Officials Debate Federal Aid for Sewer and Health Center
A. C. Tilley L. B. Byington Bascom Johnson and Dr. L. H. Howard discussed a plan for about 100000 in federal funds for sewage disposal facilities and a health center. They will travel to Phoenix for further talks with WPA PWA and local leaders about additional defense related projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Tilley
Federal Security Agency of
Denver
L. B. Byington
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington
Bascom Johnson
L. H. Howard
Phoenix
WPA
PWA
U. S. Army
Many Enlist In Army Here In Arizona District
The Arizona district office of the U S recruiting service lists enlistments for August 20 to 26. Names include Ruben Mendoza Clifton Ariz for air corps at Jefferson Barracks Missouri and Walter H Stewart Phoenix for air corps at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Additional enlistees are listed from Mesa Gilbert and Phoenix with various corps and overseas departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
U. S. Recruiting Service
Ruben Mendoza
Clifton
Ariz
Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Richard N. McPherson
South Shine Street
Mesa
Medical Department
Hawaiian Department
Richard M. Morse
South Central
Greenway
Phoenix
Ernesto ©. Mendoza
Nicolas Gonzales
Falfurrias
Texas
Ramon B. Manuz
Nicholas B. Guerra
Walter H. Stewart
East Polk
56 Colleges Organize Defense Commission at Stanford
Delegates from 56 colleges across six western states formed the Ninth Corps Area Commission on College Problems in Relation to National Defense at Stanford University. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford was named head of the group, and D. F. Stone of Phoenix Junior College was chosen to serve on the executive committee. The body adopted a resolution urging deferment of graduate students in defense related courses from selective service and called for deferment of college instructors of draft age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Ninth Corps Area Commission
Stanford University
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford
D. F. Stone
Phoenix
Ariz
Watkins Quits as Chamber Secretary in Prescott Move
H. P. Watkins resigns as executive secretary of the Prescott Chamber of Commerce to become assistant general manager of the Associated Southwestern Chambers of Commerce based in El Paso. He has held the Prescott post since June 1940 and a successor is not yet named. Watkins will travel across ASCC territory including west Texas southern New Mexico and parts of Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
H. P. Watkins
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Associated Southwestern Chambers of Commerce
el Paso
ASCC
Watkins
Association
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Earliest shorthand system traced to Cicero aide
The earliest shorthand method is traced to about 80 B C when Cicero’s private secretary devised a rapid writing system. This note highlights ancient origins of shorthand and its use by Roman officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Cicero
Convict Seeks Death For Belief In Afterlife At San Quentin
Eldon Hawk a 26 year old gambler and lifelong thief seeks execution in San Quentin's gas chamber arguing death will open a better life in the hereafter He spurns commutation and has even written Governor Olson opposing clemency He plans to die with fellow convict John Lininger as two slated to die on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
U.R
Eldon Hawk
Henry Ohloff
Hawk
Culbert Olson
Aoe
Ohloff
Lee Arris
San Diego
Knights Landing
Yolo County
Dr. Ohloff
Olson
Lininger
Aged Farmer Donates After New York Trip
Joseph Timothy Page an 83 year old dry farming rancher donated funds for a 14 year old crippled boy after returning from New York City where he spoke on a We the People program. Page described airplane travel as the only way to cover long distances and shared his experiences on air with Representative John R. Murdock introducing him to about four million listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Timothy Page
New York City
We the People
Columbia Network
Page
New York
Henry O. Jaastad
American Airlines
John R. Murdock
Oracle
Arizona
Kansas City
University of Arizona, College of Agriculture
Flood Damage Pleas Denied by Pima County Supervisors
Four El Rio district property owners claimed $5 100 in flood damage due to a county drainage ditch failure. The Pima county supervisors denied the pleas late yesterday, ruling the county bore no liability for water intrusion into homes and premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Rio
Pima
India develops water and fuel drop container for aircraft
The department of commerce reports a new container designed to drop water and fuels from airplanes in India. The device aims to enhance aerial operations for firefighting and refueling missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Department of Commerce
Marijuana traffic jumps at border between Mexico and U S
U S border patrol reports rising marihuana smuggling. In the first six months of 1940 arrests totaled 24. during the same period in 1941 arrests rose to 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
U. S
Border Patrol
Mexico
United States
Infant Care Expanded to Under-Two Children in Tucson
The Pima county board of social security and welfare will provide nursery services for infants under two, joining free two to five year old care. Cathedral Nursery School at 40 West Ochoa will host, operating 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A plan for care at Gary Park nursery is under consideration, with Mrs. Otto Myrland as state supervisor and Mrs. John Pfieffer overseeing Cathedral. Lunch is provided and infants rest or receive bottle foods as appropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Pima County Board of Social Security and Welfare
A. B. Sieh
Cathedral
West Ochoa
Oary Park
Otto Myrland
John Pfieffer
Junior T Men Bring Interest
Knoxville police seek to form an organization to combat shoplifting and Sand Springs merchants request information. Patrolman Putney notes the program will reorganize with school opening. The local T-Men, with 140 members, plan basketball and touch football teams and patrol downtown stores to cut juvenile shoplifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Police Department
Knoxville
Tenn
Sand Springs
Okla
Knoxville Police
Harold Wheeler
David Putney
Putney
T-Man
Chain Store Age
T-Men
Better Business News
Japan risks prestige on oil shipment issue to Russia
Tokyo observers read in Nichi Nichi that Japan’s prestige may hinge on U S tankers delivering gasoline and oil to Vladivostok. Tokyo protests to Washington and Moscow were rejected, while the Japan Times accuses the U S military mission of aiding China’s war effort, masking real aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Nichi Nichi
Japan Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
China
Washington
Winston Churchill
the Times and Advertiser
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Visitors Stay 76 Days In Tucson Sunshine Club Survey
Winter visitors in Tucson stay an average of 76 days according to Roy Drachman of the Sunshine climate club. He told Tucson Lions at the Pioneer hotel that the average spend is 4.81 dollars per person per day, higher than southern California where stays average 42 days and 3.34 dollars per day. The figures come from a Sunshine club survey of last year’s visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Sunshine Climate Club
Roy Drachman
Tucson Lions Club
Pioneer Hotel
California
Drachman
The
Sunshine Club
Bank clearings rise in widest gains in over a decade
New York report shows Dun and Bradstreet tallying week ending Wednesday with 6,013,502,000 in 23 leading cities, up 43.6 percent from a year ago. Louisville leads gains at 69 percent, followed by San Francisco 63 percent, Cleveland 62, Baltimore 57.5, and Seattle 57 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Louisville
San Francisco
Cleveland
Baltimore
Seattle
Zeppelin Relic for Defense Donated by Sarna
Dolph Sarna contributed a longitudinal girder from the German Zeppelin ZR-3 to Pittsfield defense efforts. The artifact was surrendered to the United States at war’s end and now stands as a historic relic in the aluminum-for-defense drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Rudolph Sarna
United States
Air currents from bird flight may trigger avalanches in Alps
A London aviation expert says the air current generated by a bird in flight could be strong enough to start an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. The claim highlights unexpected ecological interactions driven by wind and altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swiss Alps
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federal
Elias H. Smith
Linden
Quartermaster Corps
Robert H. Hammond
North 18Th Street
Philippine Department
Stanley W. Thompson
36Th Street
Northwest
Washington, D. C
Ray School
Robert A. Petrie
South Fannin
Tyler
Charles M. Mead
Box
Bert T. Criego
Bill Williams A.nue
Williams
Southwest Airways, Inc
Robert N. Briley
North 10Th Street
David Eastin
East van Buren Street
Sam E. Rogers
Theodore Hammons
Mongolia Street
William J. Sullivan
Hazelwood Road
Dean G. Griner
Encanto Boulevard
Frank W. Carney
South Stone Avenue
James P Funk
Hill Avenue
Commission On Defense
Chamber
Army Field
Red River
Fulton
Ark
108Th Combat Engineers
Chicago
Aged Farmer
Ridge
Wie
U. S. Marines
Hawaiian Islands
W. E. Rudasill
Police Department
Grabe
Re Seyba
PABST
Pabst Brewing Co
Ls Ad
Zeppelin
Purity Biscuit CO
Salt Lake
Utah
Jacome's
Nelly Dons
Nelly
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!