Arizona Eyes 20 Percent Rise in Long Staple Cotton Acreage
Dr. George W. Barr of the University of Arizona says early estimates project a 20 percent increase in long staple American-Egyptian cotton acreage in Arizona above 1941 levels. Arizona produced about 100 000 acres last year with roughly one bale per acre, and land from Pinal Maricopa Graham and Pima counties supplied the crop.
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Arizona
George W. Barr
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Arizona
Barr
United States
Egypt
Peru
Pinal County
Maricopa
Graham
Pima County
Confession Of Guilt Entered By The Thief
Henry S McCullar pled guilty in justice court on Friday, clearing up one third of a case against McCullar H C McGhee and Roy Gunter charged with stealing a tire and wheel from William Trow. Police say the trio planned a picnic when the theft occurred near the Veterans of Foreign Wars club, then attempted to have the work completed at a nearby garage before police intervened. The other two suspects fled. McCullar faces sentencing within 15 days.
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Henry S. McCullar
Justice Court
McCullar
H. C. McGhee
Roy Gunter
William ‘Trow
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Auto Haven
Gardner
Parker Jap unit near completion
The second unit of the Parker relocation project near Parker Arizona will be completed June 15 with 3600 California evacuees to follow. Japanese held at Salinas assembly centers will begin for Parker June 28, as 7000 evacuees live in Parker's first unit.
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San Francisco
Parker
Ariz
California
Colorado River
Civil Affairs Division
Western Defense Command
Salinas
Calif
Arizona
Mayer
Pacific Coast
YMCA official joins Phoenix meeting on camp plans
Ferron Troxel, secretary of the YMCA boys section, travels to Phoenix for a camp organizers meeting discussing camp operations and transportation. Camp leaders Jim Dillon, Mike Mahoney, and Jim Miles accompany him. A round table on National Forest resource use was led by Assistant Forest Ranger M. A. Daniels with 23 Boy Scouts at Camp Lawton in the Catalinas yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferron Troxel
YMCA
Phoenix
Jim Dillon
Mike Mahoney
Jim Miles
M. A. Daniels
Camp
Lawton
Catalinas
Scout Trails of Citizenship Shown at Kiwanis Luncheon
A motion picture titled Scout Trails of Citizenship was screened today during the Kiwanis club luncheon at the Pioneer hotel. The event highlighted civic education and community participation as part of the program.
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Kiwanis Club
Pioneer Hotel
YMCA Reports 55 New Members Since June 1
Hervey F. Smith, general secretary, announced that 55 new members have joined the YMCA since June 1, highlighting growth at the organization.
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YMCA
Hervey F. Smith
Balloon Treasure Hunt for Service Men at First Baptist
A Balloon Treasure Hunt will be given for service men on Saturday June 6 at 7 45 p m by the young people of the First Baptist church. All enlisted men will be welcome.
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First Baptist Church
War Department warns on civilian letter routing
Col Lowell H. Smith of Davis-Monthan Field announced that soldiers are discouraged from corresponding with unknown civilians. discovery that letters carrying vital information can reach enemy agents prompted action to prevent such correspondence.
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War Department
Lowell H. Smith
Davis-Monthan Field
Officials inspect Marana basic air school project
Col. K. J. Harrison and Lieut. Col. W. B. Higgins from the Los Angeles district engineer office inspected the Marana basic air school project today and will return to Los Angeles tomorrow.
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K. J. Harrison
W. B. Higgins
Office
Los Angeles
Marana
Local Marines Send Three Recruits to Phoenix for Training
The local Marine recruiting office dispatched Manuel E. Otero from Edmond, H. Graff from Bisbee, and George A. Heidrick of Douglas to Phoenix this week. They will travel to San Diego for six weeks of training before being assigned to stations as seasoned feathernecks.
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Marine Recruiting Office
Phoenix
San Diego
Manuel E. Otero
North Church Street
Edmond H. Graff
Bisbee
George A. Heidrick
Douglas
Nevada man held in cattle theft case
In Reno Nevada on June 5 UPI reports the FBI arrested Arthur Fred Lopez the first alleged Nevada cattle rustler charged under the McCarran cattle rustling bill He is accused of transporting stolen cattle from Pioche Nevada to Utah and was released on 2000 bail He pleaded not guilty at arraignment before a U S commissioner
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Reno
Nev
U.P
FBI
Nevada
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Arthur Fred Lopez
Las Vegas
Utah
Lopez
Pioche
U. S
Schools Complete New Stretchers for Civil Defense
Tucson public schools completed 114 stretchers in manual training classes for Red Cross use in civilian defense or emergencies. They are stored at chapter headquarters. frames were made this spring but canvas shortages delayed completion by several weeks.
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Tucson
Red Cross
All Saints Church Summer Service Schedule
Sunday morning services begin on South Sixth avenue at 14th street with masses at 6 8 and 10 a m. Evening devotions are at 7 30 p m. Weekday masses occur at 6 30 and 8 a m. Schedule runs through the last Sunday of September.
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All Saints’ Church
South Sixth Avenue
14Th Street
St Anthony's Fraternity to Hear Novice Profession at All Saints
The St Anthony's Fraternity of the third order of St. Francis meets Sunday at 3 p m in All Saints church where Rev Fr Edmond OFM will receive a class of novices. Major William J Foy was honored with a farewell party as he departs for active duty with the air service. James Jaskowski is named prefect.
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ST. Anthony's Fraternity
Third Order of St. Francis
All Saints Church
Edmond
O.F.M
San Xavier Mission
William J. Foy
Major Foy
Air Service
Denver
James Jaskoski
Fifty-seven Report For Army Duty At Legion Hall
Fifty-seven men will report at the American Legion hall at noon Tuesday for a brief ceremony before departing for Phoenix to be inducted into the Army Local draft board No. 2 will send about 17 men led by Herbert F. Bloom The list includes Daniel P. Carranza Edgar A. Lawrence Manuel Lugo Bracamonte Pedro Robles Claud Chism Saumier N. MacKenzie W Shelton Richey and others Board One will send over 40 men with names including Gilberto Enriquez Ramon Ruelas Everett A. Chavez Owen C. Maher Elvin W. Storey Bill E. Messer Gavino R. Ochoa Harry K. Holloman Gerald L. Wagner and many more.
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American Legion Hall
Phoenix
Army
Baxter C. McLean
Laurence Mecham
Gilbert Barcelo
Gerald B. Wilson
Lonnie O. Moore
Urban
Ables
Gilberto Enriquez
Ramon Ruelas
Everett A. Chavez
Owen C. Maher
Elvin W. Storey
Bill E. Messer
Gavino R. Ochoa
Harry K. Holloman
Gerald L. Wagner
William L. Dallas Ewing
Rafael M. Moyza
Refugion N. Grijalva
Ernesto C. Martinez
Harry Gruber
Arthur R. Capes
Charles Pulse
Luciano V
Hangman To Be Given Big State Funeral
Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich lies in state at Prague citadel after being wounded in Prague. A state funeral in Berlin is planned. 267 hostages have been shot in reprisal as patriot paratroopers target German officials amid the crackdown.
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Hangman
London
Gestapo
Czechoslovakia
Reinhard
Heydrich
Bulowka Hospital
Prague Citadel
Berlin
Trans-Ocean Agency
Prague
Bohemia
Moravia
Europe
Hitler
Himmler
Goebbels
Occupied Europe
Kurt Daluege
Bohemia-Moravia
Forty Complete First Aid Courses Listed With Instructors
Forty names of those who completed three standard Red Cross first aid courses were released Thursday. The list includes instructors Genevieve Hagar and A. T. Black, with dozens of participants such as Clara M. Betts Annie Jean Brown Pauline M. Cross and Dorothy I. White among many others.
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Red Cross
Genevieve Hagar
H. Berlovitz
Clara M. Betts
Annie Jean Brown
Pauline M. Cross
Dorothy G. Day
Opal de Long
Dorothea C. Garrison
Mary Hensel
Aileen Johnson
Gladys M. Powers
Gladys M. Siegmund
Fred Spittle
Marian Stenhammer
Dorothy I. White
A. T. Black
E. F. Verch
R. P. Freeman
Stephen Tormey
L. E. Rombach
George O. Hartman
Oscar Davisson
Mary A. Garigan
Mary Elizabeth Garigan
Dorothy Gibbons
Janice Goodwin
George Hartman Jr
Grace Hartman
William Jeffries
Celeste Kelso
Iane Kn
Wright Announces Democratic Candidacy for Congress in Arizona
Wilson T. Wright of Globe and Phoenix announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for representative in Congress from Arizona. A former Arizona corporation commissioner and state fair commissioner, he cites decades of public service in Globe and statewide work, including posts as postmaster and city clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GLOBE
Wilson T. Wright
Globe and Phoenix
Congress
Arizona
Wright
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona State Fair Commission
Kentucky
Central Methodist Church of
Phoenix
Cuba
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Globe Lodge No
Ells
Public Records: Estate Petition and Civil Suits
Vance Miller deceased petition for letters of administration. C R McFall sues Paul A Pyeatt on note. Garland sues Mitten on lien continued. Morrison sues Mitten on mortgage continued.
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Vance Miller
C. R. McFall
Paul A. Pyeatt
Garland
Mitten
Morrison Vs. Mitten
Local Court Docket Listings Face Multiple Charges
John H. Rice ordered to pay 3 dollars weekly for minor children. Henry S. McCullar pleads guilty to petit theft and is remanded to the sheriff. Ruth Webber’s parole violation is dismissed. Laura Nunez charged with forgery and bound over to the superior court. George Tillman charged with rape and held under a 1000 dollar bond for superior court.
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John H. Rice
Henry S. McCullar
Ruth Webber
Laura Nunez
George Tillman
Police Court Minutes: Drunkenness and Assault Cases
Judge Paul P. Della presides as Harry Williams faces charges of drunk and disturbing the peace with a $10 fine or 10 days in jail. Irene Armstrong’s simple assault case is continued to June 16. Della Hardage is charged with drunkenness and vagrancy with a $30 fine or 30 days in jail.
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Paul P. Della
Harry Williams
Irene Armstrong
Della Hardage
Marital or Age Details for Tucson and Los Angeles Couples
Legal ages and hometowns listed for several couples: Carter A. Henrisey and Mary Ronald from Tucson. Cecil Edward Kenney, 26, and Opal Louise Prettyman, 24, both from Los Angeles. Foss Longfellow, 27, Tucson, with Alexandria Gwozdz, 18, Tucson.
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Carter A. Henrisey
Legal Age
Tucson
Mary Ronald
Cecil Edward Kenney
Los Angeles
Calif
Opal Louise Prettyman
Foss Longfellow
Alexandria Gwozdz
Birth at Desert Sanatorium Woman Named June Rae Tilson
At the Desert Sanatorium Mr and Mrs E G Tilson of 1333 East Broadway welcomed a daughter, June Rae Tilson, on June 2 weighing eight and a half pounds.
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the Desert Sanatorium
E. G. Tilson
East Broadway
Jan Rae
Tucson Man Takes Orders From Son
A Tucson man and his son, Samuel Kipnis and Julian Kipnis, both in the U S Air Corps, serve together in the same unit with the father taking orders from the son. Kipnis recounts World War I service and notes the faster postwar life in the present conflict. The piece includes a Washington dispatch about the government buying scrap rubber at 25 dollars a ton for carload lots to aid reclaimers.
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Flushing
Long Island
Doyle
The
Citizen
Samuel R. Kipnis
Ar-Jay
Broadway and
Sixth Avenue
United States Air Corps
Kipnis
73Rd Aero Squadron
Armed Service
Julian
Tucson
National Guard
Air Corps
Reveille
Washington
Jesse Jones
United States
Jones
Rubber Reserve Company
Gas inquiry not to involve U S Power commission backs away
Arizona state corporation commission says the federal power commission will not be asked to join the natural gas rates inquiry for Arizona and Phoenix at this time. The panel, spurred by Governor Osborn and 65 Phoenix residents, will wait on El Paso Natural Gas rate hearings before inviting federal involvement.
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Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Arizona
Osborn
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Power Commission
el Paso Natural Gas Company
The
Paso
School janitors to study bombs and air raid details
Nearly 30 Tucson school janitors will take a special training course in handling incendiaries and air raid details. The program, announced by Superintendent Robert Morrow, is provided through the state department of vocational education with two teachers from Phoenix, Capt. A. D. Claiborne and D. M. Limbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Robert Morrow
State Department of Vocational Education
A. D. Claiborne
D. M. Limbach
Phoenix
Robert Cullen Dies in Dublin From Hedge Thorn Prick
Robert Cullen died in Dublin Eire after receiving a thorn prick while trimming a hedge. The incident occurred in the city with local authorities reporting the fatal event.
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Robert Cullen
Dublin
Eire
High Court Denies Per Capita Action
The Arizona Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the suit challenging the signatures on a per capita school apportionment measure placed on the 1940 general election ballot. W R Whitman of Yuma argued the court was too liberal in constitutional signature interpretations for petitions. The initiative set $65 for grammar schools and $95 for high schools.
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Phoenix
State Supreme Court
W. R. Whitman
Yuma
High Tribunal
Committee Counsel Dies In Washington
Edmund M. Toland 43, counsel for the house naval committee, died suddenly in Washington. A Boston native, he practiced law there 20 years and served both administrative and legislative branches, including two years as a special assistant to the attorney general and as an NRA arbitrator for the motion picture industry. He worked yesterday with Chairman Vinson of the house naval committee.
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Washington
Edmund M. Toland
House Naval Committee
Toland
Boston
NRA
Congressional
Vinson
D-Ga
House’ Naval Committee
Long Missing Girl Is Found
Constance Carpenter, 16, of Springfield, found safe after five days lost in 10000 acres of dense woodland near Belchertown Massachusetts. She had exposure and scratches, was taken to a hospital, and said she entered the woods Sunday to pick flowers and became disoriented. Police, state troopers, Boy Scouts, and a conscientious objectors camp aided the search led by Lieutenant Maurice Nelligan.
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Belchertown
Mass
Constance Carpenter
Springfield
Albert Markham
Miss Carpenter
Maurice Nelligan
Conscientious Objectors
Massachusetts
Markham
James Fletcher
Turkey Hill Mountain
New Ludlow
Constance
U.S. Refined Sugar Exports Worth Over Ten Million in 1940
The United States exported refined sugar valued at 10,281,465 dollars during 1940, reflecting the year’s international trade in a key commodity.
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U. S
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Parker Jap
Pye
Port Moresby
Australia
John A. Parris
Wilson Wright
Corporation
Public Records
Superior Court
William G. Hall
Justice Court Co. W. Gardner
Belle D. Hall
Guy Monthan Nurseries
Speedway and
Campbell
Desert Gardens Nursery
Son
Bill Small, JR
High Court
Woods
Langers
Cor. Stone and
Pennington
Maximo
Yslas
Convent St
Stone Ave
Mexico
Nogale
Mrs
Winnie Myrick
Nogales
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