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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1940
Page
2
Tucson police chief Don J. Hays says there will be no reprisals in response to rumors about his leadership. He defends the department's training program and notes progress toward a stronger force for the city.
Wendell L. Willkie said he would favor retaining the current national farm program unless a better one emerges gradually. After meeting with about 60 midwestern agricultural leaders he spoke of advancing farm welfare while promoting industrial recovery to create jobs and boost purchasing power.
B H Ormand says the Pima county parity program is two months ahead of last year with 71.1 percent of applications certified and $63 641.74 paid to farmers. Statewide 88.3 percent of applications certified and 875 948 paid. parity links prices to 1909 14 purchasing power.
President Alfred Atkinson will address Phi Delta Kappa at a dinner meeting set for 6 30 tomorrow evening in the San Carlos cafe. Nine new members were initiated in June under Dr J F Walker the faculty head. Members meet weekly through the summer.
The article notes Brazil covers about 250000 square miles more than the United States, highlighting a substantial geographic difference. It implies Brazil’s size exceeds the U.S. by a notable land area.
Public records list multiple filings including divorce complaints for Ernest W. McFarland presiding Henry Goosby versus Anita Goosby Lois Friesen versus Frank Friesen and Helen E Stevenson versus John Donald Stevenson. Foreclosure actions by H O L C against Clayde H Elsner and others. Probate and guardianship petitions and a motor vehicle hit and run case with a $200 fine.
Presiding judge W Gardner handles reckless driving case for Edward Cyrus with 25 dollars and 10 days. Louis Frische Jr faces 3 dollar fine for running a stop sign. Bee Costine's trial set for parking on a highway. Teodoro Granillo faces simple battery with trial set Aug 13. Gilbert Garcia charged with burglary waived to answer in superior court under 1000 dollar bond. D R Brittain and J S Connelly report complaints filed for running stop signs. William L Hibbs faces petty theft with complaint filed.
Everett J. Cowell 31 Sells and Maxine Victoria Heim 20 Tucson wed. Manuel Paredes 20 and Berta Dearo 17 Marana. William Patrick Guiremand 23 Tujunga and Patricia Ann Nelson 19 Sunland. Enrique Rodriguez 24 and Bessie Valenzuela 22 Tucson. Evaristo P. Rubio 25 Ajo and Rosa Gonzales 18 Phoenix. Angel L. Tellez 28 and Carmen D. Garcia 20 Phoenix. Tosy C. Parra 25 Tiger with Eleanor R. Romero 20 Tucson.
Berlin reports German navy and air force strikes have caused broad losses to British shipping since war began. High command cites 4,986,860 tons destroyed or sunk by naval and air action, with mines adding unreported damage and other indicators of success in the commercial war.
Eighteen British ships totaling 65 601 tons and two Allied ships totaling 7 090 tons were sunk by Germany during the week ended at midnight July 29. Germany had claimed the sinking of 229 298 tons of British and Allied shipping for that period, the admiralty said.
Brazil's early 1940 imports from the United States rose sharply, increasing 46 percent in the first three months of the year compared with the same period in 1939.
Deliveries of petroleum across the U S Mexico border to Tijuana stopped August 1 after President Roosevelt's avia tion gasoline embargo took effect. Officials noted no fuel shortage in Tijuana, and a previous ten day supply had been rushed across July 31. Customs collector W B George said no new guidance altered the interpretation that the proclamation bans export of aviation gasoline and other petroleum products.
Customs officials in Nogales said they have export licensing orders similar to San Diego restricting aviation gasoline shipments to Mexico. They cited high octane fuel over 87 and tetra ethyl load above three cubic centimeters as the embargoed criteria, noting little aviation gas was being shipped through the port.
The House passed a bill authorizing FBI wire tapping as a national defense measure. Rep. Shafer argued it endangers civil liberties while supporters say it is needed in a national emergency to prosecute spies saboteurs traitors and neutrality law violators with attorney general approval.
County Attorney J Mercer Johnson filed a manslaughter complaint in justice court against Arthur B Teel aged 42 of Columbus and Fairmont streets. Teel was arrested Saturday night on reckless driving charges and released on a 50 dollar cash bond. Lemmons aged 51 of East Drachman street died Monday after Teel allegedly crashed into the rear of his car while Lemmons was changing a tire in the 500 block of East Speedway.
A study notes that 90 percent of Arizona’s urban population lives in 20 cities, highlighting urban concentration across the state.
The navy plans mass production methods to speed construction of the projected two ocean fleet. Officials say standardization will let one design cover several ships, with over 200 combat vessels to be built and most in service within four years.
To Mr and Mrs J A Taylor 117 West Fourth street a boy at 342 p m Aug 2 Stork s Nest To Mr and Mrs A P Thompson 305 West Sixth street a boy at 1055 a m Aug 2 Stork s Nest To Mr and Mrs F M Urbame lejo 32044 West Church street 8 boy at 550 p m Aug 2 Stork s Nest
The Prohibition party qualified for the September 10 primary as 10 Arizonans filed petitions with 1 693 signatures at the secretary of state's office. Filers included Charles R Osburn Emma L Osburn E E Weed Jesse V Downer Hazel M Downer Phebe Weed E J Miller O R Weed W J Hulsey Lyda A Mason of Phoenix Tucson and Glendale.
Fort Defiance Arizona August 6 The Reemstmas family H JReemstmas Carol Keith have long produced and staged puppets across the United States They created Punch and Judy Snow White Peter Rabbit and Crusoe shows weaving moral lessons for Navajo tribesmen their wives and children The group travels across the 16000 square mile Navajo reservation to share entertainment and guidance through imaginative theater
Six Massachusetts businessmen rented the Bridgton and Harrison Railroad in Maine for a day to act as locomotive engineers. They paid 60 dollars for the line and raised 50 more to repair an engine, entertaining riders and bystanders for 12 hours on a 15 mile route with a professional engineer guiding them.
Temperatures at Summer haven atop Mt Lemmon yesterday ranged from 52 to 69 degrees. Mrs Olive EtheL Leeke director of the Divine Truth Center announced the auxiliary to the center will be temporarily dismissed and there will be no meeting this month.
Harold A. Patten reports the Junior T Men will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the superior court room.
President Alfred E. At Kinson of the University of Arizona spent today away from Tucson for visitor's day and the closing exercises of the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Huachuca.
Tucson city will hold a 4 30 p m meeting tomorrow to consider an ordinance permitting the sale of homogenized milk. City clerk treasurer Charles C Irvin announced the plan today.
C E Goyette and Karl Barfield of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce will represent Sasabe at a conference of chamber secretaries in El Paso on August 14 to advance a plan for a limited shopping area on this side of the border. Sasabe lacks a consul and must send all citizens to Nogales for passports before shopping.
Funeral services for George J. Peak former assistant of city schools will be held at 4 p m today in Tucson following his death Tuesday in an Inglewood California sanatorium. He came to Tucson in 1920 from Virginia and is survived by his widow Edith Peak and a daughter in Missouri. Rev Leland H Koening will officiate with active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
The Maricopa County Superior Court ruled the Arizona Tax Commission must refund the Arizona Horsemen's Association 2667.20 paid in taxes on pari mutuel machines used for a February benefit racing program at the state fair grounds. Judge Howard C. Spelman held the program was not taxable.
Two motion picture films The Building of the West and The Story of Asphalt will be shown at 8 o clock this evening in the patio of the University of Arizona library. The programs are part of a summer school season featuring musicales and lectures on other Tuesday evenings this summer.
Keith L. Webb of Phoenix, a CMTC trainee at Fort Huachuca, earns the General John J. Pershing gold medal for military education as Gov. Jones and Col. Davis review 193 cadets. Bar rie L. Long of Tucson and Robert M. Ballard of Safford receive university and college awards. James Corbett Jr. of Tucson gets best back private honors.
Holsclaw Realty announced the busiest mid-summer selling period in its history with multiple transactions. Homes sold include eight-unit court at 902 East Adams street and properties at 2738 East Fourth street, 49 South Palomas, 1701 East Tenth street, and 1321 North Tyndall avenue among others.
The new Isle of Pines penitentiary features marble pig pens and regular scrubbing of the pens and the animals, reflecting sanitary precautions.
A second floor blaze at the Martin Drug store building on West Congress and Church streets caused roughly 1000 in damage. The fire started in oily rag filled rooms above the White House department store, spreading to Tony Arias sign painter offices. Firemen arrived after 12 30, water damaged both stores below, with insured status unknown for the destroyed office equipment.
The Mutual Broadcasting System joined NBS and CBS in opposing ASCAP's new fee scheme for music use. ASCAP shifts from a flat five percent to a sliding rate based on gross receipts, prompting NAB to discuss a new group, Broadcast Music Inc., to supply music.
An 18 year old groom told police his 14 year old bride ran away and asked for recovery of the unpaid wedding and engagement rings. Police ruled the rings belonged to the bride and advised the groom to keep up payments.
In Vichy on August 6, minister Jean Ybarnegary outlined reforms prioritizing motherhood for French girls. He proposed strict divorce controls and limiting women from factories via graduated wages tied to number of children, warning that France must reform its dying population.
Desperately ill TB patient A. S. Pace, 55, arrived in Tucson from Glade Water with a physician letter urging a warmer climate. County clinic doctors deemed his condition far advanced and said three years of residence are required before aid can be given, noting he has no money and cannot support his wife.
Frank Cordova, 24, pleaded guilty in superior court to failure to stop at the scene. He was fined 200 dollars or 100 days in jail after a July crash that damaged C. C. Femple’s parked car and left passenger Ileen Astor severely injured.
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