World government urged to defend human rights
Rev Francis T Brown of Grace Episcopal preached on The Law of Liberty at a union service on the lawn of First Methodist. He urged a world order based on human rights over nations' rights and cited Dodd Wilkie Roosevelt Stassen and Jeremiah to support the need for God's law written in hearts guiding liberty.
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Francis T. Brown
Grace Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
God
Germany
William E. Dodd
United States
San Francisco
Wendell Wilkie
Franklin Roosevelt
Wilkie
United Nations
Stassen
Minnesota
Britain
Russia
Rev. Brown
Jeremiah
Wendell Phillips
Lyman Beecher
Showlow Plans Rodeo and Chuck Wagon Dinner
Showlow ward of the Latter Day Saints church will present an old fashioned chuck wagon dinner and an amateur rodeo on July 3 and 4 to raise funds for a contemplated $40,000 chapel. Beeves will be butchered for lunch July 4 and rodeo events start at 1 30 p m July 3 with dancing and a patriotic rally on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Showlow
Showlow Ward
Latter Day Saints
Phoenix Rites For Dr Harriet Johnson
Private funeral services were held for Dr. Harriet I. Johnson a 76 year old Bisbee physician who died Friday at her son Dr. William J. Johnson's home. She practiced nine years in Bisbee as an osteopathic physician and had recently lived in California before visiting Phoenix in February.
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Phoenix
Harriet I. Johnson
Bisbee
William J. Johnson
Government may preserve Raleigh mansion lawns
The former Radford mansion site in England, where Sir Walter Raleigh was once imprisoned, could be preserved by the government. Local authorities report efforts to shield the historic lawns from development and vandalism while plans are considered.
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Radford
England
Sir Walter Raleigh
Segura's Shirt Fine Target For Enemy's Firing
Marine Pvt. Nicholas J. Segura Jr. 19, veteran of Cape Gloucester and Peleliu, is on a 30 day furlough with his parents at 607 North Grande Ave. A Jap mortar shell wounded him in the foxhole and two more bullets struck him as he retreated. He survived after losing blood from the back and side.
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Cape Gloucester
Peleliu
Nicholas J. Segura, Jr
Nicholas Segura
North Grande Avenue
Segura
Sonarman Seymour Whitebook Reports for Duty at Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Seymour Whitebook sonarman third class reports for duty to the Hawaiian sea frontier, a unit tasked with keeping central Pacific sea lanes clear. His duties involve operating sound and radar gear aboard his ship after a destroyer tour. He is the son of A. Whitebook of Whitebook, who attended Tucson high school before enlisting in November 1942.
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Seymour Whitebook
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Central Pacific
11Th Naval District
Bluejacket Whitebook
A. Whitebook
East Fourth Street
Whitebook
Tucson High School
Navy
Navy Seaman Pedro Felix Based At Pearl Harbor
Pedro M. Felix seaman first class serves at the Pearl Harbor navy yard supply department in the 11th Naval District. He enlisted in April 1944 and has spent ten months overseas. Felix is the son of Mrs. Josephine Felix of 437 East 34th Street and reported to his current station after completing recruit training at the U S Naval Training Center San Diego California.
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Pedro M. Felix
Seaman
Navy Yard Supply Department
Pearl Harbor
11Th Naval District
Bluejacket Felix
Navy
Josephine Felix
East 34Th Street
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Howard P. Payne
Frank F. Payne
North Second Avenue
Pacific
Okinawa
Tarawa
Hollandia
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Leyte
Kyushu
Payne
Naval Training Center
Southern Pacific Railroad
Fireman James Caid Home on furlough en route to Shumaker
James Caid, fireman second class and son of Mr and Mrs T A Caid of 736 South Third Avenue, is on furlough at home while traveling to Shumaker California after completing a basic engineering course at the naval training program.
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James Caid
T. A. Caid
South Third Avenue
Shumaker
Calif
Caid
Naval
Tucson and Gulfport youths head to war front lines
Three Tucson men join Camp Wolters for infantry basic training with a rifle heavy weapons and specialist focus. Pvt Henry B Valdez Pvt Albert M Olivares and Pvt Arnoldo R Valenzuela are listed with hometowns and family ties. Navy note updates Howard P Payne serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific and Eng. Charles E Starns Jr a repair division officer on a record setting carrier. Other Tucson sailors Ens Eugene A Lauck and Thomas H Smith are stationed at Little Creek Virginia awaiting further orders.
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Tucson
Camp Wolters
Henry B. Valdez
Carmen B. Valdez
South Eighth Avenue
Albert M. Olivares
Amelia O. Mendez
West Messilla Street
Arnoldo R. Valenzuela
Nellie Valenzuela
West 17Th Street
Ens
Eugene A. Lauck
Thomas H. Smith
Atlantic Fleet
Little Creek
Ens. Lauck
E. A. Lauck
East Sixth Street
Navy
Photo File Of Nazis Found In Old Well
In Berchtesgaden on June 25, the 101st airborne division seized 300 large wooden packing cases holding Luftwaffe air photo reconnaissance records from before the war to near the end. The albums, found in an Alpine farmhouse salt well, are in first class condition and will aid Allied forces in assessing Nazi aerial surveillance.
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Berchtesgaden
U.P
101St
Luftwaffe
Germany
101St Airborne
Sailor to Command Engineering Vessel in War Era
February 1943 to entering service in April 1943. He will serve as engineering officer aboard an LSM after completing training. Smith is a Morrison high school graduate who worked for an oil company prior to enlistment and has served aboard an LCI during invasions of the Marshalls, Saipan, and Guam.
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LSM
Smith
Morrison High School
Oil Company
LCI
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Debaters Grapple With Elastic in Little Girls Panties
A Washington debate on extending the price control act devolved into a discussion of elastic in children’s underwear. Rep Edwin Arthur Hall of New York argued for suitable trousers for his sons and testified about buying elastic for his daughter’s panties.
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Washington
Edwin Arthur Hall
N. Y
OPA
Hall
Hall admits buying panties in heated House exchange
Rep. William J. Gallagher pressed Hall on a personal purchase. Hall confirmed he bought the panties and quipped that the matter has reached a stage beyond his adversary’s category unless the other man has grandchildren.
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William J. Gallagher
D. Minn
Hall
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Keble
Jacob
Estrella
California Dramatics
Raton T Ceed
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Pioneer Hotel
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Uae
Harriet Johnson
Gulfport, Miss
Charles E. Starns, Jr
C. E. Starns
Hull Department
Tokyo
Ens. Starnes
University of Arizona
Naval Academy
Philippine Nansic
Simol
Stone & Speedway
Old Pueblo
Lora Davis
Appt
Sonotone
H. Ashley Ely
S. Scott Tucson
Brazil
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