Chamber Moves to New Tucson Office Next Saturday
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce will relocate to 80 South Stone Avenue, the former Tucson Daily Citizen site, with renovations complete and a grand lobby in fumed oak and leather. Offices for secretary C Edgar Goyette and president Karl Barfield will be arranged around a central inner lobby and spaces for the Junior Chamber and other groups. The interior features lavender, Mexican pink, blue, green and yellow hues, while the exterior is white. furniture arrival continues past September 20 with an open house planned afterward.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce
South
Stone Avenue
Tucson Daily Citizen
Arizona
C. Edgar Goyette
Karl Barfield
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rodeo Committee
Visitors’ Club
Federal Security Agency
Mexican President promises highway link to Gulf by 1942
State Senator William Coxon says Manuel Avila Camacho pledged completion of a free Sonoyta Rock Point corridor joining southern Arizona with a Gulf port in Lower California by September 1, 1942. The plan includes a Culiacan to Sinaloa border road awarded to Gen. Roman Yocupicio and extensions toward Tequila and Guaymas.
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Arizona
Gulf of Lower California
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
William Coxon
Pinal County
Coxon
Hereesterday
Culiacan
Sinaloa-Sonora
Roman Yocupicio
Sonora
Guaymas
Mexico City
Tequilla
Guadalajara
Conference Set on Food Raising
The agriculture department schedules regional conferences in September to plan for ample 1942 food production for the United States and allies. Secretary Wickard will attend each two day meetings with representatives from all 48 states including Utah Salt Lake City September 15 16 and Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah Nevada California Arizona New Mexico.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Wickard
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Nevada
California
Arizona
New Mexico
100000 Leave WPA Monthly But Million More Still Waiting
Washington August 26 officials disclosed that 100000 WPA workers leave jobs each month while about 1 million on the waiting list remain unresolved. Defense priority claims may displace another 1 million workers this year as WPA funds drop from 1.35 billion to 875 million, forcing a reduction in employed, though the agency cites little hardship from the cuts.
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Washington
WPA
Only Three American Vessels Visited the Canary Islands
The report notes that last year only three American ships called at the Canary Islands, highlighting a low level of U S naval and commercial traffic to the Atlantic island chain.
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Canary Islands
Domestic Issues May Cause Democratic Party Concern
A Princeton based American Institute of Public Opinion survey shows 73 percent approve of President Roosevelt’s handling of the job, with 55 percent deeming his wartime approach as “about right.” The report warns that domestic issues and defense production, labor disputes, and government spending could influence the 1942 elections, potentially offsetting foreign policy popularity.
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Princeton
N. J
Roosevelt
Washington
Winston Churchill
Mr. Roosevelt
America
Willkie
White House
United States
Senate
House
Congress
American Institute of Public Opinion
First Destroyer From U S Sunk
London Aug 26 The destroyer Bath formerly Hopewell of the U S Navy and one of 50 destroyers loaned to Britain has been sunk as announced by Norwegian navy headquarters It was believed to be the first ex American destroyer to go down and was sunk while under a Norwegian crew The communique gave no details on when or how the sinking occurred
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London
U.P
Bath
Britain
United States
Hopewell
Ship Construction Speeds To One Vessel Daily By December
Maritime commission officials announced an emergency ship program to produce a new vessel each day by December. By mid 1942 launches should hit two ships daily. current output runs about seven ships monthly. The Liberty Fleet first vessel launches next month with ten in September. by October output rises to twenty. If goals hold, 300 new merchant ships sail before 1942.
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Washington
U.P
Maritime Commission
Commission
United States
Letters Urge 100 Percent Unity Behind War Effort
Readers criticize greed and partisanship hindering wartime unity. The Citizen urges Americans to pressure Congress and press outlets to support defense programs and end labor strikes seen as treason, advocating loyalty of CIO and AFL leaders and unity with the President's policies.
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Ector
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
League of Nations
Congress
Germany
Russia
America First Committee
America
America First Committees
CIO
AFL
Motors and mules cooperate in Allied war maneuvers
From southwest Washington the Army reports the latest extensive war exercise involving about 100000 troops ended at midnight. A mule pack train and a motorized column demonstrated combined tactics, with Maj. Gen. Joyce forming a 2000 man mobile striking force and Gen. Stillwell pushing back invaders along the Chehalis river.
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Stuart Welch
Washington
War Department
George C. Marshall
Olympic Mountains
Wyncodie
98Th
Kenyon A. Joyce
Ninth Army Corps
Olympic Foothills
Satsop
Third Army Corps
California
Joseph Stillwell
Chehalis River
Osborn Named to Citizenship Unit
A 10 member Arizona council headed by Governor Osborn was appointed to run the state’s part of the national citizenship education program for aliens. Members include R. C. Stanford W. C. Miller W. J. Jamieson Agnes Hunt Parke Grover C. Wilmoth Marcus T. Neely Daniel J. Gercke E D Ring and D Ross Pugmire. The council will direct education of aliens for U S citizenship with $14 000 000 allocated nationwide.
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Phoenix
Osborn
Arizona
R. C. Stanford
Arizona Civilian Defense Coordinating Council
W. C. Miller
The
American Legion
W. J. Jamieson
WPA
Agnes Hunt Parke
Grover C. Wilmoth
Marcus T. Neely
el Paso
Texas
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Daniel J. Gercke
Tucson
E. D. Ring
D. Ross Pugmire
State Department of Education
United States
Indian chief credited with inventing doughnut hole
Hyannis mass August 26 a Cape Cod historian urges posthumous honors for an unknown Indian who punctured the first doughnut a grandmother related by story to an Indian chief. The tale says a bow shot displaced a flat cake into hot oil forming the first doughnut, contrasting with Camden Me plans to honor Captain Hanson Gregory for an air conditioner sinker.
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Hyannis
Mass
Cape Cod
Camden
Hanson Gregory
Henry Ellis
Ellis
Plymouth
Needle in Foot Reveals Long Lost Needle Head
In Woodland California a woman recalls stepping on a needle fourteen years ago. The needle head stayed in her heel and was later seen on X rays. The fragment was surgically removed, ending a long delayed discovery.
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Woodland
Calif. U.P
Mark Edgar
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