No Hint When Boys Return From Camps In World War II
Nov 16 report shows inquiry into status of boys in the eas and cantonments awaiting return after a signed tar. War Department has not issued information. Provost Marshal General Crowder lauds selective service workers for completing their duties, praising loyalty and patriotism. Pete De Baker sentenced to two to five years for stabbing Deputy Sheriff O Neill during a jail escape attempt.
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Eas
War Department
Department
Cer
General Crowder
1Hem
Racter
Phoenix
Pete de Baker
Depty
O'Neill
de Baker van
Arizona Board of War Path Defies Interference
The Arizona Corporation Commission offered finance to the United States Railroad Administration and denied its power to fix intrastate freight rates except for military transport. A controversy began last May over extending a preferential rate for a focal evaporated milk manufacturer to Armour’s Creamery at Phoenix area. A June 22 hearing saw railroad attorneys contesting jurisdiction, with the commission condemning war as a screen for predatory interests and hinting a federal court may hear the case after January 1, 1925.
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Phoenix
Arizona Orporation Commission
United States Railroad Administration
Creamery
Arizona
Railroad Administration
Commission
Commission Onserts
Miner Murder Mystery on Desert Airs Arrest of Suspect
In Arizona this week, miner Lyshon was found murdered on the desert with an arrest of William Taylor, former Nevada mine foreman, who was brought from Las Vegas. Taylor allegedly confessed, motive to steal Lyshon’s car, which he later sold locally. Leonard Thomson’s statements spurred the case as authorities prepare charges.
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Hoenix
Charles HL Lush
Montana
Wee
William Taylor
Nev
Las Vegas
Lyshon
Taylors
Leonard Thomson
Taylor
Federal control of oil in Arizona ends
San Francisco reports that the federal fuel oil director for the Pacific coast led by Professor D. M. Folsom of Stanford will discontinue December 1. His territory covered California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Wartime orders on the fuel oil industry are rescinded except for fuel oil user licensing. The office closure came from Mark L. Requa, federal fuel office administrator.
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Arizona
San Francisco
Federal Fuel Oil Director
Pacific Coast
D. M. Folsom
Stanford University
Folsom
Professor Folsom
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Arison
High Gold Strike at Dos Cabezas Could Boost Bonanza
Tucson dated Nov 16 reports a major gold strike in the Dos Cabezas district. A J Welty says Hohog leased ten claims near Gat Ridge Mining, with a five foot high grade ledge found twenty feet underground, averaging better than a ton. The layer parallels a former Gold Ridge ledge and may extend onto Gold Ridge and threaten renewed operations. About $1000 in ore is daily shipped for milling, hauled by two mule teams four miles from Dragoon.
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Tucson
Dos Cabezas
J. Welty
Whohog
Gat Ridge Mining Company
Gold Ridge Mining Company
Gold Ridge
Wilson
Golden Rule
Dragoon
Hay dealers organize under national association plans
In Phoenix on November 16 the Salt River valley hay dealers formed a local unit of the National Hay Dealers Association. J Vining Taylor, secretary of the national body based in Winchester Indiana, outlined plans for thorough grading and inspection of hay shipped on government order and for uniform national rates affecting shipments elsewhere.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley
National
Hay Dealers’ Association
J. Vining Taylor
National Association
Winchester
Ind
Contributors to United War Work Fund Listed
A long list of donors in the United War Work Fund shows contributions from individuals and companies including Bunker Hill Mines, First National Bank, Miss Helen Benedict, Mrs. A. J. Benedict, George Rockhill, Mr and Mrs Hazelyon, and many others with varied amounts. The page captures community support and amounts ranging from 5.00 to 153.00 in what appears to be a wartime fundraising record.
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Bunker Hill Mines Company
Davis
Costello
Buh Heney
Elsie Tales
A. H. Gartner
Irs
J. M. Phillipons
A. C. Karger
Maurice Blumenthal
A. J. Benedict
Tae Waies
James Marzs
J. It Macia
George Rockhill
Hazelyon
Maud Dayis i
SB. Wagner
Grebe
All Arizona Aided Making Success of Food Restriction
A message from United States Food Administration credits Arizona for major food conservation efforts during wartime. Merchants adopted a card rationing system, farmers increased wheat planting by 20 percent, and mills ground wheat for government use, delivering flour to Galveston for war export. The piece notes continued conservation as long as shortages persist and urges enduring economies amid postwar uncertainty.
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United States
A. Riordan
Federa
Arizona
Uncle Sam
Galveston
Europe
No Change in Influenza Epidemic in Phoenix
Incomplete reports reveal 44 new Spanish influenza cases in Phoenix with five deaths yesterday. Emergency hospital and Mesa requests for doctors rise as vaccination plans surface, while Phoenix theaters discuss reopening with public vaccine stations. Kingman and Ajo report new cases and physician needs as the epidemic appears to wane.
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Phoenix
Musnaa
Mesa
St Joseph's Hospital
Kingman
Ajo
Moving Picture Theaters
Arizona gets hut named after it in France
Phoenix reports that Arizona becomes the fourth state to have a war work hut named for it in France. State headquarters show $280,000 subscribed against a $306,000 minimum quota. Oversubscription may reflect credits in New York not yet reported to Arizona headquarters. State solicitors aim to raise $439,000, the maximum quota.
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Phoenix
New York
Arizona
France
United War Work Campaign
Record of Mexican imports at Nogales and Naco
On November 16 in Phoenix figures from T J Croaff show that since last June over 4343 Mexicans were brought into Nogales under immigration suspensions with 978 returning. At Naco 694 men arrived and seven have returned.
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Mrizona
Phoenix
T. J. Croaff
Arizona Federation of Labor
Arizona Federal Employment
Nogales
Naco
Court rules seizure law unconstitutional in Cochise case
Judge A C Lockwood sustains first demurrer and holds the Automobile Seizure Law unconstitutional for lacking gubernatorial call to a special session. Automobiles sued for replevin to be returned to owners Edna Colwell and Bisbee Auto Co versus Guy Welch sheriff Cochise County. Decision hinges on absence of special session basis. similar Pima case awaiting Supreme Court rehearing.
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A. C. Lockwood
Cochise
Alex Murray
Fred Sutter
E. J. Flannigan
A.C. Lockwood
Edna Colwell
Bisbee Auto Company
Guy ©. Welch
Sherif
Cochise County
Pima County
Supreme Court of Arizona
Supreme Court
Tower Court
Influenza Quarantine Prolonged in Warren District
In Bisbee on Nov 16, officials report the Warren district influenza quarantine will not lift for at least ten days. A district Commercial Club meeting with doctors endorsed extended measures. About 2500 cases noted. 40 percent of the population affected, with a death rate lower than elsewhere.
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Bisbee
Warren Dist
Warren District
Warren
Ajo
Arizona
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Veruty
Arizona Board OF War Path
Mark L. Requa
Cabezas
Phoenix Hay Dealers
United War Work
Ross
ALL
Marathon
Acu
Springerville
J. W
Texas
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