Campana Mine Sued For Note By Valley Bank
Valley National Bank of Phoenix sues Campana Gold Mines Inc Horace F Ferry and James Nelson alleging five notes totaling 5000 dollars unpaid The bank claims a 2000 and a 3000 note from 1940 were settled by a 5000 note from International Mines Inc of Nevada Nelson is said to have signed a continuing guarantee The bank seeks 9500 plus fees while defendants request jury and costs.
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Campana Gold Mines, Inc
Valley National Banks of Phoenix Today
The
Mine Corporation
Horace F. Ferry
James Nelson
Chicago
Superior Court
William G. Hall
International Mines, Inc
Nevada
Nelson
Salt Explained
Campana
Knapp, Boyle
Union Members Pledge Aid To Phelps Dodge
Representatives of the Southern Arizona Smeltermen's union CIO met with Phelps Dodge officials to offer cooperation to prevent sabotage and to work an increased production plan for copper. The union committee named Fred Farre Bill Bates Julio Vasquez Victor Rose and Dave Wallace supported the plan and a resolution urged unity to boost wartime production and civilian defense. A telegram to Franklin D Roosevelt and OPM pledged full support and requested national production conferences between labor and industry.
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Douglas
Daily Citizen
Southern Arizona Smeltermen’s Union
CIO
Phelps Dodge
Fred Farre
Bill Bates
Julio Vasquez
Victor Rose
Dave Wallace
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Copper Queen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
OPM
Southern Arizona Smeltermen’s ‘Union, No
U S Attorney Office Remains Open 24 Hours in War Emergency
Phoenix district attorney Frank Flynn announced the U S Attorney Office will stay open around the clock due to the war emergency. He said the 24-hour duty follows orders from the attorney general to advise on issues arising from the seizure of aliens and other war matters.
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Phoenix
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Frank Flynn
Flynn
Lewis Irvine Called For Military Duty
Phoenix dispatch reports Lewis Irvine former director of the state employment service has been called to active duty by the Army Air Corps He is a World War I veteran and holds a reserve captain's commission.
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Phoenix
The
Army Air Corps
Lewis Irvine
State Employment Service
Irvine
Napoleon's Disaster in Russia Thaw Destroys Supply Lines
The 1812 Russian campaign ended in catastrophe not from extreme cold but an unusual thaw that flooded roads and turned supply routes into bogs, crippling Napoleon's army.
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Napoleon
Russia
Air Corps Hero's Son Will Be Proud Of Father's Feat
New York dispatch recalls Captain Colin Kelly Jr. hero who died diving his plane to sink the Japanese battleship Haruna off Luzon. His wife Mrs. Colin P Kelly Jr describes him as conscientious and devoted, a West Point graduate of 1937, loved flying, married soon after, and proud of his service. She speaks of his character, religion, and wish to die for country, while noting no word yet on plane crew.
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New York
U.A
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Corkey
Colin Kelly, Jr
Army Air Corps
Haruna
Luzon
P. J
Kelly
West Point
42Nd
Hawaii
Theodore A. Wick
War appropriation bill approves ten and a half billion for conflict
A joint congressional conference committee approved an appropriation bill with about 10.5 billion dollars in funds and contract authority to prosecute the war. Senate leader Kenith McKellar said the House agreed to most senate amendments. House Chairman Clarence Cannon said the measure would be acted on Monday with minor items returned for a vote. The package also lumps 1.556 billion in lend-lease funds into an overall 7.876 billion Army appropriation.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Conference
Kenith McKellar
Tenn
Senate
House
Clarence Cannon
D. Mo
House Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Woodpeckers Evict Family From Chimney Soot Chaos
In Portland Oregon two dive bombing woodpeckers swooped into the Herns home chimney causing loud squawks and clouds of soot. They chased the family out until a patrolman evicted the trespassers. A tang oil note mentions road construction in unoccupied China.
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Portland
Ore
J. M. Herns
Universal Bible Sunday Observance Set for Tomorrow
Tucson churches join a national push for Bible Sunday as Rev. Leland H. Keewin of Trinity Presbyterian, chairing the Pima county division of state civilian defense spiritual welfare, urges calm daily living and regular church worship. The Tucson Ministers Association backs Bible Sunday per Dr. Robert E. Dickenson, warning of pagan darkness but affirming the enduring light of the fathers.
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Universal
Tucson
Leland H. Keewin
Trinity
Presbyterian
Pima - County
Robert E. Dickenson
University Methodist Church
American Bible Society
America
Raid Training Will Be Given on Civilian Defense
Washington December 18. Maj William N Porter of the chemical warfare service orders eight officers to the west coast to instruct civilian and manufacturing groups in air raid and plant protection. They will operate from OCD regional offices from Mexico to Canada and conduct 3 day courses on civil defense and incendiary bomb countermeasures. Lieut Col George J B Fisher will direct the coast school with four enlisted assistants. Courses mirror prior civilian defense instruction at Holgwood arsenal. Some 509 students from fire departments police and FBI have completed the program nationwide.
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Washington
Geh
Wiliam N.porter
Chemical, Warfare -Service
West Coast
Office of
Civilian, Defense
OCD
Mexico
Canada
War’ Department
Arizonians Proposed For Alien Hearings
Phoenix dispatch reports five Arizonans named by U S District Attorney Frank Flynn to join a special board to hear enemy alien cases. The board would allow arrested aliens to plead their cases and forward findings to the attorney general in Washington. Seventeen suspected enemy aliens were arrested in Arizona in the past week, with several sent to Fort Bliss Texas and others held in local jails.
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Phoenix
Dec
U.S
Frank Flynn
Flynn
Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Arizona
Fort Bliss
Tex
Dourine Free Areas Designated by State
The state livestock sanitary board announced today that Greenlee and Santa Cruz counties and the portion of Pima county east of the Papago Indian reservation are free of dourine in horses. The Salt River and Fort McDowell Indian reservations also were reported free. Until tests are negative, horses from other areas will not be permitted in the clean sections.
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Phoenix
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Greenlee
Santa Cruz
Pima County
Papago Indian Reservation
Salt River
Fort McDowell
Proclamation Issued In Tucson For Red Cross Drive
A Tucson proclamation urges public support for the American Red Cross local chapter. It states the quota is 23 000 dollars and designates the Red Cross as the official agency for relief. Mayor Henry C Jaastad signs the proclamation. The text also mentions agricultural production rankings for 1940 lettuce yields in California Arizona and Colorado.
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Tucson Red. Cross
Merica
Thi
Merican
Cross
American Red Cross
American’ Red Cross
Tucson
Henry’ C. Jaastad
Tuc
the Union
Arizona
Methodist bishops join war effort in Sea Island
Methodist bishops in Sea Island Georgia join wartime drives presenting a united front with lay leaders to support war efforts. The report notes their expressed belief in victory and the need for continued faith-led actions as the conflict progresses across the nation.
Meatpacking establishments growth over early 20th century
Arizona had five meat packing establishments in 1914 with products valued at 179000 dollars. By 1939 meat products from these plants reached 7186960 dollars, reflecting the output of 16 establishments.
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Arizona
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