Man Held for Federal Counterfeiting Grand Jury
Ambrose Oran Cleveland Durham alias Ambrose Durham alias Oran Cleveland, 34, transient, was ordered held for action by the federal grand jury on counterfeit coin charges. Arrested after allegedly stealing from a downtown dime store, four counterfeit 25 cent pieces and five spurious nickels were found, along with counterfeiting tools, in his suitcase. He claimed the idea began in New Mexico to make coins for slot machines. the largest haul from one machine was 32 nickels. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Ambrose Oran Cleveland Durham
Ambrose Durham
Oran Cleveland
C. Wayne Clampitt
U. S
Durham
E. O. Faustman
New Mexico
Arizona
Federal Grand Jury
Stock Show Awards Made
CHICAGO December 4 Three cattlemen chosen to receive the International Livestock Exposition future breeder awards live stock prize while three pure blood heifers were contributed by Andrew Wilson Musser aimed at boosting young cattle raisers. Grand champion steer Sargo shown by Evelyn Asay Mt Carroll will head to auction with high prices anticipated. past records note top prices per pound for champions.
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Chicago
Jess C. Andrew
West Point
Ind
Andrew
Thomas E. Wilson
C. R. Musser
Muscatine
Charles WN
Sargo
Evelyn Asay
Mt. Carroll
Mercer
Irene Brown
Aledo
Ill
Christmas Ship Lollypop Docks For Free Shows
The Good Ship Lollypop from the Shell Oil Company Christmas show will dock Friday December 6 and remain through Saturday with Santa Claus Joey the clown and the Lollypop captain aboard. Free performances at Armory Park and De Anza Park with gifts for children. Shows start at 10 and 2 p.m. at Armory Park and 11 and 3 p.m. at De Anza Park.
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Shell Oil Company
Santa Claus
Joey the Clown
Armory Park
de Anza Park
Roosevelt Wins California Victory Margin Sets Record
California officials release results from the November 5 election showing Franklin D Roosevelt and Henry Wallace win the state with 1 877 618 votes to 1 351 419 for Willkie McNary. Hiram W Johnson secures 2 238 899 votes in a record turnout of 3 300 410 from 4 052 395 registered voters.
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Sacramento
Calif
Roosevelt
California
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
Paul Peek
Henry Wallace
Wendell Willkie
Charles McNary
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
Roger Babson
Prohibition
Senator Johnson
Fred Dyster
Anita Whitney
John Anson Ford
Globe Reports Mild Influenza Epidemic
Globe reports a mild influenza outbreak with over 100 cases, 200 pupils and six teachers absent. City physician Dr. T. C. Harper says three days in bed brings most cures.
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Globe
T. C Harper
Parking rules lift downtown as Tucson reports fewer tickets
Tucson police traffic investigator Joseph Weinzapfel notes a drop in total tickets from 1,048 in August to 424 in November and parking tickets from 820 to 283 as three wheel motorcycle patrols increase downtown mobility. He emphasizes enforcement aims to improve turnover, not revenue.
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Tucson
Joseph Weinzapfel
Weinzapfel
Draft registration number matches car license in Kas
Glenn Friend from Kansas recalls his draft registration number as 575, the same as his automobile license, in a report filed by United Press.
University of Arizona Women’s Sport Day lineup announced
Hockey archery badminton and golf participants have been chosen from the University of Arizona Phoenix Junior College and the Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe for the annual women’s sport day next Saturday. Events include a 2 pm hockey clinic game with officials Miss Virginia Kling and Miss Rosaline Miller and an archery tournament with Florence Cowan and Ruth Newton directing.
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University of Arizona
Phoenix Junior College
Arizona State Teachers’ College
Tempe
Virginia Kling
Rosaline Miller
Florence Cowan
Ruth Newton
Mary Louise Trekell
Dorothy Strickland
Emma Hughes
Catherine Linehan
Norma Sears
Betty Clark
Dorothy Poor
Mary Linden
Peggy Wilson
Madelyn O’leary
Mollie Johnson
Jessie Arnold
Marcella Freeman
Frances Sweeney
Peggy Craig
Peggy Gallagher
Louise Harper
Lolette Knost
Gwen Watson
Dorothy Kalil
Vivian Haley
Betty Wolff
Mary Bidegan
Dorothy Dowdy
Peggy Parlett
Juanita Emerick
Dixie Olney
Marjorie Cole
Nancy Leindendecker
Sue Heath
Marilyn Gordon
Sammie Lou Sowell
Martha Betty Putnam
Eleanor Bradley
Mary Louise Felix
Patricia Upshaw
Kathryn Syzperski
Dorothy More
Virginia Waters
Arizona Supreme Court asked to allow multiple offenses in one complaint
Phoenix December 4. The Arizona supreme court has been asked by the committee on criminal rules of the State Bar of Arizona to permit charging two or more offenses in a single complaint. County Attorney Richard Harless, a committee member, cited convenience and noted current rules do not explicitly authorize this practice.
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Phoenix
Arizona Supreme Court
Committee On Criminal Rules of the
State Bar of Arizona
Richard Harless
North Carolina Birth Rate Rises in First Nine Months
North Carolina's birth rate climbs with 60,537 births recorded by the state health division for the first nine months, up 891 from 59,646 in the same period of 1939.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
State Board of Health
Division of Vital Statistics
Vocabulary Test Assured At University Of Arizona
The Ellinwood vocabulary test will continue this year at the University of Arizona with rules drafted by Dean E R Riesen and Dr M T Solve. E E Ellinwood will select contest words, with prize money funded by R Mathews. 1939 winners included Barbara White Phillip Hayward and James Henry.
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Ellinwood
University of Arizona
Alfred Atkinson
E. R. Riesen
Literal Arts College
M. T. Solve
E. E. Ellinwood
Phoenix
University
Board of Regents
Eres R. Mathews
Tucson Pubisher
Barbara White
Tucson
Phillip Hayward
Kewanee
James Henry
Postal Savings System Authorized by Congress in 1910
The article notes that postal savings were authorized by Congress in 1910 and implemented the following year, establishing a government backed savings mechanism.
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Congress
Panama Canal Bids Opened for Third Locks Project
The Panama Canal administration opened bids for excavation for a third lock set widening by 30 feet. Bidders include Wunderlich Jefferson, Okes St Paul, Panama Constructors Wilmington and Oakland, Perini & Sons with Rugo, Callahan Gunther, Healy White Plains, and Burdick said bids will be checked and awarded promptly. The new locks will be 1,200 feet long 140 feet wide and 45 feet deep. Bids for Pacific end works expected soon.
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Washington
Panama Canal Administration
Martin Wunderlich Company
Jefferson, Mo
Okes Construction Company
St. Paul
B. Perini & Sons, Inc
Rugo Construction Company, Inc
Framingham
Mass
W. E. Callahan Construction Company
Gunther & Shirley Company
Dallas
Tex
S. A. Healy Company
White Plains
Bernard F. Burdick
Gatun
Pacific
Burdick
Russia resumes cotton imports from America in three months
In the first three months of this year Russia imported 3 million dollars worth of American cotton, a contrast to the same period in 1939 when no imports were recorded. This indicates a shift in trade patterns and potential shifts in textile supply chains.
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Russia
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Juanita Myers
Ann Cutting
Beatrice Krentz
Kathleen Sage
Joan Shivers
Mary Johnson
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Jane Phillips
Betty Nicholson
Jean Burns
Jean Beedle
Margaret Houghton
Joan Ferguson
Joan Knowles
Mary Sprosser
Ann Cawley
Gertrude Diet
Helen Mayer
Juanita Carroll
Bernard D. N. Grebanier
Brooklyn College
New York
Communist Party
Atkinson
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Mexico
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Walsh Bros
E. Broadway
Tucson Warehouse & Transfer O
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American Sports Writers
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