Stanford Will Head Council For Defense
Phoenix dispatch reports Governor Osborn created a civilian defense coordinating council to direct Arizona's defense program. Former Gov. R. C. Stanford will chair the council with an all-volt membership, including Andrew P. Martin and W. W. Midgley, to be headquartered in the state house.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Osborn
R. C. Stanford
State House
Stanford
National Guard
Andrew P. Martin
Tucson
Charles M. Martin
W. W. Midgley
Flagstaff
State Council of Defense
Bob Jones
Agricultural Resources and Production
Cecil Miller
Arizona State Farm Bureau Federation
Jerrie W. Lee
Arizona Wool Growers Association
Red War Must Be Won This Summer
Column argues Hitler chose to strike the Soviet Union to secure resources for a long war and hinder Britain. It weighs risks of a two-front war, British resilience, and potential for a negotiated peace if Germany wins big in Russia or falters like Napoleon.
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Hitler
Chamberlain
Stalin
Poland
Germany
Russia
Napoleon
United States
Britain
England
Soviet Union
Royal Air Force
London
British Isles
Atlantic
America
British Dominions
Middle East
RAF
Ruhr
Rhineland
Europe
Churchill
Vichy
North
Africa
West
Red Army
Defense Bond Quiz Explains U S Defense Savings Bond
A Defense Savings Bond proves you lent money to the U S government for national defense. It bears 2.9 percent interest if held to maturity in 10 years. Buying defense bonds supports freedom, with purchase available at post offices banks or by writing to the treasurer in Washington DC.
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U. S. Defense
United States
Defense
Friends of Freedom
Washington, D. C
Wool Crop Stored for Britain
Australia ships 250 million pounds of wool to the United States to be stored as a reserve raw material for Britain. Britain has purchased the entire Australian clip for this purpose.
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Sydney
Australia
United States
Britain
Wings Over Jordan to Perform in Tucson Choir at Drive In Theatre
The nationally known 35 voice Wings Over Jordan Negro choir arrives at midnight for an 8 15 p m concert tomorrow at the Drive In Theatre in Tucson. Rev. Glen T Settle will join the group with Worth Kramer directing, noted as the only white conductor of a Negro spiritual group. Noted soloists Paul Breckenridge Albert Meadows Olive Thompson Martha Spearman Williette Firmbanks perform. Tickets available at T Ed Litt drug store.
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Wings Over
United States
CBS
Jordan
Paul Breckenridge
Albert Meadows
Olive Thompson
Martha Spearman
Williette Firmbanks
T. Ed Litt Drug Store
Half Of U. S. Citizens Belong To Churches
The 1941 yearbook of American churches lists 64,501,594 church members in 1940 about 49 percent of the population. The Methodist church led with 7,377,487 members, Baptist groups total 4,943,174, and Roman Catholics number 21,284,455.
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New York
Yearbook of American Churches
United States
Methodist Church
Northern
Southern Baptist Conventions
Winter Wheat In Nine States May Be Down
The Agriculture Department projects winter wheat in nine states at 476.31 million bushels based on June 16 conditions, down from 488.77 million on June 1. Last year these states produced 396.29 million and the 1930-39 average was 394.84 million. The all states figure is 697.69 million bushels, up from last year and above the 1930-39 average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Federal Employees Ordered to Sign Affidavit in Across Nation
All federal workers in Tucson and across the country must sign affidavits denying affiliation with any subversive group under the Hatch Act. July 15 payrolls will be held up until compliance. Violators face a 1000 dollar fine or a year in jail. The form requires swearing not to advocate or join groups aiming to overthrow the government by force.
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Tucson
Forest Service
United States
Panzer Means Armored in Determinative German Term
The word panzer, used to denote a German armored division, translates to armored in military terminology. It reflects the armored nature of these units and appears in historical reports describing World War II armored formations.
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Panzer
Precocious Youth Plays Accordion Upside Down in Chicago
Chicago youth Frank Balek, 14, learns to play the accordion upside down, with left hand on melody and right on bass. His teacher, Larry Crownson, observes the upside-down technique as the boy writes and reads normally, earning high marks and dreaming of high school, college, and a career in music or art.
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Frank
Larry Crownson
Art Institute of Chicago
Second Burks Trial Set for July 29
Duke C. Burks a 31 year old Tucson politician faces trial in superior court on charges of presenting a false instrument for filing The July 29 date follows a hung jury in Burks first trial after 48 hours of deliberation The charge stems from a petition he filed last July nominating him to the state legislature with the clerk of the board of supervisors
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Duke C. Burks
Tucson
Burks
Board of Supervisors
Lt. Col. Prouty Heads To Command Training
Lt. Col. Stanley M. Prouty, 25th Infantry adjutant, departs Fort Huachuca for a command and general staff course at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with plans to return in September.
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Fort Huachuca
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Stanley M. Prouty
25Th Infantry
Judge Hall Sets Four Trial Dates
Judge William G. Hall set four felony trials in superior court, including Elisandro Macias for the June 5 murder of Abdo Hage in Ajo, with Sept 30 as the date. Earl E. Weaver faces bogus checks on July 22, while Tony Sanchez and Feliciano Rodriguez are slated for Sept 12 for night burglary. Peter B. Siqueros’s rape arraignment was continued for one week.
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William G. Hall
Elisandro Macias
Abdo Hage
Earl E. Weaver
Tony Sanchez
Feliciano Rodriguez
Peter B. Siqueros
Mack Griffin
Britons Continue Ethiopia Cleanup
Cairo June 24 British forces pressing cleanup against Italians in southwestern Ethiopia capture Agaro and Bedelle and take 400 prisoners. Native patriot forces cooperate. other operations proceed satisfactorily.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Agaro
Bedelle
Middle East
Emma Dietz Dies at Coast City California
Emma Dietz 83, former Tucson resident, died yesterday in Lemeta California at her daughter Anna Moore’s home. Her husband Frank Dietz was a Southern Pacific engineer for over 40 years. She moved to California about 12 years ago. Survived by son Charles a Safford schoolteacher and two daughters Hazel Richey and A W Gray both of Wilmington California.
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Emma Dietz
Tucson
Lemeta
Calif
Anna Moore
Frank Dietz
Southern Pacific
California
Charles
Safford
Hazel Richey
A. W. Gray
Wilmington
Liberty War Correspondent Captured Near Damascus
New York reports Robert Low, Liberty Magazine war correspondent, has been captured by French forces near Damascus. He has been missing over a week and is detained at Beirut, with expulsion anticipated to Turkey per the state department notice.
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New York
Fulton Oursler
Liberty Magazine
Today
State Department
Robert Low
Liberty
Damascus
Low
Beirut
Turkey
Sugar or rock maple used most in furniture making
Sugar or rock maple is described as the most widely used maple for making furniture, highlighting its popularity and common use in woodworking and design contexts.
Mystery rattle in car solved by milk bottle dream
In Flint, a new automobile rattled until mechanics and a dream led to a discovery. A dream pointed to a milk bottle from Flint, Michigan hidden under the seat, and once removed the rattle stopped.
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Oroville
Calif. U.P
C. B. Grigg
Dates Exports From Iraq Reach 1.5 Million Dollars Yearly
Iraq exports about 1.5 million dollars worth of dates annually to the United States, reflecting a steady trade in agricultural goods between the two countries.
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Iraq
United States
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