England Faces Mockery as Isles Keep To Themselves
German papers mocked Britain's reluctance to invade the continent amid reports of four day naval maneuvers in Norway designed to test invasion defenses. The Voelkischer Beobachter claimed Allied support for Russia was minimal and cited Soviet losses as near one million dead and ten thousand tanks. Stockholm reports said Norway and the west coast would host further anti invasion drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Norway
Russia
Britain
United States
Voelkischer Beobachter
Red Army
Germany
Stockholm
Caid
Nor Way
County Leaders Call For Boulder Dam Revenue Use
Arizona county boards of supervisors adopt a resolution urging the state tax commission to count Boulder dam power revenues in setting the tax rate. They seek to include 1.2 million dollars in general fund revenues and urge lower state levies, amid Governor Osborn's push to earmark funds for Colorado River development. They also request legislature discretion over clerk salaries and urge county donations to support a tax on government lands to boost western states’ revenue.
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Winslow
Arizona County Boards of Supervisors Association
State Tax Commission
Boulder Dam
Tom Collins
Pima County
Osborn
Tax Commission
Boulder
Arizona
Apach County
Andy Matson
Coconino
Matson
Arizona Good Roads Association
FCC Moves Against Two Refusing To Appear
The FCC ordered immediate legal action against Edwin S. Fr iendly and James G. Stahlman for failing to appear at the hearing on radio station ownership. Chairman Fly directed enforcement of subpoenas served on Friendly, Newark Sun business manager, and Stahlman, former Nashville publisher on active Navy duty. Elisha Hanson, counsel for the A N P A, said the witnesses did not appear citing the inquiry as unlawful and illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission Today
Newsgper
James L. Fly
FCC
Edwin S. Friendly
Newark Sun
James G. Stahlman
Nashville Tenn
Navy
Elisha Hanson
Jation
Friendly
Stahlman
Nucky Johnson Sentenced to 10 Years in Tax Evasion Case
Enoch L. Johnson the Atlantic City Republican leader was sentenced in Camden to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine for income tax evasion. The 58 year old, married last night to Florence Osbeck, faced two counts tied to $124,000 income in 1936 and 1937 from numbers game operators in the resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Enoch L
Nucky) Johnson
Atlantic City
Albert B. Maris
Johnson
Florence Osbeck
Philadelphia
Walter G. Winne
James Boyd
Camden County Court House
Envoys Report German Struggles Amid Allied Bombing
U S diplomats arriving on West Point describe heavy British raids on Hamburg and German hardships on the front. They note Berlin’s declining living standards and supply strains while recounting raid damage and the practice of marking bombed sites for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
West Point
Alfred R. Thompson
Silver Spring
Hamburg
Thompson
Wife of Champ to Get $200 Weekly Alimony
In Chicago a court ordered temporary alimony of 200 dollars a week for Mrs Marva Trotter Louis from heavyweight champion Joe Louis as she pursues divorce on cruelty grounds. The arrangement begins August 6 with Judge Feinberg referring the petition to Master Dwight S Bobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marva Trotter Louis
Joe Louis
Michael J. Feinberg
Master In Chancery
Dwight S. Bobb
Mr. Louis
Bullet Discharge Wounds Boy in Odd Trousers Incident
New London Connecticut August 1 17 year old Herbert Brewster was wounded when a .22 rifle discharged while his trousers struck the gun and caused it to fire as it hung on the bedroom wall. Doctors described the chest wound four inches above the heart as serious but not critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Herbert Brewster
Carlos Stone
Young Brewster
Brewster
Consular Employes Arrive In New York
The U S Navy transport West Point docked in New York with 388 passengers mostly consular service employees. About 2 400 relatives lined the pier as the camouflaged ship tied up and a tumultuous cheer rose. Embraces and tears recalled early 1919 World War I veterans returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Navy
West Point
Hungarian Letter Delayed Eight Months By Absent Pennsauken Post Office
A letter from Hungary to Mrs. Anna Rozner Boxman in Pennsauken Township was delayed eight months due to the township lacking a post office. The Hungarian sender’s sister mailed it, but it arrived stamped address insufficient and was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsauken
New Jersey
Hungary
Anna Rozner Boxman
Pennsauken Township
Boxman
Financier Enjoys Army Life After Training at Camp Croft
Private William McChesney Martin formerly earned 48000 yearly as New York Stock Exchange president. After 13 weeks at Camp Croft he reports Army life is less of an ordeal, aims to be a good soldier, and contemplates joining Indiantown Gap. He has attracted job offers from private finance firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Croft
S. C
William McChesney Martin
New York Stock Exchange
Army
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania National Guard
Martin
Wall
Cities Service Plans Three Regional Holding Companies
Cities Service to form three regional holding companies to divest its utility interests. The Rocky Mountain Regional would own securities of subsidiaries in Colorado Wyoming New Mexico and Arizona. Ohio Regional would own Ohio area subsidiaries. Mid-Continental Regional would own Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas subsidiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cities Service Company
Securities Commission
Rocky Mountain Regional Corporation
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Ohio Regional Corporation
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mid-Connent Regional Corporation
Safety saving urged for Atlantic City industry
Dr. John P. Wood of Birmingham, Michigan, warns that the $2,000,000,000 annual cost of industrial and occupational accidents could be cut in half by adequate safety precautions and health examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
John P. Wood
Birmingham
Mich
Light and heat bill from the sun would be billion per second
Dr. Paul W. Merrill of Mount Wilson explains the sun’s output would cost a billion dollars per second if earth paid the bill. He notes most sun energy escapes to interstellar space while the sun’s interior powers the surface layers like a lamp filament and compares nova and supernova brightness with stellar energy surges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Tipton
Pasadena
Calif
Paul W. Merrill
Mount Wilson Observatory
Earth
Merrill
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Lakeside Judge Is Law West Of Pecos
Lakeside cafe owner A D Johnson filed a suit in his own court alleging $50 damages from improper drainage on state highway 173. He acted as justice of the peace and summoned highway officials to appear before him, but the Arizona highway department says such suits belong in Maricopa county superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Highway Department
Roy Bean
Pecos
Do. A. Johnson
Lakeside
Ariz
Highway Department
Maricopa County
Johnson
Tucson Teacher Enlists as Army Lieutenant at Randolph Field
John Ransom, arts and crafts instructor at Mansfeld Junior High, enters U S Army as first lieutenant at Randolph Field Texas. He travels with wife Norma and children Joan and John. Ransom is a Tucson High and University of Arizona graduate and son of Mrs. Sadie Ransom owner of Ransom tourist court. brother of Harry Ransom, Pima county superior court bailiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ransom
Mansfeld Junior High School
U. S. Army
Randolph Field
Tex
Texas
Norma
Joan
John
Ransom
Tucson Senior High School
University of Arizona
Sadie Ransom
Miracle Mile
Casa Grande Highway
Harry Ransom
Pima County
First bullfight to be staged in Utah at Legion convention
Utah residents will witness a modified bullfight, the first in state history, to be staged by Mexican toreadors during the American Legion Utah department convention in Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Utah
U.P
American Legion
Americans charter vessel to ship cashew kernels from India
A chartered vessel will transport cashew kernels exclusively from India to the United States. The move aims to secure a direct supply chain and reduce intermediary handling for the commodity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Preliminary hearing set for Clif ford Wooten on bogus check charges
Justice court scheduled a preliminary hearing for Aug. 6 for Clif ford Wooten of 217 South Tyndall Avenue on allegedly passing a $13 bogus check to Roy Brown. Mabel R. Swan of 345 North Park Avenue reported a burglary in which $20 was stolen from her purse and another $20 in a zipper compartment was left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Wooten
South Tyndall Avenue
Justice Court
Wooten
Roy Brown
Mabel R. Swan
North Park Avenue
Lieutenant Tidwell Ordered Back to Active Duty
Lieut. Jack Tidwell son of Mr and Mrs William Tidwell 1210 East Sixth street has been on leave from Fort Bliss Texas for six weeks and is ordered to report for active duty at Fort Riley Kansas. Tidwell a University of Arizona graduate will be given a farewell dinner tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Tidwell
William Tidwell
East Sixth Street
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fort Riley
Kan
Tidwell
University of Arizona
Arizona Vocational Agriculture Chief Returns From Gila Conference
Dr Russell W. Cline head of the University of Arizona department of vocational agriculture returned today after a three day meeting with teachers of vocational agriculture from several areas of the state at Gila Junior College in the Gila Valley.
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Russell W. Cline
University of Arizona
Gila Junior College
Gila Valley
YMCA Boys Visit Frozen Pure Ice Cream Plant
Members of the boys division of the YMCA visited the Frozen Pure Ice Cream company at 220 North Fourth Avenue this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Division
Frozenpure Ice Cream Company
North Fourth Avenue
Applications Open for Naval Air Training Program
The Navy invites unmarried American men ages 20 to 27 with two years of college to apply for flight training in the reserve. The goal is 20,900 fliers by 1946, four-year enlistment unless released, must stay unmarried for two years after active service, and be physically fit. The Long Beach flight school lists 95 in the latest primary class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve
Navy Recruiting Station
Federal
Navy
Navy Department
Long Beach
Calif
Death of oil magnate tied to Nazi era dealings
William Rhodes Davis, 52, renowned for vast oil ventures, died of a heart attack. He attracted national notice for dealings with the Nazi government and Mexico. His headquarters were here with offices in New York and Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rhodes Davis
Mexico
Davis
New York
Mexico City
Fortifications Uncovered in Delaware River Dredging
In Woodbury New Jersey a portion of Revolutionary War era underwater defenses used to block the Delaware River from British ships has been uncovered by Army engineers. Substantial sections of the Cheveaux di Frise obstacles were dredged from the channel.
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Woodbury
N. J. Upr
Delaware River
Inquiry Launched Into Flagstaff Train Death
An official investigation was under way into the death of Joe Emlaw a retired lumber mill worker who stepped into the path of a westbound Santa Fe train near the Flagstaff depot. Emlaw a Flagstaff resident since 1906.
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Flagstaff
Joe Emlaw
Pete Michelback
Santa Fe
Emlaw
Chief deputy county assessor and wife plan Florida Virginia trip
The chief deputy county assessor and Mrs. Leo Finch plan a two week vacation visiting relatives in Florida and Virginia, departing tomorrow to begin their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Finch
Florida
Virginia
America First Meeting Speakers at Tucson Event
W E Guerin and Mrs Anne Rogers spoke at a Tucson America First committee meeting held at the Temple of Music. Mrs Gerald Jones chaired with reports from secretary Mrs Erva Schafer and treasurer Mrs Gordon Luepke. Virginia Engelder sang the new song We've Got All We Can Do for the Red White and Blue with piano by Sylvia Juliani.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Guerin
Anne Rogers
Tucson America First Committee
Temple of Music
Gerald Jones
Erva Schafer
Gordon Luepke
New America First
Virginia Engelder
Sylvia Juliani
Petition To Connect Streets Submitted in Southwest City
A petition with 34 signatures requests connecting West McCormick Street and Clark Street in the southwestern city section. The petition was filed with City Clerk Charles Irvin. McCormick lies east of the El Paso and Southwestern tracks and Clark runs west of them.
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Isles
United Press
Dunkirk
United Press Berlin
Rev. Bassett
Carl Bassett
Los Angeles
Prescott
Nucky Johnson
Nazi Germany
Hitler
America
Lisbon
Prince Carl
Sweden
Frederick Sterling
State Department
Champ
Cities Service
New Holdings
Lake Peipus
Leningrad
Berlin
Lakeside Judge
Tucson
Reilly
Naval Air Training
Cash & Carry
Wallis
East Ninth St
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Ean
Camay
Oxyd
Guiding Light
Woman In White
Grabe
ABC Market
Anita Street Market
Farmer's Market
First Avenue Grocery
Fong Brothers Food Basket Food Mart Foods
Four Corner
Frank's Broadway
GEE Hung Gee Lung’s
George's Market
Gilbert's Market
Ginn’s Market
Gin Soo Dung
Gordon’s Market
Grand Central Market
Rainbow Grocery
Rainsower Grocery
Rich’s Market
Rincon Grocery
Sang’s Market
Schey’s Grocery
Schneider Grocery
SEW Kep
Sixth Avenue
Soleng Super Market
Sony Yuen Star Mercantile
Steinfeld’s Service Gro
Stone Avenue
Subway
Sunny Corner
Sunnyside Grocery
Sunshine Grocery
SUN Ray Market
SUN Rise Grocery
Taft’s
Joe W. Tang
Tucson Auto Vin
Tucson Public Market
United Market
Verch's Market
Vet’s Canteen
Viaent
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