Premiere fund raised for Arizona film in Tucson
Fred Ronstadt Hymie Myerson and E D Rockwell head a Chamber committee to raise 2500 from local business toward 10000 pledged by city county and chamber to publicize and import writers for the Arizona premiere to be held in October at Old Tucson with a 8500000 potential audience and 12000 attendees expected for a city fiesta and parade led by Columbia publicity chiefs and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ronstadt
Hymie Myerson
E. D. Rockwell
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Pictures
Arizona
Tucson
Wesley Ruggles
Old
Karl Barfield
J. B. Mead
R. H. Martin
Columbia
Barfield
Pima County
Picture
Hollywood
Earl1 Rooks
Central Trades Council
E. M. Furrey
County Farm Bureau
Harold Steinfeld
A. P. Martin
Britain on the Brink of Starvation and Invasion
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that after the Compiegne armistice Germany solidifies control of continental ports, threatening Britain's survival. He warns of food shortages, air raids, and a possible sea blockade as two million Germans ready for invasion while Churchill pledges defiance.
Small Named Head of Mexican Road
J. A. Small will become president and director of the Southern Pacific Railroad company of Mexico on July 1. He will be based in Guadalajara and succeeds Walter Douglas who retires after eight years as director and chairman. E. B. Sloan was elected vice president and fiscal representative with headquarters at Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. A. Small
Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico
A. D. McDonald
Small
Guadalajara
Mexico
Walter Douglas
Eigh
McDonald
E. B. Sloan
Mexico City
Public Records Involving Dissolutions And Trials
Supreme Court notes amended divorce decree for Florence Na Dean Gower and William Gower. Katherine C. Meyer files for divorce from Walter J. Meyer. State pursues murder case against Drury William Bridges with a jury trial set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
William G. Hall
Clinton M. Gower
Florence Na
Dean Gower
Katherine C. Meyer
Walter J. Meyer
State
Drury William Bridges
Newcomer Faces Speeding Charge and Fines
Ralph W. Newcomer charged with speeding faces a $10 fine. Ramona Gallardo admits simple battery and receives a suspended sentence. Wade Clemons named in a malicious mischief count with 30 days in jail. Ernest Paraventi cited for obscene language and a complaint filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Newcomer
Ramona Gallardo
Wade Clemons
Ernest Paraventi
Local Offenders Face Added Court Motions
Pablo Guralee charged with petty larceny with penalties of $10 fine or 10 days in jail. George Day and Robert Burlin son charged with burglary to county. Ernest Montijo charged with simple battery to Pima county. Josephine Chacon charged with disturbing the peace with $15 fine or 15 days. Bob Wemple bond forfeited on disturbing the peace charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo Guralee
George Day
Robert Burlinson
Ernest Montijo
Pima
Josephine Chacon
Bob Wemple
Marriage Licenses for Hall and Davis in Tucson
Mrs. Belle D. Hall is clerk for the marriage of Gerald W. Davis aged 25 and Betty Irene Bogle aged 23, both residents of Tucson. The license filing lists the couple with their ages and city of residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle D. Hall
Gerald W. Davis
Betty Irene Bogle
Tucson
Methodist Parley Opens at Gardena
The twenty second annual Latin American Mission conference opened in Gardena California with Dr James C Baker bishop of the San Francisco area as principal speaker. About 100 ministers and church officials from California Arizona and New Mexico attended as the newly effected merger of four Methodist branches was the theme of the day. The conference continues through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardena
Calif
James C. Baker
San Francisco
Methodist Church
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Earl of Athlone Takes New Office
Ottawa June 21 The Earl of Athlone was sworn in as governor general of Canada and immediately gave royal assent to a sweeping conscription law. The measure empowers the government to enlist all persons and seize property for war and becomes law with his official signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Bar Examinations Set Here July 12
Examinations for admission to the Arizona state bar will be held July 12 and 13 in Tucson. John L. Gust, secretary of the examinations committee, said 35 men and one woman have applied to take the tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Bar of
Arizona
Tucson
John L. Gust
Committee On Examinations and Admission of the
State Bar
Air power balance and defense stance during WWII
The piece contrasts German hopes with Britain's air strength and defenses. It notes England's stronger air force, robust anti aircraft defenses, and its vast navy as key assets in repelling Nazi aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Monroe Clark Named Head of Gila College
Monroe H. Clark was appointed president of Gila Junior College by the board of trustees succeeding Dr. E Edgar Fuller who joined Harvard University. Clark previously acted as president last year and has led the English language and literature department for 15 years. He holds a BA from Columbia and an MA from Brigham Young University and has done graduate work at Utah California UCLA and Columbia. Clark is 43, married with three children and a World War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Brigham Young University of Provo
Utah
University of Utah
University of California At Los Angeles
Columbia
Clark
Flagstaff Enrolls Sixteen Pima County Students
Flagstaff June 21 Sixteen students from Pima county are enrolled in Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff for the summer quarter of 1940. Tucson leads with nine students followed by Ajo with four Others include Marana Mammoth Greaterville and representants Hazel Brown Marjorie Vincent Mary Eager Anna Henry Louis Hatch Jean James Ferna Lewis Arthur Mickelsen Fred Wittkamper Doris Johns Minnie Keller John Killip Alice Lusa Irene Bowie Helen Hathaway Letha House All 14 counties of Arizona and 22 states are represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Daily Citizen
Pima County
Arizona State Teachers College
Tucson
Ajo
Marana
Mammoth
Greaterville
Hazel Brown
Marjorie Vincent
Mary Eager
Anna Henry
Louis Hatch
Jean James
Ferna Lewis
Arthur Mickelsen
Fred Wittkamper
Doris Johns
Minnie Keller
John Killip
Alice Lusa
Irene Bowie
Helen Hathaway
Letha House
Arizona
Parole Law Challenged by Arizona Prisoner
PHOENIX June 21 A convict in the state prison challenged the constitutionality of a law that bars parole until minimum sentences are served. The suit, filed against the state board of pardons and paroles in Maricopa County Superior Court, affects about 300 inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Park Assault Charged After Girl Seized at Armory Park
Ernesto Montijo, 25, of 916 South Fifth Avenue, was arrested on simple battery charges after a 16 year old girl said he seized her at Armory park on June 14. He pleaded innocent in justice court and is held on $300 bond awaiting trial June 25. The girl and her rescuer Don Lindemann identified him as the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernesto Montijo
South
Fifth Avenue
Armory Park
Montijo
Justice Court
Don Lindemann
Commons Ends Secret Meet and Plans Second Session
London June 21 The house of commons, ending a secret session on home defense, prepared to hold another next week on the vital supply problem. The debate could cover aircraft tanks and army equipment amid wartime strain and German raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Carroll
London
House of Commons
Stimson Knox Nominations Shape Roosevelt Defense Policy
The Roosevelt administration advances Stimson and Knox as key cabinet choices, signaling no quick confirmation and aligning with antiwar sentiment and aid to the Allies. Woodring resigns as War Secretary, Johnson expected to stay, while Congress analyzes the cabinet shift and potential labor secretary changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodring
Stimson
Topeka
Kans
United States
Hitler
Johnson
White House
Louis Johnson
Congress
Frances Perkins
Nazis Capture Two Warships From French
Berlin reports rapid German advances in France with armistice talks at Compiegne. Der Angriff claims two 35,000 ton French battleships Clemenceau and Richilieu seized at Brest, plus 700 tanks at Nevoy and sinkings of four British ships in the Gironde estuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
France
Italy
Compiegne
Normandy
Brittany
Loire Estuary
Rhone Valley
der Angriff
Clemenceau
Richilieu
Brest
Nevoy
Gien
Girone
Lyon
Burgundy
Animals Comforting To War Reporters
Two United Press staffers from Paris rode bicycles to Tours with refugees as German forces advanced. They arrived in four days to cover the bombing on Sunday and then pressed on to Bordeaux, sharing a frontline journey framed by the unfolding retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tours
Hitler
Paris
Bordeaux
France
Europe
Chateau
Italy
Providence
Boston
Toledo
The
United Press
Clock Repair At Greensburg Station a Five Man Crew
A large four faced clock in the Pennsylvania Railroad station at Greensburg Pennsylvania is ticking again after a ten day repair project. Five carpenters and three expert machinists worked to restore the mammoth timepiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roosevelt third term debate stirs party leaders and rivals
Alf Landon and Knox express caution over third term assurances. Senator Barkley says the topic was not discussed with the President or cabinet. Herbert Hoover calls Roosevelt’s action irrelevant to 1940 campaign. Dewey in New York condemns appointments as a step toward war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Perkins
Dan Tobin
American Federation of Labor
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Tobin
Washington
Knox-Stimson
Senate
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Knox
Barkley
Kentucky
Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Veterans of Foreign Wars Leader Urges Fight Against Subversives
Denver C. Henson of Phoenix urged VFWs in Arizona to unite with other veterans groups to combat subversive elements. He praised postwar cooperation and American vigilance amid reports of fifth column activity. Memorial services honored departed members as encampment business continued and a city parade was planned. Officers to be elected tomorrow with a banquet and grand ball to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
United States
Denver C. Henson
Phoenix
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Arizona
Henson
V. F. W. Department
County Voters Reject Abolishing Constable Post
The Pima county board of supervisors rejected reports to abolish the constable position. They reviewed tentative budgets and cut only $80 from Constable Andrew Dobek’s item, keeping his 1939-40 budget with a $12 increase. They also approved Treasurer Wallace Bransford’s budget with no changes and raised Attorney J. Mercer Johnson’s by $350 to $11,200 while trimming the health department by $900 to $11,600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Andrew Dobek
Dobek
Wallace Bransford
J. Mercer Johnson
Preventative Health Department
Forgetful Bride In New Orleans Marries After License Run
Emile J. Morano Jr left the license with his bride to be Mildred Claasen for safe keeping. She arrived on time without the license. Morano fetched a duplicate from city hall and the couple were married as relatives waited at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Emile J. Morano, Jr
Mildred Claasen
Miss Claasen
Morano
Italy Aims 70 Percent Boost in Coal Output This Year
Italy expects a 70 percent increase in coal production in the current year citing new mining efficiency and expanded capacity. Government and industry officials say growth will lift domestic supply and reduce imports, with regional projects underway to support the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Training Bill Faces U S House As Burke-Wadsworth Plan Debated
The Burke-Wadsworth measure would require registration of about 40 million men 18 to 65 for military or defense duty. It calls for eight months of training, home defense prep for 18 to 21 and 45 to 65, and a lot system with $5 monthly pay. Exemptions cover active service and certain officials. Civil objectors may be assigned behind the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edward R. Burke
Congress
House
E. E. Cox
Georgia
Clifton A. Woodrum
Virginia
Hillman
National Emergency Committee
Military Training Camps Association
Henry L. Stimson
Supreme Court
Murderess To Leave Prison
Mrs. Billie Kinsey 40 year old Phoenix nurse, imprisoned for second degree murder in the death of Opal Ball, will be released after serving four years of a 20 to 30 year sentence. Kinsey was convicted by a Maricopa county jury after 19 hours of deliberation and sentenced by Judge Speakman on June 22, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Daily Citizen
Billie Kinsey
Phoenix
Opal Ball
Coolidge
Arizona State
Miss Ball
Phoenix Hospital
Maricopa County
Mrs. Kinsey
Mrs
Jewel theft trial for $50,000 in hotel case
Jerome A. Murray a 38 year old porter from Merced California awaits superior court trial in Hartford on a charge he stole $50,000 worth of jewelry from the Hotel Bond in 1925. Murray allegedly took four sample cases belonging to New York and New Jersey firms and was returned from Rhode Island State penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Jerome A. Murray
Merced
Calif
Superior Court
Bond
Murray
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island State Penitentiary
Arizona National Guard to Convene for Command Exercises
About 150 officers and men of the Arizona National Guard will take part in staff and command exercises focusing on communications. The gathering occurs in the South Mountains near Phoenix on Saturday and Sunday with a bivouac planned for Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona National Guard
South Mountains
Here
Whiskey stock in British warehouses covers four years
Stocks of Scotch whiskey in British warehouses are believed sufficient to supply Britons for at least four years even if no whiskey is distilled in that period.
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Martin
O’rielly
Fox Theater
Britain
Dewitt MacKenzie
Adolf Hitler
North Sea
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Arctic
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Lord Woolton
House of Lords
United Kingdom
Liverpool
Bristol
Cardiff
Norwich
Birmingham
Nottingham
Manchester
Sheffield
Earthscraper
Public Records
C. W. Gardner
Paul Cella
Earl OF
Monroe Clark
Gila College
Junior College
Fuller
Park
Commons
Wales
Scotland
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Holland
Military Committee
Frank
Samuel Dashtell
Steven Fulton
U.P
French
Associated Press
Maginot Line
Lorraine
Alsace
Vosges Mountains
Cologne
Dusseldorf
U. S. House
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