Rubber Drive Nets 90 Tons In This Area
W C Williams Tucson area salvage drive reports near 90 tons collected last night with more sources untapped. Estimated total 300 to 400 tons likely. 15 petroleum firms coordinate drop-off points. Proceeds from rubber sold to government go to USO Rector and Army Navy relief funds. Notable donation from a girl with rubber doll and hot water bottle. Arizona Utah challenge adds rally as area chairs coordinate with Towncats leaders.
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W. C. Williams
Ucson
Williams
Tucson
U.S.O
Army and Navy Reef
North Third Avenue
East Ninth Street
Nazis Start Purge of Anti Social Elements in Reich
London reports a Nazi broadcast announcing a purge of anti social elements across Austria and the Reich. Those deemed incapable of living in the community will be sent to welfare institutes, forced labor camps, or Gestapo education camps, with committees to decide outcomes.
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London
Vienna
Lower Danube
Austria
DNB
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
Reich
National Socialist
Workers’ Party
Gau Niederdonau
Reichs Ministry of Interior
Niederdonau
Scrap metal drive nets over 100 tons in Pima County schools
Pima County school children and Boy Scouts report scrap collections surpassing 100 tons with totals varying by district. Mrs. H. Ross notes ongoing drives across Continental Sopori Amphitheatre Twin Buttes Reddington Arivaca Sahuarita Vail and others, while the federal salvage program plans a summer follow up.
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Pima County
Boyats of America
H. Ross
Cele Peterson
Boy Scouts
Charles McArthur
Baloge
War Production Board
Busta
Warrogram
McArthur
Phoenix
C. S. Brown
Ajo
Phelps Podge Corporation
Brown
Ross
Continental
Sopori
Sunnyside
Twin
Reddington
Arivaca
Sahuarita
Vail
Anti-Cruelty Society Install Nine Water Troughs
In Chicago the Anti Cruelty Society has installed nine water troughs to aid horses in the city. The effort reflects renewed attention to animal welfare as equine traffic continues in urban areas.
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Chicago
Anti-Cruelty Society
Sugar Card Granted Successor To Canine Hero
In Philadelphia on June 20 a dog named Cora was granted a sugar ration card to aid a blind man, Paul Oliver. Oliver claimed the German shepherd’s diet with a cereal blend supports his guiding work after a prior dog Minnie died during a bank holdup investigation in Trenton.
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Sugar Card
Canine
Leading
Philadelphia
Cora
Paul Oliver
New Jersey
Oliver
Minnie
Trenton
GOP Picnic to Feature Campbell Address in Pima County
Former Governor Thomas E. Campbell will address a gathering at the Pima County Republican annual picnic hosted by the Women’s Republican club at Wetmore Park on Friday June 26. A 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. supper precedes the program with ticket sales run by Kate Van Buskirk and a committee, reservations by phone.
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Thomas E. Campbell
Pima County
Pima County Womens Republican Club
Wetmore Park
Elsa L. de Mare
0. C. Parker
Phillip Haley
Clifford Parsons
Kate van Buskirk
Edwin Mauch
G. J. Upham
Russell Sanford
E. R. Bess
Mary Naylor
Frederic Nave
George Willis
Mary George
Annie Daniels
O. C. Parker
Kate B. Reynolds
Former Tucsonian Reported Missing Sailor in Coral Sea
Winston Moore, 27, former Tucson student who joined the Navy eight years ago and served on the tanker Neosho, is reported missing in action. Parents Mr and Mrs J F Moore of Bakersfield Calif received the information. Uncles James G Moore LeRoy G Moore and Elijah S Moore live in Tucson at 820 North Sixth Avenue. He has a sister Ava Lee Moore of Bakersfield and a brother LeRoy Moore of Boulder City Nev.
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Winston Moore
Elijah S. Moore
Ava Lee Moore
Bakersfield
LeRoy Moore
Boulder City
Nev
Charles Hening to Be Guest Speaker at First Christian
In Rev. H. LeRoy Kinser’s absence Charles Hening will preach at the First Christian church tomorrow. Hening a former evangelist has worked in Kansas, is now settled here, and a member of the church. His sermon topic is Religion in the World.
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H. LeRoy Kinser
Prescott
Charles Hening
First Christian Church
Hening
Kansas
Longlived cactus from 52 years ago in Andover
A cactus planted for Mrs. Charles Baile when she was a child in Andover, Massachusetts, has continued to grow for 52 years. The plant now covers three feet across the top and can bear as many as 65 blossoms at once.
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Andover
Mass. U.P
Charles Baile
Paper Urges Life Or Death Stand In China
Chungking dispatch reports Ta Kung Pao calls for a life or death defense on the Nanchang line and a scorched earth policy to destroy railroads and flooding roadbeds west of the line. The paper urges holding western Kiangsi and preventing invasion from that area while maintaining Canton–Hankow rail access.
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China
Chungking
U.P
Nanchang
Ta-Kung-Pao
Kiangsi
Kiangso
Hunan
Ta- Kung-Pao
Shanghai
Hankow
Canton
Survivor of Dutch coast crash Endured Sea Hunger and Isolation
Pilot Officer Holbroke Hoke Mahn of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Harvard graduate from Denver, was the sole survivor of a bomber crew forced down off the Dutch coast. After days in a small dinghy with two dead comrades, he endured thirst, starvation including eating raw sea gull, and near-capture by German and Allied forces before a British torpedo boat rescued him and he reached a hospital.
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London
North North Sea
Holbroke “Hoke” Mahn
Royal Canadian Air Force
Harvard
Denver
Colo
Mahan
Hahn
Mahn
State Chiropody Meeting Held in Phoenix
The Arizona Chiropody association held its quarterly meeting in Phoenix. Appointments were made to the legislative and publicity committees, with members from Bisbee, Tucson, and Phoenix. Attending was former examining board president Dr. Roy Evans, now in Army surgical chiropody at Fort Bowie Texas. The next meeting will be in Tucson.
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Arizona Chiropody Association
Phoenix
C. D. Davis
Bisbee
Julius Citron
W. H. Austin
FE. C. Badger
Tucson
Leona Evans
Elizabeth Sanford
Bertha Badger
Thomas Price
W. G. Davis
Roy Evans
Fort Bowie
Tex
Posthumous Victoria Cross for Commando Leader Keyes
The war office announced the posthumous Victoria Cross for Lieut. Col. Geoffrey C. T. Keyes, commander of the commando detachment that penetrated Rommel’s Libyan headquarters in November. Accompanied by an officer and a non commissioned officer, Keyes forced entry, fired on the first room, then fell mortally wounded in the passage after bravely continuing the action.
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London
War Office
Geoffrey C. T. Keyes
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Roger J. B. Keyes
Keyes
Rommel
City Council to Rule on Residency for Boards
City officials consider whether board of adjustment zoning and planning members must reside in the city. Mayor Henry O. Janstad notes Heighton resignation from both bodies and how state statutes vs city charter affect residency requirements. Also on agenda: filling the civil service vacancy and approving the tentative budget by June 29 with possible add ons to aid Tucson Sunshine Cli-
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Board of Adjustment and Zoning and Planning Committee
Henry O. Janstad
Harry E. Heighton
Heighton
Civil Service Commission
R. M. Howard
State Organization of the
Office of Price Administration
Tucson
Sunshine Cli
City Sets Provisions for Flood Damage Claims and More
The notice outlines provisions for payment of flood damage suits that may be decided against the city and lists several additional items related to municipal operations.
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Mate Club
Two Former Mexican Presidents Serve in Army
Mexico City June 20. The national defense ministry reports two former presidents are now generals. Plutarco Elias Calles re entered service June 1 and awaits orders. Lazaro Cardenas leads west coast defense forces. Two more ex presidents have volunteered. Uruguay experiences horse shortage.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National Defense Ministry
Plutarco Elias Calles
Lazaro Cardenas
West Coast
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