Marana Army airfield honors 20th cadet class
Col Winslow warned aviation cadets to expect desperation from a defeated enemy as they enter combat. He noted Axis tactics will offset gaps in equipment and trained them to deliver decisive blows. The ceremony at Marana marked the 647th AAF band and praised top pilots Kamerschen Schlieder and Wilson along with several medal recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul S. Winslow
Marana Army Airfield
Winslow
Billy Bishop
Col. Winslow
Marana
Louis W. Proper
Western Flying Training Command
Charles Backes
Stockton
Calif
Finslow
Williem P. Kamerschen
Mountain View
Carl E. Schlieder
Baltimore
Ryanfield
Richard S., Wilson
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Ft. Uachuca
Joe B. 7
Umlevy
Lubbock
Tex
Bernard , Paestzold
Harper
WAC
Margaret B. Bush
Stirling
Army Air Forces
647Th Aaf
Woodworth Pierce
Col. Winstow
Fox
C. J. Kanaga
Ranas
Mazel Skofield
Heberty. Tilden
July earnings hike at Pima County Clerk's Office
Mrs. Belle D. Hall reports July income in the superior clerk's office rose to 2449.15 from 2187 last July, driven by stronger civil and divorce action fees despite probate and marriage fee declines, with war-related travel rules keeping attorneys in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle D. Hall
Hall
Jack D. Curtis
Oregon
Pima County
Xavier Lopez Cleared Of Forgery Charges
Xavier Lopez from 131 West Seventeenth street was cleared of forgery after police found the $134.15 check he tried to cash at J C Penney was valid. He had said he cashed it for a friend and initially claimed to have found the document. The check was drawn on Martin Drug Co. to Acme Distributing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xavier Lopez
West Seventeenth Street
Lopez
J. C. Penney
Acme Distributing Co
Martin Drug Co
May Set New License Plate Sales Record
A possible new license plate sales record may be set in Pima county this year if current trends continue. Through July sales totaled 23,524 plates, including 335 in July amounting to 1,476.68 dollars in fees with 167.50 to the assessor. Increases attributed to wartime workers and stationed military personnel drawing Arizona licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
Arizona
Clark Blames CIO For Senate Office Defeat
In St Louis on August 3 Roy McKittrick led incumbent Sen Bennett Clark by about 20 000 votes in the Democratic primary with 4328 of 4512 precincts tallied McKittrick 165 726 Clark 145 856 Clark conceded defeat blaming the CIO political action committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Roy McKittrick
Bennett Clark
McKittrick
Clark
CIO Political Action Committee
Gila Valley Water Table Drops Forty Three Feet
Arizona senate subcommittee heard farmers in the lower Gila valley report a 43 foot drop in groundwater after heavy pumping over eight years. University of Arizona analyst Harold C. Schwalen cited 152000 acre feet pumped last year, with the level falling sharply since 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Gila Valley
Senate
Harold C. Schwalen
University of Arizona
Carl Anderson
San Carlos
Police Arrest Alleged Thief At Shoe Store
Armand Mercier formerly of Cambridge Massachusetts was arrested after a Thom McAn store manager reported cash missing from a rear box. Mercier admitted theft and said he was on a suspended sentence for two Cambridge robberies. case continued for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Mercier
Cambridge
Mass
Edward Arriaga
Thom McAn
Congress Street
Mercier
Sam
Arriagan
Massachusets
Births at St Marys Hospital Tucson
Birth notices list five newborns from Tucson families including the Casillas Coronado Farrell Shelton and Pacheco households. Girls born Aug 2 and Aug 3, and a boy born Aug 3, with birth times and home addresses provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Hospital
Alessandro R. Casillas
24Th St
Tucson
Pfe
Alphonse Coronado
6Th Ave
John R. Farrell
James M. Shelton
N. Campbell Ave
Joe Pacheco
Central Ave
Kingman Base Pilot Dies In Texas Plane Crash
Amarillo Texas reports Second Lt. Leslie E. Cannon of Inglewood California died when his aircraft crashed near the Kingman Arizona airfield during a flight to Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
Texas
Amarillo
Tex
Leslie E. Cannon
Inglewood
Calif
Kingman, Ariz. Army Airfield
Vagrant Wears Overcoat In 108-Degree Heat At Court
A 73 year old Negro defendant, John Harvey, sat through vagrancy proceedings in a heavy Army overcoat as temperatures neared 108 degrees. He claimed to be heading to Phoenix from Nogales for winter and said August is his birth month. Magistrate Paul Cella released him with plans to seek cotton picking work in Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cella
Cella
John Harvey
Nogales
Tucson
South Fourth Avenue
12Th Street
Harvey
Phoenix
Tuc
San Francisco
Aircraft Lofting Course Organized By G Butler
Dean G M Butler of the University of Arizona College of Engineering organized a night aircraft lofting course. Classes run Monday and Thursday 7 to 9 in room 114 of the engineering building for Consolidated Vultee employees and others with solid high school math. no charge. Attendance is encouraged and not too late to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean G. M. Butler
College of Engineering
University of Arizona
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Dean Butler
Individual Bond Sales Top Corporation Ones
Individual bond purchases in Arizona topped corporate sales with 21 260 dollars versus 21 510 000 subscribed by corporations. W R Bimbson praised citizen response to appeals by press radio and volunteers on Over the Top day July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dragonette
Pima County War Finance Committee
Arizona
Dragonette
W. R. Bimbson
Astoria Founded in 1811 as Astor Fur Trading Post
Astoria Oregon traces its origins to 1811 when John Jacob Astor established a fur trading post that became the city’s seed. The venture marked early American commerce on the Pacific Northwest frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria, Ore
John Jacob Astor
Break-In Art No Addition To Tucson Culture
Break in downtown Tucson reports of pilferings include Steinfeld's Maytag store at 101 West Congress entered during the night with 21.33 missing from a cash drawer. En trance gained via a rear window and a footprint on the sill. Police suspect a small child may be involved. A former sorority house at 1050 North Cherry av enue and a former fraternity house at 1501 East First street were daylight burglarized. Luggage jewelry and cash totaling 47 were taken from the frat house. a silver wrist watch valued at 45 and other articles from the sorority house were also reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinfeld
Maytag
West Congress
North Cherry Avenue
G. W. Leddy
East First Street
Elmer Poynhnen
Holden assumes command at Papago Park POW camp
Col William A Holden takes command of the Papago Park prisoner of war camp in Phoenix. He arrives from Fort Douglas Utah where he led the ninth service command and previously commanded the Italian POW camp at Florence Arizona. A Wisconsin native, he began military service in 1916 and earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Aug
William A. Holden
Papago Park
Ninth Service Command
Ft. Douglas
Utah
Florence
Ariz
Wisconsin
Holden
U. S. Army
16Th Infantry
Dead Marine's Sister To Join Women's Navy
Mrs. Viola Rowe of Phoenix will start training with the WAVES on Monday, five days after learning her Marine brother Corporal James Lee Bennett was killed in action on Saipan. Bennett had fought at Guadalcanal Bougainville and Tarawa and was the son of E W Bennett and Mrs Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Viola Rowe
WAVE
Corp
James Lee Bennett
Saipan
Bennett
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Tarawa
E. W. Bennett
State Highway Department
Doctors Say Extra Feedings May Stop Ulcers Flare Ups
Chicago August 3 Doctors say patients with ulcers of the stomach and duodenum can prevent flare ups after emotional distress by hourly feedings. Dr Walter C Alvarez of Rochester Minnesota notes extra meals are most needed between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. He advises not waiting for a flare up or hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter C. Alvarez
Rochester
Mi.n
Journal of the American Medical Association
Alvarez
Congressman John Murdock Leaves for Washington
Phoenix Aug 3 Congressman John R. Murdock and his wife depart for Washington to take part in special committee work on postwar planning legislation. He has been in the state since late June and recently sat in on senate subcommittee hearings in Phoenix and Florence on reclamation and irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
John R. Murdock
Murdock
Washington
Senate
Florence
Military Trainers To Be Sold To Civilians
Surplus military training planes will be sold for civilian use by defense plant corporation from sales centers throughout the nation. Southwest Airways in Phoenix and Echeverria field in Wickenburg, Arizona, will offer planes including light 65 horsepower trainers and 165 to 220 horsepower army and navy primary trainers. Information on bidding will be available at civilian aeronautics administration offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Southwest Airways
Phoenix
Ariz
Echeverria Field
Wickenburg
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Army
Glendale Pilot Claims First Japanese Plane
General Headquarters reports Lt. George M. Viet of Glendale Arizona shot down his first Japanese aircraft. His Lightning fighter provided cover for Mitchell bombers that destroyed 30 grounded planes. The P 38s also took 15 interceptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eer
Southwest Pacific
George M. Viet
Glendale
Ariz
Auto Accident Fatal To Navajo Employee Near Cottonwood
The Civil War era style notes a July 18 auto wreck near Cottonwood caused the death of Theodore James, 37, a Navajo Indian employed by Phelps Dodge Corp. in Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Cottonwood
Theodore James
Phelps Dodge Corporation
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Louis Fiscel
Pinal County
Lee Wathen
U. S. Irrigation Service
Tony van Wagenen
Casa Grande Blov
E. W. McFarland
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Colorado
Thom McAnn
Los Angeles
Acme Brewing CO
Acme Distributing Company
Fourth Avenue
Tucson, Arizona
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Crete
Gyrasos
Black Sea
Germany
Aegean
Rhodes
Mercury
G. Butler
Col. Holden
Women’s Navy
Junior
The
Borden Cow
Borden
Mr. Stork
Valley National Bank
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