Land Practice Benefits Studied by Gila Basin Panel
Gila basin sub committee members meet in Tucson to study land practices and their effect on water availability in the river and San Carlos dam storage. Led by Barton M. Jones of the TVA, the group plans data for a National Resources Planning Board report due October 1 and will hold data gathering conferences with individuals.
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Gila Basin
Tucson
Pioneer Hotel
Barton M. Jones
Tennessee Valley Authority
Soil Conservation Service
San Carlos Dam
National Resources Planning Board
Jones
Gila River
Virden Valley
New Mexico
U. S. District Court
Arizona
A. B. Jones
U. S. Army’s
Hugh G. Calkins
W. G. Hoyt
Washington
Glenn L. Parker
Geological Survey
Ferguson Rites Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at 4 p m tomorrow at the Arizona Mortuary chapel for Mrs Florence Ferguson 73 who died yesterday in a local hospital She resided at 915 West Congress street and leaves two daughters Katherine and Enid Ferguson a son Murdock Ferguson all of Tucson and three sons in Detroit Rev George Ferguson will officiate with burial at Evergreen centre
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Arizona Mortuary Chapel
Florence Ferguson
Almazan Reaches Canal Goes On To Colon
General Juan Almazan independent candidate in Mexico's July presidential election arrived in Panama aboard the U S liner Manhattan. He stayed aboard as the ship passed through the Panama Canal en route to the Pacific coast and had announced a lingering vacation in Panama.
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Colon
Panama
Juan Almazan
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
U. S
Manhattan
General Almazan
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Havana
Dying Of Thirst On Desert Professor Changes His Will
Dr. John Eliot Wolff 83, a retired Harvard geology professor, perished in the Mojave in 120 degree heat after changing his will to substitute a gardener for a former employee. Searchers found his body beside a bogged auto and a scribbled directive on the back of the will. The death was attributed to heart failure caused by thirst hunger and overwork.
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Pasadena
Cal
U.P
Mojave
John Eliot Wolff
Harvard
Wolff
Mint Canyon
Mohave County Tax Rate Cut Highlighted
Property owners in Mohave County will see a 35 cent cut in the county tax rate for the year. The 1940 levy is set at $2.80 per $100 of assessed value, down from $3.15 last year. Kingman city tax rate is $4.30, down 40 cents from the prior year.
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Kingman
Mohave County
Father Of Arizonian Found Hanged In Barn
Anthony Huff, 75, was found hanging in a barn at his home in Slater Missouri as his son Curtis Huff of Winslow Arizona visited. The death was reported from Slater on August 16.
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Slater
Curtis Huff
Winslow
Ariz
Anthony Huff
Annulment Granted After Mock Wedding Revelation
Antonio Picone Jr, who was wed in a mock ceremony by his fraternity at an embalming school two years prior, learned from a letter that the bride was his actual wife and received an annulment in court.
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Detroit
Antonio Picone, Jr
Picone
Horses and machines share role in U S maneuvers at Camp Beuregard
At Camp Beaurgard Louisiana 70 000 troops rehearse a war between reds and blues with both horse mounted scouts and mechanized units. The sixth cavalry remains partially mechanized with cars and motorcycles while a horse squadron is armed with rifles and pistols.
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Camp Beauregard
Uncle Sam
Europe
Arizona Senatorial Hopeful Burt Clingan Vows Bold Campaign
Burt Clingan, Republican candidate for U S Senate in Arizona, recalls his 27 year- old Tucson paving achievement on Congress Street and argues for a resurfacing of Ashurst’s record. He links his business and legal career to public service, citing Legion leadership and the Tucson Veterans Hospital donation. He and wife Mildred Duke reside in Phoenix.
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Arizona Asphalt Paving Company
Tucson
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Southwestern
Congress Street
Burt Clingan
United States
Henry Ashurst
United States Senate
Arizona
Clingan
Senate
District of Columbia
Ashurstville
Washington
Carl Hayden
Congress
University of Arizona
Ohio
Industrial Commission
Commission
Andy Martin
American Legion
Legion
Tom Campbell
Veterans’ Hospital
340Th Field Artillery
Mildred Duke
Thatcher
Miss Duke
Treasury
Graham County
James A
Indian Convicted in Wife Slaying at Fort Apache
Richard Nosie a 52 year old Fort Apache reservation Indian was found guilty of second degree murder by a U S district court jury. Leniency was recommended and sentence delayed until August 26. Possible penalties range from 10 years to life in prison according to U S Attorney John P Dougherty.
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Prescott
Richard Nosie
Fort Apache Reservation
U.S
Nosie
U. S
Albert M. Sames
John P. Dougherty
Five Killed in Blast at Atlas Powder Plant
JOPLIN Mo August 16 five men were killed in an explosion at the Atlas powder plant six miles east of Joplin The blast occurred in the dynamite unit the plant has been running near capacity for war orders The Joplin unit employs between two and three hundred men and a state of emergency was reported The dead listed include Joe Bates Leroy Crampton Sidney Dietz Harold Gallagher and Lloyd Brown with the accident occurring in the gelatin mix house at 8 15 am
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Joplin
Atlas
Kansas City
Kas
Jasper County Sheriff's Office
Carthage
Missouri
Joe Bates
Leroy Crampton
Carterville
Sidney Dietz
Harold Gallagher
Webb City
Lloyd Brown
Man Identified as Joseph L Owens Leaps to Death in New Haven
An apparent suicide in downtown New Haven sees Joseph L Owens 50 of Brooklyn jump from a seventh floor ledge of the First National Bank building. An elevator operator described a struggle, emergency stop, and Owens stepping from the cage to the ledge before leaping.
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New Haven
Conn
Joseph L. Owens
Brooklyn
N. Y
First National Bank
Owens
Thieves Cut Copper Wire Causing Regional Blackout
A communications blackout hit residents between El Reno and Union City after thieves cut down about 1,000 feet of copper wire to sell as junk, delaying repairs and restoring service.
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EL Reno
Okla
U.2
Union City
Here
Douglas KSUN studio opens at Kiwanis meeting
The Douglas KSUN studio opened during a Kiwanis club meeting sponsored by Arizona Edison celebrating its fifth birthday. Gov. Robert T. Jones and Mayor L. J. Tuttle spoke, with several officials and executives in attendance. Border Wranglers closed the program after a medley by Mrs. Sylvia Austin and other performances.
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Douglas
Daily Citizen
KSUN
Kiwanis Club
Arizona Edison Company
John B. Crowell
Arizona
Don Williams
James Critchley
James McGuire
Leo Schwamm
M. F. McCue
Saing
Old Faithful
Speaers
Robert T. Jones
L. J. Tuttle
Crowell
W. K. Cage
Bisbee
Ralph T. Smalley
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
P. G. Becett
Phelps Dodge Corp
Sylvia Austin
Border Wranglers
Coronado Entrada Opens in Prescott for 400th Anniversary
The Coronado entrada premieres at Prescott fair grounds arena as the U S Coronado commission stages a pageant of Coronado’s 1540 journey from Arizona to Texas and Kansas in search of Cibola. Governor Jones leads Salt River valley visitors to Phoenix Night tomorrow. Uncle Sam spent over $100000 on the movable stage and 500 actors wear $18000 worth of authentic 16th century costumes.
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Prescott
Southwest
Arizona
United States Coronado Commission
Fairgrounds
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas
Cibola
Jones
Salt River Valley
Phoenix
Uncle Sam
Denver
Colorado
Fayette County Commissioner Higinbotham Hearts Visitors
Fayette County Commissioner Arthur Higinbotham, homebound with a broken leg, hopes three friends visiting him in Uniontown Pennsylvania bring no ill omen. The guests include a minister an undertaker and a tombstone agent.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Arthur Higginbothem
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