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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1941
Page
14
Mildred McElhaney of Wellton Arizona won a national 4 H clubs award for designing and making a stylish wool dress at a low cost. The Chicago convention recognized her achievement among club girls receiving awards for practical fashion.
Washington December 4 UP Stephen T Early refused to confirm or deny a Chicago Tribune dispatch claiming Army and Navy leaders prepared a confidential war plan for a 6 000 000 man expeditionary force. He said an immediate government investigation would occur and noted existing plans in both departments. The Tribune alleged the plan would begin in 1943.
New York dispatch reports Captain Dickinson Pepper of Walter Reed General Hospital warning that many young American physicians with draft deferments are entering private practice. He says the Army is short about 1,500 doctors and criticizes medical students for not appreciating the national crisis and neglecting military obligation.
Edwin F. Knagge reports a vehicle break in on Alameda Street in front of Hopi Lodge. Thief stole items valued at $100 including two Navajo blankets a leather bag with initials BFK a camera a German luger pistol and shotgun shells.
Chi-Chi the crested quail lives with Grace Snider in Glendalee California. He rides on her shoulder and taps piano keys when she sings. At bridge nights Chi-Chi flies to the table to sip one cocktail from each guest but never gets tipsy or overfills his capacity.
Representatives from three chambers of commerce plan a Mazatlan trip for the first part of March. Nogales and Nogales Sen Mex chambers will sponsor the journey with the Mazatlan chamber. Participants include C Edgar Goyette Karl Barfield Alex Jacome Oliver Frank William Williams and William Martin. Tentative travel date is March 6. Victor Moore labeled Superstitious of August for family misfortunes that month.
Shanghai reports German and Japanese diplomats will meet to outline the extent of Nazi support for Japan in a Pacific war scenario. Capt Fritz Weidemann and Heinrich Stahmer were due to arrive, with Wendler already in the region. Western powers may be drawn from the Atlantic to the Pacific to weaken Allied strength and tilt regional power in Germany and Japan favor.
Tahiti ships 125000 tons of phosphorus annually used in making smoke screens. The export shows the island's mining output and industrial trade.
Maj Lyle Rosenberg operations officer for the United States Engineer's Office in Los Angeles has been transferred to Colorado. The move is noted in the December 4 dispatch as part of Army engineer staff reassignment.
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