Meat Shortage in California Reaches Critical Level
A United Press survey reports California faces a serious fresh meat crisis as war workers fill cities. Packers doubt immediate relief from new quotas, calling for federal action to ease shortages. Executives in Los Angeles and Sacramento warn of store closures and rising losses until ceilings and subsidies are adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Whitney
San Francisco
California
United Press
American Packers Institute
California Meat Company
Los Angeles
Thomas Walsh
Associated Meat Jobbers
Walsh
Michael I. Nelson
Los Angeles Meat Dealers Association
Ben H. Compton
Meat Packers, Inc
Frank Davis
Sacramento Valley Meat Dealers’ Associaton
War Notes Stir Gypsy Camps and Concerns
Kansas City dispatch reports widespread unease among gypsy families as war alters livelihoods and traditions. Ex-rover Charley Miller laments gasoline use, housing needs, dress changes, and women seeking independence while younger generations join the Army and seek husbands amid shifting trade and travel limits.
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Kansas City
Charley Miller
Miller
New York
Swope Park
Mexican Troops Guard Polling Booths Sunday
Federal troops have been ordered by the defense ministry to guard voting booths in the congressional election Sunday as a precautionary measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Defense Ministry
Bisbee Gunner Is Nemesis of Zeros
Robert A. May of Tucson has been elected director of the University of Michigan alumni association. He will oversee the 7th district covering the southwestern states and supervise chapters in the region while organizing new groups. May, a UM and UM Law School graduate, now practices law in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. May
Tucson
University of Michigan Alumni Association
May
Southwestern
University of Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Valley National Bank
East Third Street
More Chinese Gains Scored Against Japs
Chungking reports a large section of Owchihkow on the upper Yangtze recaptured by Chinese forces. Chinese high command says they entered the city, inflicted severe Japanese losses, and that further casualties were inflicted on the enemy. The war bulletin also notes interception of several thousand Japanese troops.
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Chungking
Chinese Central News Agency
Lotus Pond Inlet
Yangtze River
Libera tors of China fly and fight in key bomber group
In China June 26, Sergeant Arthur Benko of Bisbee and Lieutenant Samuel Y. Skousen of Thatcher lead the Liberators of China. The unit, new to combat, has four confirmed and three probable Japanese Zero kills and has destroyed 25 planes with eight probable others in two months.
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U. S
China
Arthur Benko
Bisbee
Arizona
Benko
Samuel Y. Skousen
Thatcher, Ariz
Tucson
Wendover
Utah
Pueblo
Colo
Skousen
Ichang
Chinese force inflicts heavy losses in Kiangsu raid and Hangchow actions
The communique reports Chinese strikes against Japanese positions in Kiangsu with over 1 000 enemy casualties. It notes raids near Hangchow in Chekiang killing Japanese and seizing supplies. The Owchihkow garrison, 40 miles south of Shasi, shows signs of collapse after being encircled June 24.
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Kiangsu
Shanghai
Hangchow
Chekiang
Owchihkow
Shasi
Hitler May Pull U Boats Back To Face Invasion
London reports observers doubt Hitler has yet withdrawn U boats but say he may pull them from the Atlantic coast defense as Allied air power and escorts pressure German shipping. Some note limited value of Woolworth converted ships and question if submarines are reassigned to anti aircraft duties or altered convoy routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richards
London
UPR
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
French In Algiers Raid News Office
In Algiers on June 30 a clash between French military and civil authorities followed reports that the Oran Republican newspaper was raided last night. Armed forces entered its offices, locked doors, cut telephone lines and searched the premises amid official charges of de Gaullist activities. Editors protested to the national committee as Gen. Georges Catroux was said to have condemned the authority clash and lamented being tied by the general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Oran
Oran Republican
de Gaullist
National Committee
Georges Catroux
Algeria
Alaska Name Origin From Eskimo Phrase
The article notes that Alaska derives its name from the Eskimo term Alakh-Skhak meaning great country, explaining the linguistic roots of the state’s designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Camacho Studies Plan To Handle Meat Crisis
President Avila Camacho reviewed a plan from wholesale and retail meat dealers to cope with a two week meat shortage in Mexico City. The proposal was outlined at a two hour conference yesterday.
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Camacho Studies
Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Phoenix Man Named Methodist Delegate
SANTA BARBARA Calif June 30 J O Sexon of Phoenix was one of five lay delegates elected by the Southern California Arizona Methodist conference to attend the Methodist general conference next year in Kansas City.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
J. O. Sexon
Phoenix
Kansas City
Jewelry and restaurant sales rise in Arizona May 1943
Independent stores report May 1943 sales up 20 percent over May 1942 in Arizona. Tucson up 19 percent, Phoenix up 20 percent. Jewelry and dining establishments lead gains, while filling stations fall 16 percent. Also notes rabies cases in Guaymas and Britain cracker production cut to 20 varieties saving transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
U. S. Census Bureau
Tucson
Britain
Crew Leaps To Safety As B 25 Bomber Fails
Five men parachuted to safety 25 miles north of Prescott when a B 25 bomber on a navigational flight from March Field California crashed and burned. Sheriff Willis Butler said two crew members were treated for shock others escaped injury. March Field reported the craft controls jammed.
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Prescott
Here
March Field
Calif
Willis Butler
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in New Zealand skilled radio location
Female members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in New Zealand undertake highly skilled radio location work. They train in technical methods and operate equipment to track signals, contributing to communications and reconnaissance missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
New Zealand
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Gangaway
United Nations
Anheuser-Busch
America
Budweiser
Guaymas
Mexico
Arizona Inn
Wilson and Elm
The
National Institute of Treading Standards
Washington, D. C
Esie
BAUM
Adamson
N. Stone
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