Arkansan Delegates Debate Democratic Convention Role
Gov. Homer Adkins backs allowing voters to name and instruct delegates next year as Arkansas Democrats discuss shifting from binding convention mandates to a prefen tial primary ballot. Regional meeting in Hot Springs supports conservative era or Southwestern Dems for VP. Fullbright and Fulkerson referenced in broader party discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Downing
Little Rock
Ark
Arkan
Homer M. Adkins
Reblicans
Adkins
Vention
Washington
Hot Springs
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
U. S
Hattie W. Carnay
J. William Fulk
Fullbright
University of Arts
Glenna Bee Liberator Heads Seventh Air Force Mission
Capt Thomas M Esmond leads the Glenna Bee Liberator in Central Pacific raids against Japanese installations for 18 months. The 23 year old Fort Worth airman and co pilot Lt Sherman Reed fly missions in the Glenna Bee as it supports strikes from Makin to Japanese held territory. The plane first landed on Makin after its capture and endured 14 hits in 30 combat missions. Other crew: E W Erickson R C Arnold R Copeland W Todd J Holland D Emmons.
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Seventh Air Force
Uarters
Central Pacific
U.P
Thomas M. Esmond
Seventh Force
Fortorth
Glenna Boyd
Texas City
Esmond
Sherman S. Reed
Georgetown
Makin
Tech
E. W. Erickson
Los Angeles
Robert C. Arnold
Livingston
Calif
Robert Copeland
Fort Ann
N. Y
William Todd
Kingsport
Term
James K. Holland
McDonough
Dexter Emmons
Leavenworth
Wash
May Sales Tax Receipts in Arizona Exceed 1943 Figures
May sales tax collections totaled 611 600.08, with 225 220.04 allocated to 14 counties and 183 480.02 to the state general fund. The May figure also sent 61 760.01 to cities and towns and 91 740.01 to the social security fund, exceeding the prior May by 20 193.56 but below April receipts by 51 208.73.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Social Security Fund
Genera
Letters That Count West Brunswick Me
Mrs. Cecil Whalen cares for 15 children at home while sending weekly letters to five relatives serving in the armed forces.
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West Brunswick
Cecil Whalen
Coast States To Be Battleground
A June 5 political survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows the Middle West and Rocky Mountains leaning toward Dewey while the South favors Roosevelt. Coastal regions New England Middle Atlantic and Pacific Coast form the main battleground with Roosevelt leading slightly. The study notes results reflect civilian votes only and that servicemen could shift margins.
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Princeton
N. J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
Dewey
South
Roosevelt
Institute
East Central
West Central
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Armed Services
Willkie
Mountain
Dale Nichols Emblem For Tucson Publicity Gets Group Approval
Dale Nichols designed an emblem approved for Tucson regional plan use on letterheads and membership certificates. The emblem features a low adobe home with Sahuara cactus and Palo Verde trees on both sides and the letters TRP. A booklet Tucson Tomorrow is to be published with funds sought from city county Sunshine climate club and the Chamber of Commerce. A committee including Nichols Chambers and Behn will develop a concise regional plan presentation.
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Dale Nichols
Tucson
Sunshine Climate Club
Chamber of Commerce
George Chambers
Harry Behn
Teachers’ salaries in 1942 43 average under two thousand
The National Education Association reports that over 250000 public school teachers earned less than 1000 dollars in the 1942 43 school year while about 900000 teachers averaged 1550 dollars.
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National Education Assn
Navy Spending Money Fast For Warplanes
The Navy spends over $1,000 a minute to keep aircraft in the air. Rear Adm. William Brent Young reports daily fuel and aviation costs near $1.5 million while annual fuel outlays reach about $2 billion. Weekly clothing costs total $11.5 million, and food purchases have surged 450 percent though controlled to ensure good Navy meals.
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Washington
Navy
William Brent Young
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Young
Bureau
Naval
Edward Tully Wins Air Medal At English Bomber Base
Second Lt. Edward Tully of Tucson 22 receives the Air Medal at an Eighth Air Force bomber station in England. Col. Hunter Harris Jr presents the honor. Tully, co-pilot at the base, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tully and husband of Irene Blanche Tully. He joined the RAF in 1942 and earned his wings in 1943.
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England
Edward Tully
Tucson
Hunter Harris, Jr
Tully
Flying Fortress
Albert Tully
West Second Street
Irene Blanche Tully
North Warren Avenue
RAF
Southern Pacific
Paratrooper Wings For Villarreal As Army Honors Fly
Pfc Catarina Villarreal, son of Benito Floras of Solomonsville Arizona, earns right to wear parachute wings and Army boots. Staff Sgt James A Buntin 29 of Fairfield Alabama, top turret gunner on the Flying Fortress Red Boy, receives the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal. Buntin is son of Dr and Mrs W B Buntin of 214 East Kelso Tucson. wife Mary E Buntin resides at 307 Acadia Terrace Fairfield Alabama.
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Catarina Villarreal
Benito Floras
Solomonsville, Ariz
United States Army
James A. Buntin
Fairfield
Ala
Buntin
W. B. Buntin
East Kelso
Tucson
Mary E. Buntin
Acadia Terrace
Wolff Promoted to Corporal in English Theater
Max C. Wolff of Greenway Station Tucson has been promoted from private first class to corporal in the Eighth AAF Fighter Command. Maj. Gen. W. E. Kepner announced the promotion amid a Thunderbolt P-47 group stationed somewhere in England. Wolff serves as a surgical technician with the veteran unit, the oldest Thunderbolt fighter group in the European war theatre.
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Max C. Wolff
Greenway Station
Tucson
England
W. E. Kepner
Eighth Aaf Fighter Command
Wolff
Warrant Officer Ellis Completes Bridge Training Overseas
Warrant Officer James K. Ellis, stationed abroad, completed a course designed to bridge U S training with active combat duties. His wife Mary Jane Ellis resides in Tucson as he advances through the program.
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James K. Ellis
Mary Jane Ellis
Tucson
States
Captaincy Promotion and American Unit Assignment
The War Department announced Leslie C. Terry Jr. of Coyote Avenue Oracle Arizona is promoted to captain. Corporal Manuel C Quintero of 286 South Stone Avenue is serving in an American unit in the European theater, tasked with repairing shoes for invasion forces.
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Leslie C. Terry, Jr
Coyote Avenue
Oracle, Ariz
War Department
Cpl
Manuel C. Quintero
South Stone Avenue
Staff Sgt Wood Manages Food Supply Sanitation in Europe
Staff Sgt George T Wood of 1424 Casey Avenue oversees inspection of soldiers food rations in the European theater. His unit supervises sanitary handling of all foodstuffs to ensure safety and proper distribution.
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George T. Wood
Casey Avenue
Officer Key Staffer in Mediterranean Supply Command
Capt. Frank T. Gibbons of 204 East Third Street serves on the headquarters staff under Col. Tom S. Brand in the supply district command in the Mediterranean theater.
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Frank T. Gibbons
East Third Street
Col
Tom S Brand
Supply District Command
Mediterranean Theater
Newest Ca Dets At Midland Train In Bombardier School
Two Tucson youths join the Army Air Forces training command at Midland Texas. Leonard F Harris son of Lemuel Harris and Bertha Harris and Jule M Cardella son of Joseph M Cardella and his wife reside in Tucson and Porterville California and Grant Road respectively.
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Bombardier
Army Air Forces Training Command
Midland
Tex
Tucson
Leonard F. Harris
Lemuel Harris
Bertha Harris
West Morton
Porterville
Calif
Jule M. Cardella
Joseph M. Cardella
Grant Road
Cadets Report for RAF Training Command Course at Perrin Field
Two aviation cadets from Safford and Tucson join the basic stage at Perrin Field Tex for ten weeks of RAF training. Thomas Brooks Shannon of Tucson and John C Lincoln of Safford will study aerial combat maneuvers and instrument flying under the program.
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Safford
Tucson
Perrin Field
Tex
RAF Training Command
Air Force
Thomas Brooks Shannon
Lester Shannon
Route 1
John C. Lincoln
Clement L. Lincoln
Ninth Avenue
Tucson Pilot Receives Air Medal for Meritorious Missions
First Lt. Henry N. Jesperson of Tucson, a pilot in an eighth AAF Flying Fortress, earns the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement on many bombing missions against the enemy. He serves with a fortress group bombing targets deep inside Germany and German-occupied countries. His wife is Mrs. Florence E. Jesperson, rural route 5, Tucson.
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Henry N. Jesperson
Tucson
AAF Flying Fortress
Germany
Florence E. Jespersen
Copper Mining Declared Vital War Industry
San Francisco June 5 William K Hopkins regional director war manpower commission announced copper mining in Arizona is a war necessary industry. Workers are to be secured through the priority referral system on male labor to boost Pacific coast production for the invasion phase of the war.
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San Francisco
Arizona
William K. Hopkins
War Manpower Commission
Pacific Coast
Hopkins
Corn Oats and Barley Shortage To Be Felt
Washington reports July 1 stocks of corn oats and barley will be the smallest for that date since 1937. The bureau of agricultural economics estimates total supplies between 18 and 20 million tons due to heavy wartime feed use and depleted reserves, forcing farmers to cut livestock numbers, especially hogs and poultry.
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Washington
Ameriaca
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Florida Remains Southernmost State of the Union
The article notes Florida as the United States' southernmost state, positioning it at the nation's geographic extremity. It references its borders, climate, and role in national discussions of geography and state identity.
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Florida
State
The
Union
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