Arizona Must Meet All OPM Requirements
Arizona businessmen were told that the priorities division of OPM will enforce compliance to keep war production moving. Defense orders must be accepted if terms are met, affecting manufacturers and retailers nationwide. Refusal could bring suspensions, penalties, and injunctions.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Priorities Division
OPM
C. S. Jamigan
Priorities Field Service
Jamison
Army
Navy
Oil Industry Faces Four Big Problems
New York December 26 The Lamp the Standard Oil publication reports four major problems for the oil industry caused by the war These are the need to treble 100 octane aviation gasoline capacity to meet a 150000 barrel daily demand, expanded toluene supplies for TNT, financing and building synthetic rubber plants to offset rubber shortages, and securing adequate transportation for oil across seas to Allied ships planes and submarines.
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New York
Standard Oil
N. J
T.N.T
Netherlands East Indies
Lamp
Adams Rites Will Be Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie A. Adams 73 longtime Tucson resident who died Wednesday will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Reilly Undertaking chapel with Rev. Jesse R. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Adams born in Terre Haute Indiana daughter of the late John and Dora Resler. She had been in ill health for the past three and a half years. Home at 136 South Fourth Avenue. Survived by sister Mrs. Maggie C. Wade of Tucson and nephew David R. James of Holtville California.
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Jessie A. Adams
Tucson
Reilly Undertaking
Jesse R. Jones
First Baptist Church
L. A. Lohse
Evergreen Cemetery
Adams
Terre Haute
Ind
John and
Dora Resler
South Fourth Avenue
Argentina Caps Farm Loan Interest at Five Percent
Argentina imposes a 5 percent interest limit on all loans to farmers, restricting financing costs for agricultural producers. The cap aims to stabilize farming finance and curb volatility in credit terms across crops and livestock sectors.
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Argentina
Highest Circulation of Newspapers Shown By Survey
New York December 26 Editor and Publisher reports U S daily newspaper circulation hit an all time high for the six month period ending September 30 rising two percent from a year earlier. Sunday papers gained 4 29 percent with mornings up 2 79 percent and evenings 1 26 percent. The survey includes 103 morning papers 146 evening papers and 142 Sunday editions representing about two thirds of weekday and three fourths of Sunday circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Newspaper Trade Journal
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Japanese Submarines Aimed At Diverting Navy Operations
Washington dispatch explains that Japanese subs in the Pacific seek to divert naval units from combat duty to home water patrols and disrupt American shipping. It notes Japan’s larger long range submarine fleet, potential impact on Pacific coast, and compares to World War I U boats which failed to halt European transport despite aggressions at New York harbor and coastal shipping.
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Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Japan
North Sea
Pacific Coast
American
New York Harbor
Europe
South America
Comstock Hospital Pupils Thrive Under Bedside Teaching
About 20 tuberculosis patients at Comstock hospital receive an educational program designed for bed-ridden children. Led by Miss Viola Fiscus, the plan schedules mornings for spelling reading language history and arithmetic with one day a week per subject. Raul Corral advanced from fourth to seventh grade in two years.
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Comstock
Tucson
Viola Fiscus
Pima County Hospital
Fiscus
Raul Corral
Rollin Burr
University Heights School
Hundreds of hostels for workers rise in Northern Ireland
Construction crews in Northern Ireland are erecting hundreds of worker hostels as housing shortages push employers to provide on site lodging. The project aims to house hundreds of workers quickly to support industrial growth in the region.
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Ire
Occupation Of Hongkong Is Help To Japs
London reports the Christmas surrender of British Hongkong as a strategic Japanese triumph. Informed sources list gains including a refueling base between Japan and Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, control of the Canton River mouth, and a path to reinforce the Philippines. Manila lies 600 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British
Hongkong
South China
Japan
British Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Britain
China
Canton River
Chungking
Philippines
Manila
Oscar Leabo Dies at Tucson Home
Oscar Leabo, 80, longtime Tucson resident, died yesterday at his home 1127 North Fremont Avenue. A native of Louisiana, he was a former druggist. Survived by wife Marie Leabo of Tucson and son Dr. Walter Leabo of Shreveport, Louisiana. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of Dr Leabo and to be completed through Parker Mortuary.
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Oscar Leabo
Tucson
Fremont Avenue
Louisiana
Marie Leabo
Walter Leabo
Shreveport
Eabo
Parker Mortuary
Corky Kelly Receives Goat Gift at Christmas
In Madison Florida on December 26 Corky Kelly 19 months old son of the late Captain Colin P Kelly Jr war hero was given many gifts including a goat and wagon presented by his grandfather Colin P Kelly Sr. The elder Kelly earned fame for bombing the Japanese battleship Haruna and died when his plane crashed returning to base.
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Madison
Fla
Corkey Kelly
Colin P. Kelly
Corky
Haruna
Fifty Guides in Auckland Camouflage Nets
Fifty Girl Guides in Auckland work to camouflage nets for wartime support. In Grenada nutmegs collected over three months total 1,250,000 pounds for export.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Grenada
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
By John M. Hightower
Tidmarsh
Nogales
Aitizen Auto Line
Superior Service
N. Stone
Verna E. Yocum
Corky Kelly
Dunedin
Anton DE Salle
Darlenes
Otteson
U. Er
L. Osborne
Elida Street
An Otteson
Ss. Bombrthwest Tunear
Dick Drachman
Drachman-Grant
N. Stone Ave
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