Davis Monthan Air Base Named After Two Fallen Fliers
The Tucson Army air base is officially designated Davis Monthan Field in honor of Samuel H. Davis and Oscar Monthan. Davis died December 28, 1921, in Florida after serving as a World War I lieutenant, and Monthan, an English native who settled in Arizona, was killed March 27, 1924, when a bomber crashed in Honolulu.
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Tucson Army Air Base
War Department
Davis-Monthan Field
Samuel H. Davis
Oscar Monthan
Samuel Howard Davis
Sam Davis
Tucson
University of Arizona
Lieut
Davis
Arcadia
Florida
Army Air Field
England
Arizona
Air Corps
Honolulu
Auto Dealers Told Ceilings Must Be Set
Cyrus McCormick of the Office of Price Administration told auto dealers that retail price ceilings must be set for new cars as inflation has already started in the auto industry. OPA officials warned defense demands may force production limits to two and four door sedans with fewer luxury features. McCormick proposed wholesale and retail ceilings and two price formulas including freight markups and handling charges. Galbraith said price stabilization during the war would ease later stabilization.
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Washington
Cyrus McCormick
Office of Price Administration
OPA
McCormick
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Washington Portraits Gifted to Fort Collins Survive Bomb
A British architect presented two original George and Martha Washington portraits to Fort Collins as a gift. The frames and images sustained damage from a German bomb raid in Britain. George’s portrait frame is damaged while Martha’s has a hole in the head and tears in the body.
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Washington
Fort Collins
Colo. UP
George
Martha Washington
Britain
Martha
Navy fires more ammunition in first year of war says Knox
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a magazine the U S Navy fired more ammunition in the war's first year than Britain's. He cited months of British patrols without shots and claimed U S ships conducted extensive target practice at Atlantic and Pacific theatres. He noted high marksmanship and costly training with 5800 vessels including trainers.
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New York
UPR
Frank Knox
United States
Knox
Atlantic
Pacific
Police Pension Study Retains Patrolman 65
City council approved Police Patrolman Harry Lesley to remain active after his 65th birthday December 10 while pension plans are settled. City Attorney Lyons to draft an emergency resolution. A citizen council led by W. R. Mathews studies pensions for all municipal workers except firemen under state law.
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Harry Lesley
Lesley
John D. Lyons, Jr
W. R. Mathews
Tucson
Council
Hotel operator seeks parolee staff in Arizona
An Al turas California hotel operator asked Arizona State Prison Warden A G Walker to recommend parole eligible workers. In a letter, he sought men and women as cooks dishwashers waiters maids and laundresses to help them reintegrate. The warden forwarded the request to the state board of pardons and paroles and withheld the operator's name.
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Phoenix
Alturas
Calif
A. G. Walker
Arizona State Prison
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Buchalter and two others sentenced to die in January
Louis Buchalter Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone were sentenced to die in the electric chair the week of January 4 1942 for the murder of Brooklyn storekeeper Joseph Rosen. Weiss claimed innocence as Judge Franklin Taylor imposed the penalty. The trio were convicted by a jury early Sunday morning. Remarkably distant dynamite vibrations were reported up to 2000 miles away.
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New York
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Emanuel
Mendy) Weiss
Louis Capone
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Weiss
Rosen
Kings County
Franklin Taylor
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Davis-Monthan
U.S
Felon
Buchalter
Pals
Pete Ee
Steinfeld’ Sons
Waldes Rover
Steinfeld
Knox “Bolero
Vagabond
Nettleton Shoes
Mentholatum
United States Defense Savings
Tex
Hickey-Freeman
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