Flag Day Rites In Tucson Open With Parade And Stadium Ceremonies
Tucson Elks and about 25 civic groups plan a Flag Day program led by a 7 p.m. parade from the Elks home to the high school stadium for an 8 p.m. ceremony and a 9:30 p.m. dance. The schedule includes sections of veterans groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and auxiliary units with a concert prior to the ceremonies.
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Tucson Elks
Elks
Elks’ Club
Church Streeet
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leslie O. Brewer
Army Air Base
Tucson Central Trades Council
Catholic Daughters of America
B’nai B'rith
Sons of the American Legion
Man Kills 225 Pound Lion Near Cottonwood
Leo Greenough of Spring Creek ranch near Cottonwood says he killed a mountain lion he calls possibly the largest in Arizona or the West. He estimates the weight at 225 pounds and ages the animal at seven or eight years. The hunter compares its head neck and paws to a bear and notes its size surpasses any lion he has seen in Montana or Arizona.
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Phoenix
Leo Greenough
Spring Creek
Cottonwood
Arizona
West
Montana
Greenough
Irish dog survives 75 foot mine plunge rescue
Mike an Irish water spaniel belonging to J S Morris of the American Optical company fell 75 feet into an abandoned mine on the Tucson Ajo road. Morris and Troy Bennett descended the shaft and retrieved the dog uninjured aside from scratches and a sore leg.
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Mike
J. S. Morris
The
American Optical Company
Troy Bennett
Tucson-Ajo
Morris
J. B. McQuown
Bennett
Insulin Shock Effects on Brain Shown in Cats
Pasadena scientist Dr. David Tyler reports that high insulin doses damage cat brains like nitrogen chambers, with cortex more vulnerable than medulla. He notes insulin shock can calm madness yet risks per brain damage or death, and that lack of body temperature drop protects against damage. Temperature maintenance may explain prolonged comas in therapy. Buenos Aires moved to take over city transport, closing nine trolley lines and reorganizing 14 others last year.
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Pasadena
Calif
David Tyler
California Institute of Technology
Tyler
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Dreams Of Flag Day Founder Bring National Observance
William T. Kerr, a retired Pennsylvania railroad worker, renews a pledge to build a nationwide Flag Day observance on the 164th anniversary of Betsy Ross’s birth. He cites national defense value and urges continued work toward a legal holiday with ceremonies nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Old Glory
Little Arch Street
Betsy Ross
William T. Kerr
Kerr
American Flag Day Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Independence Hall
Owen J. Roberts
U. S. Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Tank Company Loses Damage Suit Against Capital Tank Lines
A superior court jury awards Carmen Lucero a total damages of 2549.19 after a tank fire caused by a gasoline spill from a struck transport tank at North Main street. The judge later cleared Southern Pacific of liability and declined to hear defense testimony from Capital Tank Lines.
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Capital Tank Lines
Los Angeles
Carmen Lucero
West St. Mary’s Road
Lucero
Southern Pacific
North Main Street
William G. Hall
Railroad Company
C. W. DePriest
Tank Line
Vernon Maxson
Superior Court
St. Mary’s Road
Radio Skit to Tell History of U S Flag
The American Legion department of Arizona will honor Tucson volunteers at 5 15 p m for promoting Flag Day 1941 with a radio dramatization on KVOA The program features Frank Michel as General Washington William S Walsh as Robert Morris Anne Deskins as Betsy Ross Howard Bull of KVOA narrates colonial soldier life Charles Darnell department radio chairman directs the production
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Department of Arizona of the American Legion
Tucson Elks
KVOA
Legion
Frank Michel
General Washington
William S. Walsh
Robert Morris
Anne Deskins
Betsy Ross
Howard Bull
Charles Darnell
Department Radio
Walsh to Tender Midnight Supper
An informal dance and midnight supper will be tendered to Morgan McDermott post No 7 American Legion members by outgoing commander William I Walsh after the regular meeting on Thursday. The event will honor Legionnaires wives auxiliary members and a few airport guests with uniforms worn. special entertainment is planned by a committee led by Joe Hansen new post commander. Members named on the committee include Hamilton Keddie Arthur Brinkmeyer Frank Hermacki L S Smart Ian Mac Laren and Ben Lumley.
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Morgan McDermott
American Legion
William I. Walsh
Legion
Joe Hansen
Hamilton Keddie
Arthur Brinkmeyer
Frank Hermacki
L. S. Smart
Ian MacLaren
Ben Lumley
British designer faces hardest task over controversial ash tray
A British designer of novelty ash trays must obtain written consents from Churchill Hitler and Mussolini to register a design showing a famous yachtsman with a cigar crushing two other well known figures. The memorandum from the patent office highlights the need for authorizations.
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London
Patent Office
Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
French West Africa Promotes Import of Beekeeping Fumigators
French West Africa is encouraging the importation of fumigators for bees to protect hives from pests. Officials say regulated devices will improve bee health and honey production while supporting local apiculture initiatives.
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French West Africa
San Fernando School Trustee Appointed After Mandamus Action
William Carpenter, a rancher, was appointed trustee of the San Fernando school district by county superintendent Mrs. P. H. Ross. The action followed a mandamus suit filed by E. Dickerson Jenkins claiming board member Mrs. Kenneth D. Root lived outside the district and was ineligible.
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William Carpenter
San Fernando
P. H. Ross
Superior Court
E. Dickerson Jenkins
Kenneth D. Root
Ross
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John Reilly Jr
John D. Frakes
Tony Blanton
Ray Gage
Wm. S. Allen
Carl Hayden
United States
Joseph B. Judge
Elks Scout Troop
C. O. Watson
Esther Dunipace
Merle S. Peek
U. S. Army Air Base
Chaplin
God Bless America
Patrick Henry Livestine
Joseph H. Riley
C. A
Chick” Cohen
America
Buddy
Westward Ho
Michel
Dodge
Plymouth
Harry Rollings
Frank Dawson
Tucson
Rollings-Dawson Motor Co
Sixth Avenue
Spain
Tank Company
U. S
DR. Hawkins
W. Congress
Plates Credit Fast Service
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Ambulance Service
Ramon Grijalva
Loreto Grijalva
Frank Grijalva
Arthur Grijalva
Lupe Mariscal Mercy Camacho
Mary Grijalva
Connie Schoenen
Circle Z Ranch
Nogales
Patagonia
Nogales Scottish Rite Club
H. A. Rollings
Treas
6Th Ave
Dodge-Plymouth
Cee Seers
Sixth Ave
Rollings
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