Budget Bureau Halts Saguaro Park Land Purchase Plan
The Budget Bureau blocks funding for a bill by Senator Hayden to buy 5,040 acres within the Saguaro national monument east of Tucson. The Interior secretary warns the measure conflicts with the president's program, with $98,300 proposed for land purchases including $55,000 to the University of Arizona.
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Americans In Sweden Urged to Return Home by Legations
The American legations in Stockholm urge Americans in Sweden to return to the United States at their earliest convenience. The letter, sent to 600 to 700 Americans, notes it would be especially wise for women and children to depart. It cites limited transportation and cautions the future remains uncertain.
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Way Opens For Congress To Spank Japs
Washington January 26 The expiration of the Japanese American commercial treaty at midnight opens the way for Congress to embargo shipments of raw materials or take other action to hinder Japan in China. Bills pending would stop exports to Tokyo for violating the nine power treaty while some Senate voices favor a compromise.
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Reds Beaten Back On All Finn Lines
Helsinki dispatch reports furious Soviet attacks northeast of Lake Ladoga beaten off as Finnish lines hold. Fort Mantsi storm repulsed with over 100 Soviet dead. hundreds of Russian casualties and over 400 horses destroyed. Autojoki Kollaanjoki and Salla front actions cited. Lapland forces also repelling advances amid stalled large Russian drives.
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Frisco Doc Grants Ok On Kissing As Germ War
San Francisco physician Dr Simon L Katzoff endorsed kissing as a shield against influenza amid rumors of a UC Berkeley two month ban. He argued heat acts as an antiseptic and warned the mouth to mouth transmission claim. University officials dismissed the tale.
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Joe College
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Simon L. Katzoff
Katzoff
San Francisco Institute of Human Relations
William G. Donald
Monroe E. Deutsch
Jim Keene
Virginie Heisholt
Dr. Katzoff
Parking Meter Referendum Creates Ballot Confusion
The city faces a confusing ballot on April 2 as a repealing ordinance with a referendum proviso will be submitted. Opponents of meters must vote Yes while supporters vote No, risking a scrambled result unless voters study the measure carefully.
New Crop Uses May End Farm Unemployment
Dr. T F Buehrer of the University of Arizona explains chemurgy a movement to create new non food uses for farm products including wool leather mohair linseed oil soybean oil turpentine and lumber. The approach aims to reduce farm surplus and unemployment by expanding farm based industries as supported by congressional action.
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T. F. Buehrer
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soils
University of Arizona
Buehrer
Congress
State Auditor Files Suits To Recover Funds
Mesa reports cite former state health official Dr. George C. Truman saying he warned Auditor Ann Frohmiller three years earlier of a department fund shortage and urged suing a dead bondholder employee. Phoenix notes Attorney General Joe Conway demands at a hearing for details on misapplication or misappropriation of public funds.
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George C. Truman
Ann Frohmiller
Truman
Phoenix
Joe Conway
Arizona auditor sues to recover 107000 in misused funds
The state auditor files two lawsuits to reclaim 3100 plus penalties from 1935 37 misused funds in education and health departments. Defendants include former education chief Clyda Markham and health official George Truman plus their bondsmen United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. The actions seek 2310.12 and 1800.55 plus 20 percent penalties, totals 3012.14 and 2160.66 respectively.
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Education Department
E. Hendrix
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Co
George C. Truman
Department of Education
Health Department
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Conversion
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Smelter Cuts Copper Price Amid War Fallout
New York January 26 a leading custom smelter reduced domestic refined copper by one eighth of a cent per pound to 11 5/8 cents. It marks the second downward revision in a week and the lowest price since the war began era. Copper had peaked at 12 1/2 cents in October, remaining there until January 18.
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New York
Farmer Credit Unit Headed By Tempe Man
John Dobson of Tempe was elected president of the Arizona Farmers Production Credit association as it began its sixth year of lending to farmers. A. J. Christensen of Coolidge was named vice-president and Louis G. Galland of Phoenix secretary-treasurer for another term. In 1939 the association loaned $1,902,589 to 700 persons, a new record.
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John Dobson
Tempe
Arizona Farmers Production Credit Association
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A. J. Christensen
Coolidge
Louis G. Galland
Roosevelt Maintains High Popularity Despite Third Term Debate
Franklin D. Roosevelt continues to hold broad popularity as he begins a new year in office. More than six in ten voters approve of his performance, with a January poll showing strong in office support despite no clear mandate for a third term. The Institute notes this highlights a divergence between current approval and potential future votes.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Institute
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Japan faces end of trade treaty with United States
Tokyo notes little public interest as 86 year old pact lapses. Officials warn relations may be strained and U S economic pressure could rise in China interests. Asama Maru German passenger incident fuels anti British sentiment and national pride concerns. Cabinet downfall linked to American Japanese tensions and Abe prior fallout.
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United States
Japan
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
China
Nobuyuki Abe
Pocket Ship Deutschland May Be Sunk Says British
British naval analysts in London believe the German pocket battleship Deutschland may have been sunk and that Berlin is masking the loss by renaming it Luetzow. They cite a prior submarine torpedo attack near the Elbe and possible successful British submarine patrols that could expose the scene.
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German U-boat fleet on high seas estimated at one third
Berlin reports naval experts estimate that about one third of Germanys U-boat fleet is at sea while all surface ships are being kept in port or limited to coastal patrols amid ongoing wartime restrictions and strategic reassessments.
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U.P
Invention Reduces Wing Area and Raises Air Speed
Prof E A Stalker of the University of Michigan announces a ten year effort to triple wing lift. The system reduces wing area by two thirds while enabling planes to reach about 500 mph from a 400 mph top speed. It removes dead air from the wing top to flood with live air.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
New York
E. A. Stalker
Department of
Aeronautical Engineering
University of Michigan
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
Stalker
Wheeler cites economic absurdities to ease unemployment
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana urged President Roosevelt to reveal his third term plans at the United Mine Workers of America convention. He said nearly 10 million people lack real jobs and agriculture suffers low incomes, calling for opportunities to buy luxuries and necessities. Wheeler also suggested Roosevelt could win renomination but he does not want it.
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Columbus
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Roosevelt
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt dodges third term questions at press conference
President Roosevelt again avoided commenting on a possible 1940 bid and John L. Lewis prediction of an ignominious defeat. He asked reporters for a solid reason to answer such inquiries, prompting laughter from the press audience.
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Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
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Wheeler urges Roosevelt to declare renomination stance
Montana Democrat Wheeler tells miners Roosevelt could seek a third term if wanted and urges the President to state his intentions immediately. He says any President can renominate himself and cautions the party about lingering factional doubt ahead of the Democratic convention. Lewis, CIO head, says Roosevelt renomination would be an ignominious defeat.
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Germans Move Guns Closer to Vosges Front
Paris Jan 26 French scout planes report Germans moving field guns and matériel into the Vosges sector of the Western Front. They dig new gun pits and replace others as both sides increase aerial activity amid clear weather. High command says there is nothing to report.
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