Red Cross of Tucson Sets $23000 War Relief Goal
Tucson chapter of the American Red Cross votes to raise 23000 for armed forces work as part of a national appeal to reach 50000000. The board met at the Old Pueblo club after receiving a telegram from Norman H. Davis via the San Francisco office urging rapid action and local dedication.
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Tucson
American Red Cross
Old Pueblo Club
Royal W. Rudolph
Norman H. Davis
Davis
San Francisco
Red Cross
Snake Murder Conviction Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Robert S. James in a wife murder case from Los Angeles. Justices Roberts wrote the 7 to 2 opinion despite two dissents by Justices Black and Douglas. Evidence included display of two live rattlesnakes to jurors during trial.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert S. James
Los Angeles
Justice Roberts
Black
Douglas
James
Morris Lavine
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Yule Decorations Must Be Seen From Streets
Tucson hosts the third annual Jaycee Christmas decoration contest entries must be plainly visible from the street and judged on evenings December 21 to 23. Entries close December 20 at 6 pm. prizes announced December 24. Ade Abbott chairs the event with a local committee including Ed Born Bill Carraway Clarence Black Frank Snodgrass Don Biggs and others.
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Tucson
G. G. Cooper
East India Street
Robert W. Black
East Helen Street
Ade Abbott
Ed Born
Bill Carraway
Clarence Black
Frank Snodgrass
Don Biggs
Henry Conover
Mark Foster
Bob Fogle
Chris Reilly
Fresh Icelandic salted cod arrives in Britain
Fresh salted cod from Iceland has been introduced to the British market, signaling a notable import development. The arrival highlights ongoing trade with Iceland and shifts in seafood supply in Britain.
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Iceland
Britain
New Battleships Feature Lounge Rooms for Women Guests
Washington dispatch notes whimsy and facts from the Navy from powder rooms for women to ship blackout procedures. It highlights four fleet actions won, no mutinies aboard U S ships, midshipmen taught dancing, and Navy libraries with books chosen by a single woman.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
Santiago de Cuba
Manila Bay
Lake Erie
Mobile Bay
U. S
U. S. Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Lord Nelson
Navy
U.S
Squalus
Army
Navy slang and habits spark aboard ship
President Roosevelt aboard ship enjoys naming warships as a hobby. Sailors joke that a look from ship to shore through a spyglass equals Cheap Liberty. The Navy bureau of supplies and accounts rejects rolltop desks as foes of the do it now impulse.
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Roosevelt
Navy
Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Indians Lose Appeal From Land Decision
The U S Supreme Court affirms a circuit court ruling that the Hualpai Indians have no right to railroad lands outside their reservation but allows an accounting for lands within the reservation. The case centers on 1866 land grants to a Santa Fe predecessor and occupancy claims.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Arizona
Santa Fe
William O. Douglas
United States
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Santa Fe Railroad
Supreme Court
Napoleon Feeded Captives With Good Rations
Napoleon provided captured soldiers with superior meals making many prefer to stay with him after the conflict rather than face their homeland’s poorer rations. Some soldiers even surrendered to obtain the plentiful food.
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Napoleon
Pima County Rural Schools shift to cash basis
All public school districts in rural Pima county are declared solvent and on cash basis after a warrant call by County Treasurer Wallace S. Bransford. Warrants through October 10 were ordered called in, funded by 93 percent tax collections in Pima and statewide.
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Pima
Pima County
Wallace S. Bransford
Flowing Wells
Bransford
Church Offered as Hospital Unit in Emergency
The University Methodist church official board voted unanimously to place the church at the disposal of the Civilian Defense League as a hospital unit if an emergency arises. Dr. J. B. Littlefield led the meeting noting the church has kitchen and dining facilities.
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University Methodist Church
J. B. Littlefield
Civilian Defense League
Red Cross Names New Tucson Base Field Director
James C. Osborne, formerly assistant Red Cross field director at Ft. Lewis Washington, arrived to become Red Cross field director at the Tucson Army air base. Miss Margret Link, long serving director at the base, will devote full time to Tucson chapter work.
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James C. Osborne
Red Cross
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Tucson Army Air Base
Miss Margret Link
Tucson
American Red Cross
New Japanese Airline Route Via Palau to Timor
A newly announced Japanese airline will operate from Palau Islands to Portuguese Timor and over the Netherlands Indies, signaling expansion through the western Pacific and southeast Asian air routes.
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Palau Islands
Portuguese Timor
Netherlands Indies
Federal Grand Jury To Convene Tomorrow
The U S grand jury will convene here tomorrow to hear 60 to 70 Tucson and Phoenix cases presented by Frank Flynn and K Berry Peterson. Included is John Douglas Hughes charged with transporting fraud proceeds from Grace Glassford of New York and Tucson across state lines and a white slavery case involving men in the Fort Huachuca area.
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U. S
Tucson
Phoenix
Frank Flynn
K. Berry Peterson
John Douglas Hughes
Grace Glassford
New York
Fort Huachuca
School Radio Programs Moved to Tuesday at 3 PM
The county school radio programs shift from Friday afternoons to Tuesday afternoons at 3 p m. Mrs. P H Ross the school superintendent announced. Next Tuesday Prof Hartley D Snyder University of Arizona will present The Christmas Message broadcast from KTUC.
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P. H. Ross
Hartley D. Snyder
University of Arizona
Snyder
KTUC
Tulare High Boys Embrace Domestic Arts Courses
In Tulare a surge of male students enrolls in homemaking classes. Cookery and meal service instruction attracts many boys, now outnumbering girls nearly two to one.
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Tulare, Cal
Tulare
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