Turners Seek Garbage Haul Certificate In Tucson
Dennis and Evelyn Turner seek a certificate to transport garbage in the Tucson area. The hearing before G W Hays paused for briefs within a week. Opponents include Estes and the Arizona Transport Agency. Turner attorneys cite 75 homes served and 400 residents affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Corporation Commission
Dennis
Evelyn Turner
Tucson
G. W. Hays
Commission
A. F. and
J. W. Estes
Rriage Service Co
Robert Arms
Arizona Transport Agency
Robert A. May
Turner
Navy
Catalina Foothills
John W. Murphey
L. B. Keith
Murphey- Keith Building Co
Donald Scott Johnson
Edward H. Brunning
Los Ranchos Perkins
Harris
Haves
Million Dollar Fire Hits Pier to New York
A major blaze on Pier 4 in Hoboken caused damage in the millions as explosions preceded flames that rose fifty feet. Firefighters controlled the four hour fire with 14 treated for burns and smoke inhalation and no serious injuries. Acting Chief Andrew H. Keller noted the origin was a barge transferring cargo and ruled out sabotage.
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Hoboken
N. J
Hudson River
New York City
Pier 4
Andrew H. Keller
Keller
St. Mary’s Hospital
Convair Employees Win Awards For New Ideas In Tucson
Awards totaling 116 were given at the Tucson division of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft for ideas expected to save 2,126 man-hours annually. Top prize went to Ted Spade of the machine shop for a tool to steady the mandrel during winding. other winners included R. A. Perez and F. R. Bogowitz among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Ted Spade
R. A. Perez
F. R. Bogowitz
F. F. Carl
Liberators Target Volcano Islands In Pacific Offensive
U S Army Liberators from Saipan begin heavy land based strikes on the Volcano islands 750 miles from Tokyo while MacArthur reports sinking four freighters near Halmahera and more ships south of Mindanao. Nimitz notes the Iwo Jima raid faced little resistance aside from minor damage to three aircraft. Marine planes attack Mili Atoll and Australian fighters disrupt a Japanese parade near Sorong.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Japan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Seventh Army Air Force
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
New Guinea
Mili
Marshalls
Samate
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Local Servicemen Honor Roll Includes Medal Awards
Sgt Joe E Vega receives the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster while serving as radio gunner on a bomber stationed in England. He enlisted in 1942 and has been overseas nine months. Also listed are Marines Corporal Videfonso Gastellum Jr and Navy enlistee Gilberto Gastellum, plus Aviation Cadet Jack Nielsen who completed basic training at Merced Army Air Field California.
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Joe R. Vega
Ramon Vega
South Eighth Avenue
Vega
England
Air Corps
Consolidated Vultee
Corp
Videfonso Gastellum, Jr
South Pacific
Guam
Arizona
Lieutenant Bolton Assigned to Big Spring Training School
Lt. Robert Y. Bolton son of Mrs. Adene P. Bolton arrives at Big Springs Texas and is assigned to duty with the department of training as a pilot at the Bom bardier School commanded by Col. Ralph C. Rockwood. He is a Baldwin High School graduate from Birmingham Michigan and attended the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona and is a member of Sigma Nu.
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Robert Y. Bolton
Adene P. Bolton
Fremont Avenue
Tucson
Big Springs
Texas
Department of Training
Ralph C. Rockwood
Big Spring
Baldwin High School
Birmingham
Mich
University of Michigan
University of Arizona At
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Aviation Cadet Whaley graduates to primary training
Aviation Cadet Gayle W. Whaley, 19, son of Mr and Mrs E J Whaley of 2144 North Trent, has completed preflight training at Santa Ana California and is headed to Hemet California for primary training. He is a Tucson High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle W. Whaley
E. J. Whaley
North Trent
Santa Ana
Calif
Hemet
Whaley
Tucson High School
Captain O'Dowd to Return From Italian Theater
Capt. Jack B. O'Dowd of the U S Army air corps will come home soon from the Italian theatre according to his mother Mrs J J O'Dowd His wife and two sons Johnny and Eric will visit in Tucson about month’s end
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack B. O'Dowd
U. S. Army Air Corps
U. S
J. J. O'Dowd
Johnny
Eric
Tucson
Nurse Lt Darland in training at Camp Carson center
Lt Katherine A W Darland daughter of Mr and Mrs B L Wofford residing 1240 East Adelaide Street is in training at the Camp Carson nurses training center. She previously attended dietitians school at Dr W H Gove's LDS hospital in Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine A. W. Darland
B. L. Wofford
East
Adelaide Street
Camp Carson
Darland
W. H. Gove
LDS Hospital
Salt Lake City
Pvt Howard Willett Keeps Bombers In Trim At Keesler
The job of keeping America s giant B 24 Liberator bombers in fighting trim awaits Pvt Howard Joseph Willett son of Mrs Amelia Willett 5019 Haldale Avenue now at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi.
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America
Howard Joseph Willett
Amelia Willett
Haldale Avenue
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Ford Says Hatred Must Be Levelled After War
Henry Ford, during a Lake Superior vacation with Mrs. Ford, called for erasing postwar hatreds to secure lasting peace. He blamed war profits from munitions makers and warned that new conflicts arise if militarist and war-monger philosophies are not rooted out. He suggested removing militarists and reforming ideas rather than dismembering Germany.
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Big Bay
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Lake Superior
Hitler
Germany
Public Records Police Court Docket Summary
Presiding Paul J. Cella and Walter W. Hartwell note cases: vagrancy continued. James E. Holmes indecent exposure referred to provost marshal. Earl R. Illman violation of selective service act to U S authorities. Eddie Thomas possession of stolen property referred to U S authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Cella
Walter W. Hartwell
James E. Holmes
Earl R. Illman
U. S
Eddie Thomas
Marriage Announcement Fragments From Pittsburgh Partners
Fragmentary notice lists Philip Finale Jr 23 and Helen Baus 23, both of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, as a couple with additional names including Clarence A Dallas Jr 27 of Win and other unreadable details.
Eye Improvements Reported After Two Years of College
A study notes improved vision over a two year college period with eyes not requiring constant use of glasses. The finding suggests reduced dependence on corrective lenses among students during the academic term.
Strike-Halted Truck Lines Seized By U S
The government seized 103 Midwestern trucking firms and ordered 25 000 striking drivers in eight states to return to work to resume military supply movements. Roosevelt designated the Office of Defense Transportation to run the industry until the dispute ends.
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Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
Mel G. Barnes
Twin Cities
ODT
Washington
Ellis T. Longenecker
Highway Transportation
Barnes
Longenecker
Paul Halpine
Lincoln
Neb
Midwest Operators Association
Thomas E. Flynn
International Brotherhoods of Teamsters
AFL
Indianapolis
Flynn
War Labor Board
WLB
Col
J. Monroe Johnson
William H. Davis
Navy Announces Nine New Recruits from Arizona
Navy recruiting officer James G. Billingsley named nine Arizona youths enlisting in the Navy, eight from Tucson. Recruits include James Contreras, Philip Henderson, Julius Cesare, Fernando Bidegain, Henry Lewallen, Richard Langdock, Leo Andrews, Donald Pender, and William Steen Jr. They have been transferred to naval training stations.
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James G. Billingsley
Tucson
Arizona
Navy
James Jesse Contreras
James R. Contreras
East
Kelso Street
Philip Leland Henderson
L. V. Henderson
North
Ninth Avenue
Julius D. Cesare
Vincenzia Cesare
Greenway Street
Fernando Miguel Bidegain
Bernando Bidegain
Benson
Henry Edsell Lewallen
W. L. Lewallen
Sixth Avenue
Richard Edwin Langdock
Rutha Langdock
Leo Dean Andrews
Kirkpatrick
Winstoe Blvd
Donald Lewis Pender
M. L. Pender
Palo Verde
William Ralph Steen, Jr
W. R. Steen
Naval Training Stations
Billingsley
Sturgis and McKinley Names in Tucson Event
Sturgis of St Louis and McKinley of Tucson are named along with Henderson of Tuc son and Henderson listed with ages 34, 22, 19 in this snippet.
Yankee troops capture 4322 more Germans in France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, AEF reports American forces have taken 4322 German prisoners in France, mostly on the Breton peninsula. The total in Bradley's drive reaches about 90,000, with nearly 20,000 of the 25,000 defenders in Brittany killed or captured during the push.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
France
Breton
Omar N. Bradley
Brittany
Army Irregular in Banning Wilson Film for Troops
Washington reports say an Army review board may have rejected the film Wilson before formal submission by Twentieth Century Fox drawing scrutiny from Sen. Chandler and Sen. Taft. The debate centers on the soldier voting law and the Green Taft amendments to broaden material circulation to troops.
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Washington
Wilson
Sen. Chandler
D-Ky
Stimson
Army Review Board
Twentieth Century Fox
Roxy Theatre
New York
Chandler
Review Board
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Sen. Green
D-Ri
League of Nations
Navy
Taft
Army Air Force
Roosevelt
Army
Martial Law Proclaimed In Slovakia Today
Martial law was proclaimed throughout Slovakia amid reports of sabotage and rebellion as Red Army units push toward the Slovak frontier. German troops mutiny and Slovak forces refuse to bolster Nazi lines as guerrilla clashes occur in Carpathian passes near the Polish border. New Zealand plans to boost food production for 1944 45 to feed its people and aid the UK and South Pacific forces.
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John A. Parris
London
Slovakia
Red Army
Carpathian
Bratislava
Transocean
Italy
Romania
Przemysl
Stry
Poland
New Zealand
United Kingdom
South Pacific
Bombardier Downs Enemy Plane With 500 Pound Bomb
ROMB August 12 Bombardier Lieutenant Lloyd W. Brown dropped a 500-pound bomb and destroyed an enemy fighter near an aircraft factory at Gyor Hungary. Fellow crewmen confirmed his report that the blast ripped through the fighter below his Fortress and left burning fragments. Brown, 20, is from Boise Idaho and attended Brigham Young University.
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Romb
Lloyd W. Brown
Brown
Gyor
Hungary
Boise
Idaho
Brigham Young University
Coal Recovery Expands in Russian Donets Basin
Since liberation from the Germans, workers in the Donets coal basin have reopened 17 mines and repaired over 460 pits, boosting output to 31,000 tons of coal daily.
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Donets
Russia
Praying Mantis Stance Inspires Its Name
The Japanese mantis appears innocent and prayerful as it waits to strike its prey, giving rise to the insect’s common name praying mantis.
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May
Turners
Convair
Sadie L. Grenfell
Marion G. Stenhammer
Jane S. Morison
William L. Grenfell
Miller's
EB. Pennington
Jap Mainland
Sgt
Joe E. Vega
Jack Wright Nielsen
Merced Army Airfield
R. H. Nielsen
Mary Nielsen
Public Records
Belle D. Hall
American Airlines
Miss Rheaume
Havre
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Benjamin Moore
Mulcahy Lumber Co
W. Congress
EL Conquistador Hotel
East Broadway
Randolph
Randolph Park
Cactus Candy Shop
E. Congress
Bombardier
the O’malley Lumber Ca
Bermuda
Langers
Stone and Pennington
Alfred Va
Cohn
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company
Tucson, Arizona
Member
Federal Reserve System
Capital
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
KVOA
Pe Ae
Langers, Stone and Pennington
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