Boards of Review Form In Arizona Exemption Panels
July 7 article notes county boards of review to handle exemption claims for men from Arizona in the first national army. Districts headquartered in Phoenix and Tucson, with local boards and presidential appointment if vacancies arise. Washington to set date for convening boards. Wilson urges fearless, impartial work to strengthen front line forces.
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Phoenix
Arizona
First National Army
Graham
Boards of Registration
Gane
Sherif
Deatth
Graham County
Wilson
Girl Falls From Cliff Try, Lands in Tree Top
Miss Vivian Russell, 25 feet up a steep Cave Creek climb, slipped while attempting a dare from companions. She landed in a tree top instead of rocks, escaping with a broken wrist and painful bruises. She worked in the candy department at Phelps Dodge store.
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Douglas
Cave Creek
Vivian Russell
Phelps Dodge
Davis Couple Headed for California Coast Treatment
A. B. Davis plans morning treatment at a coastal mineral spring in California. Mrs. Davis will join him there and travel separately. He intends to drive to the desert first before shipping his car to Los Angeles.
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A. B Davis
California
Sluggers Face Expedited Court for Slacker Cases
The United States attorney reports a moved forward trial schedule in Phoenix. The federal district court will convene August 7 to hear all slacker cases in the district. Plea outcomes will determine whether sentencing is immediate or trials proceed on not guilty pleas. The Glendale Motokany case and coverage of the Vulkan days of registration drew national attention.
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Phoenix
United States Attorney
United States District Court
Glendale Motokany
Volokan
Globe Citizens Denounce I W W at Meeting
About 500 Globe residents gathered in the Federal building to denounce the I. W. W. as a public enemy. Resolutions call for suppression of treasonable and incendiary speeches and oppose mediation with mine owners. They pledge to oppose I. W. W. employment in the district after the strike settlement.
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Lw.w
GLOBE
United States
Fake mail order salesman jailed for bad checks in Tucson
W M Jonking, a caterman for a Western Buyers association outfit, sold groceries never delivered and took payments via receipts. He received a year in state penitentiary for bouncing a bad check to San Xavier hotel manager Harry Bradley. Several customers paid him amounts up to 27.50 while no groceries arrived. He had prior arrest for obtaining money under false representations from Ernest Trappman of Tombstone.
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Tucson
W. M Jonking
Western Buyers’ Association of
Omaha
Jenkins
State Penitentiary
Harry Bradley
San Xavier
JB. Ouden
Oracle Road
Guns Stolen From Armory in Phoenix
A July 7 theft at the Phoenix National Guard armory is under police investigation. Authorities say the break in yielded several guns including a saber and two revolvers, with possible links to a German spy network and broader conspiracies, though details remain unclear.
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Phoenix
National Guard
County Salary Decision Will Be Given Soon
In Yavapat county a court will decide July 17 on the constitutionality of county salaries. Briefs have been filed as the state awaits the ruling. The dispute traces to old territorial law and a 1912-13 bill later deemed unconstitutional.
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Phoenix
Yavapat County
Lyman
Board of Supervisors
MNIZ13
Supreme Court
Tombstone Boy Writes About Lafe In Amy
A letter from Tombstone youth William Engle, son of Frank Engle, in the Navy, to The Prospector details life at training at San Francisco. He describes meals, a shaved head, and messages to fellow Tombstone friends, with a menu listing including soup, roast chicken, desserts, and other rations.
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Tombstone
Lafe
Amy
Whs Engle
Frank Engle
Navy
Ancle Sam
Prospector Force
Engle
Press Roots Force
Projector Force
Alote
Ny Second
T. P
Gram Warner
Tommy Brandt
William Engle
Care Co. de C. BN
San Francisco
Calif
Home Guards Won't Get Federal Aid in Arizona
Government aid to arm and equip home guard organizations in Arizona is not available. A War Department telegram says the recent act only funds troops taking state police duties or in districts with large manufacturing industries, and no Arizona home guard units qualify.
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Phoenix
Arizona Citixen
Baker
Campbell
State House
Home Guard
War Department
Congress
Regular Army
National
Enard
Hse
Bisbee Postoffice Becomes First Class
Bisbee post office attains first class status with quarter ending June 20 showing receipts of 11 275.89. Postmaster I. L. Bailey announced the upgrade effective July 2, marking a significant promotion for the local office.
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Bisbee
Acc
Bailey
Elavs
Attorney to Probe Arrests at Globe
Douglas July 7 Thomas Plynn United States district attorney for Arizona telegraphed that he will start for Globe to investigate arrests and to prove whether federal laws were violated. Reports say 25 to 20 arrests occurred since cavalry arrival and General Greene noted troops quieted the situation with no trouble anticipated.
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Douglas
Thomas Plynn
United States
Arizona
Globe
Associated Press
Greene
Local Case on Trial in Superior Court
The State v L Cummings proceeds in Superior Court before Judge McAlister with a jury impaneled. Cummings is charged with buying copper wire from Mexican youths under 16, claiming he hired them to collect abandoned wire from poles, while the prosecution argues the material belonged to others. The trial includes local witnesses and delays as jurors are recessed for further venire.
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McAlister
L. Cummings
Arizona
Cummings
I O
W. # more
Comnty Attorn
Stevenson
Moai
First Meeting Of Cochise County Draft Board Held
The Cochise County draft board held its initial meeting with Sheriff Wheeler as chairman and Ray B Krebs as secretary. Dr H Hunt joined as the other member, minutes were forwarded to Col FS Breen in Phoenix, and board numbering for Tombstone will be completed. Numbers likely drawn around the tenth of the month after lists are finalized.
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Waleton
United
Sherif Wheeler
Republic hero Jack Binns visits Arizona
Phoenix hosts J. Binns, famed wireless operator of the Republic rescue, marking seven years since his shipboard SOS and C Q D transmissions. The article notes his visit and recalls the sinking incident and his instrument's persistence under danger. Also mentioned is "Daddy" Clark, Border officer turned inventor, summoned to Washington to explain a government valued invention.
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Phoenix
Jhek
Binns
Republic
Daddy” Clark
Naco
Din
Douglas
Washington, D. C
Hundred and fifty to two hundred sixty miners strike Jerome copper mines
About 260 miners in the Jerome district defied orders from the Industrial Workers of the World to strike copper mines at 3 pm local time. Jerome local union officials said the action lacked union authorization, and an International union vote was set to decide if similar demands should be pursued.
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Jerome
Industrial Workers of the World Organization
Industrial Workers of the World Today
Globe
Union of Mine
Ninselt
Were Po
Internatio
International Union
W. W
W. McClusky
1. W.W
Arizona Regiments To Have New Names
The War Department plans renumbering regiments with regular army units first, then national guard, followed by new national army regiments. Arizona would become the 157th Infantry First Arizona, with future Arizona recruits for the national army bearing a state designation in parentheses. Cavalry and artillery units follow the same order, ensuring states retain recognition.
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Charles W. Harris
War Department
National Guard
National Army
Arizona
157Th Infantry
First
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