Rail Workers Honor Dead In Sunday Memorial Service
Memorial services for Division 28 members of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be held Sunday at University Methodist Church in Tucson. The event marks the first local memorial in 61 years with 50 names to be added to the list. Dr Robert E Dickenson will deliver the sermon titled Remembering the Engineers with a program including organ preludes prayers and solos.
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Division 28
Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
University Methodist Church
East Third Street
Euclid Avenue
L. E
United States
Canada
Brotherhood
Tucson
Marshall
Mich
International Brotherhood
B. of L. E
Dickenson
Robert E. Dickenson
Ernest Anderson
J. P. Morris
The
Fred Codd
Phil R. Hailey
Anderson
Civil Air Unit Mobilized to Combat Forest Fires
The Agriculture Department asked the Civil Air Patrol to assist in wartime forest fire control. National CAP orders require field units to assign personnel and planes for forest protection missions, mainly in the west as peak fire danger in the east has passed. CAP, with 50 000 members and 10 500 planes, will coordinate with forest service and state agencies. pilots receive per diem and flying time pay for authorized missions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Civil Air Patrol
Department
CAP
Forest Service
Model given life for murder in Reich case
New York June 19 A 28 year old Stillwater Oklahoma model was sentenced to life imprisonment for her part in the murder of Mrs Susan Flora Reich a wealthy Polish refugee.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Stillwater, Okla
Susan Flora Reich
Yuma Indians Form California Guard in Imperial County
The Yuma Indians, living across the Colorado River from Yuma Arizona, have formed the first company of the California state guard in Imperial county. They met in an adobe building built 90 years ago to house U S troops assigned to control their ancestors.
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EL Centro
Calif
Yuma
Guatemala Announces Rationing of Petroleum Derivatives
The government implements strict quotas on gasoline kerosene diesel oil and other petroleum derivatives to manage scarce supplies. Officials say distribution will prioritize essential services and public transport while limiting nonessential consumption.
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Guatemala
Army And Navy Cooperation Plea Is Made
Admiral Ernest J. King urged 615 Naval Academy graduates to corporate with Army and Navy, urging pride in all services and warning against prejudice. He linked unity to victory in World War II and pledged that Allies fight to destroy systems that enslave.
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Army
Navy
Annapolis
Ernest J. King
U.S. Fleet
Naval Academy
King
Midway
Aleutian Islands
Quiz Machine Tests Air Cadets Knowledge
The Navy introduces a quiz device for aviation cadets in Washington on June 19. A cadet pulls a card, studies the question, and presses a button to answer. A light panel signals correct or incorrect and scoring reflects accuracy and speed.
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Washington
Navy
W. P. Martin Named To Soil Science Post
W P Martin of the University of Arizona Tucson was elected secretary treasurer of the Western Society of Soil Science meeting here with the Pacific division of AAAS T L Martin of Brigham Young University Provo Utah was named president.
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Salt Lake City
W. P. Martin
University of Arizona
Tucson
Western Society of Soil Science
Pacific
American Association For the Advancement of Science
T. L. Martin
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Seagoing Girls Defeated by War Beached in Drydock Blues
New York June 19. CIO Marine union members note gloom as seagoing waitresses stewardesses and manicurists are reassigned to shore duties. Mary Kluchka and Theresa Riggs say they'd rather be at sea. Rose Shovell and Myrtle Tuggle resist staying away from the union office near Chelsea docks. They miss the ships and ports but endure filing records and registering men for needed war work.
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James T. Carter
New York
Mary Kluchka
Theresa Riggs
Cio-National Maritime Union
Union
Chelsea
Hudson River
Alexandria
Rio
Rose Shovell
Myrtle Tuggle
Bounding Deep
Merchant Marine
Blackouts Ordered in Lower California and Mazatlan Training
Blackouts have been ordered for all towns along the Lower California peninsula with possible expansion to other west coast Mexican cities. General Lazaro Cardenas has decreed military training for all men in Mazatlan, beginning July 22 in their spare time.
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Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mexico
Lower
California Peninsula
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Single Motor Planes May Be Allowed Again
Washington June 19 The nations airlines, after suspending about 25 routes due to equipment shortages, may resume use of single motor planes to carry mail and express not passengers on routes where service has been halted. The civil aeronautics board was reported to be considering this change.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Grazing Permit Payments Sought in War Land Acquisitions
A Senate public lands subcommittee weighs a bill to reimburse grazing permit holders whose land was acquired by the War Department for military ranges and other uses. Western lawmakers and officials criticize forced dispossession without compensation and push funding from land acquisition appropriations.
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Washington
Senate Public Lands
War Department
Ernest W. McFarland
Carl Hayden
Arizona
John R. Murdock
House
War, Interior, Justice
Western Land and Cattlemen
O. C. Williams
Arizona State Land Commissioner
McFarland
Santa Fe
H. R. Rodgers
New Mexico
Rodgers
Senate expected to approve vast naval expansion bill
Sen Ralph Brewster said the 8.55 billion naval expansion bill will pass quickly in the Senate. It authorizes 500000 tons of new aircraft carriers and cruisers and 900000 tons of destroyers plus 400 combatants and 1000 small vessels. Vinson warned battleships remain important if carriers are destroyed.
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Washington
Ralph O. Brewster
Senate
Brewster
Carl Vinson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Midway
Coral Sea
Vinson
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Rubber Salvage Head Calls Not Sell Rubber to Second Hand Dealers
W C Williams chairman of the scrap rubber salvage drive urges citizens to turn in scrap only at service stations. He notes the government pays 25 dollars per ton and companies profit by reselling to the public, with the excess helping Army Navy Relief and the Red Cross. About 65 tons have been collected locally this week in the nationwide campaign to relieve the rubber shortage.
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W. C. Williams
Army and Navy
Red Cross
Ordnance Unit Changes Made in Army Reshuffle
Washington June 19 The Army announced changes in assignments for nine high ranking ordnance department officers. Maj. Gen. Charles T. Harris Jr Mexia Texas moves to command Aberdeen Proving Ground Md June 20. Brig Gen Burton O Lewis Cleveland named deputy chief of the Boston ordnance district. Brig Gen Walter P Boatwright Ford City Pa to New York ordnance district deputy chief June 30. Brig Gen Hugh C Mintor Roanoke Va becomes deputy chief of the Pittsburgh district July 1. Col James Kirk Montgomery Ala transfers to the office of ordnance. Col Frank J Atwood Leraysville Pa moves to deputy chief of the Rochester district. Col Alfred B Quinton Jr Newton Center Mass moves to deputy chief of the Detroit district.
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Washington
Ordnance Department
Army
Charles T. Harris, Jr
Mexia
Texas
Ordnance
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Burton O. Lewis
Cleveland
Boston
Hugh C. Mintor
Roanoke
Pittsburgh
James Kirk
Montgomery
Ala
Frankford Arsenal
Office of
Frank J. Atwood
Leraysville
Rochester, N. Y
Alfred B. Quinton
Pastor Tracks Wolves to Straw Stack and Captures Cubs
In Holt Missouri Reverend Kenneth Clark of the Assembly of God church found wolf tracks by the church door. He followed them to a straw stack and captured eight cubs earning a $24 bounty. He bought new hymn books for the congregation.
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Holt, Mo
U.P
Kenneth Clark
Assembly of God Church
Clark
Machinery raids ordered halted in Arizona
June 19. The War Relocation Authority has been told to quit raiding agricultural machinery in Arizona. Senator McFarland urged Governor Osborn and farm bureau officials protested to Washington about heavy purchases or leases for Japanese colonies hindering state agriculture. E R Fryer, regional WRA director, will visit to help solve the machinery shortage. Earl Maharg, Arizona Farm Bureau Federation secretary, claimed resettlement projects were taking four fifths of the machinery in the state.
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Phoenix
War Relocation Authority
Arizona
E. W. McFarland
Osborn
Farm Bureau
Washington
E. R. Fryer
Resettlement Authority
Earl Maharg
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation
Merit System Exams Set In Phoenix
Merit system examinations for 48 positions with the state board of social security and welfare and the state department of health will be held during the summer. Applications for 23 positions with the social security board must be filed by June 30. Applications will be received until July 20 for the other 25 jobs, mostly with the health department. Applicants may file in person at the Home Builders building in Phoenix or by letter.
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Phoenix
State Board of Social Security and Welfare
State Department of Health
Social Security Board
Health Department
Home Builders
Daughter Too Strong Sends Mother to Hospital
Sacramento report states Mrs. John Martin 43 was hugged by her daughter Mrs. Juanita Britt causing a possible rib fracture and sending Martin to the hospital with injuries from the embrace.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
John Martin
Juanita Britt
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