Flag Day Ceremony Planned at Senior High Stadium
Tucson Elks and 25 civic groups organize 1941 Flag Day events at the senior high stadium on June 14 at 8 p.m. A parade from the Elks home to the stadium starts at 7 p.m. The program includes the History of the Flag, flag bearers, music, and a dance with no admission. Organizations may still join by registering with Ray Gage.
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Tucson Elks
John I. Reilly, Jr
Elks
Veterans of Foreign War Boys Band
Corps of Elks
Pennington
Stone
Congress
Joseph B. Judge
Elks Troop
Boy Scouts
Manny Dell
Ray Gage
Scout Committee
Elks Club
Tucson
Frank Michel
Michel
Land Seizure Curb Is Voted
The Senate approved a provision in the interior department appropriation bill barring transfers or new acquisitions of Arizona land without Congress consent. Senator Hayden of Arizona urged the rule to curb undisclosed withdrawals such as the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, noting Arizona's mining and public-use concerns.
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Washington
Interior Department
Senate
Senate House
Interior Secretary
Arizona
Congress
Hayden
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Wheat Parity Loan Schedule Announced
The agriculture department released a schedule of base loan rates averaging about 98 cents per bushel for this year’s wheat crop. The program, part of new legislation to support market prices for crops, sets parity at 85 percent. Last year wheat loans ran at 56 percent of parity, with rates tied to storage locations and markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fire breaks out in liner hold at Jersey City pier
Police report a fire in the hold of the American President liner President Jackson docked at pier 9 foot of 12th street. First radio car noted smoke but no flames visible.
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Jersey City
N. J
President Jackson
Pier 9
12Th Street
Landing Strips On Highways Sought For Mock Warfare
Army officers discussed using a few real bullets in mock wars to train caution and realism. They argued one live round in 10 000 could make troops fight as in real battle, with minimal casualties possible. Also notes 40 000 troops began a bulletless two day battle in the San Antonio river valley to test coordination of foot and motor units.
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Hunter Liggett
Calif
Japan
Germany
San Antonio River
San Francisco man kills self over labor unions
Edward C. Hagerty a 52 year old San Francisco ship clerk died by carbon monoxide poisoning in his home. He left $500 to Westbrook Pegler and charged the CIO Ship Clerks association with false accusations and persecution by dictatorships in organized labor. His will directs the estate residue to Pegler.
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San Francisco
U.P
Edward C. Hagerty
Westbrook Pegler
Hagerty
Public
CIO Ship Clerks Association
Pegler
Morrow Chosen to Lead School District No 1
Robert D. Morrow will become superintendent of schools in district No 1 starting July 1. He returned from New York City after studying educational methods and visiting eastern schools. C. E. Rose will resign as superintendent.
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Robert D. Morrow
New York City
C. E. Rose
Senate study on emergency highway landing strips for planes
Senator McCarran revealed a proposed national defense highway bill would authorize building landing strips along U.S. highways. The plan envisions strips aligned with prevailing winds and possible V shaped layouts, with surfacing based on soil. A related idea would widen crossroads to create 400 satellite airdromes for mass military landings, with a suggested 20 million dollar outlay.
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Washington
United States
McCarran
D-Nev
Roosevelt
Germany
McCarron
House Roads Committee
George H. Brett
Army Air Corps
Senate Post Roads and Post Office Committee
Senate
Tempe Turbine Installs First Steam Unit At Tempe Plant
The Salt River Valley Water Users association began installing the first steam turbine electric power unit at its Tempe plant. Two additional units will be ready by August, totaling 37 500 horsepower. Superintendent H J Lawson said the plant will support defense projects in the area and there is no expected power shortage this summer. The decision followed a drought and water shortage last year.
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Phoenix
Tempe
Salt River
Vatican City flag may fly on ships for Vatican supplies
Vatican City may place its flag aboard merchant ships chartered to bring scarce foods and luxury items from America to residents. No official confirmation yet though scarcity of coffee and tobacco spurs talk of chartered freighters. The flag is split gold and white with the Papal tiara near the fly.
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Vatican City
High Seas
America
Resignation Sets Stage for Emeritus Superintendent
After 21 years of service Rose resigns as superintendent and the school board announces creation of the position superintendent emeritus which Rose will fill.
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Rose
Labor Investigator Frank Brown In Critical Condition
Phoenix June 6 state labor commission investigator Frank Brown remained critical after a major operation Wednesday.
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Phoenix
Frank Brown
State Labor Commission
700 Chinese Killed in Raid on Shelter
Chungking China June 6 Officials said 700 persons suffocated last night in the world’s largest underground dugout during a five hour raid by Japanese warplanes. Mass burials followed as Red Cross trucks moved bodies to suburban cemeteries.
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Chungking
China
Red Cross
Shoe factory in India uses vast leather supply monthly
A shoe factory in India consumes about 100000 square feet of leather each month, reflecting steady production demand. The figure highlights scale and material flow within the footwear industry.
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India
Tired Business Man Victim Of Eating And Drinking
Cleveland June 6. The tired business man of stage and story is not fiction but a high pressure executive worn out from eating smoking drinking and other dissipations. Dr. Edgar V. Allen of the Mayo Clinic led the AMA session outlining occupational hazards of business executives and outlining risks from excess food smoking and alcohol with recommendations on fasting and life expectancy.
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Cleveland
American Medical Association
Edgar V. Allen
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Arizona Injuries Could Be Halted
Seven thousand Arizona work injuries in 1940 could have been prevented with a $7,400 investment in safety gear. H. E. Hodgson, chief safety engineer of the Arizona Industrial Commission, said injuries cost $152,000 in workers compensation benefits.
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Phoenix
Arizona
H. E. Hodgson
Arizona Industrial Commission
Hodgson
Disease of Hogs Is Held Checked in Arizona
Phoenix June 6. Outbreaks of erysipelas among hogs at the state hospital for the insane and in Yuma county have been checked. Dr. T B Jones state veterinarian reported. He said vaccine, which has been administered, is a very good preventative. He could not account for the disease's appearance in Arizona. Several of the hospital's 250 head were stricken.
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Phoenix
State Hospital For the Insane
Yuma County
T. B. Jones
Jones
Arizona
War boom drives billion-dollar factory investments
Even before the defense expansion began, American factories spent more than 1.25 billion dollars annually on new machinery equipment construction and land, according to the census.
Bundles for Britain Increases Aid with $1 000 Donation
Bundles for Britain Inc of Tucson adds a $1000 gift raising total aid to the Royal Northern hospital London to $10 807 82 since December 1 1940. New York headquarters report five month activity totaling $2 140 152 66 in receipts, goods and cash for England deliveries.
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Britain, Inc
Tucson
Royal Northern Hospital
London
Britain
New York
England
Beer Garden Planned at Fort Leonard Wood Training Center
The Morale Builders plan a beer garden at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for the training center. It will hold 1000 soldiers and aims to keep trainees from seeking other drinking venues.
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Fort Leonard Wood
U.P
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