Mystery Man Says V Army Ready for General Uprising
London dispatch reports Col. V. Britton, the so called mystery organizer of occupied territory resistance, claims a vast underground army of millions in Europe ready to strike when a second front opens. He says the V army disrupts German war effort and grows with Allied advances. He predicts Hitler will hear the resistance and cites terror as driving but failing under Nazi rule.
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London
U.P
Col. V. Britton
United Nations
Europe
Hitler
Germany
V Army
Royal Air Force
Italy
Hangman_ Reinhard
Heydrich
Changes in Selectee Furloughs and Reception Centers
Two week furloughs become optional after selectees are accepted for military service at Phoenix induction center starting July 1. Reception center moves to Fort MacArthur California from Fort Bliss Texas due to corps-area shift. Automatic furloughs are granted without cause. Enlisted reserves status applies between Phoenix acceptance and Fort MacArthur reporting. Departure ceremonies limited to those headed to the reception center.
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Army
Phoenix
Tucson
Fort MacArthur
Calif
Fort Bliss
Tex
Eighth
Ninth Corps
Townsend Given Term in Prison
Ralph Townsend aged 42 of Lake Geneva Wisconsin pleaded guilty to failing to register as an agent of the Japanese government and was sentenced to eight months to two years in prison. He and co defendants David Warren Ryder and Frederick Vincent Williams of San Francisco were convicted of violating the foreign agents registration act and received sixteen months to four years each. Prosecutors said the trio acted as front men for the San Francisco Japanese committee on trade and information funded by the Japanese government through its San Francisco consulate.
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Washington
Ralph Townsend
Lake Geneva
Wis
Townsend
David Warren Ryder
Frederick Vincent Williams
San Francisco
Japanese Committee On Trade and Information
Elks Picnic For Orphans Delights Arizona Children
26 children from the Arizona Children's Home enjoyed a Tucson Elks picnic in lower Sabine Canyon. Frank Michel notes the event has run over 10 years with Elks supplying food transport and essentials. Chaperones were Miss Emily Turek and Mrs. Emmy Pace. Elks in charge included Frank Michel Ray Gage A B Lieh Tony Blanton and Louis Germany. Mrs Dan Leno, widow of a famed clown, died in England.
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Arizona Children’s Home
Sabine Canyon
The
Elks
Arizona
John Frakes
Tucson Elks
Emily Turek
Emmy Pace
Frank Michel
Ray Gage
A. B. Lieh
Tony Blanton
Louis Germany
Dan Leno
England
Water use in Tucson rises in May to last month figures
City water department reports May usage increased to 242 472 074 gallons from 212 435 000. First 11 months total 1 816 365 114 gallons versus 1 697 066 071 last year. daily average up to 7 821 679. Water income last month 33 066.03. total income for 11 months 326 383.99. Services 8 983 with 7 875 in city and 1 108 outside. May 1941 had 8 602 services.
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City Water Department
Reward Offered for Help Buying Truck Tires
An advertisement in a Mexico City newspaper announces a large reward for anyone who can assist in purchasing three new truck tires.
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Mexico City
Hayden Warns Against High Fees In Union
Senator Carl Hayden urges unions to charge only nominal initiation fees on federal projects to improve public support. He cites potential $75 000 in fees if 3 000 Navajo workers at Bellomont were employed, while Arizona district council leader Dean Sisk reports fewer than 200 Indians employed and defends union practices amid broader criticism across the state.
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Phoenix
Carl Hayden
Bellomont
Arizona
Hayden
Dean Sisk
Construction and General Laborers Arizona District Council
Sisk
Labor
Washington
Iran Builds 2000 Mile Longest Road From Desert To Peaks
Entire populations of villages join the massive national project to construct Iran's longest road, extending over two thousand miles from a barren desert region to snow clad mountain passes, uniting remote communities along the route.
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Iran
Food Shipments To French North Africa To Be Resumed
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced an imminent resumption of American food clothing and fuel shipments to French North Africa. He said the aid will follow the pre ban basis with safeguards to prevent Axis access as Vichy policy shifts continue.
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North Africa
Washington
French North Africa
Cordell Hull
Hull
Pierre Laval
Vichay
Grace A Brady dies in Tucson Hospital
Grace A Brady 39 an employee of Jacome s department store died yesterday in a local hospital. She lived at 71 East 13th street and had resided in Tucson 13 years. Survived by mother daughter Mrs A F Frary Watsonville California son Alfred Brady Tucson sister Miss Dairy Lee Hoffman San Jose California. Body lies in state at Reilly Undertaking. funeral and burial to be in El Paso.
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Grace A. Brady
Jacome’s Department Store
East 13Th Street
FBI Plans Parleys With Arizona Officers
The Phoenix FBI office announced conferences with Arizona law enforcement from June 17 to 25 to discuss war related issues. First meeting in Kingman June 17 followed by Prescott June 18 Phoenix June 22 Safford June 24 and Nogales June 25. Topics include alien enemies selective service violators code detection and scientific crime detection.
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Phoenix
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arizona
H. R. Duffey
Kingman
Prescott
Safford
Nogales
Argentina reports population rise to 13.52 million
Argentina estimates that its population on the first of this year was 13,518,239, up 197,589 from a year earlier. The figure reflects ongoing demographic growth in the country.
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Argentina
Jamaican native arrested in Worcester for gin bottle charge
John Mussolini, a native arrested in Worcester, South Africa, denied any relation to a famous Italian dictator after being found with a bottle of gin. Denmark reports 100000 rabbit breeders maintaining over 1 million rabbits, up from 240000 rabbits and 24000 breeders before the war.
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John Mussolini
Worcester
South Africa
Italy
Denmark
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U. S. Defense Savings
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