McDowell to Direct Arizona State Listening Posts
E P McDowell of Phoenix named by R C Stanford to supervise establishing state aircraft listening posts for Civilian Defense. Maj John C Gray of Riverside California to aid with technical phases, volunteers sought for office help, operations under Army supervision.
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Phoenix
E.P. McDowell
Arizona Department of
American Legion
R. C. Stanford
State
Civilian Defense Coordinating Council
Stanford
Defense Council
John C. Gray
Riverside
Calif
William O. Ryan
Gray
McDowell
Legion
Army
Conway Awarded Two Dollars in Libel Suit
Atty. Gen. Joe Conway won a two dollar judgment in a $100 000 libel suit against the Arizona Daily Star Tucson for a December 7 1937 article. Jury verdict 10 to 2 after about ten hours deliberation includes one dollar actual and one dollar punitive damages plus court costs. Judge Udall denied direct verdict on malice. defense by George Darnell of Darnell Pettee and Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
W. BR. Mathews
Mathews
Levi S. Udall
George Darnell
Darnell, Pattee and Robertson
The
Star
Mexican and American fliers patrol Pacific coast
Mexico City reported that Mexican army aviators, cooperating with U S fliers, patrol the Pacific coast to keep Mexican waters free of Japanese masquerading as fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Pacific
Mexican
Metals Noted as Key Factor in 1942 Construction Volume
The Department of Commerce states that 1942 construction levels will hinge on metal availability. Officials emphasize that shortages could limit housing and industrial projects across the nation this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Destruction of Nazi Invincibility Tops 1941 News List
The United Press ranked the destruction of the myth of Nazi invincibility in land fighting as a top 10 news story for 1941, noting the Russian counteroffensive and Allied war efforts as pivotal milestones. Other items include Pearl Harbor, lend lease, Hess flight, and the Atlantic Charter draft.
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New York
Dec
UPR
United Press
Europe
Pear, Harbor
America
Moscow
United States
Rudolf Hess
England
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ice
Libya
Crete
Balkans
United Press News
Russia
U.P
Sinaloa Governor offers aid to U S war effort
Governor Rodolfo T. Loaiza of Sinaloa Mexico wired Governor Osborn offering support from his state in prosecuting the war with Axis nations. He praised the United States brave stance and pledged solidarity with the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Rodolfo T. Loaiza
Sinaloa
Osborn
Loaiza
United States’ of America
Boy Confesses After Bossing Family Killings
A 16 year old near Buckman Minnesota confessed he prepared the killings at the farm home 16 miles east of here. He siphoned gasoline and spread it around before obtaining a shotgun and firing from outside the house. After the fire he drove to Buckman and told barbershop patrons of the discovery before calling his sisters in Duluth and Minneapolis. The youth was taken into custody upon returning to the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Buckman
Duluth
Minneapolis
Little ‘Falls
Action Aboard Dutch Destroyer in Central Mediterranean
Aboard the Netherlands destroyer Isaac Sweers, Allied destroyers and MTBs engage two Italian cruisers near Pantelleria, off Tunisia. The battle sees torpedoes and gunfire, flames erupting 200 feet high, and a near-ramming encounter with an Italian destroyer as the Dutch crew reports hits and confusion in the night.
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Netherlands
Isaac -Sweers
Mediterranean
U.P
Cairo
London
Legion
Maor
Sikh
Isaac ‘Sweers
Pantelleria
Tunisia
Malta
Sunday Night Buffet at Our Place
A pre Christmas spread is planned as a good time to dine in. The event invites guests to sneak out to our place for a Sunday night buffet supper and enjoy a tasty meal together.
Red Cross funds reach ten thousand mark in relief drive
The local Red Cross emergency relief fund jumped from eight thousand five hundred dollars yesterday to ten thousand today. Elmer Present, chairman, reported the chapter seeks twenty three thousand more for war relief efforts. A winter visitor contributed five hundred dollars today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Elmer
Presefit
Three Added To Arizona Traffic Toll In 1941
Three more deaths bring Arizona's road toll to 1941. Fred Quick of Springerville, a former Missouri resident, was found along a highway east of Springerville in a suspected hit and run. Mrs. F A Gore, 61, of Sidney Ta, died in a Tucson hospital from injuries after a December 13 car collision. Paul Schutz, 18, of Beloit Kas, was killed when the car he drove overturned 17 miles east of Winslow on U S Highway 66. a companion was unhurt.
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Fred Quick
Springerville
Missouri
F.A. Gore
Sidney
Paul Schutz
Beloit
Kas
Quick
Bruce BE. Elyea
Tucson
Schutz
State Highway Patrol
Wineslow
Glendale
Calif
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Randolph Field
Argentina
Rodolfo Moreno
Mariano Moreno
the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph CO
LA Paloma
Garuso
EL Conquistador
Green Lantern
EL Charro
Oracle Road
Broadway
Best
Venice Gardens
Shanghai
Best Steaks
Eouras
Lowell
Swann Rds
Ramadalad
Congress
R At
Kinsley Ranch
Sepori School
Cohie Sonja Henle
Don Ameche
Rialto
Ellary Queen and the Murder
Ring
Boy
Minnesota
Falls
Minn
Younge
Dahler
Anna
Mae
Kenneth
Ntephew
J.-H. Yindrich
Isaac. Sweers
Heigh
Corral
Mustacqua Track
Sabino Canyon Road
Ladybug
Chicago
Santa Rita
Owl Drug
Pioneer Hotel
Arthur
Crowell
James Ellison
Virginia Gilmore
Badlands OF
Dakota
Robert Stack
Ann ‘Rutherford
Jack Oakie
mLax
Iane Laks
Linda Darneli
Walter Brennan
Milton Berle
Merb Aellingsas al
We Jucson
Mark
Gene Auwy - 3
Burnette
Charlie Chan
Sam
Sonia Henie Sun Serenade
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
Arizona
Roller Rink
Laugh With
Fred
Macmurray Mary Martin
Robert Preston
MGM
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