Tucson Soldiers Restore 필요한 Dodge Truck at Airbase
Three mechanics Tech Sgt Dale Thompson Arthur Paine and Corp Robert Wirts of the eighth fighter command station revived a neglected three ton English Dodge truck by scavenging parts from depots and other vehicles. They fitted a jeep starter carburetor steering column and more transforming the canvas topped truck into a working transport vehicle for the P-47 Thunderbolt group's needs under Lt Col Philip E Tukey Jr.
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Fighter Command Station
Tech
Dale Thompson
Tucson
Arthur Paine
San Francisco
Calif
Corp
Robert Wirts
Reistertown
Set
Philip E. Tukey, Jr
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
MacArthur Name Sake Bull Pup in South Boston
In South Boston a bull pup named after General Douglas MacArthur receives the approval of owner Michael E Hurley after the general writes to grant permission for the naming.
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Boston
Douglas MacArthur
Michael E. Hurley
Senate Figures War Workers Compensation
The Senate Military Committee begins work on unemployment compensation for discharged war workers as leaders push demobilization amid White House pressure. Senator Kilgore advocates a federal standard of 12 to 35 dollars weekly, while George proposes state control with a federal loan fund to support state funds.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
White House
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Sen
Kilgore
D-Wva
Murray
D-Mont
Truman
D-Mo
Revercomb
Arizona FFA Conference Honors State Farmers at University
The state FFA meet at the University of Arizona covered study discussions and awards. Seventy five candidates registered with Eleven named as state farmers including Bill Gates Tempe Randall Hulet Chandler Kort Meier Yuma Leo Palmateer Mesa Charles Peterson Snowflake James Robinson Yuma Lawrence Costine Yuma Theodore Smith Snowflake Harrison Veale Chandler Raymond Evans Peoria. Awards include 20 dollar Sears prizes plus 30 dollars for the star farmer and a 150 dollar Firestone award. The event featured speeches by UA President Alfred Atkinson and National FFA President Robert Bowman.
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FFA
University of Arizona
Ll. F. Nichols, Jr
Robert Bowman
Bowman
Alfred Atkinson
Bill Gates
Tempe
Randall Hulet
Chandler
Kort*h. Meier
Yuma
Leo Palmateer
Mesa
Charles Peterson
James Robinson
Lawrence Costine
Theodore Smith
Snowflake
Harrison Veale
Raymond Evans
Peoria
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Firestone Company
Arizona
Star State Farmer
American Farmer
Eight Air Force Liberator Captain Lozito Cited for 68 Mission Stint
Vincent J. Lozito, husband of Tucson’s Mrs Edna Lozito, promoted to captain and serving as executive officer of a B-24 squadron in England. His unit earned a Distinguished Service commendation for completing sixty eight heavy bombardment missions without loss of a man. Lozito, who joined in 1940, was at Pearl Harbor, later trained in Miami Beach, and commanded crews bombing Berlin Brunswick and other German targets as part of the Eighth Air Force offensive.
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England
Vincent J. Lozito
Edna Lozito
Tucson
Lozito
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Miami Beach
Fla
Germany
Eighth Air Force
France
Berlin
Brunswick
Hodges
Dismissal Orders In Multiple Superior Court Cases
Judge Eva De Concini presiding grants dismissal in cases including Ruth K. Snipes v Tillie L. Levkowitz and Morris Cohen v Arizona Cigar and Tobacco Co. Dismissals involve listed individuals: Earl Stanford La Rue and Marguerite Marie Leitch. Alfred Junior Sherry and Mina J. Masters. Glen Henry Strohm and Anne Marie Cheskey. Robert W. Kluth and Nellie H. Oivanki. all linked to California, Arizona, Oregon locations.
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Superior Court
Eva de Concini
Ruth K. Snipes
Tillie L. Levkowitz
Morris Cohen
Arizona Cigar and Tobacco Co
Thomas J. Hatzis
Earl Stanford la Rue
Los Angeles
Marguerite Marie Leitch
Tucson
Alfred Junior Sherry
Santa Maria
Cal
Mina J. Masters
Glen Henry Strohm
Parker, Ariz
Anne Marie Cheskey
Liberator crew praised for extreme bombing mission record
The Liberator division in England earned a citation for completing sixty eight heavy bombardment missions without a man lost. The squadron aided the European bombing offensive and invasion by striking targets in Germany and enemy held Europe amid heavy antiaircraft fire and fighter opposition. Capt Lozito, previously at Lowry Field Denver Colorado, was cited before departing for overseas duty.
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Liberator Division
England
Europe
Germany
United States
Lozito
Lowryfield
Denver
Colo
Spain Foreign Minister Dies of Heart Attack
Gen. Francisco Gomez Jordana Y Sousa, 68, Spain's minister of foreign affairs, died in San Sebastian from a heart attack. He was a diplomat and statesman and had helped establish the summer foreign office in San Sebastian three days earlier.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Francisco Gomez Jordana Y. Sousa
Jordana
Franco appoints Jordana foreign minister in 1942
Generalissimo Francisco Franco named Ramon Jordana minister of foreign affairs on September 3 1942 as Nazi forces faltered at Stalingrad and Allied landings in North Africa loomed. Jordana pushed for real neutrality beyond Serrano Suner’s non belligerency and sought closer ties with Portugal and Hispanic American states.
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Francisco Franco
Jordana
Stalingrad
North Africa
Ramon Serrano Suner
Franco
Portugal
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