Tucson Legion Draws North Carolina Team
The national American Legion junior baseball tournament in Minneapolis opens with Brockton and Cincinnati playing at 2 p.m. Saturday. Tucson-Ariz. draws Albemarle, N. C., at 3 p.m. Monday, with subsequent games set as double elimination rounds through Wednesday.
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Tucson Legion
North Carolina
Minneapolis
Brockton
Mass
Cincinnati
Tucson
Ariz
Albemarle
N. C
Locked In Inn Party Mystery Solved By Police
Police were alerted to a burglarized inn at 18 North Scott street but identified the event as a self left party. Monty Saylor a local identification expert concluded a guest got locked inside after closing, kicked out a rear window, and left in a drunken hurry with whisky and chips scattered about.
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Bungalow Inn
North Scott Street
Monty Sayior
Saylor
OPA Predicts Rationing After Nazi Collapse
Chief Price Administrator Chester Bowles told the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce rationing and government price controls must continue after Germany's collapse to avoid a repeat of wartime economic turmoil. He cited past business failures and farm-income losses, arguing meat rationing ensures equitable distribution and prevents supplies from piling up in production areas.
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San Francisco
Chester Bowles
Germany
Bowles
Middle West
July Temperatures In Arizona Run Below Normal
Arizona July mean temperatures averaged 79.2 degrees across the state, below normal in most areas except south central and extreme southeast. Rainfall reached 55 percent of normal at 162 stations, totaling 1.18 inches on average. Eight stations reported no rain, while Elgig recorded 4.61 inches. Dry weather aided irrigated crop harvest but dried ranges.
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Phoenix
Arizona
South Central
E. L. Felton
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Elgig
Felton
Police Court Declares Violation Of Hotel Registration
Presiding judge George C. Nickel and Mary P. Tate found in violation of the hotel registration ordinance. Nickel received a sentence of $30 or 30 days. Tate was discharged. Mike Carley and Henry Hernandez faced charges of attempted car theft. Carley also faced counts of illegally wearing an Army uniform and Hernandez appearing out of uniform before U S authorities.
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Paul J. Cella
George C. Nickel
Mary P. Tate
Nickel
Mary Tate
Mike Carley
Henry Hernandez
Carley
Hernandez
U. S
Notable Californians Town Names in List of Arrivals
Luther C. Wheeler aged 40 of Oxnard California Ona Vedder 46 of Los Angeles California Ernest H Rahn Jr 28 of Baltimore Maryland and Elizabeth Hobson 28 of Phoenix Arizona Juan F Suarez 53 of Tucson and Lorensa Florez 49 of Tucson are named in a reader notice listing residents and their ages from multiple cities.
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Luther C. Wheeler
Oxnard
Calif
Ona Vedder
Los Angeles
Ernest H. Rahn, Jr
Baltimore
Pair of would be car thieves halted by patrolman
Merchant Patrolman Maurice Guiney spotted two youths as they attempted to steal a car on West Broadway. Mike F Carley, 19, wore a Pvt Hernandez uniform. Henry F Hernandez, 20, faced charges of attempt car theft and appearing out of uniform. Police turned the cases over to U S authorities.
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Maurice Guiney
Mike F. Carley
West
Niagara Street
Henry F. Hernandez
South Mission
Carley
Pvt. Hernandez
Hernandez
U. S
Paul J. Cella
Guiney
San Agustin Street
West Broadway
Quartet of Airmen Rescued After Month in New Guinea Swamp
Four American airmen who lived on the wings of their crashed plane for more than a month in a dense Sage swamp in New Guinea were rescued by a mixed Dutch and American patrol. They are Lt. P. M. Barnett pilot, Flight Officer R. Wright navigator, Pfc. Harold Quidgeon gunner, and Sgt. Peter Whitland radio operator. They salvaged supplies dropped nearby and fought through mud to safety. The party reportedly faced 100 Japanese fighters, killed 30 and took eight prisoners, under the area’s Japanese command.
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Hollandia
Netherlands New Guinea
New Guinea
Netherlands
P. M. Barnett
Maitland
Fla
R. Wright
San Diego
Calif
Harold Quidgeon
Norwich
Peter Whitland
Paterson, N. J
Gila Reservation Holds Mustering In Day Fete
Phoenix August 25. The anniversary of the mustering in of Indian Companies B and C of the first Arizona volunteers is observed on the Gila river reservation with a barbecue song festival athletic contests a speaking program and a dance. Speakers include J F Crampton William Strode and A E Robinson.
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Phoenix
First
Arizona Volunteers
State Guard
Gila River
Frank T. Pomeroy
Mesa
J. F. Crampton
Arizona
William Strode
Sidney P. Osborn
A. E. Robinson
Sacaton
County Spent Over 2 Million In Year
Pima county spent 2,435,796.53 dollars in the last fiscal year, yielding a per capita cost of 29.67 dollars based on 80,085 residents. Schools accounted for 21.35 per capita, with roads and general expenses comprising the rest. bond interest and some items not included. The report breaks down expenditures by department and district, noting highest costs for schools and administrative items.
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Pima County
Fred C. Goodell
Goodell
Board of Supervisors
Superior Court
Justice Peace Tucson
Justice Ajo
Goodell cites 1940 census with three percent increase
Goodell references the 1940 census as the basis and adds a three percent increase. The remark points to shifting figures tied to historical data and projected growth.
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Goodell
Two Tucson Brothers Reunite in England Air Base
Two Tucson brothers in the air corps met for the first time in 19 months at a British base. Sgt Clarence M Black and Sgt R F Ted Black saw their mother Mrs Edith Black and grandfather John Dunn at Tumbridge Wells. The brothers, both Tucson High School alumni, spent a week in England with Ted serving 21 months as a B 24 ground crew member and Clarence transferred to air corps finance after three years in service.
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Tucson
Air Corps
England
Edith Black
South Herbert
Clarence M. Black
R. F
Ted” Black
John Dunn
Tumbridge Wells
Kent
Clarence
Valley National Bank
Ted
Air Corps Finance Department
Navy Reserve Recruits Four Tucson Teenagers
Apprentice seaman enlistments in the U S naval reserve, four Tucson 17 year olds sworn in at Phoenix, undergoing basic training in San Diego. Recruits are Robert Lee McCreery, Clealand Wiltse, Roger Carl Mullins Jr, and Philip Tannour.
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U. S. Naval Reserve
Tucson
San Diego
Phoenix
Robert Lee McCreery
Donald R. McCreery
North Park Avenue
Clealand Wiltse
Aubrey T. Wiltse
South Clark Avenue
Roger Carl Mullins
North Stone Avenue
Philip Tannour
Life-Termer's Story Might Help Crack Drake Slaying Case
Chicago police traced a hammerless Iver Johnson revolver to a 11 year old slaying at the Drake hotel after a Stateville convict said he gave the gun to a Chicago detective and then fired bullets to test it. Authorities focused on bullets fired from the weapon to compare with the victim Adele Born Williams.
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Chicago
Stateville Penitentiary
Drake Hotel
Adele Born Williams
Washington
Bloomington
Iver-Johnson
Walter Brown
Wilbert F. Crowley
Walter Storms
Phil Breitzke
Brown
Adolph A. Valanis
Ellen Valanis Bennett
Williams
Crowley
Valanis
Bennett
Drake
Anna Minck
Austerity order to close Nazi shows and theatres
Goebbels issues a sweeping austerity order to close all German theaters shows cabarets and music schools effective Sept 1. Film and radio entertainment limited to soldiers and war workers with actors and performers drafted. Art exhibitions lit fused and 200 traveling troops shows dissolved. Universities and professional schools face war‑oriented restrictions. People freed will join armament work or the Wehrmacht.
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London
Goebbels
Wehrmacht
Berlin
Deaf and Blind School Set to Open September 12
The Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind begins classroom work on September 12 at 8 20 a m with about 135 students from across the state. Superintendent E W Tillinghast reports the initial faculty meeting will be held the afternoon of September 11 and Mrs Mary Pearce will replace Mrs Mary Wilcox who resigned in spring to take a teaching post in Louisiana.
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Arizona
Witness to slaving killed. victim’s daughter spared
Only witness to the slaving was Patricia Goodbody age 28 daughter of the victim who also faced the assassin’s fire. Mrs Goodbody was unharmed but Mrs Williams was shot twice and died the following day.
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Patricia Goodbody
Hull And Dulles Not In Full Accord
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and John Foster Dulles, adviser to Gov. Dewey, issued a joint statement showing they do not fully agree on nonpartisan discussion of methods for lasting peace. They share many views and will continue talks as developments arise.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Thomas FE. Dewey
Shares
Dulles
Dewey
Hull
Hull and Senate Group Discuss Dumbarton Talks Progress
Before meeting Dulles Hull spent 90 minutes with a bipartisan Senate Foreign Relations Committee group. They were briefed on Dumbarton Oaks security talks and Senator Warren Austin said they were very satisfied with progress and the conference. It was believed Hull and Dulles aimed for a joint party pledge on the international peace organization plan.
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Dulles
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dumbarton Oaks
Warren R. Austin
Duffs
28 Carrier Planes Raid Sumatra
The Tokyo radio reported 28 carrier based planes raided the western coast of Sumatra yesterday morning. An English broadcast toward North America claimed two Japanese ground forces shot down two raiders. FCC monitors recorded the transmission.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Sumatra
North America
FCC
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