Burgunder Is Put To Death Admits Crimes
Florence August 9 Robert M Burgunder 23 year old student was executed by gas chamber for the murder of Jack Peterson 35 and Ellis M Koury to death earlier. He confessed to killing them both but gave no motive and showed calm demeanor throughout.
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Florence
Robert M. Burgunder
Arizona State Prison
Jack Peterson
Burgunder
Ellis M. Koury
Phoenix
Death House
Gene Shute
Lambreth Hancock
Peterson
Koury
Tax Values Of Pima Expected To Be Put Back
Phoenix August 9 Official quarters indicate a state tax rate of 86 cents as the board of equalization nears final valuation studies. An 86 cent rate implies $392 million assessed value and would restore over $5 million in Pima county valuations while adding about $2 million to Maricopa automobile valuations. The farm bureau requests for farm land cuts are to be ignored. The final figures will be fixed Saturday with the rate officially set Monday.
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Phoenix
State Board of Equalization
Pima County
Maricopa
Board of Equalization
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Hillside
Liberty Mines
Yavapai
Equalization Board
Earl Maharg
Tax Commission
Maharg
Pinal
D. C
Peace Move Sparks Debate on Invasion Threat and Draft
Washington aug 9 Senator Holman claimed military sources warned of an imminent Alaska invasion and broader Pacific danger while Senate leaders pushed the Burke Wadsworth draft bill. Senator Vandenberg challenged recruiting decline and quotas, as Sheppard argued voluntary enlistments cannot meet a 400,000 enlistment target by October.
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Washington
Holman
R-Ore
Alaska
Pacific
Sheppard
Senate Military Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Mace
War Department
Army
Michigan
Conway Probes Write In Plan For Electors
Phoenix. Atty. Gen. Joe Conway will decide over the weekend on two September primary ballot questions. One asks to keep the Communist party off the ballot and the other concerns pro Willkie Democrats who might be written in as Democratic electors. J Mercer Johnson notes pro Willkie names could appear on the general ballot since electors are not bound to a party. The attorney general declined to comment while others say electors must vote for the state majority candidate. Bisbee council asks Secretary Moore to remove Communists from the ticket.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
J. Mercer Johnson
Pima County
Wilkie
Democratic Central Committee
Johnson
Bisbee
Harry M. Moore
Arizona
Baseball finals and American League results summary
Brooklyn and Boston games listed with incomplete scores and pitchers. American League action notes Ostermueller Foxx Krakauskas Ferrell Babich Heisser Hayes Ruffing Rosar with matchups Detroit at Chicago and Cleveland at St Louis scheduled for night.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
American
Boston
Washington
Ostermueller and Foxx
Leonard, Krakauskas
Ferrell
Philadelphia
New York
Babich
Heisser
Hayes
Ruffing
Saondra
Rosar
Detroit
Cleveland
Morgenthau Urges Excess Profits Tax to Fund Defense
Treasury chief Morgenthau urged Congress to enact an excess profits tax to raise new revenue and better share defense costs. He predicted a federal deficit of 5.7 billion and an eventual debt limit increase to 58 billion, with potential next summer uplift of 9 billion unless taxes rise.
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Washington
Orgenthau
Congress
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Jones Points Out Success Of Rule
Governor R T Jones addressed about 1000 in Armory Park opening his re election bid in Weta. He argued opponents cannot cut state costs by a million dollars when actual yearly expenses are about 514000. He cited unused appropriations at Prescott pioneers home and a state hospital and prison as proof of improved efficiency.
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R. T
Bob) Jones
Armory Park
Weta
Tie
State Prison
Hospital For the
Pioneers
Prescott
General Fund
Roosevelt says 100 to 1 National Guard will stay home
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park said odds are 100 to 1 the national guard and organized reserves won’t go outside U S borders in peacetime. He noted the amendment would limit service to the continental United States, with Possessions. He also said Wallace will accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination in Des Moines on August 29.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
National Guard
United States
Senate
McNary
R-Ore
Philippine Islands
Wallace
Des Moines
Air Attack On Britain Costs Them Heavily
London reports heavy German losses in yesterday's raids as the air ministry tallies about 60 German planes destroyed and 16 British planes down. The German high command claims British losses at 49 planes with 10 German planes lost. An authoritative source estimates 12 merchant ships totaling 55 000 tons sunk, contradicting German claims.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
Isle of Wight
English Channel
Dover
Romania Bulgaria near settlement over Dobrudja dispute
Official quarters report that Romania and Bulgaria reached an in principle settlement on their territorial dispute over Dobrudja. The agreement reportedly hinges on population exchanges and cession of a large border strip to Bulgaria.
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Bucharest
Rumania
U.P
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Coggins Claims Medalist Honors in Dave Peter Invite
Milt Coggins of Phoenix shot 68 to lead after the first round of the Dave Peter Invitational golf tournament in Flagstaff. He posted 33 on the front nine and 38 on the back, with John Crable of Prescott next at 75 and Oscar Lundahl of Flagstaff at 76.
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Flagstaff
Milt Coggins
Phoenix
Dave Peter
Coggins
John Crable
Prescott
Oscar Lundahl
Bob Goldwater
M. B. Vaught
al Riswold
British claim victory over Italian ships in African air battle
British forces say they destroyed 15 Italian planes in a large air battle over Libyan targets near Sidi Omar. Italian columns moving toward Berbera in Somaliland are described as continuing north toward the coast for an Ethopian outlet.
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Cario
Egypt
British Somaliland
Berbera
Libya
Hergeisa
Oadweina
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean
Blitzkrieg Delay May Cost Nazis War
DeWitt MacKenzie posits that delaying Hitler’s invasion past mid September could jeopardize Nazi victory. He summarizes fourteen British-leaning factors from the Yorkshire Post arguing Britain’s defenses, air superiority, supply blockade gains, and dispersed German forces threaten a swift German win.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Arctic
Pyrenees
U S Marines to Guard Foreign Interests
London reports Britain orders withdrawal of troops from Shanghai and North China after a Japanese request. Britain had 2000 to 3000 troops in Shanghai Peiping and Tientsin. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles says American marines in Shanghai will remain for now despite Britain’s pullout.
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U. S
London
Great Britain
Shanghai
North China
Fear East
Japan
Europe
Britain
Peiping
Tientsin
Washington
Sumner Welles
Britain withdraws troops from Shanghai international settlement
Britain orders the closing of the Burma road and cuts supplies to China. The move prompts inquiries about future U S troop patrols in the British sector. French and Italian forces remain in the Shanghai settlement while American marines defend the area and French guards secure concessions at Tientsin and Shanghai.
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Mands
Burma
Britain
United States
Shanghai
International Settlement
Shanghai International Settlement
Tientsin
British troop withdrawal from China eyed in Far East balance
Tokyo observers see the British pullout as expected but stress that Shanghai's future status for American and Italian forces will shape Japan's Far East strategy. The report notes the withdrawal and points to ongoing competition for influence in Shanghai.
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Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Japan
Far East
Willkie Comments On Roosevelts 1928 Wealth Insight
Willkie echoed Roosevelt that he became poorer and wiser since 1928 and said federal officials should disclose assets. He added his own remark and noted a chat with Mrs. Isabella Greenway King, former Arizona representative, who planned to issue a statement later.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
New York
Willkie
Isabella Greenway King
Arizona
Greenway
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