August campaign to recruit Navy yard workers
James F. Wallace announced an August job drive to staff Mare Island, Hunter's Point, and Terminal Island Navy drydocks. Hiring will occur at the United States Employment Service in Tucson with war manpower checks. a Navy rep will attend from Aug. 3. Veterans get preference. wages range from 76 to 1.21 dollars per hour. benefits include travel paid from Tucson and 6 months wartime extension.
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Mare Island Navy Yard
Hunter's Point Naval Drydocks
San Francisco Bay
Terminal Island Naval Drydocks
San Pedro
Los Angeles
James F. Wallace
Southern Arizona
U. S. Civil Service Commission
San Francisco
Washington
WMC
United States Employment Service
Tucson
Scott
Pennington
War Manpower Commission
Wallace
Navy Department
Navy
Pacific
Japan
Navy Yard
Shells Thrown 20 Miles Rise About Five Miles
A military note reports shells fired by large naval guns traveling roughly 20 miles while rising about five miles into the air, signaling a test or demonstration of long range artillery capability.
Yank Humor From Battle In France
HAL BOYLE reports a drunken German sniper in France halted by American infantry who refuse a drink and imprison him. He flees into a hedgerow and meets an American tank destroyer which knocks out the Nazi tank with a first shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEF
France
Command Posts Found In No Man's Land By American Troops
Captains Valliere and Lawrence sought a safe regimental HQ site in contested terrain. Pvt. Harris drove them to a camouflaged position, then back after 200 yards, only to meet advancing doughboys. Earl Gray engaged a German tank, called for surrender, and finally used a hand grenade to end the fight.
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Raymond A. Valliere
Dover
N. H
Charles Lawrence
Ottawa
Kansas
Thomas A. Harris
Detroit
No-Mans Land
Volunteers Make Survey Of Clothing Price Charts
A Tucson price survey started today under Mrs. R. D. Hogan with volunteers checking apparel stores for price charts on outer garments underwear shoes hosiery fur garments dresses and similar items. No prices were checked this time. completion expected within two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
R. D. Hogan
Prisoners Without Weapons Capture Three Nazis in France
George S. Oakes, a 27 year old barber from Hampton New Jersey in the Ninth Division, used a mess kit to threaten and deter three Nazis who were approaching to surrender. Medics later woke to find two more Germans crawling from a closet and the group surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
George S. Oakes
Barber
Hampton
N. J
Oakes
Capt
Edmund H. Torkleson
Seattle
Wash
Seabees Demonstrate U S Ingenuity Under Fire
Navy Seabees show ingenuity in emergencies on Pacific operations. Dewey White and Leonard Friedman repair a bulldozer with a screwdriver under fire. Frederick McElwee forges stove pipe from shell casings. Seabee units build native huts to replace failed tents amid heavy rains.
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Washington
Seabees
Navy
Navy Seabees
Dewey L. White
Ruleville
Miss
Leonard Friendman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Treasury Island
New Zealand
Frederick N. McElwee
Decatur
Carpenter
Thomas E. Halsey
Indianapolis
Ind
Halsey
Pacific Isle
Secret Airbase Layout Revealed by Magnuson
Rep Warren Magnuson disclosed the existence of long secret Russian manned air bases in the northwest United States Canada and Alaska. He said hundreds of fighter planes and short range bombers were delivered to Russia at Fairbanks Alaska via the Alaska highway route and that American ferry pilots and Russian airmen fly through extreme cold.
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Seattle
Warren G. Magnuson
Wash
United States
Canada
Alaska
Fairbanks
Magnuson
Great Falls
Mont
Siberia
Stalingrad
French Patriots Tie Up German Forces Behind Lines
Allied dispatch from Supreme Headquarters says French patriots threaten the enemy rear forcing Germany to marshal heavy artillery air and parachute troops for reprisals. The report notes frequent rail attacks aiding Allied air strikes and a 56 hour Maquis defense at Vercors with successful resistance alongside actions in Corogne Haute Vienne Indre and Loir-Et-Cher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
France
Vercors
Corogne
Haute Vienne
Indre
Loir-Et-Cher
Ice-Mint for Comfort Feet Before and After Work
Promote foot comfort with Ice-Mint applied to feet and ankles before and after work. Cool refreshing formula claims to reduce tiredness and burning, leaves no greasy residue, and helps soften calluses. Available through your druggist today for easy relief.
Truck Explosion Confusion Over Gas Type Clarified
A gas company truck damaged by fire near Billito last week contained by gas, not butane. William English of English Butane Co says none of his trucks explode. Sheriff records misclassified the vehicle as butane. damage estimated at 1500 dollars. one man treated for second degree burns.
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Home Gas & Fuel Company
Billito
William English
English Butane Company
Pima County
Potato Compares Water Content Atop White Varieties
A white potato is more than three fourths water, making it highly hydrated before cooking. The high water content influences texture and weight loss during heating and roasting methods.
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U. S. Employment Service
Normandy
Battle
Sniper
Yanks
Hal Boyle
Earl Gray
Newsom
Gray
Yank
John H. Howard
Bradford
Howard
First National Benefit Society
First National Bank
Phoenix
Arizona
E. Congress
Arizona Clinic
Berita
Severte
SHINE
Cacy Taran TyTh
Horn
Food For
Advepthciwe Fieldy
U. S
Naval Headquarters
South Pacific
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Bonika
Russell Islands
Segi Point
Munda
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Employment Service
EF. Pennington
U.S
Tucson Motor Service
Mgr
Frank Howe
6Th Ave
Texaco
California
S. 6Th Ave
Elberta Freestone
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