Fine Display Of Fireworks For J C Show
The 14th annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Independence Day show will be July 5 at the University of Arizona stadium with $1,000 in daylight and night fireworks. About 25 children from the Arizona Children's Home will attend if transport can be arranged, and Jaycees seek cars. Maj. William Fairfield, a wounded veteran, will be sent to Tucson to speak of his Philippines experiences, with Sen. Ernest W. McFarland arranging. Brig. Gen. Robert B. Williams will review troops in the retreat ceremony opening the events at 7 30 p m. The program includes bands, WAACs, cadets, choirs, and a grand finale, with gates at 6 30 p m and a downtown ticket booth for 15 cent admissions.
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Jaycees
Tucson
William Fairfield
Letterman Hospital
San Francisco
War Department
Philippines
Ernest W. McFarland
Robert B. Williams
Second Air Force
United States
Marana Airfield
WAAC
Ryan
Davis-Monthan
American Legion
775Th Military Police Battalion
Ryan c@adet
YMCA
Maj. Airfield
Fire Truck To Be Bought For South Tucson
South Tucson will buy a fire truck and equipment after a year of talks. A permanent town hall will be built at 1810 South Sixth Avenue with council chambers and fire station. A board of health was named including Mayor Walter Ellis and councilmen Schoch and Morrow.
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South
Tucson
Washington
South Sixth Avenue
Board of Health
South Tucson
Walter Ellis
William Schoch
W. A. Morrow
Lewis H. Howard
U S Presents Awards To Mexican Generals
Lt Gen John L DeWitt will fly to Ensenada to decorate Gen Pablo Macias and Gen Juan Felipe Rico Islas with the legion of merit for distinguished service in building cooperation and coordinating the defense of the west coasts of Mexico and the United States. Col Modesto E Rodriguez, Ensenada liaison, said the awards mark a rare ceremony with an American general present.
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San Diego
Calif
John L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
Western Defense Command
Ensenada
Mex
Modesto E. Rodriguez
Pablo Macias
the Pacific
Juan Felipe Rico Islas
Lower
California
Mexico
United States
Col Rodriguez
Packaged Homes See Low Cost Defense Housing In Tucson
An experiment in affordable, quickly built housing in Tucson uses curved Homasote wall boards to form a two bedroom, four room home near the Veterans Hospital. The design aims to be war era efficient, insulation strong, and materials accessible, with a production line style approach for postwar housing.
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Tucson
South Sixth Avenue
Veterans’ Hospital
Homer Lininger
Tucson War Housing Center
Ration Board Seeks Volunteers to Fill Gas Ration Books
M A Hazard of the local rationing board says 284 volunteers are desired to help process gasoline ration books, with over 2 000 track books due by next Tuesday and 30 000 books needed by July 21. Extra space is sought as forms and supplies are being distributed to service stations nationwide.
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M. A. Hazard
Board
Dec
Phoenix
San Francisco
Modification Sought in Wool Sale Rule Change
Representative Fisher of Texas urged that the 1943 wool clip be sold through the government wool purchase program only if growers choose. He argued current rules cause confusion and delay while noting an June 11 order allows direct mill sales up to 1942 contract levels. Fisher sent the appeal to CCC director Lawrence Myers.
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Washington
Fisher
D-Tex
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Lawrence Myers
General Crops Division
Excess Foods Trades Allowed for Hotels and Prisons
The OPA allows hotels restaurants prisons and other institutions to sell or transfer excess rationed foods to similar establishments. Transfers need board approval only if not surrendering ration currency and must be reported. Sales proceed at current point values with all stamps and checks returned to the board within five days.
Chinese Cadets Send Message To Homeland
LUKE FIELD June 25 The air waves carried a message of encouragement from young Chinese cadets at an advanced flying school They spoke Mandarin describing daily routine night flying and gunnery training and their pledge to return in American made planes to strike at the Japanese They gave no names or locations to protect families in occupied areas
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Luke Field
China
Office of War Information
Japs Had No Hope For Attu Victory
United Press dispatch from Headquarters Alaska Defense Command reports Attu shows minimal Japanese fortifications and no permanent airfield construction. It notes the Japanese planned further Aleutian advances but were deterred by U S. victories, with Yamasaki commanding garrisons at Holtz Bay and Chicago Harbor.
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Attu
Alaska Defense Command
U.P
Massacre
Sarana
Bleak Lake Cories
North Pacific
Alaska
United States
Aleutian
Aleutians
Kiska
Yamasaki
Holtz Bay
Chicago Harbor
Jop
Physicians Needed At County Hospital
A county hospital appeals to Pima county medical society members and all Tucson physicians to provide part-time services as resident doctors prepare to depart. Dr. James Kaler leaves Sunday, leaving the hospital with no resident physician for a period. The hospital sees 70 to 75 patients daily and will use a voluntary rotating system among local doctors until replacements are found.
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Pima County Medical Society
Pima County Hospital
Edward H. Hayden
Ospitaled Governing Medical Board
Tucson
James Kaler
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J. C
U. S
Byrthur Brown
Morse and Brown
Grabe
East Congress
Russell Annabel
United Press
North Main
LIFE
Junior
Ezacz
Borden
Tucson Daily Citizen
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