Bisbee Union Head Appeals For Mediator
Harry Hafner CIO representative wired Dr John R Steelman of the Labor Department conciliation service to assign a conciliator for Shattuck Dean CIO wage negotiations. He says deadlock exists with a strike looming August 18 if issues are not resolved and notes the current contract expires August 17. The CIO vote last Sunday favored strike if no new agreement is reached.
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Bisbee
Daily Citizen
Harry Hafner
CIO
John R. Steelman
U. S. Department of Labor Conciliation Service
Shattuck Dean-Cio
Hafner
New Road Bill To Be Drawn By House Roads Committee
Washington August 8 The house roads committee plans to introduce a new defense highway bill replacing the vetoed 320 million measure. Chairman Cartwright said a September or October session will regroup the panel to include main provisions of the vetoed bill. The effort follows a failed 251 to 128 override votes in the house and 57 to 19 in the senate.
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Washington
House Roads Committee
Roosevelt
Cartwright
D-Okla
Roads Group
House
Senate
Secret weapon is courage of Britain’s average people
Sir Gerald Campbell told the Commonwealth Club of California that Britain's secret weapon against Hitler is the courage of ordinary Britons. He praised unity across class lines, pledged determined resistance, and noted potential censorship liberalization to share uncensored news from London. He cited Russian resistance to Germany as a motivating factor.
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San Francisco
U.P
Britain
Hitler
Gerald Campbell
British Information Service
Commonwealth Club of California
Gerald
Europe
England
United States
London
Oldest Soldier, 73, Begins Ninth Army Hitch
Sergeant John W. Westervelt, 73, at SELFRIDGE FIELD, Michigan, marks his ninth reenlistment in the U S Army. With 25 years in regular service and 18 in the national guard, he plans one more hitch beyond 30 years, and a 15 day furlough follows the ceremony. He was born in Newburgh, New York and previously worked as an electrician.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Air Corps
John W. Westervelt
U. S. Army
Sergt. Westervelt
National
Newburgh
N. Y
National Guard
Three Arizonans Win Cattle Prizes at Sonoma County Fair
Three Arizonans earned grand champion awards for cattle at the Sonoma county fair in Santa Rosa California. Clyde Hussey of Phoenix won for grand champion Jersey Bull, Jessie Elliott of Cashion claimed grand champion Holstein Friesian bull, and Warren H. Kurtz of Glendale won grand champion Holstein cow. Lindell Carinthia's Countess from Lawbrook Jersey Farms in Troutdale Oregon was named grand champion overall.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Sonoma County Fair
Clyde Hussey
Phoenix
Jessie Elliott
Cashion
Ariz
Warren H. Kurtz
Glendale
Lindell Carinthia
Lawbrook Jersey Farms
Troutdale
Ore
Hospital report to be made to board Saturday
Dr C L Bendheim superintendent of the state hospital for the insane will present his annual report to the hospital board at 9 am Saturday. The document will cover immediate needs and a program for future improvements. The board will also consider purchasing a dairy herd with a $2 000 appropriation from the legislature.
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Phoenix
C. L. Bendheim
State Hospital For the Insane
Yugoslav Youth Likes Army Pay
Detroit Aug 8 The Army inducted Blagoja B Djordpevich 22 a Pontiac baker today The Yugoslavian trained youth said he would not complain about 21 a month pay noting in Yugoslavia soldiers received only 25 cents a month He arrived in America seeking new opportunity and service prospects.
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Detroit
Blagoja B. Djordpevich
Pontiac
Mich
Baker
America
Nervous Women Find Relief with Konjola Remedy
An old advertisement touts Konjola as a soothing herbal treatment for nervous exhaustion and sleep trouble caused by digestive and elimination problems. It claims many women improved after trying the product, offered at a low daily cost and available at drug stores.
Million-Dollar Guest Ranch Planned Near Pierce Ferry
Kingman reports the purchase of 6000 acres near Pierce Ferry on Lake Mead by M B Dudley and New York associates. A million-dollar guest ranch will be built offering big game hunting and access to Grand Canyon and Lake Mead attractions 64 miles north of Kingman.
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Kingman
Pierce Ferry
Lake Mead
M. B. Dudley
Dudley
New York Associates
Grand Canyon
Military needs block Indian steel demand
Economic report notes that steel demand in India is constrained by military procurement and strategic requirements. Government policy prioritizes defense needs, reducing supply for civilian sectors and impacting industrial growth.
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India
Air base men win town’s appreciation at Kiwanis event
Lieut S H Ecklund aide to Brig Gen Frank Lackland praised Tucson residents for welcoming air base personnel. He noted swimming parties picnics and dinner invitations boosted morale of far from home servicemen. A recreation field is under construction and a pool may follow.
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Tucson Army Air Base
Carlton E Towne
Nile’s narrow habitable belt shapes Egypt’s life
The accessible and inhabited parts of Egypt lie along a dune-carved strip by the Nile. The river’s flow is fed not by Egyptian rainfall but by snow and rain from equatorial African mountains.
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Egypt
Nile
Equatorial
Africa
Production of Tanks and Bombers Up Sharply in 1941 Quarter
Defense statistics show light tanks up 1260 percent in Q2 1941 versus Q1. Gun and powder outputs rose as well, with medium tanks up 237 percent and smokeless powder 126 percent. Airplane deliveries for six months reached 7423 with July figures pending.
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Washington
Defense
Office of Production Management
OPM
California Lifts Alfalfa Weevil Ban
California ends a 29 year alfalfa weevil quarantine as farm industry losses from restrictions exceed pest damage. D B Mackie notes western officials found enforcement impossible and direct crop damage “very light” while Western plant board urged elimination by 11 states. The pest remains absent in Washington and New Mexico with Arizona nearly free.
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Sacramento
State Department of Agriculture
California
D. B. Mackie
Bureau of Entomology and Plant
Department
Western Plant Board
Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Daylight Saving Time Opposed by Movie Men
Washington August 8 The House Interstate Commerce Committee wrapped public hearings on the Administration daylight saving bill. Julian Brylawski of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America warned of a 25 percent drop in attendance if daylight saving time is adopted. J Robert Myers of the National Association of Broadcasters urged a nationwide standard to avoid radio schedule confusion.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Clarence F. Lea
Cal
Roosevelt
Julian Brylawski
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America
J. Robert Myers
National Association of Broadcasters
Wife Would Give Her Husband Life Judge Reduces Sentence
In Baltimore the wife Ruth White sentenced her husband Norman for assault. She initially urged life imprisonment but then reduced the sentence to three months. Magistrate Meyer Reamer then cut the sentence further to 30 days in city jail.
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Baltimore
Aug
Meyer Reamer
Southern Police Court
Ruth White
Norman
Luke Field to Increase Personnel at Phoenix Base
An announcement states Luke Field air base will add about 200 personnel, boosting total strength to roughly 3,000 to 3,500 officers and men. It is unclear where the new detail will come from.
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Phoenix
Luke Field Air Base
Neighbors Waives Hearing in Extradition Case
Guy Neighbors former employee of the state hospital for the insane has waived extradition at Harrisburg Illinois and is to be returned for trial the Maricopa county attorney announced.
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Phoenix
Guy Neighbors
The
State Hospital For the Insane
Harrisburg
Ill
Maricopa County
Mexico Pays Million More To Oil Company
New York August 8 H F Sinclair president of Consolidated Oil Corp announced Mexico paid another 1 000 000 to the company toward settlement of expropriated Sinclair oil lands in the southern republic The August payment brings total payments by Mexico to 5 000 000 The republic and the company agreed to a settlement for 8 500 000 last year and Mexico began its series of payments in May 1940.
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New York
H. F. Sinclair
Consolidated Oil Corp
Mexico
Sinclair Oil
Republic
Sleeping Sickness In Horses Rises Sharply
PHOENIX August 8 Dr Bego Mikelson acting state veterinarian said sleeping sickness among horses has shown an alarming rise in recent weeks and advised owners to vaccinate at once The outbreak is serious throughout the state and vaccination should be performed by a veterinarian.
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Phoenix
Bego Mikelson
Record of presidential winners with plural under half vote
The text notes that the winning candidate in 12 U S presidential elections secured less than 50 percent of the popular vote. In three of those elections his margin was even smaller than the opposing major party candidate.
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United States
Army to Have Plenty of Water for Maneuvers in Louisiana
The Army announced it can supply more than 1,500,000 gallons of purified water daily for about 500,000 soldiers during late summer maneuvers at Camp Polk Louisiana. Each of 19 divisions will operate a mobile plant capable of 75,000 gallons daily. Water will come from streams lakes and local mains with purification via rapid sand filtration coal filtration and chlorine.
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Camp Polk
Louisiana
Autoists Asked to Turn in Old Tags
Phoenix August 8. Arizona motorists would turn in old license plates to county officials when receiving 1942 plates to conserve metal for defense. Proposal came before the state civilian defense coordinating council. Secretary of State Harry M. Moore said action would be taken to implement. Moore noted the plan was presented by Colorado secretary of state in a letter.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State
Civilian Defense Coordinating Council
Harry M. Moore
Kelley Turner
Council
Moore
Colorado
Boston critic barred from theaters by producers
A Boston dramatic critic was barred from venues by producers and owners, then appointed deputy fire commissioner to gain admission on his badge and attend performances.
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Boston
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