Tucson Firms Rewarded For War Savings Achievements
Two Tucson businesses earned certificates from the U S Treasury for 90 percent or better participation in the 10 percent wage deduction war savings plan. Buxton Smith Mercantile and W H Cox and Sons reported 100 percent payroll deduction participation. Jacome’s department store launches a 15 minute thrift drive with up to 5000 in war bonds matching and aims to raise up to 100000 with store sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury Department
Fred A. Dragonette
Buxton-Smith Mercantile Company
W. H. Cox and Sons
Dragonette
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
Pima County
Pima County War Savings Committee
Treasury
Jacome
Jacome's Department
Alex Jacome
Two Men Injured In Nogales Highway Crash
An auto collision on the Nogales highway near Emery Park left Vincente Lopez and Mike Franco with minor injuries. They were taken to St Mary’s hospital for emergency care after their car struck a cement abutment by a culvert. Driver Joe Urquides and passenger Alfred Nunez were unhurt.
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Nogales
Emery Park
Vincente Lopez
Mike Franco
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Joe Urquides
South Mission Road
Alfred Nunez
Roomer At Y M C A Suffers Head Injury
Police report notes John Newton Wilson fell in his room at the Y M C A and cut the back of his head. He was taken to the county hospital by ambulance. noon status listed him as fair with no other details released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Newton Wilson
Hosital
Wilson
Coal Miners Return to Jobs After Short Vacation
More than 60 000 miners in three states resumed work after ending a 10 day vacation by agreement between the United Mine Workers and the Southern Coal Operators association. Fines totaling about 300 000 were refunded by several coal companies in southern West Virginia under a separate deal with the Kanawha Valley Coal Operators association. Other mines in eastern Kentucky and western Virginia also reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Operators Association
Operators’ Association
UMW
Kanawha Valley Coal Operators Association
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
State Ends Fiscal Year With Half Million Dollar Balance
Arizona will close its 1941 42 fiscal year at midnight with a cash balance near 500000, the State Auditor's office says. The figure may change as many agency claims arrive before the deadline. A large balance reduces next year's state property levy, aided by higher sales and income tax receipts and Boulder Dam money owed by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Treasury
Ann Frohmiller
Boulder Dam
Huge Police Dogs Are Used By Japs
Millionaire Marsman describes Japanese use of attack dogs as part of modern warfare. He tells California officials the dogs, trained to attack from ambush, could threaten Los Angeles harbor and city, urging tighter civilian defense measures. Marsman, a former Hong Kong industrialist who escaped a Japanese camp, recounts witnessing wartime atrocities.
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Los Angeles
Hong Kong
Jan Henrik Marsman
Manila
Marsman
State Council of Defense
Orient
Pacific
China
India
United States
Two Women Commissioned as Policewomen in Tucson
Two civil service employees of the Tucson Police Department Claire Farrow and Mrs Alice Zepeda have been commissioned as policewomen. They completed a six month probation and passed third class radio and telephone operator exams. Their duties will expand gradually to fingerprinting and radio operation as officers are needed.
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Tucson
Plans for Rebuilding Coventry Cathedral Under Way
Plans for rebuilding the bombed Coventry Cathedral are being prepared with attention to preserving its historic outline and modernizing the interior. Construction officials and architectural firms are coordinating to revive the landmark while honoring its wartime tragedy.
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Coventry Cathedral
Pound Of Old Rubber Admission To Morning Show
A pound of old rubber buys admission to a 9 30 morning show at the Fox or Lyric theatres on Wednesday. Donations of used tires or rubber heels pass the door and aid the government and armed forces during the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Lyric Theatres
United States
Burroughs Rites Set For Tomorrow
Funeral services for John Bun yon Burroughs, 69, who died yesterday, will be held at 6:30 p m tomorrow in Bring's Funeral Home chapel under the Knights of Pythias. Rev F R Dennison will officiate at the grave. Burial will be in the Knights of Pythias plot in Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunyon Burroughs
Bring’s Funeral Home Chapel
Knights of Pythias
F. R. Dennison
Evergreen Cemetery
Clyde B. Aitchison Heads ICC Board
Washington June 30 The Interstate Commerce Commission elected Clyde B. Aitchison as chairman for the balance of 1942. Aitchison, the oldest member with 25 years of service, has been acting chairman since Eastman became director of the office of defense transportation. He was appointed by President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison
ICC
Aitchison
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Wilson
Forbes Named Bureau Head for Wartime Mineral Security
John J. Forbes of Shamokin Pa has been named chief of the Bureau of Mines new emergency wartime mineral production security division. The division aims to secure ongoing production of vital war materials from mines quarries smelters and allied facilities against hazards and enemy actions. Also named as assistants are William J. Fene chief of the coal mining section and Simon H. Ash chief of the metal and nonmetallic mining section. Forbes joined the bureau about 26 years ago.
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Washington
John J. Forbes
Shamokin
Bureau of Mines
R. R. Sayers
Savers
Forbes
William J. Fene
Arkansas
Bureau
Simon H. Ash
Mines Bureau
Pacific Coast Region
Pennsylvania
Scouts Collect Two Tons in Rubber Drive Tucson
Boy Scouts of Tucson report two tons of scrap rubber collected as of Saturday night with out of town districts not yet reported. Troop 19 from Emery Park leads with 1200 pounds, followed by Troop 32 with 500 pounds. officials caution totals may be higher after three more days.
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Boy Scouts of
Tucson
Scout Headquarters
Troop 19
Emery Park
Troop 32
Scout
Educator Calls for National Total Fitness Program
Denver June 30 A NYU education professor and AAHPER president Jay B. Nash urged a nationwide total fitness program to build physical strength mental alertness and morale. He warned Americans have grown soft and sedentary and called for better health living and a return to wholesome foods and regular exercise.
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Denver
The
United States
Jay B. Nash
New York University
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
National Education Association
Nash
Police Chief Urges Men To Check Carrillo School Yard
Tucson police report a note in the station blotter requesting scout cars on the South Side to inspect Carrillo school yard where reports say lovers gather. The item ties to a humorously formal City blotter announcing romance activity in a public space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wheeler
Tucson
Carrillo School
Teachers Offered Aerial Training For High School Classrooms
Prof. M. L. Thornburg announced that secondary school teachers may enter ground school training to teach pre flight aeronautics and aviation courses in junior and senior high schools by fall 1942. Training funded by the Civil Aeronautics Administration covers meteorology navigation and aircraft servicing for elementary and aeronautics and engine operation for secondary courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Thornburg
Thornburg
Civilian Aeronautics Administration Office
Santa Monica
CAA
More U S Citizens To Return From Europe
Washington reports the Swedish liner Drottningholm will reach New York tomorrow with several hundred American citizens from Axis nations in continental Europe aboard. The group includes diplomats and private individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Europe
Washington
S. S. Drottningholm
New York
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Buxton Snuth Company
Anda
Roomer
Basi
Neyore
Burroughs
ICC Board
N. Stone Avenue
Joe Cacioppo
Mgr
Bill Rodenbach
Asst
Gin Collins
Hiram Walker
Uncle Sam
California
Texas
Hiram Walker & Sons
Peoria
Mlinois
Tock
Cash & Carry
Wallis
East Ninth
Red
Purple
Lantanas
Langers
Corner Stone & Pennington
San Francisco
Sunset Hills
Blue Bay
Golden Gate
Union
Telegraph Hill
Bay
Yosemite National Park
Lake Tahoe
Mark Twain
Mother Lode
Monterey
Californias
Courtly del Monte
Carmel
Santa Cruz
Californians Inc
Market Street
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