Remington Park, and Little River. Windsor was without electric power or clean water.

Chairman A. J. Brian of the city utilities commission said the water supply was exhausted and warned residents to boil water now being drawn directly from the Detroit river. Followed By Rainfall Rescue work was hampered by four inches of rainfall that fell after the tornado. Skies cleared at daybreak, but the weather bureau predicted continued showers during the day.

Gov. Harry F. Kelly of Michigan sent the 31st regiment -of state troops to River Rouge to aid with relief and guard against looting. Search for additional victims was centered in the rural sections outside Windsor, under the direction of provincial police. Rain-soaked fearching parties probed the splintered debris with the faint beams from hand lamps throughout the night.

4 Power was restored to most of River Rouge early today, IL S. Not To On Spain NEW YORK, June 18. (U.RV- Andrei Gromyko, Soviet delegate, today exercised his veto power Against United Nations security council endorsement of the tri- power declaration by Britain, the United States, and France against Franco Spaian. Vol. LXXIV.

No. 145. if Tucson, Arizona. Tuesday, June 18, 1946. Five Cents--Twelve Pages.

Navy Reveals Safety Measure Personnel Evacuated From Area Before Atom Bombing By JOSEPH L. MYLER KWAJALEIN, June 18. (U.fi)-- Against the "remote possibility" that the atomic bomb might go off at the wrong time, all non-essential personnel will be evacuated from Kwajalein on the day set for the bomb drop at Bikini, Commodore Ben H. Wyatt announced today. Wyatt, Navy commander of the Marshall islands, said the evacua- tion was recommended by Vice- Adm.

W. H. P. BJandy, commander of joint task force one and by scientists participating in this summer's test of atomic destruction against Navy ships. Wyatt said about 1,000 personnel not essential to Operation Crossroads would be removed by small boat from Kwajalein to Ebeye, nearly three miles distant, an hour before the bomb carrying Super- fortress takes off in the first test set for July 1.

These personnel will be kept on Ebeye until the bomb is dropped on target ships in Bikini lagoon or until the plane returns to Kwaja- lein in the event the bomb is not dropped. Remaining on Kwajalein will be some 2,400 Army air forces personnel essential to the operation and 10,000 Navy personnel. Wyatt described the evacuation as "an extreme safety measure" even if the bombing plane should crash in the takeoff from Kwaja- lein, "I do not think anything would happen," he added. Although task force officers appear to think that the crash of the bomb plane would not detonate the atomic bomb, there was speculation here that such an accident might bring the component parts of the weapon together rapidly enough to cause a dangerous radiation if not an explosion. It was explained that the bomb ingredients must be brought together very rapidly before the burst can take place.

Even if they are brought together slowly through an accident, they would emit radiation in dangerous amounts. By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER NEW YORK, June 18. schel V. Johnson, acting United States delegate, told the United Nations security council today he would abstain from voting on a British proposal to send the Spanish case to the general assembly without recommendations.

Johnson said that he would have been able to support the British proposal if it had been put forward before the United States committed itself by offering a compromise plan for disposing the case in the council. Sir Alexander Cadogan, British delegate, yesterday proposed that the report of a subcommittee which investigated Spain and recommended a break in relations with Spain be sent to the assembly without the recommendations. Fire Under Control A 30 to 40 mile-an-hour wind fanned and spread a forest fire in the Catalina mountains last night over an area of 150 acres before being brought under control. The fire is reported to be as big as the Box camp fire in the Cata- Unas in May, C. A.

Merker, supervisor of the Coronado forest reported today. It was first sighted a little before 5 p.m. The conflagration is located about two miles north of Summerhaven in rough country in the vicinity of Canada del Oro. The scene was first reached by the fire crew maintained in the forest and by volunteers from Summerhaven. About 35 prisoners from the Catalina highway federal prison camp arrived shortly afterward and several hours later the flames were brought under control.

The location is west of any roads and the cause, whether man made or lightning, is yet undetermined, Merker said. A relief crew from prison camp, consisting of 35 more men, was on at daylight. FOREST FIRES RAZE VILLAGE ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, June (UR) Forest fires, sweeping toward the coast from interior tlmberlands, destroyed one village today, roared toward other small hamlets and forced the evacuation of approximately 4,000 persons. Senate Revives Bill WASHINGTON.

June IS. and Democratic backers counted today on overwhelming approval already voted by both houses to force early senate action on the Hobbs "antiraeketeering" labor bill. Sen. Hatch (D-NM), who unexpectedly jockeyed the measure out of the senate judiciary committee yesterday, told a reporter he, will move soon to bring.it up for a final vote. He added that he will resist any attempts to amend the measure, despite the objections President Truman raised to its wording when it was presented to him as part of the Case labor disputes legislation he vetoed.

The bill, originally offered by Rep. Hobbs (D-Ala) and passed by a wide house margin, would de. clare it a felony to interfere by robbery or extortion or by threats of violence with movement of goods in interstate commerce. Mr. Truman said he favored these objectives but added that congress should make it clear the measure does not "make it a felony to strike and picket peacefully." The Case bin provision, approved by a 59 to 22 senate vote, was identical with the Hobbs bill the house had passed.

Closed Shop Logging Issue VANCOUVER, B. June 18. (U.P) --British Columbia lumber mill operators today flatly spurned offers by striking loggers to end a 33Jay sawmill and logging strike. and accused the union of "stalling" on its peace terms. Operators' rejection followed conditional proposals last night by the district executive council of the International Woodworkers of American (CIO) to end the tie-up in 24 hours, subject to ratification of its membership.

Union spokesmen said the council voted unanimously to accept a Canadian government mediator's formula for a 15-cent hourly wage boost, a 44-hour week and a voluntary checkoff system--provided the Canadian government conducted a referendum vote of union membership on the latter point. Operators' spokesman R. V. Stuart, terming union conditions "entirely unacceptable" to employers, charged union terms actually were a rejection of mediation proposals, despite the IWA offer to resume operations. "We are willing to return to work immediately when the gov- erlnnent agrees to conduct such a vote on union, maintenance and agree to accept." announced Harold Pritchett, district president of the IWA.

Famine Relief Plan May Be Jeopardized WASHINGTON, June 18. aj.R)_ Acting Secretary of State a Acheson said today the U. S. famine relief program would be jeopardized by the threatened removal of OPA price ceilings on meat, dairy products, and poultry. Washington Lies In Path Of Storm WASHINGTON, June 18.

(U.R) --A storm of near-hurricane force is scheduled to strike Washing ton about 3:30 p. in. (KST) and reach its climax between 6 and 7 p. Navy aerologists reported today. BALTIMORE, iJune 18.

(li.fi)--A violent storm, with winds estimated at 85 miles an hour, lashed Baltimore today and roared toward Washington. The high winds ripped communications in wooded sections of northwest Baltimore and brought downtown traffic to a quick but temporary halt. Hail and heavy rain pelted the area. The weather bureau reported that the storm probably caused heavy crop damage in the area. Big 4 Disagree On Reparations PARIS.

June 38. (U.R)--The Big Four foreign ministers council deadlocked today over Italian reparations, with V. M. Molotov of Russia and Ernest Bevin of Britain taking firm stands on widely divergent viewpoints. Bevin tried to break the deadlock, the fii'st big dispute of the newly resumed conference, by suggesting that the large powers drop all reparations claims in favor of smaller nations which suffered the most.

Molotov opposed Bevin's proposal, contending that Italy had done great damage to Russia and the Soviets could not overlook it. Molotov finally agreed to. accept the liners Saturnia and Vulcania as partial reparations. He accepted an invitation by the foreign ministers deputies to send a Soviet commission to determine their value. Finally Drop Subject The ministers dropped the subject of reparations, and tomorrow will turn to the subject of what restitution, if any, is to be made for Allied property seized by Italy.

It was not clear immediately whether and when the ministers would return to the questions of Italian reparations. At the previous meeting a month ago, it was an accumulation of items laid aside because of deadlocks that produced such a feeling of futility that the conference finally was adjourned: Delegates said there was some "fairly frank" talk by both sides today, and the previous air cf! cordiality had worn off to a large extent. The ministers were understood to have presented little beyond the arguments they aired in long and acrimonious debates a month ago. Chinese Reds Spurn By WALTER LOGAN NANKING, June IS. (U.R)'--Com- munist leaders have rejected a Nationalist government proposal to give supreme power of arbitration to Gen.

George C. Marshall, it was announced officially today. Exact nature of tne proposal was not made public but it was thought the plan for the reorganization of the Communist armies and troop ratios in Manchuria were the principal obstacles to its acceptance. Marshall's power would be passed down to the American members of the executive headquarters and field teams, The Communists' only sea route from the Shantung peninsula to Manchuria was cut by Nationalist warships yesterday under orders of the China northeast command. Nationalist troops occupied the small but strategic Changshan archipelago of eight islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Chihli.

Government occupation of the islands formerly held by the Communists was regarded as a strategic maneuver of great significance, menacing the Communists military position in southern Manchuria. Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Detroit, rain, (AH other games, both leagues, at night.) Setting Hens, Eggs Survive Tornado Jars WINDSOR, June 18. (U.R)-- Tornadic winds often wreak peculiar havoc. In Little River, a small rural community near storm-struck Windsor, the wind picked up a henhouse, hurled it 40 feet, and set it down so gently that 30 setting hens inside continued blithely hovering over their undamaged eggs. Hotel, Theatre Will Be Built A 365-room, Spanish-Mediterranean-type hotel and a motion picture theatre be erected on North Stone avenue between East Drachman and East Mabel streets, it was announced today by James C.

Grant of Drachman Grant. Construction will begin as soon as materials are available, and will involve the expenditure of several million dollars. The hotel and theatre will be financed by a group of Cleveland investors headed by Robert A. Brickman. Architects will be Place Place, and a local contractor will erect the buildings.

Positions at the hotel and all labor for construction will be supplied from the Tucson area, according to Grant. The name of the new hotel, which "promises to be one of the largest and most elaborate in the state," will be chosen locally on a contest basis. The Cleveland investors, Grant stated, want Tucson to feel the hotel is a part of the city and belongs to the city. The entire structure will occupy a block and one-half, and will include one-half block, of parkins space. The hotel will be set back from Stone avenue and landscaped with a circular drive for the entrance.

The movie theatre will be east of the hotel, and patios of the hotel will be landscaped with exotic plants. An outside swimming pool, heated during the winter, will be built at the which will also have a ballroom, cocktail bars, and lounges. A famous chef will be hired for the dining rooms, and trill play in the ballroom. Grant also stated that the hotel would afford space for eight specialty shops. HIGH LIGHTS Of The News The local temperature was 100 at 2:30 p.m.

today. PARIS, June 18. Minister Georges Bidault, a lead- cr of the rightist Popular Republican movement, appeared certain today of election as provisional president of France and his friends said he was prepared to form a one-party cabinet if necessary to solve the nation's in- cipicnt governmental crisis. SAN FRANCISCO, June 18. (U.R)-- Murder indictments against three convicts accused of participating in the bloody Alcatraz prison riot, which cost five lives, will be presented tomorrow before a federal grand jury, U.

S. Attorney Frank J. Honnessy announced today. The government will seek indictments against Clarence V. Carnes, 10-year- old Oklahoma kidnaper and murderer; Sam Richard Shockley, 37, serving life for kidnap and robbery in Oklahoma; and Miran E.

(Tex) Thompson, 30, under 99-year sentence for murder and kidnaping in Amarillo, Tex. BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, June 18. (flv-The U. S. army announced tonight it had foiled an escape attempt of soldier prisoners held as witnesses in the Licit- field guardhouse trials.

A tunnel beneath their guardhouse floor was discovered. The disclosure came as a court-martial trying Col. James A. Kilian, former commander of the Lichfield guardhouse in England, refused to quash proceedings 'after two days of bitter arguments. Jap War Trial Changes Rules Prosecution To Submit Much Testimony By Affidavits By MILES W.

VAUGHN TOKYO, June 18. (U.R)--Attorneys defending major Japanese war criminal suspects complained today they had suffered an "irretrievable blow" because of a new ruling allowing the prosecution to submit affidavits from its witnesses in place of direct testimony. The ruling culminated a series of sharp setbacks for the defense. It drew such a barrage of heated objections that Sir William Webb, president of the tribunal hearing the trials, accused a defense attorney of insulting the court. A motion supporting the use of affidavits had been offered by Justice Alan J.

Mansfield, of Australia, an associate prosecutor. He claimed that direct testimony would require 360 days and that written statements would materially shorten the trial. Sarcastic Motion Franklin Warren, a defense attorney from Tulsa, then requested that the defense be allowed to submit its witnesses to private cross-examination and pre sent the testimony also in the form of affidavits. "That's just to taunt this tribunal," Webb retorted. Warren apologized to the court.

He then went on to state that Japanese witnesses would be totally incapable of giving unbiased testimony if they were questioned privately by prosecutors. He pointed out that the witnesses were members of a defeated nation and would be inclined to say what the Allies might want them to say. Webb overruled the objections but allowed them to be entered in the trial record. The justice emphasized that the procedure could be changed if found to be unfair. Phone Worker Electrocuted Richard H.

Potter, about 24 years old, an employe of the Mountain States Telephone Telegraph was electrocuted at 11:30 a. m. toflay when his head came in cpn- lioe carrying volts. The accident took place on Apache drive, immediately north of the state deaf and blind school ground. A group of telephone company linemen were repairing wires.

Potter was left to complete a tie- in job with instructions to follow the others when he had finished his work. According to a report filed by Deputy Sheriff Frank Snoclgrass, Potter was left at the Apache drive location at 11:15. He apparently had completed his work there for his body was found on a near-by pole. Workmen surmised that he had seen a faulty wire as he walked along and had climbed the second pole to make a repair. Boy Is Witness A boy playing in the area told Snodgrass that he saw Potter on the pole just before he died.

He said Potter removed his hat, wiped perspiration from his face and brow and placet! his hat on a pair of telephone wires. Then, thn boy said, he glanced away and when he looked again at Potter, the man's head was extended back, touching another wire which was later found to be carrying 2,300 volts. Potter's hands were clutching the telephone wfr'es just below those which were highly charged. In the words of the linemen, Potter's head "froze" to the electric wire. His body was found in that position after the small boy gave the alarm.

A crew of Tucson Gas, Electric Light Power Co. employes were summoned from a near-by vicinity and work of cutting the body down was started. Potter lived at 900 West Congress street. He was the son iof Joseph Potter, 1123 North Tyndall avenue, and had been working for the telephone company as a lineman since May 20. Coroner C.

W. Gardner pronounced the death as accidental and said no inquest will be held. 18 Die In Riots In Palestine Second Day Of a Finds 5 i Kidnaped By ELIAV SIMON JERUSALEM, June 18. (U.R)-- Five i i officers were kid- naped at Tel Aviv today and an attempt was made to assassinate two Britons in Jerusalem as casualties in three days of Holy Land violence mounted to at least 18 dead and scores wounded. Continued outbreaks attributed to Jewish underground forces took on- the aspects of a full fledged campaign against the British.

Violence against British army officers here and in Tel Aviv indicated a swing from big-scale sabotage to the British military as a major target. At Tel Aviv, five British officers were kidnaped from an officers' club. Early reports suggested they were seized as hostages for two members of the "Tern gang" of extremists whom a military court sentenced to death. Another British officer and a British soldier were attacked on King George avenue in the heart of Jerusalem. Both were reported wounded seriously.

9 Jews Die In Battle A few hours earlier, nine Jews were killed in a night battle at Haifa, where the port area and railroad shops were rocked and" blackened by 15 explosions and resultant fires. A pitched battle of several hours at Haifa ended early today ith big stretches of the port and rail sections a shambles. Besides the nine dead, 11 were injured, including three women. It was one of the most costly of the long series of outbursts in Palestine in recent months. The bloodshed and nation-wide restiveness revolved around a show of strength by the Jewish underground army and stern efforts by the British military to suppress it, The Haifa battle closely followed the up of eight Jordan river bridges and sporadic outbursts at points scattered 'throughout Palestine.

The bodies of two dead Jews, one of whom was carrying a revolver, were found this morning near the railroad workshops which had been damaged badly by the explosions during the night. Seven Jews were killed in the skirmishing of several hours. Five, including two women, were injured seriously and six were wounded less seriously. Fifteen Jews, among them one woman, were jailed. A quantity of pistols, grenades, and other arms were seized.

The British army was understood to have suffered no casualties at Haifa. At 15 explosions rocked Haifa. Low clouds hanging over Haifa bay reflected the glow of fires raging in the debris beneath. Tojo Defends Sneak Attack By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, June 18. (ff)--Japan in her major international commitments always reserved the right to fight in self-defense and this right included attacking without warning, Hicleki Tojo, former Japanese premier, said in his prison cell answer to the prosecution's opening statement at his war crimes trial.

Tojo charged the United States was guilty of "planned mass massacre" in its bombing pattern for Japan, and "trampled on treaties" in its conduct of the war. Tojo's statement indicated that the defense would contend that Japan was forced into the Pacific war in self-defense. The former Japanese leader asserted that even the Kellogg pact outlawing war permitted war in self-defense. He added that Japan, in "entering this pact, reserved the right to fight for protection outside of the range of the treaty." For the same reason, he said, Japan was bound by the Hague convention regarding the opening of a war. It follows that even if a final message is to be sent, it is not a violation of treaties if such a message" fails to conform to protocol.

(Japan's disputed final message to the United States, delivered to her peace 'envoy, Saburo Kurusu, and Ambassador (Adm.) Kichisa- buro Nomura after the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, was not a declaration of war. It merely broke off current negotiations and said that Japan "reserved the right to take future The ex-premier said the prosecution made a "grave mistake" in charging that the Pearl Harbor attack violated existing treaties and was murder. Home Rule May Be Forced On India By DEWITT MACKENZIE AP Foreign Affairs Analyst India's progress towards absolute independence from England has taken a turn which is without parallel, and one worth watching. There we have the strange spectacle of the mother country notifying the warring Indian political factions that if they can't reconcile their differences enough to work in a provisional government, then she will set up an interim regime arbitrarily. She will start the government going with such Indians as are willing to serve.

In short, if the fledgelings won't take to the air on their initiative, they will be shoved out of the nest and made to fly. What nas happened is this: The two major political parties --the AH India Congress, made up largely of Hindus, and the Moslem league--decided alter much burning of midnight oil that the British government's new offer of full sovereignty was worthy of provisional trial. Thereupon the viceroy. Field Marshall Lord Wavell, proposed that the interim government (that is, cabinet) be composed of five representatives from the All India Congress, five from the Moslem league, and four from the smaller sections of India's 400 millions, including the lowly "untouchables." This precipitated a fresh deadlock. The Congress followers, who outnumber the Moslems three to one, weren't willing to concede parity to their rivals, and the Moslems wouldn't take less.

And that's where the matter stands as this is written. There has been no indication that any of the Indian 'leaders have given recognition to the fact that the exact composition of the provisional cabinet really doesn't matter, since the next step would be the selection of constituent assembly in which there would be proportional representation. This assembly would draw up the constitution for a new federal government. Anyway, faced by this new stalemate, Lord Wavell and the British government mission issued a statement which served notice that there's going to be a provisional government irrespective of holdouts. I've met Wavell by the way, and while he Is a gentle and friendly sort, he can be most persistent.

What effect this edict will have remains to be seen, but hope still burns. The British government thus has established a precedent, so far as my memory goes, by thrusting independence onto the mighty sub-continent which is the greatest prize of the empire. But while the action la a precedent, the idea for it isn't new. When I was in India in 1943 I raised the question of whether just such strong-arm methods weren't called for, and got an affirmative response from prominent Indian leaders. Sir Tej Habadur Sapru, the famous Indian liberal, was one of these.

Sir Tej is noted as a mediator and often has been called In to bridge gaps between the British and the extreme nationalists. He is a Kashmiri Brahmin which is the highest Hindu caste, but despite his aristocracy he is so democratic that he has even dined with the outcast "untouchables." I visited Sir TeJ in his home at Allahabad and during a long talk about tbe grave differences between the great political parties, asked him what he thought of the arm idea of bringing them together. He replied: "1 believe that Britain should use the strong-arm method and set up a provisional national government. Let those Indian parties who don't want to play the game stay outside. Let the rest carry on.

If none of the parties agrees to participate, then England will be free to continue her imperialistic policy." Niemann Meddling Curbed In Council By ED DOUGHERTY Personalities were brought into the deliberations of tKe city council last night when a statement of policy by the newly formed police and fire committee was introduced for approval by the council as a whole. The statement called for the police committee to act as a whole in all matters and not be subject to the orders of any individual council member. The city charter was cited 'Wherein it is provided that the "chief of police shall devote his entire time to lle Discharge of the duties of his office and shall have full control of the police force of the city." The statement, ultimately passed by the council, calls tor the police'com- mittee to act as a committee in all matters in conjunction with the city manager and not as individuals. Signed by the three members of the committee, which include Dr. S.

T. Adams, Charles Brady, and F. G. Priser, the reading of the statement brought a demand from Councilman William Codd that the matter be aired before the full council. "Who runs the police and fire departments?" Codd wanted to know.

"There's been someone trying to run those departments for some is it?" Similar questions were put by Councilman Joe Niemann. "Why make insinuations?" he said. "Who is it?" These inquiries passed the ball to Councilman S. T. Adams, chairman of the police and fire committee, who ran with it.

"Mr. Niemann went to Hays (Chief of Police Don Hays) and told him to lay off the women." He was apparently referring to a group from the Tucson League of Women Voters who have been active in seeking increased funds to be included in the budget which would provide for better jail conditions and a larger police force. Niemann Expresses Surprise Niemann then expressed great surprise that he was the inspiration for the statement of policy. He admitted he had talked with Don Hays about the women's current efforts in having the police department increased, and added, "Is there any reason that just because we are on the council we should not open our mouths? "I've been on the council for 13 years," lie exclaimed, "and I won't be crucified. One of the councilmen then inferred that the same thing should apply to all departments in the city government including the auditing department.

"I'm not trying to run the auditing The a i should have a free hand in the running' of his office," Niemann and asked City Auditor L. Wixson to verify his statement. Wixson agreed with Niemann that he had not interfered and in dicated that the annual audit, sulv mitted last night, was late due to the illness of the auditor hired to make the audit. Councilman Codd then asked Niemann whether he had not asked the city clerk (Carl Hitt) to hold up a letter to the corporation commission endorsing the application of Arizona Airlines, in its pursuit of a franchise to carry passengers between Phoenix and Tucson. Niemann admitted that he had made such a request for a few hours' delay until he couH talk with oilier councilmen about the- matter.

The matter was finally dropped with the unanimous endorsement of the police and fire committee's statement of policy. Niemann voted a loud aye on the question and added he hoped the rest of the council, including the committee, would follow the policy it endorsed. "You needn't worry about the fire and police committee following that policy," Dr. Adams retorted. Zoning For New Theatre Following the time-consuming Hem of a crowded agenda, a letter from the Drachman-Grant Realty Co.

requesting changes in zoning in a block of land bounded by North Stone avenue on the west, East Drachman street on the north, North Seventh avenue on the east, and East Mabel on the south, for erection of a six-story hotel and theatre building. Rodeo Grounds Lease It was decided to call a special meeting of the council to meet with the board of supervisors to discuss the question of the lease of the fairgrounds to the county by the city. Mayor Henry O. Jaastad is an advocate for restricting the lease so as to prevent the county officials from ever permitting gambling on the premises. The supervisors have continually to sign any lease restricting the use, considering themselves as well qualified as arbiters of community morals as the city governing body.

The Negro post No. 1713 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars renewed its application for a liquor license for its clubhouse. The application was recently denied on the grounds that the charter is from Ft. Huachuca and the post has not been in existence for the past 10 years as required for such licenses. The matter was referred to the license committee.

A letter from. Andrew Martin, chairman of the mayor's emergency housing committee revealed that Paul Webb, representing real estate on the committee, has resigned and Roy Drachman has been appointed in his place. Council approved the change. Referred to the city manager and street committee was a request, South Tucson that negotiations be entered into relative to a contract with Tucson to take care of the neighboring municipality's garbage. lots were sold by the city last night when the council approved the recommendation of the land committee to sell.

All the lots are situated in the University heights addition. Total payment to the city for these lots will amount to $3,816.85. Council Backs Local Air Firm Clashes Mark Debate Over Franchise On Route To Phoenix By A. K. BROWN A spirited, one-hour debate with Dr.

S. T. Adams, city councilman, and Edwin J. Montgomery, head of Southern Arizona Airways, as principals ended last night in the council voting 4 to 1 to favor the application of the local plane group for passengers and freight franchise between Tucson and Phoenix. The meeting, a special session, had been called largely to consider the Southern Arizona Airways contention that the council displayed discrimination when, one week ago, it approved the petition for similar franchise of the Arizona Airways, a Phoenix concern.

Dr. Adams contended that Montgomery and his associates plan to use four-passenger planes while the Arizona Airways has larger ships. "I believe Arizona Airways can give better service than Southern Arieona Airways and I am interested in Tucson getting the best service it can." he said. Dr. Adams, in the earlier meeting, led the movement to recommend Arizona Airways plans to the state corporation commission.

His stand then was the same as last night. He asserted he believed travelers between Tucson and Phoenix would be given better service if Arizona Airwavs received the franchise. Montgomery, on the other hand, went into a lengthy discourse, showing that his planes, although smaller than those used by the competing company, have been inspected and pronounced safe by the civil aeronautics administration. He added that recently he flew one of the smaller craft safely through stormy weather fn which a large twin-motor ship crashed. He took the same route as the bigger plane and came through safely, he added.

Supported By Pilot Montgomery's stand sun- ported by Milton Cole, attorney Mrs. Phyllis Sanders, a Tucson pioneer and civic worker; and Buford Lynch, a pilot. Southern Arizona Airways la operated by a group of World War II pilots, residents of the Tucson area In contrast, It. was pointed out that Arizona Airways is a Phoe- nlx concern which, it was satd. is WHS; to be by Transcontinental Western airlines.

action of the council fn. eluded: Passing an ordinance vacating original streets In Tucson Heights, a veterans' housing project, in the north suburbs, in order that streets can be laid out to bring about better drainage. Approving an easement in Colonla Solano providing egress to a water well owned by the city. Referring to the city manager proposed contracts with tlie federal public housing administration for installing in the city 76 additional housing units. City Buys Building Filing telegram from federal public housing administration accepting city's offer to pay $4.150 for the community building in Estevan park.

The structure was installed by the government during the war period to provide recreation for Negro soldiers, and now is to be used in the North Main street park activities. Approving the city manager's recommendation that John C. Sievert be promoted from assistant fire chief to chief July 1 on the retirement of Chief H. L. Hilles.

Instructing the city manager to order installation of street lights at the North Main and East 22nd street crossings of the Southern Pacific. Referring to the planning and zoning commission petition of John Sundt for plans for curb cuts, sidewalks, and paving for a proposed new drive-in cafe at South Sixth avenue and East 22nd street. Referring to the street and traffic committees petitions of Western Furniture Exchange and Paulos cafe for a loading zone on North Church street near West Congress street. Storms Break Midwest Heat By UNITED PRESS A tornado that struck the Detroit and Windsor, area raised to 08 today the number of known dead in' a heat wave that ended with sudden disaster in widespread thunderstorms, high winds, and lightning. The twister circled through the outskirts of Detroit and Windsor late yesterday, killing at least 14 persons.

The tornado's erratic 10- mile path was strewn with the debris of smashed homes and buildings. A midwestern heat wave that ended abruptly in soaking rains and electric storms previously had accounted for 53 deaths since the beginning of the week end. Late yesterday, as the tornado struck, raged through an area 100 miles wide and stretching from eastern Nebraska through Iowa, Illinois. Indiana, lower Michigan, Ohio and all the way to New York and Pennsylvania. Government said both the thunderstorms and the tornado were caused by "interaction between moist, hot air, and a mass of cold air which forced its way out of south central Canada." They said the'storm area was moving southward and eastward..