Arizona 1945 license plates delayed due to wartime supply
Pima county officials in Tucson announced 1942 plates remain valid until new 1945 plates arrive, likely by March with distribution possible through April. Citizens may apply after Jan 1 with title, payment, and receipt. out of state plates may be used until Arizona tags are available and special numbers favored for 1942 holders.
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Arizona
Pima County Plate Distributors
Destiny
Tucson
C. M. Taylor
Former Rail Engineer George A. McDermott Dies at 87
George A. McDermott, 87, former Milwaukee St Paul railroad engineer, died at his home 3926 South Sixth Avenue. A World War I veteran, he lived with his wife Lela for 18 months. He will be buried in Bensenville, with services in Tucson. He leaves two stepsons, a brother in Tucson, a sister in Iowa, and affiliations with Masonic lodge 1159 Tucson veterans groups, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.
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George A. McDermott
South Sixth Avenue
Bensenville
Ill
Mr. McDermott
Lela
Milwaukee, St. Paul
Arizona
Wesley Shelton
Chicago
Willard Shelton
Harry McDermott
Tucson
Myrtle Chestnut
Waverly
Iowa
McDermott
Masonic
Tiago
Veteran of Foreign Wars
My Buddy
American Legion
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Births at St. Mary's Hospital this holiday season
A series of birth notices from St. Marys Hospital reports new babies born to families in Tucson. The entries list parents with ranks or occupations, home addresses, and precise birth times on December 22 through December 25 including multiple girls and bays.
House Committee Finds Indian Program Needed
The House Indian affairs committee released a ten month study concluding that whites have failed the Indians and the federal program should continue. It warned that Indians are not ready to be self governing and that government obligations remain essential.
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House
Washington
House Indian Affairs Committee
United States
Murder in First Degree Charge Filed in Michigan
Highland Park Michigan authorities said a first degree murder charge would be filed against Ina Housden 33 who confessed to strangling her husband across from the police station and taking his dismembered body in the trunk to St Louis. She was arrested in Toledo Ohio when her car broke down and a garage attendant grew suspicious.
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Highland Park
Mich
Wayne County
Old Style B and C Gas Coupons To Expire
Washington reports that gas coupons B4 C4 and the fourth quarter T will expire December 31. The OPA notes few B4 and C4 remain outstanding as boards halted issuance last August. T coupons for trucks taxis and buses were issued for Q4 only and will be invalidated to prevent misuse of leftovers.
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Washington
OPA
Bond Program Will Be Heard On KVOA At 6
The 145th war bond quota call in its third year will be broadcast on KVOA at 6 p m tonight featuring an unusual musical program. Fred Dragonette, chairman of the Pima county war finance committee, announced speakers include William I Walsh, Mrs. William F Kimball, and Dragonette as master of ceremonies.
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KVOA
Fred Dragonette
Pima County War Finance Committee
William I. Walsh
William F. Kimball
Dragonette
Howard D. Mills
U. S. Treasury War Finance Division
Mills
Arizona
Pima
Congressmen End Pacific Tour With Cautious Praise
Rep. Walter C. Ploeser says forces are performing miracles in the Pacific but war length remains unknown and home information is unclear. Ten congressmen returned from an 18 day tour visiting Pearl Harbor Kwajalein Saipan Guam the Admiralty Islands Australia New Caledonia Samoa and Palmyra.
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Washington
Walter C. Pleser
R-Mo
Pacific
The
Ploeser
Japan
Navy Appropriations Subcommittee
Naval Affairs Committee
Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein
Saipan
Guam
Admiralty Islands
Australia
New Caledonia
Samoa
Palmyra
17 Jap Planes Fought Off By California Man
Lt. Col. Charles H. Older of Beverly Hills California fought off 17 Japanese planes during a dawn reconnaissance over Hankow and shot down four. He flew a P 51 Mustang solo and returned safely after engaging bombers Oscars and fighters over Hankow air drome and Yangtze approaches.
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Kunming
China
Charles H. Older
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hankow
Older
Yangtze
Wuchang
Unusual railroad construction job for carpenters on Southern Pacific
Join a war era rail crew building bridges and culverts on the Southern Pacific line. Work in Outfit Cars with a permanent company, board at low rates, railroad pass privileges, medical service, a pension plan, liberal age limits, and an availability certificate requirement. See W. G. Currier, Train Master, Tucson, or your nearest S P Agent.
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Southern Pacific
W. G. Currier
Toole Ave
Tucson
S.P
Adv
Stettinius Warns of Robot Bombing as Peace Argument
Secretary of State Stettinius, writing in Kiwanis Magazine, argues that robot bombing could befall all nations within 10 to 20 years unless an effective peace organization is established. He praises the Dumbarton Oaks proposals as a path away from disaster and notes missiles could outpace defenses, threatening oceans and industrial power.
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Chicago
Stettinius
Kiwanis
Dumbarton Oaks
New Lend Lease Pact Up For Russia Says Stettinius
Secretary of State Stettinius announced a new quadrilateral lend-lease protocol with the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and Canada. He noted shipments to the USSR have continued since July 1, 1944 even before signing and denied any plan to terminate lend-lease before victory.
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Washington
Stettinius
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Canada
Ussr
NAM News
National Association of Manufacturers
Amtorg
Subzero Temperatures Hit Midwest States Today
A new cold wave brings below zero temperatures across the Midwest including the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa and parts of Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ohio. Rockford Illinois records 22 below, Chicago 7 below, with widespread readings around 15 below in northern and eastern Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota. Forecasters expect the dip to spread eastward by tomorrow morning but lessen in intensity.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mercury
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Upper
Michigan
Ohio
Rockford, IL
Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Cuban ladies wear glow beetle as treasured ornament
In Cuba the click beetle is worn in hair or folded into dresses as a sparkling accessory. It emits a brilliant green light and resembles a living emerald.
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Cuba
Millions Switch To Mutton Suet Idea For Chest Colds
A widespread move to Penetro medicated salve touts mutton suet as a base and counter irritant. The ad claims fast relief for chest colds, coughing, and skin nerve pain, urging readers to buy the 25c or 35c double supply from druggists.
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America
Grandma
Warn Shippers About Freeze On Two Routes
The weather bureau issued a warning to shippers to protect produce against below freezing temperatures on the northerly and southerly routes to the East. It also forecast scattered showers in the East this afternoon as a continuation of heavy recent rainfall. Snow covered Flagstaff, Prescott saw rain on Christmas, Nogales logged 1.28 inches since Sunday, and Tucson had rain with overcast, clearing skies today. Temperatures ranged 56 to 44 degrees.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Prescott
Nogales
U. S
Tucson
Gila Valley
Christmas Postage Sets City Record in 1944
Tucson post office totals show December 1944 set city records for Christmas postage with $94,982.26 in receipts by Dec 23, up from $81,783.26 in 1943. The peak single day was December 15 with $6,453.38 in receipts as local citizens bought stamps and parcels.
Vincent Lacy Dies After Brief Illness
Vincent H. Lacy 28 an electrician at Consolidated Vultee Tucson died at a local hospital after a brief illness. He lived at 140 East Michigan with his wife Ollie M. and is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Lacy of Miltonvale Kansas. Surviving siblings include twin brother Staff Sgt Vance H. Lacy in India and half siblings Capt Carl M. Boyd in Italy and E C Lacy of Kansas, plus Mrs Flossie Cattlin of Miltonvale. Funeral services set for 10 a m Wednesday at O Brennan? O Reilly chapel. Rev R S Beal to officiate. burial Evergreen Cemetery. He was a former associate of John Hall, local contractor.
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Vincent H. Lacy
Consolidated Vultee
Tucson
East Michigan Drive
Ollie M
Henry B. Lacy
Miltonvale
Kans
Carl M. Boyd
Italy
E. C. Lacy
Kansas
Flossie Cattlin
O'Reilly Funeral’ Home
R. S. Beal
First Baptist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Lacy
John Hall
Defense
Copper Queen Miners Denied Pay Increase
Chairman J Glenn Donaldson of the national war labor board denied wage increases of 80 to 98 cents an hour for 900 Phelps Dodge Copper Queen workers in Bisbee Arizona The decision cited exhaustion of the little steel formula Extra pay for night work retroactive to Sept 25 1944 was ordered Four cents more for second shifts six cents for intermediate shifts eight cents for third shifts
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Denver
J. Glenn Donaldson
Nonferrous Metals Commission
National War Labor Board
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Copper Queen
Bisbee
Ariz
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CIO
NWLB
Calendar day counts cited in a 1910s question
A quiz item notes that the Jewish calendar has 383 days, Julius Caesar’s calendar 365 days, Mohammedan 355 days, and asks which Christian countries use the Gregorian calendar today. The prompt ends with an incomplete clause indicating “except” as the missing part.
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Julius Caesar
Russia
Bomb-Carrying P-51s Deny Nip Aircraft Across China
CHUNGKING December 26 The U S Army Air Forces 14th air force bomb-carrying P-51s scored heavy losses in Christmas Eve raids. They destroyed 40 Japanese aircraft, sank a large tanker, and likely sank four other vessels at Tsiwan airdrome in Shantung and Hong Kong harbor. A Japanese ship was heavily damaged in the Hong Kong raid as part of a three day offensive. The Tokyo-based communiques report 37 Jap fighters destroyed on the ground at Tsiwan and one shot down in air combat, with two fighters downed over Hong Kong.
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Chungking
Oro
U. 14Th Air Force
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Hongkong
Massacre Reported in Northern Italy by Fascists
A United Press dispatch says Nazi SS troops and Italian Fascists killed 300 Italian civilians at Moncio in Reggio Emilia for sympathizing with patriots. Partisans arriving in Florence through enemy lines claim victims were shot in groups of 20 near a cemetery and the town set on fire. An additional 25 civilians were reported killed at Cervarolo by German forces for unknown reasons.
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United Press
Moncio
Reggio Emilia
Italy
FCC
Florence
Cervarolo
Bookkeeper Clerk Wanted at Phoenix Meat Buying Office
Job opening at a national food distributor in Phoenix for an experienced bookkeeper to manage records inventories and costs. Permanent position with salary and prospects. Preference for a man aged 30 to 45 a veteran of the present war. Reply confidentially to Star Citizen Box 87.
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Phoenix Meat Buying Office
National Food Distributor
Citizen
Relief Drive Movie At Fox Tucson For Soviet Clothing
The local War Relief chapter sponsors a 9:30 a.m. screening at the Fox Tucson theatre to raise clothing for Soviet Russia. Admission is an essential clothing item suitable for an elder. James Vou leads the active committee with William McSpadden coordinating theater efforts. Speakers include Major Jenee G. Soderholm and First William J. Mazel of the U.S. Army Medical Corps and O. Fritz head of county sanitation.
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The
R War Relief
Fox-Tucson
Europe
James Vou
Eldven
William McSpadden
Mana
Fox-Fucson
Soviet
Russia
Jenee G. Soderhom
William J. Mazel
U Army Medical Corps
Davis-Monthan Airfield
O. Fritz
How O Henry Chose a Pen Name From a Guard Insight
The origin of the pen name O Henry is tied to a guard at the Ohio Penitentiary who influenced William Sydney Porter. Porter used the alias while he was incarcerated, shaping his literary identity.
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William Sidney Pork
O. Henry
May
Ohio Penitentiary
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Clyde Shure
Holley
Nielson
James White
R. Stratton
White
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George McDermott
Illinois
St. Mary's Hospital
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Paul Metts
East 18Th Street
Harold He Hague
East Broadway
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2Nd St
Bart Avery
South Seventh Avenue
Rodolfo Castillo
Consolidated Dwellings
Joe Drisner
East Speedway
George Burke
Winsett Boulevard
Norwich
Parker's
East Congress
Sun
Rep. Ploeser
California
Kitty Hawk
Visconti's
Richfield Service
Pacific Northwest Project
S.S
Auto Mechanics
U. S. Employment Service
WAR Manpower Commission
East Pennington
Gay
Glum
Kemi
Ory
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Convair
By Alvin Bring
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West Coast Command
Mr. Spaulding
E. Pennington
Fender
Bowyer
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