WAC Mothers Celebrate Founding Date
The National WAC Mothers association marks its first anniversary on Friday March 10 as Lieut Romaine Attick heads the local recruiting office. The group organized last October and now lists fifteen mothers of WACs across the country.
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WAC Mothers’ Association
Romaine Attick
Wacs
Mothers of Wacs
Lieut
Attick
Red Cross
Jules Watson
Safford L. Freeman
Ruth Jeffries
L. S. Thomas
J. G. Kearney
B. Rosenfeld
Max Aldrich
George Bandel
Gunmen Kill Patrolman In Holdup Of Bar
In Emeryville California two masked gunmen robbed a bar near the Oakland home field. Patrolman George Haas 62 died from three chest wounds after he tried to stop the attack. A bystander Cecil Walker 35 was wounded as the gunmen escaped in a taxi toward Oakland.
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Emeryville
Calif
Mar
Oakland
Oakland Baseball Club
L. H. Mann
George Haas
Highland Alameda County
Cecil Walker
Anthony de Avila
Haas
New Tax Office Hours To Include Evenings
The state income tax office at 22 East Pennington Street will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Officials said Saturday hours begin at the usual time and end at 5 p.m. On March 15, the final filing day, the office will stay open until midnight. Officials urged timely filing to handle a expected last minute rush.
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East Pennington Street
State Income Tax Division
World War II Evacuation Death Rate Compared With WWI
The death rate during World War II evacuations is estimated at 2 to 3 percent, far lower than World War I’s 17 percent. The figure highlights improved safety, logistics, and medical support in the later conflict.
Fickett Wins $100 Westinghouse Science Scholarship
Wildon Fickett of Arizona received a $100 Westinghouse science scholarship at a Washington ceremony closing the five day science talent search. He was chosen from 15,000 high school students for a total of $11,000 in prizes awarded by Science Talent Search organizers.
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Wildon Fickett
F. W. Fickett
Camino Espanol
Westinghouse
Washington, D. C
Fickett
Arizona
The
Electric Company
Washington
Science Clubs of America
Charles Amber Davidson
Fr. Bridger
Wyo
Anne Hagopian
New York City
Democrats Plan Delegates Vote for Arizona Convention
The Pima county Democratic central committee meets after March 15 to decide how delegates will vote at the Arizona Democratic state central committee convention in Phoenix on March 25. A Phoenix Woman's club gathering at 10 a.m. will select a national committee man and woman and ten delegates for the Chicago convention on July 19.
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Pima County
Democratic Central Committee
Arizona Democratic State Central Committee
Phoenix
E. D. Hererras
Chicago
Samuel H. Morris
Sidney P. Osborn
Patriotic 10-Year-Old Rebuilds Damaged Bus Seat
Arthur Wood, a 10 year old from 449 East Hermosa, repaired a wrecked commuters seat at Hermosa and Stone after hoodlums knocked it down Saturday night. He told Malcolm Huff at 121 West Delano that if merchants and the bus company provide seats the public should keep them in original shape. Local merchants sponsored the seats placed by the transit company.
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Hermosa and
Stone Avenue
Arthur Wood
East Hermosa
Malcolm Huff
West Delano
Appoint Howard Carroll To SP Secretary Post
Howard J Carroll named secretary of the Southern Pacific railway succeeding William F Bull who retires after 44 years service Carroll has 30 years with the railroad starting as a NY treasurer office stenographer and rising to assistant secretary in 1932 His office has been in San Francisco since the board headquarters moved there in July 1939
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Howard J. Carroll
Southern Pacific Railway
William F. Bull
Carroll
Railroad
New York
A.E.F
France
San Francisco
Board of Directors
Overspending Rebutted By State Agency
Phoenix March 8 The state highway department rebutted claims of overspending after Senate appropriations committee hearings showed payroll growth and higher salary costs. The agency was awarded 492 746 dollars in federal funds to continue postwar planning with a required state match of 239 245 dollars for plans on 12 million dollars of projects. State Engineer Bernard Touhey urged unity to secure federal funds while noting the department is already handling another 12.8 million dollars in planned work.
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Phoenix
Mar
James E. Babbitt
Coconino County
State Highway Department
Babbitt
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bernard Touhey
Arizona
Senate
Withhold Feed Payments To Await Federal Action
Dairy feed payments for February 1 to 17 will be withheld until Congress acts on subsidy payments and program continuation. Officials say the Feb payments may be combined with later periods or issued separately, with May 1 likely for February, March, and April payments.
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AAA
Congress
SP Train Limit Case Heads to U S Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court granted Southern Pacific permission to appeal the train limit case to the U S Supreme Court. It upheld the statute limiting passenger trains to 14 cars and freights to 70 cars as constitutional after the Pima County court had ruled it unconstitutional and fined the railroad $500 for violations.
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Phoenix
Mar
Arizona Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Company
U. S. Supreme Court
Pima County Superior Court
Conway
Supreme Court
Pima
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Memphis
Nashville
Boston
el Paso
Mexico City
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
St. Louis
San Diego
North Stone Avenue
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Highway Department
Crete
Tucson Daily Citizen
Cash & Carry
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Arizona Maintenance Co
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Montgomery Ward
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