Local Man Has Honor Of Two U. S. Uniforms
Joseph L. Ford a pharmacist mate second class in the U S Navy attached to the Marine corps is on furlough visiting his sister after months on active duty in the South Pacific. Ford enlisted in 1941 and was among the first Marines to land on Guadalcanal. He recounts air raids, muddy fox holes, and exchanges with natives, noting how combat and uniforms blend for sailors and marines and the perils of jungle warfare.
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Joseph L. Ford
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Young Ford
Navy
Ford
Maybel Ford
North Fourth Street
Tucson
Guadalcanal
Fox Hole
Army
New Guinea
Gilbert
4 H Clubs Aid Food Production in Arizona
About 3300 youths in Arizona pledge to direct summer efforts to produce for victory. In Pima County over 300 members grown gardens poultry and livestock while aiding farmers and other war drives. Moody notes clubs face fewer meetings in summer but remain under expert supervision as they join a Production Soldiers' club.
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Arizona
Robert J. Moody
Pima County
Moody
County Agricultural Agents
County Court House
Tucson
Superontice
Cae Ice
Evalyn A. Bentley
Tucson Kiwanis Club
Small Crimes Spur Busy Week For Tucson Police
Tucson police investigate a string of recent petty thefts including a jeweled ring, tires, inner tubes, and belongings of Francisco Bravo who suspects neighbors in the incident. A Sunday afternoon loss of a diamond and emerald ring from Mrs. Fred Reitze’s car near the Santa Rita hotel is valued at about 200 dollars, with sentimental worth higher. Between June 11 and 14, Tanner Motor Tours reported theft of two retreaded tires stamped Tanner. The Crazy Corner service station on West DrachmanStreet was broken into Sunday night, cash drawer forced, small change taken, and four inner tubes stolen.
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Tucson
Francisco Bravo
Osborn
Fred Reitze
East
Mabel Street
Santa Rita Hotel
Reitze
Tanner Motor Tours
North Scott Street
W. E. Malone
Malone
Tanner
Crazy Corner
West Drachman Street
Joe Lawry
California Cities Demand Japanese Relocation Stay
In Los Angeles California leaders press to bar Japanese residents from returning from relocation centers while state officials push to keep them away. Attorney General Kenny rules Japanese may legally transfer all property out of California.
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Los Angeles
Calif
California
Robert W. Kenny
Tucson Man 81 Shoots Self at Diamond W Ranch
Coroner reports John L. Maginnis 81 died from a gunshot to the mouth in his room at the Diamond W guest ranch on Tanque Verde road. The case is ruled a death by suicide. a handwritten will bequeaths all property to the Hartfords for care. He had been living locally after moving from Idaho and had been in poor health, with his wife deceased about ten years.
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C. W. Gardner
John L. Maginnis
Diamond W
Tanque Verde Road
Maginnis
Clive Hartford
Hartford
Sheriff's Deputies
Pima County
Gardner
Tanque Verde
Tucson
Idaho
Flag to Lead Invasion Force Promised by Senator
In Phoenix on Flag Day Senator Ernest W. McFarland said America's own flag will head the first Allied assault into continental Europe and pledged no mercy to Hitler and his allies. Governor Osborn commented at Encanto Park after a flag presentation by the Elks Lodge.
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Phoenix
America
Europe
Ernest W. McFarland
Hitler
Mussolini
Tojo
Osborn
Encanto Park
Elks Lodge
Venereal Disease In Army Tied to Nightlife Venues
Charles P. Taft told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the army’s venereal disease issue derives from contacts in taverns night clubs and cocktail bars with rooming houses hotels roadside camps and taxi cabs. Prostitutes in all groups were involved.
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Teres Ios Ee
House of Prostitution
Charles P. Taft
Community War Services
Taft
House Appropriations
Estimating Daily Contacts to Reduce Infection Spread
The passage argues a general theory that a girl in a house has 20 to 73 daily contacts. If chased onto the street without further action, contacts drop to seven or eight per day. Closing houses could substantially reduce infection by limiting contact opportunities.
Carlson son promoted to captain in Solo Mons campaign
Evans Charles Carlson of Douglas Arizona, son of Col Evans Fordyce Carlson who led Carlson's raiders in the Makin raid, has been promoted to captain after serving with his father's raider battalion in the Solo Mons campaign. He was commissioned second lieutenant May 19 1941 and promoted to first lieutenant last November.
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Washington
Douglas, Ariz
Solomons
Evans Charles Carlson
Col
Evans Fordyce Carlson
Carlson
Makin Iisland
Douglas
Arizona
Young Carlson
Twin Tucson Births Recorded At St. Mary’s Hospital
A boy born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Ryan at 3 05 a m on June 14 at 1324 North Campbell avenue Tucson and another boy born to Mr and Mrs John Foster Dulles at 2 17 a m on June 15 at 826 Casa Grande road Tucson.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Arthur Ryan
Campbell Avenue
Tucson
John Foster Dulles
Casa Grande Road
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Thire
Steinfeld
EAU DE Cologne
Diamond W Ranch
American Flag
Col. Carlson II
Rhode Island
Wallis
East Ninth St
Tooters
Alvin Bring
Steinfeld S
Ern Westmore
Fathers Day
Manhattan
Beau Brummel
Dad
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