Elks Plan Flag Day Celebration in Tucson
Tucson Elks announce a joint Flag Day event with a full flag pageantry at the high school stadium on Sunday June 14. A cavalry band concert at 7 30 p m will lead a history of the flag with military units carrying period flags, a color guard, community singing and a pledge of allegiance by the Americanism committee. Captain C E Mellberg will give the main address.
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Tucson
Cavalry
Davis- Monthan Field
Elks Lodge
Ellis
America
C. E. Mellberg
Americanism Committee
District Fire Meet Is Set by District Officials
A meeting of volunteer firemen from district No 4 is called by Capt George Baker for 730 today at the Ninth street and Park avenue fire station. Capt Rudolph Black will lecture on handling incendiary bombs and firefighting. Women are urged to join heads t ers committee and learn to relay messages run errands and provide meals for on duty fire crews.
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George Baker
Park Avenue Station
County Club Road
Park Avenue
Broadway
Speedway
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Juanita Moore
Green Guards
Pima County
J. F. Newman
Caleb Houston
Leaves 171 Descendants Rockland Maine
When 92 year old Mrs Sarah E Hamilton died she left 171 descendants including nine sons two daughters and 160 grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren in Rockland Maine.
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Rockland
Me. U
Sarah E. Hamilton
Cavalrymen Get World News At Retreat Ceremony In Tucson
Cavalrymen in Tucson listen to United Press world news broadcast during a retreat ceremony as Captain Melvin Goers and Lieut. Joseph Unwin arrange with the Daily Citizen. Private Arthur Hoffman delivers the commentary, linking Pearl Harbor and Dutch Harbor to current events. The unit views itself as ready to fight and eager to engage the enemy.
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J. E. B. Stuart
Phil Sheridan
Custer
Tucson
Melvin A. Goers
Joseph Unwin
Daily Citizen
United Press
Daily News
Arthur K. Hoffman
Pearl
Hoffman
Navy Department
Dutch
Goebbels
Thatcher student presented medal at BYU ceremony
George L. Merrill of Thatcher received the Alpha Kappa Psi medal for top scholastic standing at Brigham Young University. The BYU ceremony occurred at the annual Y faculty award assembly last week. Merrill, a Gila Junior College graduate, studies accounting business administration and music and was a candidate for student body president in the primary election. He has served as Brigham Young Sunday school superintendent for the past year.
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George L. Merrill
Byron Merrill
Thatcher
Brigham Young University
Merrill
Gila Junior College
Brigham Young Sunday School
Army Starts Safety Drive for Air Forces
Col Samuel R Harris inaugurates a wide safety program across ten flying regions to cut accidents. Col Lowell H Smith at Davis Monthan Field announces regional directors and strict regulations. Only 14 percent of AAF crashes come from mechanical failures. 85 percent stem from personal error.
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Army Air Forces
Samuel R. Harris
Lowell H. Smith
Davis Monthan Field
AAF
Harris
United States
Air Force
Italian casualty list shows Balkan losses spike in May
The Italian casualty list issued in Milan on June 9 reports 475 killed 783 wounded and 78 missing in the Balkans for May, with additional May totals for North Africa Russia Fleet Airforce and notes on ongoing fighting in Yugoslavia Greece and Albania.
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Milan
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
North Africa
Russia
Fleet
Erwin Rommel
Conscience Hoarder Leaves Sugar on Seattle Doorstep
Two 25 pound sacks of sugar were found on the doorstep of the Ruther Child home in Seattle shortly after rationing began. Local police suspect a conscience-stricken hoarder left the sacks, marking an odd postration scene as rationing took effect.
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Seattle
Ruther Child
Regional Meetings Focus on Flying Safety Principles
Prevention research and constant training in safe flying principles will begin with regional meetings dedicated to flight safety. Operations officers and public relations officers from all fields will attend these sessions.
Schuster Funeral Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for Frederick William Schuster age 45 of Hartford county Connecticut will be held at 4 30 p m tomorrow in Brings Funeral Home chapel Rev C E Huntington of St Luke's in the Desert will officiate The body will be sent to Hartford Connecticut Friday morning Also a note on 1940 American steel industry capacity exceeding 84000000 tons of ingots and castings per year
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Frederick William Schuster
Hartford County
Conn
East Mabel
Bring’s Funeral Home
C. E. Huntington
St. Luke's In the
Desert
Hartford, Conn
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Black
Ingly
Chow
Philippines
Bataan
Army
Batiste
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Steinfeld
Infants’ Shop
Army Hour
NBC
U.S. Army
McCoy
Pyramid Lake
Nevada
Alfred Powers
Standard Oil Company
California
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