W. S. Nicholas Proposes Tucson Service Roll of Honor
W S Nicholas outlines a plan to create a military service roll of honor for about 4500 Tucsonarea service members. The display would be built west of the armory as a ramada forming part of a future patriotic recreational center and include large ceremonial leaves with names. Cooperation via mailed post cards to Military Service Roll City Hall is urged to complete the roll.
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Nicholas
Ramada
Tucson
Guerrilla Attacks and Rail Sabotage Rise on Russian Front
Soviet night communique reports guerrilla actions destroying German trains in the Leningrad sector and Zhitomir region. It says nine trains derailed in ten days around Leningrad, with heavy material losses and many German casualties. A separate bulletin notes a German retreat into a minefield near the Donets south of Izyum after a probing advance.
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London
Moscow
Belgorod
Kharkov
Zhitomir
Velikie Luki
Leningrad
Donets
Izyum
Mnine
Hangchow Recaptured By Chinese Troops
Hangchow the capital of Chekiang province, held by Japan for nearly six years, was recaptured by Chinese forces per a CBS recorded British radio broadcast. The report cited fighting northeast of Hangchow and noted the lines in China are fluid with guerillas operating near major bases.
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Hangchow
Chekiang
CBS
New York
Shanghai
China
Utility sale offer withdrawn by parent company
Federal Light and Traction formally withdraws its offer to sell Tucson Gas Light and Power to the city of Tucson for 9 100 000. Mayor Jaastad expresses regret that Tucson did not buy the plant. The city had rejected the price, following a unanimous utility committee vote after heated discussion led by chair William R. Mathews.
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Federal Light & Traction Company
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Tucson
Henry 0. Jaastad
Citizens’ Utility Committee
William R. Mathews
Kiska Raided 22 Times In 4-Day Period
Six more aerial attacks hit Japanese targets on Kiska in the Aleutians with Army planes striking Little Kiska the following day. In the Solomons a small Japanese naval force was bombed but no results were observed. Weather hampered raids, but total Kiska attacks this month reached 41 times, seen as pre invasion prep.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Little Kiska
South Pacific
Solomons
Kiska
North Pacific
Little
Aleutians Command
Resume Hearings On Freight Rate Boost
Phoenix June 29 The Interstate Commerce Commission grants shippers and railroads until August 30 to file briefs opposing a proposed six cent per hundred pounds increase on fresh fruits and vegetables from Arizona to El Paso and New Mexico points. Examiner B E Fuller heard testimony from growers shippers Amos A Betts L G Reis and traffic experts for Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.
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Phoenix
Arizona
el Paso
New Mexico
B. E. Fuller
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amos A. Betts
State Corporation Commission
L. G. Reis
Commission
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Insurance Company Gets Court License Ruling in Phoenix
A Maricopa county court ordered the Arizona corporation commission to issue a license as a domestic life insurer to the International Insurance Company of Phoenix or show cause why not by July 9. The commission had denied the license citing small population, but the court’s order follows its ruling. Allan K. Perry, attorney for International, said the firm had in excess of $100.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Maricopa County
California’s Admission Marked by Orégon’s Gun Salutes
First news of California joining the Union came aboard the mail ship Orégon as she steamed into the Golden Gate in 1850 with gun salutes signaling the event.
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California
Orégon
Golden Gate
Lustyk Faces New Felony Charges After Bogus Checks
Ruth Lee Lustyk 29, already on probation in federal court, is arrested in Phoenix on three counts for impersonating Army nursing corps and issuing bogus checks. The Missouri native, who earned leniency five years prior, cashed checks nationwide, mainly in St Louis, and was taken to Phoenix for state charges.
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Ruth Lee Lustyk
Albert M. Sames
Army Nursing Corps
Phoenix
Missouri
FBI
Congress Hotel
Tucson
U. S
C. Wayne Clampitt
St. Louis
Lustykh
Congress Street
Alexandria
Lustyk
Sames
Betty Bandel to Inspect WAACs at Fort Huachuca
Maj Betty Bandel former Arizona Daily Star editor will lead the first formal WAAC inspection at Fort Huachuca tomorrow. She rose from newspaper work to secretary and aide to Oveta Culp Hobby and accompanied Eleanor Roosevelt on overseas tours with the WAACs. Capt Francis Alexander heads the 276 WAACs stationed there. the first contingent arrived December 4, 1942.
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Fort Huachuca
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Betty Bandel
Ete
Arizona Daily
Sta
Bandel
Oveta Culp Hobby
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hobby
WAAC
Tucson
Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Francis Alexander
WPB Seizes Control of Wood Pulp for War Needs
The War Production Board assumed control of all wood pulp use and barred deliveries to paper mills without WPB orders. It aims to secure pulp for Army Navy lend lease and other wartime demands as shortages grow. August allocations set, with July filings required for proposed pulp use.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Navy
Lend-Lease
Six Convicted Spy Aides Are Given Freedom
The U S circuit court of appeals reversed the Haupt spy case, freeing six persons tied to the executed Nazi saboteur. The decision cites lack of fair trial and illegal statements obtained before magistrate, remanding to the lower court. Additional names include Hans Max Haupt, Erna Haupt, Walter Froehling, Otto Richard Wergin and others.
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Chicago
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert Hans Haupt
Haupt
Hans Max Haupt
Erna
J. Earl Major
Court of Appeals
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walter Froehling
Otto Richard Wergin
Wolfgang
Germany
Herbert
Erna Haupt
Lucille Froheling
Kate Wergin
Rush To Pay Auto Stamps Begins Here
Over 1 000 federal automobile use tax stamps were bought at the main post office this morning. Only about half the prior year’s sales have occurred at this point. Tomorrow is the final day to purchase before July 1, when all vehicles must display new stamps. Tucson residents were expected to buy about 18 000 stamps. about 8 700 were sold so far. Long lines formed at stamp windows as post office officials seek to explain the sales slump amid gasoline and tire rationing. Prosecutions for violators will be pursued by the bureau of internal revenue.
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Harold Collins
Tucson
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Arizona Pilots Complete Training at Randolph Field
Twelve Arizona pilots earned silver wings at mass graduation for the Army air force Gulf Coast training center. Five Phoenix natives are Honor Windes, Stanley Shimanek, Carter Jones, Fred Dobney, and Lester Brown. Others include Martin Alexander of Phoenix, Robert Johnson of Bisbee, Devane Smiley of Casa Grande, Jack Brashears of Morenci, Charles Denton Jr. of Morenci, Homer Ferguson of Winslow, Avery Gilliland of Yuma, and Thomas Newman Jr. of Yuma.
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Randolph Field
Tex
Arizona
Army Air Force
AAF Gulf Coast Training Center
Phoenix
Honor G. Windes
Stanley E. Shimanek
Carter C. Jones
Fred J. Dobney
Lester L. Brown
Martin E. Alexander
Hillside Avenue
Robert A. Johnson
Bisbee
Devane Smiley
Casa Grande
Jack G. Brashears
Charles E. Denton, Jr
Morenci
Homer WW. Ferguson
Winslow
Avery M. Gilliland
Thomas H. Newman, Jr
Yuma
Martha O'Driscoll Announces Engagement to Navy Officer
Hollywood reports film actress Martha O'Driscoll is engaged to Lt Commander Richard Donald Adams of Pittsburgh. Adams, Annapolis graduate 1932 and her childhood date, plans an August or September wedding. Adams serves as chief engineer on an aircraft carrier and may return to duty soon.
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Hollywood
Martha O'Driscoll
Richard Donald Adams
Pittsburgh
Frieda O'Driscoll
O'Driscoll
Phoenix
Adams
Annapolis Naval Academy
O’driscoll
Punch Card Ration System Inaugurated For Mexico
The office of price administration set a punch card system effective Thursday to allow Mexican residents near the border to buy rationed foods in U S cities. Green cards cover meat and fats and yellow cards canned foods. Cards issued to residents within 20 kilometers of three borders and 90 kilometers of the California line. Meat and fat points reduced from 64 to 16. canned goods stay at 48 points. Mexican residents had earlier gained access to rationing north of the border.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
California
OPA
Death Claims Mrs Sally McIntyre 35 Tucson Resident
Mrs Sally McIntyre 35 died yesterday at the family home 1417 East North. Rosary 7 30 p m tomorrow at Reilly Funeral Home chapel. Requiem high mass Thursday 9 a m at SS Peter and Paul church. Burial Holy Hope cemetery. Survived by husband Hugh and three children all of Tucson. Mother Mrs Mary Fahey of Cleveland and three sisters of Cleveland attend.
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Sally McIntyre
Tucson
East North Street
Reilly Funeral Home
SS. Peter and Paul Church
Francis Green
Holy Hope
Hugh McIntyre
Margaret Agnes
Maureen Anne
Joseph Patrick
McIntyre
Mary Fahey
Cleveland
Ohio
Margaret Schafer
Helen S. Schum
Anne Newman
Germans Claim U-Boat Sunk British Cruiser
Berlin reports a Frobisher class British cruiser was sunk by a U-boat in the western Mediterranean with one other ship damaged. Jane's notes no Frobisher class, listing the cruiser Frobisher of Hawkins class built in 1920, with Hawkins and Vindictive as related vessels.
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London
U.P
Mediterranean
Transocean
Berlin
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Frobisher
Army soldiers earn extra pay in war department theaters
Soldiers receive additional earnings by working in motion picture theaters run by the war department as part of their service duties.
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War Department
Congress Blamed for Meat Shortage and Price Controls Suggested
Washington June 29 0% Charles M Elkington of the office of price administration said Congress is responsible for the meat shortage and proposed price ceilings from farm to home to stabilize the market. He urged a floor and ceiling on all livestock prices and regulation through packers distributors and retailers to protect consumers amid farmer resistance. Senator Millikin countered that higher prices would push growers to sell, warning against overregulation.
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Washington
Charles M. Elkington
Office of
Price Administration
Meat Price Executive
Congress
Elkington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Eugene D. Millikin
Colo
Hint Uncle Sam Has New Combat Airplane
Testimony by Gen Henry H Arnold before the Senate appropriations committee on the war department bill suggested the U S may be producing a secret fighter. The Army Air Forces is cutting pursuit types from six to four while naming five fighters in production: P-38 P-39 P-40 P-47 and P-51. The service refused to reveal the sixth fighter or which of the four remaining will survive.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
United States
Army Air Forces
Army
Arnold
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