Spear Urges Assessors To Seek Higher Tax Funds
Arizona state assessors meeting heard L A Spear urging them to organize for larger appropriations to boost tax rolls. He said assessors decide who pays but should not handle collection, and urged alignment with sheriffs to obtain needed money.
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L. A. Spear
Arizona Tax Research Asociation
Arizona
E. C. Corbell
Clarence Budington Kelland
Phoenix
Corbell
Federal Office of Production Management
Anna Frohmiller
Assembly
State
Speakers Named For Defend America Group
Dr Chester Smith of the University of Arizona and Rev Francis T Brown will speak Monday at 8 PM in the American Legion hall as Tucson chapters of the Committee to Defend America organize. Dr Frank C Lockwood will preside. Commander T D Parker gives a 730 PM radio talk Sunday. The committee aims to support U S foreign policies and funds for lease lend totaling 13 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Smith
University of Arizona
Francis T. Brown
American Legion Hall
Tucson
Committee To Defend America
Frank C. Lockwood
T. D. Parker
United States
Funeral Held For Isharm N Stockton at Local Home
Isharm N Stockton, 48, who came from Needles California 55 days ago, died last night in a local hospital. A railroad fireman, funeral services were at Tiedje Funeral Home at 2 p m with Rev George Wilson officiating. Burial in Evergreen veterans plot. Surviving wife Lizzie Stockton was present at death.
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Isharm N. Stockton
Needles
Calif
Tiedje
George Wilson
First Southern Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Lizzie Stockton
Births Brother and Sister Born in City
Girl Dagmar Aileen Ingle born to City Civil Service Personnel Director and Mrs. J Forrest Ingle at St. Marys Hospital. A boy born to Mr and Mrs Isaac Taylor at 1225 St. Claire Street at 12 08 a m on December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagmar Aileen Ingle
City Civil Service
J. Forrest Ingle
St. Mary’s Hospital
Isaac Taylor
St. Claire Street
Draft reclassification eyed to boost Army manpower
Washington officials discussed reclassifying registrants deferred for occupation to increase manpower for a rapidly expanding Army. Army plans target 2,000,000 by April, with about 500,000 inductees after January 1, amid calls to review class 2-A and 2-B deferments and labor supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Selective Service
War Department
Home Defense radio program debuts Sunday on KTUC
Pima county division of home defense presents a Sunday night program at 7 p m on KTUC dramatizing civilian defense events in the area. Coordinator Charles Darnell says fast moving dramas will show actual happenings from registration day and follow volunteers such as police, firemen, engineers, and first aid workers, with cast members including Juanita Moore, Victor Pulis, William Walsh, Frank Michel, Anna Bruce, Ralph King, and Keith Loftfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Division of Home Defense
KTUC
Charles Darnell
Juanita Moore
Victor Pulis
William I. Walsh
Frank Michel
Anna Bruce
Ralph King
Keith Loftfield
Navy relaxes enlistment standards in wartime drive
The Navy announces eased physical requirements for enlistment in the Navy Marine Corps and reserves. Varicose veins hernia and hydrocele are accepted for emergency service with Marine Corps restrictions. other defects such as hay fever nasal deformity undernourishment and minor correctable conditions are allowed. Marine Corps will not enlist hernia cases. Recruiting trucks with generators are sent into rural areas to reach applicants. four trucks with trailers are already deployed.
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Washington
Navy Today
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Naval Training Station
Army To Buy Horses From Arizona Farmers
The U S department of agriculture announced Army buyers are authorized to purchase horses in Pima County as part of a campaign against horse disease. A schedule lists sale days in Oracle Tucson Patagonia Willcox Benson and Douglas with mounts required to be 15 to 16 hands high and 950 to 1,200 pounds and sound for arduous duty. Painted Palomino and gray horses are not desired.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pima County
C. B. Brown
Oracle
Tucson
Patagonia
Willcox
Benson
Douglas
Army Faces Tougher Path to 2-A Draft Status
The speaker notes that 2-A entry will shrink to a negligible number as the Army signals it will be harder to enter and even tougher to remain in 2-A, reflecting tightened classifications and broader impacts on conscription.
Alcohol Becomes Tunisia's Principal Motor Fuel
In Tunisia alcohol is reported as the main motor fuel replacing prior sources. The shift signals a notable change in energy policy and fuel usage, with authorities citing availability and cost factors influencing the switch to alcohol as the leading transportation fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Credit achievements of industry urged by Keller at NY convention
Keller, president of Chrysler Corp, urged crediting industry for present defense gains at the National Association of Manufacturers convention. He said the U.S. built 64 six ton tanks before armistice and 778 by March 31 1919, arguing the free market outpaced German industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation of America
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Britain
Nallons
Railroads Seek Higher Rates at Chicago Meeting
The Association of American Railroads will hold its fall meeting in Chicago next Tuesday to discuss rate increases and 1942 equipment needs. A traffic advisory committee of railroad traffic examiners proposed higher rates to cover wage costs estimated at about 300 million dollars annually. A. F. Cleveland, committee chair, returned to Washington but the recommendations were not released in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Chicago
A. F. Cleveland
Association
Children Of Ill Man Sought In Arizona Letter
A letter to the police from Virginia Johnson of Chandler Arizona seeks the whereabouts of Bessie Montgomery Henrietta Capper and Ben Capper. It states James Wright the children's father is seriously ill in a Mesa hospital and wishes contact with his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Montgomery
Henrietta Capper
Ben Capper
Police Department
Virginia Johnson
Chandler
Ariz
James Wright
Mesa, Ariz
Webb Low Bidder on Defense Jobs
The War Department announces Del E Webb of Phoenix is the low bidder on two oil and lubrication system projects in Arizona. One at Luke Field Litchfield Park for 17000 dollars and another at Mesa military airport Higley for 18000 dollars. Vinson and Pringle of Phoenix bid 16800 dollars for a similar system at Victorville California.
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Los Angeles
War Department
del E. Webb
Phoenix
Luke Field
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Mesa Military
Higley
Vinson & Pringle
Victorville
Calif
Belfast street artist labels U-boat sinking as One more less
A Belfast street artist in Northern Ireland painted a work depicting the sinking of a U-boat and titled it One more less, drawing attention to wartime imagery in a modern urban setting.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Migrant Focus Talk Set by Miss Bertha White at University Methodist
Miss Bertha Mae White will speak at University Methodist Church corner of Third street and Euclid avenue tomorrow at 7 p m on Migrant Fathers and Mothers The 8 p m session features the Young Peoples League address Children of Migrants She has long worked with migrants in California and Arizona
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Bertha Mae White
University Methodist Church
Third Street
Euclid Avenue
Young Peoples League
Miss White
California
Arizona
Secretary Miss Marion Williams Resigns at University
Miss Marion Williams, secretary to Dr. Paul Burgess at the University of Arizona, has resigned. Ada Belle Wollis will replace her as secretary.
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Marion Williams
Paul Burgess
University of Arizona
Adabelle Wollis
University of Arizona Choir to Sing High Mass at SS Peter and Paul
In honor of the Immaculate Conception the Newman club Gregorian choir at the University of Arizona will assist Father Francis Green in a High Mass at SS Peter and Paul church Sunday at 9 a m The choir will perform Georgian Mass XVII Credo I and Ave verum with John Alfred Stelzer as cantor and Robert L Campbell as director accompanying the choir for the offertory with Rotare coeli de super as the chant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Club
Gregorian Choir
University of Arizona
Francis Green
SS. Peter and Paul
John Alfred Stelzer
Robert L. Campbell
Sheinboim Family Arrives for Second Tucson Winter Visit
Mrs. A Sheinboim of Detroit with her son Sidney and daughter Dolores have arrived for their second winter visit in Tucson staying at 136 North High Street.
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A. Sheinboim
Detroit
Sidney
Dolores
Tucson
North Highnd
Italian King Narrowly Escapes British Air Raid
King Vittorio Emanuele narrowly escaped an air attack as he traveled from Sicily to San Giovanni on the Italian toe en route to Rome after a nine day visit to bombed British targets in Sicily. British planes attacked the area in the afternoon while the king’s ferry crossed. Anti aircraft fire and Italian fighters repelled the raid and three attackers were downed at sea.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
San Giovanni
Sicily
Middle East
Henderson urges waste paper conservation drive nationwide
Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson asks state governors to require officials to stop burning waste paper immediately. He urges public and state leaders to stress waste paper conservation as a defense measure and to mobilize charitable groups and dealers to boost collections.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Fort Huachuca plans $11.59 million expansion bids sought
The Fort Huachuca quartermaster announces bids due December 29 for an $11,590,720 cantonment overhaul to house 11,309 more personnel. The project adds 158 barracks, hospital expansion by 551 beds, roads, rail, water and sewage systems, and supporting facilities for 7,000 officers and men.
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Fort Huachuca
Quartermaster’s Office
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Quartermaster’s
High Army
Washington
D. C
Eighth Zone
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Florence
Huachuca
Loch Ness Monster Sighted Again in Scotland
A reported sighting of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster reemerges, with the creature allegedly seen near the famous lake. The tale recalls the 1933 first appearance and adds to the longstanding mystery surrounding Nessie.
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Scotland
Pima to Receive Sales Tax Funds
The State tax commission said November sales tax revenue totaled 424,659.97 with the general fund getting 138,609.01 and social security fund 61,151.04. Counties receiving allocations include Cochise 21,260.20, Pima 34,927.39, Santa Cruz 2,888.96, and Yavapai 16,355.52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Tax Commission
State General Fund
State Social Security Fund
Cochise
Pima
Mexico cancels registration of mining cooperative over mercury smuggling
Mexico halts the official registration of a mining cooperative accused of attempting to smuggle mercury to Japan. The action follows investigations into illicit trade and regulatory compliance concerns impacting the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Japan
Mexican Vegetables Pass 100th Carload
Mexican grown winter vegetables mainly for eastern markets and Canada surpassed 100 carloads at the border crossing on Thursday night. The Southern Pacific office counted 112 carlots for the current year, with 20 carloads of tomatoes and two of peppers. Last year at this time 36 carloads had crossed.
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U.P
Canada
Southern Pacific Railway
American Women in Buenos Aires Form Group for Navy Visits
A new organization of American women in Buenos Aires unites to entertain and host crews from visiting United States Navy ships. The group aims to showcase hospitality, organize social events, and support officers during port calls in Argentina's capital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States Navy
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Pioneer Hotel
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Army
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OPM
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Home Defense
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U. S
Thurman Arnold
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
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N. Campbell Ave
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Fourth Ave
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West Congress
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