Civilians Hired Rapidly for Army Expansion Work
Washington reports rapid civilian recruitment for wartime construction. 500 workers in two weeks for the $12,000,000 Anchorage Alaska air base plus crews assigned to Camp Ripley Minnesota and Fort Benning Georgia. A 200 strong clerical group was set to deploy as orders arrive.
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Washington
War Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Camp Ripley
Minn
Fort Benning
Middlewestern
Brakeman Dies In Train Fall Near Ashfork
Prescott veteran Santa Fe brakeman Harry E. Clair was killed instantly when he fell from a moving freight train at Cinder Pits near Ashfork. Witness J. D. Kizer Jr. said Clair slipped while reaching for a ladder and disappeared from view. Coroner's jury ruled accidental death. He leaves a wife Annie and two children. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Ashfork
Harry E. Clair
Prescott
Santa Fe Railroad
Cinder Pits
Clair
J. D. Kizer, Jr
Kizer
Navy plans big shipbuilding program with standardized designs
Edison outlined a Navy plan to award contracts for three aircraft carriers four heavy cruisers nine light cruisers 30 destroyers and 22 submarines as part of a broader $750 million package. He cited six to eight months saved per ship and $23 million in savings while defending past torpedo boat sales and arguing against earlier destroyer sales amid international tensions.
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Edison
Navy
Council to Hold Routine Meeting Tonight
The city council will meet at 7:30 PM in city hall to review routine business and hear protests on proposed rezoning of two lots at Stone Avenue and Drachman Street from class A residence to class C business. City Manager George W. Seeley will report on action taken regarding the city car driven to San Diego by Don J. Hays and returned to Tucson headquarters Saturday night.
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City Hall
Stone Avenue
Drachman Street
George W. Seeley
Don J. Hays
San Diego
Hays
Tucson
Tucson Contractors Meeting and Renewal Deadline
H C Sparks registrar of contractors in Phoenix will meet all electrical contractors of Pima County at the Santa Rita hotel at 7 30 tonight. All license renewals are due by June 30. The Tucson Women Democratic club postponed today’s meeting. next gathering is Monday July 22.
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H. C. Sparks
Registrar OF Contractors
Phoenix
Pima County
Santa Rita Hotel
Tucson Women’s Democratic Club
Burro To Be Sold At Public Auction In Tucson
George McWhirter city pound master announces a public auction at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in front of city hall to dispose of a black Jack burro found near Tucson Boulevard and East Third Street last Friday. It bears an LC brand on its left thigh.
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George McWhirter
City Hall
Tucson Boulevard
East Third Street
Woman Charged With Simple Battery In Justice Court
Helen Soza aged 22 of 1007 South Sixth Avenue was charged with simple battery in justice court in a complaint signed by Alice Harding of 99 West Kennedy Street.
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Helen Soza
South Sixth Avenue
Justice Court
Alice Harding
West Kennedy Street
Rancher Reports Weekend Garage Burglary Near Twin Buttes
G D MacLinn a rancher near Twin Buttes told sheriff’s officers that his garage was burglarized over the weekend and a quantity of clothing and food were stolen.
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G. D. Maclinn
Twin Buttes
Local Attorney Sues To Quiet Title On Country Club Lot
Louis G. Hummel filed a suit in superior court to quiet title to a Country Club road lot and to restrain trespassers. Named defendants include Mr and Mrs Elbert J Nelson Mr and Mrs John A Simpson Mr and Mrs Joseph Robson Mr and Mrs O W Smith and Mr and Mrs Thomas Arnold.
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Louis G. Hummel
Superior Court
Country Club Road
Elbert J. Nelson
John A. Simpson
Joseph Robson
O. W. Smith
Thomas Arnold
National Defense Council Meeting At Elks Building
The National Defense Council will meet tonight at 7 30 in the Elks building. Several groups will affiliate with the organization at the meeting.
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National Defense Council
Elks
Citizen Letters Open For Public View
The Citizen invites LATCH-STRING letters from readers in a spirit of hospitality and will print them subject to courtesy and fairness rules.
A Day at Mt Lemmon Poem by Leta Hofmann Davis
A vacation inspired verse from Mt Lemmon near Tucson. The poem paints bird songs thin grey dawn sun perfume pines and mossy trails. It closes with pine cones falling and campfires welcome, conveying peace and rest.
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MT. Lemmon
Keep America Out of War Plea by Elizabeth Moran
A citizen letter pleads for peaceful policy, urging the nation to avoid war. The author, Elizabeth Leigh Moran, signs a personal plea advocating liberty and gratitude while calling Americans to maintain freedom and oppose conflict.
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America
Planes May Be Used To Aid Firefighters In Arizona
Fire officials consider using airplanes to drop supplies to crews in remote regions of the Tonto area if fires rekindle. Tests may occur this week after rains helped bring fires under control in Arizona national forests.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Forest Service
Big Tonto
Coronado National Forest
California
Oregon
F. Lee Kirby
Tonto
Tonto Forest
Kirby
President Signs War Civil Functions Bill
President Roosevelt signed the War Department civil functions bill totaling 222,718,717 dollars. It allocates 15 million for a third Panama Canal locks project and 99 million for lock contracts. The act funds non military work including 68,009,110 for rivers and harbors and 70 million for flood control with bomb-proof construction planned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Panama Canal
Germans Blast On In France Near Bordeaux
Berlin reports new German inroads into weakened France as forces push toward Grenoble and Champery. Navy inspected coasts and Raeder reviewed facilities to gauge readiness for action against Britain. U-boat tally cited. armistice terms with France looming.
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Berlin
Britain
Germany
France
Grenoble
Lyon
Champery
United Kingdom
Gironde
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Rochefort
DNB
Erich Raeder
Belgium
French
England
High Command
Vocation Unit To Meet Here At Arizona Teach ers Conference
At the third annual conference of Arizona teachers of vocational agriculture the Future Farmers of America contest winners will be announced by I. F. Nichols Jr and a nine member committee. The meeting runs at the University of Arizona through Saturday with talks by Dr Sherman Dickinson and officials from state vocational programs. A Friday night non working dinner and a planned picnic are the only breaks from work.
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Arizona Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
University of Arizona
Future Farmers of America
I. F. Nichols, Jr
FFA
Flagstaff
Agriculture Teachers’ Convention
Sherman Dickinson
Department of Agricultural Education
University of Missouri
Mosquito Boats Sale Halted By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt halted negotiations to sell 20 swift mosquito boats to Britain pending an informal opinion from Attorney General Jackson that transfer of motor torpedo boats to a belligerent government may violate the 1917 act. Arrangements had tentatively allowed Electric Boat to build and transfer vessels to Britain with U S delivery later of improved boats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Robert H. Jackson
Electric Boat Company
United States Navy
United States
ICC Head Backs Forwarding Measure For Regulation
Chairman Joseph B. Eastern of the Interstate Commerce Commission urged a Senate subcommittee to approve a temporary bill bringing forwarding companies under ICC regulation. The measure would impose the same duties for just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates on forwarders as apply to motor common carriers.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Interstate Commerce
ICC
Superior Court civil and divorce docket entries
Judge William G. Hall presides in cases including Michael V. Piteo vs The Prudential Insurance Company of America on a disability policy. Margaret K. Behringer files a divorce complaint against C. K. Behringer. Louis G. Hummel sues Ralph V. Mead Elbert J. Nelson John A. Simpson Joseph Robson O W Smith and Thomas Arnold to quiet title restrain trespass and seek 100 damages. L E Halladay vs William Welch and others trial set Aug June Williams vs Fred A. Williams trial set Sept 14. Mildred E. Wright vs Safe Way PayN-Takit Stores trial set Oct 8.
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Superior Court
William G. Hall
Michael V. Piteo
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Margaret K. Behringer
C. K. Behringer
Louis G. Hummel
Ralph V. Mead
Elbert J. Nelson
John A. Simpson
Joseph Robson
O. W. Smith
Thomas Arnold
L. E. Halladay
William Welch
June Williams
Fred A. Williams
Mildred E. Wright
Safeway- Payn-Takit
Justice Court Docket Sees Multiple Traffic Fines Set
Judge C W Gardner presides as J Rubin Jelks and Louis R Gonzales face boulevard stop failures with $3 fines each. Clark B Marshall cited for truck clearance lights at $5. James P Converse and E A Acevedo cited for speeding with unspecified totals. Bart Gallentine fined $25 for reckless driving. Henry Frazier Garner Duncan and Mariana Flores charged with disturbing the peace. Flores faces $25 or 25 days. others include Ethel A Solot and Baby Lark with various simple battery and boulevard stop complaints.
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Justice Court
C. W. Gardner
J. Rubin Jelks
Louis R. Gonzales
Clark B. Marshall
Helen Soza
James P. Converse
E. A. Acevedo
Bart Gallentine
Baby Lark
Dale Carr
Ethel A. Solot
Henry Frazier
Garner Duncan
Mariana Flores
Clarence Parker
Police Court Session Warrants Multiple Reckless Driving Fines
Paul Cella presides on prostitution case Anna Hayes with a 50 dollar fine or 30 days. Joe Higuera faces 30 dollars or 30 days for reckless driving. Bernard Samaniego also 30 dollars or 30 days for reckless driving. Lester Jones allotment is 10 dollars or 10 days. Marcelino Manuel forfeits 10 dollar bond for public drinking. Francisco M Bulanda 30 dollars or 30 days for reckless driving. Timoteo Ramirez, Ray J Hudkins, and M R Lopez each cited for reckless driving with 90 day terms for Lopez.
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Paul Cella
Anna Hayes
Joe Higuera
Bernard Samaniego
Lester Jones
Marcelino Manuel
Francisco M. Bulanda
Timoteo Ramirez
Ray J. Hudkins
M. R. Lopez
Marriage Licenses Issued To Local Couples
Belle D Hall clerk James Thomas Wilson 28 and Violet Marie Pecanic 20 both of Bisbee Arizona. Frank Galvan 19 and Frances Young 18 both of Tucson Arizona.
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Belle D. Hall
James Thomas Wilson
Violet Marie Pecanic
Bisbee, Ariz
Frank Galvan
Frances Young
Tucson
Observatory Histories Reprinted From University Report
Reprints from the University of Arizona annual report for the year ended June 30, 1939, cover the Arizona state museum and Steward Observatory history. Dr. Byron Cummings and Dr. A. E. Douglass, both emeritus directors, provide notes on site selection, observatory development, and significant astronomical work. Douglass closes with a 1923 dedicatory address asserting the observatory is well begun and must yield scientific results through ongoing work and public use.
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Arizona State Museum
Byron Cummings
Steward Observatory
University of Arizona
A. E. Douglass
University
Lavinia Steward
Tucson
Oracle
Henry B. Steward
Douglass
Tunis Emerges As Mediterranean Port Through 6.2 Mile Channel
The city of Tunis gained port status in 1893 from the digging of a 6.2 mile channel. Tunis traces its origins to the Carthaginian era and has long held strategic coastal importance.
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Tunis
Economy Note Forgotten As Scions Recess
Congress recesses from an economy session after approving the largest peacetime appropriations in history. Key items include a 70 percent navy tonnage increase costing about 4 billion dollars, a proposed compulsory youth service plan, and further defense funding requests. The shift from economy to expanded spending marks a major policy note as Congress reconvenes July 1.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
House
Senate
Army
Defense
Principal Egyptian Exports Include Cotton and More
The principal exports of Egypt are listed as cotton and cotton seed followed by sugar cigarettes onions eggs phosphate rice and gum arabic in that order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
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National Defense Commission
Sidney Hillman
CCC
A. T. Onthank
Civil Service Commission
Santa Fe
Inspiring Hills Latch
Leta Hofmann Davis
E. 6Th St
Elizabeth Leigh Moran
East 6Th St
Ballinger Fuel & Fertilizer Coo
E. Speedway
Raeder
Channel
Associated Press
Public Records
DODGE
Charvoz Motors Incorporated
Dodge Distributors
el] Corral Cafe
River Rd
Campbell Ave
Frigidaire
General Motors
Graf Grabe
E. Congress ST
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