Union denies soliciting farm laborers for defense jobs
John Bykerk of the Construction and General Laborers union says the union has not solicited farm laborers to join for defense work. He notes the union supplies unskilled and semi skilled construction workers and will not refuse unsolicited applications from farm laborers if qualified. He adds many members work at the air base with Tucson residents, and Murcia Huachuca and Cochise county workers are coordinated through Tucson and Casa Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Construction and General Laborers Union
John Bykerk
Byxkerk
Cochise County
Marana
Tucson
Casa Grande
Applications for Evening Machine Shop Open
Dean G M Butler announced the college of engineering ready to receive admissions for the next evening machine shop class starting June 25. The 14 week course runs every evening 6 to 11 except Sunday and is open to men and women. men take a manual dexterity test while women are chosen on education and employability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Butler
College of Engineering
Aid to Russia Day Proclaimed in Arizona
Governor Osborn designated June 22 as Aid to Russia day urging Arizonans to support the Russian war relief program in response to Germanys attack anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Osborn
Russia
Arizona
Germany
Local Classifieds Offer Services and Goods
Mixed classifieds list services and items including flower shops, beauty shops, tires and tubes, electrical repairs, tutoring, cattle and farm gear, rental rooms, furnished apartments, a ranch camp in Arizona, used mixers, a Ford Model A coupe, a Chevrolet master sedan, a small dog, and housing offers. Notable contacts include Hubbards Greenhouses, Irene’s Beauty Shop, Barbours Texaco, and Star-Citizen Box entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MMER
D. H. Bond
Thurber Road
Tucson
E. Speedway
Loren
Myriam Toles
N. Olive
Sr. High
E. Seventh
S. 5Th Ave
Star-Citizen
Mabel
Grand Canyon
Star-Citizen Box
Iss
O T. B
Strange Hits At Strikes In Speech On War
Major M. A. Strange urged civilian cooperation in winning the war before the Lions club at the Pioneer hotel. He warned against disunity shown by strikes and tax protests, urged obedience to Roosevelt, and warned that Axis strategy includes honest sounding messages to mislead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Strange
Lions Club
Pioneer Hotel
Berlin
Phoenix
Hitler
Tucson
Germany
Asia
Roosevelt
Strange
Tokyo
Dutch Harbor
Supervisors Settle Equalization Cases
The Pima county board of supervisors acting as a board of equalization settled three cases on Wednesday and referred one to the county attorney. Nolan McLean for the Tucson Aeronautical Society showed the plane is a nonprofit educational asset owned jointly by members and used for flight training. The existing assessments for Tucson Electric Supply Co stock, W. F. Christman, and R. Nicolai were upheld. The Wong protest was dropped after the assessment was lowered. Meetings will continue daily through June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Board of Equalization
Tucson Aeronautical Society
Nolan McLean
McLean
Tucson Electric Supply Co
bin Juen Wong
W. F. Christman
R. Nicolai
Extremities Point The Easternmost U S Location
The easternmost point in the United States begins at West Quoddy Head near Eastport Maine. The report incorrectly notes Cape Alva in Vash as the extreme point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West Quoddy Head
Eastport
Maine
Cape Alva
Vash
Tobacco And Liquor Taxes Hit New High In Arizona For May
Arizona tax figures show May 1942 collections reaching a record $155,975. Malt beverages, tobacco and spirituous liquors led gains. Breakdown: malt 32,089, tobacco 76,945, spirituous liquor 35,839, vinous liquor 11,014, with May 1941 and 1940 figures cited for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Harry H. Boyer
Arizona State Tax Commission
Boyer
Tumacacori Mountain Fire Extinguished near Ruby
A forest fire in the Tumacacori mountains about five miles south of the Ruby road line burned two and a half acres. By 1 30 p m forest service word said the fire was extinguished. Officials attributed the blaze to prospector carelessness and a ranger remains in the area seeking the responsible party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tumacacori Mountains
Ruby
Forest Service
Airship experts weigh rigid craft in naval defense
Lighter than air experts say rigid airships could carry ten attack bombing planes and range thousands of miles from bases, potentially serving as a strategic asset or risk for the United States Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Supporters of CCC Fight Extermination in Congress
Washington June 4 Supporters of the Civilian Conservation Corps battled in the house to preserve the organization as the appropriations committee moved to dissolve its allotment. Debates centered on a $75 818 000 CCC line for 350 camps and forest fire fighting with war needs cited by Rep Angel and countered by Rep Tarver who warned unemployment would rise if the program ended. Some proposed a wartime Army administration with later return to peacetime work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
CCC
Department of Labor, Social Security Board
Rep
Angel
R-Mich
Corps
Tarver
D-Ga
The
Survivors Report Axis Sub Fires On U S Vessel
The Navy announced two more U S merchant ships sunk in Caribbean waters. Survivors from one ship said machine gunners aboard the submarine sprayed the crew as they abandoned ship. Three officers were killed and one seaman disappeared. Seventeen crew spent four days in a lifeboat before being towed to Bon Air. Six survivors were brought to Key West and described the attack. The other sinking's crew of 35 all escaped and spent 88 hours in lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Navy
United States
Caribbean Sea
Bon Air
Caribbean
Curacao
Charles Parrish
Washington
Parrish
Production Of Ships Finally Catches Up With Axis Sinkings
American yards in May delivered a world record 58 ships, including 43 Liberty freighters, three tankers, three standard-design ships, and nine Liberty-type freighters for Britain. Submarine sinkings totaled 57 off Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf coasts, with Pacific yards leading in launching 32 ships for the victory fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Atlantic
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Navy Department
Standard-Design Commission
Pacific Coast Yards
West Coast Yards
East Coast Yards
Gulf
Air Power Is Strengthened by Army Staffing Shakeup
Washington June 4 Brig Gen Idwal H Edwards named assistant chief of staff training for the Army. Maj Gen George W Strong recalled to head military intelligence as assistant chief of staff. R W Ireland named to head a new air division in the Transportation Service to speed manpower and materials with jurisdiction over cargo and passenger priorities on domestic and overseas routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Air Power
Idwal H. Edwards
Army
Stimson
George W. Strong
Military Intelligence Division
General Staff
George C. Marshall
Ireland
Chicago
United Air Lines
Transportation Service
Ferrying Command
Nine Bulgarians Hungarians and Rumanians in Arizona
The Justice Department based on the 1940 alien registration lists nine Bulgarians forty two Hungarians and seventeen Romanians registered in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Arizona
Sinkings Reach 54th and 55th Rescues to Florida Ports
Boats were sighted by a naval patrol plane which directed rescue operations. Survivors from the two sinkings were brought to Florida ports, marking the 54th and 55th such rescue to the state since February 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
French anti Nazi hit and depot blast in Hazebrouck
Anti Nazi Frenchmen confronted a German detachment and blew up a munitions depot at Hazebrouck near Lille. The attackers escaped as disorders spread in occupied France. Pierre Laval tightens control of the police and gendarmerie amid a nationwide hunt for the assassin of pro Nazi editor Albert Clement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Heinzen
Vichy
U.P
Hazebrouck
Lille
France
Channel
Boulogne
Calais
Cap Gris-Nez
Laval
Pierre Laval
Jean Francois Darlan
Army
Albert Clement
Paris
Cri du Peuple
Tucson Youth Is Given Commission
John M. Jones of Tucson Arizona was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U S Marine Corps reserves after graduating from the Corpus Christi naval air station His background includes attendance at the University of Arizona where he belonged to Sigma Chi He trained at Long Beach then the University of the Air at Corpus Christi where he earned his wings and commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
John M. Jones
Gerald Jones
Tucson
Ariz
U. S. Marine Corps Reserves
Naval Air Station
Jones
University of Arizona At
Sigma Chi
Long Beach
Calif
Navy
University of the Air
Public Records and Court Actions Involving Multiple Parties
Public notices list W A Lamprey versus L J Boudreaux and Mary Boudreaux Carlin as parties in a legal agreement. R E Garland sues Miles J Mitter on a debt claim. Ella Morrison sues Miles J Mitter and Eva de Concini. presiding A O Hartwell tried the case at Ajo. verdict guilty. fined 50 dollars and sentenced to six months jail, suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.A. Lamprey
L. J. Boudreaux
Mary Boudreaux
Carlin
R. E. Garland
Miles J. Mitter
Ella Morrison
Eva de Concini
A. O. Hartwell
Ajo
Prostitution Sentences In Local Police Court
Police court presided by Paul J. Cella hears Hattie Brown and Marie Rodriguez cited for prostitution. Each faces a choice of $30 fine or 30 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Cella
Hattie Brown
Marie Rodriguez
Marriage Licenses Granted in Enid and Nearby Cities
Belle D Hall clerk records licenses for Edward C Nivison 23 Enid Oklahoma and Vera Gladys Dunlap 17 Enid Oklahoma. Nathan A Stegeman and Aja with Nora M Aydelotte of Kansas City Kansas legal. Robert M Neely 27 Eugene Oregon and Ruth Earnestine Harding 24 Denver Colorado. Turner E Stevens 27 Bastrop Louisiana and Grace Brown 23 Many Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle D. Hall
Edward C. Nivison
Enid
Okla
Vera Gladys Dunlap
Nathan A. Stegeman
Legal
Aja
Nora M. Aydelotte
Kansas City
Kan
Robert M. Neely
Eugene
Oregon
Ruth Earnestine Harding
Denver
Colo
Turner E. Stevens
Bastrop
Grace Brown
Many
Annenberg Freed From Prison on Health Grounds
M. L. Annenberg, Philadelphia publisher, was released on parole from the Northeastern federal penitentiary near Lewisburg Pa yesterday after serving 23 months of a three year sentence in the largest individual income tax case on record Associate Warden M E Alexander said the departure occurred just before 9 am with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
M. L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Northeastern Federal Penitentiary
M. E. Alexander
Justice Department
Washington
Rubber production targets set for 1943 expansion
The plan aims to reach about 600000 tons of artificial rubber by mid 1943 with roughly 100000 tons produced by year end. The initiative reflects wartime industrial scale up and priority given to synthetic rubber capacity.
Latin American youths receive aviation training in U S
Following an invitation from the U S government, more than 200 Latin American youths are receiving aviation training in the United States. The program aims to develop skilled pilots and aviation professionals for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New Selective Service Registrations Add Millions
Washington June 4 Selective service registration on June 30 will add 3 062 000 to the registered manpower pool census bureau estimates Only 616 000 of the new registrants are potential selective service 20 year olds The 2 446 000 in the 18 19 age group are not subject to duty under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WUP
Census Bureau
Observance Of Flag Day Proclaimed In Arizona
nor Osborn proclaims the week of June 8 to 14 as Flag Week urging display of the Stars and Stripes from all state buildings and by businesses and homes during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Osborn
Arizona
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Hubbard’s
Mitchell's
Irene
4Th Ave
Ladyfair Beauty Shop
Penn
Barbours
Anya
Lydia E. Pinkham
G. W. Miller
Rocky Mountain
Colo.) National Park
Trail Ridge
Estes Park
Grand Lake
Axis
Buhach
Tumacacori
U.S
Standard Oil Company OF California
Edwards
Public Records
Superior Court
William G. Hall
Annenberg
Gitte Bros
U. S. Defense
Hiram Walker
DeLuxe
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Hame
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