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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1940
Page
9
Hi Y alumni will gather next Tuesday at 8 o clock in the Tucson Y M C A for their first annual reunion. The 1929 charter club started with 76 members and was organized by Robert Russell in 1920. Two minute talks will be given by representatives of each year.
One hundred conscripts from the Chicago area reported for a year of training at Fort Huachuca with another 200 men due to arrive. Draftees were interviewed by officers about their specialized field abilities as regular drills await start.
In Hutchinson Kansas the East Eureka grade school lists 33 pupils with 21 Nissy and 9 Yoder families. The three unfamiliar students carry the surnames Miller Glenn and White.
scattered showers in Arizona and New Mexico with light snow along the northern border from Montana to Michigan. Temperatures ranged from 32 to 70 across listed cities as conditions shift to mostly cloudy or partly cloudy with rain or snow and cooler temperatures through Wednesday in Arizona New Mexico Southern California West Texas and surrounding areas.
Cuba moves more fresh vegetables to the United States than in the previous year, signaling growing agricultural trade and heightened bilateral exchanges between the two nations. The shift could reflect improved market access and changes in export patterns affecting suppliers and consumers.
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged Congress to gear up the farm program for parity prices and parity income. He called for higher loan rates and use of acreage adjustment quotas to raise farm prices to 1909 14 purchasing power. He warned defense spending and export cuts hurt farmers and urged Britain aid and repeal of the Johnson Act. In Middletown Connecticut Mrs Bernice O Frissell a prize winner with 80 contest wins received a $1400 airplane.
A doctor examining Charles Rodman after an automobile overturn found a small head wound. He removed a rear-car spring embedded in Rodman’s skull and said he would recover.
FARMINGDALE New York December 10 Republic Aviation reported it perfected a new fighter craft for the U S Army Air Corps the Republic Lancer P 43 pursuit interceptor The plane is designed for high altitude combat with 1100 horsepower Pratt and Whitney engine and is armed with 30 and 50 caliber wing guns fragmentation bombs and special equipment The company said it exceeded its top speed guarantees by more than 20 miles an hour in tests and performed best in sub stratosphere altitudes.
Clarence C. McCumber and William R. McCumber were arrested in Phoenix on fugitive charges tied to a Columbus indictment for receiving and concealing stolen property in a gasoline theft. Each man posted $500 bond. Clarence had $7,113.11 and William $1,056 when arrested.
The company touted the Lancer as highly efficient in combat against bombing planes, aided by a supercharger installation. Instrument readings captured on film purportedly remove pilot error from performance data. The aircraft has a gross weight of 6,900 pounds and a useful load of 1,423 pounds.
Tom Van Atta was elected president of the Tucson Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting last night. Abbott Dodge named vice president and Stanley Grimes re elected treasurer. New board members include Homer Shantz Gomer Lewis L R Lewis Herb Bloom and W L Knoyer. Retiring president becomes ex officio. New directors named by Karl Barfield include E B Carmack Hubert H du Autremont James Grant William R Mathews J M Procter and W Donald Young.
Robert Houston of the city engineering department will discuss airport construction at a student chapter meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers tomorrow night at the University of Arizona. The program starts at 6 30 p m in the campus dining hall. Carl Curtis and Keith Campbell will speak on Rural Electrification and the Engineer's Part in National Defense.
Barfield said officers of the Chamber of Commerce will be named about January 1 for the coming year, with Pooler Sundin Sundt and John I. Reilly among those mentioned.
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