Gila River Floods From Graham Rains Cause Local Overflows
Heavy rains in the Graham mountains sent an estimated 300 second feet of water into the Gila River. Safford valley yards flooded as washes overflowed. San Simon wash ran full with no major damage reported. Rainfall was light in the valley. Childs Verde river reported 1.20 inches and runoff reaching Roosevelt Dam. Cooler statewide temperatures followed with highs around 100 in Phoenix and 107 in Yuma.
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Associated Press
Graham Mountains
Gila
Safford Valley
San Simon
C. A. Firth
Gila River
Safford
Thatcher
Pima
Childs
Verde River
Bartlett Dam
Salt River Valley Water Users Association System
Roosevelt Dam
Tonto Rim
Salome
U. S. Highway 60
Wickenburg
Nogales
Bisbee
Phoenix
Prescott
Tucson
Yuman
Dr. Frederick Cook dies at 75 in New Rochelle hospital
Frederick Cook, explorer who claimed to reach the North Pole in 1908, dies at 75 after a stroke. His polar claim was long contested by Peary and later disputed by an investigation. Born 1865 in Callicoon Depot, he pursued expeditions in Greenland and Alaska amid libel suits over his assertions.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Frederick Cook
North Pole
New Rochelle Hospital
Cook
Ralph Shainwald von Ahlefeldt
Larchmont
Mount McKinley
Alaska
van Ahlefeldt
Robert E. Peary
Peary
Callicoon Depot
Brooklyn
Greenland
Pole
United States
America
Indian Harbour
Labrador
Oxford Group to Gather Thursday in Tucson Patio
An interdenominational Oxford Group meeting will be held Thursday evening at 8:15 in the patio of H. C. Phillips 1827 East Edison street just west of Campbell Avenue. Public welcome. past meetings led by Tucson clergy. The forum will emphasize practical Christianity as a solution to world problems.
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Oxford Group
H. C. Phillips
Edison Street
Campbell Avenue
Francis T. Brown
Grace Episcopal Church
Tucson
Reckless Driving and Speeding Complaints Filed in Public Records
Superior Court presiding Ernest W. McFarland Jack E. Wright against Ray Nichols trial set for Nov 6 in Co W Gardner presiding R Padilla reckless driving $25 or 25 days Henry Daniels reckless driving complaint filed S W Seaney William W Chalmers speeding complaints filed Louis Frische Jr Manuel Quintas running stop signs complaints filed
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Superior Court
Ernest W. McFarland
Jack E. Wright
Ray Nichols
Co. W. Gardner
R. Padilla
Henry Daniels
S. W. Seaney
William W. Chalmers
Louis Frische, Jr
Manuel Quintas
Local Court Docket Highlights Disturbing the Peace Cases
Joe Kelly faces disturbing the peace with a $10 fine or 10 days imprisonment. Salem Nash charged with vagrancy under the same penalty. Arthur B. Teel’s reckless driving case and Charles Williams liquor ordinance violation are continued to a future date.
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Joe Kelly
Arthur B. Teel
Charles Williams
Salem Nash
Local Tucson Residents Named in Public Notice List
The notice lists individuals including Mrs. Belle D. Hall and cler k Mike Yanez with ages 19 and 17, respectively, both in Tucson, along with Ralph D. Garcia 24 Celia A. Diaz 24. Gregory A. Solomon 25 and Carmelita B. Rodriguez 20, both Tucson. Paul Finis Ramsey 43 of Los Angeles. and Charlotte Martha Barrett 31 of Tucson.
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Belle D. Hall
Mike Yanez
Mary Gomez
Tucson
Ralph D. Garcia
Celia A. Diaz
Gregory A. Solomon
Carmelita B. Rodriguez
Paul Finis Ramsey
Los Angeles
Charlotte Martha Barrett
U S Commissioner Bound Over Aliens Case Trials
U S Commissioner C Wayne Clampitt presiding bound over Antonio Romo for immoral purpose to grand jury with $1000 bail. Francisca Ortiga named material witness held on $1000 bail.
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C. Wayne Clampitt
Antonio Romo
Francisca Ortiga
City Briefs Federation Meets Tomorrow at Post Office
The National Federation of Federal Employees Local 81 will hold its monthly meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the civil service room on the second floor of the post office building.
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National Federation of Federal Employes
Civil Service Room
Post Office
Lt Col John T Minton Assigned to Camp Beauregard Maneuver
Lt Col John T Minton instructor of the Tucson reserve sector No 2 has been ordered to Camp Beauregard La for the maneuver period.
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John T. Minton
Tucson
Camp Beauregard
Important National Defense Council Meeting Tonight
Charles Darnell announced an important meeting of the National Defense Council at 7 30 oclock tonight at the Elk s club.
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National Defense Council
Elk’s Club
Charles Darnell
Temperatures Reported At Summerhaven Mt Lemmon
Yesterday at Summerhaven atop Mount Lemmon the minimum temperature was 53 degrees and the maximum reached 67 degrees.
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Summerhaven
Mt. Lemmon
Lydia J Ransier Appointed Student Assistant at University of Arizona
Lydia J Ransier of 1125 North First Avenue is named a student assistant in the philosophy and psychology department at the University of Arizona. The appointment was signed Saturday by President Alfred E Atkinson. Ransier is in her fourth year at the university and a Tucson native.
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Lydia J. Ransier
North First Avenue
Philosophy
Psychology
University of Arizona
Alfred FE. Atkinson
Miss Ransier
University
Tucson
Dr Samuel Grauman Addresses Hirams Club Luncheon
Dr Samuel J Grauman will address Hirams club members at the regular weekly luncheon Tuesday at noon in the Masonic Temple.
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Samuel J. Grauman
Hirams Club
Masonic Temple
Funeral pending for Arthur Rayborn Harrod in Arizona
Arthur Rayborn Harrod aged 66, janitor at the Odd Fellows building for three years, died yesterday afternoon. A Arizona resident for 36 years, he was unmarried with no local relatives, and friends seek a brother in Indiana. Parker Mortuary handles arrangements.
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Arthur Rayborn Harrod
Odd Fellows Building
Arizona
Indiana
Parker Mortuary
Probe Opened Into Prospector Death Near Quartzsite
County Attorney Glen Copple was notified that Sebastian Rebolledo a longtime pros pector in the Middlecamp district near Quartzsite was killed by a shotgun blast early today. Copple and a deputy sheriff traveled to Quartzsite to conduct an investigation. Reports said a woman had been jailed.
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Yuma
Glen Copple
Sebastian Rebolledo
Middlecamp District
Quartzsite
Copple
Tanque Verde Road Work Starts For Seven Mile Paving
County supervisors announced the Tanque Verde road bed preparation has begun under a contract awarded to White and Miller local contractors. The seven mile paving stretch runs from Sabine Canyon road to Evans school.
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Tanque Verde Highway
White and Miller
Sabine Canyon
Evans School
Births Reported at St. Mary's Hospital three Aug. 4
To Mr and Mrs Gus Moreno 933 South Tenth street a girl born 7 33 am at St Mary's hospital To Mr and Mrs Joe A Apodaca Greenway station a boy born 8 45 am at St Mary's hospital To Mr and Mrs Coyrillus Stritt matter 1848 East Lee a boy born 3 17 pm at St Mary's hospital
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Gus Moreno
South Tenth Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Joe A. Apodaca
Greenway Station
Coyrillus Strittmatter
East Lee
St. Mary's Hospital
Arizona Good Roads Group Considers Gas Tax Plan Change
Prescott Aug 5 A legislative substitute to curb federal objections to a state gas tax revenue plan was discussed by the Arizona Good Roads Association and the Arizona Municipal League. The proposal would replace the initiative with federal approval and allocate gas tax shares to cities 5 10 and 15 percent over time while dropping street bond uses. The road group reserved rejection of the initiative and will oppose it if Washington objects.
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Prescott
Federal Public Roads Administration
Arizona Municipal League
Arizona Good Roads Association
Vic H. Householder
Phoenix
Good Roads Group
League
Washington
Good Roads Association
Municipal League
Householder
James Girand
Giraud
Road Association
Tucson Jobs Fill 551 Through State Employment Service
The Tucson office reports 551 placements in June, led by private sector efforts. May saw 616 placements with a summer dip. 1929 had 217. Pima county unemployment benefits totaled 12784.65 for June, up from May. Statewide June placements reached 3055 with unemployment benefits at 108890.67.
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Tucson
Arizona State Employment Service
August Wieden
Pima County
Atkinson Names Two University of Arizona Appointees
President Al fred Atkinson signed Saturday appointments for Frederck H. Scantling as assistant in visual aids and John F. Vozza of Morenci as chemistry instructor. Scantling, UA anthropology graduate, headed CCC excavations near Sells Arizona. Nichols resigns to become Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology photographer after Sept. 1. Vozza holds B S and M S in chemistry from UA and was an Eagle-Picher analytical chemist.
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Frederck H. Scantling
University of Arizona
John F. Vozza
Morenci
Alfred Atkinson
Scantling
Edward T. Nichols
Visual Aids Bureau
Nichols
Laboratory of Anthropology
Santa Fe
N. M
CCC
Sells
Ariz
Vozza
Eagle-Picher Company
Stone Rites Set For Mrs. Laura V. Stone
Funeral services are planned for 7 30 tonight at Bring's Funeral Home for Mrs Laura V Stone 73 who died yesterday at her home 436 East Drachman Street Rev Leland H Koenig to officiate Body to Phoenix for cremation She had lived in Tucson 18 years native of Pennsylvania Survived by daughter Julia M Stone Southern Arizona Bank son Edwin A Stone local mining engineer two grandchildren Edwin A Stone Jr and Peggy Lee Stone
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Bring’s Funeral Home
Laura V. Stone
East Drachman Street
Leland H. Koening
Phoenix
Tucson
Pennsylvania
Edwin A. Stone
Edwin A. Stone, Jr
Peggy Lee Stone
Freckle Champion From San Francisco
Holger Hangen Jr is crowned freckle champion of the San Francisco Boys Club with 718 freckles per reading from a freckle meter. He has six brothers who bear no freckles.
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San Francisco
U.P
Holger Hangen, Jr
South Tucson Council Will Be Considered
Pima county supervisors set 10 a.m. tomorrow to consider pleas for appointing councilmen for South Tucson. Attorneys W. T. Martin and Harry Co. Juliani will submit names, with Martin among the contenders. The group has never served on the council. South Tucson, five years old, has faced about a dozen court actions, including a Supreme Court ruling on re incorporation priority over Tucson annexation attempts. A related suit was dismissed due to bond and filing issues.
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Pima County
South Tucson
Tucson
W. T. Martin
Harry Co
Juliani
Martin
Walter Ellis
John R. Parker
Roy Stewart
Frank N. Benitez
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Draft Conscription Bill Passes Committee With Major Provisions
The Senate committee reported a draft bill outlining universal male registration age 21 to 32 aliens can register, a Draft Director salary of 10000, state quotas chosen by lot, one year active service with 10 years reserve, and optional one year enlistment for ages 18 to 35. Exemptions include military and civil service personnel, ministers, officials, and certain essential workers with executive discretion. Conscientious objectors face noncombatant or civilian work and reemployment guarantees.
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S. D
Rufus D. Holman
Ri Ore
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Ernest Lundeen
Minn
John Thomas
Ida
Johnson
Econ
Styles Bridges
N. H
Sheridan Downey
Calif
James Slattery
Ill
Citzens
Selective Service
Senate
District of Columbia
Army
Navy
Congress
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
National Guard
Reserves
Army and Navy
Department of Justs
Si Haz Ip
War Jitters Drive Rise in Traffic Deaths in 1940
The National Safety Council linked an eight percent rise in traffic deaths in the first half of 1940 to wartime jitters and increased travel. Seventy-nine cities reported June fatalities, with rural accidents driving the uptick and Kansas City Rochester Providence Toledo among reporting cities. Lakewood and Atlantic City led the list of cities with no deaths in 1940.
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National Safety Council
France
Europe
Kansas City
Rochester
N. Y
Providence
R. L
Toledo
Lakewood
Atlantic City
N. J
Supervisors Postpone Bear Canyon Road Move
The board delayed abandoning parts of Bear Canyon road but signaled approval once Bowes road dedication occurs. Landowner John Migel said he will start building the new Bear Canyon road with supervisor approval, and planners also advanced road dedications and hearings for several projects including Bowes road and Stewart avenue extension.
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Bear Canyon Road
Pima County
Bear Canyon
Bowes
John Migel
Migel
Catalina Mountain Canyon
Tucson
Elida Street
Bowes Road
Stewart Avenue
Park Road
E. Wetmore
J. Bingham
Wetmore Road
Large Armament Contracts Awarded by War Department
The War Department announced contracts totaling 17 704 403 for aircraft weapons, automotive equipment, anti aircraft and defense materials. The White Motor Co received 5 491 188 for automotive gear, General Electric 4 671 000 for anti aircraft equipment, Bendix Aviation 2 545 000 for aircraft weapons, and Aetna-Standard 1 703 050 for gun carriages. Numerous smaller orders followed.
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Washington
War Department
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Ohio
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Corps of Engineers
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Elmira
Aetna-Standard Engineering Company
Youngstown
Chamber Approves New Visitor Club Plan
Chamber of Commerce directors approved a plan for a Visitors club to replace the old All States club. Downtown HQ will be kept and a full time hostess will arrange parties tours and entertainment. A joint Chamber and Farm Bureau picnic in September was also discussed. Public safety committee members were named including acting Police Chief Don J. Hays Fire Chief Henry L. Hilles and Sheriff Ed Echols.
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Chamber of Commerce
All States Club
Pima County Farm Bureau
Karl Barfield
Chamber Public Safety
Fred W. Frickett
Pete Howell
James P. Boyle
Don J. Hays
Henry L. Hilles
C. M. Archer
Ed Echols
Commerce Chamber Awaits Film Dates for Arizona Premiere
The Commerce Chamber awaits word from Mark Freeland of Columbia Pictures to confirm November 15 and 16 as the premiere celebration for the film Arizona. The date was shifted from October 11 12 and from early November due to national elections and a teachers' convention. The secretary notes the weekend fits with the university football team playing in Los Angeles and avoids other events.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mark Freeland
Columbia Pictures, Inc
Arizona
Columbia Pictures
C. Edgar Goyette
Chamber
Los Angeles
Swiss chartered fifteen Greek cargo boats for army needs
The Swiss government chartered 15 Greek cargo ships to support military and industrial operations. This action aims to secure supply lines and bolster national capacity during the ongoing mobility of goods and defense readiness.
Mentholatum For Dry Nostrils Relief
An old advertisement advises applying Mentholatum inside the nostrils to soothe irritated mucous membranes and ease breathing. It claims benefits for windburn and dry lips and notes available jars or tubes priced at 30 cents.
Air War Forecasts Grim Invasion Preparations
Norwegian informants report Trondheim fortified by Germany with heavy anti air defenses along the southwestern coast and mock landings practiced by troops. Casualties supposedly average 10 percent daily as Britain faces sporadic Luftwaffe raids and potential large scale air strikes.
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British Isles
Germany
Trondheim
Occupied
France
Churchill
Daily Telegraph
Foreign Office
Hitler
Britain
Film to Benefit VFW Boys' Band
A benefit showing of Little Lord Fauntleroy will be held August 14 at the Drive In theater to raise funds for the Veterans of Foreign Wars boys band. Proceeds will buy 10 uniforms. Band master is Leslie O Brewer. post commander is Harry O Juliani.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harry O. Juliani
VFW
Leslie O. Brewer
Recorder Reports July income and filings totals
The Office of Recorder reports July income for the county recorder at 2018 dollars and cents. It lists instruments filed including deeds 273 mortgages 145 and a range of other documents such as assignments chat tel mortgages and articles of incorporation with counts.
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Anna Sullinger
U.S. Foreign Investments Heavily Tied to Britain in Year End
The report shows about 42 percent of United States foreign investments held by the British Empire as of year’s end, reflecting a strong American economic link with Britain and Commonwealth markets.
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United States
British Empire
Italian air raid targets Haiya rail junction in Sudan
Stefani reported Italians attacked the Haiya railroad junction where tracks were ripped up as rail links between Sudan and Port Sudan meet. Italian planes swooped in from different directions and tore up several hundred yards of tracks. In separate reports from CARIO Egypt three Italian planes were shot down in eastern Libya after a major air battle.
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Upper Sudan
Stefani
Haiya
Sudan
Port Sudan
Red Sea
Cario
Egypt
Libya
Royal Air Force
RAF
Massawa
Eritrea
Roosevelt calls for law bound crime control conferences
In wartime policy remarks, President Roosevelt urges defense through normal police channels and warns against amateur detectives. He notes conferences arranged by the Governors' Conference and state officials mark a historic first, with FBI Director Hoover attending and six states unrepresented such as Arizona and Missouri.
Willkie Attacks Farm Policy Control From Washington
Willkie argues that local farm authorities are overseen by Washington and claims no general farm program agreement was sought. He describes the conference as designed to offer an enlightened view from those actually managing farming duties.
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Washington
Willkie
Council undecided on Hays appointment as assistant chief
Tucson councilmen weighed a permanent appointment for Don J. Hays as assistant chief of police after a one year probation. Fire Chief H L Hilles, head of both departments since C A Wollard’s resignation, recommended approval pending council action. Hays previously led Wichita Kansas detective efforts.
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Tucson
Don J. Hays
H. L. Hilles
C. A. Wollard
Hays
Hilles
Wichita
Kan
Beavers Quit Civilization at Red Deer Alberta
Red Deer's renowned tame beaver colony retreats from civilization to seek wilder, greener areas. The town, noted for beavers living in their natural state, faces an unusual departure from its unique wildlife status.
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Red Deer
Alta
Alberta
Arizona Guardsmen Join Nationwide War Maneuvers
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and other states converge on Camp Beauregard Louisiana for three weeks of war games. About 50 000 national guardsmen from 13 states and 20 000 regulars participate alongside 1 000 reserve officers in a large scaled exercise. A four day battle is planned starting August 17 to test east versus west forces led by Lt General Stanley D Embick at the headquarters in Beauregard.
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Tucson Federal
United States
Camp Beauregard
Arizona
Seaboard
South Carolina
National Guard
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Red Army of the West
Blue Army of the East
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Here
Stanley D. Embick
Third Army
Broker Named To Kney Post
Washington Aug 5 President Roosevelt nominated James V Forrstal of New York to the newly created post of undersecretary of navy. He will be second in command to Secretary Frank Knox. The post was created by Congress in the navy appropriation bill signed June 20 and may be filled during any emergency. Forrestal was previously an administrative assistant to the president and had worked with Dillon Read & Co.
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Washington
UPR
Roosevelt
James V. Forrstal
New York
Navy
Frank Knox
Forrestal
Congress
Dillon Read & Co
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Paul Cella
U. S
Harrod
Tanque Verde
Employment Service
Atkinson
South Tucson Council
Chicago
Ajo Improvement Company
The
Desert School
City of
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sixth Street
Country Club Road
Trent Avenue
Alvina Himmel Edmondson
Commerce Chamber
VFW Boys
Office of Recorder Reports Collections
Italy
Council
Tucson Federal Savings
East Broadway
Arizona Guard
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg, Miss
North Carolina
Kney Post
Forrstal
FDR
By John Clinton
Wilbur Antonelli
Union Oil
Sid & Evans
Wilbur
Reece
Antonelli
Union
Union Oil Company
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