First Lady Details Okies Plight and Migration Crisis
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told the House migrant workers committee that Okie families driven from dust bowl farms face poverty and the risk their children become inmates or tuberculosis patients. She urged Congressional planning for post defense era to prevent mass migration and criticized high union fees for migrants seeking work.
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Washington
UPR
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dust Bowl
Congress
House
N. J
Thomas’ Case
Nazis boast of raider and submarine shipping toll
Berlin reports a German submarine sunk two armed British merchantmen totaling 14 500 tons and a surface raider increased its toll to over 100 000 tons. Saguenay torpedoed and towed to port with heavy casualties. weather limited air activity. Earth diameter note closes the report.
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Berlin
High Command
Saguenay
Atlantic
DNB
Canadian Naval Service
Ottawa
Germany
Italy reports Greek war losses for November
Rome official communique lists Italian November casualties in the Greek war at 3,428 total. It breaks down 780 killed 1,917 wounded and 731 missing, with Albanian units under Italian command among the losses. Navy 301 casualties and North Africa East Africa air force and native troops also recorded.
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Rome
U.P
High Command
Albania
Semeor
Osum
North Africa
East Africa
Bundles for Britain Sees Membership Rise in Tucson Chapter
The Tucson Bundles for Britain chapter reports active members reach 356 and monthly shipments include 58 sweaters 28 socks 14 sea boot stock ings 24 helmets 24 mittens 1 pair of gloves and 9 scarfs sent to New York for Britain. We sent 445 pounds of warm clothing this month raising total aid to 1 657 pounds since starting. A $150 donation funded children cots for air raid shelters and hospitals. The sewing room at 933 East Third Street opened with Mrs John Winchcombe Taylor in charge and a team of volunteers ready to sew hospital garments masks aprons and children’s clothes later.
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Tucson
Britain
New York
East Third Street
John Winchcombe-Taylor
Mesdames
A. R. Byrd
George Swalley
Lewis Rosenstein
Hoagland Gates
Randolph Coleman
Herbert Painter
James Pollak
Catherine Snow
Frank Hernacki
Arthur Ginn
J. Rawley
Robert Howell
James Boyle
W. C. Williams
M. Williams
John Haynes
Reichert
Sayers
Helena Squires
Marjorie Parfitt
Luisita Leland
Driver Faces Reckless Trial Near Grand Avenue
Leslie Clark aged 56 of 437 South Fifth Avenue faced the first of two reckless driving charges in justice court. He was arrested on North Fourth Avenue and released on his own recognizance pending today's hearing. A second arrest followed after he allegedly ran a stop sign at Grand Avenue and West Congress Street.
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Leslie Clark
South Fifth Avenue
Justice Court
North Fourth Avenue
Paul Jones
Earl Rogers
Clark
Grand Avenue
West Congress Street
Squirrel Sleeps With Dogs Nesting At Dexter Home
A two year old pet squirrel named Oleg now lounges beside cats, dogs, and kittens in Henry Thurlow’s Dexter home. The unusual household has become a local curiosity as Oleg adapts to life with multiple animal companions.
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Dexter
Me. U.P
Oleg
Henry Thurlow
Osborn Area Push to Form Arizona Home Guard
Governor Jones said he will ask the War Department for permission to set up a home guard from Arizona's unorganized militia to cover periods when the national guard is absent. The plan follows talks with veterans groups and needs War Department approval under federal discipline rules. An attorney general's opinion says the governor can create the guard but funding requires a legislative act.
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Jones
Arizona Guard
Phoenix
War Department
Arizona
Secretary of War
Stimson
Atty
Joe Conway
Woman Exonerated In Fatal Shooting In Phoenix
Marie Hernandez of Phoenix, 36, was exonerated today after shooting and killing Delfigo Gomez, 45, who entered her home. The coroner ruled it justifiable homicide, with an inquest deemed unnecessary. Hernandez said Gomez attempted entry earlier and she fired four times while alone with her husband away.
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David Thomas
St. Louis
Alexandria
Better
John H. Tolan
Roosevelt
Phoenix
Marie Hernandez
Delfigo Gomez
Cornorer H. C. Arnold
Tolleson
Gomez
Pioneer Barber William Ewing Claimed by Death
Bisbee on December 10 reports the death of William J. Ewing 66 a pioneer local barber who ran one of the first shops in Lowell He died at his Warren home His widow and a daughter Mrs George Brownell of Tucson survive Funeral arrangements call for cremation in Phoenix tomorrow
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Bisbee
William J. Ewing
Phoenix
Ewing
Lowell
Warren
George Brownell
Tucson
Governor Elect urges Arizona power authority for Boulder Dam
Arizona Governor Elect Sidney P. Osborn asks the incoming legislature to create a state power authority to manage Boulder Dam power, warning that the existing contract with the interior department could be amended disadvantageously. He cites benefits for agriculture and industrial growth and notes rising demand from California aviation industries and national defense concerns.
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Osborn
Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Boulder Dam
Arizona
S Elect
House
Senate
Democratic Party
Colorado
Nevada
Department of Interior
California
Tucson Chamber Guests at Coolidge Meeting
Mayor Henry CO. Janstad along with J. B. Mead Alex Jacome and C. Edgar Goyette attended the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. Principal speaker Hamilton Keddie spoke on the relation of the community to the chamber. Senator elect E. W. McFarland also addressed more than 150 attendees.
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Tucson
Coolidge
Arizona Influenza Epidemic Leveling Off Says Health Dept
Phoenix reports that Arizona's influenza epidemic is leveling off the state health department announced today. New cases last week totaled 471 compared with 359 the prior week, excluding cases not needing physician attention from the reports.
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Phoenix
State Health Department
Arizona
Health Department
Pima County Votes 14 to 2 on Cotton Plan
Pima County cotton growers voted 14 to 2 to continue in 1941 the Agricultural Adjustment administration regulations for crops and benefit payments. Only 16 of the 44 cotton producers in the county cast ballots, according to C. B. Brown, county agricultural agent.
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Pima County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
C. B. Brown
Two Jailed In Indian Country Liquor Case
Paul Anton and Jose Tello pleaded guilty to introducing liquor into Indian country and were fined 50 dollars and imprisoned five months. Federico Aguaya had probation revoked and received six months in jail. Emnacion Lemos got four months for an escape charge.
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Paul Anton
Jose Tello
U. S. District Court
Albert M. Sames
Fedrico Aguaya
Emrnacion Lemos
Authority to Dispose Energy in Wholesale Lots to Utilities
The text states an authority would function as an agency to dispose of energy in wholesale lots to utilities. It underscores the wholesale nature of distribution rather than retail sales and frames the agency as a broker of power to utility entities.
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