Nine Hurt In Four Auto Crashes Here This Weekend
Police reported four automobile crashes over the weekend injuring nine people. One man, W A Branden, 26, of East Speedway, drove into a cement ditch near Miracle Mile injuring his passenger Rosalie Taylor, 26, who was treated at St Mary's Hospital. Other crashes near North Mountain Avenue, East Speedway and Columbus Boulevard caused non serious injuries and ambulance response. Arrests included Glenn L. Sherrill of the Tucson air base for reckless driving and three others on similar charges.
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W. A. Branden
East Speedway
Miracle Mile
Casa Grande
Oracle Junction
Rosalie Taylor
St. Mary’s Hospital
Fort Lowell
Brodie Jackson, Jr
East
Mable
North Mountain Avenue
Sheriff's Deputies
A. W. Frauntinick
Speedway
Dalton E. Baker
South Fourth Avenue
Columbus Boulevard
W. V. Burr
Walter Akers
Highway Patrol
Glenn L. Sherill
Tucson Air Base
North Stone and
Louis A. Barrasser
Joe Cone
North Fourth Avenue
Tucson-Benson
Frank Siqueros
South Main Street
Joe Contreras
Herbert Street
New Machinist Class Set At University Of Arizona
The University of Arizona will start a new machinist training class on September 15 with the state vocational education department. The 30 admitted students will study evenings from 6 to 12 five days a week and may gain positions with Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank California. Dean G M Butler says the program offers high quality training at no tuition with only living costs. successful students are assured of jobs. Applicants must be 18 or older, physically fit, and high school graduates with algebra and geometry. trig helps but is not required. Lockheed’s T C Coy will teach the class after overseeing an earlier Tucson program ending September 13.
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University of Arizona
State Department of Vocational Education
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Calif
G. M. Butler
College of Engineering
Dean Butler
Lockheed
T. C. Coy
Lockheed Corporation
Tucson
Coy
Boy’s plan to hide bike ends with torch rescue
Glenn Worden II chained his bicycle to a garbage can to avoid theft while he watched a movie in Oakland. He returned to find the lock key missing and a blow torch required to free the cycle.
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Oakland
Cal
U.P
Glenn Worden
McFarland Appeals For Roosevelt Aid At Legion Luncheon
Senator Ernest W. McFarland urged united support for President Roosevelt's Britain aid and U.S. defense at a Santa Rita hotel American Legion luncheon. He warned that political prejudice must be forgotten and stressed sacrifices by labor capital and small business to prevent a Hitler-led government.
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Ernest W. McFarland
American Legion
Santa Rita Hotel
Senator McFarland
Hitler
United
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
McFarland
Austin
Vermont
Wheeler
George
Montana
Samuel H. Fowler
Soldiers Hurt In Sabino Canyon Accident
Three air base soldiers were slightly injured when their car left Sabino canyon road Sunday night. Sgt. J. T. Sharp drove the vehicle toward an unidentified car to avoid a collision and had to be taken to the air base hospital. Captain W V Burr of the highway patrol reported.
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Sabino Canyon
Air Base
W. V. Burr
The
Highway Patrol
J. T. Sharp
Burr
Sharp
John W Sims of Phoenix Dies After Long Illness
John Williams Sims 47 president of Sims Printing Co. Phoenix died after a long illness. He came to Phoenix in 1915, lived in Tucson 1925 to 1930, then returned. Survived by wife Chona, son William J. Sims in the Navy Air Corps, two daughters J W Strickland and Gertrude, his father the Rev William J Sims, Scottsdale, and several siblings.
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Phoenix
John Williams Sims
Sims Printing Company
Sims
Tucson
Chona Sims
William J. Sims
Navy Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Texas
J. W. Strickland
Gertrude Sims
Scottsdale
Hunter Liggett Post to Elect Delegates Tonight
Regular Veterans association meets at 7 30 in the Veterans Hospital recreation hall to elect delegates for the national convention in Kansas City Missouri on September 10. Commander T H Williams calls the meeting. Mrs Katherine Swain has returned from a business trip to El Paso.
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Hunter Liggett
Veterans’ Association
Veterans’ Hospital Recreation Hall
Kansas City
T. H. Williams
Katherine Swain
North Fifth Avenue
el Paso
Townsend Club Meeting Tonight at 522 North Second
Townsend Club No 12 meets at 7:30 p m at 522 North Second Avenue with refreshments served. Dr B S Butler of the University of Arizona geology department will speak at the Hirams club noon tomorrow at the Masonic Temple on Arizona mineral contributions to defense. WPA orchestra schedule announced by the city recreation department lists events this week at Oury Park Armory and county facilities with dances and dances for enlisted men.
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Townsend Club NO. 12
North Second Avenue
B. 8S. Butler
University of Arizona
Hirams Club
Masonic Temple
Arizona
WPA
City Recreation Department
Oury Park
Armory
County Hospital
Armory Park Recreation Center
Pima County Receives Gasoline Tax Share From State
Wallace 8s Bransford, Pima County treasurer, announced receipt of a $16,612.60 check from B. H. McAhren head of the state motor vehicle division. The sum is the county’s share of the July gasoline tax collections.
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Wallace
Bransford
Pima County
B. H. McAhren
Green Guards Schedule at De Anza Park and Air Base
The Green Guards will meet at De Anza Park in Speed Day and Stone tomorrow at 7 p.m. for military drill. On Wednesday they gather at 9:30 a.m. at the air base baseball field for target practice.
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de Anza Park
Air Base
Fire destroys Thel RIO Land Development office
The Thel Rio Land Development office at St Marys Road and Grand Avenue burned in the early hours of Sunday around 2 30 a m according to sheriffs deputies.
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Thel Rio Land Development
St. Mary’s Road
Grand Avenue
Sheriffs Deputies
Tucson Man Now in Marine Corps
Raymond B. Baneras, son of Mrs. Josefa Baneras of 238 West 23rd Street, has joined the U. S. Marine Corps. He completed recruit training at the San Diego base and earned medals for rifle and bayonet skills.
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Raymond B. Baneras
Josefa Baneras
West 23Rd Street
Young Baneras
San Diego
Calif
Tucson Men Given High Legion Posts
Steve Tormey former commander of Morgan McDermott post is named district commander overseeing Tucson Ajo and Nogales. J R Hanson commander of the local post becomes state head of the 40 and 8 with William Burns as Tucson service officer and secretary.
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Steve Torméy
Morgan McDermott
American Legion
The
War Veterans
Tucson
Ajo
Nogales
J. R. Hanson
Legion
Prescott
William Burns
Knights Of Pythias Picnic Set At Circle Z Ranch
An old time basket picnic will be held by Knights of Pythias members and families from Bisbee Douglas Nogales and Casa Grande next Sunday at Circle Z ranch near Patagonia. A baseball game between the three southern and three northern lodges starts at 10 a.m. with hot coffee sodas and ice cream served.
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Knights of Pythias
Bisbee
Douglas
Nogales
Casa Grande
Circle Z Ranch
Patagonia
Two Railroad Sabotage Actions Shake Paris Area
Reports from Vichy say two new acts of railway sabotage disrupted traffic near Montparnasse and Poissy while German authorities arrested track crews and firemen. A 40 man antiestablishment demonstration in Montparnasse ended as police and troops dispersed the crowd.
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Vichy
Paris
Montparnasse
Poissy
Joseph Barthelmy
Fernand de Brinon
de Brinon
Orleans
Joseph Stalin
Prospector Kicks Rock to Find Gold Deposit
Thomas Starr, a prospector at Perth Western Australia discovers gravel deposit after kicking a rock along his camp path. The 25 pounds of gravel yield $878 worth of gold, highlighting a lucky find and potential new mining spot.
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Perth
Western Australia
U.P
Thomas Starr
University of Arizona Buys 320 Acres Near Oracle
The University of Arizona buys 320 acres of grazing land near Oracle adjoining the Timothy Page farm for range management and re vegetation studies. The Page tract and Kerr acreage will be used by the College of Agriculture with Arizona soil conservation service.
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University of Arizona
Oracle
Timothy Page
University of Arizona College of Agriculture
Arizona Soil Conservation Service
James Alex Kerr
Tucson
Page Tract
Wiliam B. Trowbridge
New York
Page
Kerr
Air Base Tactical Unit Leaves for Field Maneuvers
The 48th Bomber Squadron from Tucson Air Base, commanded by Lieut. James L. Travis, departs at 6:30 for five days of maneuvers at Ajo. An advance party left by motor today to set up the new field, with about 250 personnel in early operations.
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Tucson
James L. Travis
Ajo
Kiddie Crushed By Stalled Car In Upu New Mexico
N M Artelia resident W Kiddie is recovering from a broken knee after his car stalled and he attempted to push it downhill. The vehicle rolled over him, injuring him as he stood outside to guide it.
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Artelia
N. M
U. W
McFarland Joins Senate Probe on Movies and Radio
Senator Ernest W. McFarland will travel from Tucson to Washington on September 3 for a sub committee meeting examining the motion picture and radio industries. He notes he is a minority member on a group led by isolationist Senator Burton K. Wheeler. The panel, under the Interstate Commerce Commission chairmanship, investigates propaganda amid isolationist stances.
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Ernest W. McFarland
Tucson
Arizona
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Senate Committee On
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeler
Clark
Idaho
Tobey
New Hampshire
Brooks
Illinois
Bone
Arizona Solon
Centenarian store founder in Scituate turns 102
Mrs. Percy Seaverns celebrated her 102nd birthday in her apartment above the family store she opened in 1857. She began the business at 18 and ran it until her retirement two decades ago. The item notes a Russia Ukraine statment: one-fifth of Russia's population lives in the Ukraine.
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Scituate
Mass
U.P
Percy Seaverns
Russia
The
Ukraine
Maynard Lemen Claimed by Death in New York Hospital
Maynard Lemen aged 33 died Saturday in a New York hospital after a short illness from ptomaine poisoning. He resided at 2221 East Fifth Street and had come to Tucson for his health from New York where he led the Wall Street Journal copy desk. He had returned to New York this summer to fill in on the desk during vacations. The Lemens made a home here for Lou Edith McNaughton, a Tucson high school senior. Whether Mrs. Lemen will return here this fall is uncertain.
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Maynard Lemen
New York
Mr. Lemen
East Fifth Street
Tucson
Wall Street Journal
Lemens
Lou Edith McNaughton
Macias thanked for holiday move
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles praised Governor Macias of Sonora Mexico for designating July 4 as a holiday in Sonora The note mentions a prior Mexican independence day designation and a copy sent to Mexican consul Raul Dominguez in Tucson.
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Sumner Welles
Anselmo Acias
Sonora
Mexico
Osborn
Arizona
Welles
Gov. Macias
Raul G. Dominguez
Tucson
Acoma Tribe Jokes On Hollywood Crew Photo Fees
On the Acoma Reservation in New Mexico a Hollywood movie crew faced a cheeky warning from locals asking for a buck per posed Indian. The exchange highlights the tribe’s wary humor toward outsiders during filming.
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Acoma Rock
N. M
Acoma
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Sixth Ave
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