City Officials Await War Dept News on Tucson Airport Plans
City leaders and the Chamber of Commerce await a War Department decision on expansion near Tucson. A proposed 12,475 acre site for an ammunition dump and underground hangars may shift to a larger bombing and gunnery range adjacent to the existing six section range near Sahuarita.
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Tucson
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Washington, D. C
Monte Mansfield
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Mansfield
Washington
Army
Sahuarita
Plans for New Cantonment at Huachuca Fort
Headman said the plan outlines a cantonment with 1 242 buildings for troops and 58 post facilities including theatres fire station post office service clubs warehouses guest houses and church 81 hospital blocks to house 1 200 to 1 500 beds and 26 storage units plus four for telecom and radio. A $6 million cantonment for selective service trainees was finished in February raising the fort’s troops to 5 500. The proposed site sits two miles north of the existing cantonment and one mile north of the old fort as one of five new cantonments to be surveyed in the eighth corps area.
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Eighth Corps
Finley Killed In Wreck Leaving Family In Houston
Coroner C W Gardner reported that Finley died in a wreck while directing work at the scene. He is survived by his parents a wife and infant in Houston a sister Mrs Menard Keene of Tucson and a sister residing on Allen Road north of the city. Finley had been working in California recently.
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C. W. Gardner
Finley
Houston
Menard Keene
Tucson
Fredericks Rites To Be Held Sunday
Funeral services for James Alli son Fredericks 71 who died Thursday in a local hospital will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Parker Mortuary chapel with Rev Frank S Williams, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating Graveside rites will be in Evergreen cemetery under the direction of Tucson lodge No 4 F and A M Mr Fredericks resided at 403 North Third avenue and is survived by his wife Maude Davis Fredericks a daughter Mrs R H O Neil of Covina California and three sisters Mrs Lois Cook of Cookeville Ga Mrs Carrie Koon of Ft Stockton Tex and Mrs Bessie Hix Reed of Atwell Tex
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James Allison Fredericks
Parker Mortuary
Frank S. Williams
First Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Tucson Lodge No. 4
A. M
Fredericks
North Third Avenue
Maude Davis Fredericks
R. H. O'Neil
Covina
Calif
Lois Cook
Cookeville, Ga
Carrie Koon
Ft. Stockton
Tex
Bessie Hix Reed
Atwell, Tex
Girls Band To Play In Armory Tomorrow
The Tucson senior high school girls band performs tomorrow at Armory Park at 3 PM directed by Tom K Burges with Rosemary Bearse as student conductor. The program is sponsored by the department of playground and recreation with Tucson Radio Service era’s association WPA and Chamber of Commerce. Members include Evelyn Burnett Rosemary Bearse Lois Broom Helen Craspar Genevieve Drake Margaret Elliott Martha Ellingboe Donna Fisher Harriet Hyer Gretchen Mauch Marian McCall Carmen Nickalapak pulas Estella Nickalapulas Rebecca Provencio Armidia Quijatia Floetta Richards Marylin Stone Muriel Stockwell Pat Turner Irene Turner Juliet Urretia Harriet Williams.
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Tucson
Armory Park
Tom K. Burges
Rosemary Bearse
Department of Playground and Recreation
Tucson Radio Service
Era’s Association
WPA
Chamber of Commerce
Evelyn Burnett
Lois Broom
Helen Craspar
Genevieve Drake
Margaret Elliott
Martha Ellingboe
Donna Fisher
Harriet Hyer
Gretchen Mauch
Marian McCall
Carmen Nickalakapulas
Estella Nickalapulas
Rebecca Provencio
Armidia Quijatia
Floetta Richards
Marylin Stone
Muriel Stockwell
Pat Turner
Irene Turner
Juliet Urretia
Harriet Williams
Balkan War Story Told By Newsmen
Editor notes Pani¢l De Luss served as war correspondent in Poland during the German blitz and spent eight months with the Greek army on the Albanian front He recounts experiences for the Daily Citizen Special News Service.
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Pani¢l de Luss
Poland
Balkans
Daily Citizen
Greek Evzones Hold Push in Albania Amid Damaging Bombardment
Reports describe fierce fighting along the Albanian front with Evzones counterattacking after dawn while Italian forces shell positions near Klisura and Pogradetz. A wartime dispatch follows the Greek defense and a broadcasted interview with General Papagos amid bombardment and air activity.
Dervish Heroic Tactics Against Italian Advances
A rugged account recalls a Dervish commander disrupting Italian operations near the Greek front. He evaded Italian fire, guided boats under freezing seas, and taunted Fascist forces with a carved bread loaf bearing a defiant message. He did not survive the engagement.
Retiring Cadiz Clerk Lu cas Aims to Support Reelect Larcas
William H. Lucas, a 90 year old resident of Cadiz, announces retirement after nine years as tour clerk and says he will vote for Larcas, a woman serving her first term in office at Lees.
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Cadiz
William H. Lucas
Larcas
Imaman
Power Terms Agreed Upon For Boulder Dam
The interior department and allottees reached agreement on agency contracts for Boulder dam power. Los Angeles and Southern California Edison will generate power as federal agents, with act implementation on June 1. Draft regulations were sent to allottees for review, and power disposal contracts remain to be negotiated. The plan promises $120,000,000 in savings over 50 years and allows interchanging Boulder power with Parker and Bullshead dams for the Southern California metropolitan district. Breach could trigger government takeover.
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Washington
WUP
Interior Department
Boulder Dam Power Toda
City of
Los Angeles
Southern California Edigon Company
Boulder Dam
Boulder
Parker and
Bullshead
Boulder Power
Metropolitan
California
Hospital Day Observed Here in Bundles for Britain Drive
Tucson chapter of Bundles for Britain Inc joins nationwide Hospital Day activities on May 6. Mrs. Herbert Painter and Mrs. Henry Conover lead local efforts with buttons sold to show support for English hospitals funded by private donations.
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Tucson
Bundles For Britain, Inc
United States
Herbert Painter
Henry Conover
Britain
King George’s Hospital
England
Private automobiles taxed in Ceylon rise last year
About 376 private automobiles and taxicabs were registered in Ceylon during the previous year, reflecting a modest growth in motor vehicle ownership and transportation services.
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Ceylon
Nutritionists establish defense program group
The Arizona nutrition council approved seven committees to guide national defense nutrition efforts. Plans include technical nutrition information, improved school meals, nutrition education for adults, and expanding the school lunch program with surplus commodities. A half-day program for the Country Life conference at the University of Arizona was approved.
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Arizona Nutrition Council
Margaret Cammack Smith
Country Life Conference of Arizona Women
University of Arizona
Defense Timber: Committee Urges Labor Aid Against Strikes
The committee called for cooperation of organized labor, the public and officials to avoid strikes in defense industries. It urged removing individuals seeking to overthrow the constitution and supported legislation to bid strikes and lockouts in defense plants.
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United States
City briefs from The Arizona Sunshine
The Arizona Sunshine reports that the school will present Jack and the Beanstalk Monday at 7 30 PM in the school auditorium. The show was postponed from last Friday due to rain. A student work display is planned. Also, Menlo Park Improvement Association hosts a general meeting Sunday at 4 PM at Menlo Park school for local residents. Mrs Lucy C Garrod will speak on Stamps of the Netherlands and Colonies at the Tucson Stamp Club meeting Monday evening.
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Kiwanis Club of
Tucson
Kiwanis
Arizona Sunshine School
Menlo Park Improvement Association
Menlo Park
Lucy C. Garrod
Netherlands
Colonies
Government Heights Missionary Society Meeting
The Monthly Meeting of the Government Heights Missionary Society will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the mission.
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The
Government Heights Missionary Society
Mrs J Borden Harriman To Speak On Red Cross Work
Mrs J Borden Harriman former U S minister to Norway and Red Cross volunteer leader will address listeners at 9 15 a m tomorrow over station KVOA detailing aspects of Red Cross service.
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J. Borden Harriman
U. S
Norway
American Red Cross
KVOA
Red Cross
Walter Lovejoy to Attend Region 12 Boy Scouts Meeting
Walter Fe Lovejoy will attend the executive committee meeting of the Boy Scouts of America Region 12 in San Francisco tomorrow. Region 12 covers Arizona California Nevada and Utah. Lovejoy departed Thursday on a business trip.
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Walter FE. Lovejoy
Boy Scouts of America
San Francisco
Arizona
California
Nevada
Utah
Lovejoy
Catalina council scouts compete in state first aid contest
Over 100 Boy Scouts from Catalina council gathered at Armory Park for the state first aid contest led by Col. O. G. Brown. Sixty participants hailed from Tucson with others from Hayden Florence Coolidge and Ray.
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BOY Scouts OF Catalina Council
Armory Park
Col
O. G. Brown
Tucson
Hayden
Florence
Coolidge
Ray
Metzger Heads Library Group At University of Arizona
Dr Jeremiah Metzger was reelected president and William Carl son reelected secretary treasurer of the University of Arizona Friends of the Library. Samuel R T Very spoke on libraries in Europe and the Canary Islands. Librarian Carlson reported gifts totaling 3929 volumes valued at about 6717 dollars since last April, the largest donor being T E Hanley of Bradford Pa who gave 1401 items worth 3305 dollars.
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Jeremiah Metzger
William Carlson
University of Arizona Friends of the Library
Samuel R. T. Very
Europe
Canary Islands
Carlson
T. E. Hanley
Bradford
Purse Snatchers On Cycles Reported In Denver
A woman reported two boys on bicycles grabbed her purse as she crossed the street and rode away through an alley, describing a WP streamlined style purse snatching incident in Denver.
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Cycles
Denver
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Hadiés
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