Mexican General Zuno Arrives in Tucson En Route to West Coast
Gen Alberto Zuno head of Mexico civil defense and commander of the Mexican Military Academy visits Tucson on a US goodwill tour as emissary for President Avila Camacho and Gen Lazaro Cardenas. Hugh Macbeth Librian consul accompanies.
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Alberto Zuno
Civilian Defense System
Mexico
Mexican Military Academy
West Point
Tucson
West Coast
United States
Manuel Avila Camacho
Lazaro Cardenas
Americas
Zuno
Republic of Mexico
Jesus del Castillo Gomez
Lambert Whitehurst
Tom Galligan
Gen. Pershing
City police issue new comprehensive manual for officers
Acting Police Chief Harold Wheeler unveiled a new manual completed today. The book spans several hundred pages detailing duties from top to bottom, outlines proper methods, relevant case law, and limits focusing officers on what to ignore. It combines materials from Cincinnati, Minneapolis and the department’s previous manual.
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Harold Wheeler
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Wheeler
Mexican Railway Workers Threaten Nationwide Strike
Mexican railway workers union says it will strike in protest against pass cancellations. A token strike is planned for next Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon to defend existing contracts and gains, following a pattern praised by United States miners.
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Mexico City
Railway Workers’ Union
United States
Books in War Time and Bret Harte Biography Review
A wartime reading roundup covers New War books including Queens Proudly by L. White and The Fireside Book of Dog Stories edited by Jack Goodman. It also profiles Bret Harte’s life in Bret Harte of the Old West by Alvin F. Harlow and analyzes The Last Days of Sevastopol by Boris Voyetekhov with vivid scenes of Sevastopol in battle.
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Queens
L. White
Tee
Australia
White
Jack Goodman
Jack London
Voice of Bugle Ann
Thomas Mann
Council of Books
Council
U. S
Walter Lippmann
Russia
Maurice Hindus
Mexico
Anita Brenner
Eve Curie
Casablanca
Hilary St. George Saunders
Bret Harte
Old West
Alvin F. Harlow
Julian Messner, Inc
Francis Bret Harte
Harlow
Hart
Chinee
Harte
California
Nicaragua
Stagecoach Express
San Francisco
Overland Monthly
West
New York
Crefeld
Germany
Glasgow
Scotland
Union
Calif
Eureka
Lock
Sevastopol
Boris Voyetekhov
Alfred Knopf
Betty Biddle
Boris Voyotekhov
Carpathians
Omsk
Black Sea
Odd Bits Smoots Wartime Misfits Army Platoon
A new book follows Sgt Smoot leading a misfit platoon of regular Army men and unlikely recruits. An Indian private and a wary rookie navigate war era duties as the sergeant copes with being the designated goat. More to come next week.
Enduring spirit amid siege from a ruined city
A Moscow correspondent for the New York Times translates a manuscript detailing how a city, after being declared abandoned by the Soviets, survived bombardment and famine. It traces food distribution, civil order, and individual exploits, praising the resilience of ordinary people.
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Nants
Ralph Parker
Moscow
New York Times
New York
Pantelleria and Burma Campaigns Shape Allied Strategy
The article argues Pantelleria links to a broader drive to the Bay of Bengal and Japan through Burma. It notes Burma’s reoccupation needs a far stronger fleet and air power to move land forces, with many troops ferried south by sea. It questions Japanese naval staying power to resist Allied naval operations in Indian waters.
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Bay of Bengal
Japan
Burma
China
United States
Pacific
Indian
Court Sees Mixed Guilt In Wire Case With Moral Question
The court found the defendants produced a defective wire but not to defraud the government. McNagney said the company is technically guilty, yet moral guilt depends on unknown circumstances. Judge Slick pressed about the little man earning a meager wage.
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McNagney
Johnson and Company
Slick
Ration Forms To Be Mailed To Institutions
The ration board will mail two forms to all institutional users within days for the next food allotment. Instructions specify December counts and April May figures, with alcohol drinks counted as meals. Forms require establishment name and address on back and must be mailed by July 5, 1943.
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Group II
Ration Board
Conferences At Local Training School In Tucson
The Escuela Presbyterian church holds the second of three conferences at the Tucson Indian Training School. The theme is The Spanish Anglo Indian and Rev Wendell Mewell Benson serves as dean. A junior high school conference will follow with Rev W C Isett as dean. Each seven day session includes morning classes, afternoon recreation, and evening vesper services.
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Escuela Presbyterian Church
Tucson
Tucson Boys Off For Summer Y Camp
Thirty five Tucson youths depart for a YMCA summer camp at Groom Creek near Prescott accompanied by Ferron Troxel. In Phoenix they lunch and swim at the YMCA then ride to Groom Creek for supper arrival. Half stay 60 days while the rest join for 30 days before returning to Tucson.
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Y.M.C.A
Prescott
Ferron Troxel
Phoenix
Santa Fe
Groom Creek
Tucson
Martin Knudsen
George H. Amos, Jr
Harlan Amstutz
Harold Baron
Morton Baron
Paul Brandes
Peter Behn
Ted Brooks
Henry A. Cushman
John M. Cushman
Jack Eckman
Charles Delfosse
Warren Delfosse
Robert A. Fish
Gilbert Foster
Lawton Foster
Sheldon Ee Haase
Jimmie Herndon
Ly Graybeal
Roy Haskell
Gilmore Hutchins
Bert Marsh
Earl Marsh
Melvin Marsh
Bill Meloney
Peter Meloney
William Peck
Frank Roberts
Lathrop
Roberts
Beach Warren
Arthur Diamond
Cecil Hoffman, Jr
Buddy James
Graham Williams
Lt Frank Flores Assigned to Camp Roberts California
Lt. Frank Flores Jr son of Mr and Mrs Frank F Flores of 803 W Congress St Tucson is assigned for duty at the infantry replacement training center Camp Roberts California He is a Tucson High School graduate who joined the National Guard four years ago and spent fourteen months in Panama before officers training at Ft Benning Georgia
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Frank F. Flores, Jr
Frank F. Flores
Congress St
Tucson
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Camp Roberts
California
Flores
Tucson High School
National Guard
Panama
Ft. Benning
Industrialists Seek Mexican Highway Across Frontier
Gov. Magdaleno Aguilar of Tamaulipas told President Avila Camacho that Brownsville Texas industrialists recently visited and offered to send road construction machinery. They focus on the Matamoros to Ciudad Victoria highway linked to Mexico City, with plans to supply frontier towns with fuel. He proposed stockpiling oil and fuel to aid North American traffic and earmarking rising revenues for road work, plus a farm implement factory in Mexico City to boost agriculture.
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Mexico City
Magdaleno Aguilar
Tamaulipas
Avila Camacho
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Ciudad Victoria
Aguilar
Convict Woman Who Drowned Her Baby
Bernice Williams, 23, was found guilty by a Denver district court jury of second degree murder in the drowning of one of three infants born out of wedlock. She was also convicted of concealing the birth of an illegitimate child, with a potential sentence of 10 years to life.
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Denver
Bernice Williams
Colorado
E. Cook
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