Census Taker Pay Rises for 1940s Enumeration Drive
Census Bureau announced house to house enumerators in 1940 earned four to six dollars daily. For the current drive wages rise to about eight to nine dollars a day. About 140000 jobs open across 450 district offices with two to four weeks work in cities and longer in rural areas. Veterans given preference if qualified. Federal retirement pay and certain officials ineligible.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Navy Seeks Ways To Bolster Pacific Fleet
Admiral Forrest Sherman says the Navy will strengthen the Pacific Fleet with available ships likely assigned to Asian waters. The fleet comprises Boxer and Valley Forge with Oriscani under construction. Sherman met Radford and Sprague on the West Coast before voyaging to Washington. Boxer heads to the Western Pacific on an undisclosed mission amid Formosa proximity.
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San Diego
Calif
Adml
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Pacific
Asiatic
Sherman
Boxer
Valley Forge
West Coast
Arthur Radford
Pacific Fleet
A. L. Sprague
China
Western Pacific
Formosa
Naval Oor
French Police Expect To Find Aga's Jewels
In Marseille two police officials expressed confidence they would recover the Aga Khan and Begum's stolen gems from last summer. They target Paul Leca, described as the gang’s brains, with Leca and the jewels still believed in France. Value placed at 250 to 300 million francs. nine in custody, three more arrested. Watson charged with complicity, denying intentional involvement while acknowledging acquaintance with Leca.
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Marseille
Riviera
Aga Khan
Begum
Paul Leca
Jean Truchi
Mobile Police Brigade
Leca
Rita Hayworth
France
Truchi
George Lindsay Watson
Cannes
New Tracks Spark Hunt For Fugitive
In Bisbee Arizona the hunt for 27 year old Bob Smith intensified after fresh tracks were found northwest of Fort Huachuca. Cochise Sheriff I V Pruitt led a 20 man posse with bloodhounds from Florence to the Whetstone Mountains area as deputies and officers from several agencies joined the search. Smith is linked to a Friday slugging of Patrolman R G Michelena and two companions already captured last week. A separate Eloy incident tied the other two suspects to a robbery and assault with $95 taken from Clarence Robinson and Grace Chamberlain, who identified Smiths companions in Cuba New York. The men Santini and Chastain remain jailed on aggravated assault charges.
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Bisbee
Fort Huachuca
Here
I. V. Pruitt
Cochise County
Pruitt
Bob Smith
Oxnard
Calif
R. G. Michelena
Whetstone Mountains
St. David
Florence
Nogales Fairbanks
Cochise
Pima County
Douglas and Bisbee
Tucson
Cuba, N. Y
Smith
Eloy
Clarence Robinson
Grace Chamberlain
Nicholas J. Santini
Richard H. Chastain
Fresno
Michelena
Mercy Slaying Trial Begins in Bridgeport
Carol Ann Paight 21, composed and dry eyed, goes on trial in Bridgeport for second degree murder in the mercy slaying of her policeman father Carl Paight. Penalty on conviction is life in prison. Defense says she will plead temporary insanity due to her father's incurable cancer. Father shot in his sleep September 23.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
David F. Goldstein
Carl
Democrats Concluded From Page One Aims For County Committee
The program calls for revision of state election laws affecting county committees and ballot placement, uniform board forms, voting machines in cost-effective precincts, and two election boards for non machine precincts. It also endorses a four year term for state and county officials, tax structure revision, a state purchasing agent, and a split legislative session. A pledge to reaffirm faith in God and civic engagement follows. Council members approving the aims include Hazel Lee Cardwell, John Kimis, Herbert Gilmore, Ralph Watkins, Carl Miller, Rene Rodriguez, Harold Whitney, Charles Miller, Ralph Constable and Nat Dysart. Cox led the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Supervisors
Arizona
Maricopa County
Hazel Lee Cardwell
John Kimis
Herbert Gilmore
Ralph Watkins
Carl Miller
Rene Rodriguez
Harold Whitney
Charles Miller
Ralph Constable
Nat Dysart
Cox
Severe storms sweep northern Canada and Pacific Northwest
Storms moving south across the United States bring extreme cold and hazardous highway conditions from Iowa to Michigan and Northern Illinois. Blizzard conditions in the Fraser River Valley and heavy snow in Washington and Oregon trigger outages, slides, and several deaths. Vancouver schools close as 44,000 stay home while rail and bus travel face delays and wrecks.
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Canada
United States
J. E. Hovde
Chicago
Midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Oregon
Columbia River
Evergreen
Siuslaw
Florence
Ore
Southern Pacific Railroad
Klamath Falls
Vancouver
B. C
University of British Columbia
Pacific Great Eastern
Seton Lake
Alex Munro
Harry P. Seymour
Squamish
Northwest Pacific Greyhound
Everett
Wash
Oregon City
Potash Mines Replacing Striking Workers Near Carlsbad
About 1,000 pickets ring three Carlsbad potash mines as they prepare to hire replacement personnel after the International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union strike began November 19. The firms demanded return by January 23 or replacement would proceed, tied to wage and condition demands.
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Carlsbad
N. M
INS
International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Borglum’s Rough Rider statue in Prescott Plaza
The bronze statue of Rough Rider Buckey O Neill in Prescott Plaza was executed by Solon Borglum, younger brother of Gutzon Borglum. It is said the younger Borglum took pride in this monument, calling it the best work he ever did shortly before his death.
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Buckey O'Neill
Prescott Plaza
Solon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
Mt. Rushmore
Borglum
Rough Rider
Valley Forecast Warns Frost and Cooling Tonight
The Weather Bureau says a sharp cold snap will sweep Northern Arizona with a few snow flurries and frost in the Valley by tomorrow morning with Phoenix lows near 32 degrees and a 16 degree drop from today. Growers expect frost to slow fruit drying while homeowners should shield plants. another 3-4 degree fall is expected Thursday morning.
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Arizona
United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix Sky Harbor
Weather Bureau
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix
Airport
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Sunnysloper Found Guilty Arson in Absentia
Charles Bradford Gibson age 24 of Sunnyslope was convicted by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury of arson in a trial held in his absence. Judge Dudley W. Windes ordered bond forfeited after he failed to appear, and a bench warrant was issued. The state sought to proceed with testimony from a Michigan witness regarding Duffy's Tavern fire at Seventh Street and Dunlap Avenue on June 13 after Gibson allegedly refused service.
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Charles Bradford Gibson
Sunnyslope
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Gibson
Warren L. McCarthy
Michigan
Duffy’s
Seventh Street
Dunlap Avenue
Suspect Held In Robbery At Food Master Market
Police hold a 50yearold man in connection with a $250 armed robbery Sunday night at Food Master Market on North Third Street where a gun was fired. Detectors McCann and Hetz arrested him near Central Avenue and Washington Street yesterday. Mrs Yee Shee Tang and her son Frank Tang identified him as the robber who fired a shot while fleeing.
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North Third Street
Central Avenue
Washington Street
Robert McCann
Edwin Hetz
Yee Shee Tang
Frank Tang
Harper Poised To Succeed Thomas In Seventh District
Harry C. Harper former major league pitcher and current New Jersey state labor commissioner appears set to win the Republican nomination in the Seventh Congressional District special primary. He competes with George W. McDavitt and William B. Widnall in a district that historically favors GOP candidates. Governor Driscoll set February 6 as the election date with the primary on January 24.
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Hackensack
N. J
Harry C. Harper
J. Parnell Thomas
Harper
George T. English
East Paterson
G. Harper
New Jersey
Thomas
Alfred E. Driscoll
House Un-American Activities Committee
William B. Widnall
Washington Club
New York Yankees
Osborn Quits Atom Group
President Truman announced the resignation of Frederick H. Osborn as deputy United States representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. The move takes effect January 31. Osborn cited pressure of duties but will stay on in an advisory role. John D. Ross will serve as acting deputy until a successor is named.
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Washington
Truman
Frederick H. Osborn
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Osborn
John D. Ross
U. S
U. N. Security Council
Atomic Energy Group
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Navy
Sprague
Japan
Radford
Honolulu
Aga
Robert Mattei
Sup
Paris
Nice
Marcel Lacotte
Watson
Spark
Dr. Pierce
Ur Ye
Noua
Duluth
Minn
Alexandria
Fraser River
British Columbia
Washington State
Bellingham, Wash
Arden Square
West
Ort
D. Ave
West von Feos Buren
Sunnysloper
Harry Harper
GOP
George W. McDavitt
Atom Group
Ronson
Parker” & “Sheaffer
E. van Buren
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