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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
5
New York war industry reports show the fifth straight AP index rise, led by steel with operating rates above 80 and hopes for 90 by summer. Defense plans, Allied purchases, and a Memphis powder plant project reflect a broad surge in war prep and industrial activity.
In Russia, motorcyclists, including many women, compete in demanding hill climb tests, where both genders vie for honors in a challenging field.
San Francisco dispatch reports Arizona farmers received 1 237 000 in government payments in the first quarter, up 17 000 from 1939. Western states total farm income reached 44 369 000 with actual sales at 236 000 000 and overall income over 280 000 000, a 16 percent gain that outpaced the national 12 percent rise.
Building inspector E D Herreras reports most work last week on roofs and alterations. Permits include Stonecypher bakery 475 dollars and Peoples Fuel gas tank 4500 dollars. Other items cover additions cooling systems and new or repaired roofs across numerous streets.
Secretary Ickes announced a report showing gross income from Boulder dam power sold to nearby utilities over three years surpassed expectations by 2 million dollars. He projected current year revenue at over 4.5 million, bringing total plant revenues for 1937 to 1940 to about 11.3 million, with treasury repayments reaching 3.7 million for the year and 10.2 million since operations began. The dam project cost stood at 116,128,135 dollars as of June 30, 1939.
The 17th annual Poultry Producers picnic will be held Tuesday at Wetmore's amusement park at 6 p.m. The Southern Arizona Poultry Producers association sponsors the event with C. E. Goyette of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce as principal speaker. Prizes, entertainment, and coffee, punch, and ice cream provided. attendees to bring table service and their own food. Committee members include Embleton, Ricke, Hurlbut, Smith, Tiemann, Ricketts, and Hinds.
Paris teams garbage trucks into mobile forts guarding gates and the Champs Elysee with steel posts. Policemen patrol streets as crowds thin, trains fill for the southward exodus, and empty boulevards reflect a city bracing for invasion with sandbagged monuments and shuttered shops.
J. G. Duerksen was knocked out by a bolt of lightning while walking home in Window Rock Arizona. He recovered consciousness to find only the sole of his right shoe damaged.
A total of 54,043 eggs have been laid by 390 birds in the 18th annual Arizona egg laying test at the University of Arizona. The test began January 1 and shows a production rate of 56.8 percent to date, down from 59.3 percent last month. White leghorn pens lead May, with entries from P. S. Dickey Oak Knoll Poultry Farm W A Seidel and Foreman Poultry Farm. High monthly individuals are white leghorns. overall leaders include Seidel white leghorns top pen, Mishter Liggett Rhode Island reds, David T Cohen Rhode Island reds, and Oak Knoll white leghorn pen.
Berlin reports the Dienst Aus Deutschland says Gibraltar would revert to Spain and areas opposite Spain on the African coast must be Spanish held. It envisions a Spain acting as an independent trustee for Mediterranean nations, aligned with Germany and Italy in a new Europe.
In Washington two key vacancies near the White House labor secretary post will be filled by Daniel J. Tobin of the AFL Teamsters and James Forrestal head of Dillon Read. Tobin will work with Sidney Hillman on labor and defense training, Forrestal to liaison between government and finance.
Arnold Maurer the Canton Ohio city electrician boasts 25 years without a sick day. He scoffs at the idea of sick leave saying he sees no reason to miss work and has never taken a day off.
Raymond Geist of the U S State Department argues that unworkable foreign trade schemes helped trigger the European war. He says governments set patterns that traders could not fit, creating friction and insecurity. He urges America to pursue both import and export expansion to revive international trade.
Construction of the 232,257 Matthew Henson unit will begin probably within a month after Del E Webb Construction Co was awarded the contract. The Matthew Henson unit is the first of three in Phoenix 1 700 000 housing project planned to expand housing stock.
Wallace W. Blackwell announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Pima County subject to the September 1940 primary. He cites two years as deputy in the sheriff’s office under Walter W. Bailey and prior service in the Tucson police department.
The report notes a 43 year old Arizona deputy sheriff who previously ran for sheriff, born in Mississippi, married and a 15 year Arizona resident. He served in World War I with field artillery and saw combat in France, while his duties covered the sheriff office operations.
Chuck Abbott the Sunshine Climate club's envoy to eastern tourists will entertain at 15 parties along the east next month Roy Drachman club secretary said Abbott and his cowboy entertainers recently gave a barbecue at J F Deary president of the Pennsylvania railroad Abbotts June engagements include events sponsored by Herbert May Pittsburgh the Bond club of Pittsburgh Mrs William du Pont Jr Wilmington Del E T Weir Pittsburgh and E W Edwards Cincinnati
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