Supplemental Budget Receives City Approval
City council approved a supplemental budget of 35000 conditional on state tax commission restoring valuations by County Assessor Charles M. Taylor. If valuations are not restored the supplement will be discarded. Budget prepared by City Manager George W. Seeley to align with 24000000 valuations. originally based on 18000000. Contingencies include 2000 for regional planning survey, 1000 for indigent children's dental clinic, 2500 fence around Osborne street reservoir, 3000 gutter and sewage plant improvements, 3000 airport work, and 20000 for contingencies. Salary debate centers on Don J. Hays’s 4000 salary. temp deferment. Budget adoption slated for next Monday.
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State Tax Commission
Charles M. Taylor
Tax Commission
George W. Seeley
Osborne Street
Don J. Hays
Fred D. Lee
William H. Codd
Hays
City of
Phoenix
Food and strategic lines tie Germany to the Ukraine
The piece examines how blockades, control of Romania, and Ukrainian regions influence Germany's food and war needs. It notes the Danube’s role as a life-line to Germany, Goering's dream of a Danube Rhine waterway, and Stalin's moves in Bessarabia and northern Bucovina shaping access to Ukraine. It stresses Ukraine’s vast grain, pig iron, coal and sugar resources and its industrial heft.
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Romania
Berlin
Germany
Danube
Black Sea
Reich
Goering
Hitler
Rhine
Baltic
Moscow
Constanta
Nazi Fuehrer
Stalin
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russian Ukraine
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Ukraine
Fuehrer
Chamberlain backs Churchill as war unity grows in Britain
British Prime Minister Churchill enjoys solid Conservative support after Chamberlain asserts no rift with Churchill. He defends leadership, pledges war prosecution, and calls German conquest of Britain a reckless, barbaric threat while praising national unity and resolve.
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Sir Samuel
Spain
Chamberlain
United States
Churchill
House of Commons
National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations
Conservative Party
Baboon Escapes Zoo Enlists Help in Arizona
A 60-pound six year old baboon named Babs escaped from a private Phoenix zoo cage and sparked a sheriff’s office riot call. Wittman Evans fired twice and retreated to a pen, discovering Babs sharing the pen, then escaped unharmed. Deputies lured the animal back into a box and returned it to its cage.
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Phoenix
Babs
Wittman Evans
Evans
County farm bureau plans joint picnic with Chamber and Arizona premiere
The Pima County Farm Bureau led by president E. M. Furrey will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the court house room above the county agent’s offices. They will discuss a proposed joint picnic with the Chamber of Commerce and plans for the premiere of Arizona. Townsend Club No. 10 meets at 8 p.m. tonight at the Armory shell to report on the Townsend state council gathering in Phoenix.
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PIMA
Farm Bureau
Court House
E. M. Furrey
Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
Townsend Club No
Armory Shell
Townsend State Council
Phoenix
Temperatures Recorded at Mt Lemmon Summer Haven
Yesterday on Mt Lemmon at Summer Haven the low reached 48 degrees and the high peaked at 74 degrees in calm weather.
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Summer Haven
Mt. Lemmon
Arizona alumni official to attend funeral in Phoenix
Mel Goodson new executive secretary of the University of Arizona alumni association will be in Phoenix tomorrow to attend funeral services for his father in law Dr F G Angeny who died last week at his Avon by the Sea New Jersey home Dr Angeny was a former winter visitor to Phoenix
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Mel Goodson
Alumni Association of
The
University of Arizona
Phoenix
F. G. Angeny
Avon-by-the-Sea
N. J
Angeny
Woodworking and cabinet classes resume at Carrillo School
Classes in woodworking and cabinet making restart Monday at 7 pm at Carrillo School on South Main Street. Sponsored by Tucson city schools under WPA supervision, the courses are free to the public.
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Carrillo School
South Main Street
Tucson
WPA
WPA Official to Confer in Capital
Phoenix June 28 representatives of state and county offices will meet here Saturday and Monday for conferences with Paul E Malone director of public administration projects for the WPA. The Arizona Taxpayers league plans to be represented with Ray Wyne deputy state WPA administrator. Malone will be joined by Dr D M Maynard San Francisco regional supervisor to review statistical surveys and record studies sponsored by state departments.
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Phoenix
Paul E. Malone
WPA
Arizona Taxpayers League
Ray Wyne
Malone
Arizona
D. M. Maynard
San Francisco
Firehouse heaters burn day and night in Duncan
Officials report the Duncan fire station was the hardest hit by the cold spell as heaters in the building ran nonstop to keep trucks ready for instant use. The blaze is described as the biggest fire in Duncan's city history, with officials noting damage to offices and the gas bill.
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Duncan
Okla
Women Spend More On Clothes Than Men, Labor Survey Shows
A Department of Labor survey finds that women allocate a larger share of their budgets to clothing than men. The report highlights gendered spending patterns in consumer behavior and fashion markets.
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Department of Labor
Army Halts Caltech Rocket Motor Lecture in Pasadena
In Pasadena on June 28 the U S Army recommended cancellation of Dr F J Malinas Caltech talk on rocket motors for airplanes. The move sparked speculation about military secrets, with Dr Theodore Von Karman predicting future speeds and a mystery plane claimed to fly five miles high designed to cruise at 20 000 feet.
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U. S. Army
Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Army
F. J. Malina
Caltech
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Malina
Theodore von Karman
Dr. von Karman
Caltech Aeronautical Department
War Department Advisory Committee On National Defense
Aeronautical Institute
Lockheed Aircraft
W. L. Howland
Carl Reed
Roosevelt Announces Defense Upgrades and New Appointments
President Roosevelt outlined expanded defense spending and a reorganized procurement framework. Donald M. Nelson will coordinate national defense purchases, James Forrestal will serve as an executive aide, and Daniel Tobin is named a presidential administrative assistant with duties to be announced. The plan may push arms spending beyond a historic 1918 peak.
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Donald M. Nelson
Treasury
Daniel J. Tobin
American Federation of Labor Teamsters’ Union
Roosevelt
Tobin
James Forrestal
Army Fund
Congress
Navy
Hawaiian
White House
Defense Commission
Iron Lung Bought by Phoenix Lions
The Phoenix Lions club announced it had ordered a new iron lung for 1500 dollars to be given to the Maricopa County Medical Association. Funds were raised as a civic project after a Phoenix death prompted action. Arizona civic groups have similar projects and the state health department already operates one.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Lions Club
Maricopa County Medical Association
Arizona
State Health Department
Japan seeks assurances on Indies goods exports
Tokyo reports Japan presses for airtight assurances that vital commodities from the Netherlands East Indies will not be curtailed. Dutch Minister J C Pabst and Vice-Foreign Minister Masa yuki Tani conferred and may issue a formal accord as both sides pursue active measures to guarantee exports in desired quantities.
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Tokyo
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Foreign Office
Netherlands
J. C. Pabst
Masayuki Tani
East Indies
Egypt Ships Gum Arabic to United States in 1939
Egypt exported 9,000,000 pounds of gum arabic to the United States in 1939, highlighting a major trade movement. The shipment underscores Egypt’s role in supplying industrial gums to North American markets.
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Egypt
United States
Russia gains Bessarabia and northern Bucovina in swift occupation
Romanian forces withdraw as Soviet troops take Cernauti Tighina Chisinau and Cetatea Alba in Bessarabia and northern Bucovina. Soviet warships and Turkish patrols observed as Russia demands Rumanians flee within four days. Refugees flood roads as trains and cars are halted and flags are lowered.
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Cernauti
Tighina
Chisinau
Cetatea-Alba
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Rumania
Russia
Black Sea
Danube
Yavozonas
Turkish Black Sea
Bucharest
Italy Claims Its Air Force Proves Effective
Rome reports effective actions by the Italian air force in northern Africa and Italian East Africa. British rear detachments and motorized units were bombed. one British plane was shot down over Asmara with crew taken prisoner. another near Assab suffered damage to two planes.
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Rome
Italian High Command
Africa
Italian East Africa
Cyrenaica
Asmara
Assab
Nogales Names Its Third Police Chief in a Month
Nogales Sonora June 28 Luis Fernandez was named the citys third police chief in a month to succeed Enrique Cecena who had replaced Armando Cardenas during a presidential candidates visit Cecena was ordered to Navojoa to lead the police there and Fernandez took over today
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Luis Fernandez
Enrique Cecena
Cecena
Hermosillo
Armando Cardenas
Manuel Avila Camacho
Juan Almazan
Cocena
Navojoa
Honduras distributes cotton seed to boost farmers
Honduras moves to aid agriculture by distributing cotton seed to farmers nationwide to bolster cotton crop production and support rural livelihoods amid growing demand.
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Honduras
Willkie Calls for Unity in Great Crusade Message
The nominee pledges a aggressive campaign to unite labor capital agriculture and all classes in defense of democracy and freedom. He frames democracy as America’s crucial test and credits the convention for support before ending with a lighthearted note about going home to sleep.
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America
Willkie
Tacoma hotel lobbies scene disrupted by coin box theft
Tony Wilson, a Tacoma hotel operator, said seven men gathered around a music box in the lobby, sang and whistled to mask their theft. After they left he discovered the back of the box removed and the coin box missing, totaling $8.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tony Wilson
New Zealand workers push for higher wages due to costs
Workers in New Zealand demand higher wages to keep pace with rising living costs and economic pressures, signaling widespread labor activism and talks with employers and government.
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New Zealand
Recalled Villa Raids Spark Tucson Arms Drive
The 1916 Villa raids near the border revived Tucson defense efforts as 1500 men trained with rifles at the Tucson Mountain range. The Tucson Rifle Club grew to become the nation’s largest, aided by county funds and War Department ammunition. If the War Department funds a free arms training program, the range may again bustle with amateur marksmen.
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Pancho Villa
Tucson
John J. Pershing
Kaiser Wilhelm
England
France
Latin America
Hitler Smashes
Sam Mansfield
L. J. Wachs
Rifle Club
Yester
War Department
Pima County Board of Supervisors
A. G. Schnabel
Guy Monthan
National Guard
University of Arizona Rotc Corps
Tucson Rifle Club
Pima Pistol Club
Tucson Mountain Park
Oscar B. Holland Taken by Death in Tucson
Oscar B. Holland, 87, longtime Tucson resident, died at his home 283 West Speedway. Formerly of Kansas and Wyoming, he leaves four sons Frank Paul Ralph and Dave, two daughters Emma and Eula, all Tucson teachers, a foster son David Copple of Los Angeles, and Bring's Funeral Home handles services.
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Oscar B. Holland
Tucson
West Speedway
Kansas
Wyoming
Bring’s Funeral Home
Mr. Holland
Frank
Paul Holland
Ralph
Dave Holland
Emma
Eula Holland
David L. Copple
Los Angeles
France Thanks Mexico For Message Of Sorrow
In Mexico City on June 28 President Lebrun sent a cable to Lazaro Cardenas thanking Mexico for its message deploring the German invasion of France. Lebrun said Mexicans had shown courage for international morality and expressed gratitude as France faced its saddest test.
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France
Mexico
Mexico City
Albert Lebrun
Lazaro Cardenas
Lebrun
Cube Ships More Fresh Vegetables to United States This Year
The Cube reports sending larger volumes of fresh vegetables to the United States this year than in any prior season, signaling a record harvest and stronger export activity.
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Cube
United States
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