Wood Needed Forests Must Be Protected
P A Thompson chief of the U S forest service fire control division and his assistant A A Brown arrived from Washington to inspect all forest regions. They travel through Arizona visiting mountain ranges then plan to cover the state before heading northwest. He notes war driven wood shortage and the challenge of recruiting fire crews as billions of feet of lumber are needed for construction food and war production.
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P. A. Thompson
U. S. Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Thompson
A. A. Brown
Arizona
Northwest
Forest Service
Attu Fire Prevention and War Labor Report
Manpower shortages push use of women in fire crews and support roles across Arizona as farmers wives and daughters train for forest fires. Fishermen are urged to prevent fires amid a dry year. Massacre Bay actions report U S and Japanese combat with losses and advances after Attu Island fighting.
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Thompson
Ofice
Arizona
Lake States
WAAC
WAVE
Flame’s
Tucson
Forest Service
Mt. Lemon
Cave Creek
Douglas
Pearl Harbor
Russell Annabel
Massacre
Attu Island
U.P
Attu Range
United States
E M. Laridrum
Sarana Bay
Chicago Harbor
Holtz Bay
J. K. Geddes
Altadena
Calif
Massacre Bay
11Th Air Force
Kiska Island
Paramushiro
Attu
Wayne Zimmerman
Carmel
Shepherd’s Creek
Chichagof
San Francisco School Department Runs 100 National Defense Classes
The San Francisco school district operates more than 100 national defense classes amid widespread coverage of civil defense education.
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San Francisco
900000 More Are Employed During Month
The Census Bureau reports an overall employment rise of 900000 last month, driven mainly by women moving from housewife and student roles into farm work. Agricultural jobs rose by 1200000 while non agricultural positions were flat and male employment fell by 300000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Casualties Of British Are Over Half Million
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the commons that Britain and empire forces suffered 514,993 casualties in the first three years of war. He gave 92,089 killed, 226,719 missing, 107,891 prisoners, and 88,294 wounded across the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and other dominions.
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London
Britain
Clement Attlee
Commons
Attlee
United Kingdom
Comedia
New Zealand
Eatlee
Argentina Estimates 1943 Corn Crop at Ten Million Acres
Argentina now estimates its 1943 corn crop will cover 10,000,000 acres as government data projects large harvests. Officials cited planting area and expected yields as factors shaping the forecast for the upcoming season.
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Argentina
Poker Loss Triggers Fatal Shot at Tavern
Charles Ben Saulsberry, 37, who lost 94 in a poker game, was identified by Sheriff Lon Jordan as the shooter who fatally wounded Mrs. Margaret Heath, 38, during an argument at a tavern. Saulsberry, a wholesale grocer, admitted the shooting and said he was drunk.
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Phoenix
Charles Ben Saulsberry
Lon Jordan
Margaret E. Heath
Frank Earl Taylor
Saulsberry
Taylor
War housing center converts vacant stores to migrant worker units
The war housing center reports ongoing conversions to add 26 housing units from eight buildings. Remodeled sites include a former church at 619 East Ninth, three groceries at East Sixth, and a store at 745 North Stone. Completion will yield modern two to four room apartments for essential migrant war workers.
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War Housing Center
Cos
East Ninth Street
East Sixth Street
North Stone
Ash Street
East Seventh Street
West
Washington
Tucson
War Bond Quota Set At $2,600,000 In Arizona
Arizona's June quota for series E war bonds is set at 2 600 000 by the state war savings staff. May sales data are not fully tabulated yet but for the first 23 days of the month sales totaled 3 202 031 against a 2 500 000 quota.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Jap Invasion Threat Aimed At Crescent City Cal
Japanese forces may invade the American mainland at Crescent City California before October, warned Kilsoo K Haan, representative of Japanese occupied Korea, in a radio address. He claimed 60 percent of the Japanese navy would take part and cited large submarines capable of carrying over 1,500 troops each. He previously forecast Pearl Harbor and the Philippines in 1941 and noted Crescent City harbor as favorable.
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New York
Crescent City
Cal
Kilsoo K. Haan
Washington
Korea
Navy to get life float from bond series E purchase
Four series E war savings bonds costing 300 dollars will fund a balsa wood life float for the navy. The device can sustain 60 persons.
Suthers urges Arizona to elect GOP congresswoman in 1944
Mrs. W. Glenn Suthers of Chicago, head of the National Federation of Republican Women Clubs, predicts a Republican victory in 1944 and urges Arizona to send a congresswoman to Washington. She cites national trend toward Republicanism and notes GOP vote losses from Chicago show turnout matters. She stresses building party machinery and getting out the vote.
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Phoenix
Arizona
W. Glenn Suthers
Chicago
National Federation of Republican Women Clubs
GOP
Washington
Suthers
First Woman Elevator Operator at Hunter College
The skyscraper building in downtown New York City hires its first woman elevator operator amid student crowds. The new operator says she likes the job very much despite the draft hitting service.
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New York
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U.S
Fce
THE
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
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