9 500 Jobless In Strike Of Auto Workers
DETROIT August 15 W P The second strike within 30 hours at Briggs Manufacturing Mack body plant idled about 9 500 workers in the auto industry Company spokesmen said CIO United Automobile Workers pulled another unauthorized strike and refused to work Lack of manpower forced the closing of the entire plant affecting 4 500 on the early shift and the first shift at the Plymouth plant employing 5 000 more Two UAW shop stewards were dismissed for insubordination union leaders met to decide on filing a formal strike notice with the state labor board They denied the strike was unauthorized but would not comment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
W.P
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Mack Body
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Plymouth
UAW
State Labor Board
Swift and Cudahy Raise Wages Nationwide
The Swift and Cudahy Packing companies announce a five to six cent hourly wage increase for about 36 000 workers across 55 plants. Swift adds a five cent boost for 5 000 Chicago paid employees and 21 000 at 41 units. Cudahy gives five cents to male and skilled female workers and six cents to unskilled female workers. Increases retroactive to Aug 11 and part of a broader four packer trend raising hourly minimums to 72.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Swift and
Cudahy
Swift
Eso
Wilson and Armour Packing
Big Four
Six Die in Alaska Base Rock Slide
Six workers died in a 35 foot rock slide at a Sitka harbor quarry serving a U S naval air base on Japonski Island. One man, H W Hagadurn of Tacoma, was rescued after five hours. Victims include Ralph J McClure and Ralph Carlson of Seattle and Dewey Strode of Camas Washington. All deaths linked to Siemsa drake Construction, builder of the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitka
Alaska
U. S. Naval Air Base
Japonski Island
Sitka Harbor
H. W. Hagadurn
Tacoma
Wash
Ralph J. McClure
Seattle
Commodore Dewey Strode
L. A. Strode
Camas
Ralph Carlson
E. Folk
Kingston
Idaho
E. A. Burkley
C. R. Best
E. R. Rosser
Siemsadrake Construction Company
Maricopa Airmen Are Given Badges
Sheriff Lon Jordan issues special air squad badges to six Maricopa county residents who own airplanes. Recipients are A. Lee Moore Dr Clyde J Barker Dr J Gordon Shackleford Arthur C Anderson Johnny Rockwell all of Phoenix and Walter Butler Buckeye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Lon Jordan
Maricopa County
A. Lee Moore
Clyde J. Barker
J. Gordon Shackleford
Arthur C. Anderson
Johnny Rockwell
Walter Butler
Buckeye
Draft trouble in Indianapolis
Two letters energized Indiana selective service HQ. A Marion county grandmother offered to take her grandson’s place at camp, saying she can cook sew and wash. A wife along the Ohio River lamented her draftee husband’s wish to return home every weekend instead of being sent to Fort Knox.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Selective Service Headquarters
Marion County
Ohio
Alaska
Fort Knox
Mystery remains as $5700 missing from police safe
In Santa Monica California the disappearance of seven thousand two hundred dollars from a police department safe remains unsolved after two weeks. Officers have added a 500 dollar reward from their own pockets to help solve the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Southern Hemisphere Winter Months Named
The southern hemisphere winter months are June July August and September. This statement identifies the four standard cold season months used in many regional calendars and forecasts.
Big Downpour Floods South Tucson and Surrounding Areas
A cloud burst drenched South Tucson causing widespread flooding with water up to a foot in places including East 29th Street and South Sixth Avenue. Homes, garages, and several courts suffered damage while streets and subways flooded. the city’s power largely held, though some outages occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Dollie S. Young
East 29Th Street
South Sixth Avenue
William W. Akers
South Fifth Avenue
South Fourth Avenue
Akers
Arizona
Copper State Court
Rainbow Court
South Gate Trailer Court
39Th Street
U. S. Weather Bureau
Army Air Base
University of Arizona
Stone Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Southern Pacific Railroad
Park
Campbell Avenues
East Ninth Street
Estella Tederson
Kelso Street
Tucson Fire Department
Swift Packing Company
West Mesilla Street
East Helen Street
George B. Houston
Houston
North Stone Avenue
Fort Lowell Road
Delano Street
Knudsen Forecasts New Record Plane Turnout
Buffalo area expects a surge in pursuit plane output as two plants near 6,000 planes yearly. William S. Knudsen, head of the Office of Production Management, predicted 500 planes a month during remarks at the dedication of a new $18 million government factory at Buffalo Municipal Airport.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Knudsen
Bees valued for pollination over honey by fiftyfold
Beekeeping notes highlight bees as crucial pollinators with an estimated value fifty times greater for fruit blossom cross pollination than for honey production. The emphasis is on agricultural impact and pollination efficiency.
Labor Conciliator Seeks Pact to Avert Mine Strike
Stanley White of the U S department of labor met with CIO and Shattuck Dean Mining Corp officials in Bisbee to ease differences ahead of a planned Monday strike. Talks continued after a two hour session. about 300 workers face a Sunday contract expiry and possible picketing if no agreement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Daily Citizen
CIO
Shattuck Dean Mining Corp
Stanley White
U. S. Department of Labor
Local officials to meet on deferments and service boards
Col A A Laird advisor on occupational deferments and Lieut W W Ketcham USNR will confer next Monday and Thursday afternoons with Pima county agy service boards No 1 and No 2. Plans to reorganize Troop 18 Boy Scouts of America were completed last night at Harry Brimmer’s home 3515 Grant road.
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Col
A. A. Laird
W. W. Ketcham
USNR
Pima County Agy Service
Troop
Boy Scouts of America
Harry Brimmer
Grant Road
Arizona Instructor to Talk on Cartons Projective Involutes
Franz E. Hohn, mathematics instructor at the University of Arizona, will present a paper at the 47th annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society at the University of Chicago from September 2 to 6. His discussion covers Cartons projective involutes and reflects his recent research in projective geometry since joining the U of A faculty last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz E. Hohn
University of Arizona
American Mathematical Society
University of Chicago
Hohn
Carton
U. of A
Public Records in Superior Court Actions
Court notes filed in multiple cases including Hall versus Key on note. Castro and Madero versus Southern Pacific and Capital Tank Lines with first amended complaints. Robles versus Southern Pacific and Capital Tank Lines with first amended complaint. Tucson versus Gee See Bin and others seeking restraining order on building. Berry versus Solomon defendants’ motion to strike and answer. Sumrall v Garcia with writ of attachment hearing set August 19 and defendants released on own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Hall
L. H. Schmid
L. W. Key
Frank Castro
Juan Madero
Southern Pacific
Capital Tank Lines
Barnabe Robles
City of Tucson
Gee See bin
Taft Lee Aht
Gee Nee Sing
Lawrence J. Berry
Samuel Solomon
Harry Solomon
D. W. Sumrall
G. L. Sumrall
Luis Garcia
Isabel Garcia
Justice Court Docket Shows Multiple Local Offenses
Co presiding Justice W Gardner Edward J Thomas handles reckless driving 30 days and disturbing the peace 90 days Ernest Nims fined 30 and 15 days for disturbing the peace. Other cases include simple battery complaint filed illegal possession of a deer hunting without a license and failure to pay industrial insurance held to answer. Jose Maria E Duartes and B Podol appear in other docket items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court Co
Tucson Residents Named in Legal Notices
John H. Scott Jr and Bernice Ballou Lapham, both of Tucson and of legal age, along with Jesus Leon, 63, Tucson, and Margarita Leon, 61, Tucson, are listed in the public filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Scott, Jr
Tucson
Bernice Ballou Lapham
Jesus Leon
Margarita Leon
Police Court: Sentence Suspended 48 Hours in Ordinance Case
Paul Cella presided over Edwardo Otero in a violation of ordinance case. Sentence suspended for 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cella
Edwardo Otero
Pacific Base Included In Mexico Improvement
Plans announced by the government for strengthening Mexican naval bases will include the Pacific naval station at Acapulco. Quarters for the increased Acapulco personnel will be ready in a month and large housing for the La Paz base will be built immediately. Army Minister General Heriberto Jara announced after a conference with President Avila Camacho. The project also covers Gulf of Mexico bases and harbor improvements in that area.
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Mexico City
Pacific Naval Station
Acapulco
la Paz
Heriberto Jara
Avila Camacho
Gulf of Mexico
Air Base Unit Celebrates 1919 Formation With Picnic
The Headquarters Squadron of the First Bombardment Wing marks its anniversary from Kelly Field Texas with an all day picnic at Wetmore’s pool for members wives sweethearts and friends. Commander First Lieut Sven H Ecklund announced the event. The unit traces origins to March Field and Toul France in 1918 and 1919 and was consolidated with the First Wing at Kelly on Aug 15 1919 to honor its history and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Bombardment Wing
Air Base
Kelly Field
Tex
Wetmore’s
Sven H. Ecklund
March Field
Calif
Frank D. Lackland
Albuquerque
N. M
Toul
France
Tucson
Arizona
First Pursuit Wing
First Army
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Colombey-les-Belles
First Wing
Texas
Cattle and Goat Feud Escalates Over Range Land
A long running dispute between cattle owners Louis and Isabel Garcia and goat owners D W and G L Sumrall flared today as Sumrall sought a writ of attachment in superior court for alleged injunction violations. Judge William G Hall set a hearing for next Tuesday at 1 30 p m with Garcias released on their own recognizance. The original suit claimed a drift fence and grazing on segregated land, resulting in 3450 dollars actual and 500 dollars punitive damages plus an injunction. The case is on appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court started May 25 1940 and concluded January 10 after a jury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock
D. W
G. L. Sumrall
Louis
Isabel Garcia
Sumrall
Garcia
William G. Hall
Sumrall Brothers
Garcias
Sumralls
Supreme Court of Arizona
Murphey Charged With Illegal Deer Possession
John W. Murphey, local real estate operator, faced a justice court complaint charging illegal possession of a deer. Trial date not set. Mario L. Leon of Sunset Dairy was charged with hunting without a license. no date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Murphey
W. P. Tharp
Mario L. Leon
Sunset Dairy
Tharp
Three Soil Districts Formed Across Arizona
The Arizona state soil conservation commission created three districts near Flagstaff Camp Verde and Bridgeport at its first meeting. O C Williams was elected chairman with Governor Osborn the water commissioner and the University of Arizona agriculture extension chief serving as members.
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Phoenix
State Soil Conservation Commission
Flagstaff
Camp Verde
Bridgeort
O. C. Williams
Osborn
University of Arizona
Agricultural Extension Service
Glue Spill Clamps 14th Mill Intersection
A barrel of glue toppled from a truck and coated the 14th and Mill streets intersection in Richmond Virginia. Police and a public works landing truck removed the sticky mess and restored traffic flow.
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Richmond
14Th
Mill Streets
Public Works
Wind Direction Halts Repetition Of Great Flood
A Tucson storm with 1.45 inches of rain avoided citywide flooding due to north winds. If winds had been east west, Big Arroyo would have channeled floodwater through downtown, risking major damage and power outages. Engineers urge enlarging drainage and adding diversion channels.
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Tucson
Santa Cruz
Big Arroyo
East Speedway
GOP Club Adopts New Constitution in Pima County
The Republican club of Pima County approved a new governing constitution and by-laws at a Wednesday meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs W S Nicholas. A nominating committee for officers to be elected September 22 was set, with Nicholas as chair and members Nave Fegtly and Misbaugh. A Wetmore pool picnic and supper were planned with ticket sales led by Mrs Goodell and Mrs Wilson. supper duties assigned to Mrs Fegtly and others. Regular meetings will be the fourth Monday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
Pima County
W. S. Nicholas
Nicholas
Fred Nave
S. M. Fegtly
W. R. Misbaugh
Wetmore Pool
Fred Goodell
Jane Wilson
Fegtly
W. E. Bowman
J. B. Henry
Edythe Mattocks
Warren Grossetta
Creed Taylor
Earthquake Shock to Cross Earth in Twenty Minutes
A seismic event will propagate through the planet from origin, taking about 20 minutes to traverse the entire globe. The phenomenon illustrates rapid energy transfer and global reach of strong quakes.
Mountain States Telephone building permit issued for addition
E. D. Herrera, city building inspector, issued a permit for a 49500 dollar brick addition to the Mountain States Telephone company building. The two story, 40 by 480 feet extension will be built by M. M. Sundt Construction company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Herreras
Mountain States Telephone Company
M. M. Sundt Construction Company
Radio’s Part in Defense Emphasized at Tucson Rotary
Andy White of station KVOA told Tucson Rotary at the Santa Rita hotel that radio serves national defense by granting time for Roosevelt broadcasts appeals for recruits and routine notices. He noted radio officials and government collaborate to block fifth column propaganda over the air. William Bowers club president Harold Wilson secretary and Timothy Cusick were elected delegates to the district convention in Las Vegas New Mexico with Judge William G Hall Paul Cella and Lester Johnson as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy White
KVOA
Tucson
N. M
William G. Hall
Paul Cella
Lester Johnson
Philippine Officers Ordered To Huachuca
The War Department ordered Captain Henry C. Britt and Ca Harold R. Everman from the Philippine department to Fort Huachuca Arizona.
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Huachuca
Washington
War Department
Henry C. Britt
Ca Harold R. Everman
Philippine Department
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Sound Effect Signals False Alarm in Lancaster
Volunteer Fireman Art Gibble awakened by the siren rushed to the firehouse with other volunteers noting the smoke smell. He learned the siren was part of a town band musical number nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Art Gibble
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Briggs
U. S
Slide
Maricopa
Tucson Fertilizer CO
S. S. Shattuck
Harry Hafner
White
Public Records
Belle D. Hall
Pacific
Mexico
Red Rock Brothers
Deer Charge
North Stone Ave
GOP Club
V's
Schilling
Bisma Rex
Gillette Blue Blades
Rexall Drug Store
Peta
Soap Sale
Rou Sai
Colgate
Sheaffer
Ayer
Schick
Martin Drug
Arrid
American Institute of Laundering
Rex
Epsom
Woodbury’s
Crea
Tissu
LUX
Rexall
Congress & Church
Congress & Fifth
Sixth & Park
Casa Grande, Arizona
Congress
SCOTT
Martin
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