Rodeo to Continue Amid War Concerns at La Fiesta
Tucson officials report strong support to hold La Fiesta de los Vaqueros this year unless the Army requests cancellation. The Chamber of Commerce committee favors continuing for morale, with several members noting no industrial area risk and steady visitor inquiries despite wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Chamber of Commerce
M. H. Starkweather
Harold Collins
Jack Martin
England
Martin
Jack Procter
C. W. Gardner
Peter Waggoner
Tom van Atta
A. A. Sundin
Wife of officer offers to serve aboard minesweeper
Mrs Margaret Lyle Crouter wife of Commander M H Crouter christened the minesweeper YMB 22 and said she would serve aboard it if allowed She said she could steer stand watch scrub decks and even be a gun crew member The officer praised American women for willingness to help in the war effort
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Greenport
N. Y
U.A
M. H. Crouter
Crouter
New York to issue one license plate for 1942
New York state motorists will receive a single automobile license plate for 1942 to conserve steel for defense. Two plates per operator exist now, but one will be kept for 1943 with a distinguishing tag. The 1942 plate will be mounted on the rear of the car.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Lehman
Eleven Students Seek Army Enlistment on Campus
Enlistment blanks were issued to 11 university men during a three day campus interview series led by Capt. E. Lynch U S Army Air Corps recruiting officer. Besides those who began the process many others were interviewed as possible recruits and a campus recruiting bureau may reopen this week though no definite announcements were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lynch
U.S. Army Air Corps
Rodeo Committee Members Unreachable C Edgar Goyette Barfield
The rodeo committee could not be reached. Named as unavailable were C Edgar Goyette the chamber secretary and Karl Barfield the chamber president.
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Rodeo Committee
C. Edgar, Goyette
Chamber
Karl Barfield
Wife Seeks Shell Making Job for Husband in Marine Corps
In Hartford on December 15 a young woman told a state employment service interviewer she wanted a job making munitions because her husband serves in the marine corps and is stationed on Wake Island. She began work that day.
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Hartford
Conn
State Employment Service
Marine Corps
Wake Island
Vagrants Held by Tucson Court During Rail Defense Roundup
Tucson police rounded up 22 men described as transients in a second day of vagrant control tied to railroad defense efforts. Eleven were fined ten days in jail to hold in custody pending police checks before potential release and travel.
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Tucson
Studge
Paul
Cella
Police
Phoenix Drives 30 Percent Of State Retail Dollars In 1939
Phoenix accounted for 18 percent of Arizona's population but 30 percent of statewide retail sales in 1939. City retail stores reported 47,922,000 dollars in sales versus 162,003,000 dollars statewide.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Public Records Hearings in Superior Court Arguments
The Superior Court presiding judges William G Hall and Evo De Concini hear arguments on law and motion in separate sessions. Experts and court staff observe proceedings as part of routine docket.
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William G. Hall
Evo de. Concini
Justice Court and Police Court Docket Highlights
Presiding officers Gardner and Grijalva list numerous cases including disturbing the peace fines and jail terms, vagrancy fines of 10 dollars or 10 days, and bonds for leaving an accident scene and illegal liquor sales. Trial dates set for December 17 and December 31.
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Justice Court Co. W
Gardner
Leon Castillo
E.R. Wilson
Paul Cella
Tony
Grijalva
U.S
Sam
Robert Jinks
Franklin’ J. Baird
Bill Callahan
John’. W. Higgins
Johnny Johnson
Ben Carbajal
Willard Wise
Robert R. Larsen
Oo Joseph
D.bridgers
M. J. Sullivan
Petty
Frank B. Wright
Géne McLamore
Mary Reason
Ted Dale
Collins
Ernest Cade
George B.sullivan
Joseph
Nobles Receives Ten Day Jail Sentence For Soliciting
Robert Nobles is sentenced to 10 days in jail for soliciting in a case described in a historic local report. The brief notes the legal outcome and local judicial proceeding.
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Robert Nobles
Mixed ages and places listed in compact personal notices
A string of names with ages and hometowns appears, listing Albert Henry Weathers Tucson Mary Taylor Augusta H P Russell Topeka Dorothy Mae Liggett Tuc son Luis Dirks 21 Hua chuca Marie Crisp 19 Tucson Julius C Gold 26 Phoenix Goldie Adler 20 Raymond C O Brien 21 Tucson Marion Craig 21 Tucson Boyd G Wilson 38 Montgomery Dorothy E Reynolds 28 Montgomery sizes and locations cut across several states in a terse bingo-like compendium.
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Albert Henry
Weathers
Legal Age
Tucson
Mary ‘Taylor
Augusta
H. P. Russell
Topeka
Kan
Dorothy
Mae Liggett
Luis Dirks
Huachuca
Marie Crisp
Julius
C. Gold
Phoenix
Goldie
Adler
Raymond
C. O’brien
Copper Output Tops Half Billion Pounds in Arizona
Census data show Arizona copper production exceeding 500 million pounds. Silver yield nearly 7 million fine ounces and gold above 271 thousand fine ounces. Lead output surpasses 20 million pounds and zinc more than 13 million pounds. Bolivia restricts new car imports to 259 foreign automobiles this fiscal year.
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Arizona
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New York
Josie M. Trinkle
E. Speedway
de Luxe
Mumm's Cordon Rouge
Clicquot Ponsardin
Great Britain
Retail Liquor Department
Steinfeld
Tucson ‘Court
U.S. War
Elefood
Telefood Service
United States
Canada
Telefood
Steinfeld’s
Itinfeld’s
Service Grocery
Public. Records
Belle D.hall
Peacock Shoes
William T.lews
East Congress
Bolivia
Grabe
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