Water mains to be lowered after flood damage
Water department officials plan a 2500 project to lower the main gravity line bringing Santa Cruz basin water to Tucson. In late September work will shut nine wells briefly. two Ryland farm and northside wells will supply about 5 million gallons daily to meet a 5.5 million daily demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Santa Cruz
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Municipal
Indian School Road
Martin
Ryland Farm
Northside
30 Millions Set for Preliminary Army Camps
President Roosevelt allocates about 30 million dollars from a 100 million defense fund for early construction at camp sites for the first 400000 young men under pending conscription. Funds cover sewage and sanitary facilities and bar racks. site locations not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Jones delays decision on commerce post after Labor Day
White House said Jesse H. Jones federal loan administrator would not say if he would accept the secretary of commerce role until after Labor Day. Jones is on vacation in Michigan and had been offered the cabinet post. Louis Johnson, tapped as under secretary of commerce, has resigned as Edward Noble’s replacement awaits word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Jesse H. Jones
Jones
Petoskey
Mich
Dr Douglass to Attend Penn Bicentennial Conference
Distinguished American scientists will join the bicentennial conference of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia September 16 to 20. Dr A E Douglass, director emeritus of Steward Observatory and head of the university tree ring laboratory, will read a paper on Dendrochronology and Studies in Cyclics in the climatic cycles group led by Dr C G Abbott. The theme is Renewal Natural Resources in Relation to Conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
University of Pennsylvania At
Philadelphia
A. E. Douglass
Steward Observatory
University Tree Ring Laboratory
C. G. Abbott
Smithsonian Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Douglass
Abott
Carnegie Institute
Washington, D. C
Osborn Plans Evening Campaign Meetings Tonight
W W Burr announces a community meeting at 8 p m today at 1816 East Waverly street to discuss Osborn for Governor campaign plans. He also says Osborn workers and voters will meet Friday at 8 p m at the Roskruge Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Burr
Osborn-for-Governor Forces
East Waverly Street
Osborn
Roskruge Inn
Enlistment Proclaimed By Acting Mayor Gambrell
Acting Mayor Gambrell issues a military enlistment period proclamation urging citizens and businesses to display recruiting posters and enroll in the U S armed forces He frames the move as preparedness not war and cites national defense and Monroe Doctrine concerns to justify action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Gambrell
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Dr Hudson to Speak on Tax Free Homes at Lunch
Dr Phillip G Hudson, professor of economic sociology and business administration at the University of Arizona, will address Hirams club at tomorrow noon luncheon. His talk covers The Homestead Exemption Amendment and Its Relation to Other Initiative Measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip G. Hudson
University of Arizona
Hirams Club
Hudson
City briefs Major Wade Killen returns to Tucson
Major Wade Killen RE turned to Tucson Sunday from Alexandria Louisiana where he was at tending army maneuvers as a staff officer of the eighth corps. Charles Thomas Roten 717 East Sixth Street has been appointed a second lieutenant in the infantry reserve the local office announced today. Workers for F B Pacheco candidate for supervisor from district No 2 will meet tonight at 8 oclock at 131 West Congress several speakers will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Killen
Tucson
Alexandria
Eighth Corps
Charles Thomas Roten
East Sixth Street
Infan
F. B. Pacheco
West Congress
Townsend Club No 12 Meeting Tonight at 522 North Second
Townsend Club No 12 will assemble at 522 North Second Avenue at 8 p.m. for the regular business meeting followed by a program of old time songs.
Temperatures Recorded at Mt Lemmon Summer Haven
Temperatures at Summer Haven atop Mt Lemmon yesterday showed a high of 69 degrees and a low of 50 degrees. The reading reflects a mild day with no extreme heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Haven
Mt. Lemmon
Jones for Governor Campaign Meeting Set at Ellison Home
Precinct 17 workers are scheduled to meet tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mrs A T Ellison 528 East Seventh Street the announcement said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Precinct 17
A. T. Ellison
East Seventh Street
Campaign call for precinct captains meeting
W L Knoyer county chairman of the Jones for Governor campaign issued a call for all precinct captains to meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in county headquarters 151 North Stone avenue. Progress of the campaign will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Knoyer
North Stone Avenue
Mining Firm Named in Damage Suit Over Creek Pollution
The American Smelting and Refining Company, operator of the Trench mine in the Patagonia mountains, is named defendant in a $100000 damage suit filed in United States district court. The Zinsmeister Ranch Company operates Circle 7 guest ranch near Patagonia and alleges waste water from Alum Gulch into Sonoita Creek fouled water used for livestock and irrigation. The suit claims mill tailings and sludge polluted the creek, forced new watering places, and damaged ranch property and animals. The plaintiff dates the drain of fall 1939 and July 3, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Smelting and Refining Company
Trench
Patagonia
United States District Court
Zinsmeister Ranch Company
Circle 7 Guest
Sonoita Creek
Poles Shaped as Servants Warned by Nazi Leader
Berlin August 26 Nazi leader Arthur Greiser told the Hitler Youth in a nationwide broadcast that German settlers in the newly acquired eastern regions should regard Poles as servant people. He urged youth support for Germanization and called the eastern lands the soil of destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Arthur Greiser
Danzig
Warthe River
Hitler Youth Organization
Alien Registration Set This Week At Postoffice
Registration of aliens in the Tuc son post office district begins tomorrow and runs through December 26 under the federal alien registration law. A team led by Postmaster Harold Collins will fingerprint all aliens over 14 in room 401 of the federal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Civil Service
Harold Collins
Federal Building
Collins
Alien Registration Division
Department of Justice
Lightning Kills Buckeye Resident on Verde Valley Farm
Lightning struck Claude Row a 17 year Buckeye resident while he and a companion pitched hay on a Cottonwood area farm in the Verde valley. The companion was knocked unconscious but survived. Row died. burial set for Cottonwood. Survivors include his wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
Claude Row
Cottonwood
Verde Valley
Row
Ron
Public Records Roundup of Partitions and Offenses
Superior Court presides over Nicolasa Valencia et al. vs Ricardo Castillo et al for partition of estate. Courts record reckless driving, vagrancy, disturbing the peace, and speeding cases with fines or short jail terms. Numerous marriage licenses issued for residents across Tucson, Corona and Patagonia regions with multiple ages and locales listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
William G. Hall
Nicolasa Valencia
Ricardo Castillo
Justice Court Co
W. Gardner
R. L. Siqueiros
George Crum
W. C. Beal
Bill Phillips
Roberto Soto
Robert Soto
P. Mendoza
Belle D. Hall
Joe R. Vega
Hilda Vidal
Tucson
Felipe Moreno
Adelina Borboa
Richard Bega
Clara Melendrez
Corona Calif
Franz Stephen Linhart
Mary Anne Frances Busby
Patagonia
Paul C. Lightle
Globe
Fern Vermillion
Eugene L. Sierras
Consuelo V. Free
Charles W. Johnson
Long Beach
Mae J. Tracy
Jose Lira
Tiger, Ariz
Harry L Bennett, 18, Dies at Home in City
Harry Lee Bennett, 18, a student, died yesterday at his home 1910 East Miles Street. He leaves his mother and father Mr and Mrs Horton A Bennett and a sister Osada Bennett. Funeral services will be at Parker Mortuary chapel at 2 p m tomorrow, Rev C O Green officiating. Burial is in Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee Bennett
East Miles Street
Horton A. Bennett
Osada Bennett
Parker Mortuary
Rev
C. O. Green
Evergreen Cemetery
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Jesse Jones
DR. Douglass
Cash
Wallis
Cleaning Service
Gambrell
Mexico
Central
South America
Dr. Hudson
Nancy Love
Public Records
Harry L. Bennett
Owna Home Savings Club
Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association
East Broadway
Arizona
Big 6
Sixth Ave
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
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