Is Mussolini Still Uncertain Of Role?
In 1930s style dispatches, DeWitt MacKenzie reports Signor Mussolini hints at war moves but keeps Italy’s stance secret. He weighs aligning with Hitler or the Allies while Italian public opinion edges toward reluctance to fight. The cabinet’s war measures suggest prep, not a decision.
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Signor Mussolini
Italy
Europe
London
Whitehall
Dardanelles
Rome
Duce
Il Duce
Fascism
Mussolini
Tr Duce
Hitler
Munich
Funeral Held for J. T. Kizer in Tucson
John T. Kizer age 70 died at 2734 North Castro Street yesterday morning. Services were at Tiedje Funeral Home with Rev. R. S. Beal officiating. He moved to Tucson from Strayhorn Mississippi two years ago leaving wife Carrie and children Laura K Smith Gladys Darnelley Hugh M Kizer Je Reese and J Thomas Kizer. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery with Epes Randolph Lodge No 32 F and A M pallbearers.
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John T. Kizer
North
Castro Street
Tiedje
R. S. Beal
Kizer
Tucson
Strayhorn
Miss
Carrie Kizer
Laura K. Smith
Gladys Darnelley
Hugh M. Kizer
Je Reese
J. Thomas Kizer
Mississippi
Evergreen Cemetery
Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32
A. M
Funeral services for Tracy father and daughter set
Funeral services for Thomas O. Tracy and his daughter Marilyn Anne 13, two victims of a Nogales highway crash, are tentatively set for 4 p.m. tomorrow at Reilly Undertaking company chapel. Burial follows at Evergreen cemetery. Mrs Tracy’s body was sent to Monmouth NL for burial. Arrangements by Tiedje funeral home.
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Thomas O. Tracy
Marilyn Anne
Nogales Highway
Reilly Undertaking Company
Evergreen Cemetery
Tracy
Monmouth
Tiedje
Red Man Is Freed Over License Fishing Claim
Chief Broken Rope, an American Indian painter, was charged with fishing without a license in North Platte Nebraska. He was released after authorities found federal law allows Indians to fish anywhere in U S waters without a license.
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North Platte, Neb
Red Man
Broken Rope
United States
How to Pronounce Names in Europe's War Zones
Authorities provide approximate pronunciations for war zone places. The guide lists many cities such as Aachen Amiens Antwerp Brussels Ostend and Verdun with phonetic renderings to aid English speakers. Includes towns like Maastricht Liege Nijmegen Zuyder Zee and Ypres, reflecting common mispronunciations and suggested stresses.
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Europe
Aachen
Amiens
Amienz
Arlen
Long Amersfoort
Amersfort
Antwerp
Vair
Bastogne
Brudges
Brussels Dinant Dunkerque
Eben
Emael Eupen
Double Track Line Finishes on Santa Fe Route
Santa Fe railway officials announced completion of a major track-building project in Arizona creating a continuous double track from San Bernardino California to Chicago. The final 23 miles between Joseph City and Double Track Junction opened June 1 reducing flood delay risk in the Sacramento Wash Mojave Gap area.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railway
Arizona
San Bernardino
Calif
Chicago
F. J. Mackie
Coast Lines
Joseph City
Double Track Junction
Ariz
Mackie
Belen
N. M
Newton
Kas
Santa Fe
Rockies
Sacramento Wash
Mojave Gap
Needles
Flagstaff
Rio Puerco
la Roux Wash
Holbrook
Boys To Leave For Y Camp On Golden State Limited
Thirty seven Tucson boys and six leaders depart Wednesday morning on the Golden State Limited for Phoenix Prescott and the YMCA camp. They will spend ten days in camp with about half returning home and half staying for another period. Registration for the second session runs June 15 to 25 with eight places left. A total of 120 boys join northern Arizona towns each session. Leaders include Hervey Smith and Lew Griffith Tom Hardy Kenneth Rogers John Marx and Robert Van Horne. The trip list includes Jimmie Baum William Beck Richard Bilby Arthur Bondurant Jack Carpenter Virgil Carson Paul Cook Jr Jarbert Davenport John R David Billy Davis George L Dixon Jack Eray Monroe Feder Bobby Fickett Lloyd Fickett Jim Fickett Henry Garretson Thor Hanson Stuart Haynes Richard Hoffman Grant Howard Jr Jay Huff Max Klinger Jimmy Manney James Patterson Bob Roediger Walter Rodiger Jr Paul Rogers KarlRONstadt Charles Smallhouse Kenneth Snyder Richard Snyder Robert Stutz Huntly Taylor Billy Tucker Harold Wilson Loren Wood.
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Tucson
Golden State Limited
Phoenix
Prescott
YMCA
Arizona
Hervey Smith
Lew Griffith
Tom Hardy
Kenneth Rogers
John Marx
Robert van Horne
Doys
Jimmie Baum
William H. Beck
Richard Bilby
Arthur Bondurant
Jack Carpenter
Virgil Carson
Paul Cook
Jarbert Davenport
John R. David
Billy Davis
George L. Dixon
Jack Eray
Monroe C. Feder
Bobby Fickett
Lloyd Fickett
Jim Fickett
Henry Garretson
Thor Hanson
Stuart Haynes
Richard Hoffman
Grant Howard, Jr
Jay Huff
Max Klinger
Jimmy Manney
James Patterson
Bob Roediger
Walter Rodiger, Jr
Paul Rogers
Karl Ronstadt
Charles Smallhouse
Kenneth Snyder
Richard Snyder
Robert Stutz
Huntly Taylor
Billy Tucker
Harold Wilson
Loren Wood
Gold Production Rise From 1934 to 1939
Gold output grew from 9.0 billion dollars in 1934 to 12.0 billion in 1939 reflecting increased mining activity and sector expansion during the period.
Margaret Glenn Elected President of First Church Boston
Mrs. Margaret Murney Glenn Matters of New York daughter of late Major General Edwin F. Glenn U S A was elected president yesterday of the Christian Science mother church First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston. The board urged calm and greater faith in God amid world turmoil saying misunderstandings between nations will vanish when the true idea of man's relationship to God is expressed.
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Boston
Margaret Murney Glenn Matters
New York
Edwin F. Glenn
Christian Science Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Board of Directors
God
Country Life Parley Opens At University Of Arizona
Arizona ranch and farm women attend the first country life conference at the University of Arizona. Today includes campus tours, exhibits, and a 5 pm social at Maricopa hall with university leaders. Tomorrow features discussions on farm income and family living led by Burgess Barr Terreau Chap man and others.
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Arizona Ranch
University of Arizona
Country Life
Arizona
C. A. Pickrell
Agricultural Extension Service
C. Z. Lesher
William Carlson
Emil Haury
Maricopa Hall
Alfred Atkinson
Steward Observatory
Mariel Hopkins
Yuma County
Paul S. Burgess
College of Agriculture
George W. Barr
E. D. Terreau
Chapman
Miller Chapman
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington, D. C
Grace Ryan
Maricopa County
Tucson
Old Main
Flossie Wills Barmies
Pinal County
Dr. Atkinson
Take Islands Says Jennings
Irving A. Jennings of Phoenix the American Legion national legislative committee chair argues in a radio address that the United States should negotiate with Britain France and Holland for colonial possessions in the western hemisphere as a defense move A Prescott Legion post resolution backing cession of Bermuda British West Indies British Honduras British Guiana Newfoundland Labrador Saint Pierre Miquelon Guadeloupe Martinique French Guiana and Dutch Guiana is noted and the scenario imagines if Germany wins the war
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Phoenix
Irving A. Jennings
American Legion
National Legislative Committee
United States
Great Britain
France
Holland
Jennings
Legion
Prescott Legion
Britain
Bermuda
British West Indies
British Honduras
British Guiana
Newfoundland and Labrador
Saint Pierre
Miquelon
Guadeloupe
Martinique
French Guiana
South America
Dutch Guiana
Germany
Council Allocates 300 Dollars for July Fourth Festivities
City council unanimously approved 300 dollars to fund the Junior Chamber of Commerce Fourth of July celebration, highlighting fireworks as a major municipal attraction. The meeting also dropped a large Drachman-Adams street sewer plan due to neighborhood protests.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jack Wilson
Homer L. Shantz
Junior Chamber
Drachman-Adams Street
Drachman Street
North Stone
North Sixth Avenues
Constable Dobek Returns to Basement Office
Constable Andrew Dobek moved his desk from the courthouse basement to a corridor outside Judge Gardner's courtroom after a letter from Herbert F. Krucker. Supervisors ordered him to return to the basement asserting a corridor is no place for a public official.
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Andrew Dobek
Pima County
Herbert F. Krucker
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Gardner
Krucker
Dobek
Molling Returns From Mexico Trip With Camacho
Carl E. Molling head of the Mexican Tourist Relations bureau returns from a tour through Sonora and Sinaloa with General Avila Camacho. He says he will rejoin Camacho in Nogales Sunday and doubts General Almazan will appear there the same day amid tense border city sentiment.
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Carl E. Molling
Mexican Tourist Relations Bureau
Sonora
Sinaloa
Avila Camacho
General Camacho
Nogales
Tucsonian
General Almazan
Camacho
Cafferty Disputed Ballot, Ousted from City Post
Friends backed Edward F. Cafferty Jr. for Democratic county committee man, but his name was not on the ballot. He says he did not consent to a sticker campaign and had resigned. He was dismissed from a $3,000 a year chief clerk position at the Pittsburgh registration commission, a post barred from holding public office by law.
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Pittsburgh
Edward F. Cafferty Jr
McCafferty
Pittsburgh Registration Commission
Statement by Jennings on national urgency
Jennings asserted that the issue would immediately become of vital concern to the country, emphasizing its urgency and strategic importance.
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Jennings
Hysteria Seen Leading to Concentration Camps
A Chicago psychologist warned that anti fifth column activities could spark national hysteria and a possible move toward concentration camps. Dr. Robert N. McMurray of the Chicago Central Y M C A college urged federal or official action to curb fifth columnists, not self appointed groups. He warned of a wild hysteria with broad public paranoia and rampant witch hunts.
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Chicago
United States
Robert N. McMurray
Chicago Central Y.M.C.A
Huge Armed Forces Of Italians Listed By Military Experts
Military experts estimate Italy’s armed strength with land forces totaling 1.8 to 2 million mobilized in Italy plus about 200000 in Libya 80000 in Italian East Africa 50000 in Albania and 75000 in the Dodecanese. Air power ranges 4500 to 6000 planes with 2250 to 3000 in front line squadrons and about 10000 pilots. Monthly production near 250 planes. Naval power includes six battleships 21 cruisers 130 destroyers and torpedo boats and 110 submarines with 1000 or more fast torpedo craft.
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Italy
Libya
Italian East Africa
Albania
Dodecanese Islands
Travelogue at Home Sparks Census Query
A census taker visits Mrs. Joseph F. Barron Jr in Pittsburgh. She notes births in New York and Pittsburgh for family members and explains her husband travels constantly between Pittsburgh and New York seeking work. The item captures a moment of routine data collection with regional ties.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Barron, Jr
New York
Inno cent People Face Jam Over Justification Attacks
The text notes many individuals seek justification for attacking others they dislike, warning of widespread harm and the risk of innocent people becoming entangled in violent or punitive actions.
Draft Measure Drive Started By mmn 8. G. A.
The Military Training Camps Association of the United States launches a nationwide campaign for immediate conscription seeking 250000 in contributions to push a compulsory military training bill in Congress. Grenville Clark leads a national emergency committee while Tom R. Wyles presides over a New York regional meeting. Clark warns of danger to U S safety if Hitler wins and urges readiness beyond allied hopes.
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New York
Military Training Camps Association of the
United States
Plattsburg
Tom R. Wyles
Chicago
Grenville Clark
Hitler
Deserted Wife Waits 54 Hours For Husband
A 33 year-old Asheville woman in Wilmington North Carolina waited 54 hours in her husband’s car after he abandoned her crowd gathered offering food as police pledged to impound the vehicle to end the siege.
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Wilmington
Del
Asheville, N.C
Potchefstroom Taxes Merry Go Rounds at 400 A Day
Potchefstroom South Africa imposes a tax on merry go rounds set at 400 dollars per day drawing attention from operators. The measure targets amusement rides in the town with potential impacts on tourism and local vendors.
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Potchefstroom
South Africa
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Adams Street
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Samuel H. Fowler
Rainbow Grill
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G and G Airlines
Aviation Committee
Haskell Linen Supply Company
Manlove
12Th Street
Menlo Park
Federal Commodities Commission
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Traffic Commission
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J. L. Branagra
Mission Street
George W. Seeley
Ad Painting
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Catalina Building Company
Dunbar School
Colonia Solana Water Company
Southern Pacific
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Molling
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Steinfeld
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