Meet Opens Drive for New YMCA Building in Tucson
About 150 community leaders attended a dinner at the Pioneer hotel to launch a $556,000 YMCA building fund. Speakers included Hubert d Autremont, Ray L Rayburn, Harold Steinfeld, and E B Carmack. The new north side East Sixth Street structure will serve seven Hi Y clubs as Tucson's population grows from 13 000 to 90 000 over the years.
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YMCA
Pioneer Hotel
Zews
Hubert d’Autremont
Cochairman
Ray L. Rayburn
New
East Sixth Street
North Fifth Avenue
North Herbert Street
Tucson
England
Rayburn
Steinfeld
William R. Mathews
Four Populous States Favor Peacetime Military Training
George Gallup reports four eastern states New York Massachusetts New Jersey and Pennsylvania would approve peacetime military training. Polls show high majorities favor training for all able bodied men and greater support than in 1940 for compulsory service. Nationwide, 75 percent back peacetime training with 21 percent opposing.
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Princeton
N. J
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Cost Of War Estimated In Trillions World War II price tag
A Brady American University survey tallies total World War II costs at about 1.154 trillion for arms and war materials plus 230 billion in property damage. US war material expenditures reach 317.6 billion. UK 120 billion. Russia 192 billion. Axis powers total 468.939 billion with Germany 272.9 billion, Italy 94 billion, Japan 56 billion.
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Washington
James H. Brady
American University
China
U. S
Russia
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Japan
German Fleet Split Among Allies Plans Revealed
Report states 1,200 ships of the German navy are to be divided between Britain, Russia, and the United States in a decisive postwar arrangement.
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Britain
Russia
United States
Thousands of Jeeps to Veterans Auctioned by RFC
About 10,000 surplus jeeps are offered to World War II veterans for two weeks until December 17. New models range 598 to 782 dollars, used jeeps cheaper, all inspected and tagged. Veterans must discharge papers, apply at 110 RFC regional offices, receive a certificate, and mail order by the deadline. Allocations will be state-driven from Washington.
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Washington
Sam
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War Nts Corporation
SWPC
Consumer Goods
RFC
Atlanta
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Denver
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Columbus
O. Belle Meade
N. J
Fort Crook
Neb
Richmond
Calif
Aberdeen-Angus bull sells for 10000 at Great Western Show
Los Angeles December 5 A registered Aberdeen-Angus bull raised by Thomas R Dempsey Los Angeles attorney sold at auction for 10000 yesterday at the Great Western livestock show Paul Grafe Santa Paula construction contractor won the animal in spirited bidding It was the highest price ever paid for this breed at a Great Western show.
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Los Angeles
Thomas R. Dempsey
Paul Grafe
Santa Paula
Japs Convert Tanks and Cars to Bulldozers for Cleanup
Allied headquarters in Tokyo approved converting 115 old medium tanks and 50 armored cars into bulldozers and debris haulers. Guns and turrets will be removed, hulls cut so turrets cannot be replaced. The 8th Army will supervise dearmament and clearance, ensuring no combat use.
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Tokyo
Tsi
Atsugi
8Th Army
Gas Blast Destroys Ninth Floor at London Terrace
An explosion heard across Greenwich Village to Times Square wrecked much of the ninth floor of the London Terrace apartment building in New York City killing one man. Fire officials said the blast was caused by gas.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Times Square
Smart
Out of Town Officers Mistakenly Fingerprint Visitor
In Muncie Indiana visiting plainclothes officers were in the fingerprinting room when a visiting officer was mistakenly fingerprinted instead of the prisoner awaiting processing. Local officers halted the procedure and reviewed the mix up.
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Muncie
Ind. U.P
Public libraries exceed six thousand nationwide
The United States hosts more than 6,000 public libraries across cities and towns, serving communities with lending services programs and public access resources.
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United States
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Parker Mortuary
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Dolly
Firestone
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Chevron Ee Vale
Tanner
Arizona
Roosevelt Dam
Cow Country
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Casa Grande Ruins
Grand Canyon
Salt River
Phoenix
Prescott
Canyon
Flagstaff
Old Tucson
Mountain Park
Hertz
Tammaer
Thotor “Tours
North
Scott Street
THE
Christmas Club
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company
Tucson, Arizona
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Capital
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