Nine Billion Is Sought For Army Expenses
Washington June 5 The House appropriations committee asked Congress to appropriate 9 826 509 492 for the Army for the year starting July 1 second largest single appropriation in history. The bill provides funds for 12 856 airplanes and aims to raise aircraft production to 40 000 a year by mid 1942 while boosting the combined air strength to 56 000 planes. It grants the chief of staff Gen George C Marshall broad authority to order tanks and equipment with a 25 million blank check.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Army
Roosevelt
Navy
George C. Marshall
State of World Affairs
Marshall
War Department
U. S. Army
Air Corps
Atlantic
Britain
Gibraltar Under Siege Threat as British Reinforce
British naval and air reinforcements reach Gibraltar amid reports of a transport carrying 1,500 evacuees. Defense drills, heavy gunfire and carrier activity suggest possible assault or heightened precautions to keep Mediterranean routes open, with Gibraltar fortified as a subterranean fortress and minefields and tank traps guarding the isthmus.
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Syria
Cyprus
Libya
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Ark Royal
North Africa
Dakar
United States
Near East
Suez Canal
Archaeologist Plans Regional Santa Cruz Survey
Edward B. Dawson, a University of Arizona master's candidate from Glendale and Tubac, will conduct the first systematic archaeological survey of the Santa Cruz river region spanning the United States and Mexico this summer. He aims to map resources and draw conclusions from collected material.
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Edward B. Dawson
Glendale
Tubac
Ariz
University of Arizona
Santa Cruz River
United States
Mexico
Dawson to Start Work in San Rafael Valley Arizona
The report notes population density of prehistoric peoples and duration of regional occupation. Dawson will commence fieldwork in the San Rafael valley in Arizona.
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Dawson
San Rafael Valley
Arizona
Disbursements At Local Air Base Reported
The May total disbursed at the Tucson air base for expenses other than enlisted salaries was 103 893 19. Enlisted men received about 33 000, pushing the combined total to over 136 000. Fort Huachuca and Phoenix disbursements were 150 000 and 20 000 respectively. Items include payroll for others 28 988 44 clothing 385 travel 1 625 50 subsistence 2 310 06 officers pay 61 553 for organized reserves 2 385 86 flying time 50 percent increase 3 867 15 field exercises ferrying equipment and personnel from other bases.
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Tucson Air Base
Fort Huachuca
Phoenix
Richard Morse Heads New City Zone Board
Richard A. Morse, Tucson architect and former planning commissioner chair, leads the new zoning and planning board created by the city council. Byron Ivancovich serves as temporary secretary. other members include Phil J. Martin Jr., R. E. Stallings, George T. Grove, W. S. Nicholas, A. Willard Vorhees, G. E. P. Smith, and H. E. Heighton. Ivancovich and Heighton sit on the municipal board of adjustment. The two bodies advise the council on zoning and building matters.
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Richard A. Morse
Tucson
City Planning Commission
Byron Ivancovich
Morse
Ivancovich
Phil J. Martin, Jr
R. E. Stallings
George T. Grove
W. S. Nicholas
A. Willard Vorhees
G. E. P. Smith
H. E. Heighton
Heighton
Municipal Board of Adjustment
Planning Commission
The
Board of Adjustment
Night Rodeo Promises Laughs in Tucson Event
Tucson to host its first night rodeo with burro and wild mule races at the rodeo field Saturday and Sunday. Prizes include two Porter's belts for burro race winners, pen and pencil sets from Howard and Stofft, and T Ed Litt's as second prizes. First prizes in the wild mule race come from Jacome's and the White House with cigarette lighter and case from Pitt's as second prizes. Entries close at 2 p.m. Saturday. Buckshot Sorrels directs the arena with Stan Adler at the public address system.
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Tucson
U. S. Air Base
Porter's
Howard and Stofft
T. Ed Litt’s
Jacome’s
White House
Pitt's
Arizona
Stan Adler
Southern Arizona
Buckshot Sorrels
Wristlet wireless tested by Home Office in London
A wristlet wireless broadcasting set to help rescuers locate people trapped beneath wreckage is being tested in London. The six ounce device, three inches in diameter, sends oscillations on a fixed wavelength by slight pressure on a celluloid strip.
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Wristlet Wireless
London
U.P
Home Office
Marco Ace Hearing Aid Promises Clearer Sound for All
Deaf and partially deaf individuals gain clearer hearing with the Marco Ace vacuum tube aid. Weighing under two ounces it fits in a vest pocket and is praised for wearability. Low price and long life battery reduce operating costs to about one third of a cent per hour. Free tests at Presidio Hotel this week or write Marco of Arizona at 408 Luhrs Tower.
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Presidio Hotel
Marco
Arizona
Luhrs Tower
One Single, Two Properly Cowed Men To Judge Callers
Arizona farm wives plan a husband calling contest at the second annual Country Life conference in Tucson with 24 women from Cochise and other counties competing for judges and prizes. Unmarried contestants seek a prize that would win them a husband. Judges include Emil Rovey Clyde F Rowe and Ernie Douglas. Contestants list a wide range of participants from Yavapai Pinal Pima and other counties. Alaska's 1940 census shows diverse population including whites Eskimos Indians Aleuts and others.
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Arizona
Cochise County
Country Life
University of Arizona
Maricopa
Pinal
Yuma
Yavapai
Navajo
Pima
Cochise
Emil Rovey
Clyde F. Rowe
Copper Mines Yield Gold and Silver as By-Products in 1939
Census reports United States copper mines in 1939 recovered by products totaling 429,496 ounces of gold and 13,138,000 ounces of silver from copper ore.
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United States
Molybdenum Recovered From U S Copper Ores 1939
Census bureau reports that more than seven million pounds of molybdenum were recovered from copper ores and concentrates across 49 U S mines in 1939.
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U. S
Census Bureau
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Morocco
Strait
Levante
Poniente
U. A
Santa Cruz Area
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P.S
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Army Air Base
Richard Morse
New City Zone Board
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Il-Air Service
el Presidio
Valley Bank
John
Ernie Douglas
Arzona Farmer
Katie Deering
Annie Kuhn
Lois Neal
Eva Kuschel
Katie Bruce Adams
Marian Cain
Vivian Hancock
Flossie Barmes
Mary Ratcliffe
Bernice Wildermuth
Frances Burgess
Nell Grimes
Annie Dail
Roxy Poulter
Velma Ellsworth
Sarah Willis
Estella Robinson
Alice Beesly
Ellen Ahnfeldt
Stella Nopa
Mabel Ward
Clara Emmet
Helen Woody
Harriet McKibben
Alaska
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Sorority
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