Red Cross Faces Two Big Arizona Fires Aiding War Relief
Tucson chapter reports $9,337.91 in hand toward a $10,000 goal for war relief with under $700 remaining. A 1937 LaSalle convertible title papers were donated by Dr. Fred C. McCormick, awaiting ambulance purchase decision. Editors of Time Life Fortune urge more contributions. National Red Cross spent $7,560,955 on relief. ships S S Executive and Narbo to join aid efforts after McKeesport’s voyage to Bilbao.
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Tucson
American Red Cross
la Salle
Red Cross
Fred C. McCormick
University of Arizona
Appeal Red Cross
San Francisco
Time
Life
Fortune
S. S. Executive
S. S. Narbo
800 Men Battle Blazes In Coconino
Fierce fires burned across Coconino and Tonto national forests as more than 800 firefighters, aided by CCC enrollees, battled blazes in Long Valley and Mazatzal mountains. Large fires covered 600 700 acres and 100 acres respectively, with several smaller snarls under control. Lightning likely caused the outbreaks amid extreme dryness.
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Coconino National Forest
Tonto National Forest
Long Valley
Coconino County
R. W. Hussey
Flagstaff
Coconino
Winslow
Hussey
Gila County
F. Lee Kirby
Phoenix
Mazatzal Mountains
CCC
Mazatzal
Bear Springs
Tonto Forest
Fred Winn
Coronado National Forest
Coronado Forest
Arizona Forms Civilian Unit For Defenses
Phoenix reports Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Tuthill announces a civilian effort to recruit volunteers in Arizona for armed forces in a major emergency. County committees under Gov. Jones will interview applicants and coordinate publicity and recruitment for the national guard, naval district, and Marine Corps plans.
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Phoenix
Alexander M. Tuthill
Arizona National Guard
Arizona
Tuthill
Jones
Ap Te
National Guard
Eleventh Naval District
U. S. Marine Corps
United States
Pima
Monte Mansfield
Andrew Martin
H. Corbett
Santa Cruz
Craig Pottinger
Wirt G. Bowman
E. F. Bohlinger
Cochise
Gus Michaels
James T. Gentry
Bill Advances to Acquire New Indian Lands in Fort Mohave and Chemhuevi
Washington June 20 The House Indian Affairs Committee approved HR 707 to empower the Interior Secretary to acquire new lands for Fort Mohave in Arizona and Chemhuevi in California whose current holdings would be flooded by Parker Dam lake in the future.
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Washington
House Indian Affairs Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Fort Mohave Reservation
Arizona
Chemhuevi Reservation
California
Parker Dam
Marmola Promises Easy Fat Loss With Thyroid Link
Advertorial claims Marmola tablets help adults lose weight without dieting or heavy exercise. It asserts the product supports those with hypothyroidism and urges consulting a physician for diagnosis while noting over thirty years of sale and more than twenty million boxes distributed.
Four Indicted in Bus Driver Death
Los Angeles June 20 The county grand jury indicted four men in the death of Greyhound driver Jay Pilcher of Flagstaff Arizona. Boeppler and Cadle charged with murder while Bisbee and McElreath face felony assault counts on driver W C Hodges. Hodges testified the pair followed him and Pilcher from a picket line by the Greyhound depot.
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Los Angeles
Jay Pilcher
Flagstaff
Ariz
Greyhound
Brotherhood of Railway
Byron Boeppler
William Cadle
George M. Bisbee
Harold McElreath
W. C. Hodges
Hodges
Boeppler
Cadle
Pilcher
Duke of Windsor Heads Toward Spain From Riviera Villa
The Duke of Windsor left his Cap D Antibes villa by car en route to Spain, with the American-born duchess already gone. He has been in the south of France since late May after leaving a liaison role with Allied armies. London officials denied he left the army and said he would visit troops near the Italian border before returning to mission headquarters. He told the British consul he likely would not return to England, possibly traveling by yacht or plane to Spain.
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Cannes
France
Duke of Windsor
Riviera
Spain
Cap D'Antibes
London
England
Cap D' Antibes
Gulf of Lions
Jerome Driver to Face Death Charge
A man slaughter complaint was filed in justice court against Joe Montero for a crash that killed Arturo Sanchez, who died in a Prescott hospital six hours after the June 13 collision on the Jerome Prescott highway. The complaint accuses Montero of negligent and reckless driving, filed by State Highway Patrolman O. L. Goddard.
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Prescott
Justice Court
Joe Montero
Jerome
Arturo Sancheza
Sanchez
Jerome Prescott
Montero
O. L. Goddard
Old Pueblo Flying Club Forms In Tucson
Airminded Tucsonians form the Old Pueblo Flying club to promote aviation. Officers include Pat Gonzalez president Ben Gonzalez vice president Peter Herreras secretary John Lespron treasurer Roy Gabusi business manager. Next meeting 7 30 p m Friday at 1419 South Sixth avenue with Pat Gonzales as instructor.
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Old Pueblo Flying Club
Pat Gonzalez
Ben Gonzalez
Peter Herreras
John Lespron
Roy Gabusi
South Sixth Avenue
Pat Gonzales
Egypt Exports Over Two Million Pounds Cotton Early This Year
Egypt shipped more than 2,000,000 pounds of cotton to foreign markets in the first four months of the year. The report highlights strong demand from buyers abroad and signals continued export momentum for Egyptian cotton.
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Egypt
Desert Lab to Become Forest Service HQ in Tucson
The Desert Laboratory buildings will serve as the Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station headquarters after transfer to the U S forest service. The Desert Laboratory, begun in 1902, has produced over 400 publications and aided arid-region research in Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. The move, led by Arthur Upson, aims to renovate the site in six to eight months for the new station’s operations.
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Tucson
Desert Laboratory
Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Carnegie Institute of Washington
U. S. Forest Service
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Arthur Upson
Desert Botanical Laboratory
Gifford Pinchot
Carnegie Advisory
D. T. MacDougal
Forrest Shreve
Libya
Australia
South Africa
Algeria
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pare. Com
Upson
Southwestern Experiment Station
Public Through With Wild Ideas To Protect U S
Washington June 20. Inventors flood the patent office with wartime ideas from bear trap tanks to whale submarines and map detectors. Most proposals are deemed impractical and rejected, including devices to deflect bombs and anti dive air jets and armor clad whales.
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Washington
Patent Office
Vermont Senator Gibson Dies in Washington
Senator Ernest Willard Gibson of Vermont died in Washington at age 67 after a heart ailment. A lawyer, he served 16 years in Congress as a Republican, and he once said he was read out of the party for voting to override Coolidge's veto of the soldiers bonus bill.
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Washington
Ernest Willard Gibson
Vermont
Congress
Gibson
Coolidge
Cat Gives Birth To 102 Kittens In Lifetime
A twelve year old cat owned by Mrs Isaac Kerr of Clyrebank Scotland has produced a total of 102 kittens over its lifetime marking an extraordinary litter history for the household and local veterinary observers.
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Isaac Kerr
Clyrebank
Scotland
Deer Killing Test Case Set in Flagstaff
Flagstaff June 2 Walter Jordan Oak Creek canyon rancher will be tried at the next jury term of superior court on a charge of killing a deer out of season. County Attorney H L Russell says the case tests whether a rancher is justified in shooting deer damaging crops. Jordan killed two deer on his ranch and reported the matter to the state game department after claiming crops were spoiled. Russell says Attorney General Joe Conway ordered the test case after an investigation.
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Flagstaff
Walter Jordan
Oak Creek Canyon
Superior Court
H. L. Russell
Jordan
State Game Department
Russell
Joe Conway
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Mansfield
Airminded
Tucsonians Farm Aviation Club
Desert ‘Lab
Range Experiment Station
U. S
Ballinger Fuel & Fertilizer CO
E. Speedway
de Vene
Hill's—Ben Hur Coffee
Meat Department
Morrell
Brkild
Colo. G
Grocery Department
LUX
Crisco
AD Brands Milk
Avondale
Dole
Vevuu
Dow
U.S
International
BUICK
O'Rielly Motor Co., Inc
Sixth Ave
Chevrolet
America
E. Congress
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