Mayor Favors Salary Increase for City Workers
Tucson Mayor Jenny O Jaastad indicates city employees deserve higher pay but questions funding sources. The Tucson Building Trades Council urged salary adjustments, and a meeting with the mayor and council is set to discuss possible steps and pension plans.
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Jenny O. Jaastad
Tucson Building Trades Council
Council
Tucson
Arizona
Central Trades Council
Labor Temple
Phoenix
John J. Durkin
Auto Use Tax Stamp Sale Progresses Slowly
Local post office sales of automobile use tax stamps move slowly with fewer than 1,500 of an estimated 20,000 owners having purchased. Deadline for windshield display is July 1, with fines for those without stamps, per Earl Gennrich, internal revenue deputy.
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Earl Gennrich
Internal Revenue
Deadline Near for Submitting School Budgets
Deadline near for submitting school budgets as of Monday June 26 for county supervisors approval. Mrs P H Ross county school superintendent announced. Last chance for boards to modify plans. Boundaries remain as last year with no changes. Transcript of boundaries due by July 1. Consolidation interest noted but postponed due to wartime conditions.
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P. H. Ross
Ross
Corbett Nominated for Hawaii Secretary Treasurer Post
President Roosevelt nominates Gerald Robert Corbett a California lawyer as secretary treasurer of Hawaii to succeed Ernest Kai. The administration also sent J William Henry of Arizona to a diplomatic service secretary post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gerald Robert Corbett
California
Hawaii
Corbett
Wisconsin
Ernest Kai
Senate
J. William Henry
Arizona
One-Fourth German Robot Installations in Cherbourg Area
Allied advance reports say more than one-fourth of German robot plane launching installations are in Cherbourg, a key Normandy port. Eisenhower’s headquarters note experts accompany American assault troops to study installations for potential Allied elimination. The remaining three-fourths are in Pas de Calais.
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Edward V. Roberts
Associated Press
Allied Advance Command Post
Cherbourg
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pas de Calais
Ruman Family Loses Father of Arizona Grid Stars
John Ruman father of University of Arizona gridiron players Bob and Bernie Ruman died Sunday at his Indiana home. Survived by wife Theresa of Whiting Indiana and five sons Lt. Robert Ruman in San Diego Pvt Bernie Ruman in the Admiralty Islands Pvt Raymond Ruman at Camp McCain and John Ruman Jr. in Whiting. Lt Ruman travels to Indiana for funeral services.
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John Ruman
Bob
Bernie Ruman
University of Arizona Gridiron Stars
Indiana
Theresa
Whiting
Ind
Robert Ruman
San Diego
Admiralty Islands
Raymond Ruman
Camp McCain
Miss
Ruman
Wet Curlers Method Promises Quick Hair Curls
A short tip suggests curling hair by wetting the curlers rather than the hair itself. This method aims to simplify styling and reduce hair handling time for faster results.
Butch O Hre Receives Navy Heroism Cross
Lt Cmdr Edward H O Hare 30 of St Louis missing naval air hero awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as air group commander aboard an aircraft carrier. Action near Gilbert Islands November 26 1943 saw him lead night takeoff of fighter planes and help down two enemy torpedo bombers and disperse the rest.
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Washington
Edward H. “Butch” O'Hare
St. Louis
O'Hare
Gilbert Islands
O’hare
Birthday roses arrive for wife during medical procedure
Princeton Missouri report: Pfc Grant Tilley wired red roses from London for his wife’s March birthday. The bouquet arrived today, three months late, but in time for her appendicitis operation.
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Princeton
Grant Tilley
London
Nazis Use Guillotine In Dax Southern France
Reports from Irun state German and Vichy forces have set a guillotine in Dax to execute French patriots captured in southwestern France. Belgian informants at Mont de Marsan and French refuges crossing the frontier, plus two foreign laborers, confirm executions have begun though exact numbers are unknown.
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Irun
Spain
Dax
France
Mont-De-Marsan
Russia seeks billions in U S goods on mutual terms
Eric Johnston says Russia aims to buy many billions of dollars of American products on favorable terms for both nations. He outlined Moscow's plan to pay on agreed time purchases and noted no risk of nonpayment. Johnston, in Russia with Anastas Mikoyan’s approval, toured Leningrad and will inspect Urals industries before returning via Teheran around July 8.
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Moscow
Russia
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Anastas Mikoyan
Leningrad
Urals
United States
Teheran
Three Utility Lines Break South of Florence
Tucson's power system operated on standby plants after all three transmission lines south of Florence were broken, apparently by a low flying airplane. Workmen were sent to repair the lines, with full power restored by late afternoon. downtown lights were briefly interrupted while outlying areas experienced longer outages.
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Tucson
Florence
Max Pooler
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Pooler
Reclamation Line
Bumper Barley Harvest At City Farm Reported
A phenomenal barley yield is in prospect as harvest begins at the city farm. City manager Phil Martin Jr says the first grain harvested is averaging a strong yield.
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Phil Martin, Jr
Harvest yields boost from new harvester and irrigation water
A report notes a five thousand two hundred twenty pound harvest equaling 108 bushels per acre. The best prior yield was 40 to 45 bushels per acre in 1942. Martin credits the harvester thresher and improved sewage plant water for irrigation, while Arizona Flour Mills says city crops averaged one to one and a half tons per acre, with two tons exceptional.
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Martin
Arizona Flour Mills
S Pinkett Retires After 50 Years With Bashford Firm
S Pinkett of Bashford England marks 65th birthday as he retires after half a century of service with the Bashford firm.
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Bashford
England
S. Pinkett
Moone's Emerald Oil Claims Quick Foot Comfort
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a fast relief for tender aching feet. It promises money back if pain odors and soreness persist and claims the oil prevents corns and calluses, with thousands of bottles sold yearly to foot sufferers.
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Moone
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UA Grid
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Navy Heroism
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