City Notified Two WPA Jobs Are Approved
Tucson city council in a special session learned the Works Progress Administration has approved two projects here the airport administration building and the city sewage disposal plant with federal funding of 23856 and 7686 dollars respectively. The council also awarded bids for 4500 feet of six inch pipe to Johns Manville 3258 dollars and approved purchases of motorcycles three wheel unit garbage trucks and a Chevrolet trash truck for police use and downtown parking checks with old equipment traded in.
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Tucson
Works Progress Administration
Henry O. Jaastad
Federal Agency
Johns-Manville Company
Robert Nicolai
Pacific States Pipe Company
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Bay Motorcycles
Ingham and Ingham
W. D. Ingram
O’reilly Motor Company
Early Records Gifted to Arizona Pioneers Society
Arizona Pioneers Historical Society received books, clippings, and letters from Frank T. Alkire and Mrs. George Kitt. The collection includes How To Feed an Army 1901 ration details, weather bureau bulletins to 1892, 1901 livestock laws, maps, military orders, old letters, and ranch histories, marking another major donor gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
Frank T. Alkire
Phoenix
George Kitt
Alkire
National Guard
China
Weather Bureau
Arizona Pioneers Society
Mrs
Miss Boehringer Seeks State Education Post
PHOENIX June 21 R C Louise Boehringer longtime Arizona educator will seek the Democratic nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. She has led curriculum for the state department since 1933 and previously served as Yuma county school superintendent and editor of the Arizona Teacher and Arizona Parent-Teacher. She vows modern schools with maximum child benefit at lowest cost and holds degrees from Columbia and the University of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
R . C. Louise Boehringer
Arizona
Miss Boehringer
State Department of Education
Yuma County
Columbia University
University of California
Falling Roof Kills Mrs D H Kleinman
Mrs Dan H Kleinman, a prominent Salt River valley resident, was killed yesterday when the porch roof of her Mesa home fell on her. Her husband and four children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa
Dan H. Kleinman
Salt River Valley
Court hearings for mine death near Beno Ni South Africa
Magistrate inspects a mine 1000 feet underground in Beno Ni and examines four Europeans charged with negligence in a native miner’s death. Detected issues with spelling of place.
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Benoni
South Africa
Inheritance tax sought from Bakersfield dog Buddy
Sacramento California June 21 The state collects 34.65 inheritance tax on the dog Buddy. Emma C Heard of Bakersfield died 1939 leaving 25 a month to the dog caretaker. Buddy aged 12 at death has life expectancy two more years per veterinarians.
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Sacramento
Calif
Buddy
Bakersfield
Ate
Emma C. Heard
Harry B. Riley
Gov Jones Seeks Re election for Second Term in Arizona
Governor R T Jones announces candidacy for re election, stating a continuance of orderly progressive and constructive government. He plans a forthcoming platform with timely issues, while gathering input from citizens across Pinal and Maricopa counties. He declined to reveal specific platform details before the primary.
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R. T
Bob
Bob) Jones
Jones
State Senate
Pinal
Maricopa
State of
Arizona
Mullen Rites Set For Tomorrow In Tempe
Bay June 21 Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Saturday in Tempe for Rep W E Mullen Pinal county legislator who died here yesterday Mullen served a second term and planned re election Born in Santa Clara California 1870 he came to Arizona as a young man lived in Tempe until 1910 then moved to Ray and ran a hotel He was a former major in the Arizona national guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Arizona National Guard
Arizona Postmaster Reappointments Made
Roosevelt nominates Bertha L Hastings of Hayden and Mary W Hand of Winkelman, Arizona, for reappointment as postmasters in a new Washington action dated June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Washington
Bertha L. Hastings
Hayden, Ariz
Mary W. Hand
Winkelman, Ariz
Roosevelt
Woman Earns Diploma Then Enters U of Minnesota at 61
Mona Cragan, after her son graduates from the University of Minnesota, completes high school in May and plans to enroll at the University as a freshman at age 61 in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis, Minn. WP
University of Minnesota
Mona Cragan
University
Predicts worst droughts in 20 centuries from rock layers
Halbert P. Gillette reports to the American Association for the Advancement of Science that sedimentary rock strata record long drought and wet cycles. He says thick layers reflect wet periods while thin layers signal droughts and warns that dry cycles are about to superimpose on climate history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Halbert P. Gillette
Chicago
Association
Mr. Gillette
Two Comedians Die Within Hours in Hollywood
Charley Chase aged 47 died of a heart attack yesterday, two hours after the death of Robert J. Wildhack, 58, from a pulmonary ailment. Chase was famed for twin-role comedy. Wildhack voiced Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and was active in film and radio. He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Forman of Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Charley Chase
Robert J. Wildhack
Chase
Wildhack
Bebe Eltinge
Marjorie Forman
Connecticut
Robber Confesses After Loot Hidden Under Tongue
Floyd Wright admitted robbing Mrs. Bertona McAllister after she identified him. He concealed the two ten dollar bills and one five dollar bill under his tongue, a tactic meant to hide the currency during the crime in Battle Creek, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek, Mich
W.P
Floyd Wright
Bertona McAllister
Wright
Pima County Population Set At 72 932
Mrs. Perle S. Anklam district supervisor of the census announced that Pima County's population is 72 932, with Tucson proper under 40 000 and metropolitan area about 50 000. The agricultural census shows 937 farms in 1940, up from 757 in 1930 and below 1 251 in 1935.
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Pima County
Perle S. Anklam
Tucson Ordinance Makes Car Owners Liable For Parking
Police announce a new Tucson ordinance effective today that makes the registered owner of a vehicle liable for unlawful parking. A cited owner may be summoned to court even if the car was used by another person without the owner's knowledge or consent. The prior rule held the driver responsible.
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Tucson
Los Angeles
Tovrea Company Must Re-instate Employees
The Tovrea Packing company of Phoenix Arizona must reinstate nine employees with back pay after the U S circuit court of appeals refused to rehear an appeal from a National Labor Relations board order. The board had ordered recognition of the AFL Butchers union and the abolition of the independently dominated Torrea Employees association. The reinstatement clause and related provisions were upheld by the court.
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San Francisco
Tovrea Packing Company
Phoenix
Ariz
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Butchers Union
Torrea Employes Association
Sweden Furnished Majority of U.S. Iron and Steel Shipments
Sweden supplied three fifths of the iron and steel shipped into the United States in April, accounting for a dominant share of imports in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
United States
Legion official warns Nazis influence neighbors in Latin America
Charles Q. Kelly national American Legion vice commander says it is hard for Americans to gain favorable attention in Mexico and Central America due to German influence. He condemns past generosity toward autocratic governments and urges a firmer good neighbor policy and respect. He cites expropriation acts as proof of waning American influence.
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Santa FE
N. M
Charles Q. Kelly
National American Legion
Mexico
Kelley
Little Rock
Ark
Central America
Rio Grande
James L. Edwards Dies at Yuma Rancher and Ex-Legislator
James L. Edwards, 54, a longtime rancher and former state legislator from Yuma, died after a long illness. He supervised maintenance on U. S. Highway 60 and helped erect monuments on Arizona roads, including the Wickenburg Indian massacre memorial and a tribute to camel driver Mr. Jolly. Edwards served two terms in the Arizona Legislature representing Yuma County.
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Yuma
James L. Edwards
Edwards
Arizona
Wickenburg
Hr. Jolly
Yuma County
97 year old Mason County resident never rode in an automobile
Mrs. B. F. Smith of Ludington Michigan marked her 97th birthday without ever riding in an automobile. She is believed to be the oldest resident of Mason County.
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Ludington
Mich
U.P
B. F. Smith
Mason County
Fifty three Army bombers flown to Halifax
Fifty five Northrup A-17A bombers traded by the government and sold to Great Britain left Mitchell Field New Jersey for Halifax Nova Scotia. It was the largest mass flight yet in the plan to send up all planes not in immediate use. The aircraft were piloted by civilians some army reserve officers who volunteered. Clyde Pangborn assisted and Maj. V E Bertrandias of Douglas Aircraft Corp gave final instructions.
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Mitchell Field
N. J
Great Britain
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Britain
Clyde Pangborn
V. E. Bertrandias
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
WPA Funds Expand University Facilities With Tennis Courts
Federal aid totaling 52803 under a WPA works project grant will upgrade the University of Arizona this summer. Plans include two new tennis courts west of the existing courts, 41127 square yards of concrete work, 8067 square feet of driveway and dormitory paving, sidewalk completion, patio paving, refacing polo fields with 1200 cubic yards of soil, and a low retaining wall from the state museum corner to the campus entrance at Park Avenue and Fourth Street.
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University of Arizona
Agricultural College
Herring Hall
Arizona State Museum
Park Avenue
Fourth Street
University campus improvements and WPA projects outlined
The plan calls for a seaboat of rock chips and asphalt and campus upgrades. Improvements will move poultry farms from the polo field area to 20 acres of cleared land. WPA labor may fence the site. A prior WPA project worth $32,000 awaits completion, aiding sidewalk work and women's athletic fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Campbell Avenue
Polo Field
WPA
WPA University
Illness Costs Billions in Lost Work Days
Prof Kenneth Pray of the University of Pennsylvania says disability costs exceed a billion dollars and a billion working days lost each year. He spoke to nurses at the national biennial nursing convention in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Kenneth Pray
Pennsylvania School of Social Work
Make-up Travel Cases and Accessories Sale
Sales copy lists 25 make-up travel cases with bottles and extra room for pullman essentials, priced at 92.98. 75 pairs washable doeskin gloves in capeskin white all sizes, reg. 3.95. 100 pairs Guild Crest shoes with all heel heights in white or beige, reg. 7.75.
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Pullman
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Arizona Historical Unit
D. H. Kleinman
Mullen
Biltmore
Library Park
Monterey
Mayflower Hotel
South Grand Ave
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press Science
Tovrea Company
Legion
Kelly
Cash
VICE
Grabe
Frigidaire
Genuine 6 Co
Grabe Electric CO
Congress
el Corral
River Rd
Campbell Ave
Jacome
Bemberg
Belding
A.B.C
Wilson
Jacome’s
Jacome's
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