Arson Charge To Be Decided By Jury Trial
Mrs. Mitten chose to stand trial on an arson charge after court appointed Toby LaVetter as her attorney. A June 17 trial date was set following a conference with County Attorney J Mercer Johnson. Fire damaged a $3 800 home with an estimated $1 500 loss after she started four small blazes in the building while evicted. She and her husband built the home in 1936 and lived there until May. Mrs. Mitten, held on $1 000 bond, is jailed awaiting trial. her two children live with her mother.
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Eva de Concini
Toby LaVetter
Mitten
Seabees
Robert Earl Garland
la Vetter
Consolidated- Vultee
Patsy
Ruth
State versus Curtis and Mitten court order updates
Superior Court presiding Eva De Concini orders judgment for forfeiture of bond in the State versus Jack D. Curtis on second degree murder. State versus Alice Mitten sets trial date for first degree arson in June.
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Eva de Concini
Jack D. Curtis
Alice Mitten
Police Court Terms Extended for Several Defendants
Bernardo G. Barrieres resisting arrest and assault with a deadly weapon continued to Thursday. Gene McLemore simple assault continued. Clifton E. Smith reckless driving $30 or 30 days in jail. Virgil K. Lee vagrancy continued. Odessa Hayes simple assault $25 bond forfeited.
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Bernardo G. Barrieres
Gene McLemore
Clifton E. Smith
Virgil K. Lee
Odessa Hayes
Justice Court sets preliminary hearing for two burglary suspects
Pat McGil and John Nelson face burglary charges with a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 15. Each suspect bonded at $1,500.
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Pat McGil
John Nelson
Marriages Recorded in Tucson and Nearby Areas
A list of marriage licenses shows couples from Tucson and surrounding states. Notable pairs include Parley H. McNeill and Jessie Belle Diffenbaugh in Tucson, and Lonnie Griffin with Laura Gaynell McCullen, both linked to Tennessee and Arizona addresses. Others include Adam Mathias and Lillian Boesel in St Paul, and Charles Strange and Mildred Dye in Venice California.
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Belle D. Hall
Parley H. McNeill
Tucson
Jessie Belle Diffenbaugh
Con
Leon Hough
Viola
Wisc
Sarah Fulmer
Tetonia
Idaho
Lonnie Griffin
Memphis
Tenn
Laura Gaynell McCullen
Hubert Stevens Whitlock
Erwin
Irene Kirby
Emory
Joe Lewning, Jr
Pleatteville
Charles J. Pendergrass
Knoxville
Ada M. Staab
Cincinnati
Ohio
Oliver E. LeRoy
May Chorczykiewica
James C. Crofts
Silver Spring
Thelma High- Durger
Paris
Tex
Richard Lewis
Selexidee Harris
Public Hearing Fails To Attract Attendance
The public hearing on Tucson schools budget for 1943 44 drew no attendees. Elementary and junior high budget totals 908 786 with a 50000 alterations and additions fund. High school district No 1 budget is 387 220. Overall budget up 11.6 percent with most rise due to salary adjustments. Superintendent Morrow said 10000 was added for new staff to meet enrollment growth after a 600 student rise last year.
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Tucson
Robert D. Morrow
Liberator Bomber Leads U S Volume Production
The Liberator stands as the largest bomber in volume production in the United States with a weight of 17 tons.
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United States
Nazi Propaganda Shifts Tone as Invasion Talk Grows
British sources report a new Nazi line aiming to unsettle Allied invasion plans. Berlin broadcasts signal possible offensives in Russia or Turkey or Spain, while hints of new weapons and surprises appear for morale and strategic leverage.
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London
Berlin
Kharkov
Germany
Russia
Morley Richards
Daily Express
Axis
United Nations
Turkey
Spain
Mediterranean
DNB
Kurt Dittmar
Ne Pers
Norway
Finland
Narvik
Paper Maple Leaves Aided Aleutian Campaign
Arthur W. Schuett Jr a 28 year old naval aviation machinist's mate recalls paper maple leaves tinted to resemble real ones dropped on Japanese positions in the Aleutians to demoralize the enemy He kept one leaf as a souvenir from service in the far north where a spine injury led to a medical discharge.
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Arthur W. Schuett, Jr
Naval Aviation
Body Of Woman Found In Canal In Phoenix
Unidentified woman about 40 years old was found in the Arizona canal with a bed in the water for two to three days. She stood five feet one inch, weighed 125 pounds, with reddish brown hair and dark brown eyes. She wore a green flowered dress and brown oxfords, two abdominal scars and two artificial teeth noted. Deputies and doctors could not identify her.
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Phoenix
Arizona Canal
C. C. West
C. H. Coy
J. E. Ray
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
E. W. Roach
What a ten year old sees in flight and ships
A boy of ten watches a P 38 and declares he will be a bet of course exploring America as a modern frontiersman. He pursues action, decides where to go and works to achieve his ambition, ignoring potential risks.
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America
Rip Van Winkle Husband Granted Divorce in Oakland
Ruth Bonner testified that Thomas I. Bonner slept from Sept 16, 1942, until Christmas on purpose after she urged him to return to work earning $78 weekly. The court granted the divorce and awarded Mrs. Bonner community property of 23 rabbits and 150 chickens.
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Oakland
Calif
Thomas I. Bonner
Ruth Bonner
Rip van Winkles
Bond Forfeiture in Murder Case Precedes Trial
Judge Eva De Concini ordered bond forfeiture for D. Curtis after he failed to appear for a court date set for Apr. 27. Curtis faces second degree murder charges for the shooting death of 16 year old Richard Caffrey in an alley near his Tucson home. Curtis fled the area for about ten days before the trial date and remains at large. In a separate matter Judge William G. Hall accepted Jack R. Ward’s guilty plea to burglarizing the Salvation Army building on May 31, with Ward admitting theft of an accordion and trombone.
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J. Mercer Johnson
Eva de Concini
D. Curtis
Curtis
Johnson
Richard Caffrey
Caffrey
Arizona Inn
Tucson
Superior Court
Ward
William G. Hall
Jack R. Ward
Salvation Army
Knife Vanishes After Texan Purportedly Slashes Deputy
Police report a disturbance on Church Street led Patrolman A G Jackson to Berume who detained Barrietes and noted a man slashed in the incident. The case centers on a claim that a piano and an accordian were borrowed or pawned for small sums. Deputy County Attorney Cdlin B Dodd questioned Ward over loans and a lost purse. Judge Hall postponed sentencing to Monday pending fuller details and further verification of Ward's story. A knife was not recovered.
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Cella
A. G. Jackson
Church Street
Berume
Barrietes
Jackson
Cdlin B. Dodd
Ward
Salvation Army
Army
Hall
Flight Veterans To Be Engineering Officers
Three master sergeants from Davis Monthan field have been appointed warrant officers. All veteran flight line chiefs, they will serve as engineering officers in heavy bombardment units. John Hartman has 19 years in the air corps and returns from South America after two years abroad. Irvin LeRoy brings 15 years of air corps service and long experience with four engine bombers. Robert Billings recently spent 43 months in South and Central America with heavy bombardment outfits. He enlisted 13 years ago and has spent 12 of them in the air corps.
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Davis-Monthan Field
John Hartman
Air Corps
South America
Irvin LeRoy
Robert Billings
South
Central America
Army
Andes Reach Highest Altitudes in Peru
Peru records its highest elevations as the Andes extend through the country. Geographers note peak altitudes and dramatic relief across districts, highlighting Peru as home to some of the planet's tallest mountains.
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Peru
Bridge Blocked by Tank Truck on U S 87
Sacaton bridge over the Gila River on U S 87 remains blocked after a crash Sunday night killed William Perry Stewart 58 of Chandler. A seven ton gasoline tank lodged on the bridge awaits a Los Angeles crane from Lang Transportation to lift it safely. Elam Bevins 35 Blythe Calif was uninjured. The bridge 45 miles southeast of Phoenix is a heavily traveled route.
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Sacaton
U. S. Highway 87
Los Angeles
State Highway Department
William Perry Stewart
Chandler
Stewart
Lang Transportation Company
Elam F. Bevins
Blythe
Calif
Gila_river
Phoenix
Dive Bomber Mustang Adds Light Weight to Airframe
The Mustang has been produced in a dive bombing variant. The dive bombing equipment adds less than 200 pounds to the aircraft’s normal gross weight.
Lawmaker Proposes 8.33 Monthly War Bonus For Armed Forces
Representative Joseph Clark Baldwin introduces a bill to provide an average postwar bonus of 300 to 400 dollars for each service member and merchant mariner. The plan creates a treasury fund to credit 8.33 dollars per war month with deposits continuing through service. later deposits for officers and seamen deduct five percent, earning four percent interest.
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Washington
Joseph Clark Baldwin
N. Y
Baldwin
Sproul predicts Los Angeles to be world's largest city
University of California President Robert Gordon Sproul forecasts Los Angeles will be the world’s largest city and cultural center within a decade after the war with a population reaching 15,000,000.
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L. A. Berkeley
Calif
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
Los Angeles
Liberator Bombers Dominate Global War Fronts In Reports
War log notes Liberator four-engine bombers pounding Axis rivals across the Mediterranean to the Aleutians, Burma to Germany. In the Pacific they raid Kiska, Rabaul, Rangoon, and Canton while delivering massive bomb loads and sinking ships, destroying aircraft, and targeting harbors and oil facilities.
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Vultee Liberator
Mediterranean
Aleutians
Burma
Germany
South Pacific
Europe
North Pacific
Kiska
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BY Alvin Bring
Rip van Winkle
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Lorient
Italy
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South Pacific Command
New Guinea
Frese
Consolidated Vultee
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Neshville, Tenn
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Aircraft War Production Council
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