Argentina cuts Axis from secret radio codes across Americas
Buenos Aires reports a ban on all radio code messages to foreign powers, severing legal secret communications with the Axis in the Western Hemisphere. The action follows Argentina recognizing the Ramirez government and aligns with Rio accords urging diplomatic severance. Multiple nations sent recognition notes as Britain, the United States, Spain, and others consider steps.
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Germany
Italy
Pedro Ramirez
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Livio Garbaccio
Spain
Paraguay
Venezuela
Peru
Uruguay
London
Mexico
New Shoe Stamp No 18 Approved for Summer Use
UPA reports the new shoe stamp No 18 can be used for summer shoes without risk of shortfall in fall. OPA sets fall expiration for stamp 18 after inventory and military needs analysis and indicates similar ration periods to the first period. Prospects rise that Prentiss Brown’s goal of three pairs per person may stand, with a government survey showing varied past purchases among consumers.
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Washington
UPA Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
De Concini Justice Presiding Over Leyman Divorce
Superior Court records show Ann Clara Leyman filing for divorce from Sgt. Jack Leyman with a judgment favoring the plaintiff. The case lists Evo De Concini as presiding judge in the involved proceedings.
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Ann Clara’ Leyman
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Jack Leyman
City Court Docket Reports Violations and Penalties
Beatrice M. Pares cited for hotel registration ordinance violation and indecent exposure with $15 fine or 15 days in jail. Pablo P. Mungia charged with vagrancy carrying $10 fine or 10 days in jail. Edward J. Mooney accused of selling liquor to Indians and to U S authorities.
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Beatrice M. Pares
Pablo P. Mungia
Edward J. Mooney
U. S
Names in a 1940s social registry notice
The list names pairs of residents from Missouri Ohio Iowa Illinois Arizona and Tucson including Thomas Tremain Dorothy Grady Leonard McFadden Inez Duncan Gilbert McCaslin Consuelo Zazueta Adolph Littlefield Margarett Hill Joe King Dorothy Jenkins Esteban Molina Francisca Mendoza.
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Brookfield
Dorothy L. Grady
Chillicothe
Ohio
Leonard L. McFadden
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Inez L. Duncan
Moline
Ill
Gilbert McCaslin
Tucson
Consuelo Zazueta
Adolph Littlefield
Margarett Hill
Joe King
Phoenix
Ariz
Dorothy Jenkins
Esteban Molina
Francisca Mendoza
Small Increase in State Orange Crop
Arizona's 1942-43 grapefruit production was estimated at 2,550,000 boxes, down from 3,350,000 the prior season. The national total rose to 49,312,000 boxes, a 22 percent increase from 1941-42. Arizona orange crop improved from 660,000 to 700,000 boxes this year.
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Washington
Arizona
Agriculture Department
Navy Presents Gold Star To Commander on Submarine
Lieutenant Commander Philip S. Ross of Tuc son and Annapolis received a gold star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for sinking two Japanese warships and damaging three more while commanding a submarine in the Pacific. His boat has sunk six ships totaling 50 000 tons and damaged four totaling 23 000 tons. Rear Admiral Charles A. Lockwood presented the award. Also honored was Joseph Cross of New Orleans, noted as the first Negro submarine lookout to receive the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
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Philip S. Ross
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Annapolis
Ross
Charles A. Lockwood
Joseph Cross
New Orleans
Navy
Marine Corps
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Cross
Kermit Roosevelt's Son Joins Services Monday
Glen Cove New York June 11 WP Dirck Roosevelt 18 son of Maj Kermit Roosevelt who died in Alaska last week will join the nation's fighting services Monday. Young Roosevelt asked to be inducted and hoped to join the Navy. Kermit Roosevelt’s two other sons already are in the service. Kermit Jr. is in the Navy department at Washington and Willard is a lieutenant aboard a destroyer in the South Pacific.
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N. Y
Dirck Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Alaska
Roosevelt
Navy
Kermit, Jr
Navy Department
Washington
Willard
South Pacific
Brooklyn Accent Haunts Sailor Visiting His Children
New York dispatch reports Morris Barnett, a British merchant marine cook, fulfilled a dream by visiting his two evacuated children Bernard and Myra in Brooklyn. He says his joy is shadowed by their strong Brooklyn accent, which he finds painfully recognizable.
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New York
Morris Barnett
New York Harbor
London
Bernard
Myra
Brooklyn
Sewer Floods Court as Jail Inmates Await Trial
Prisoners held for trial in the city jail faced a flooded magistrate court after a sewer line backup soaked the courtroom. Water and refuse filled the floor, forcing police to clear the area while prosecutors processed defendants. Magistrate Paul J. Cella spared two inmates’ sentences and fined a third at $15.
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Detective Bureau
Paul J. Cella
Goodye
Stamps Valid Through July for K L M and Meats
Canned food stamps K L and M remain valid through July 7. Red point rationing stamps J K I cover meat butter oil lard and shortening with 16 points per family member through June 30.
Cholitas Rioters Clash as Zip-Gang War Surges
Los Angeles reports describe cholitas in black outfits joining zoot-suit gangs in street clashes with servicemen. A razor attack on a waitress and multiple arrests press a growing public order crisis as grand juries probe the riots and Navy restrictions widen.
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William C. Payette
United Press
Los Angeles
U.P
Betty Morgan
Navy
Skidrow
Grand Jury
Fred N. Howser
Attorney General Rules on Retired Teacher Employment
The attorney general stated in response to an inquiry by Riggins that there is no prohibition against employing a retired school teacher in clerical or office work for school boards. The ruling clarifies allowable duties for former educators within school administration settings.
Exempted Journalists Shielded From Auto Sabbath Decree
Mexican decree requiring private car owners to rest vehicles one day weekly excludes newspapermen. The policy aims to curb road use and conserve fuel, but editors enjoy a carve out amid ongoing public debate over transport rationing and press freedom.
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Mexico
Retired teachers in Arizona face pension cut in June
Arizona Attorney General says 151 retired school teachers will lose about half of their $50 monthly pensions for June as the new teachers retirement act takes effect and funding is unavailable until July 1. The opinion was requested by John A. Riggins, assistant state superintendent of public instruction.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
Arizona
John A. Riggins
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