Reunion at Davis-Monthan: Chaplain Mellberg and Son
Chaplain Carl C. E. Mellberg and his son 2d Lieut. Carl L. Mellberg, a pursuit pilot on furlough from Colorado Springs, met at Davis-Monthan Field for their first reunion in nearly a year. The elder chaplain, now stationed in Tucson, praised Tucson civilians for providing wholesome social contact to soldiers and described his family’s new local home at 2221 East Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. E. Mellberg
Davis- Monthan Field
Carl L. Mellberg
Army Air Forces
Mellberg
Colorado Springs
Colo
Tucson
Pendleton Field
Oregon
40Th Infantry
Springfield
N. J
Westover Field
Mass
Air Forces
Lake Charles
Chaplain Mellberg
East Fifth Street
Dolores
Betty Jean
Bisbee Miner Dies After Horse Stumbles
Elmer Hansen aged 30, a miner for Shattuck Dean in Bisbee, died in a Douglas hospital from injuries when a horse fell on him at his sister’s ranch near McNeal. The accident occurred Sunday. funeral services are set for Friday at the McNeal schoolhouse. His widow resides in Bisbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Elmer Hansen
Shattuck Dean Corporation
Douglas
Gertrude Slover
McNeal
Hansen
Coronado International Memorial Park Planned
Border Park Action Waits describes the plan to create the Coronado International Memorial Park in the Huachuca mountains on the U S Mexico border. The international park commission will meet in Mexico City to coordinate shared recreation areas and cross border road and monument plans if Mexico establishes a 3,000 acre site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Huachuca Mountains
U. S
Coronado International Memorial Park
Fred Winn
Coronado National Forest
International Park Commission
Mexico City
Arizona
New Mexico
Forest Fire Danger Rises as Fighters Leave for War Work
Forest fire danger grows as CCC camps disband and war labor draws firefighters. Frank C. W. Pooler, inspector for the third national forest region, reports on Arizona forests and plans visits to Globe and Springerville to survey Crook and Apache national forests. He notes few fires near Tucson, credited to public awareness and luck. A housewife walks eight miles daily in routine duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. W. Pooler
Third National Forest
CCC
Pooler
Arizona National Forests
Globe
Crook National Forest
Springerville
Apache National Forest
Tucson
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Chaplain
United
Tucson Air Base
Essick
Nin
Xidmarsh
Work Sox
Seersucker
U.S.A
Sears, Roebuck and CO
N. Sixth Avenue
Pennington St
Ace
Rancho
California
Sears
Productory
Corner
N. Sixth Avenue and
Pen
Ington St
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