Jaastad Evades Utility Questions In Tucson Discussion
Mayor Henry O Jaastad dodged concrete answers on the $13 000 evaluation of Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co figures by Duff and Phelps of Chicago The council may appoint a negotiator or handle talks themselves and delays in sharing data loom as Ryan field power loss and local airfield demands echo the uncertain financial impact The mayor hinted the extension cost for wires may already be paid and noted increased power use at Consolidated Vultee and Davis Monthan Air Field Amplifying the tangled public utility issue
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Henry O. Jaastad
Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co
Duff & Phelps
Chicago
Elliott
Burns & McDonnell
Janstad
Corporation Commission
Buehman
Beck
Tucson
New York City
Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
Cities Service
The
City Light & Water Co
Ryan Field
Ryanfield
Consolidated-Vultee
Davis-Monthan
Marana Army Airfield
U S Airways Revenue Passenger Miles Jump 1936 to 1941
Revenue passenger miles for U S Airways rose from 321 million in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936 to 1.178 billion in 1941, a 267 percent increase in the period.
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U. S. Airways
Miners Rally for World Gold Standard at Western Conference
Gov. Earl Warren opened the western mining conference as war workers’ westward migration drew parallels to 1849 gold rush. Delegates from 11 western states and South Dakota pressed for a global gold and silver monetary standard and the creation of an industrial West to sustain postwar jobs and resources.
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San Francisco
Earl Warren
California
Western Mining Conference
Bretton Woods
Warren
South Dakota
Rockies
E. P. Carville
Nevada
West
United States
Arizona
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Grapefruit Crop 78 Percent Of Normal In Arizona
The agriculture department reports Arizona grapefruit at 78 percent of normal, compared with 85 percent at the same date last year. Nationwide grapefruit averages 75 percent of normal with total orange production estimated at 101,816,000 boxes and grapefruit at 55,510,000 boxes.
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Washington
Arizona
Agriculture Department
Hitler Orders Heil Hitler Salute for Officers
Moscow radio reports Hitler issued a decree requiring all judges at courts martial to impose the death penalty on German officers who insist on using the army salute instead of the Heil Hitler salute.
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London
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Reckless driving case ends with guilty plea
William R. Sears, 32, of 1701 North Oracle road, pleaded guilty in police court to reckless driving. He received a $50 or 30 day sentence, paid, after an incident where he reportedly woke and sped a car, nearly striking bystanders, then fought officers who restrained him.
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William R. Sears
North Oracle Road
Sears
A. G. Jackson
Louis Robbins
South Wilson Avenue
Robbins
Jackson
South Wilson
Missing Man Now Prisoner of War in Germany
Mrs. Loren FE Jackson in Tucson received word from the War Department that her husband Lt. Jackson is a prisoner of war in Germany after parachuting from his bomber over Laval France. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Jackson of Douglas Arizona and a 1941 University of Arizona graduate. He married Alice Graybeal in St Petersburg Florida on December 31. He left for overseas duty in April and bailed out on his 12th mission while stationed in England.
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War Department
Tucson
Loren FE. Jackson
Jackson
Germany
William J. Jackson
Douglas
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Alice Graybeal
St. Petersburg
Florida
England
Mason Smith Chace 71 Marine Engineer Dies in San Diego
Mason Smith Chace 71 Marine engineer and naval architect died in San Diego after a long illness. He served as technical adviser to the Japanese navy on the construction of its first two submarines in 1904. Funeral services were arranged for today.
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San Diego
Calif
Mason Smith Chace
Russia
Japs Plan Strengthened Home Defense After Nagasaki Raid
After reviewing detailed reports on yesterday's Nagasaki raid the Japanese cabinet ordered by August 15 a plan to strengthen home defense. Tokyo radio reported the move, contrasting with propaganda minimizing the raid abroad. Palembang in Sumatra also raided with six planes, one oil tank hit, two attackers downed.
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Associated Press
Nagasaki
Japan
Empire
Federal Communications Commission
Palembang
Sumatra
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Gen
Sugiyama
Sugeo Odachi
Petitions Seek Leniency for Lt Stittsworth
Phoenix August 11 petitions bearing 1350 signatures ask President Roosevelt to modify the life sentence of Second Lieutenant Howard E Stittsworth for the decapitation of a motorist in a low flight over the Wickenburg Phoenix highway. Fellow officer Dean C Fundingsland faced a similar court martial and was dismissed from service. Mrs Katherine Ibold circulated the petitions. Earl Nepple of Los Angeles died when Stittsworths wingtip struck his car beheading him.
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Phoenix
Howard E. Stittsworth
Lake Field
Roosevelt
Stittsworth
Marana
Tucson
Dean C. Fundingsland
Williams Field
Katherine Ibold
Robert
Air Force
Bataan
Earl W. Nepple
Los Angeles
Arizona
Wickenburg- Phoenix
Suit Against Morgan Firm Seeks 100 Million
Edward R. Downing a United Corporation stockholder sues J P Morgan Co and 33 others in Delaware federal court for 100 million dollars alleging funds were wasted in inter company dealings. He sues for himself and other stockholders who may join.
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Philadelphia
United Corporation
J. P. Morgan & Co
U. S. District Court For
District of Delaware
Edward R. Downing
Massachusetts
United
Romanian Premier Ion Antonescu Resigns Reported
Reports from Bern cited by British radio say Romania’s Premier Ion Antonescu has resigned. There was no independent confirmation.
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Bern States
New York
Bern
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Ward Sentenced in Burglary Case in Superior Court
State court records show Joseph I. Ward pled guilty to burglary and received a prison term of five to six years under the plea agreement before Judge William G. Hall.
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Superior Court
William G. Hall
Joseph I. Ward
Vagrancy and theft cases proceed in county courts
Refugio E. Garcia Jr and James O Stevens face vagrancy charges with continuances noted. Robert L. Stewart’s vagrancy case is suspended. William R. Sears is fined fifty dollars or thirty days for reckless driving. Albert Moore ordered to Pima county for burglary. Eddie Thomas remains under possession of stolen property charges with continuation.
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Refugio E. Garcia, Jr
Pima County
Robert L. Stewart
William R. Sears
Albert Moore
Eddie Thomas
James O. Stevens
Four Couples Named In The Listings
Clarence A Dallas Jr 27 Winston Mont and Virginia Sturgis 34 St Louis Mo Raymond F E Henderson 22 Tucson and Peggy McKinley 19 Tucson Donald W Scott 9 Julesburg Colo and Velda M Lownsberry 19 Julesburg Colo James R Hooper 20 Trussville Ala and Catherine Day 19 Birmingham Ala
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Clarence A. Dallas, Jr
Winston
Mont
Virginia Sturgis
St. Louis
Raymond FE. Henderson
Tucson
Peggy McKinley
Donald W. Scott
Julesburg
Colo
Velda M. Lownsberry
James R. Hooper
Trussville
Ala
Catherine Day
Birmingham
WPB Approves Medical Center Construction
A telegram from Sen. Ernest W. Mac Farland reports the war production board approved converting parts of the Desert sanitarium into Tucson medical center. Sundt Co. will start within five days. 28 bed obstetrical unit, four 12 bed courts, and remodeled kitchens planned. Completion within 100 days.
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Ernest W. MacFarland
Washington, D. C
Charles Aston
War Production Board
Desert Sanitarium
Tucson Medical Center
Sundt Company
Aston
Preliminary hearings set in post exchange manager stabbing
Two Ft. Huachuca soldiers, Willie H. Orange and Cottrell Jackson, charged with murder in the death of Byron R. Russell, the post exchange manager found stabbed in his car, face preliminary hearings August 17 before U. S. Commissioner A. J. Paquin. The FBI recently arrested the suspects.
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Bisbef
Ft. Huachuca
A. J. Paquin
U. S
Byron R. Russell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Willie H. Orange
Cottrell Jackson
Soldier in Springfield Returns Car Keys He Took
In Springfield Missouri Soldier Leon Hail accepted a ride from a passing motorist and drank alcohol. He offered to drive when the car owner passed out and a tire went flat. Hail later confessed to taking the car keys into the police department and walking off with them. Officers wonder if the motorist will claim the keys.
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Springfield
Leon Hail
Hail
Springfield Police Department
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