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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
2
Police and sheriff’s office faced a near riot as hundreds of Black patrons caused turmoil at Blue Moon Hall, sparked by a man dancing with another woman. Six suspects appeared before Magistrate Paul Cella. all wore green shoes noted by police clerks.
Multiple Tucson families report births at St Marys Hospital and local addresses. A girl arrived at 7 53 a m August 17 to Edward P Atri. a boy at 10 35 a m to Frank Mendibles. a boy at 10 35 a m to James Powell. a boy at 11 23 a m to James Ann. a boy at 4 55 p m to Glen Walker. a girl at 11 25 p m to Leon Brandes. a girl at 12 22 a m to Frank Quihuis. a boy at 8 07 a m August 18 to Myron Backson.
In the Southwest Pacific on August 17, Staff Sgts. Richard W. Amis of Phoenix and Clarence K. Thomas of Bisbee were awarded the Air Medal for bombing missions against enemy airdromes and installations and attacks on naval vessels and shipping. General George C. Kenney announced the decorations.
President Roosevelt said consolidation of the Army and Navy is broadly agreed but details will wait until after the war. He commented at a news conference after being asked about Senator Truman’s push to merge the armed services into a single national security department.
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, already a ship and aircraft producer, opens a magnesia chrome brick plant in an adobe hacienda at Milpitas near San Jose, California. He aims to reduce costly freight for magnesite and brick shipments and improve furnace longevity with new refractory bricks.
Washington August 18 UPI Congress debates postwar sale of millions of acres once owned by the government for wartime military use. Lawmakers favor dividing surplus lands into family farms and reselling to former owners or veterans. Bills propose price concessions, buyback options, and limits to favor small operators and veterans to curb inflation and promote farming.
Federal narcotics agents say Santa Cruz concessions used a dart game slogan to hide a nationwide drug syndicate. Sam Maugeri and Joe Tocco were arrested in Santa Cruz and Chicago on illegal possession and transport charges with up to $300,000 of opium seized.
Employment in July across 14 U S offices totaled 5429 placements, up from 4533 a year earlier. Local office placed 4753, with 676 clearance placements tied to other offices. Tucson led with 855 placements, followed by Phoenix 2011 and other towns listing smaller totals.
Rites set in Phoenix for Kate W. Daniels 53 native Arizonian mother of Tucson resident Mrs. Merrill Robbin. Born March 24 1891 at Agua Caliente she died in a Phoenix hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs. Robbin another daughter Mrs. Helen Burton father John Wedgworth two sons Rupert Daniels and Staff Sgt Dick Daniels and several siblings.
Timber losses from 805 fires in Arizona's eight national forests totaled 1074 acres from Jan 1 to Aug 10, down over 5 percent from 1943. Assistant supervisor Perl Charles of Tonto forest notes 979 fires last year up to Aug 10 burned 8515 acres and lightning caused more than seven times as many fires this year as all other causes combined.
A senate committee may draft a surplus property bill today and report it to the senate for debate starting next week. The measure aims to redirect idle assets to support farming operations and rural programs as lawmakers consider economic relief options.
Capt William A. Starker of 625 Tyndall avenue Tucson named assistant director of training at the advanced navigation school of the AAF training command at Ellington field Texas He is son of Maj and Mrs Herbert H Starker of Tucson A former University of Arizona student he entered duty March 19 1941 and arrived at this station November 2 1943 He belongs to Alpha Tau Omega Mrs Starker is Marvel Flora Weeks The couple resides at 2401 Riverside drive Houston Texas
Pfc Jesus R Molina of 664 South Main Street is cited by his SSth infantry division for actual combat on the Fifth Army front in Italy and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. William ONeill Jr arrives at Camp Croft South Carolina for basic training after induction on July 7 1944 at Fort Devens.
Sgt. Robert G. Chalke son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wilson of 390 East Hermosa is now stationed with a small medical unit in the Burma- Chinese war theatre. He has served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. His wife and 3 year old son also live at 390 East Hermosa after Tucson and Oracle public schools.
Technical Sgt. William E. Sanders of Douglas has served 19 months as a radioman in a P-47 Thunderbolt group in the Mediterranean theater. He previously worked as an immigration inspector at Douglas and entered the Army Air Forces at Sheppard Field, Texas. He attended Boca Raton technical school and now wears the Good Conduct Medal the theater ribbon with two stars and the Presidential Unit Citation Badge with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
A service member departed for active duty with the Women's Army Corps the day after a preceding event. The notice records her mobilization and assignment timeline within the unit.
Pfc Alfred C. Molina at Muroc Army air field earned expert rating in the 30 caliber carbine. He is the son of Mrs Jesus Molina of 920 South Railroad avenue Tucson.
Pvt. Kenneth W. Jones, husband of Mrs. Helen M. Jones of 225 East Columbia Street Tucson, earned a driver's badge for his duties as a truck driver at Camp Pinedale California.
Lt. Col. Paul J. Slingenberg is spending the month at his Tucson home at 1236 North Fourth Avenue while awaiting reassignment after 26 months abroad in the Army Air Forces. He has served in England, Africa, Sicily, and most recently with the Air Service Command in Italy.
Frank A. Peyton with the Southern Securities company joins the firm to pursue real estate. He will serve as secretary treasurer as Mirsol subdivision on South Park avenue between 26th and 32nd streets develops. A temporary office is opened at 29th street and South Fremont avenue.
Arizona highway engineers study traffic growth in Tucson using old maps from the Arizona Historical Society. The project will take three to four weeks and records businesses as of 1904 1920 1930 and 1940 along with current traffic counts. The society supplied a 1904 map and two 1920 maps.
At the San Antonio aviation cadet center Chaplain Williston Wirt studies Army air forces ministry as part of a two week indoc course. In Tucson Pfc Lyman Chan earns the Purple Heart for wounds in the Asiatic Pacific theater, his brother Lt Edward Chan serves as a bombardier in North Africa, and both studied at the University of Arizona before service. Distinguished Unit Citation awarded to Staff Sgt Elwood R Clark for 15th Air Force P-38 unit’s 1944 Austrian combat victory. WAC Pfc Dorothy J Freeman from Tucson earned the Good Conduct Medal with a University of Arizona public administration degree earned May 1943.
Rome reports the northern Florence area calmer but with sporadic enemy sniping. Front activity remains light with minor patrol clashes and artillery duels. American patrols probe the Arno north bank as Rosano near Pontassieve shows enemy withdrawal.
Lt. Gen. Sir Harold Alexander reports the U S 91st Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. William G. Livesay now lines the western front as part of the American fifth army. American mortar fire destroys four enemy boats in the Arno north of Lalotta and shellfire knocks out a German self propelled gun.
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