Murray Flags Axis Threat to Oceans and U S Unity
U S Senator James E Murray told a 1000 strong audience that if Hitler defeats Britain the Atlantic would fall under Axis control and Japan would dominate the Pacific. He urged complete national unity to bolster defense and criticized isolationists and Lindbergh for hindering preparedness.
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Hitler
Atlantic
Pacific
U. S
James E. Murray
Nazi Germany
Montana
United States
Murray
Germany
Japan
America
Burton K. Wheeler
Roosevelt
Congress of
Congress
Army
Lindbergh Lindbergh
America First Committee
Lindbergh
Hayden's Road Bill Passes After Battle
Senate battle over a defense highway bill ends with a large cut. Vandenberg and Taft push to reduce funding. the substitute measure now funds strategic highways, bridges, access roads, flight landings, and engineering surveys with a three-fourths federal share and one-fourth state share.
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Washington
Carl Hayden
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Hayden
McKellar
Tennessee
Robert Taft
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Defense
Examinations for Flying Cadet Ships Completed at Tucson Base
Fourteen candidates, enlisted and civilian, finished air cadet flying exams at the Tucson air base. Results were sent to Washington for grading. Examinants listed include Henry S. Carreon Robert Fish Richard R. Marsh Leonard S. Evans John J. Underwood Frank Barr John H. Whitney Ralph F. Marotte Raymond L. Addington Arthur J. Tilant Neal Williams James O. Vaughn Walter P. Tooke Donald G. Coldby.
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Tucson Air Base
Washington, D. C
James E. Altman
Henry S. Carreon
South Stone Avenue
Robert Fish
East Seventh Street
Richard R. Marsh
East Fourth Street
Leonard S. Evans
Oracle Road
John J
Harding Appears in Liquor Case in Tucson
Thomas F. Harding of the state liquor department testified at a preliminary hearing for Joe Banks, 53, on charges of selling liquor to Indians. Banks pleaded innocent. U.S. Commissioner C Wayne Clampitt ordered him held for grand jury action after a tavern sale on Ajo road.
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Tucson
Thomas F. Harding
State
Joe Banks
U. S
C. Wayne Clampitt
Banks
M. W. Clark
Indian Service
Ajo Road
Clampitt
Arizona Legionnaires Unity Appeal Calls for Faction End
John Haynes a past commander of Arizona Legionnaires urged local unity and an end to faction bickering. He represents the Citizens Legion committee organizing the appearance of Senator Murray, as state commander Samuel H. Fowler noted.
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Samuel H. Fowler
American Legion
John Haynes
Arizona Legionnaires
Citizens Legion Committee
Senator Murray
New Economic Board to Aid Free French in War Effort
Washington Aug 16 The economic defense board led by Vice President Wallace will push trade pressure on Japan and aid Free French territories in Africa The panel aims to block Japan with licensing tools and freeze Japanese funds Purchases of palm and vegetable oils from De Gaullist Africa are planned to aid Free French markets while denying German access The moves come as Senator Pepper urges immediate US recognition of Free French and possible lend lease to African harbors and airfields
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Hitler
Congress
United States
Washington
Economic Defense Board
Henry A. Wallace
Japan
Africa
Roosevelt
Wallace
de Gaullist
Germany
Reich
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
Ukraine
Russia
Europe
Alleged Leader of Gang Faces Trial
Juan Valenzuela, named by police as leader of a four juvenile gang, faced robbery charges in superior court after a preliminary hearing. He allegedly helped four youths beat and rob three men in Tucson, including Ramon Apalategui, with two juveniles possibly returned to justice court. All juveniles have prior Fort Grant school sentences.
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Juan Valenzuela
Tucson
Superior Court
Justice of Peace
C. W. Gardner
Ramon Apalategui
Justice Court
Fort Grant School
Searle Jones Named U A Post In Mechanical Engineering
Gid Searle Jones named assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona replacing Harold A. Jimerson now with the Coast Guard at Camp Wallace Texas. Jones formerly taught at the Mechanics' Institute in Rochester New York and was connected with Purdue University. He is a Purdue graduate and will start September 1.
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Gid Searle Jones
University of Arizona
Harold A. Jimerson
U. S. Coast Guard
Camp Wallace
Texas
Tucson boy Carlisle King faces All American Derby test in Akron
In Akron the 12-year-old Tucson champion Howard King preps for the All American and International Soap Box Derby final. He test runs his orange racer, attends a champions' luncheon, and awaits the national race with support from Chevrolet officials and a circle of fellow champions. Louis Charvoz, a former Akron Chevrolet dealer now in Tucson, will attend the derby.
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Akron
Ohio
Tucson
Arizona
King
Howard
Chevrolet Motor Division
Jack Elliott
Hugh C. Acton
Little Rock
Ark
Gazette
Scottsbluff
J. P. Gormley
Louis Charvoz
Chevrolet
Mozambique Seeks Materials for Loureiro Louergo Hall
Mozambique calls for supplies to finish a new town hall and governor general residence in Lourenco Marques. The appeal targets builders and suppliers to complete the civic structures in the capital region.
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Mozambique
Lourenco Marques
Train Hits Man Asleep On Tracks West Side Town
Guadalupe Rue las was lying on the road bed north of West Alameda when a locomotive grazed him last night at about 11. He suffered a scalp wound and bruises, was treated at Pima County Hospital and released this morning. The incident follows a spate of near misses on the railroad. Airlines report a drop in airsickness rates from 3.3 per thousand in 1936 to 1.2 per thousand in 1940.
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Guadalupe Ruelas
West Alameda Street
Ruelas
Pima County Hospital
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