4 H Members Hear Banker Define Work
H H d Autremont state senator candidate and Arizona Bankers Association president addressed 365 4 H club members at the state convention assembly. He argued youth are not cowards but seek sound reasons for changing views on defense and urged habits of money management and credit literacy. He stressed spending less than earnings, saving, prompt bill payment, and not relying on government aid, recommending study of credit and 4 H loan programs.
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H. H. d’Autremont
Arizona Bankers Association
Arizona
d’Autremont
America
Bankers’ Association
National Labor Board to push re employment in draft case
The National Labor Relations board aims to seek court proceedings to force the re employment of a conscript who completed a Civil Trials program for draft dodgers. The measure also bars any military affiliated person from serving on local draft boards and authorizes funds to implement the bill. Barkley called the bill nearly ready for final vote after addressing three substitutes.
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National Labor Relations Board
Chamber
Barkley
Cavalry District Reform Shifts Arizona New Mexico Sectors
Lt Col J T Minton announces discontinuance of the 312th cavalry district and Tucson reserve sectors 1 and 2. Tucson reserve sector will oversee Cochise Graham Greenlee Pima Santa Cruz in Arizona and Dona Ana Grant Hidalgo Luna Sierra in New Mexico with headquarters in Tucson. Third Military Area HQ is Denver. No changes to offices or personnel yet.
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312Th Cavalry District
Tucson
J. T. Minton
Army Reserve Corps
Cochise
Graham
Greenlee
Pima
Santa Cruz
Arizona
Dona Anna
Grant
Hidalgo
Luna
Sierra
New Mexico
Third
Denver
West Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Minton
United States
Rosary Services Set For Warren Allison
Rosary services for Warren Allison aged 82 who died Sunday will be held at 7 30 p m tomorrow at All Saints church. Funeral services follow Thursday at 9 a m and burial will be in Holy Hope cemetery.
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Warren Allison
All Saints Church
Holy Hope Cemetery
Aliens Arrive For Registration But Blanks Are Missing
Scores of aliens went to the federal building at 8 this morning to register under the 1940 act. They sought fingerprints and completion of the process but left unregistered and confused as forms were not available. Registration is expected later today.
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Federal Building
Dies Says 3 Are Not Reds in Exoneration
Rep. Martin Dies chairing the Un American Activities Committee exonerates Franchot Tone, Francis Lederer, and Luise Rainer of Communist sympathy accusations. Lionel Stander remains under review with a future statement pending further information after private hearing.
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New York
Martin Dies
D-Tex
House
Franchot Tone
Francis Lederer
Luise Rainer
Lionel Stander
Dies
Stander
Dies’ Committee
John L. Leech
California
London Under Night Raid From The South
British air defenses fought a late night raid as 20 000 feet high silvery specks circled London from the south then returned at intervals. Two bombers were shot down in flames. damage was limited and many slept or watched the glare. Fires also hit midlands towns. one bomber fell there. Overall Britain claimed 46 German planes down while 15 British planes were missing.
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London
Midlands
England
Britain
United States
Stamp Plan Aims To Boost Local Grocery Sales
Merchants will issue orange stamps and offer a free blue stamp with every two oranges. Blue stamps permit purchases of surplus foods like rice butter and eggs. Designed to replace federal handling, the plan could raise local store sales by about $25,000 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Weather and Channel Hazards Challenge Nazi Invasion Plans
The piece argues German air superiority fails to stop British raids and warns that approaching bad weather from September onward will impede any invasion. Fog, wind, and tides in the English Channel, especially the Straits of Dover, complicate crossings and supply runs for any force attempting to land in England.
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London
Herr Hitler
English Channel
Hitler
Channel
Straits of Dover
England
Willkie Urges Public Release Of War Board Report
Willkie argued that no President can oversee all board problems and warned of jealousy and inefficiency without a single directing head. He urged public release of the Stettinius era War Resources Board report, hoping it includes a method for a functioning defense. He plans quick return to Rushville Ind for temporary HQ with a packed schedule through Sept. 14 then a western tour starting Kansas.
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Bers
Willkie
Old War Resources Board
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Rushville
Ind
Albuquerque
N. M
Phoenix
Arizona
SCRIP 61 YEARS TOO OLD
W. W. Vick of Kansas City offered the Jackson county treasurer cash for county scrip issued in 1876. The worn warrant was still legible but 61 years too old to have value.
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Newport
Ark
UPR
W. W. Vick
Kansas City
Jackson County
Berlin Bombing Row Deepens As British Attacks Target Civilians
German officials accuse Britain of bombing civilian targets near Berlin while German raids near London focus on military aims. Berlin papers publish leaflets urging residents to resist and warn of US entry into the war, with propaganda about ships and troop numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
DNB
London
Germany
United States
England
Britain
Hitler
Boys Under 16 May Hunt Small Game Without License
Phoenix date August 27. The state fish and game department ruled that boys under 16 may hunt small game without a license if accompanied by an adult with a license, with a limit of two children per license holder. For big game and fishing, no license is needed for boys under 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Fish and Game Department
Ban On Horses From Arizona Is Announced
California imposed an immediate quarantine on importing horses from Arizona after dourine was found in breeding stock. Arizona proposes a $5,000 request to the governor’s fund to fight the disease, with Maricopa and Yavapai counties affected. Dr. Jones urged owner cooperation to stamp out the outbreak.
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Phoenix
California
Arizona
T. B. Jones
C. A. Duckworth
Blythe
Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board
Jones
Night of Air Raid Sparks Panic and Odd Bus Shelter Scene
Large restaurants barred during the raid as regulations shut saloons while cafes and milk bars stayed open and rushed to serve. Onlookers crowded street corners as searchlights and anti-aircraft bursts lit the sky. Henry Jackson, AP, rode a bus to work when warnings sounded. passengers, guided by a conductor, marched to a shelter singing WWI era songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jackson
Associated Press
Jerry
Germany may arbitrate in Hungarian Rumanian dispute
Informed sources state Germany could mediate the Hungarian Rumanian territorial clash possibly with Italy. Turnu Severin talks collapsed. Vienna to host arbitration as Joachim von Ribbentrop to preside.
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Berlin
Germany
Italain
Balkans
Turnu-Severin
Romania
Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Immigrants Free Passages in Continuous Transit Through U S
The State Department loosens immigration rules for continuous transit through the United States. Canadians Newfoundland Mexicans and British subjects in Canada or Newfoundland will not need passports or visas for transit. The rule also covers aliens re entering the United States after passing through border nations to ease transit disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Mexico
Woman Seen Involved In Murder Of Trotsky
Mexico City reports police chief Jose Manuel Nunez has handed the Trotsky case to prosecutors. Sylvia Ageloff of Brooklyn is described as a probable accomplice to Frank Jackson who is held for the pickax killing. Nunez says Jackson is the real murderer, while Ageloff denies links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Jose Manuel Nunez
Leon Trotsky
Sylvia Ageloff
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Jackson
Nunez
Jackson
Miss Ageloff
Mos
Boy Donates Pigeons To Help Drive For Charity
A Tucson boy Thomas Bragg Jr donated 50 pigeons to Community Service Inc for its annual fund drive. Pigeons and coops were sent to the Pima County Preventorium where child tuberculosis suspects are treated, forming a squad raising program to provide nourishment and support.
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Community Service, Inc
Tucson
Thomas Bragg
East 12Th Street
Earl Rooks
Pima County
Tucson Mountain
Registrations Reflect State Growth and Political Interest
The steady rise in registrations signals state growth and rising political interest. In 1936 only 153 572 electors qualified for the primary, while county recorders note master rolls are checked for duplications and prior nonvoters, with those who failed to vote previously automatically disqualified. Comparisons show pre primary registrations for the two major parties in 1940 and 1938.
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County Recorders
Arizona Guard Held Doing Well at War Maneuvers
Arizona Adj. Gen. A M Tuthill said the state national guard gave a very good account of itself at Louisiana maneuvers. He cited reports and officer conversations, noted no new training orders, and predicted most guardsmen except state staff would ship to Fort Sill Oklahoma around September 15.
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Phoenix
Arizona National Guard
Louisiana
Adj
A. M. Tuthill
Arizona
Fort Sill
Okla
New Gallup Diocese Opens In New Mexico
The Gallup diocese of the Catholic Church was formally opened in Gallup New Mexico with Archbishop Rudolph Gerken presiding. Father Espelage of Cincinnati will be consecrated as bishop October 9 and inducted two weeks later. The diocese covers five Arizona counties and western New Mexico. Father Espelage will be the only Franciscan in the U S Catholic hierarchy.
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Gallup
N. M
Catholic Church
Rudolph Gerken
Santa Fe
Father Espelage
Cincinnati
Vatican
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Huge Gold Shipment From Portugal Reaches New York
The Portuguese steamship Corte Real docked in Brooklyn with 51 cases of gold bars bound for the New York federal reserve bank. Each regulation gold bar is valued around $14,000, totaling an estimated cargo worth about $2,856,000. The Bank of Portugal shipped the gold, intended to bolster Portuguese balance in the U S by paying for American goods.
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New York
Corte Real
Brooklyn
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Bank of Portugal
Portugal
Red Cross Donates 10000 for China Air Raid Relief
Chungking August 27 The United States embassy announced the American Red Cross had donated 10000 dollars for relief of air raid sufferers in this Chinese capital. The funds will provide shelter for thousands whose homes were destroyed by repeated Japanese bombing attacks.
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Chungking
United States
American Red Cross
Financial Aid Promised To French Areas By Churchill
London August 27 Prime Minister Churchill assured General de Gaulle that economic aid akin to that given to British colonies would extend to all French overseas territories loyal to the Allies. Aid will continue until an independent constitutional authority is re established on French soil Chad territory in French Equatorial Africa joins Britain in the war and may influence other French possessions to follow suit
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London
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Chad
French Equatorial Africa
Britain
Libya
Sudan
Equatorial Africa
Willkie gains Arizona in third ballot at GOP convention
At Philadelphia Congress, Arizona shifts from Frank Gannett to Willkie on the third roll call. Willkie credits Arizona's move as crucial to his momentum and requests permission to borrow Clarence Budington Kelland, Arizona’s national committeeman, for party work in the East.
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Philadelphia
Arizona
Willkie
Frank Gannett
McQuillan
Clarence Budington Kelland
East
Bud Kelland
Gabby Hartnett To Remain Cubs Head
Chicago owner P K Wrigley announced Gabby Hartnett will be retained as manager of the Cubs. Wrigley said Hartnett did a better job this season than in 1939, noting Hartnett’s 19th season with the club since taking over in 1938.
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Chicago
P. K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Charles Leo Gabby Harnett
Wrigley
Hartnett
Charlie Grimm
Hearing On Catalina Water Plant Is Set
The corporation commission will hear petitions by Crest Estate Land and Water Co of Tucson seeking permission to issue stock for property and authority to build and run a water plant in the Catalina Foothills and Crest Estate district near Tucson at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Tucson courthouse.
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Phoenix
Crest Estate Land and Water Company of
Tucson
Catalina Foothills
Crest Estate
Corporation Commission
Crest estates owner hints at Catalina foothills development
Dr. Bernard L. Wyatt, owner of Crest estates, announced plans may be made soon to develop holdings in the Catalina foothills area and that a hearing will be held to permit taking the first steps.
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Bernard L. Wyatt
Crest Estates
Catalina Foothills
German Units Join Italians In Africa
Rome reports German motorized companies in Ethiopia are ready to join Italian drives against British territory. The units, stationed in the colony since 1935, will be incorporated into larger Italian motorized columns in future fighting.
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Rome
Africa
Stefani
Ethiopia
Sonora Court Upholds American's Conviction
The Sonora Supreme Court upheld a four years and three months prison sentence for American John Lloyd Good, former Cananea Copper general manager, in the death of fellow American Henry Forrest from a fist fight on November 24, 1939.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mex
Supreme Court of Sonora
John Lloyd Good
Cananea Copper Company
Henry Forrest
Parrot In Will Won't Benefit After Bird's Death
Lincoln executors discover the bequest of $1 000 to a pet parrot named Polly dies seven years ago. Mrs Jennie Thornburn who died August 14 had drawn the will 27 years earlier and apparently forgot to remove the provision. The executors traced the feathered beneficiary to the bird's death.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jennie Thornburn
Polly
Ashby man keeps 35 year old shoes in use
W. J. Ensor aged 82 of Ashby de la Zouch England has just finished the 35th year wearing his shoes which he has resoled only twice claiming remarkable durability.
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W. J. Ensor
Ashby de-la-Zouch
England
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