Knox outlines 1941 Naval buildup priorities
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox details a full speed 1941 program. He notes planned additions include two battleships, an aircraft carrier, 3,000 new planes, 10 submarines, 14 destroyers, and expanded support ships. Training, reserve reenlistments, and Pacific and Atlantic base projects are emphasized to strengthen national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Maritime Commission
Pwner
New York Northwestern University
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Racing Game Costs Life Of Gangster
In Philadelphia a young man believed to be in a juvenile gang using stolen cars for a racing game called bending corners was shot and killed by a police officer after a pursuit in North Philadelphia. The chase began when the second car crashed and the suspect warned the officer he would shoot if approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Aoung
John S. Driscoll
Driscoll
Rockefeller Heir to Join U S Army
Winthrop Rockefeller 28 and grandson of John D. Rockefeller plans to enlist in the Army at 21 dollars a month, leaving his post at Socony Vacuum. The Yale graduate will report to his local draft board tomorrow to sign as a private, after a prior stint at the Plattsburgh training camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winthrop Rockefeller
Socony Vacuum Company
John D. Rockefeller
John D., Jr
Yale
Winthrop
Plattsburg
N. Y
Fractured Leg Found to Be Wooden War Anomaly
In Philadelphia on January 1 a man complains of a broken leg on the sidewalk. Patrolmen Potts and Corbett assist as the leg swings and splints are requested, only to discover it is a wooden leg. The incident ends with the officers noting the deception and the wooden prosthetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ambrose Potts
John Corbett
Potts
Corbett
Radio Highlights Station List Summary
Radio highlights list a regional network of stations across Phoenix Denver Los Angeles San Francisco Dallas Fort Worth and other cities. It notes affiliations NBC CBS mutual and prices or call letters such as KOY KTAR KVOD KFRC KF1 KPO KECA KGO WFAA WBAP KOA KRLD KNX KSL KOB WOAI KVOA and KVOA.
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KOY
Phoenix
CMS
KFRC
San Francisco
Mutual
KTAR
NBC
Apt
KVOD
Denver
KF1
Los Angeles
KPO
S. Francisco
KECA
L. Angeles
KGO
Francisco
WFAA
Dallas
WBAP
Ft Worth
KOA
KRLD
Cbs
KNX
Hollywood
Cas
KSL
Salt Lake City
KOB
Albuqque
WOAIL
S. Antonio
KVOA
Tucson
European News Broadcast Schedule Details
Contemporary history updates listed for KVOA and KTUC with multiple daily times across morning, midday, and evening slots including 11:45 am 10:00 pm and 10:00 am 1:45 pm 4:45 pm 6:55 pm 9:55 pm on KVOA KTUC 10 am 1:45 4:45 6:55 9:55 pm and state network airs 7:30 12 noon 5:30 9:30 10:30 pm on KVOA and 6:45 7 8 and 11 am 12:30 6:30 9 and 11 pm on KTUC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KVOA
KTUC
Radio Schedule Highlights Thorough Daytime Lineup
A detailed Thursday schedule lists morning programs from 8:15 to 11:50 on KVOA KTUC KTAR KGO and more with hosts Mary Lee Taylor Kate Smith Frank Ross Linda Dale and others. Afternoon through night segments include dramas, news, music shows, and special programs across KTUC KVOA KNX KFRC KGO and KFI stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial Service
KVOA
Life Beautiful
KTUC
Mary Lee Taylor
Kate Smith
Frank Ross
KTAR
H. Harding
KTCC
Jenny
K. Manning
Portia
Life
Frank
Archie
KPO
Vaughn de Leath
KGO
KNX
Linda Dale
Ray Noble
Bobby Byrne
Orc
KFRC
Elmer Davis
Texas Rangers
Paul Martin
KFI
Roy Shields
Gene Grounds
Mr. Meek
Tony Martin
KPI
Haliw’d Playhouse
Amos
Andy
Lanny_ Ross
Manhattan
Dr. Christian
KNX Ec
Bob Trout
Fred Allen
A. P
Eddie Cantor
Easy Aces
Mr. Keen
European News
Dance Orchestras Schedule With Radio Stations
The listing shows an evening schedule of dance orchestras and radio stations. Entries include times from 9:00 to 12:00 with performers such as Duchin Young Madriguera Harrington Rondshu and others, linked to stations KRLD KSL KVOA WBAP KECA KTAR KFI and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
KRLD
KTAR
Cummings
Morgan
KFT
Pollack
KSL
LS Roe
Strand
Weather Forecast for Phoenix and West Regions
The U S weather bureau predicts colder weather tonight with Phoenix temperature down to 35 degrees. Southern California remains generally clear with highs around 67 today and 71 tomorrow and light westerly winds. West Texas stays fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change.
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Phoenix
U. S. Weather Bureau
Calif
West Texas
School boy court at Shurtleff Junior High
In Chelsea Massachusetts a student court handles school traffic violations. If found guilty, the pupil must write an essay on good behavior as the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Mass. U.P
Shurtleff Junior High School
Auto Industry Records Massive 1940 Output
Detroit reports 1940 motorcar production at 4 675 000 units across US and Canada. Big Three nations GM Chrysler and Ford produced 85 percent of total. US registrations end 1940 at 31 950 000. industry payrolls average 15 500 000 weekly. wholesale car value hits 3 008 000 000.
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Detroit
United States
Canada
Automotive News
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Alvan Macauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Raiders from page one survivors reach Kavieng after island landing
Survivors aboard seven ships sunk since last August were landed on Emarau island near Nauru after a sea raid. German captors provided a boat but locals aided with a motorboat to Kavieng. Food ran low and some crew were injured. one ship fired on, two officers killed on Komata, and guards warned against contacting Kavieng for 24 hours. Most survivors say they were well treated but inadequately fed.
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Australia
Emarau
Kavieng
New Guinea
Komata
New Zealand
Nauru
Gilbert
New Construction Boom Sets Record Across 1940
The year 1940 brought a surge in home building and factory construction. 37 eastern states saw total contracts reach about 3.85 billion dollars, up from 3.55 billion in 1939. Residential work rose 15 percent, while heavy engineering awards hit a new peak near 3.96 billion, with private factory building more than doubling to 597 million as defense needs expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Beckley
Associated Press Statistician
New York
F. W. Dodge Corp
Engineering News-Record
Three Trainmen Die In Santa Fe Wreck
DEL MAR California January 1 three Santa Fe freight crew members died when a locomotive and 17 cars plunged from a 150 foot embankment onto the beach south of Del Mar. The engine and several cars fell into the ocean. two workers survived with injuries. Names: Glen A Dunham C W Walden H A Williams all of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Williams
Los Angeles
San Diego
Bunny Bungle Eugene
A cocker spaniel named Bun Moody chases a rabbit into a brush pile. The distracted dog then digs near a rabbit burrow and catches the prey as it attempts to squeeze past the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunny Bungle
Eugene
Dre
Bun Moody
Woman Elsie La France Dies at 93 Leaves 219 Descendants
Elsie La France of Fall River Massachusetts dies at 93 leaving 219 descendants. She had seven sons five daughters 98 grandchildren 108 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass. U.P
Elsie la France
Federal Reserve Board urges budget balance and higher debt limit
The board warns excess reserves and deposits would grow from future gold inflows and proposes balancing the budget near full capacity use. It urges meeting defense costs with taxes, raising the debt limit, and allowing taxable securities. The report signals a split with Roosevelt and Eccles and predicts inflation if wartime needs are not met by policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Congress
Reserve Board
New Deal
Roosevelt
Marriner S. Eccles
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Lauchlin Currie
Eccles
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Advisory Council
Greece says weather hinders Valona search and British loss
Officials dispute foreign reports of German troops in Albania to reverse the Italian rout. Greece states Metaxas should not seek Berlin about German forces in Albania, claiming no knowledge of such reports.
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RAF
Valona
Greece
Albania
Metaxas
Berlin
Two Tucson Men Charged With Reckless Driving
Frank R. Rendon aged 50 of 729 South Sixth Avenue faced charges after an accident at Fourth Street and North Stone Avenue. Fred W. Lange aged 22 of 2436 North Stone Avenue was accused of driving a car that collided with another at South Stone Avenue and 17th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Frank R. Rendon
South Sixth Avenue
Fourth Street
North Stone Avenue
Fred W. Lange
South Stone Avenue
17Th Street
Bardia Holds Up Libya Drive As Italians Defend Tobruk
The article argues Bardia’s isolation by British sea and land power blocks Graziani’s relief effort. It says the Italian commander should stay defensive, aiming to delay to strengthen Tobruk, while British tactics seek minimal losses and steady advance.
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Libya
Bardia
Graziani
Tobruk
Marshal Graziani
North Africa
Wet cycle eyed as southern Arizona gets heavy rains
Floods and saturated fill force rebuilds along east approaches while dips on county roads deepen. Crews grade thoroughfares as Dr. A E Douglass warns of a wet cycle. Water levels rise at the Santa Cruz water farm and traffic diverts via Oracle road. Army ships delay at the Tucson airport due to low ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
A. E. Douglass
University of Arizona
Arizona
City Water Farm
Tucson
Santa Cruz
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Water Department
C. B. Brown
Rillito
Campbell Avenue
Oracle Road
River Road
Phoenix
U. S. Army
British Forces Tighten Around Bardia as Defenders Benign
British troops patrol guarded lines of barbed wire forts while shrinking the siege perimeter around Bardia. About 20,000 Italian troops under Gen Francesco Berti remain there, the remnants of the invasion to Egypt. Prisoners total 38,000 as more than 100 heavy guns, numerous vehicles, and large stores fall into Allied hands.
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Page One
Bardia
Egypt
Libya
Francesco Berti
New Year Celebrations Contrast With ASCAP Broadcasters Dispute
Across the nation revelers welcomed 1950 with Times Square ceremonies and club scenes, while a broadcast music dispute left 1.5 million ASCAP songs off air as negotiations stalled. In Sing Sing, four convicted murderers awaited execution until a New York Court of Appeals stay granted them new hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Square
United States
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Association of Broadcasters
Ascap
Broadcast Music, Inc
Harry Maione
Frank Abbando
Albert Mastrone
Albert Feolo
Sing Sing Prison
N. Y
New York
Miner Colbert Fountaine Dies in Los Angeles
Col bert Fountaine an 81 year old early day Tombstone Arizona miner and construction superintendent of the Los Angeles aqueduct died yesterday in a hospital in Los Angeles.
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Tombstone
L. A
Los Angeles
Colbert Fountaine
Ariz
Los Angeles Aqueduct
London Plans and War Honors Reach New Heights
The article outlines Britain's war effort with coastal command distances flown and convoy totals for 1940, notes 3 500 enemy planes shot down and 1 059 British planes lost, and lists the eighth honors list under King George VI. Lord Camrose is made viscount. four new barons are created including Ironside and Kin dersley. Professor Gilbert Murray receives the order of merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Ministry
Britain
George VI
Lord Camrose
Teleraph
Morning Post
William Edmund Ironside
Hugh Devil
Eton
Robert Kindersley
Boyd Merriman
High Court of Justice
Gilbert Murray
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard University
Tucson flier off for East Indies
William Turner of Tucson Arizona and two former Navy men left San Pedro California for Sourabaya Java to become aviation instructors in the Dutch East Indies. William Hardy of Corning Ohio and John Robertson of Los Angeles joined Turner at Pensacola Navy training station and travelled with him on the Pan American clipper.
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San Pedro
Calif
William Turner
Tucson
Ariz
Navy
Sourabaya
Java
Dutch East Indies
William Hardy
Corning
Ohio
John Robertson
Los Angeles
Turner
Pensacola
Roosevelt predicts rapid action on Britain aid plan
President Roosevelt at his final press conference of 1940 urged swift enactment of legislation to implement the lend and lease program to supply Britain with war matériel. He said details could be left to the administration and rejecting the idea of accepting British possessions in exchange. He avoided commenting on defense questions and noted he had not mentioned the Navy in his remarks about not sending an expeditionary force.
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Frank Knox
United Press
Washington
America
Hemisphere
Army
Navy
National Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Britain
Congress
Re Rters
Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
France Waits for Vichy Reply as Armistice Teeters
The piece notes France formed quarters in Vichy with a reply not expected until January 3 or later. Germany and France remain in a truce, not peace, under the Compiegne armistice of June 22. Germany can denounce it if obligations fail. France could face occupation, while Weygand commands a strong North African army and may act independently under pressure.
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Vichy
Germany
France
Forest of
Compiegne
Africa
Maxime Weygand
Funeral services for Charles E Benjamin set for tomorrow
Charles Ed ward Benjamin died recently and funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow at 10 a m at Arizona Mortuary. The obituary notes the deceased resided in the local area and will be laid to rest in a nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Benjamin
Arizona
New York Health Seeker Albert Fisher Dies in Local Hospital
Albert Fisher, 99, who arrived from New York on December 23 seeking health, died at 7 06 p m yesterday in a local hospital. Bring s Mortuary will handle funeral arrangements upon relatives arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fisher
New York
Bring’s Mortuary
Belgian Congo Expands Geranium Production
The Belgian Congo is expanding its geranium production to boost exports and offer surplus plants to both regional and international markets. Local farms increase acreage, invest in climate control, and seek partnerships with European distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgian Congo
Film Officials Here To Start On Picture
Two MGM motion picture technicians will arrive in Tucson to begin filming Billy the Kid. Scenes will be shot at Manning ranch south of Tucson and Double A ranch on the Sabine canyon road. Dick Rosson director says 2000 cattle will be used in a stampede scene at Manning. Robert Taylor and Maureen O'Sullivan to arrive Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Motion Picture
Tucson
Manning Ranch
Sabine Canyon
Dick Rosson
Robert Taylor
Maureen O'Sullivan
Advertising Rate Card Summary
Phone 2400 shows all day rate rules for Star and Citizen newspaper insertions. One publication on a safe day Sunday in Star only. When multiple insertions occur Sunday counts as one day combination. Newspapers not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion. Contract rates available upon application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Daily Sta
Tucson Daily Citizen
Star
Citizen
Classifieds Page Fragment with Listings and Lost Pet
A dense misc list of classifieds includes apartments for rent, autos for sale, auto services, real estate, employment, and furnishings. It also contains a Lost and Found note for a dark brown Pekingese named Loke with a reward and contact numbers.
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Icnianaaniangia
Frocen
Brose
Ince
Tncome
Eteteenmansmeasasaiaiaaaati Asa
Eee
T-A
Mmo
Acummann
Sina
Loke
Bequess
Peking
E. 32Nd St
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Stone Ave
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4Th Ave
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Field
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W. F. Kuhniey
Osteopath
E. Alameda
Sta. & Forms
Acme Printing Co
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Leeson CO
Anderson Airplane
South Sixth Ave
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Norris
10Th St
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Boz
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R. A. W. Smith
Menerurnisnatema Arnmatgirasansisianciae-Amanisitis Ainnisinta
Matitel
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Rogers Road
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Chris C. Clark
Mammoth
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