Hitch-Hiking in Europe Easy in Uniform
In Paris on June 13 William F. Boni, substituting for Hal Boyle, writes of hitch-hiking across Europe in Allied uniform. He describes traveling via eight modes from a 10 ton carrier to a Citroen driven by Jean Dubut, noting wartime sights such as Vimy memorials, Halle Prison Camp, an airfield near Beauvais, and repatriates near Lille.
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Paris
Belgium
France
Vimy Ridge
Halle
Beauvais
Ninth Air Force
Lille
Jean Dubut
Sedan
United States Employment Service Reports May Placements
The Tucson office placed 552 workers in May, up 117 from last year but 45 below April totals. Of these, 483 found local jobs and 69 were placed outside the area. The office logged 4 961 calls, versus 4 632 last May and 4 315 in April.
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Tucson
United States Employment Service
Weiden, Ma
Great Britain Issues First Postage Stamps in 1840
A historical note states that postage stamps were issued for the first time in Great Britain in 1840, marking a milestone in modern postal systems.
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Great Britain
Magician Hardeen Dies. Houdinis Escape Secrets Die
Theo Hardeen 69 famed magician and Houdini brother died in hospital after May 30 operation. Houdini will bars sharing escape secrets. they die with Hardeen per Houdini will. Survived by widow Elsie daughter Gladys and sons Houdini and Todd Hardeen.
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New York
Theo Hardeen
Harry Houdini
Hardeen
Houdini
Theodore Weiss
Yung Wis
Elsie Hardeen
Gladys
Todd Hardeen
Brooklyn
Volunteers Sought for Ambulance Corps in China Burma India
Tucson announces volunteers are wanted to serve 18 months with the British Royal Army Medical Corps in the China Burma India theatre under the American Field Service. Recruits receive a small monthly allowance and transport costs, with no pay, to evacuate wounded from forward strips. Nonflying personnel and ambulance drivers are especially needed. estimated cost for overseas equipment and passports runs about 150 dollars.
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Royal Army Medical Corps
Tucson
Richard S. Griffith
Civil Air Patrol
American Field Service
Griffith
Laconia
N. H
James E. Tucson
Sponagle
George G. Wilson
CAP
CAA
Cottonseed Output and Stocks Rise Over Ten Months
The census bureau reports Aug 1 to May 31 cottonseed crushed at 4,001,520 tons, up from 3,826,293. May 31 on-hand stocks total 397,062 tons, versus 177,789 last year. Crude oil produced 1,241,671,000 pounds. refined oil 1,089,120,000. cake and meal 1,837,396 tons. hulls 927,423 tons. linters 1,171,355 bales. with on-hand figures shown for each product.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Palladium Occurs In Platinum Ores
Palladium is a metal always present in varying amounts within platinum ores.
Draft Eligibility Notes Mention 4-F and Deferments
The record states eligibility rules include 4-F status, age over 38, or deferral for service with the AFL. It reflects a draft administration stance on who may be exempt or deferred from service.
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AFL
Beef Subsidy Instructions Mailed to Arizona Ranchers
More than 100 ranchers and local feeders will receive copies of beef production subsidy instructions mailed by the Pima county AAA committee. Draft payments cover sales from May 19 to June 30 1945 if applications are filed by Aug 31. after July 1 filings are due within 60 days. Eligible cattle weigh 800 pounds and must have 30 days ownership with no prior subsidy payment. Minimum zone price for Arizona is 14.25 dollars.
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Pima County Aaa Committee
AAA
Arizona
State Treasurer Will Enter Veterans Facility for Treatment
Phoenix June 13 State Treasurer William Brooks will enter the veterans facility at Tucson next week for treatment of a leg ailment linked to his World War I service.
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Phoenix
William Brooks
Tucson
Statewide Chest X-Ray Drive Planned Across Arizona
Arizona health officials announced a free chest X-ray program expanding from Phoenix to Pima county and then statewide. The service, confidential and offered to state employees as a model, currently runs weekdays at the Maricopa county health unit from 1 to 4 p.m. except Saturdays 9 to noon.
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Phoenix
Arizona
G. F. Manning
State Superintendent of Health
Manning
Pima County
Osborn
Two Yankees Ex Prisoners Speak At Legion Luncheon
Lt Norman E Howe and Pvt Kenneth Kroeger spoke to the American Legion luncheon club in Tucson about German prisoner of war camps. Howe a B 24 pilot shot down over Berlin June 21 1944 described camps as terrible yet the best among others. Kroeger called his camp experience the worst thing he will ever experience.
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American Legion
Norman E. Howe
Kenneth Kroeger
Tucson
Howe
Geneva
Germany
Berlin
Healthmobile Offers X Rays to Pupils for Fifty Cents
A healthmobile operated in schools provided X ray services at a price of 50 cents per pupil, expanding access to diagnostic imaging during the school day.
Bulgaria Enacts Civil Marriage Law For First Time
Civil marriage becomes compulsory in Bulgaria with a new law. Church ceremonies may follow civil registration and the move aims to clarify the legal status of illegitimate children.
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Bulgaria
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Europe
William F. Boni
Hal Boyle
Guam
Tucson Fertilizer
Bermuda
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
East Third
Houdinis
Magician
Far East
WILCO
Et A
Ar-Wick
U.S
Seeman Brothers, Inc
Maricopa
Walsh
Pvt
Kroeger
Belgium Bulge
Sofia
U.2
Tucson Auto Parts
Thompson Automotive Products
Hoefle Sheet Metal Works
South Sixth Avenue
Honor Dac
United States
THE
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
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