Farmers' Mart to Change Hands at 1333 North Oracle
The Farmers' market at 1333 North Oracle Road will change ownership on Tuesday August 29. David Woon, a 20 year grocery veteran, will take over from J. W. Connolly who has run the store for six years. The sale includes stock valued around $30,000 and the market will keep the same name and staff.
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Farmers’ Market
North Oracle Road
David Woon
J. W. Connolly
Pima Investment Company
Connolly
Connollys
Denver
Colo
Woon
Eloy
Tucson
W. I. Dunlap
T. R. Realty Co
Scouts Seek Driver for Paper Salvage Drive
Boy Scout salvage push seeks a volunteer to drive a light pickup several afternoons weekly. Scouts will assist with lifting. collections cover downtown and North Fourth and Sixth streets. Women or disabled individuals welcome. hours 1 to 4 pm, with location choice in business district or outskirts.
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Scout
Chamber of Commerce
Slattery backs independent status for REA
Springfield reports Harry Slattery, rural electrification administrator, supports removing REA from the Agriculture Department and restoring its independent status. Speaking at the Illinois Electric Cooperatives convention, he urged keeping REA employees free from political control to ensure rural electrification success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Harry Slattery
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Senate
Slattery
Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
REA
America
Proceedings Pave Way For Issuance Of Bonds
In Phoenix on August 18, Superior court proceedings began to pave the way for issuing 7,332,000 dollars in refunding bonds by the Salt River Valley Water Users association. The action seeks to show compliance with an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that a stockholder referendum precedes the bond issue. If no opposition appears within 30 days, the court may declare the issue valid and permit exchange of new bonds for old.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Arizona Supreme Court
Chief Radioman Tweed Granted Divorce Decree
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed, 42, who was rescued from Guam after 31 months eluding the Japanese, received an interlocutory decree of divorce from Mary Frances Tweed, 27, in Superior Judge Jacob Weinberger's court. The case was disclosed as Tweed prepared to return to active duty after a 30 day furlough in San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
George Ray Tweed
Guam
Mary Frances Tweed
Jacob Weinberger
Tweed
Poruand
Ore
Allies May Set Up Peace Unit In Full
Secretary Hull discussed a possible fall United Nations conference on security plans and a new world peace organization to be established before end of the European war. He noted debates over whether setup would be by treaty or national legislation and urged public support for a nonpartisan American role in the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Lewis Washington
Europe
Hull
Russia
Britain
United States
Dunbarton Oaks
Association of Nations
Teenage Roxbury Boys Confess Murder and Robbery
Five teen age Roxbury boys admitted to murdering and robbing Marine Sgt. John F. Prunty found along a Fenway bridle path. They confessed after hours of police questioning and will be arraigned in Roxbury district court on murder and robbery charges. They described battering Prunty and strangling him with his belt after taking 128 dollars.
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Boston
Roxbury
John F. Prunty
South End
Fenway
John J. Watkins
Prunty
FDR Approves Truman Plans For Campaign
President Roosevelt approved plans for Harry S. Truman to accept the vice presidential nomination August 31 in Lamar Missouri Truman's birthplace. He also would campaign on Labor Day in Detroit with broader talks left to the Democratic national committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Lamar
Truman
White House
Detroit
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Fliers comb desert for missing lieutenant
Searching parties scoured the desert for Lt. William L. Galbraith 21 of Long Beach California missing since last Wednesday after taking off in a P 39 fighter on a routine training flight Col Herbert W Anderson commanding officer said no trace had been found Galbraiths parents James and Mrs reside in Long Beach
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Yuma Army Airfield
Ariz
William L. Galbraith
Long Beach
Calif
Herbert W. Anderson
Galbraith
James Galbraith
Marine Juan Jaurequi Wounded In Action Report Corrected
The U S Marine Corps lists Marine Juan H Jaurequi as wounded in action rather than killed as earlier reported. He is the brother of Mrs Maria J Livas of 318 North Third Avenue.
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Juan H. Jaurequi
U. S. Marine Corps
Jaurequi
Maria J. Livas
North Third Avenue
Aviation Group Back After Alaska Trip
An eight man congressional aviation committee led by Rep. Richard F. Harless of Arizona has returned from Alaska. The group will tour several states, including Arizona, to study postwar aviation development potential. In the UK electric facilities are being installed on 20 to 30 farms weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Congressional Aviation Committee
Richard F. Harless
Arizona
United States
Alaska
United Kingdom
School Farm Priority Plan Blocks Key Bill
Washington Aug 18 Proposals to prioritize school and farm surplus war materials faced hurdles in the house as amendments and debate continued on the surplus property disposal agency bill. Chairman Manasco pressed for nightfall action while Tarver Poage and others offered provisions on education access, leasing, and advisory panels amid ongoing reconversion criticism in the senate.
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Washington
Manasco
D-Ala
Tarver
D-Ga
Poage
D-Tex
House
Aff
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Rep
Celler
Peru Blames Horse Exports for Widest Industry Strain
Peru accuses export of work horses of harming the national economy by removing animals usable in industry agriculture and military service, signaling a potential policy response to curb shipments and protect domestic needs.
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Peru
Dissident Germans In Paris Call Wehrmacht To Revolt
In Paris Radio Paris failed to broadcast normal programs as reports say dissident German SS officers seized the station. They broadcast an appeal to the Wehrmacht to revolt against Hitler timed with the failed assassination attempt last month. The move coincided with American forces approaching Paris outskirts.
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London
Radio
Paris
London Daily Sketch
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Stuttgart
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Arce Sues Langer for Possession in Superior Court
Bert T. Arce sues Ralph Langer in the Superior Court for possession of premises. court records show judgment for the plaintiff.
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William G. Hall
Bert T. Arce
Ralph Langerworthy
Police Court Vagrancy Cases And AWOL Proceedings
In police court Judge Paul J. Cella presiding James A. Mead and Walter L. Jackson handled vagrancy cases with continuances for both defendants Raymond G. Yost faced vagrancy charges with a $10 fine or 10 days. David Sanchez ordered to the provost marshal for AWOL.
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Paul J. Cella
James A. Mead
Walter L. Jackson
Raymond G. Yost
David Sanchez
Marriage licenses issued in Tucson couples
Edgar O. Blake, 35, and Blanche V. Ward, 28, both of Tucson. Hershel L. Overton, 30, and Dorothy J. Overton, 21, both of Tucson.
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Edgar O. Blake
Tucson
Blanche V. Ward
Hershel L. Overton
Dorothy J. Overton
Walpole minister calls for oak memorials over marble
Rev. B N Page rector of Walpole St Peter in England condemns the village church yard as an undertaker's showroom and urges replacing marble gravestones with oak memorials to honor the dead.
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B. N. Page
Walpole St. Peter
England
Ft Huachuca murder case hearing held at Bisbee
The three soldiers Pfc Willie H Orange 25 Pfc Cot trell Jackson 37 and Pfc Robert Cunningham 27 faced murder charges in the fatal April 24 stabbing of Byron R Russell post exchange operator at Ft. Huachuca. A Bisbee hearing before U S Commissioner Albert J Paquin ended with the men ordered held while awaiting action by the next federal grand jury in Tucson. Cunningham testified about the night of the slaying and the theft of stamps, and a lie detector test was given. Attorneys James T Kingsbury K Berry Peterson and Anthony Deddens appeared for the defendants and the government respectively.
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Ft. Huachuca
Willie H. Orange
Cottrell Jackson
Tucson
Bisbee
U. S
Albert J. Paquin
Robert Cunningham
Cunningham
Byron R. Russell
Post Exchange
Russell
Fry
Cunninghan
Anthony Deddens
Orange
James T. Kingsbury
Jackson
K. Berry Peterson
Holiday crowds ride taunting cars to seaside resorts
From Dublin crowds ride holiday taunting cars and landaus to nearby seaside towns. Brakes may fail and carriages traverse crowded streets as residents seek festive escapes by the coast.
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Dublin
Armstrong Brings Full Big Band Show To Davis Monthan Field
Louis Armstrong and a full band with Jimmie Ross and Velma Middleton performed at Davis Monthan field before a packed amphitheatre, first in a series for air base personnel. The 45 minute concert featured trumpeting, novelty songs, original compositions, and scat singing, with audience reaction described as jumping and happy.
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Louis Armstrong
Jimmie Ross
Velma Middleton
Davis-Monthan Field
Special Service Office
Trumpet King
Armstrong
Young Republicans to Meet With Brownell in Chicago Meet
New York Aug. 18 Herbert Brownell Jr. Republican national chairman says Young Republican representatives from across the United States will meet with him to discuss their role in the Dewey Bricker campaign at Chicago on Aug 31.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
United States
Chicago
Ramspeck Named Director of Democratic Speakers
New York August 18 announcement that Rep. Robert Ramspeck of Georgia is appointed director of the speakers bureau for the Democratic national committee by DNC Chairman Robert E. Hannegan for the upcoming presidential campaign.
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Rep. Ramspeck
New York
Rep
Robert Ramspeck
D-Ga
Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Largest Real Estate Deal In Months Sealed In City
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co property at 445 North Sixth street sold to Elmer Present of Tucson and William Present of Lansing Michigan. Sale value listed at $77,000 with a ten year lease to the Present couple starting April 26. Monthly rent $350. Quit claim deeds filed from Leonardo Romero and family.
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
North Sixth Street
Elmer Prescent
Tucson
William Present
Lansing
Mich
Recorder
Rubber Company
Ohio Corporation
Sixth Street
Sixth Avenue
Firestone Company
Leonardo Romero
Manuel S
Elizio E
Gila Romero
Mariana Firkins
Virginia Cruz
Rosario Harnandez
Former Tucsonian On Furlough Is Drowned
Lt. Donald F. Schultz 21, a Williams Field flying officer and former Tucson resident, drowned on furlough at Highland Park Beach in Oklahoma City. A 1940 Tucson high school graduate, he attended the University of Oklahoma before enlisting in 1943, completed pilot training at Williams Field Aug. 4, and his parents live in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Williams Field
Tucson
Donald F. Schultz
Highland Park Beach
Oklahoma City
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Army
Fort Sill
Ernest J. Schultz
Norman
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