City Council Rejects Cream Fat Reduction Ordinance
Tucson city council unanimously rejected an ordinance to lower butter fat in light and coffee cream from 18 to 12 percent amid claims of hocus-pocus by some dairies. Dairy officials debated milk quality and rules as council also addressed car usage, annexation delays, zoning changes, and budget requests for civic groups.
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Tucson
James Ewing
Shamrock Dairy
Pendergast Brothers Dairy
South Sixth Avenue
H. A. Arnold
Pendergast
Arnold
Chamber of Commerce
Monterrey-Ponderosa
Eva DeConcini
Gouley Burcham
Alvina Edmondson
Jack Mulcahy
Alexander Murry
Mike Hodges
Mundo Vista
O. K. Wheeler
Board of Plumbers’ Examiners
H. E. Leighton
Drachman Street
Stone Avenue
Oracle Road
Drachman and
Stone
Globe Woman Faces Charge in Husband Slaying
Globe reports Helen Rice 37 faces a murder charge after admitting she shot her husband Ernest Rice 35 following a dispute over moving to a new home. Rice, a mine shift boss for Inspiration Consolidated Copper, had domestic troubles. the couple lived at Bandy Heights near the Cobre Valle Country club amid a water shortage.
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GLOBE
Edward Y. Weeks
Helen Rice
Ernest Rice
Weeks
Charles R. Byrne
Rice
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Border Patrol Strength to Double Under Justice Hub
Carson Morrow announced that border patrol and immigration service are placed under the Department of Justice and will more than double in Tucson sub-district and along the border. A new El Paso training school will train 800 patrol inspectors in coming months. Civil service exams will determine eligibility for new recruits. Final exams for five probationary members were held yesterday by Morrow with board members Earl Fallis and T Carpenter.
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Tucson
U. S. Immigration Service
Border Patrol
Department of Justice
Carson Morrow
Morrow
el Paso
Immigration Service
Patrol
Earl Fallis
Alpine
Tex
T. Carpenter
State Kiwanis Head Reports Arizona District Work
Shelton G. Dowell district governor of Douglas Arizona told the Kiwanis International convention that 19 clubs in the southwest district are active in community service. He listed activities including playgrounds and athletics 18 programs youth work 16 Boy Scouts 16 and educational work 10. The southwest district fellowship dinner and a reception followed, and Phoenix will host the district convention October 17 to 19.
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Minneapolis
Kiwanis
Arizona
Shelton G. Dowell
Douglas, Ariz
Kiwanis International
Southwest District
Bennett O. Knudson
Albert Lea, Minn
Dowell
Phoenix
Ariz
Burns Fatal to Phoenix Woman
Phoenix woman Sally Williams, 25, died from burns received when cleaning fluid ignited and set her clothing on fire two weeks earlier.
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Phoenix
Sally Williams
Argentina Converts Cattle to Canned Meat for Britain
Argentina agrees to convert 240000 head of cattle into 18750 tons of canned meat and ship to Britain as part of a wartime food program.
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Argentina
Britain
Anthropologist Finds Long Record of Mexican Travels
Berkeley scientist Dr. John Barr Tompkins recovered the Codex Fernandez Leal, a nine foot fragile parchment dating 500 years, depicting a pre Hispanic migration from Guatemala northward. The document, found in Crocker Bank vault storage and slated for Bancroft Library, shows battles dances and rituals.
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Berkeley
Calif
John Barr Tompkins
University of California
Crocker First National Bank
San Francisco
W. W. Crocker
Bancroft Library
Herbert IL. Priestly
Bancroft Librarian
Tompkins
Guatemala
Tehuantepec
Oaxaca
Sierra Madre
Mexico
W. H. Crocker
Freight rate clash saves millions for growers
In Phoenix on June 18, Arizona and California fruit vegetable and melon shippers saved about 2 500 000 annually by opposing a railroads rate hike. J A Furlong traffic counsel reported that railroads sought to raise load weights by 2 to 25 percent, threatening 5 to 95 dollars extra per car. An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended rejection of the proposal, a stance reportedly usually followed.
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Phoenix
Arizona
California
J. A. Furlong
Furlong
Interstate Commerce Commission
Highway Department To Spend More On Tourists
Phoenix June 18 The state highway department will have 125000 dollars to spend in the 1940 41 fiscal year to attract tourists to Arizona Raymond Carlson editor of Arizona Highways magazine and director of the division of travel told the Phoenix Advertising club the amount is an increase of 50000 over last year Travel promotion activities cost 60000 including publication of the magazine last year and 15000 was returned to the state general fund Carlson said
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Phoenix
State Highway Department
Arizona
Raymond Carlson
Arizona Highways Magazine
Division of Travel
Phoenix Advertising Club
State General Fund
Carlson
Senate confirms Winslow postmaster in Arizona
Washington June 18 The senate confirmed the reappointment of George T Stevens as postmaster at Winslow Arizona. The action follows the vacancy and assigns Stevens to lead postal service in the town. He will oversee mail delivery, sorting, and related operations at the Winslow office.
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Washington
George T. Stevens
Winslow, Ariz
Senate
London Waitress Receives £40 Gift From Longtime Patron
Sir Charles T. H. Wright left forty pounds to a waitress who cared for him during twenty five years at a central London restaurant. The gift underscores a long association and notable generosity from the elderly patron before his death.
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Charles T. H. Wright
London
Backache and Leg Pain Signal Kidney Trouble
Warning that backache and leg pains may indicate kidney trouble. The ad claims kidneys remove waste from blood and promote 3 pints urine daily, urging use of Dean's Pills for relief.
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Nature
Dean
Cotton Consumption Shows Some Increase
The census bureau reports May cotton consumption at 636,467 bales of lint and 92,052 bales of linters, up from April and May last year. May imports total 14,293 bales, while exports reach 226,469 bales of lint and 21,123 of linters, with April and year-ago figures provided for comparison.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Panama to aid rebuilding in Colon area burned in April
The National Government of Panama will assist in reconstruction efforts for the Colon district devastated by the April fire. The government will coordinate aid and support to speed recovery, with local authorities outlining the plans and timelines.
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National Government of
Panama
Colon
Daughter Of Former President Joined Religious Colony In India
Margaret Wilson daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson reportedly found sanctuary in a Brahman colony in Bondicherry India. Architect George Nakashima said he met her there where she entered two years ago and plans not to return to the outside world. The colony led by a Cambridge University graduate Hindu guru urges members to work at preferred tasks.
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Seattle
Margaret Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
India
George Nakashima
Bondicherry
Sri Aurobindo
Cambridge University
Los Angeles Labor Dispute Nears Settlement
A jurisdictional clash between CIO and AFL unions at Los Angeles harbor moves toward settlement as mediation by a one man board is chosen. Harbor leaders convened AFL representative Walter Cowan of the Culinary Alliance and CIO spokesman Philip Connelly to agree on standing down from picketing during mediation.
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Los Angeles
CIO
AFL
Los Angeles Harbor
Harbor District
Walter Cowan
Culinary Alliance
Philip Connelly
Junior T Men Apply for Youth Service Program
Junior T Men applications are available at fire stations police station and recreation office as the Pima County Coordinating Council sponsors the program. Boys 12 to 16 with parental consent may apply with about 100 to be chosen after an IQ test.
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Pima County Coordinating Council
Superior Court
National Defense Council
Fire
WPA Recreation and Police Departments
Tucson Lions
Roundtable
Welfare Board
Sheriff’s Office
Defense Council
Apaches Celebrate Reorganization Act Anniversary
The Apache tribe marks the sixth anniversary of the Wheeler Howard reorganization act with baseball games native dances rodeo and band concerts in San Carlos. The devil dance is scheduled for tonight.
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San Carlos
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