Tanque Verde Rally Showcases 1940 Arizona Campaign
A Tanque Verde Democratic rally in Pima County draws sharp contrasts among gubernatorial hopefuls with debates on the Stein’s Pass highway. Speakers include Henry A. Dalton Eva De Concini and Col John G. Eager among many others. Local party leadership led the event as candidates defended records and pressed for support while party workers managed the crowd. Selling eggs by the pound is being considered in England.
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Tanque Verde Mountains
Pima County
Everett Lyerly
Tanque Verde Democratic Women’s Club
Tucson
Eva de Concini
Sidney P. Osborn
Jones
State Senate
Dalton
de Concini
Senate
Angus, McAhren
Minottio
J. M. Proctor
Highway Commission
John G. Eager
Flagstaff
C. M. Menderson
Menderson
England
Silver as purifier of water held reasonable
Pasadena scientist Dr. Alexander Goetz and his wife Sylvia report silver may replace chlorine in drinking water purification. They claim silver leaves water sparkling with no odor, is far safer, and could sterilize 1,000,000 gallons with $2 to $4 worth of silver.
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Pasadena
Calif
Alexander Goetz
Sylvia
California Institute of Technology
Goetz
Dr. Goetz
Mathews to Speak Tonight in Nogales Address
William R. Mathews candidate for congress and Arizona Daily Star editor will deliver Americas Becomes of Age in Nogales at 8 p m He plans mainly international politics and will be introduced by Craig Pottenger Democratic chairman The speaker has just toured Clifton Morenci Duncan Safford Willcox and Douglas and will visit the Salt River Valley next week
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Nogales
William R. Mathews
Congress
Arizona Daily Star
Mathews
Craig Pottenger
Santa Cruz
Democratic
Arizona WPA Defense Projects Totaled 1.347 Million
Federal and sponsors funds for works programs administration defense undertakings in Arizona reached 1,347,000 through June 30. New defense projects approved Aug 1 to Aug 15 included 51,767 for Arizona. Acting WPA administrator Howard O. Hunter said the national defense program will stress improving strategic military roads and airports.
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Washington
Work Projects Administration
Arizona
WPA
Howard O. Hunter
Hen Keeps Sprouting Spurs in 18 Years at Garner
Old Spurry a buff leghorn hen owned by W. C. Noble Garner Iowa has grown five spur sets over 18 years. The current spurs measure about two inches long. Despite this she continues laying eggs at about 100 per year.
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Garner
W. C. Noble
U. S. Ready To Win Any Game Along Gulf
New Orleans August 24 The government says it can outmaneuver alien smugglers along the Gulf coast after studying pirate Jean Lafitte and his era. Two way radio patrols will link immigration bases with a 500 watt short wave station at Tampa Florida. Frank Hornyak Southeastern patrol chief says smugglers will be put on notice. The bayou country remains sparsely populated with miles of waterways and salt flats.
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New Orleans
Jean LaFitte
Gulf of Mexico
LaFitte
Tampa
Fla
Frank Hornyak
Southeastern
Hornyak
Bayou
Gulf
Nogales Lawyer Weds in New Mexico
Silver City New Mexico August 24 Duane Bird senior lawyer and rancher of Nogales Arizona and his bride former Mrs Virginia Emerson were honeymooning here today They were married Thursday at Kingston New Mexico
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N. M
Duane Bird
Nogales
Ariz
Virginia Emerson
Kington
Weed Hedge Grows In Cleveland Front Yard
Mrs Rebecca Butler a 69 year old widow found marijuana planted as a hedge in her front yard. Stalks disappeared and police removed the hedge after investigation revealing the drug plant in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland
O. W.P
Rebecca Butler
Jones Favors Draft Measure For Defense
Gov. R. T. Jones urged compulsory military service if needed to strengthen the armed forces and pledged support for a conscription bill. He praised local officials for removing Communists from petitions and called for outlawing subversive groups while noting border trade disruptions with Sonora. He said little could be done about the new border regulations.
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Nogales
Daily Citizen
R. T. Jones
Congress
Jones
Santa Cruz
Communist Party
James’ Robbins
Thermometer Drops to Freezing in New York Regions
New York residents woke to cool air with temperatures dipping below freezing in some areas. Dexter airport reported 28 degrees, while Buffalo recorded 48.5 degrees, the coldest August 24 since 1873.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mercury
Dexter
Tucson
Ecuador Probes Nazi Activities in Secret Sessions
Provisional President Andres Cordoba was questioned in a secret congressional session in Quito regarding Nazi activities in Ecuador. A second secret session was announced for Monday as cabinet ministers prepare to report on the investigation’s findings.
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Quito
Ecu
Andres Cordoba
Ecuador
Congress
Governor Seeks Vigor on Border Business Drive
He announced a first vice-con sul will be sent from Washington to assist in reviving trade along the border. He repeated calls for specific areas to cut operating expenses and asserted his office has cut general government costs by 117000 dollars annually.
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Washington
Japan Warned To Mend Ways In U.S. Note
Hong Kong dispatch says the United States warned Japan of a reckoning if its East Asia policy continues. Sumner Welles told retiring ambassador Ken suke Horinouchi of U S views and handed a written aide memoire now in Tokyo. Matsuoka has not replied. the note covered U S Japanese relations since the 1937 Chinese war.
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Japan
Uited
East Asia
Kensuke Horinouchi
United States
Sumner Welles
Welles
Horinouchi
State Department
Far East
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Democratic rally draws about two thousand in Ajo
Ajo hosted a large Democratic gathering in the central plaza with almost all Pima County candidates and many state office hopefuls speaking or being represented by speakers. The event drew an estimated 2000 attendees in the mining town center.
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Ajo
Pima County
Butler Resigns From University Plant Pathology Post
President Alfred Atkinson received notice of Dr. Carl B. Butler’s resignation as assistant professor of plant pathology. Butler, a 1934 graduate, plans to join the Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington DC after leaving the University of Arizona faculty.
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University of Arizona
Carl B. Butler
Butler
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington, D. C
Trade Policy and US Stance on Americans in China
The United States government emphasized its view on American rights in China and asserted that the issue would not be forgotten, warning that a reckoning would come at the appropriate time.
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Japan
United States
China
Unnamed Post At Ithaca Ties To PhD Holder
A Ph D degree holder in Ithaca New York has not yet been named to fill the vacant university position. No formal appointment has been announced to fill the post.
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University
Ithaca
N. Y
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