County Board Seeks State Care in Land Purchase
County board negotiates for state care as it moves to buy Colossal County land before a lease expire. Officials expect a sale around $3 per acre with $15,000 owed to Frank Schmidt for cave development. Payments include $400,000 in improvements and wartime receipt slump cited. Routes to the cave include Old Benson highway and Broadway entrance to Saguaro National Monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Colossal County
Collins
Frank Schmidt
Broadway
Saguaro National Monument
Allies Fight Through Attrition to Subdue Nazi Forces
Allied leaders expect a prolonged struggle at Anzio as German divisions shift from Calais and Tunisia to pressure the beachhead. Weather and air superiority will decide when a breakthrough at Cassino and along the beachhead can occur, with heavy losses on both sides while Allied air power grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Anzio
Italy
Tunisia
Calais
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Urchill
Cassino
Suspect Vanishes After 2900 Mile Escape From Sheriff
William Hall, 55, who obtained a 2900 mile escape route with Santa Cruz County officer R J Devitt, slipped away at Los Angeles Union Station after being allowed to use a restroom unguarded. He was picked up in New Orleans on a grand theft warrant and disappeared yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mar
William Hall
Newns
Santa Cruz County
Cliff R. J. Devitt
Los Angeles Union Station
New Orleans
Hall
Devitt
Bill veto blocks rent reimbursement for Phoenix firm
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to reimburse the Phoenix-Tempe Stone Co. of Phoenix Arizona $1,000 for renting a paving making plant used by the Civil Works Administration in 1934. The veto was announced in Washington on March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Phoenix-Tempe Stone Co
Phoenix
Ariz
Civil Works Administration
St Mary's Baby Girl Born Early March At Hospital
A girl was born at 12 03 a m on March 3 to St Marys at the first street and Mrs Robert Hoff. The birth was recorded with the hospital noting the new arrival and parent details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
First St
Roberteeee Hoff
Pima County Sets March Bond Sales Quota at 421000
Pima County establishes a March bond sales quota of 421000, announced by Fred Dragonette, county war finance chairman. He notes a drop from February’s 5.1 million quota due to income tax payments and the annual Red Cross drive, and urges citizens not to neglect bond purchases during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
Fred Dragonette
County War Finance
Red Cross
Dragonette
Special Panel Dismissed In Lonergan Trial
In New York on March 3 Judge John J. Freschi dismissed the juror panel in Wayne Lonergan’s high profile trial for the bludgeon murder of his heiress wife. The judge condemned attorney Edward V. Broderick for bad faith and a “farce and mockery” of the proceedings and ordered the defense to answer contempt charges for missing court days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wayne Lonegran
John J. Freschi
Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
Broderick
Jacob Grumet
Freschi
Poppy Day Planned In Tucson By Veterans Group
Tomorrow is Poppy Day in Tucson with the Auxiliary of Tucson post 549 VFW in charge of selling the Flanders Field flower to memorialize World War I and II veterans. May or Henry O. Janstad names the day Buddy Poppy Day and urges all citizens to wear a poppy. High school girls and Navy Mothers Club members assist in sales and relief efforts for veterans and orphans in Michigan. Supplies go to workers at 7:30 a.m. from the VFW hall at 121 East Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Henry O. Janstad
Mem
Navy Mothers’ Club
Michigan
VFW Hall
East Broadway
A. A. Smith
Veterans’ Poppy Committee
Ent Nesey
Arrest Reopens Inquest Into Williams Slaying
Chicago report says the Adele Born Williams slaying at the Drake hotel will be reopened after the arrest of Delphine Ranier Ward for questioning. Ward, 43, was taken into custody after alleging she had inside information. Patricia Goodbody, daughter and witness, is among those expected to testify for new questions from investigators. A. L. Coroner’s office details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar
Adele Born Williams
Drake Hotel
Delphine Ranier Ward
State's Attorney's Office
A. L
Roosevelt outlines service vote compromise bill
President Roosevelt, at a news conference, described the service vote clash as choosing between existing law and a compromise bill. The plan would allow a short federal ballot only if states authorize it, with strict timing and state certification requirements. Two senators opposed the plan, while three conferees and the House backed it. The Senate timing remained uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Senate House
Senate
Congress
House
Condh
United States
Green
D-Ri
Hatch
Secretaries of War and Navy
War Shipping Administrator
Kodachrome Show Judges Named by Tucson History Society
The Tucson Historical Society announces four judges for its fourth annual Kodachrome show including George Geyer J Donald Prendergast and Robert B Streets. Entries are limited to five slides per exhibitor and may be left at Lewis NuArt studio or room 207 Agricultural Building. The show will be at the University Agricultural Auditorium at 8 p.m. March 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Tucson Natural Hiistory Society
George Geyer
Geyer
J. Donald Prendergast
Robert B. Streets
University of Arizona
Lewis NuArt
Agricultural Building
University
University Agricultural Auditorium
Reverend Richard Dawson to speak at Congregational Church
Reverend Richard A. Dawson will be in the pulpit Sunday morning at the Congregational Church after a ten day coast trip. His theme is Come Unto Me, part of a series of talks and Speaks in the Active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Dawson
Congregational Church
Ruth McKenny to Address Interracial Committee Meeting
American writer Ruth McKenney will address the committee for inter racial understanding at 8 30 p m Wednesday March 8 in the Safford school auditorium on racial problems in a nation at war. The committee has opened a permanent office at 21 South Scott street open noon to 5 pm Monday through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth McKenney
Eileen
Committee For
Safford School
South Scott Street
Allan Hazard Returns to V-12 Duties in Albuquerque
Allan Hazard son of Mr and Mrs M A Hazard has returned to his duties as a member of the naval V-12 unit at Albuquerque New Mexico after a furlough at home with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred F. Kerr, Jr
Alfred F. Kerr, Sr
el Encanto
Kerr
Marine Corps
Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association
Allan Hazard
M. A. Hazard
Naval
Albuquerque
N. M
Pacific Marine Leader Nominated for Lieutenant General
Major General Holland M. Smith, who led Marines in Tarawa, was nominated by President Roosevelt to be a lieutenant general. The announcement came from Washington on March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Holland M. Smith
Tarawa
Pacific
Roosevelt
Sugar Ration Stamp No 30 Extended For Indefinite Period
The sugar ration stamp No 30 remains valid for five pounds of sugar with no expiration date set. Stamp No 31 will be five pounds starting April 1. Industrial sugar cuts apply April 1 to June 30 to 70 percent of the 1941 total, with applications March 15 to April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ration Board
Janitor Admits Brutal Slaying Of Librarian
Washington police say Julius Fisher, 34, confessed to fatally beating and choking Catherine Reardon, a 37 year old librarian at Washington cathedral. Fisher was arraigned on first degree murder after leading investigators to the steampipe pit where her body was found.
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Jackson
Elliott Washington
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Washington Cathedral
Woodrow Wilson
Julius Fisher
Washington
Fisher
U. S
Edward J. Kelly
Miss Reardon
Kelly
Iss Reardon
Virginia
Cathedral
Employes
State vs Armstrong but sentence suspended five years
Public court record shows R G Armstrong convicted on checks with sentence suspended for five years under the supervision of the Superior Court presided by William G Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Hall
State
R. G. Armstrong
Vagrancy and peace disturbance cases before Police Court
Judge Paul J. Cella presiding. John Willard Lee faces vagrancy punishment of $10 or 10 days. George Willie Pettis and Arline Pettis charged with disturbing the peace with $10 or 10 days. Nis Cawley cited for reckless driving with $50 or 30 days. John W. Bohannan and T. W. Booker charged with violating the selective service act, to U S authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Cella
John Willard Lee
John W. Bohannan
U. S
George Willie Pettis
Pima
Arline and
Grace Pettis
Nis Cawley
T. W. Booker
Marriage Licenses For Belle Hall Emory Brandt Mildred Sisco
Belle D Hall clerk Emory E Brandt 23 Calumet City Illinois and Mildred Sisco 26 Benson Arizona. Marvin Myron Osborn 29 Omaha Nebraska and Shirley Margaret Hays 20 Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle D. Hall
Emory E. Brandt
Calumet City
Ill
Mildred Sisco
Benson, Ariz
Marvin Myron Osborn
Omaha
Nebr
Shirley Margaret Hays
Tucson
Prominent Lutheran Dies In Philadelphia
E. Clarence Miller aged 76 a leading Lutheran layman and senior partner at Bieren and Co investment bankers died in Philadelphia He had served as treasurer of the United Lutheran Church in America since 1918 and helped fund a Lutheran seminary in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar
E. Clarence Miller
Bieren & Co
United Lutheran Church In America
Russia
Leningrad
Chick Mortality High in First Days
Sixty percent of baby chick deaths occur in the initial days after hatching, highlighting early vulnerability and the need for improved incubation and brooding care.
University Methodists Dedicate Altar Sunday
Rev. Maurice C. Ballenger leads a Sunday morning service at University Methodist church to consecrate a new altar. Rev. Frank S. Williams will preach as the sanctuary gains Philippine mahogany pews a rebuilt chancel and new fixtures under planning architect Reginald Inwood with local committee members including Joe M. Young C. K. Jones and Mrs Margaret Wyatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice C. Ballenger
University Methodist Church
Third Street
Euclid Avenue
Frank S. Williams
Reginald Inwood
Los Angeles
Joe M. Young
C. K. Jones
Margaret Wyatt
Invitation to attend service at 10 45 a.m
An invitation requests attendance at a religious service scheduled for 10 45 a.m. on the indicated day. The note emphasizes punctual arrival and participation in the ceremony.
Glenton Sykes Hired as Drainage Engineer for Flood Plan
Phil J. Martin Jr city manager announced the employment of Glenton Sykes as drainage engineer for the proposed flood control district formed by the city South Tucson and Pima county supervisors. Sykes, a civil engineer, will begin Monday on the Dr. G. E. P. Smith short range flood control program after service with Army engineers Geological Survey and state highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Glenton Sykes
South
Tucson
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Sykes
G. E. P. Smith
U. S. Army Engineers
U. S. Geological Survey
State Highway Department
Smith
New M class super blimp to patrol Atlantic coast
A new M class airship will soon patrol the Atlantic coast to track submarines. The lightweight craft aims to enhance coastal defense with long endurance and heightened surveillance capabilities.
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Atlantic
K Class Size Exceeds Limit by Fifty Percent
The current K class will be enlarged beyond its present size with the Ms exceeding the limit by about 50 percent. The change suggests bigger enrollment and potential adjustments to scheduling and resources for the next term.
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Pima County Salvage Committee
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Maple Boulevard
Speedway
Grant Road
Blenman
Pacific Marine
Public Records
University Methodists
Siam Paris
Jewel Dex
East Congress Street
State Theatre
rNah i
Ayer
Johnson & Johnso
Rexall
Jangee
Tangee
Tin Institute
Dr. Schol
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