Tucson Man's Joke Lands Him in Mexican Custody
D. M. Coombs of Tucson went into Sonora with a friend to visit a mine and was detained by Mexican police for a 160 peso fine about $45. A note claiming kidnaping led to alerts from Nogales to Santa Ana then Marquez. his friend was released, Coombs held for payment while officials weigh the incident and the consul coordinates with Governor Macias.
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D. M. Coombs
Tucson
Coombs
Mexico
Nogales
Macias
Sonora
Marquez
Borquez
Santa Ana
Exit Permits Not To Apply At Mexico Line
Washington reports new entry and exit permit rules for travelers to and from the United States will not apply at the Mexico line after September 1. Americans traveling to Canada Mexico or Cuba must show identity to immigration authorities. Mexican authorities require a passport or identity certificate and a consulate pass. Canadians Mexicans and Cubans entering the U S for work get border crossing IDs. All others need passport and border ID or visa. Aliens resident and registered under the alien registration act receive six month border crossing IDs for departure and re entry through specified ports.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Immigration Service
State to issue tax bonds for deficits and school apportionment
The state loan commission authorized immediate sale of 1,250,000 tax anticipation bonds and total issues of 1,800,000. Bids for the first issue will be publicized at once. Treasurer Joe Hunt said it would cover the general fund deficit and retire warrants at interest savings. Additional issues of 300,000 likely for Sept 15 and another Oct 20 would total 1,500,000 for quarterly school apportionment.
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Phoenix
State Loan Commission
Joe Hunt
YMCA Leader Hervey F. Smith to Return Monday
City brief reports YMCA general secretary Hervey F. Smith will return Monday from his annual vacation. He and Mrs. Smith recently visited their son Harold in Alameda, California.
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Hervey F. Smith
YMCA
Mrs. Smith
Harold
Alameda
Calif
Edward J Thomas Linked to Different Address in Reckless Driving Case
Edward J. Thomas of 63 West Simpson is not the Edward J. Thomas of 408 West Columbia who was sentenced in justice court yesterday on a charge of reckless driving.
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Edward J. Thomas
West Simpson
West Columbia
Justice Court
Pony Stray Seized Near Temple of Music Awaits Claim
Poundmaster George B McWhirter reports a buckskin pony captured last Tuesday near the Temple of Music on Scott street. The horse has black legs, a white star, roached mane, missing shoes, and an A S brand on its left thigh. If unclaimed at the city pound, it will be sold Monday between 10 and 11 a.m. at city hall.
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George B. McWhirter
Temple of Music
Scott Street
City Pound
City Hall
Corporal Promotion At Stockton Flying School
Raymon L. Boase of 413 Navajo Road has been promoted to corporal at the Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School in Stockton California. Boase, a Tucson Senior High School 1939 graduate, enlisted in the U S Army on September 19 1939.
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Raymon L. Boase
H. B. Nolan
Navajo Road
Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Stockton
Calif
Boase
Tucson
U. S. Army
Detroit executive arrives in Tucson to Jameson ranch
James S. Whitcomb, Detroit newspaper executive, travels to Tucson aboard the Golden State Limited and visits the Jameson ranch near Oracle where he took an interest about a year ago.
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James 8S. Whitcomb
Detroit
Tucson
Golden State Limited
Jameson Ranch
Oracle
Marshal Akers retracts flood damage report on Copper State Auto Court
Marshal William W. Akers of South Tucson informs The Daily Citizen he erred in reporting damage to the Copper State auto court at 1915 South Sixth Avenue from flood water yesterday. The correction notes no flood damage occurred.
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William W. Akers
South Tucson
Daily Citizen
Copper State
South Sixth Avenue
Germans Sink Two Ships Off Isles
Berlin reports German bombers sank two merchant ships totaling 7500 tons off the British east coast and damaged a larger vessel near the Faroe Islands. Military targets near Cambridge were hit with heavy bombs and a patrol boat downed a British chaser. Dive bombers struck Tobruk harbor while Soviet raids on northern Germany were largely ineffective.
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Berlin
Faroe Islands
Adolf Hitler
Cambridge
Channel
Tobruk
Libya
Germany
Big prices paid for blooded rams at New Mexico sale
In Albuquerque on August 16 the fourth annual New Mexico ram sale posted higher prices and demand for purebred rams. H B Hening said 100 to 150 more animals could have sold, with average prices up $10 from 1940 and fewer animals offered. The 430 rams and ewes brought $19,108 at an average of $44.40. top bid reached $385 for a Rambouillet from Deer Lodge Farm, Deer Lodge Montana, bought by Edward Gudrum of Roswell. T. D. Hudspeth of Seligman Arizona bought the two next highest priced rams at $300 and $270 from vendors in Utah and Utah.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
H. B. Hening
Deer Lodge Farm Company
Deer Lodge
Mont
Edward Gudrum
Roswell
T. D. Hudspeth
Seligman
Ariz
W. H. Hansen
Collingston
Utah
J. K. Madsen
Mount Pleasant
Flowing Wells School Rate Beats Tucson
Pima county supervisors released tax rate figures for 1941-42 showing Flowing Wells School District at 1.82 eclipsing Tucson No. 1 at 1.67. Marana high school at 1.614 ranks third with other district rates listed for Greaterville San Xavier Fort Lowell and more. Plans to set schedules Monday morning and Tucson council action Monday evening were noted.
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Flowing Wells
Tucson No
Pima County
Marana
Tucson
Marana High School
Greaterville
San Xavier
Fort Lowell
Sunnyside
Tanque Verde
Ajo
Catalina Foothills
Laguna
Vail
Twin Buttes
Pantana
Cortaro
Sahuarita
Wrightstown
San Fernando
Empire
Continental
Redington
Sopori
Three Points
Homestead
Sierrita
Nogales Groups Press to Ease New Customs Rules
Civic leaders and the Nogales Chamber of Commerce seek relaxation of new customs inspection rules to curb contraband and protect trade with Nogales, Arizona. They cite unchanged Juarez inspections and the impact on local retailers serving the Mexican west coast trade.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Chamber of Commerce
Nogales, Ariz
Juarez
Chile
Mexico
Ariz
Magistrate Releases 40 Prisoners After Long Night in Jail
In Philadelphia Magistrate Joseph Dogole, moved by a frigid 80 degree night, held court for 11 hours and released 40 inmates jailed on minor charges. The compassionate action reflected concern for those awaiting trial or disposition.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Dogole
Rancher Trapped by Fallen Horse Fights for Life
Broadus Montana reports that 64 year old John Edwin Robinson died after his horse fell, bucked him, and crushed him. He hacked at the animal with a pocket knife, attempted to free himself using a rope and sapling, then lost consciousness. Coroner Marvin Amick records the death by shock and exposure, found by George Robinson and neighbors.
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Dr. Amick
Robinson
George
Ernest Kluck
Rube Nelson
Reverend Brown Returns from Vacation for Sunday Services
Reverend Francis T. Brown rector of Grace Episcopal Church resumes summer services at 8 and 9 30 a m tomorrow. He and Mrs. Brown visited Yale reunion New England campgrounds Philadelphia and Washington before returning to Groom Creek camp near Prescott Arizona where Mrs. Brown remains while he plans to return each Sunday for services.
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Francis T. Brown
Grace Episcopal Church
Brown
Yale University
New England
Philadelphia
Washington
Arizona
Groom Creek
Prescott
Mr. Brown
Western Steel Probe Funds Are Approved
The senate approved a 350000-dollar amendment to the first supplemental defense appropriation bill to fund investigation of raw materials for western steel. The Bureau of Mines would spend the money, a win for the mining industry after calls for more funds. Senator O'Mahoney led the amendment with Hayden McCarran and Chavez supporting.
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Washington
Senate
National Defense
Bureau of Mines
O’mahoney
Wye
Hayden
Sweden Plans Quick-Convert Airports for Military Use
Sweden outlines a program to ready all civilian airports and landing fields for rapid conversion into military bases if needed. The plan aims to ensure strategic mobility and national defense readiness across key air facilities.
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Sweden
Stimson Moves To Bolster Up Soldier Morale
Secretary Stimson urged Army troops to value the 18 month service extension as a defense measure. He warned of dangers from Germany, Japan, and potential attacks from Alaska to Panama, stressing the offensive purpose as defensive and morale as key.
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Stimson
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
Russia
Alaskan
Aleutian
Alaska
South
Central America
Dakar
Brazil
Vichy
Iceland
British Guiana
Panama
Mob Fails To Lynch Negro In Roxboro
Roxboro North Carolina Aug 15 quiet descended after a mob of about 500 men attacked the Person county jail to seize Cy Winstead a 22 year old Negro charged with the killing of a white girl. Sheriff M T Clayton with help from Durham police and the state patrol moved Winstead to the state prison in Raleigh. no serious injuries reported though jail damage exceeded 1000 dollars and bottles were hurled into the jail.
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Roxboro
N. C
North Carolina-Virginia
Cy Winstead
Person County
M. T. Clayton
Durham Police Department
State Highway Patrol
Winstead
Raleigh
Person
Horse in Rear Seat After Car Crash Stuns N Y Driver
Thomas Finnegan of Roscoe reports his car struck an object on a country road. In the rear seat of the open car lay a 1,500 pound horse, startling him as the incident unfolded.
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Roscoe
N. Y
Thomas Finnegan
Mountain Moonshiners Quit Cause Defense Pays Better
In Brevard North Carolina on August 16 1941 federal official Ed Patton said mountain bootleggers are quitting as defense industries pay higher wages and rising sugar and grain costs push outfits out. Distillers face tougher raids higher costs and legal fees with average wages around 2 to 3 dollars a day making moonshining unprofitable.
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Brevard, N. C
National Defense
America
Ed Patton
Charlotte
Federal
Alcoholic Tax Unit
North Carolina
Patton
Location chosen for Ringling circus on South Fourth and Old Vail
Edward F. Kelly of the Ringling circus announced that a lot at South Fourth avenue and Old Vail road has been selected for the show on September 21. He said the West Congress street lot was too small and the site will be graded and prepared with shrubs removed for the event.
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South Fourth Avenue
Old Vail Road
Edward F. Kelly
West Congress Street
Vegetable Producers Seek Better Markets
Growers met in the office of C. B. Brown to discuss boosting Tucson market purchases of locally grown vegetables. They noted Cochise county trucked produce to Phoenix while Phoenix goods sold in Tucson, and urged a move to build a cold storage warehouse and to obtain city land for farmer markets.
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Tucson
C. B. Brown
Pima County
Cochise County
Phoenix
Mystery Shrouds Union Meet At Bisbee
In Bisbee the Warren mining district awaits a verdict as a long labor conference between company officials and CIO representatives continues after a pay day quieted by a Shattuck Dean mine strike threat. Stanley White of the Labor Department conciliation service departed without comment as discussions stretched late into the night.
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Bisbee
Daily Citizen
Warren
Shattuck Dean
CIO
Stanley White
U.S. Department of Labor
Douglas
Live at Home Slogan Promotes Rural Production Policy
C B Brown Pima county agricultural agent announced a slogan Live at Home adopted by Santa Cruz Cochise and Pima counties. Joe King as chairman and committeemen approved increasing production of rural products while avoiding land exploitation like during World War I. Ranchers urged to raise beef, avoid overgrazing and home canning to conserve food in World War II.
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Santa Cruz
Cochise
Pima
C. B. Brown
Pima County
Joe King
Brown
Leona Meeks Dies in Arizona Hospital at 35
Leona Bell Meeks 35 a resident of Arizona for 24 years died this morning in a local hospital. She lived at Red Rock where her husband Robert Meeks runs a dairy farm. Surviving are son Carlee daughter Nora Dee mother Mrs Eva Weaver of Santa Barbara Calif a brother and three sisters in Santa Barbara. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Reilly Undertaking chapel with Rev H H Cochran officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Leona Bell Meeks
Arizona
Red Rock
Robert Meeks
Carlee
Nora Dee
Eva Weaver
Santa Barbara
Calif
Robert
Reilly Undertaking Company
H. H. Cochran
The
Nazarene Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Mildred Clauberg Leads In Juvenile Queen Contest
Mildred Clauberg 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Clauberg of 919 South Fourth Avenue, leads the Plaza Theatre round with 2375 votes in the Mexican independence week juvenile queen contest to run September 9 through 16. Rebecca 1925, Helen Montano 1600, Alicia Morales 1525, Emma Reynaga 1300 trail. The Blue Moon ballroom hosts the second round Thursday with a boys escort contest and a floor show.
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Mildred Clauberg
George Clauberg
South Fourth Avenue
Plaza Theatre
Rebecca
Helen Montano
Alicia Morales
Emma Reynaga
Blue Moon Ballroom
Japan considers mass production of wooden schooners
Japanese planners entertain mass production of wooden schooners or mixed sail and oil burning motor vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
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Halifax
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Reverend Brown
Western Steel
Railroad
North Stone
John .T. Judd
U.S
Pvt
Robert Fowler
Venice
Reykajavik
Mystery Still Shrouds Union
Shattuck
Defense Unit
Leona Meeks
Mildred Clausberg
Kennison
West Council
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company
Tucson, Arizona
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Desposit Insurance Corporation
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