OPA files two crack down damage suits in Tucson
The OPA filed companion treble damage lawsuits against Keim Produce and Tooley Produce in federal court over price violations under the Emergency Ice Control Act. Damages total 1892 dollars, with 1710 sought from Keim and 1182 from Tooley, as both firms allegedly sold onions above ceiling prices and failed to notify customers of price, variety and grade. Enjoining orders require prices to be posted and records kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
OPA
Joseph E. Keim
Keim
Chester Bowles
Darrell R. Parker
Lloyd J. Andrew
Phoenix
Keim Produce Company
Tooley
City Council Hears Utility Bond Proposals Today
Mayor Henry O Jaastad calls a 4 p m special meeting to hear proposals from bond houses negotiating with the Federal Light and Traction firm for purchase of Tucson Gas Electric Light Power company. Eugene Durand Lee Garrett and Sam Fowler to present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Jaastad
Federal Light and Traction Company of
New York
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Janstad
Eugene Durand
Lee Garrett
Stifel & Nicolaus
Sam Fowler
Oas
Stone and Webster
Tucson
Henry O
Lee
John Bykirk
John Durkin
Labor
Martin
Alex Jacome
Samuel Fowler
Felix Sachs
Fred Codd
Frank Dawson
Nicholas
Fowler
John Lyons, Jr
Lyons
Objects To Secret Council Meetings
Andy Martin criticized off the record city council meetings during a finance committee session. He said he found the gathering surprising and not publicly announced, questioning newspaper notification and whether results would be published. A Star reporter indicated only committee authorized content would be printed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Martin
Finance Committee
Martin
Morning Paper
Star
William Voris Tucson Printer Dies At Home
William R. Voris 66 a noted Tucson printer and musician died at his home 419 East Second street. Funeral services will be Monday at 4 pm at Parker mortuary chapel. Voris long served as secretary treasurer of Acme Printing and was active in church music and local clubs. He leaves a wife three children and two sons now serving in the armed forces. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Mortuary
William R. Voris
Tucson
East Second Street
Acme Printing Company
East
Indiana
American Guild of Organists
Masonic Order
Rotary Club
Old Pueblo Club
Christian Science Church
T. M. Weinzapfel
Robert
Mark Voris Rs
Weinzapfel
Holbrook
Anne Marsh
Thomas Eric
Mark
Air Force
Harlingen
Tex
Loyola University
Los Angeles
Harry Truswell
Rollin Pease
M. L. Tophey
George H. Parrott
O. H. Barnhill
Ted Joyner
Mountain barriers halt rail links between India and Burma
No railways or highways cross the mountains separating India and Burma as authorities note the terrain blocks any direct land connection. Officials say alternative routes depend on development of low passes and river corridors to improve access for trade and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Burma
Two Tucson Boys Commissioned In Navy V-12 Program
The Eleventh naval district confirms Tucson youths William Addis and Nelson Beck will be commissioned as ensigns in the naval reserve after studying in the V-12 unit at the University of Kansas. Addis and Beck both have strong local high school ties and prior employment histories. Charles Hines Jr and Wells Keddie are also noted for training and transfers within naval aviation programs. Addis attended Wakefield junior high and Tucson High School, Beck is son of Nelson Beck and worked for Southern Pacific, Hines is at UNM in Albuquerque, and Keddie shifts from Flagstaff to V-5 in San Luis Obispo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
William Addis
Nelson I. Beck
Tucson
Naval Reserve
Eleventh Naval District Office
Seaman Addis
Roscoe E. Addis
Delmar Street
Wakefield Junior
Cactus Chronicle
East Linden Street
Seaman Beck
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tucson High
Hines
United States Navy
Charles Hines, Jr
Officers’ Training Corps
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
N. M
Charles L. Hines
North Norris
Tucson High School
Hi-Y
Sons of the American Legion
Fox-Tucson
Wells Keddie
Flagstaff
State Teachers’ College
San Luis Obispo
Keddie
Tucson Citizen
Californians Cite Treaty Claim On Water Plan
The Colorado river board of California denounces the proposed treaty with Mexico for Colorado River water as immoral and oppressive. It argues that although Boulder Dam was built with American initiative and money, Mexico would receive water free of charge, worsening California’s looming water exhaustion.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Mexico
Colorado
Colorado River Board of California
Boulder Dam
California
Measles Cases Reach New High With 161 Reported
The weekly city county health department report shows 161 measles cases, up 106 from last week. Other increases include chicken pox four to five, mumps 14 to 16, whooping cough four to 16, German measles six to seven, and one new influenza case. Scarlet fever declined from 24 to 21.
Sigma Xi At UA To Hear Dr G K Link
Dr George K K Link of the University of Chicago will lecture on benign and malignant tumors of plants at 4 40 p m next Wednesday in room 111 chemistry physics building Tucson. The talk is arranged by the University of Arizona Sigma Xi chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. K. Link
University of Chicago
University of Arizona
Sigma Xi Scientific Society
Link
California
Tucson
Police Resolve Love Triangle After Domestic Turmoil
Police report the Pettis household at 78 West Congress street is settled after a three way marriage dispute. Grace and Arline pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and were fined 10 dollars each. George Willie Pettis faced a bigamy charge but was released on a 15 dollar bond after police intervened.
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George Willie Pettis
Grace
Arline
West
Congress Street
Pettis
Pettise
George Willie
Marianas Raid Deepens U S Pacific Advance
American forces attacked Saipan Tinian and Guam for eight hours, penetrating toward Yokohama and Bonin Islands. Navy planes claimed 135 Japanese planes destroyed while sinking a ship and damaging others. Rear Adm. Mitscher praised the raid as carriers, battleships, cruisers and destroyers pressed toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Jones
U. S
Marianas
U.P
Japan
Yokohama
Bonin Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Marc A. Mitscher
Coronado
Cal
Truk
Pacific
Philippines
Bay
U. S. Navy
Frederick S. Sherman
Pittack
Washington
Tinian Islands
United States
Divorce and tax suit judgments listed in public records
Superior Court presiding judges name the cases of Dorothy B. Osmer versus Wilbur G. Osmer with a divorce for the plaintiff. Eva De Concini versus Pima County ends in a tax refund suit with judgment for the plaintiff for 30.18 dollars. Agnes Clark Timberman versus Oliver W. Timberman results in a divorce judgment for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Hall
Dorothy B. Osmer
Wilbur G. Osmer
Eva de Concini
Marie C. Gallardo
Pima County
Agnes Clark
Vagrancy and Peace Disturbance Cases Continue
J. B. Anderson, vagrancy and interfering with an officer, continued. Alveta Anderson and Inez Morgan, vagrancy, 10 days in the county jail. George Willie Pettis, disturbing the peace, $15 bond forfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Anderson
Alveta Anderson
Inez Morgan
George Willie Pettis
Marriage Licenses Listed for Numerous Couples in Arizona and Nearby States
Belle D. Hall records multiple marriages including Harry A. Trevarthen aged 26 from Birmingham and Margaret J. Grandona 19 from Tucson. Other couples include Samuel C. Fortier 22 Redwood Calif and Betty Cameron 21 Merced Calif.
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Harry A. Trevarthen
Birmingham
Ala
Margaret J. Grandona
Tucson
Samuel C. Fortier
Redwood
Calif
Betty Cameron
Merced
Leo
F. Hogan
Galesburg
Ill
Virginia I. Mathews
Cameron
Raymond R. Ocobock
Luna
N. M
Kathleen Adair
George W. Hover
South St. Paul
Minn
Kathryn A. Kelly
Merle D. Kline
Sligo
Penna
Elaine L. Garrett
Denver
Colo
Edwin J. Sikes
Legal Age
Phoenix
Ariz
Hester E. Turner
John R. Solhrem
Leonard
N. D
Jean Howard
Mechanized Division Consumes 18,000 Gallons Per Hour
A mechanized division uses 18,000 gallons of gasoline each hour as it operates. The figure highlights fuel intensity of heavy military machinery in active deployment and logistics planning.
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W. Stuart Nich
William Voris
Voris
Acme
Indianapolis
Ind
Franklin
Sachs
Federal Power Commission
Arizona Corporation Commission
Thomas Elliot
Burns and McDonnell
Kansas City
Hadley
E. G. Hill
Briar Cliff
Joanna Hill
DuPont
Talisman
Caledonia
K. A. Victoria
Boston Ferns
Muscat and
Begonia
Arizona
Fresno
St. Mary‘s Hospital
Lowell Thomas
Marana Army Airfield
Charles F. Pickle
Thomas
Charles Backes
Marana
Mazel Sheffield
AAF Training Command
Nelson Beck
Ceignet
Maxime
Veias 406
Convent St. Tucson, Arizona
Stone Ave
Sigma Xi
G. K. Link
University Film Bureau
WAC
Coast Guard
Ecuador
Venezuela
Steward Observatory
Tucson Natural History Society
Waves
Wacs
Stauffer
East Jackson
U.S
United Press
Marianas Islands
Public Records
Police Court
Paul J. Cella
Belle D. Hall
O’malley Lumber Co. N
Subway
Toggery
Broadway Village
Toggery and Tales
New York Times
Saturday Review of Literature
TALES
Broadway and Country Club Rd
Ane
Sro
Southern Arizona. Bank & Trust Company
Tucson, Arizona
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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