Atkinson Delivers Keynote to 4-H Youth Conference
President Alfred Atkinson told 4-H club boys and girls that work and play occupy 120000 hours of life between ages 20 and 70 and urged interest in chosen tasks. R S Hawkins cited Willkie memories and outlined Arizona Agricultural College divisions aiding future students during the Tucson assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Atkinson
R. S. Hawkins
the Agricultural College
P. S. Burgess
Wendell Willkie
Hawkins
Arizona Agricultural College
Toy pistol used by two escapees from Florence prison
Florence August 28 A toy pistol likely aided William Cates 20 and Phil Schufacher 19 in a weekend escape from the State prison. Warden Gene Shute and secretary Alva Weaver, citing the gun found in a garbage can at the home of prison steward R P Anderson, say the pair tied Mrs Anderson and used her car before being recaptured 25 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
William Cates
Phil Schufhacher
Alva Weaver
Gene Shute
Weaver
R. P. Anderson
Tax Director Finds Arizona Trade Best
PHOENIX August 28 Frank Fraser sales tax director of the Arizona tax commission back in Riis office after duty as a Viajor with the 45th division during war maneuvers said Arizona business conditions are better than Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana. Fraser predicted August sales tax collections would exceed 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Frank FE. Fraser
Arizona, Tax Commission
Riis
Arizona
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Fraser
San Pedro Rodeo Gathers Big Benson Crowd For Weekend
Benson hosts its seventh annual San Pedro valley rodeo starting Saturday with a dance at the auditorium featuring Romeros Troubadors. Events run through Labor Day with calf roping team tying bulldogging steer roping and matched team tying plus a $500 purse for a special horse race and a free-for-all 400 yard colt race on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
The
Daily Citizen
San Pedro Valley
Romero
W. A. Evans
Pete Haverty
Dan Misenhimer
Willcox
George Aston
Kermit Lewis
Tucson
Page Lee
Benson and
Buzer Page
Buster Neagle
Neagle
Jack Black
Chick William
Sandy
Hershan Thomas
Morgan McNeal
Boquillas Cattle Company
Dick Glenn
Kenneth Gunter
J. H. Getzwiller
Keith Brothers
Food Stamp Plan Details Discussed in Pima County
R A Brooke secretary of the Pima County Retail Food and Grocers association said two weeks preparation are needed to install the federal commodities food strip plan. Local grocers conferred with Brooke district representative J C Wilson and J R Arnold of the Maricopa County Better Business Bureau as benefits of the plan were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
R. A. Brooke
Greedy Deer Alarm Spurs Ranchers Group Charter
A Utah ranchers association formed to protect privately owned land from grazing by wild game, especially deer, has been incorporated in the secretary of state’s office under E. T. Monson.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
E. T. Monson
German Catholics to pledge loyalty at war end
Berlin reports the German Catholic bishops conference at Fulda approved expressions of gratitude to German troops and plans a pledge of loyalty to Adolf Hitler read from pulpits after the war. The agency cites the view that the church in Germany owes its security and continued work to the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fulda
DNB
Hitler
Germany
Amended Complaint Filed In Mine Suit
The Zinsmeister Ranch company filed an amended complaint in U S district court alleging damages of 100 000 from the American Smelting and Refining company. The suit cites wastewater from the Trench mine flowing into Alum Gulch and Sonoita Creek, forcing the ranch to source new irrigation wells and affecting its property near Patagonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Zinsmeister Ranch Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
Smelting and Refining Company
Patagonia
Sonoita Creek
Col and Mrs Lee Buy Ranch Property in Arizona
Deed filed in Pima County shows Col. Fritz Hugh Lee and his wife purchase the Rose M Jones ranch in Tanque Verde for about $18000. The 30 acre Rillito valley bottom land includes a five room main dwelling a guest house pool garage and servants quarters.
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Col
Mrs. Lee
Anna Sullinger
Pima County
Rose M. Jones
Tanque Verde
Fritz Hugh Lee
Lee
U. S. Cavalry
Rillito Valley
Atkinson Urges Arizona Students to Plan Ahead for National Service
University of Arizona President Alfred Atkinson writes 1,600 male sophomores to juniors urging careful decisions about next year. He cites Franklin D. Roosevelt calling youth to continue education unless mobilized for defense and stresses specialized training for national service and economic progress.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Atkinson
Army
Navy
Air Corps
National Defense
Roosevelt
Hunt Seeks Democratic Nomination For Arizona Treasurer
Joe Hunt of Phoenix, a former deputy county treasurer, campaigned in Tucson promoting an efficient economy driven administration. He cited four years in Maricopa County office work and emphasized experience as essential for the state treasurer role.
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Joe Hunt
Phoenix
Tucson
Hunt
Maricopa County
Arizona
Arizona Registers First Day Aliens Amid Delays
On the first day of federal alien registration in Arizona one hundred twenty people registered in Phoenix while other towns faced delays due to late forms. Officials estimate about 5 000 aliens in the state, with Nogales noting around 2 500 nearby.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
George H. Todd
Arizona
Emory Miller
Nogales
Tucson
Fred P. Perkins
Washington, D. C
Mexican Police Unit To Visit For Sunday Barbecue
The Mexico City police orchestra trick motorcycle squad and sharpshooters under Maj Rincon Gallardo will entertain Woodmen of the World at a Sunday barbecue. A marichi concert and rider and marksman demonstrations are planned at Rodeo field. Major Gallardo arrives Sunday morning and leaves Monday morning after performances at Mission Swimming pool and Riverside auditorium.
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Mexico City
Maj. Rincon Gallardo
Mexico
Woodmen of the World
Rodeo Field
Mission Swimming Pool
Major Gallardo
Reno
Nev
International Association of Police
Riverside Auditorium
Charles Young Post to Dedicate Dug Out Program
The Charles Young post of the American Legion schedules a dug out dedication at 8:30 on September 3 at 167 South Meyer street. Department Commander Sam Fowler will deliver the dedication address, with a Morgan McDermott post delegation and Tenth District Commander Swinton anticipated. Contact W. H. Hilward for information.
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Charles Young
American Legion
Southever Street
Sam Fowler
Morgan McDermott
Tenth District
Swinton
W. H. Hilward
South Meyer Street
Trained Men Sought to Run Expropriated Mexican Oil
In Mexico City on August 28 the Petroleum Workers union urged that trained men run the oil industry it expropriated in 1938. The union disclosed this in response to an economic readjustment demand by government oil agencies, a matter separate from a recent reorganization agreement with the agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Petroleum Workers’ Union
United States
County Told to Deny Reds Place on Ballot
Pima County officials were advised by County Attorney J Mercer Johnson to keep the Communist party of Arizona off the ballot in both primary and general elections. Johnson backed Attorney General Joe Conway’s opinion that the party is not legal. A carbon-copy letter from Morris Graham, secretary of the party, argued for ballot placement and listed three officially nominated presidential electors from Phoenix.
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J. Mercer Johnson
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Communist Party of Arizona
Johnson
Morris Graham
Joe Conway
George W. Johnson
Ralph Duncan
Phoenix
Oak tree vanishes into crater in Mickleham garden
In Mickleham a 40 foot oak tree inexplicably sank into a crater while Police Constable Missleton watched. Only the upper branches protrude above the crater mouth.
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London
Mickelham
Missleton
Arizona County Attorney Rules Out Communist Party Certification
Prescott August 28 County Attorney Charles L Ewing refused to recognize the Communist party of Arizona for certification. In response to a request from Morris Graham secretary of the party Ewing said the party’s principles conflict with the American system of government and the office will not ask for state certification.
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Prescott
Charles L. Ewing
Communist Party
Arizona
Board of Supervisors
Morris Graham
Communist Party of Arizona
Ewing
Stanton to Play Coronado Role in Local Pageant
Mayor Frank Martin announced an all local cast for Coronado en trade a three night pageant in Clifton Aug 28 29 30. The show dramatizes the travels of the Spanish explorer and his party through this section of the modern United States about 400 years ago.
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Clifton
Phil Stanton
Coronado
Frank Martin
United States
Kennecott Copper earnings rise in first half 1940
Kennecott Copper Co and subsidiaries report significantly higher earnings for the first half of 1940 versus late 1939. Net income after depreciation but before depletion for six months ending June 30 totals 24,787,364 dollars or 2.29 dollars per share, up from 10,112,169 dollars or 93 cents per share the prior year.
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New York
Kennecott Co Corp
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Rainbow Eson Laundry
Southern Arizona Bank
Pioneer Hotel
Eagle Milling Comy
Tucson Gas, Electric and Over Company
Emil Rovey
Delphine Dawson
Old Main
H. H. a’Autremont
Arizona Bankers’ Association
Chicago
Congress of the Groups
Albert McDowell
Mesa
University
Solon
Capitol Hill
Lyle H. Boren
D-Okla
Borren
Rep
Jed Johnson
Josh Lee
Jack Nichols
W. E. Disney
Boren
A. S. Monroney
Will Rogers
Sam C. Massingale
Wilburn Cartwright
Big San Pedro Rodeo
Teh
Gniversary
Mexican Oil Union
Wilbur Shaw
Uto Racine
Pima
Conway
Coca-Cola CO
Crystal Coca-Cola Bottling CO
6Th Ave
Kennecott
Cash
Wallis
Cleaning Service
Packard-Bell
Russell
Electric Machine CO
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