Nine Die In State in Last 24 Hours Traffic Toll Rises
The Associated Press reports nine deaths in Arizona over the past day including five burned to death in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and four killed in traffic accidents near Peach Springs Buckeye Winkelman and Mesa. The toll for 1945 reaches 271, just below the 272 mark set in 1941.
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Arizona
State Highway Patrol
Rosie Lee Jordan
Charles McCloud
Rosie Stilman
Charles Stilman
Frances Dolores Stilman
Pine Bluff
Ark
Buckeye
Ruben L. Parra
Hayden
Winkelman
Thelma Hogue
Phoenix
Corp
Smith W. Peterson
Highway Patrol
Desert Animals Thrive Without Surface Water Says Arizona Bulletin
University of Arizona entomology head Charles Vorhies reports many desert animals survive where surface water is scarce. Jack rabbits prairie dogs coyotes roadrunners and Gambel's quail endure with minimal water while small vertebrates rely on burrow life nocturnal activity and water in their food.
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Arizona
Grand Canyon
Vorhies
Adame
Scarcity of Indian scalping in North America
The article notes that scalping was not universal among tribes. It was mainly confined to a limited area in the eastern United States and the lower St. Lawrence region, with the practice chiefly associated with Iroquois and Muskhogean groups.
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North America
United States
Lower St. Lawrence
Excess Profits Taxes Net U S Huge Amount
Washington reports the United States will collect more than 28 billion dollars in excess profits taxes before the war time levy ends at midnight December 31. The tax, begun before Pearl Harbor, rose from 25–50 percent in 1940 to a 95 percent flat rate in 1943, with yearly collections rising to over 11 billion in 1945.
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Washington
UPR
United States
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Treasury
United States Congress
Nine thousand GIs spend Christmas aboard ships
Nine thousand Pacific veterans, who spent Christmas in Leyte foxholes, are back in the States aboard ships near San Francisco. Troops facing a coastwise transport jam found solace in a pier side Christmas, with liberty passes, Red Cross meals, and private-home dinners arranged. Some rued spending the holiday on transports, but most accepted the situation with wartime stoicism.
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San Francisco
U.P
Leyte
Golden Gate
William Crotty
Chicago
Pacific
Walter Schartman
Bronx
N. Y
U. S
San Francisco Bay
South Pacific
Philippines
New Guinea
Australia
Red Cross
USC
Joseph A. Price
Philadelphia
J. E. Moore
Syracuse
Trucks of the 476th Quartermaster Group Travel Distances
Trucks of the 476th Quartermaster Group logged nine million miles in Europe during active service. The record highlights vast logistics operations supporting Allied forces and sustaining supply lines across multiple theaters.
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476Th Quartermaster Group
Europe
General Marshall Attends Holiday Events in Chungking
General George C. Marshall, envoy to China, joins Christmas luncheon with Chiang Kai-Shek and officials in Chungking. Attendees include American diplomats and Chinese leaders from the Kuomintang and defense councils. Marshall aims to push China toward unity and democratization and plans further talks after the holidays.
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George Wang Chungking
George C. Marshall
China
Truman
Russell Randall
U. S. Army
Chungking
James Shepley
Marshall
U. S
Wu Teh-Chen
Kuomintang
Wang Chung-Hui
Oe National Defense Council
Ong Wen-Hui
Supreme Minister of Information
O. K. Yui
Finance
Robertson
Randall
Tu Li-Ming
Peichen
Manchuria
Chinchow
Peichen- Mukden
Chinese Democratic League
San Francisco Psychiatrist Withdraws From Mansfeldt Sanity Hearing
Dr Joseph Catton a noted psychiatrist in the Mansfeldt manslaughter case withdrew as a defense expert and will not appear in the sanity hearing. He said the trial should proceed to decide legal insanity or imprisonment, noting his belief Mrs Mansfeldt is legally insane rather to be clinically deranged. The defense plans to push for a sanity verdict or release through a second trial.
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San Francisco
U.P
Joseph Catton
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Mansfeldt
Jeannette Thorne
Vada Martin
California
Postponement of Chungking council meeting amid Chiang return
A further delay to the long-awaited political consultative council meeting in Chungking is ascribed to Chiang Kai-Shek's late return. Observers say the 38-member body including Nationalists, Communists, Democratic leaders and sans may not reconvene until after January 1.
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Young China Party
Chungking
Political Consultative Council
Chiang Kai-Shek
Small Community Mourns Death Of 15 Children
In First Creek Washington a school bus plunged into icy Lake Chelan a month ago killing the driver and 15 children. Affected families mourn as six children are buried and nine remain in the lake. Mrs Glenna Brown spoke for neighbors recalling the tragedy and the disrupted Christmas.
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Alex Troffey
First Creek
Wash
Lake Chelan
Glenna Brown
Davis's
Millers
Kecks
Hales
Tiny First Creek
Citywide canned food drive led by local schools
Schools Drachman Safford and Sam Hughes spearhead a United Nations relief drive in Tucson. Drachman has collected 400 cans with others close behind as Miss Frances Hardy oversees the effort. Bins line local groceries, collections begin this week, drive ends December 29 with cash donations accepted.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Drachman, Safford
Sam Hughes
Drachman School
Junior League
League of Women Voters
Woman's Club
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Tucson Ministerial Association
Harry Harpham
Tucson Warehouse and Transfer Company
Missing Person Scott Also Known As Kroupa Aged 65
Information wanted on the whereabouts of Win i Fred Scott also known as Mary Scott also known as Kropa now aged 65 last lived at 509 East Fifth Street Memphis Texas in 1928 communication requested with H J Woodward Attorney at Law 7 S 15th Street Philadelphia Pa
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Winifred Scott
Mary Scott
Kroupa
East Fifth Street
Memphis
Texas
H. J. Woodward
S. 15Th Street
Philadelphia
Penna
City OKs Closing Of East Lee Area For Office Building
City officials and planning board approve abandoning two blocks of East Lee Street between North Tucson Boulevard and North Wilson Avenue to allow Homeship Corporation to erect a physicians and dentists office complex. Fire Chief Hilles says it won’t hinder fire response. Proposal now goes to January 7 city council meeting.
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East Lee
East Lee Street
North
Tucson Boulevard
North Wilson Avenue
Homeship Corporation
Planning and Zoning Commission
Henry L. Hilles
Lee Street
Medical Center
Henry O. Jaastad
Charles A. Brady
Forrest G. Priser
Glenton G. Sykes
A. Willard Voorhees
E. A. Wilson
Hilles
Spanish Medieval Decor Mixed Moorish and Christian Motifs
Spanish decorations of the Middle Ages frequently blended Moorish and Christian motifs, reflecting cultural exchange and stylistic fusion across Iberia. The fusion shaped architecture, art, and ceremonial objects during the era.
Grade Crossing Accident Kills Seven Persons
Seven people died when a car was struck by a Southern Railway passenger train at a grade crossing near central Gaffney South Carolina just before midnight. Police cite freezing rain and poor visibility as likely factors. bodies were scattered along the tracks and the wrecked car was hurled far from the scene. Southern Railway offices report communication lines down due to an ice storm.
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Gaffney
S. C
Southern Railway
Blaine Byars
Charlotte
N. C
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Arizona Mortuary, Inc
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