Private employers hire 18 percent more in March
Federal Security Administrator McNutt said private employers added 18 percent more workers in March than a year earlier amid rising demand in industry and commerce. Congress weighed extra WPA funds as relief rolls show about 2.1 million on relief with estimates to cover through May and June. National Employment Week prompts cooperation among federal bureaus youth programs and education offices to place the jobless.
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Washington
McNutt
WPA
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Roosevelt
CCC
National Youth Administration
Office of Education
Germans claim quick gains in Norway and air raids widen
German forces report landings in Aalborg area caused light damage while London acknowledged seven Allied planes lost. Nazis claim Dombas and Storen captured and Trondheim isolated, with Hitler’s newspaper declaring enemy defeat and Norway conquest near completion.
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Aalborg
London
Air Ministry
Fornebu
Stavanger
Denmark
Germany
Dombas
Storen
Oslo
Trondheim
High Command
Namsos
Dombas- Trondheim
England
Norway
Fuehrer
Hitler
Andalsnes
Andalsenes
Berlin
Lokanzeiger
Voss
Bergen-Oslo
Volkischer Beobachter
Mecdefjord
Moldefjord
Air power and history mingle in Norway campaign account
The piece argues Germans hold air superiority with bases in Denmark and Norway, while Anglo French forces fight from home bases, forcing long flights and heavy fuel use. It compares this to 1918 British endurance in France where a lone balloon carried a German note praising stubborn resistance.
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Denmark
Norway
France
England
Million Dollars Offered For Capture Of Hitler
A group of 50 men and women offered one million dollars for Hitler captured alive unharmed. Carnegie Institute president Samuel Harden Church announced the May only offer, seeking trial by an international court. The letter to the New York Times urged swift action to prevent further bloodshed.
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Pittsburgh
Adolf Hitler
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
Hitler
New York Times
Church
R. R. Church
Duquesne Club
E. T. Weir
League of Nations
Geneva
England
the Times
Great Britain
United States
Weir
Kaiser Wilhelm
Netherlands
Globe and Phoenix Grand Jury Indicts in Indian Liquor and Related Cases
Grand jury action lists defendants including Arias Cervantes Estrella Lu cero Jones and Rob erts for liquor sales to Indians. Phoenix and Globe cases feature Richard Nosie charged with murder of Janet Nosie on Fort Apache, plus kidnappings, forgery, perjury, and various narcotics and property offenses. Several cases held pending arrest or disposition, with additional Prescott case withheld.
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Genia Arias
Louis Cervantes
Dave Cervantes
Cruz Estrella
Juan Lucero
Johnnie Jones
Lupe Roberts
Globe
Richard Nosie
Janet Nosie
Fort Apache
Thomas Horner
Cecil Dyer
James Claude Sullivan
Coolidge
Las Cruces
N.M
Don Stage
Elson Brown
Albert Lewis
Wren Kasey
Marcus Foster
U. S. Treasury
Emelito Villa
Harry Frederick Nelson
Henry Alonzo Blevins
Louisville
Emerson Adolph McGill
Gila River Reservation
Brady
Olive Peters
Prescott
Burglars Drag 700-Pound Safe After Overnight Break In
In Meriden Connecticut Salvatore Puglisi reported burglars moved a 700 pound safe from his home to a nearby lot. They labored all night to crack it but by morning gave up leaving $6000 in bonds and $90 cash behind, which was returned to Puglisi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridan
Conn
U.P
Salvatore Puglisi
Puglisi
Bombing Crash Kills Civilians in Clacton-on-Sea
A German Heinkel bomber crashed in central Clacton-on-Sea injuring over 100 and killing five Germans. Charred bodies were dug from debris as homes collapsed and a crater appeared at the busy junction. Eyewitnesses described the blast as a skyrocket-like explosion.
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Clacon-On-Sea
London
Clacton
Norway
Britain
Oslo
Trondheim
Phelps Scheduled to Set Court Case
Judge M T Phelps of Maricopa county superior court will come here tomorrow to set for trial the suit by Richard Chambers and Herbert Krucker to force the Pima county board of supervisors to create a second division of the superior court. The suit argues the division is needed due to litigation volume and state law requiring one judge per 30 000 population or major fraction.
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M. T. Phelps
Maricopa County
Border passes at Nogales awaited
Residents of the Arizona side of the border cities continued to pass freely into Mexico with no crossing cards required by a Presidential decree that was to take effect today. Immigration chief Rosendo Herrera said cards and instructions were still forthcoming from the government.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Arizona
Mexico
Rosendo Herrera
Arizona to Exhibit at Frisco International Golden Gate Expo
Arizona will again exhibit at the International Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco this year. Governor Jones announced the exhibit will be state funded by the state fair commission and chambers of commerce with 10 percent of concession revenue. It will be staffed by staff from the motor vehicle division border inspection stations. Arizona will not have an exhibit at the New York world's fair.
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Phoenix
Arizona
San Francisco
Jones
State Fair Fair Commissions
Chambers of Commerce
May Delays and Delgates Shape Presidential Nominations
Roosevelt and Dewey lead in instructed delegates as May beings, with Republicans to pick 477 of 1,000 delegates across 26 states and Democrats at least 392 more in May. Iowa’s delegation appears instructed for Roosevelt, while Massachusetts primary returns favored Farley supporters and left open the question of a third-term bid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Iowa
Ed H. Birmingham
Wallace
Gillette
Herring
Massachusetts
Farley
Tennessee
Saltonstall
Dewey
Destructive winter storm drops through Texas to Missouri
A fierce storm system swept east from the plains causing damages across multiple states. Texas saw the most destruction with estimated losses reaching $1,000,000 and several oil wells toppled near Greggton. In Frankston and Anderson County, one child drowned and two men died in Richland, while Tull, Arkansas, reported six fatalities. Kentucky Tennessee and Illinois also reported injuries and outages as winds and rain pounded the region.
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Indiana
Texas
Greggton
Frankston
Anderson County
Mary Lee Cook
Ted Cook
Richland
Tex
James McNeese
McNeese
Cecil
Alice McNeese
Tull
Ark
Benton
Bauxite
Sikeston
Bertrand
Chaffee
McMullin
Scott County
Cape Girardeau
Service Company
National Guard
140Th Infantry
U. S. Army
Kentucky
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Illinois
Cochise County Fishing Season Delayed to State Opening
The Arizona game and fish commission announced Cochise county trout season will open with the rest of the state due to recent fish plantings. Local fishermen had asked for Chiricahua mountain streams to open earlier, but the May 30 statewide start remains.
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Phoenix
Cochise County
Arizona Fish and Game Commission
Norwegians Attack on British Ships at Namsos Harbor
Reports describe Norwegian forces repelling a British cruiser and destroyer attack in Namsos harbor with a destroyer blown apart by a direct bomb hit. British marines and sailors were believed killed, other crew taken aboard the surviving cruiser.
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Namsos
Arbor
Narvik
Democrats Switch Parties as Registration Window Nears
Nine Democrats shifted to the Republican column and four Republicans moved to the Democratic side before the deadline to change registrations. Earlier that day 70 new Democrats and 41 Republicans registered as the county recorder noted. Under Arizona law, voters who did not vote or register in the prior year must declare party affiliation to vote in the upcoming primary. Registration books stay open until August 12 for state and county primaries.
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Carl H. Hitt
Arizona
WPA Paving Work Under Way in Ajo and Tucson
James R. Hubbard announces WPA paving projects in the Tucson area. About 30 workers lay hard surface on the Ajo road to the airport and recreation area at an estimated cost of 48700 dollars. Additional crews pave East Broadway to the city limits with strip paving widening curbs and gutters.
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Ajo
Tucson
Works Progress Administration
James R. Hubbard
WPA
Broadway
Campbell Avenue
Ulysses Kay Praised After Rochester Oboe Concerto
Word comes that Ulysses Kay, University of Arizona alumnus, earned favorable Rochester reviews for his oboe concerto. The Rochester Civic Orchestra performed it under Dr Howard Hanson, praising its lyric motive and musical imagination. Kay earned a B M degree at Arizona and is pursuing an M M at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.
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Ulysses Kay
University of Arizona
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Civic Orchestra
Howard Hanson
Kay
Eastmanhool of Music
University of Rochester
Farmers Turn Wheat Profit Pay Up Loans
Chicago May 1. Uncle Sam claims title to part of mortgaged 1939 wheat as farmers who repaid loans show profit fueled by war and a crop scare. The 1939 loan program ends except for about 21 million bushels on farms. outstanding loans may be extended or called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Commodity Credit Ton
Petersen Divides Premiums For Fire
State Treasurer William Petersen allocated 25 660 89 to fire departments relief and pension funds from Arizona fire insurance premiums in 1939. Allocations ranged from 28 03 to 4681 65 with named towns Bisbee Clarkdale Douglas Jerome Nogales Prescott Tucson Warren Bakersville and Cochise.
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Phoenix
William Petersen
Arizona
Bisbee
Clarkdale
Douglas
Jerome
Lowell
Nogales
Prescott
Tucson
Warren, Bakersville
Cochise
First Girl Born in 10 Generations in Cheshire Family
The Berti family celebrates the birth of their first daughter in 10 generations. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Berti in Cheshire Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Mass. U
Berti
Paul Berti
Conference Leaders Set Welcome at Arizona Family Housing Meet
The conference dinner begins at 7 p.m. with Dr E D Terreau and Dr R M Howard of the University of Arizona addressing topics on housing the family and children of Koageo families. Gov R T Jones and Mayor H O Jaastad will give welcomes, C Edgar Goyette will preside, Rev R S Burns and Hoehler will speak. conference adjourns Saturday.
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Ing
E. D. Terreau
University of Arizona
Koageo
R. M. Howard
Uversity of Arizona
R. T
Bob) Jones
H. O. Jaastad
Edgar Goyette
Chamber of Commerce
R. S. Burns
Hoehler
Wild onions sowed on Mangum golf course greens
Wild onions have been sown on parts of the Mangum Oklahoma golf course. Members report the greens committee found the onions tougher than Bermuda, hindering amateur play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mangum
Okla
U.P
Greens
Bermuda
Tippler Seeks 30 Minute Start In Wyoming Case
Cheyenne Wyoming reports Lee Toliver a 22 year old resident of Laramie admitted guilt to drunkenness and disturbance before Police Judge Philip White. Toliver asked for 30 minutes head start before leaving town and the judge suspended a 90 day fine in exchange.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
E. Lee Toliver
Laramie
Philip White
White
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