Four Types Of War Housing Plans Explained In Tucson
Howard D. Markle of the National Housing Agency outlined four war housing types to Tucson officials and residents. Private building and conversion units are funded privately, while public housing covers trailers and units for military personnel and defense workers. Public conversion units convert old stores and buildings into three or four room apartments under the War Housing Center.
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Nectei
Howard D. Markle
National Housing Agency
San Francisco
Markk
Rinconista
la Reforma
War Housing Center
Tucson
Tucson Housing Authority
W. A. Grossetta
Chamber of Commerce
Homer L. Lininger
Roper
U S and Chinese Air Forces Beat Japs on Yangtze Front
American and Chinese air forces carried out 32 operations against Japanese ground forces in Hupeh province aiding a major western China victory. Gen. Chen Cheng praised coordinated army air efforts and noted 23 enemy planes destroyed in one operation at Ichang. Lt. Thomas Clark, shot down during a strafing run, swam to safety and returned as a local hero.
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George Wang
Yangtze
China
Hupeh
Chen Cheng
Chen
Ichang
114Th Air Force
Tangyang
Kingmen
Cherf
Thomas Clark
Ligonier
14Th Air Force
Clark
Former Governor Lies In State At Capitol
Arizona tribute today to John C. Phillips former governor who served 1929 1930 and helped build the capitol. His body lay in the statehouse rotunda at 2 p m as hundreds viewed the bier before tomorrow's funeral. Gov Osborn ordered offices closed during the tribute and funeral with entombment set at the family mausoleum.
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Phoenix
John C. Phillips
Arizona
Flagstaff
Lake Mary
Statehouse
Osborn
Lee J. Holzworth
George W. Mickle
C. J. Reason
Howard C. Speakman
Robert C. Hall
David P. Jones
Phillips
Illinois
Capitol
Negro Woman Kills Suitor With Knife in Phoenix Yard
Myrtle Lee Benson 21, charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of William James Foster 26 in the yard of her residence Friday night. County Attorney Harold Sco ville says she admitted stabbing him three times as he advanced after a quarrel. Foster died from a left temple stab wound with a paring knife.
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Phoenix
Myrtle Lee Benson
William James Foster
Harold R. Scoville
Foster
Ten-Year-Old Suit Dismissed In Arizona Case
PHOENIX June 28 Superior Judge M T Phelps dismissed a 10 year old suit by the Arizona industrial commission against Lightning Delivery Co for 5068 in unpaid premiums on industrial insurance. The order cites lack of prosecution and faulted a court appointed special master for inaction.
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Phoenix
M. T. Phelps
Arizona Industrial Commission
Lightning Delivery Company
Airports in Mexico Undergo $6.5 Million Modernization Push
Mexico launches a comprehensive airport modernization program totaling over 6.5 million dollars. Projects target terminal upgrades, runway improvements, and enhanced passenger facilities across multiple sites, aiming to boost capacity and safety.
Naval bill signed by Roosevelt huge appropriation
President Roosevelt signed the largest naval appropriation bill in U S history providing about 33 billion dollars for the year starting July 1 The measure includes 27 6 million direct appropriations and about 6 billion contract authority with roughly 5 billion for 27 000 extra planes Also approved was the 2 621 billion independent offices supply bill and the national resources planning board is set to be abolished August 31.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
National Resources Planning Board
Case of the Toes Highlights Uneasy Medical Dispute
Napa California article notes Dona Imboden a first aid supervisor at shipyards escaped charges of practicing medicine without a license after a toe dispute. Mary Jane Clarys a shipyard worker disagreed with Dr Joseph W Sooy over which toe was treated great toe right foot versus middle toe left foot. District attorney dismissed charges while authorities weighed the medical dispute.
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Napa
Calif
WUP
Dona Imboden
Mary Jane Clarys
Imboden
Joseph W. Sooy
Miss Clary
Miss Clarys
Giant Drydock Ready to Service City of 100000 for a Week
One of the world’s largest drydocks at Hunter’s Point has been officially accepted for the Navy by Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell. He called the nine and a half month build a record achievement and noted it could supply water for a city of 100,000 for a week in peacetime.
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San’ Francisco
Hunter's Point
W. L. Friedell
Mare Island Navy Yard
Friedell
Russia Blocks Help To Chetniks Says Moscow Aims To Dominate
Istanbul June 28 U P Delayed A Yugoslav guerrilla captain urged the United States to supply Gen Draja Mihailovic's Chetniks arguing British aid is blocked by Russia. He claimed 60 000 fighters could be 200 000 with arms, amid Soviet backing of Serb Communists and plans for postwar Croatia under Russian control.
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Eleanor Packard
Istanbul
U.P
Jugoslavia
United States
Draja_ Mikhailovitch
Mikhailovitch
Russia
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Serbia
Croatia
Adamic
Louis Adamic
Jugoslav
Bojidar Maximovitch
Bosko Jeftitch
Petar Jivokivitch
Republicans Open Headquarters in Pima County
The Pima county Republican headquarters at 55 East Pennington opens at 8 with a monthly Republican club meeting and talks by Orme Lewis state chairman and George Darnell Tucson attorney and 1942 Republican nominee for Congress. The office will operate for 18 months before the 1944 presidential elections as a central info hub for residents and area Republican groups aims to bolster party success.
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Pima County
East Pennington
Republican Club
Orme Lewis
George Darnell
Tucson
Marine’s Hobby Knifes Do for Japs Carving Storefront
Forty year old Gunnery Sergeant Asa Daniels of Camp Pendleton, noted for downing four planes at Pearl Harbor, makes combat knives in spare time. He files blades and uses poker chips lucite leather and masonite for handles. Twenty five knives are already in service in the Pacific, each taking six to hours to craft.
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San Diego
Calif
Asa Daniels
Camp Pendleton
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Islands
Dodgers Draft Dodgers Must Serve 18 Months In Jail
Leniency was shown to Earl McMinimy in a federal sentence of five years for embezzling $400 from a CCC camp near Pine Arizona. He received five years probation with $35 monthly restitution after pleading guilty. Other cases include 18 month sentences for Francisco Herrera Garcia and Jose Coronel for selective service offenses and failures to register.
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Earl McMinimy
CCC
Pine
Ariz
Albert M. Sames
MecMimimy
McMinimy Roe
Francisco Herrera Garcia
James Silver
Garcia
Jose Francisco Coronel
Soto
Coronel
Jesus Veliz
Porfirio Duarte
Armory Park
Duarte
Marcielo Acero Rios
Marshall Steel River
Rios
K. Berry Peterson
Macario Lopez
Joe Longstreet
Lopez
Frank Carlyle
Hector Blanco
Manuel Roberto Campillo
Reginaldo Soto Araiza
Campillo
Araiza
Herman McGowan
Globe And Miami Bid For District Rotary Conference
Globe and Miami seek to host the 1944 conference of Rotary International district 111, including clubs in Arizona and Needles California. The event aims to educate presidents and secretaries elect who will take office July 1.
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Phoenix
Globe
Miami
Rotary International
Arizona
Needles
Calif
Victory Vegetable Gardens Best backyard plot tomato contest winners
Arizona garden contest honors listed winners and honorable mentions. G G Cooper wins orange tree prize from Reid’s Rancho Palo Verdes. Ralph Gutherie receives yard of rotted manure from Tucson Fertilizer. Ben Franklin gets a men’s quarter sleeve shirt from Levy’s. B S Weiler wins a garden apron from Firestone Stores. Special juvenile mentions include Jim Bennett and Mary Lou Stittmatter.
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G. G. Cooper
East India
Arizona
Reid
Rancho Palo Verdes
Ralph Gutherie
North Park Avenue
Tucson Fertilizer Company
Ben Franklin
East Yavapai
Levy’s
B. S. Weiler
J. R. Hodgkinson
East
Hermosa
M. T. Reikel
North Park. Avenue
W. B. Goff
North Wilson
S. ¥. Turner
Hawthorne Street
John Hollingsworth
East Seventh Street
A. C. Delwarte
Linden Street
C. A. Holland
Franklin Street
Mrs. H. M. Starkweather
East Adams
John Vigilios
Forty-second Street
Jim Bennett
North Treat
Mary Lou Stittmatter
East Lee
Gardeners Contribute Much to War Effort in Tucson Contest
The Best Backyard Tomato Plot contest by Tucson Newspapers honors C. G. Cooper and four others for diverse varieties from Earli ana to Ponderosa. Judges Tate and Streets credit favorable April May weather and diligent care for a prolific harvest and strong per plant care tips.
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Tucson Newspapers, Inc
Tucson
C. G. Cooper
East India
Harvey F. Tate
State Extension
University of Arizona
R. B. Streets
University
Ralph Gutherie
North Park Avenue
Ben Franklin
East
Yavapai
B. S. Weiler
East Fifth Street
E. O. Hall
West Roger Road
Tate
Dr Street
Dr. Streets
Ale in Safe at Berkeley After Batavia Shipment
Two bottles of Batavian ale, last shipment before the Batavia seizure, are secured in a safe at the Hooper Foundation of the University of California. Dr. Karl F. Meyer will keep them until Batavia is retaken, then the two men plan to drink them.
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Berkeley
Cal
U.P
Karl F. Meyer
Hooper Foundation
University of California
Batavia
Backyard rabbits bloom in wartime home farming trend
Three or four does and a buck can form a rabbit herd for family meat. Backyard rabbitrys are promoted in the Food for Freedom program with Interior endorsement. 4-H clubs launch efforts to raise rabbits. hutches require little space and fur serves wartime uses.
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Washington
Department of Interior
Carpenters Council to Meet in Prescott
The third quarterly carpenters state council meeting will convene in Prescott’s Odd Fellows hall with host Prescott local No 326. Delegates will discuss wartime construction staffing and safety, plus closer Arizona Industrial Commission cooperation to reduce compensation delays. A report on Poston relocation center conditions is also planned.
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Prescott
Carpenters’ State Council
Tucson
Odd Fellows Hall
Frontier Days
Arizona
War Department
Arizona Industrial Commission
Poston Relocation Center
Argentina's Pink House landmark nickname
The government palace in Buenos Aires, commonly called the Pink House, serves as the executive residence and seat of government for Argentina. The building, famous for its distinctive facade, houses presidential offices and hosts official ceremonies.
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Argentina
Phoenix Banker Named On War Plants Board
Phoenix banker W R Wayland vice-president of the Valley National Bank has been named regional director of the Smaller War Plants Corporation representing Arizona and southern California. The group acts as agent for the government in distributing war contracts among small manufacturing firms.
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Phoenix
W. R. Wayland
The
Valley National Bank
Arizona
California
Finback Whale Valued Little for Oil Yield
The finback whale weighs around 70 tons but is of little value due to the small oil yield.
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U. S
Mexico
Nathan Mur
East Pennington Street
Were
U.S
Marine’s Hobby Knives
Globe and Miami
Victory Vegetable Gardens
Arizona Star & Eagle
Arizona Flour Mills
Teele Avenue
Blue Cross Hospital
E. Lester
Phoenix Banker
War Plants’ Board
Carl Monthan
Fresno
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lazy Franch
Sahuarita
L. D. Sahuarita No
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