Four Real Estate Deals Listed By Recorder
Real estate transfers totaling about 41000 were filed in the recorder’s office yesterday. Largest deed was a 17000 transfer of the Mrs Stehn E Whitmore property in the San Clemente addition to Mr and Mrs William T Pott.
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Geeds
Recorder’s
Whiich
SteHn E. Whitmore
San Clemente
William T. Pott
Calle de la Reia
Cooper Street
Roy H. Long Realty Co
Doal
Pott
Tutson Housing Authority
Smoot-Harmer Realty
Rs. C. H. DeMarce
Charless Ramer
DeMarce
Farren Street
Zulu D. Winter
Third Street
Carrie Brown
Rincon Heights
William S. Lackner
Mildred Rich
Tucson Realty
Recorder
Meade W. Powell
First Street
Myrtle Boice Todd
20 Officers Are Promoted at Marana Army Airfield
Col Louis W Proper announced promotions at Marana Army Airfield with three captains 16 first lieutenants and one second lieutenant. Promoted to captain are Louis A Anton Charles I Barron and James R Rosenstiel. First lieutenants include Virginia H Gosling Nellie C Sitkowski and seven flying and four ground school instructors among others. WAC Lt Gosling serves as adjutant of the cadet detachment.
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Louis W. Proper
Marana Army Airfield
Louis A. Anton
Watsonville
Calif
Charles I. Barron
Chicago
James R. Rosenstiel
Shafter
WAC
Virginia H. Gosling
Rata
Nellie C
Ariz
Jerome T. Donahue
Fond du Lac
Wis
Robert E. Beer
Los Angeles
Station Hospital
Horace L. Hunt
Banning
James IL. More
Santa Cruz
Richard E. Cosgrove
Maquis harasses Germans as escape routes shrink in war-torn France
French guerrillas known as the Maquis disrupt German efforts to evacuate men and equipment in southwestern France. They threaten supply lines and spread panic among retreating troops, forcing Germans to destroy their own materiel. Fewer than 1,000 soldiers remain near Hendaye and other border towns as resistance severes rail links the coast roads stay as possible exits.
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Iron
Spain
France
Hendaye
St. Jean Deluz
Bordeaux
Bay of Biscay
Mediterranean
Brittany
Pyrenees
Dreaming Economist Awakened by German Bomb Blast
London report says Prof Harold Laski, noted British economist, was awakened when a German flying bomb struck a coast hotel. His bed fell five stories through a hole torn by the blast but landed upright and he was unhurt.
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London
Harold Laski
Germans Abandon Southwest France In Retreat
Advices from France say the Atlantic wall from the Spanish frontier to Bordeaux has been virtually abandoned and is now manned by few German troops. The evacuation follows rapid Allied advances through Brittany toward Paris, with rail lines sabotaged and Maquis activity blocking communications. French customs and gendarmes remain at the frontier as German forces pull back toward the Loire.
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Iron
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Bordeaux
France
Brittany
Paris
Maginot Line
Belgium
Hendaye Bridge
Loire River
Bayonne
International Bridge
Bidassoa
Hendaye
Biarritz
la Rochelle
Montpellier
Rhone
Atlantic
Mediterranean
St. Jean De-Luz
Daytime Sabotage Claimed as Nightly Nazi Route Reopens
Report notes repeated sabotage under cover of night by resistance or allied actions, forcing Nazis to reopen routes each morning through hostile terrain after they retreat to their barracks. The description emphasizes ongoing disruption and maintenance of supply lines by opposing forces.
Births at St Marys Hospital Tucson
Births announced from St Marys Hospital Tucson list three newborns with parents Shelton Thornton Pete Gallegos and James Toliver and Firman Brooks. Times given Aug 8 for each birth and home addresses shown.
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Shelton Eugene Thornton
Bik. W. Prince Rd
Tucson
Pete M. Gallegos
S. Russell Ave
James Lloyd Toliver
Fair Grounds Dwellings
Firman R. Brooks
S. 6Th Ave
Big Inch Oil Pipeline Lay by 3800 Experienced Liners
About 3,800 veteran pipe liners completed the eastern section of the Big Inch oil pipeline. The operation involved extensive tunneling and secure stringing of pipe sections to establish a continuous eastward line.
Tucson Officer Leads 2000th Raid Of Group
Captain Richard O. Hunziker led the 57th fighter group on its 2000th mission from Mitchell Field to a marshaling yard 25 miles northeast of Parma Italy. The raid damaged tracks and destroyed three cars. The unit activated January 15 1941 and fought across Africa through 1943 including a Cape Bon engagement with 77 enemy planes shot down in 15 minutes.
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57Th
Richard O. Hunziker
East
Adams Street
Tucson
Parma
Italy
Mitchell Field
New York
Africa
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Egypt
Libya
Cape Bon
Thomte Joins Air Force As Bomber Pilot At Graduation
Peter H. C. Thomte of 4104 North First Tucson received Army Air Forces silver wings and a commission as second lieutenant during the graduation ceremony at Frederick Army Airfield Oklahoma on August 4.
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Peter H. C. Thomte
North First
Tucson
Army Air Force
Frederick Army Airfield
Okla
Flying officers graduate at Lubbock air field
Fighting men from 43 states received official approval for their aerial efforts in a graduation ceremony at Lubbock Army Air Field. Silver wings were presented to the graduates, including John B. McMakin of Tucson.
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Lubbock Army Airfield
South Plains
Texas
John B. McMakin
North Seventh Avenue
Tucson
Army air force officer candidate school class completes training
Members of the second class graduate after completing training at the Army Air Force Officer Candidate School. The group finished a program preparing officers for service leadership and flight duties with emphasis on military discipline and technical proficiency.
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Army Air Force Officer Candidate School
Cadet Center Commissioning Alumni Rise in Texas Ceremony
The San Antonio aviation cadet center today commissioned new second lieutenants in a brief ceremony. Robert R. Moore of 941 North Tyndall Avenue Tucson received his commission at the Texas cadet center event.
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San Antonio
Waer Receives Promotion and Medals in Army
Roy R. Waer of 948 North Elder Avenue is promoted to private first class and earns the Good Conduct Medal and Driver's Badge. He serves as a driver with the U S Army, and before the war worked as a millwright in southwestern Arizona.
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Roy R. Waer
M. G. Waer
North Elder Avenue
U. S. Army
Arizona
Tucson Airman Graduates From Buckingham Field Gunnery School
Cpl. Charles R. Beigel son of Mrs. M Beigel 116 North Cherry street Tucson graduated this week from the RAF training command flexible gunnery school at Buckingham field near Ft Myers Florida.
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Cpl
Charles R. Beigel
M. Beigel
North Cherry Street
Tucson
RAF Training Command
Buckingham Field
Ft. Myers
Jail Fugitive Recaptured In Burglary Try
Robert Cecil Ham an 18 year old Navy deserter freed from Inglewood jail was captured early today while attempting to burglar a service station. A second member of the trio J T Nettle 24 AWOL soldier was arrested yesterday in Phoenix. Charles Handy Adams 20 still at large.
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Los Angeles
Robert Cecil Ham
Inglewood
Phoenix
Ariz
J. T. Nettle
Charles Handy Adams
Jailbreak duo linked to missing Ham case in Phoenix
Police allege Nettle and Adams tied to freeing Ham from jail and releasing Carr after abducting a jail attendant. Carr escaped with guardpoint, later surrendered. Ham claimed to be Adams amid fingerprints. A nearby witness reported two youths near a service station as officers pursued leads.
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Nettle
Phoenix
Adams
Ham
Robert Carr
Carr
City Adds Auto to Police Fleet with 1942 Plymouth
The city purchased a 1942 Plymouth special deluxe sedan for 1150 dollars from White House department store. City manager Phil J. Martin Jr. announced the car, fully equipped with a police radio adapter, will join the fleet as a patrol car and be painted to match other vehicles.
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White House
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Jail Break Suspects Escape After Robbery
Police report that the second suspect identified as Ham wore a Navy uniform during arrest and was armed with a .38 revolver. The pair had just held up a Compton motorcycle officer, taking his weapon after the jail break.
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Adams
Ham
Compton
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