Heavy Rain Strands Traffic as Tucson Records Downpour
A severe thunderstorm drenched Tucson between 5:30 and 6:30 am causing stalled cars, flooded arroyos, and temporarily filled subways. Official totals include 1.23 inches at the home gauge and 9$ inches at the airport station, with lingering showers forecast for the evening.
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Tucson
E. P. Norwood
U. S
Airport Weather Bureau
Norwood
University of Arizona
Weather Bureau
Toial
Lake Elmira
Stone Avenue
Consolidated Vultee
South Sixth Avenue
W. M. Cheatham
Consolidated
Sixth Avenue
Davis-Monthan
Mexican Veterans Plan Monument On Bridge
The Society of United Veterans of the Mexican Revolution proposes a monument symbolizing Mexico US friendship to President Avila Camacho. The plan is to place the statue on an international bridge across the Rio Grande featuring Benito Juarez and Abraham Lincoln clasping hands.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Avila Camacho
Society of United Veterans of the
Col
Herminio Rodriguez
Rio Grande
Benito Juarez
Abraham Lincoln
Navy Reports Former Ambassador's Son Dead
Navy telegram confirms the death of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. son of the former ambassador to the court of St James. The telegram was received by his father at Hyannis on Cape Cod. details of his death were not provided.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr
Court of St. James
Navy Department
Hyannis
Cape Cod
John M. Fitzgerald
Kennedy
Venereal Disease Cases Fall in Arizona Weekly Totals
The Arizona State Board of Health reports Venereal disease cases dropped by 22 to 75 for the week ending August 12, still more than one third of Arizona’s 221 communicable cases. Total cases were five higher than the previous week.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona State Board of Health
Commissioners Mapping Plans To Tax Power
Arizona tax commission outlined plans to collect sales tax from all power districts after the Gila Valley District agreed to pay tax on power sold to nonmembers. The Salt River Valley Water Users Association, largest district, will face an audit of 1935 sales to determine state tax due. Audits will extend to other districts as announced by Thad M. Moore.
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Phoenix
Arizona Tax Commission
Gila Valley
Thad M. Moore
Commission
Gila’ Valley
Atty
Joe Conway
Arizona
Dewey Plans Regular Labor Day Message for New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will issue the standard Labor Day proclamation for New York state instead of a special statement. AFL publicist Philip Pearl criticized the move, noting the governor's schedule prevents a custom reply. Dewey called President Roosevelt’s Hawaii trip a holiday and declined further comment on Roosevelt's holidays.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
American Federation of Labor
New York
James C. Hagerty
Philip Pearl
AFL
Hagerty
Pearl
Dewey
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Roosevelt
West Coast
Hawaii
Aleutians
Pearl Harbor
Nagai Outlines Japan's Grand Strategy to Defeat U S
Col Yasuji Nagai, spokesman for the general army staff, says Japan plans a decisive battle along the arc from Japan to the Philippines with air superiority. He notes Japan’s air power is about one third of the enemy and predicts a grand offensive from the U S would require reinforcements, while Japan aims to draw the foe closer in the Pacific and be offensive in China.
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Japan
Philippines
Imperial Air Force
Yasuji Nogai
General Army Staff
Tokyo Radio
United Press
San Francisco
Nogai
Tokyo
Nagai
Philippine Islands
United States
Pacific
China
Shoenhair to Name Committee for Precinct Committeemen
T. K. Shoenhair will appoint a special executive committee this week to organize precinct committeemen in Pima County. A conference with C. V. Gulley, new state Republican central committee chairman, will be held Saturday to coordinate Republican clubs for a favorable general election vote.
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T. K. Shoenhair
Pima County
Republican Central Committee
C. V. Gulley
New State
Dewey Defines Holidays During Alaska Voyage Return
The commander spoke of his Alaska voyage as part of fulfilling constitutional duties and, when asked about holidays, affirmed the term. He clarified his use of the word in a brief exchange with a newsman after returning to his ship.
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Alaska
Dewey
NAM Proposes Seven-Industry Panel to Dispose War Surplus
The National Association of Manufacturers asks a Senate military affairs subcommittee to delegate 75 to 100 billion dollars of war surplus materials to a seven-industry commission. P F Bauer of Allis Chalmers backs a “democratic” panel while Taft and Murray urge a single administrator approach led by Donald M. Nelson.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
P. F. Bauer
Allis Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
NAM
Taft
Ohio
Murray
D-Mont
Sen
Stewart
D-Tenn
Bauer
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Thunderbird Field No 2 Closes After Training Era Ends
Thunderbird Field No 2 near Phoenix suspends operations after the graduation of a final class on October 15. Capt. Troy A. Hargis announces the closure as the Army Air Forces shift to replacements. Since its July 1942 opening, the field trained more than 5,500 pilots who logged over 26 million miles.
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Thunderbird Field No. 2
Phoenix
Troy A. Hargis
Army Air Forces
Violent Phenomenon Terrifies Mexican Village
From La Canada near Teran residents report a frightening event akin to a volcano birth. An earthquake damaged homes and orange groves, with loud subterranean rumblings and aftershocks every 30 minutes to an hour. No deaths reported, but villagers fear evacuation.
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Monterrey
Mewx
la Canada
Teran
Associated Press
Chinese Troops Storm Tengchung On Salween Front
Chinese forces advanced on Tengchung near the Burma China border and fought in the ruins of the former British consulate. They mounted large scale assaults on the walled Japanese bastion while continuing attacks on Lungling hill positions and Sankuanpo near Lungling after air strikes and artillery bombardment.
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Chungking
Tengchung
Salween
Burma- China
Lungling
Burma Road
Sankuanpo
Former Bisbee Resident Recruits Navy Laborers
William Galloway, a former Bisbee resident and civilian recruiting representative for the Navy, said about one quarter of the west coast Navy yard laborer quota has been filled through the Tucson office. The high priority campaign, backed by the war manpower and civil service commissions, runs through August and aims to fill skilled and unskilled trades.
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West Coast
Navy Yards
Tucson
U. S. Employment Service
William Galloway
Navy Department
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Galloway
Terminal Island Naval Drydocks
Bisbee
Pyramids Stretch 60 Miles Along Nile West Bank
A historical note describes the pyramids of Egypt spanning about 60 miles along the Nile's west bank. The vast ancient complex includes famed structures and related archaeological sites, reflecting the scale of monumental construction in ancient Egypt.
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Egypt
West Bank of the Nile
Mrs. Susan Workman Dies In Hospital Here
Susan Verna Workman 45 of 3255 East Camden Street died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. A Tucson resident 14 years she is survived by husband Thomas C. Workman a son Tom Workman two daughters Mary Lorraine Workman and Violet Arnold three sisters Edna Bowman Elizabeth Denton and Grace Overman and three brothers Abner Harley and John Anthis. Funeral arrangements by Bring Funeral Home pending arrival of relatives.
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Susan Verna Workman
East
Camden Street
Tucson
Thomas C. Workman
Tom Workman
Mary Lorraine Workman
Violet Arnold
Edna Bowman
Elizabeth Denton
San Bernadino
Calif
Grace Overman
el Campo
Tex
Abner Anthis
Harley Anthis
John Anthis
Bring Funeral Home
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