Yule Beauty Prize Offered for Best Christmas Decor
Ade Abbott announces a Jaycee home decorating contest with a loving cup for the best business establishment Christmas display. First prize is 50 dollars from Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power, with 26 other prizes donated by local merchants. Entries close Saturday. preliminary judging starts Sunday evening and final judging on Tuesday December 23.
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Ade Abbott
Jaycee
Pitt's Jewelers
Abbott
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
Tucson
Chamber of Commerce
Caia Do
Don Diggs
Mark Foster
Home Defense Committee
Women’s Unit To Help With War Is Urged
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers urged creation of a uniformed women’s Army auxiliary corps to perform non combatant duties. She said enlistments would be 18 to 45, pay would start at 21 dollars a month, and supervision would be in the War Department with its own officers.
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Washington
United States Army
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
House Military Affairs Committee
Uniformed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Rogers
War Department
England
Mother volunteers for the Army after son killed
Philadelphia reports Mrs. Reba Feldman, whose 18 year old son Jack died in Pearl Harbor bombing, returns to the Army recruiting station to join. She is assigned a job at the Army quartermaster's depot. Her resolve follows her son's death, aiming to support the military effort.
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Philadelphia
Reba Feldman
Jack
Army
Pearl Harbor
Maricopa Hearing Set On Emergency Tax Levy
The state tax commission will hold a hearing on December 23 regarding Maricopa County board of supervisors request for approval of an 11,23618 emergency tax levy. The levy funds operations of the county treasurer’s office due to a surge in delinquent tax collections.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Maricopa
Hatlessness Increases Eye Strain While Driving
Study finds eye strain worsens for drivers without hats especially in bright conditions. Researchers note sun glare and heat as contributing factors, urging drivers to wear hats for comfort and reduced visual fatigue.
Reforms Urged for Mexico Big Game Hunting
A meeting at the Aguirre ranch near Puerto Libertad Sonora discusses reforms to Mexico’s hunting areas. Ernest E. Lee reports six objectives including predator reduction permits for big horn sheep and antelope, more wardens, trained natives, and relaxed firearms rules.
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Nathaniel W. McKelvey
Aguirre
Puerto Libertad
Sonora
Mexico
Mexi
Hunter Lee
Lee
Chihuahua
Durango
Sorora
Sinaloa
Sr. Reyes
Federal Game Department
Red Tape Clarified for Mexico Hunting Access
The writer clarifies border delays for American hunters entering Mexico for hunting. Prospective hunters can avoid issues by arranging through authorized Mexican tourist representatives like Carl Molling in Tucson. Mexico has open season on common game, with big horn sheep and antelope restricted to museum-authorized representatives.
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Mexico
Cnens Cri Oc Can Republic
Tucson
Ernest E. Lee
Lee Brothers Hunting and Guide Service
Lee
Texas
Miguel Reyes
International Worvester Company
Jesus Morales
Coahuila
Zacatecas
Sonora
Chihuahua
Durango
Lee Brothers
Higginbotham Cattle “Company
Ernest
Clell
Republic
Carl Molling
Valley Bank
Hunter’s Prize Pelts Sparks Jeers and Cheers Among Friends
Ernest Lee recalls a hunting stretch in which a bold shot yields a beautiful pelt. Days later he shares the tale and the photographs, prompting mixed reactions from friends as they study the trophy and recount the hunt.
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Ernest Lee
Six Injured in Rock Island Train Wreck at Naravisa
Six cars derailed on a west bound Rock Island passenger train near Naravisa, 56 miles southwest of Dalhart, injuring four men who were taken to a Tucumcari hospital. Ambulances and two doctors rushed to the scene. 300 yards of track torn up but right of way clear. Two special passenger trains operated behind the regular service.
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Dalhart
Tex
Rock Island
Naravisa
Tucumcar
N. M
Ancient Chinese Porcelain Found With Drake's Bay Relics
Dr. Robert F. Heizer announced UC anthropology findings at the California Historical Society showing old Chinese porcelain fragments and rusty ship spikes unearthed at Estera mound and other shell mounds in Drake's Bay. A. L. Kroeber dated the porcelain to Wan Li late Ming export ware from 1550 to 1644.
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San
Francisco
Drake’s Bay
Robert F. Heizer
Department ‘of Anthropology
University of California
California Historical Society
Estera
Limantour Arm
Drake's Bay
Francis, Drake
A. L. Kroeber
University
Mexico Pushing 1000-Mile Pan American Highway Link
Mexico City public works minister Gen Maximo Avila Camacho says a 1000 mile link of the Pan American highway from the U S border at Laredo to Mexico City will be finished in 1942. The route will be known as the Christopher Columbus highway and will connect with Central American segments to create a continuous U S to Panama system.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Guatemala
Maximo Avila’ Camacho
United States
Laredo
Texas
Central America
Panama
SEC Revises Rules On Defense Contracts
The Securities and Exchange Commission revised rules under the 1933 act to require withholding information on national defense contracts when an executive department or the Maritime Commission determines disclosure is not in the public interest. The revision also covers contracts related to the military forces of U S allies.
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Washington
The
Securities. Commission
Executive Department
Maritime Commission
United States
Educators Set Annual Convention in Phoenix for 1942
The Art yona Education association will hold its annual convention in Phoenix in 1942. N D Pulliam executive secretary announced the Tucson bid failed. The association budget for the year was set at 20800 dollars.
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Phoenix
Artyona Education Association
Phoenix -In
N. D. Pulliam
Tucson
Sergeants Target Private’s Dates Spark Army Etiquette Debate
Washington reports unease over sergeants who harass privates’ female companions. An eastern women’s college cited dancing with soldiers triggering dissent at a defense conference. Critics fault military etiquette rules that bar privates from cutting in on superiors, fueling concern over misconduct.
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Washington
Department
Office, of Defense
Health and Well ‘Services
Eastern Women's College
Aald
Gorgeant
Huachuca School Buys U S Defense Stamps
Fort Huachuca, Dec 17 07 All 66 pupils at the Fort Huachuca elementary school for white children whose fathers are Army officers and civilian employees at the post have purchased defense stamps. The school is believed to be the first in Cochise county to undertake the program.
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Fort Huachuca
Post
Cochise County
California Governor Calls Special War Session
Sacramento reports Governor Olson convenes a special wartime session at 11 p.m. Friday to approve defense funding for the state guard and emergency fund. He signals possible requests of up to 45 to 50 million dollars for defense measures and related appropriations.
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California
Sacramento
Olson
State Guard
Woman survives nap tumble after crash in New Mexico
Mrs. Margaret Dorsey fell from a speeding car at 60 mph while napping in the back seat near Raton New Mexico. She escaped serious injuries with the incident prompting caution about dozing during travel.
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Ugh Salt
Staalt
Joseph H. Shirk
Peru Trust Company of Peru
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Rio
Hanter
Harry D. Cranston
Globe Trotter
Ernest E.lee
Hons
Tigres
Game Department
Reyes
Morales
Buli
Hecomes
Tigre
Lion
Negros
Raul de Anda
Carmen
Ida Lupino
John Garfield
RKO News
Monte Cristo
Louis Hayward
Joan Bennett
Golden Boy
William Holden
BarBara Stanwyck
Rialto
LA Paloma
Caruso
Eere
EL Conquistador
Green Lantern
EL Charro
Oracle Road
W. Broadway
Venice Gardens Club
Shanghai
Lowell
Congress
SEC
Huachuca School
U. S
Edmund Id Lowe
William Gargan
Peggy Moran
Frank Albertson
Lola’ Lane
Paul Kelly
Reine
MeLune
Leon Errol
Lupe Velez
Aes Pemcen
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