Maj Stiller Patton Aide Home Here in Arizona
Maj. Stiller, Patton's longtime aide, returns to Arizona after a storied WWII service. Raised on a Pecos County ranch, he served across Africa and Europe, endured a four-week German captivity, and praises Patton's leadership and drive while detailing his postwar life and decorations.
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Maj. Stiller
Patton
Arizona
Stiller
Pecos
County
Tex
U. S
Alex Stiller
Tucson
George Patton
Third Army
Roosevelt son settles $200000 loan to Hartford for $4000
Elliott Roosevelt borrowed $200000 in 1939 to expand radio interests. John Hartford issued $4000 in 1942 after a conference with FDR, Jesse Jones, and the Roosevelt family. Hartford claimed the loan as a bad debt on his 1942 tax return.
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Danville
UPR
Caruthers C. Ewing
New York
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Hartford
Ewing
Roosevelt
Bill Sirovich
William I. Sirovich
Sirovich
Elliott
Fdr
Jesse Jones
Rotary Club of Ajo Hosts Ladies Night Event
The newly formed Ajo Rotary club hosted its first ladies night with over 35 Rotary Anns attending. Guests Dusty Miller from Phoenix and Horace Griffin from Mesa spoke on Rotary ideals as Raleigh Borough led the meeting at Ajo High School. Superior and Globe delegates attended along with two Navy guests.
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Ajo Rotary Club
Rotary
Miller
Griffin
Superior and
Globe
Navy
Tom Alley
Ed Dunnigan
Bowen Kindred
Martin Sandretta
Jerry Schultz
H. J. Bowlin
George Hall
Joseph McCarthy
George Kapp
Maurice Marks
Max Mitchell
Induction Set For Pima County Board No 2 Group
A group of inductees from Pima County Board No 2 will enter the armed forces in a few days per the local draft board. Names include Clyde Carrol Barnes Eddie D Gallego Henry Mendez Richards and others with transfers from other boards listed as Ralph Elwyn Chapelle Dean Roland Wyatt.
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Pima County Board No. 2
Clyde Carrol Barnes
Eddie D. Gallego
Henry Mendez Richards
Warren Case
John Johnston Lord
Coyle Thomas Gordon
Jack Wade Stevenson
Robert John Nelson
Harry Birdine McHugh
Thomas Edward Rasmussen
Harry P. Hitt
James Palen Hudgin
Robert Lee Proctor
Ronald Wilburn Honea
Herbert
Closing Gold Mines Blunder Of War Criticizes Shutdown
Rep. Engle of California denounces the government order closing gold mines as one of the war's most colossal blunders. He urges an immediate end to the 2 1/2 year old order and relief for the gold mining industry which has borne extraordinary sacrifice. He says a government announcement on the order is expected Friday.
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Washington
Rep
Engle
Calif
House
Council Awards Water Well and Pipe Contracts
The city awarded contracts for a deep well water pump and pipe. Crane Co. bid for 8250 feet of six inch pipe and 7023 feet of four inch pipe totaling 10448.33 dollars and Carl W. Pistor won the Elm Street tank drilling bid at 2712.50 dollars plus wash and testing. Russel Electric Co. provided the deep well pump bid at 2142.77 dollars. City engineer Glenton G. Sykes urged future sidewalks be planned with trees on the lawn side to avoid root damage and widen streets.
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Crane Co
Elm Street
Carl W. Pistor
Russel Electric Co
Glenton G. Sykes
Sykes
Former Housemother Matilda Voorhees Dies at 84
Miss Matilda Voorhees, 84, longtime Gamma Phi Beta sorority housemother at 1535 East First Street, died May 13 in Haddon Heights New Jersey. She served at the sorority from 1925 to 1934 and had lived with her sister, Mrs. E Stanton Williamson, in Haddon Heights for 12 years. She was a descendant of Stephen van Voorhees.
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Matilda Voorhees
Haddon Heights
N. J
Miss Voorhees
Gamma Phi Beta
East First Street
E. Stanton Williamson
Stephen van Voorhees
Births at Tucson Hospitals and Homes in June
Birth notices from St. Marys Hospital and local homes report six newborns in June. A girl to Sgt and Mrs Louis Burge at 4 26 p m June 10. A girl to Watertender 1C and Mrs Jesse E Wade at 6 28 a m June 12. A girl to Mr and Mrs Ray Pindexter at 5 31 a m June 10. A girl to Mr and Mrs John McCarthy at 8 25 p m June 11. A boy to Sgt and Mrs W R Du Bois at 2 01 a m June 12. A boy to Sgt and Mrs Leopold Behnke at 2 57 a m June 12.
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Louis Burge
S. Sixth Avenue
Tucson
Watertender
Jesse E. Wade
Consolidated Dwellings
C-1
Ray Poindexter
N. Park Avenue
John McCarthy
E. Mabel Street
W. R. du Bois
E. Second Street
Leopold Behnke
E. Speedway
Long Island Settler Studied Art Across Europe in 1660
A Long Island settler from 1660 pursued art, visiting leading European galleries to study painting and refine skills.
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Long Island
Europe
Republicans Plan Town Meeting On June 27 in Tucson
The Republican club hosts a Town Hall discussion on the Wag ner Murray Dingell social security bill. The meeting at 8 p.m. June 27 in the YWCA patio includes speakers from organized labor agriculture and the Pima County Medical Society with James G. Grant moderating. The bill would add an eight percent payroll tax affecting 15 million not currently covered.
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Congress
Republican Club
YWCA
North Fifth Avenue
Agriculture
Pima County Medical Society
James G. Grant
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Jeeter M Glass Named South Tucson Mayor
The South Tucson city council named Jeeter M Glass as mayor at the first meeting of the new council last night at the town hall. Glass owns Close-In Court at 1521 South Sixth Avenue and is joined by council members Gregory McElroy Manuel del Moral Jr Francis Randall and Grady Young.
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South Tucson
Jeeter M. Glass
Town Hall
Glass
South Sixth Avenue
Gregory McElroy
Manuel del Moral
Francis Randall
Grady Young
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AEF
Burg
Langres
France
George S. Patton
North Africa
East Broadway
Ft. Knox
Adjutant General's Office
Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Luxembourg
Germany
Maj
Hawaii
Islands
East Fifth Street
Mexico
U. S. Army
the Prudential Insurance Company OF America
Home Office
Newark, N. J
Benjamin van Praag
W. Alameda
Memorial Park
Southwestern Cemeteries, Inc
Rotary Club
Ajo
New Group
Miller Speaks
Board No. 2
Ajo Rotary
Sorority It Dead
Axminster
Meng & Ahlgren
O'Rielly Motor CO
Chevrolet
Sixth Ave
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tucson Medical Center
South
U.S
el Chico
S. Scott Str
Harold von Schmidt
ARMY
of Hanes
Armed Services
HANES
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston- Salem
North Carolina
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