City Water Conflict Looms Over Broadway Supply
The National City Water Co plans to let Tucson take over sections of its pipes along East Broadway to address inadequate water in Terra De Concini addn. Residents signed a petition for Arizona Corporation Commission action while city officials weigh joining the lines to improve service amid wartime supply delays.
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National City Water Co
Terra de Concini
Addison
Broadway
Tucson
Arizona Te Corporation Commission
Lindsey
Water Con
East Broadway
National City Company
National City
Martin Jr
Toy
Martin
Tier
Ty Council
Byudge
Eva de Concini
WPB
Water Company
Decini
Subivision
Towns and groups may name B 29 in bond drive
Communities subscribing 600 000 dollars for bonds may have their names painted on a new Superfortress, per the war finance committee. The bond cavalcade with the Ft. Huachuca band drew 60 000 in bonds at Clarkdale, bringing the total for the troupe to 335 000. Arizona week total passes 3 500 000 with Phoenix at 1 634 537. A Goodyear employee bought a 100 dollar bond with coins.
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Associated Press
War Finance Committee
Walter R. Bimson
Ft. Huachuca
Clarkdale
Phoenix
Goodyear
Confirmation Scheduled at St. Andrew's Church
Rt. Rev. Walter Mitchell bishop of Arizona will conduct confirmations at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church corner East 16th Street and South Fifth Avenue tomorrow at 1 a m Those to be confirmed are Mayo MacEachron Harry Stratton Joyce Highbr o u s e Alva Bustamante and JanedicCormick per Rev Walter F Dugan
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Walter Mitchell
Arizona
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
East 16Th and
South Fifth Avenue
Walter F. Dugan
Mayo MacEachron
Harry Stratton
Joyce Highrouse
Alva Bustamante
Jane dicCormick
Canada Among World Leaders in Wheat Production
Canada ranks as a top wheat producing nation, contributing significant output to global markets. Agricultural policies, climate, and export opportunities position Canada as a major player in cereals for the international economy.
German Army Beaten By September Surrender by Christmas
Rep. Cannon of Missouri predicted to the House that German armies would collapse by September and Nazis surrender by Christmas or sooner during talks on a deficiency supply bill. He spoke as chairman of a committee, outlining wartime prospects.
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Washington
Cannon
D.mo
House
Trons
Justice Court Helps Against Overcharges
In Phoenix Arizona on June 17 the OPA states that a consumer can file suit for $50 or three times the overcharge in cases of small price gouging. Justice courts handle sums up to $200 while higher amounts go to the superior court. The district enforcement division offers instructions on filing such suits under ceiling prices.
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Phoenix
Ariz
OPA
Simple Justice Court
Office of Price Administration
Darrell R. Parker
Justice Courts
Superior Court
District Enforcement Division
OPA Board
Arizona
Parker
Zemsky To Speak On Health Legislation
Dr. Boris Zemsky of the Pima County Health Department and chairman of the venereal disease committee will address the Tucson League of Women Voters meeting on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. He will cover proposed pre marital examination and blood test laws for pregnant women and survey the state venereal disease situation. Mrs. Benson Bloom leads the event.
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Boris Zemsky
Pima County Health Department
Pima County Medical Society
Tucson League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Zemsky
Benson Bloom
Biak Island Battle Report Shapes American Victory Prospects
The narrative portrays Biak defenders as fanatical and tenacious, delaying American advances at a high cost. American forces respond with pressure at every contact and advance when possible, backed by field artillery, naval bombardment, heavy mortars, rockets, air strikes, and strafing. While a swift win seems likely, the Japanese defense of the islet suggests a harder, longer struggle ahead.
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Hardy
Pacific
Testimony in Shooting Trial Contends Self Defense
The defense and Navarre describe the confrontation with Johnson as self defense. Navarre testifies he drew his gun only after Johnson swung and fired, while Johnson's account claims Navarre followed and fired at his back.
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Page One
Johnson
Navarre
Allies land on Elba as fighting rages for batteries and air fields
The Fifth Army advances along its sector and seizes Grosseto with air fields while Berlin reports successful landings on Elba. Gen De Lattre de Tassigny, once a rebel in southern France, escaped Nazis and joined North Africa forces.
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Trevi
Fologno
Terni
Fifth Army
Grosseto
Elba
Berlin
Portoferraio
de Lattre de Tassigny
France
North Africa
Corsica
Rome
Rogue Nazi Robots Stun War World With New Threat
Report describes odd Nazi robots light enough not to slow Allied efforts. They have no propeller, run on a gas-compression tail engine, and emit smoke and sparks. Each unit carries a 2000 pound bomb and explodes on contact. They cannot return to base after launch and follow a fixed course. Security limits kept details high level.
WPA Survey Sets U S Land Area At 3 022 387 Square Miles
A WPA survey fixed the land area of the United States at 3 022 387 square miles, providing a precise national measurement for governmental and geographic records.
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The
United States
Seven Chicago Police Ousted By Commission
SevenChicago Police officers six captains and a lieutenant were discharged by Commissioner James P Allman after the civil service commission convicted them of failure to suppress gambling Two other captains were convicted but kept their jobs The removals mark the largest mass ouster in department history and follow the grand jury probe into the slaying of Sonny Boy Quirk and related gambling activity Attorneys said appeals would follow the findings
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Chicago
James P. Allman
Civil Service Commission
Grand Jury
Martin
Sonny Boy) Quirk
South Side
Virgil W. Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
Normandy advances widen beachhead as Allied push grows
Allied forces press inland on the Normandy coast with gains near Caen and Cherbourg area. British troops break German lines between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen, a village seized, while Lessay and Valognes sectors show signs of German withdrawal. Reports cite reinforced British reserves and a beachhead now about 800 square miles with roughly 300000 German troops engaged.
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Lessay
la Haye-Du Puits
Thunderbolt
England
Coutances
Gordon W. Fowler
Newark
N. J
Gorrell
Montebourg
Paris
Cherbourg
Valognes
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Caen
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
McMillan
Escoville
Breville
No Sign Of Jim Reeves Yet
Prescott dispatch reports a 48 hour search in the Cherry district 18 miles east of Dewey failed to find rancher Jim Reeves who rode out on Thursday morning. Deputies led 20 searchers who fear an accident after no trace of Reeves or his horse was found in rugged range.
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Prescott
Cherry
Dewey
Jim Reeves
Reeves
Saipan battle updates and carrier raids near Tokyo
Allied forces renewed pressure on Saipan with heavy bombardment and steady advances around Agingan point. A carrier task force struck the Bonin and Volcano islands within 615 miles of Tokyo, sinking several Japanese ships and destroying aircraft as American troops push inland amid intense Japanese fire.
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Pacific Fleet
Tokyo
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Midway
Marianas
Chichi Jima
Haha Jima
Bonins
Iwo Jima
Volcanos
Saipan
Agingan Point
Charan Kanoa
Harless predicts Arizona to become television center
Rep. Richard F. Harless arrived to launch his reelection bid and forecast Arizona as a television hub. He said Phoenix and Tucson would host points on a transcontinental underground TV cable with a Bell permit, allowing broadcasts within a 50 mile radius. He also described an oil pipeline from West Texas and New Mexico to Phoenix and then toward Los Angeles, noting refinery plans under War Production Board consideration.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Richard F. Harless
Tucson
Bell Telephone Company
West Texas
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Harless
War Production Board
Weaver Installed as Arizona State Treasurer
Alva Weaver, formerly a state prison warden, was formally installed as state treasurer after Gov. Osborn approved bonds totaling 145000 dollars. Weaver succeeds James D. Brush, who was convicted last week of misappropriating county funds.
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Phoenix
Alva Weaver
Osborn
James D. Brush
Canada Imported Coffee Before the War Amount
Before the war Canada imported about 40 million pounds of coffee annually, a figure cited to illustrate prewar trade patterns and household consumption.
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Canada
Auto Accident Fatal to Baby Girl Annie Sue Brown
One year old Annie Sue Brown, daughter of Horace Barnell Brown, died at Davis Monthan field hospital from injuries after a car driven by her father and carrying her mother ran off the road near Willcox, Arizona. Brown Sr. remained unconscious with injuries to his eye and face while Mrs. Brown had minor cuts. The car was a total wreck and the injured were rushed to the base hospital from Wilcox.
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Annie Sue Brown
Horace Barnell Brown
Davis-Monthan Field Hospital
Willcox
Brown
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Wilcox
House Passes Deficiency Funds for 1945 Budget
The House approved and sent to the Senate a $2,595,165,535 appropriation bill funding deficiency needs for government expenses plus $177,750,000 for the Office of Price Administration for fiscal year 1945. Also mentions a note on prehistoric bacteria forming iron deposits.
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Washington
House
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Salvage Paper Collected Next Tuesday In Sector N
Mrs. L. A. Romine announces next Tuesday as the salvage paper collection day for Sector N. New collection bins have been placed at Davis Oracle Road Grocery 3755 Oracle Road Polen's Grocery Ft Lowell Road and North First Avenue and the Shell station at Campbell and Edison Streets. Citizens are asked to tie bundles securely and leave the package by rural mailboxes outside city limits.
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L. A. Romine
Pima County Salvage Committee
Romine
Tucson
Davis Oracle Road
Oracle Road
Polen’s
Ft. Lowell Road
North First Avenue
Shell
Campbell and
Edison Streets
Morrison Funeral For Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot
Funeral services are set for Wednesday afternoon at 2 at Bring's funeral home for Lt. Grant Reid Morrison of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in the North Pacific while serving as first pilot on a reconnaissance patrol aircraft. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Morrison of 2248 East First Street. The body will be shipped to Tucson by Western Air Company.
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Bring’s Funeral Home
Grant Reid Morrison
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Pacific
E. E. Morrison
East First Street
Tucson
Western Air Com
Arizona man joins RCAF and service in Phoenix area
The family has been advised that the remains will arrive on Tuesday. Capt. D. A. McLeod, formerly Morrison's roommate, accompanies the remains to Tucson. Rev. Fred Line of Phoenix will officiate. Morrison attended the University of Arizona, was in his senior year when he enlisted in the Canadian air force, and was a Phoenix high school graduate.
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Mand
RCAF
D. A. McLeod
Morrison
Tucson
Fred Line
Phoenix
University of Arizona
Canadian Air Force
Marriages in U S 1943 Fall Slightly From 1942
The year 1943 saw about 1,725,000 marriages in the United States, a decline of 75,000 compared with 1942, reflecting wartime social shifts.
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United States
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Rivate Utility Ffers
St. Andrew’s Church
Bruce Terminix
Southwestern Sash & Door
Justice Court
Biak
Harold C. Wheeler
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Litchfield P
Canaam
Tool & Die
Tive
U. S. Employment Service
East Pennington Street
Windy City
Normandy
U. S
Japan
Nimitz
Saipan Island
Television
Weaver
Tale Dalai Dtath
KVOA
Man OF the Hour
Southern Arizona. Bank & Trust Company
Tucson, Arizo
Member
Federal Reserve System
Capital
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Poinsettias
Bougainvillas
T A
Gilead
Philodendron
Carl Monthan Nursery
Fresno
St. Mary’s Hospital
Eerie
Nea
Dobek
EL Conquistador
Riverside
Illinois Jacquet and Com
Universal
Cab Calloway
Lionel Hampton
Roussell Jacket
Chick Green
Tax Inc
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