Japs Plan Stronger Posture in Southern Orient
Tokyo sources report Japan aims to tighten ties with Germany and Italy, bolster control in the southern Orient, and resist American rapprochement. Hongkong reports Japanese troops near the colony as France agrees to Japanese inspectors on the Yunnan railway. Britain may face pressure over arms to China via Burma.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Orient
Europe
Germany
Italy
Hongkong
China
Yunnan
Indo- China
Britain
Burma
Indo-China
Soviet Russia
U. S
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Adolf Hitler
France
Marshal Foch
Kaiser Wilhelm
Compiegne Forest
Woodring Urges Defense Progress With Country's Security
Former Secretary of War Woodring delivers a farewell message to the army in which he insists that defense buildup must prioritize the security of the United States. He notes support from military officers during seven years in office and credits the staff and commanders for progress in defense.
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Washington
Woodring
Army
Army and Navy Journal
Senate
Roosevelt
Europe
Asia
Dutton to Speak at Wool Growers Meet in Flagstaff
Walter L. Dutton chief of the U S forest service range management division will be among principal speakers at the 44th Arizona Wool Growers Association convention in Flagstaff July 9 and 10 Jerrie W Lee association secretary said also on the program are P W Woodhead Lin Orme and Governor Jones with Woodhead from Albuquerque and Orme of Phoenix heading regional water groups respectively
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Phoenix
Walter L. Dutton
Washington, D. C
U. S. Forest Service
Arizona Wool Growers Association
Flagstaff
Jerrie W. Lee
P. W. Woodhead
Albuquerque
N. M
Lin Orme
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Governor Jones
Multitasking Editor Takes Deputy Coroner Post
F. W. Mosher Jr., editor of the Corning Daily Observer, now holds his 24th job in Tehama County as deputy county coroner. This adds to a day already full with 24 hours and his other posts across California.
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Sacramento
Cal. U.P
F. W. Mosher, Jr
Corning Daily Observer
Osher
Tehama County
Nazi Bombers Sweep Over England Again
German warplanes struck England for a third time in four days, killing three civilians in Suffolk and causing fires as anti-aircraft fire and British fighters frustrated the raid. Air raids continued into dawn with scattered bombs along the east coast and 21 deaths in England that week.
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London
England
Air Ministry
Suffolk
Stacoat Paint Store Opens in New Tucson Location
The Stacoat Distributing company opens a new store at 48 North Sixth Avenue offering a full line of enamels varnishes and painters supplies. Mrs Carl Lamour manager and B B Naylor assistant manager announced the move to improve customer access and service from the Los Angeles based Stacoat Paint and Varnish company known for its one coat paints.
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Stacoat Distributing Company
North Sixth Avenue
Carl Lamour
B. B. Naylor
Stacoat Paint and Varnish Company
Los Angeles
Stacoat
Tucson
Lamour
Teachers Compared With Gas Employees
SEATTLE June 22 Dr Doncaster G Humm Los Angeles psychologist compared 93 junior high school teachers and 1264 gas company employes. He told the American Association for the Advancement of Science today that teachers showed more mental stability less selfishness more manic tendency which means the low in spirits feeling psychosis were more idealistic more theoretical etc less stubborn bitter etc less concerned with project making more defensive and inhibited.
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Seattle
Doncaster G. Humm
Los Angeles
Gas Company
American Association For the Advancement of Science Today
Britain to Buy 500000 Tons of Queensland Sugar
Britain agrees to purchase half a million tons of raw sugar from Queensland for the 1940 41 crop. The deal signals a large wartime food supply arrangement with Australian producers and sugar refiners.
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Britain
Queensland
Soviet Moves Seen Threatening Europe
United Press war expert J W T details how a left wing pro Russian government in Estonia and communist administrations in Latvia and Lithuania signal rising Soviet influence. He warns this could revive French communism, pressure Germany, and complicate a future Franco Russian alliance amid France’s collapse.
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United Press
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Eee
Frenne Commis
Bordeaux
France
Marshal Petain
Germany
Hitler
British Empire
Veterans to Offer Home Defense Service to Roosevelt
Omar B. Ketchum, national chief of staff of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said in Lynn that 3,000,000 veterans would propose forming a home defense reserve for the national guard. He added leaders from the American Legion and other veterans groups would join the offer during a Massachusetts VFW encampment.
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Lynn
Mass
Omar B. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roosevelt
National Guard
Massachusetts Department
American Legion
California attorney imitates Blackstone office design
The California State Bar Journal reports that Edward J. Denison of Cleveland, after a London visit, drew plans from a London architect and modeled his office after Sir William Blackstone’s famed scheme.
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San Francisco
California State Bar Journal
Edward J. Denison
Cleveland
London
Sir William Blackstone
Portugal Moves to Import Large Quantities of U S Cotton
Portugal plans a major importATION of American cotton to ease a national shortage. Government sources indicate shipment volumes will target the textile sector, with officials coordinating trade terms and shipping arrangements to ensure steady supply.
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Portugal
Statewide Relief as Rain Breaks Heat Wave Across Arizona
Overcast skies and scattered showers brought Arizona brief reprieve from weeks of extreme heat. Tucson endured the heaviest rain at 0.52 inches, Prescott measured 0.17 inches cooling to 91, with no below 95 for ten days. Nogales reported 0.34 inches, Phoenix saw a trace, and the forecast called for more light showers or thunderstorms mainly in the south and east.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Tucson
Prescott
Mercury
Nogales
Phoenix
Bisbee
U. S. Weather Bureau
Incorrigible Boys In Custody For Fireworks Theft
Two brothers aged six and eight, called strictly incorrigible by Tucson police, were again in custody following a fireworks theft at Lim and Lim market on East Speedway. They had prior arrests for purse theft, bicycles, and other petty crimes, and last week slipped into the municipal pool at North Tucson Boulevard and East Second Street, where one almost drowned.
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Tucson
East Speedway
North
Tucson Boulevard
East Second Street
Robbery Ices Jewelry After Dog Lock In Kitchen
Mr and Mrs James L Dobson reported burglars robbed them of jewelry valued at 1000 dollars after their dog was kept in the kitchen to stop it from chewing items The couple said the dog would have attacked the intruders if not confined in the kitchen
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Philadelphia
U.P
James L. Dobson
Dobsons
Proposal for a chain of U S arms plants drawn up
Washington reports say the national defense commission urged Congress to approve a new $1 billion series of government munitions factories. The plan envisions some 30 plants mainly in the Midwest and South to produce powder shells armor plate and aircraft. The War Department estimates 139 plants are needed for a major national defense effort with 19 existing and $527 million expected for new facilities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Congress
Defense Commission
War Department
Middle West
South
Woman Sues Herself Over Estate Title in Catalina Foothills
Laura Freeman Stearns of 2132 East Elm faces a Pima County Superior Court suit titled Laura Freeman Stearns against Laura Freeman Stearns and others. The complaint shows she sues herself as administrator of an estate to quiet title to Lot 75 in Catalina Foothills estates.
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Laura Freeman Stearns
East Elm Street
Pima County Superior Court
Tucson Red Cross Nears War Relief Goal
The Tucson chapter of the American Red Cross needs 427.66 to reach its 10,000 goal, with 9,572.34 raised so far. War relief chairman Jan Diemes cited a letter from A L Schafer of the Pacific branch outlining Arizona progress, noting several chapters at or above half quotas.
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Tucson
American Red Cross
Jan Diemes
Diemes
A. L. Schafer
Pacific
Red Cross
Arizona
Yuma
Pinal County
Morenci
Mt. Graham
Warren
Flagstaff
Maricopa County
Navajo County
Santa Cruz
Douglas
Yavapai
Schafer
Friedl Rites Set Monday for Jane Friedl
Funeral services for Jane Friedl, 30, will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the Parker mortuary chapel. She was born in Chicago and is survived by a brother, John J. Friedl. She had been seeking health in Tucson. Rev. George Ferguson will officiate.
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Jane Friedl
Parker Mortuary Chapel
Chicago
John J
Tucson
George Ferguson
Sierra Leone Coast Settlement Once Known as White Man's Grave
The deadly climate of the Guinea coast settlement founded in 1788 for freed slaves earned the name white man's grave due to high mortality among newcomers and settlers in the area along the coast.
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Sierra Leone
Guinea Coast
Phoenix Nurse Released From Florence Prison
Mia Billie Kinsey, 40, a Phoenix nurse, was released from the state prison in Florence after four years of a 20 to 30 year term for the death of Odessa Ball, a Coolidge stenographer. The minimum was cut to four years by the board of pardons and paroles for good behavior. Kinsey was convicted of second degree murder.
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Florence
Billie Kinsey
Phoenix
Odessa Ball
Coolidge
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Walter Hofmann
Babies snarling traffic in Berkeley street melee
Michael Frederick Ayres, 3, and his sister Margaret 14 caused a traffic jam in a crowded Berkeley street as onlookers watched. Patrolman D. C. Bull cleared the scene after 50 automobiles were stalled in the melee.
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Berkeley, Cal
Michael Frederick
Ayres
Margaret
D. C. Bull
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East Coast
Stacoat’ Paint Store
Petain
Parker Mortuary
North Stone Avenue
U.S
Outhern Arizona Bank & Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Coperation Capital
Friedl
el Corral
River Rd
Campbell Ave
Stayon
Sixth Ave
Frigidaire
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