Frankish War Correspondent Killed on Western Front
United Press correspondent Frankish, 30, was killed by a German bomb near a hotel on the western front while covering Allied forces. He had been on duty in France and Belgium for three months and joined UP in 1935 after editing papers in Ohio and California.
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L Centro
Calif
U.pack Frankish
United Press
Turday
Department
Barbara Frankish Ish
Europe
John Andrew
Southeast Asia
Nober
Franki
France
Belgium
Sphia
Cleveland
Miami
Ohio Valley Division
Jumbus
New York
War Desk
Kish
Ono
Ontario
First Degree Murder Charged To Holley
A. L. Holley faces a first degree murder charge for the Christmas shooting of Morgan Nielson, a buffet operator. Three bystanders were wounded when Holley opened fire after being refused service. Ed Williams is in critical condition, others injured. An inquest was to be held.
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GLO
A. L. Holley
Morgan Nielson
Holley
Justice of the Clyde
Frank Tippett
Eye Shute
Fingerprint Clues Surface After Robbery at Small Kansas City Eatery
After a robbery at a small Kansas City restaurant, investigators found a sequence of fingerprints near the cash register. The prints included the proprietor and several police officers present at the scene, but the investigation halted without further identification.
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Kansas City
Nazi communique says 92nd Negro division driven back in Italy
Berlin reported that German and Italian forces broke through American lines in central Italy and threw back the Arizona trained 92nd Negro infantry division, with numerous prisoners taken. The 92nd, trained at Ft Huachuca, Arizona, had been overseas for more than a year and distinguished itself on the Italian front.
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London
Berlin
Associated Press
Italy
92Nd Negro
92Nd
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Meat Markets In New York End Holiday
New York reports show 264 retail meat shops in the lower east side with 96 open on the third day of a butcher sponsored meat holiday. Protests against OPA livestock ceiling prices persist as officials seek supply solutions and price controls.
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New York
OPA
Lower East Side
Department of Markets
Lewis J. Valentine
Washington
John J. Madigan
Food Line
Chicago
F. H. la Guardia
Emanuel Celler
Congress
Packing Shed At Yuma Burns in $100,000 Fire Loss
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Yuma Mesa Fruit Growers association packing shed causing an estimated $100,000 loss. Roscoe Rupp the secretary reported the Monday night fire.
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Yuma Burns
Yuma
Yuma Mesa
Winged Victory B-24 Liberator Ready for Pacific Duty
A glistening B-24 Liberator named Winged Victory completed at Consolidated Vultee in San Diego and flown to Davis Monthan for final work before Pacific deployment. The plane, tied to the Twentieth Century Fox film Winged Victory, was christened at San Diego with Jeanne Crain present and will premiere in Tucson and Phoenix theaters in January. Proceeds from the film benefit the Army Relief Fund.
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Tucson
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Army
Davis- Monthan Field
Twentieth Century-Fox
RAF
Moss Hart
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Army Relief Fund
Consolidated Vultee
San San Diego
Jeanne Crain
Two Bronze Clusters For Lt Giltner Flying Medal Win
First Lt. David L. Giltner 22, son of Mrs. W. L. Owen, earns his first and second Bronze Clusters to the Air Medal as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with a first technical air force bomber group supporting the British eighth army in Tunisia. He flew in pre invasion Riviera pounding and now dive bombs German sites in the reich. Overseas nine months of two years service, 80 combat missions. Wife Mrs. Margaret E. Giltner lives in Inglewood California. Seaman 2/C Raymond Lee Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Lyles, has returned to the U S on leave after 20 months in the Aleutians with the Seabees. His brother AMM 1/C P. G. Adams is stationed in Hutchinson Kansas, formerly in the Pacific. Ray T. Salazar, Yeoman 1/C USNR, son of Mrs. Josephine T. Salazar, has been home on leave after combat operations overseas.
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David L. Giltner
W. L. Owen
East Helen Street
Giltner
Eighth Army
Tunisia
France
Dollay
Riviera
Reich
Margaret E. Giltner
West Hill Crest
Inglewood
Calif
Seaman
Raymond Lee Adams
L. H. Lyles
East Mohave Road
United States
Tucson
Aleutians
Seabees
P. G. Adams
AMM
Hutchinson
Kas
Pacific Area
Bluejackets
Amphitheatre High School
Adam
Yavapai Road
Salazar Returns From 16 Month Pacific Naval Cruise
Salazar has been away 16 months on his last cruise and returns from overseas duty in Aug. 1943. A Tucson Senior High and University of Arizona alumnus, he is on military leave from the Tucson post office. His brothers Isidor and Armando are in the U S Marine Corps and on active duty in the Central Pacific area.
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Pacific Area
Salazar
Tucson Senior High School
University of Arizona
Tucson
Naval Service
Isidor
Armando
U.S. Marine Corps
Central Pacific
Henry Jr. Arrives in Tucson for Holidays
Lt. James B. Henry Jr. arrived Thursday to spend holidays with his parents at 1809 East Fifth Street. He is stationed at Ft. Lewis Washington and expects to stay in Tucson until about January 8.
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James B. Henry, Jr
James B. Henry
East Fifth Street
Ft. Lewis, Wash
Tucson
Eight Arizona cadets to receive Army Air Forces wings
Stanley W. Kimble of 3550 East Fairmount is among eight Arizona aviation cadets who will be awarded service pilot wings and Army Air Forces flight officer appointments at Douglas Army Airfield graduation tomorrow. The group, veterans with prior pilots’ experience, completed a short training to prepare for non combat ferrying duties with the Air Transport Command. Wings will be presented by Capt. Lionel R. Koehl. Maj. Alvin W. Bailey will deliver the diplomas.
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Stanley W. Kimble
East Fairmount
Arizona
Army Air Forces
Douglas Army Airfield
Douglas
Air Transport Command
Lionel R. Koehl
Alvin W. Bailey
Cat Eye Corners Give Wider Side Vision
A cat's cornea has a curved area two thirds larger than a human eye, enabling cats to see farther to the side. This anatomical difference explains why felines have broader peripheral vision than people.
Six Servicemen Held in Jail for AWOL Charges
Police received six servicemen from military authorities who were booked at the city jail on AWOL charges from the Army Navy and Marine Corps. Police speculated the men sought to finish their Christmas holiday. At Miles School vandals broke in during holiday, opened desks and damaged textbooks with ink thrown about.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Miles School
10000th Tucson Water Customer Receives Active Service
James Harley Revells of 2926 North Estrella Avenue was named the 10000th customer to receive active water service since city service began. Merrill D. Biggs, assistant superintendent, presented the designation after Revells filed for water use on December 18 and had his meter installed on December 20.
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James Harley Revells
North
Estrella Avenue
Tucson Water Department
City Service
Merrill D. Biggs
City Water Department
Revells
Dallas Mother Delivers Six Children in One Birth
In November 1888 Mrs. George Hirsch of Dallas Texas reportedly gave birth to six children four boys and two girls per the Daily Telegraph of London.
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George Hirsch
Dallas
Tex
Daily Telegraph of London
Arizona Highway Dept Issued Permit for Administration Building
An Arizona highway department building permit was issued for an administration building with a four car garage at 1201 South Second Avenue. The structure is valued at 8830 dollars according to the official in the building inspector's office.
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Arizona Highway Department
South Second Avenue
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Itizen
Worto
United Retail Fish Dealers
Daniel P. Woolley
Verna E. Yocum
U. S. Navy
West Coast Command
Mr. Spaulding
U. S. Employment Service
E. Pennington
Davil Giltner
Ray T. Salazar
USNR
Josephine T. Salazar
East 13Th Street
Armed Forces
Water Department
Subway
N. 4Th Ave
We Bay
Rollings Motor CO
DE Soto-Plymouth Dealer
E. Broadway
Best
Customs Studios
Custom Studios
Heywood Wakefield Furniture
Columbia
Custom Studios, Inc
Broadway
Grandpa
Wiseacres
Missouri
America
Jeremiahs
National Industrial Information Committee
West 49Th Street
N. Y
National Association OF Manufacturers
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