United Appeal Drive Agreed Upon At Meet
A contract to conduct a United Appeal financial drive was awarded to Ward Wells and Dresham of New York by a coordinating committee from Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Salvation Army YWCA Catholic Social Service and Arizona Children's Home meeting at the Pioneer hotel. Harvey Reno will arrive next week to prepare for an advance gifts drive ahead of the regular campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Appeal
Ward
Wells
Ward, Wells and Dresham
Phoenix Community Chest
Frank E. Alder
Kenneth E. Anderson
W. P. Hodges
Frank Lockwood
Roy Robison
New York
Alder
George D. Bedell
Margaret Knight
Coast Guard Builds Private Boats into a Dunkirk Fleet
U S Coast Guard is acquiring private yachts to form a reserve fleet. Owners donate vessels and crews serve as Coast Guard Reservists with pay and uniforms. The plan dates to 1939 with a program of boardings, inspections, and defense patrols around New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferd Browning
New York
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Reserve
P. D. Mills
Mills
Stock Exchange
Congress
Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Coast
Dunkirk
Man in Fort Hua Chuca Spider Bite Sent to Hospital
Harry Lively of 1815 Richey boulevard, a Webb and Miller worker at Fort Hua Chuca, was taken to St. Mary's hospital seriously ill after a black widow spider bite yesterday. County physician Dr. C. R. Kroeger said Lively thought the bite was a red heat mark, but he was admitted after morning observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lively
Richey Boulevard
Fort Huachuca
Webb and Miller
St. Mary’s Hospital
C. R. Kroeger
Lively
Romero Funeral Set Tomorrow for Claude Romero
Funeral services for Claude Romero 52 who died yesterday at a local hospital will be held at 4 o clock tomorrow in Parker Mortuary chapel with Rev Rush M Deskins officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Romero born in northern Arizona near the Navajo reservation became a Navajo merchant at 16. He came to Tucson five years ago in poor health. He is survived by wife Ophelia Romero and daughter Lorraine Romero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Romero
Parker Mortuary
Rush M. Deskins
First Christian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Romero
Arizona
Navajo Reservation
Tucson
Ophelia Romero
Local Business and Professional Women’s Association
Miss Lorraine Romero
Old Age Pension Costs Rise in Pima County
A state law boosting old age allowances to a $40 maximum raised Pima County averages by 4.55 per month. Secretary A B Sieh of the county welfare board reported June and July figures, noting June totals of 27.52 and July 32.07 locally, with state July 32.65. State expenditures reached 290880.60 and Pima County 24951.25 in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
A. B. Sieh
Tucson Moves to Grant Power Line Rights of Way
An ordinance granting the U S Bureau of Reclamation rights of way on Tucson streets for Parker Dam electric lines passed its initial reading and was expected to become law after subsequent readings and mayoral signature. Parker Dam energy will be distributed by the Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Company in Tucson and Nogales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Tucson
Parker Dam
H. O. Jaastad
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
Nogales
Arizona Postmasters Are Again Nominated
President Roosevelt has submitted to the Senate the nominations of Owen Grant MacDonald for Mesa Ariz postmaster and Annie Lee Killebrew for Ray Ariz postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Washington
Owen Grant MacDonald
Mesa, Ariz
Annie Lee Killebrew
Ray, Ariz
Senate
Roosevelt
Japan adopts public opinion surgery model akin to America
Japan implements a public opinion surgery program modeled after U S practices, adopting procedures parallel to American systems. The move signals cross national influence in medical ethics and public engagement, with authorities emphasizing transparency and patient rights in the new framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
America
Byrd Claims FDR Figures Incorrect
London, Aug 23. The ministry says Churchill reviewed the convoy home from a sea meeting with Roosevelt and it is one of the largest American arms and food deliveries to Britain. Eagles aboard include George Alfke, George Arbuthnot, Charles Cook, Wilson Edwards, Wiley Howell, and William Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Information
Churchill
Roosevelt
Britain
Eagle
RAF
Prince of Wales
Information Ministry
George Alfke
South Lancaster
Mass
George Arbuthnot
Kansas City
Charles Cook
Alhambra
Calif
Wilson Edwards
Winslow
Ariz
Wiley Howell
Prairie City
Ore
William Wallace
Hollywood
Bransford Applies for War Bonds for Two School Districts
Pima county treasurer Wallace S Bransford announced the national defense bond purchase for Marana high school and Fort Lowell district. The Marana district plans to invest 12000 dollars in the war bonds as part of the two districts’ funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace S. Bransford
Pima County
Marana High School
Fort Lowell
Evangelist Nancy Gal to Speak at Union Church
Evangelist Nancy Gal will be the guest speaker at the Church of Christ in Christian on 10th Avenue and 41st Street. The service is Sunday at 7:45 p.m. with the topic Spiritual Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Galbreath
Union
10Th Avenue
41St Street
Church of Christ
Principal Roy H. Robinson Leaves for Oklahoma City Visit
Safford school principal Roy H. Robinson travels to Oklahoma City for a 10 day visit to his mother. He is accompanied by his wife and son Roy H. Robinson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Robinson
Safford School
Oklahoma City
Roy H. Robinson, Jr
Reverend and Mrs Duncan Leave for Shenandoah Pastor Post
Rev and Mrs Donald Duncan depart from 1227 North Fremont Ave after visiting Scout Executive E G Stowell and Mrs Stowell. Duncan will serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Shenandoah Iowa. he is Stowell’s nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Duncan
Scout
E. G. Stowell
Stowell
North
Fremont Avenue
Shenandoah, Ia
Duncan
First Baptist Church
Mr. Duncan
Blind student awarded Perkins scholarship for music study
Mavis Owen daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold E Owen 1005 North Arizona avenue was one of four blind students in the United States to receive a Perkins Institute scholarship in Watertown Massachusetts The institute a branch of the Massachusetts State School for the Blind is the first of its type in the country Miss Owen who graduated from the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind last fall is active in local music circles She has declined the Perkins scholarship to major in music at the University of Arizona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis Owen
Harold E. Owen
Arizona Avenue
United States
Perkins Institute
Watertown
Mass
Miss Owen
Massachusettes State School For the Blind
Arizona School For the Deaf and Blind
Perkins
University of Arizona
Byrd Demands One Man Direction of Defense Drive
Sen Harry F Byrd says President Roosevelt relies on government figures to defend defense output and urges immediate constructive action. He cites sources from Emory Land and Frank Knox on merchant and naval vessel production and warns current figures show delays in planes tanks guns and mortars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Harry F. Byrd
Roosevelt
Byrd
Hyde Park
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Frank Knox
Senate
England
Africa
Mr. Roosevelt
Germany
Great Britain
Former Mate Slays Bride and New Husband in Oakland
In Oakland on August 23, 47-year-old Army sergeant James H. McDonald killed his former wife Dorothy Newcomb and her husband Robert Newcomb, then shot himself. The couple, married Wednesday in Ensenada, Mexico, faced a note from McDonald claiming a selfish motive and tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Robert A. Newcomb
Dorothy Dunn Newcomb
Laurence Dayton
James H. McDonald
R.O.T.C
Newcombs
Ensenada
Mexico
Dayton
McDonald
Newcomb
Inebriate Hails Counter For Cigarettes At Police HQ
An intoxicated man staggered into Montgomery police headquarters and asked for a pack of cigarettes. He spoke to the air and smoked the imagined purchase as officers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala. U.P
Schools Lead In Costs For Pima County
Pima County expenditures show school costs as the largest item in the last fiscal year. County comptroller Fred O. Goodell reported to supervisors that school expenses totaled 970 thousand dollars funded by Wallace S. Bransford, with the state treasury and county general fund following in size. Overall disbursements reached 3.717 million dollars, including road warrants, bond interests, and district notes across various offices and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
Fred O. Goodell
Wallace S. Bransford
State Treasury
County General Fund
South
Tucson
South Tucson
City of
County Law Library
State Motor Vehicle Division
Pima County Farm Bureau
Justice of the Peace
Two-car Crash Injures Driver at City Intersection
William A. Easley, 43, of 101 East Michigan Drive, sustained bruises after his vehicle collided with a car driven by R. F. Robles, 28, at the 22nd Street and South Fifth Avenue intersection last night. Robles was westbound on 22nd Street while Easley headed south on Fifth Avenue, with damage reported to Robles' right side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Easley
East Michigan Drive
R. F. Robles
South
Fourth Avenue
22Nd Street
South Fifth Avenue
Robles
Easley
Fifth Avenue
PFE Workers Vote for Rail Walkout
About 150 of 200 ballots cast by Pacific Fruit Express car department workers showed strong support for a strike. Balloting was conducted by Herman H. Huser of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America as part of a wider push by 14 railroad brotherhoods for higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Fruit Express
Herman H. Huser
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Special Benefit Dance Promises Entertainment Lineup
Special features are planned for a benefit dance hosted by the Regular Veterans' association at the VFW hall on East Broadway to aid a 14 year old boy crippled in an accident. David Lucky Lindsay will MC, Cammock, former radio singer now private at the base, and an orchestra led by Rosemary Bearse will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Association
VFW Hall
East Broadway
U. S. Marines
David
Lucky” Lindsay
Philadelphia
Lindsay
47Th
C. J. Cammock
Tucson
Rosemary Bearse
Huge New Repeater Station For State Police Radio Is Set
Arizona highway patrol to install a massive repeater on 7500 foot Crown King towers to cover 20000 square miles from Flagstaff to Ajo and Quartzsite to Globe. Weyland A. Ewing said FCC authority has been granted and will take a year leave to join the commission. Robert Larue will take over Crown King work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Crown King
Arizona Highway Patrol
Tempe Butte
Weyland A. Ewing
Flagstaff
Ajo
Quartzsite
Globe
Ewing
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Robert Larue
Phoenix Police
Crown
Hopi Lads Celebrate Snake Dance and Rain Prayer
In Mishongnovi Arizona two Hopi boys aged six and nine join the snake clan and take part in the annual dance sending snakes to the gods to plead for rain. Two priests are bitten by bull snakes but suffer no ill effects as rattlers are controlled during the rite. The ceremony concludes with a successful rain prayer as dark clouds roll in and visitors depart before the downpour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishongnovi
Ariz
Mesaland
Car Driver Forfeits Bond After Arrest
Elmer C Knutson of 1848 East Mabel Street forfeited a $50 bond in police court this morning after a citation for reckless driving yesterday. Police said Knutson wove across West Speedway near North Stone Avenue and was stopped at East Speedway and North Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Knutson
East Mabel Street
Knutson
West Speedway
North Stone Avenue
North Fourth Avenue
East Speedway
Hearings End On Tax Bill with Approval Seen
Washington August 23 After 150 witnesses urged revision of the 3 236 700 000 tax bill the Senate finance committee plans to close public testimony and add at least 300 000 000 to the House approved levy. The panel backs base broadening and tax exemptions near 1500 for married and 750 for singles, with La Follette urging a full structural revamp. Vandenberg seeks a general sales tax and Brown a selective tax, but aides say passage is unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Enaitman George
D-Ga
House
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Finance Committee
Brown
D-Mich
Tucson man fined after late night reckless driving
Harry V. Gonzales a 27 year old resident of Tucson was arrested near Pennington and Church street for reckless driving. In police court he was sentenced to pay a 30 dollar fine or serve 30 days in city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Pennington
Harry V. Gonzales
Tucson
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Long Island
Man
GRANT
Tucson Fertilizer CO
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Grabe
Knox
Ava US Selah
North Stone Ave
Pistol
PFE
DODGE
Oldsmobile
Mercury
Hudson
Chrysler
Nash
Lincoln Zephyr
Record Reporter
Rollings-Dawson Motor CO
Plymouth
Sixth Ave
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E. Pennington
Southern Arizona, Bank & Trust Company
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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