Two Jailed In Campaign On Bill Collectors
James Willis Thomas, 23, a Phoenix area bill collector formerly of Chicago, is jailed in Pima County on two counts of disturbing the peace after allegedly using high pressure methods to collect debts in Tucson. He allegedly entered a home uninvited and seized an arm in a physician's office while pursuing a bill. His arraignment is set for 10 am June 26. Four fellow agents faced licensing steps for collection agency operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Willis Thomas
Pima County
Bill
Phoenix
Chicago
Tucson
A. Gonzales
South Sixth Avenue
Thomas
Gonzales
F. W. Allen
Dolores Rivera
Justice Court
Valleywide Telephone Firms Valuation Raised by Arizona Officials
The Arizona state tax commission fixed the assessed valuation of telephone and telegraph properties at 10 641 781 dollars for 1941, up 382 433 from 1940. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph led gains with 464 614, raising its 1941 valuation to 6 961 082 dollars, while Western Union and Postal Telegraph reductions pared total increases. Ten companies own 216 867 miles of wire in the state, including American Telephone and Telegraph 2 251 390 dollars and Mountain States 6 961 082 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Telephone and Telegraph Company
State Tax Commission
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mountain States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Arizona Edison Couchpany
Citizens Utilities Company
W. G. Keiser
Navajo-Apache Telephone System
Ray Electric and Telegraph Company
Utah Park Company
Committee Forming to Discuss Cotton Stamp Plan
G E Tarleton announced a state cotton industry committee to promote the use of cotton stamps and reduce the surplus. Ben F Ormand of Cortaro was named chairman with members Rex Anderson Casa Grande Bernard Brody Douglas D T Chase Bisbee W E Waldron Safford Dr R L Matlock C Edgar Goyette Richard Jacome and J W Cubbison all of Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
G. E. Tarleton
Surplus Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
State Cotton Industry Committee
Ben F. Ormand
Cortaro
Rex Anderson
Casa Grande
Bernard Brody
Douglas
D. T. Chase
Bisbee
W. E. Waldron
Safford
R. L. Matlock
C. Edgar Goyette
Richard Jacome
J. W. Cubbison
Tucson
Kimball To Announce At July Fourth Celebration
Senator William F. Kimball will serve as master of ceremonies at the Jaycee Fourth of July celebration in the University of Arizona stadium. The Tucson Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the show, with bicycle races, balloon busting, band numbers, flag-raising, singing, and more. Admission is 10 cents to help defray expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Kimball
University of Arizona
Tucson Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kimball
Henry Conover
City Briefs Saint John’s Day Celebration at Local Church
A Saint John’s Day celebration will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Prince Chapel A M E church in the Drachman school auditorium Convent and 18th streets Speakers include Chaplains DeVeaux and Fisher of Fort Huachuca and local Masonic leaders A special musical program will feature nam ers
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Prince Chapel
A.M.E
Drachman School
DeVeaux
Fisher
Fort Huachuca
Discrepancy in Court Records About Luis Nunez
Luis Nunez of 115 East 24th Street is identified as different from the Luis Nunez named in court records reported yesterday. The note clarifies a possible misidentification in official filings.
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Luis Nunez
East 24Th Street
Joseph Arthur House Jr Appointed Second Lieutenant
Joseph Arthur House Jr of 1303 East Fifth Street is named second lieutenant in the ordnance department of the cavalry. The appointment becomes effective Monday after a physical exam and he will be ordered to active duty for one year at Picatinny Arsenal Dover New Jersey.
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Joseph Arthur House, JR
East Fifth Street
Ordnance Department of the Cavalry
Picatinny Arsenal
Dover
N. J
Two Tucson Boys Held for Cigar Store Burglary
Two youths aged 15 and 16 were arrested by Tucson police on burglary charges for hitting the Arizona Cigar and Tobacco Co. at 300 North Sixth Avenue last Monday. Officers said the pair confessed to stealing $94.62 in cigarettes and $17 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Arizona Cigar and Tobacco Company
North Sixth Avenue
Edwards Reed Ferris Jr Pleads Guilty In Reckless Driving Case
Edward Reed Ferris Jr a 24 year old rancher from Elgin Arizona pleaded guilty to reckless driving in police court and was fined 30 dollars or given 30 days in jail the sentence was announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Reed Ferris, JR
Elgin
Ariz
Tucson Police Chief on Leave With Navy Visit
Don J. Hays, Tucson police chief, on leave with the U S Navy, San Diego, visited Tucson yesterday and today. He is en route to the coast after an eastern trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don J. Hays
Tucson
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Missionary supper at First Baptist church Beal home
The Ladies Missionary society will hold a supper meeting at Rev. and Mrs. R S Beal home Tuesday at 7 o clock. Rev Beal will give highlights from the national Wichita convention and special music is planned. Group 7 is hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
R. S. Beal
Rev. Beal
Wichita
Chaplain Merle S. Peek Returns from Tulsa Visit
Chaplain Merle S. Peek of the Tucson air base arrived home after a trip to Tulsa Oklahoma to visit his two sons Stanley 13 and Dickie 6 The return followed a visit to his family in the midwest city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle S., Peek
Tucson Air Base
Tulsa
Okla
Stanley
Dickie
Round Valley Rodeo Attracts Arizonans This July
The 11th Round Valley rodeo runs July 3 to 6 in Springerville with events plus motor boat races on Becker lake a sheriff roping contest chariot and horse races. Prairie state cowboys from northeastern Arizona are expected to attend as holidaymakers fish and camp in the White mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springerville
Arizona
Earl Jarvis
Becker Lake
White Mountains
Mexico Governors Get July 4 Invitations
Phoenix dispatch reports Governor Osborn sent a letter to Mexican President Avila Camacho declaring strong Pan American ties. He informed Camacho that Sonora Governor Anselmo Macias and Sinaloa Governor Rodolpho Loaiza were invited to attend the Fourth of July celebration in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Osborn
Avila Camacho
Mexico
Air Force conducts air and land attacks on Beirut harbor
The RAF Middle East command announced that the British fleet air arm attacked Beirut harbor shipping scoring four direct hits on a large jetty with air and land operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
RAF Middle East Command
Beirut
Lebanon
Jaastad Seeks Arizona Bomb Protection Training School
Major H O Jaastad petitions Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to establish a police and firemen bombing protection training school in Arizona. A similar facility operates in Edgewood New Jersey with plans for others in the West. Jaastad notes LaGuardia’s ties to Prescott and hints at summer Tucson and winter Prescott placements. Policemen and firemen train on bombing hazards to later teach civilians.
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H. O. Jaastad
Fiorella LaGuardia
New York
National
Edgewood
N. J
LaGuardia
Tucson
Arizona
Prescott
U. S
Power Needs Explained By Group Head
Phoenix report quotes Henry S. Wright chair of the Colorado River commission urging creation of a Arizona state power authority. He cites a San Francisco conference where federal officials said Arizona cannot handle expanded defense industry power needs without Boulder dam energy. He urges reclaim and power commission surveys of Colorado River sites above Boulder dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Boulder Dam
Henry S. Wright
Colorado River Commission
Wright
San Francisco
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Federal Power Commission
Colorado River
Hogan and Demaret Lead Inverness Golf Tourney
Hogan and Demaret retain the lead in the Inverness invitational with a five under par 65 round, matching Thomson and Nelson at five matches left. Eight teams posted a record 51 birdies and three eagles as results show Picard-Revolta and Mangrum-McSpaden winning while others split.
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Toledo
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Inverness
Jimmy Thomson
Byron Nelson
Nelson Thomson
Picard-Revolta
Ralph Guldahl
Dutch Harrison
Mangrum-McSpaden
Sam Byrd
Johnny Bulla
Demaret-Hogan
Thomson-Nelson
Smith-Little
Clayton Heafner
Dick Metz
Nelson-Thomson
Mangrum- McSpaden
Guldahl-Harrison
Scotch Irish Roots of Six U S Presidents
Six U S presidents trace Scotch Irish heritage Andrew Jackson James Polk James Buchanan Chester Arthur William McKinley and Woodrow Wilson. The regional origins highlight the influence of Scotch Irish ancestry in early American leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
James Buchanan
Chester Arthur
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Early New England Lobsters Delight Pilgrim Fathers
A brief note recalls lobsters as among the first sea foods enjoyed by the Pilgrim fathers upon reaching New England, highlighting their early culinary discovery and appreciation of the coastline bounty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
RAF hits targets on Damascus road with sub hunt claim
The RAF said its fliers attacked armored fighting vehicles on the Damascus Bei Rut road yesterday and destroyed a considerable number of vehicles while a ship believed to be a submarine was hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
Damascus-Beirut
Pretty Bad Man To Conduct Church Service in Grand Canyon
A Havasupai Indian, Jim Crook, will participate in an Episcopalian service in Grand Canyon's Havasupai branch. Crook, who admitted he was "pretty bad man" a year ago, was baptized by Rev. Cecil Harris after immersion and now trains to teach among his people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Jim Crook
Cecil Harris
Havasupai Canyon
Jim
Mr. Harris
Boy Dies From Apache Trail Auto Accident
In Mesa on June 21 Jerry Lee Murphy three years old died from injuries from an automobile overturn on the Apache trail. His mother Madge Murphy 23 of Enid Oklahoma is paralyzed from the waist down. Also injured were Leroy Henry 19 of Enid and W B Ward of Peoria with Lyndall Glackler 31 of Exeter California.
21 Boys Leave Monday For Prescott Camp
A group of 21 boys will depart at 6 15 Monday morning for a 10 day stay at the state YMCA camp at Groom creek near Prescott. They travel by train to Phoenix then bus to camp. The list includes Frank Bugbee Raymond Brown Jr Jack Fellowes Teddy Fellowes Charles Gardner Grant Howard O Ferrall Knight Martin Knudson Jerry Matlock Tom Matlock Charles McHugh Bobby Morrow Robert Olander Mike Pistor Harry Ranson Jackie Schaefer Barrie Stone Kenneth Woods Murray Woods Clark Shelby Lynden Wilson. Hervey F Smith Tucson general secretary said 14 boys from the second section will remain for the third and 25 will return Monday night led by Elmer F Coble local physical director and program secretary.
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State Ymca
Groom Creek
Prescott
Phoenix
Frank Bugbee
Raymond Brown, Jr
Jack Fellowes
Teddy Fellowes
Charles Gardner
Grant Howard
O’ferrall Knight
Martin Knudson
Jerry Matlock
Tom Matlock
Charles McHugh
Bobby Morrow
Robert Olander
Mike Pistor
Harry Ranson
Jackie Schaefer
Barrie Stone
Kenneth Woods
Murray Woods
Clark Shelby
Lynden Wilson
Hervey F. Smith
Tucson
Elmer F. Coble
Birth of a daughter for the Dubois family at St Marys
Mr and Mrs Wilburn DuBois welcomed a girl at St Marys hospital weighing five pounds eleven ounces born at 8 p m on June 17. The family resides at 730 Navajo road and the birth was announced locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn DuBois
Navajo Road
St. Mary's Hospital
British Ultimatum to French Somaliland in World War II
Vichy reports Britain and De Gaullist forces pressed an ultimatum on French Somaliland demanding allegiance and triggering a blockade threat. Paris and Washington protested, calling it unprecedented and a bid to starve the population into rebellion, amid tensions in East Africa near Eritrea and Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
French Somaliland
de Gaullist
Gulf of Aden
Eritrea
British Somaliland
Ethiopia
Britain
Jibati
Addis Ababa
Washington
Mrs Florence Elmer Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs Florence Noland Elmer aged 39 died this morning in a local hospital with her husband George Darrow Elmer at her side. The couple had moved here two years ago from Mt Ayer Indiana and she had suffered ill health in recent years. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Arizona Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noland Elmer
George Darrow Elmer
Mt. Ayer
Ind
Elmer
Arizona Mortuary
Fire Halts Traffic On Highway To Yuma
A gasoline tank truck fire near Telegraph Pass halted all traffic on the Phoenix Yuma highway for two hours. The truck owned by the capital truck line burned its motor and cab while no gasoline ignited. Deputy Sheriff Madeline Spain and Sheriff T H Newman controlled east and westbound traffic. Driver Jack Henson suspected motor backfire as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellton
Phoenix-Yuma
Telegraph Pass
Madeline Spain
T. H. Newman
Yuma
Capitol Truck Line
Long Beach
Calif
Tucson
Jack Henson
Russian Help Must Go Across Pacific
In the shadow land of the German-Russian war Britain's Evening Standard urges aiding Soviet Russia to deter Nazi Germany. The piece notes Pacific routes via Turkey neutrality and questions American willingness to arm Russia while highlighting Finnish mobilization as evidence Hitler may attack Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Dewitt Mackenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Turkey
United States
Germany
Hitler
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DR. Hawkins
W. Congress
Plates Credit Fast Service
M. T. Puckett
Arizona Naturopathic Physicians Association
Pioneer Hotel
Naturopathic Physicians
Pioneer
A. C. Delwart
Dr. Puckett
Knights of Pythias
Round Valley
Means & Slocum
North
Jaastad
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Ambulance Service
Jacqueline Cochran
London Park Bench
London
Atlantic
England
Cable
Boy
Apache Trail
Prescott Camp
Somaliland
F.H.A
Roosevelt
Stalin
West
Near East
British Isles
Africa
Syria
Berlin
America
Circle Z Ranch
Nogales
Patagonia
Nogales Scottish Rite Club
OUR
Sixth St
Park Ave
L. P. McDonald
Marlin Drug Co
Ayal
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