A P Chief at Washington Dies in Arlington
Brian Bell, 52, chief of the Associated Press Washington bureau since 1939, died at his Arlington Virginia home after collapsing at the Washington Detroit baseball game. He led the AP’s vast government coverage and held posts in Atlanta New Orleans New York Los Angeles San Francisco and San Francisco before his Washington appointment. He was survived by wife Alberta Harris Bell and two children.
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Funeral plan for Reinhard Heydrich in Berlin
Hitler turned over his new chancellery for Heydrich’s state funeral. Heydrich died from three bullet wounds after an assassination in Prague. Himmler and Emil Hacha led mourners. Kurt Daluege gave the funeral oration. Reprisals followed with more executions and shootings reported by Radio Prague.
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Arnold Predicts Jap Losses At Four To One
Mount Pleasant Iowa June 8 Lt Gen H H Arnold commander of the US Army Air Force told the 100th Iowa Wesleyan college commencement audience he expected Japan to lose four planes for every American shot down. He said the day of reckoning is near and touted production goals of 60000 planes this year and a growing force of over 60000 officers and nearly a million men by year end. He added the air force will double that by next June if needed.
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May Meteorological Summary for Tucson
The weather bureau reports Tucson's May highs and lows with 103 degrees on May 21 and 45 degrees on May 3. Humidity peaked at 55 percent at 11:30 p m May 1, with a 7 percent low at 5:30 p m May 29 and 30. May averaged 0.1 degree below normal, with the average max 0.5 above and min 0.7 below. Average Fahrenheit times: 66 at 12:30 a m, 57 at 6:30 a m, 84 at 12:30 p m, 89 at 6:30 p m. Arizona records show 25 clear, five partly cloudy, one cloudy day.
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Eleven Injured Ship Survivors Landed After Torpedoing
Eleven burned and injured survivors of the 5970 ton Brazilian ship Alegrete arrived at La Guaira a week after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk 40 miles north of La Orchila. The quartermaster said 46 passengers and crew were missing. The Lloyd Brasileiro line ship trained officers for the Brazilian merchant marine and carried passengers and freight.
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War Spurs Mines in Sonora State
War drives mining activity in Sonora as a dozen new mines begin production in the border state. Graphite leads with five mines, followed by three for manganese and the remainder for antimony and lead, according to officials in Guaymas.
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Strikers Defy Ultimatum At Detroit War Plant
In Detroit on June 8 striking workers at the Federal Engineering Co plant kept picket lines active defying an Army Air Corps work or fight ultimatum from Major George Strong. About 250 employees involved this labor action linked to a push for UAW CIO representation while the company remains with the independent Society of Tool Die Craftsmen. The army may probe picket line participants and revoke special skills exemptions. William C. Stevenson of UAW CIO Local 157 denied union knowledge of the strike and noted policy against strikes in war plants.
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Funeral set for Arizona's oldest pioneer C F Willcox
Prescott reports funeral services for C F Willcox 111 oldest pioneer in Arizona to be held at 2 p m Tuesday from a local mortuary. Burial in Pioneer cemetery. Willcox died Saturday after a short illness having lived in Arizona 70 years and spent 16 years as a guest in the Arizona Pioneers home. As a teamster he hauled supplies from the Colorado River port at Yuma to frontier Army posts guarding against Indians.
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Public Records Docket Highlights Various Civil Actions
William G. Hall presiding Margaret Scott v General Scott divorce proceeding. Desert Lodge v Lodge on the Desert ruling on suit. William W. Slater petition concerning administration. Charles Van Alstine v Sadie Drake petition for new trial denied. Bert William deceased final settlement. Emma W. Glenn v F H Miller and others complaint to quiet title.
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Reiff Divorce and Name Change Petition Filed
Davie Weatherby Reiff versus August Reiff ends in a plaintiff judgment for divorce. Helene Lorraine Brookline seeks a change of name petition.
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Local court actions in three cases summarized
Louis Crisp faces aggravated assault charges after a preliminary hearing was waived and the case bound over to superior court with a bond set under 1000 dollars. George B. Scharoff M Kedder man and W Sweet pleaded guilty to maintaining a public nuisance and were fined 100 dollars. Earl Ayers pleaded guilty to reckless driving receiving a 30 dollar fine and 15 days in county jail.
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Police Court Dockets Include Drunk and Disorderly and Vagrancy
Presiding Paul J. Cella and Edward A. Fallon handle cases inclosed reckless driving vagrancy and distur bance of the peace. Bonds range from 10 to 50 dollars with several defendants set for sentencing or continuances.
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Marriage Licenses Listed With Clerk Belle D Hall
Lt David E Kunkel Jr 23 Muskogee Mich and Marylyn Reed 19 Los Angeles Calif filed marriage license. Henry C Bryant Jr 27 Tucson also listed.
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Proposals For Pacts Given Three Nations
Secretary of State Cordell Hull submitted lend-lease pact forms to envoys of Belgium Poland and Greece as eight nations participate in the program Similar to existing agreements the pacts extend US aid in exchange for war effort cooperation and future postwar collaboration Also noted are the signings by Britain China and others with details on participants and locations of several individuals listed from Arizona and nearby states
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Tucson Pair Wed in Capital Today
Gavynor K. Stover state house member from Pima county and Miss Maybelle Wisdom Tucson school teacher poised to marry at 2 p m today in Phoenix. Chief Justice Alfred C. Lockwood of the state supreme court to perform the ceremony. Wisdom is sister of William Wisdom former Tucson legislator. Stover is an attorney.
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General praises fliers at Midway in anniversary message
Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold commends Army airmen who helped rout the Japanese invasion fleet off Midway. He writes to General Delos C. Emmons praising air supremacy efforts and urges keeping the enemy in retreat on the half year anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
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Tennessee River Crosses State Twice
The Tennessee river flows across Tennessee in two distinct passages, tracing a broad arc through multiple counties and contributing to regional drainage and ecology.
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