Former Tucson Policeman Recounts Marine Corps Duty
Lt Richard J Lease formerly head of Tucson identification bureau writes Chief Harold C Wheeler about life in the Pacific. He describes amphibious duties, mine disarmament, and finding a shell with mercury in an ash tray, plus his wish to study police work and help the Tucson department after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Richard J. Lease
U. S. Marine Corps
Tucsonce
Harold C. Wheeler
Lt. Lease
Pacific
Eeler
Lease
William Rosse
Wheeler
Tucson
East
Washington
Election Results Sweep Closer To Roosevelt Victory
The report details Florida’s Pepper in a tight race needing over 50 percent to avoid a May 23 runoff with four opponents. With 858 of 1496 precincts, Pepper led 112,178 to 104,212 for rivals. J Ollie Edmunds had 72,750. South Dakota renominated Gurney over Miller 32,041 to 23,488. Alabama Democrats pick unpledged delegates while Arkansas completes Republican delegation, with 12 seats, some pledged to Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Florida
Pepper
J. Ollie Edmunds
South Dakota
Sen
Gurney
A. C. Miller
Miller
Dakota
Roosevelt
Alabama
Arkansas
Dewey
Emp
Byrd
Sup
Virginia
Indiana
Florence raid led by Tokyo raid veteran Macia
Allied dispatch from Naples May 3 reports Maj. James H. Macia veteran of the Tokyo coup leading Marauders over Florence Italy. His flight bombed Florence rail yards as crowds fled across the Arno away from the target area in the fast rising Mediterranean air offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Naples
Tokyo
James H. Macia
East 40Th Street
Tucson
Ariz
Florence
Italy
Mediterranean Air Force
Greater
Macia
Arno
Nazi Attacks Beaten Off On Anzio Beaches
Allied ground troops and artillery repelled three small German attacks on the Anzio beachhead as American and British air forces struck Nazi road and rail lines north of the fighting fronts. Front reports also noted raids around the beachhead, tank led skirmishes near Cerreto Alto, and patrol actions along the Garigliano and Adriatic fronts. RAF and US bombers targeted railway bridges freight yards and harbors in central and northern Italy with several aircraft losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
U.P
Anzio
Littoria
Aprilia
Pontine
Cisterna
Fifth Army
Cerreto Alto
San Biagio
Garigliano
San Andrea
RAF
Italy
Rome-Florence
Castel Maggiore
Parma
Fano
Spezia
Genoa
Piacenza
Births at St Marys Hospital Tucson May 2 3
A series of birth announcements from St Marys Hospital in Tucson includes a boy born to Staff Sgt and Mrs Grover E Farish at 4 37 pm May 2 aboard 542 S 4th Ave a boy to Mr and Mrs Charles Jackson at 7 37 pm May 2 on R 5 Box 625 Ft Lowell Rd a boy to Warrant Officer and Mrs Frank La Chapell at 10 30 pm May 2 on 628 E Ft Lowell Rd and a girl to Mr and Mrs Edward D O’Brien at 11 24 am May 3 on 509 Cherokee Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Hospital
Grover E. Farish
S. 4Th Ave
Tucson
Charles Jackson
Ft. Lowell Rd
Frank la Chapell
E. Ft. Lowell Rd
Edward D. O’brien
Cherokee
Hay Cutting On City Farm Begins This Week
City manager Phil J. Martin Jr. says over 200 acres of oat hay will be cut and baled this week on the city farm. The job, likely lasting through May and into the first week of June, will employ ten to twelve men and harvest about 100 acres of barley. The hay sale targets cattlemen stockmen and dairymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Martin
Hevea Trees Expected to Yield Rubber Soon
Within 12 years, it is estimated that heven trees will produce from 1 200 to 1 900 pounds of crude rubber an acre.
More Leisure Time Expected After War Ends
Tucson Optimists heard John R. Batchelor state the postwar era will bring more leisure time and emphasize constructive recreation. He urged leaders to expand play beyond sports and keep it in the good category. Harry Stoops, FCA regional rep, accompanied Batchelor on his Arizona visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Batchelor
Federal Security Administration
Tucson Optimists Club
Batchelor
Ferron Troxel
Harry Stoops
FCA
San Francisco
Stoops
Arizona
Motel Change Hands In Downtown Tucson Deal
The Downtown motel at 383 South Stone Avenue was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geyer from Mr. and Mrs. John Murphey for an estimated 45000, as recorded with county recorder Mrs. Anna Sullinger. Also sold were the Tucsonia hotel at Main Street and Congress to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Block for about 15000 plus a 25000 note and a 5000 mortgage. Ben Polsky bought a Spring Street property in Casas Hermosas for about 10000. O E Frampton bought Rincon Heights property from Edward F. Blomeyer for roughly 9000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Stone Avenue
Robert Geyer
John Murphey
Anna Sullinger
County Recorder
Tucsonia
Main Street
Congress
Bernard H. Block
Bertha Griffin Crowell
Carl Parker Griffin
Detroit
Ben Polsky
Spring Street
Casas Hermos
Francis K. Smith
Rincon Heights
O. E. Frampton
Edward F. Blomeyer
Lt Col Nowotny Killed In Action On Italian Front
The War Department reports Lt Col Raymond A. Nowotny of the troop carrier command was shot down and killed on a special mission in Italy after being missing in action for about three months. Survived by wife Helen Tophey Nowotny and an 18 month old daughter. he had played tackle for the University of Arizona in 1937 and coached freshmen football in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Nowotny
Troop Carrier Command
War Department
Helen Tophey Nowotny
East First Street
Nowotny
Italy
University of Arizona
Tucson Gas Electric Light & Power Co
Lt Walter Ewing Alive From German Prison Camp
The 316 East Third Street resident Lt Walter Ewing reported to be alive and well in a German prison camp. A photo from unknown sources showed three friends, confirming the air crash of the Dry Martini on February 26, 1943. Ewing and one crew member survived with minor injuries, later fully recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ewing
E. J. Ewing
East Third Street
Ewing
Germany
Purple Heart for Tucson Private in Japanese assault
Pvt. Gerald L. Wagner of 48 N Palomas Ave Tucson received the Purple Heart for wounds from a Japanese shell during a forward mortar operation. He remained to help his squad move gear before collapsing and being treated. he enlisted June 1942 and went overseas June 1943. son of Mr and Mrs Mormon R Wagner of Vail Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald L. Wagner
N. Palomas Avenue
Tucson
U. S
Pvt
Wagner
Pvt. Wagner
Mormon R. Wagner
Vail
Ariz
Private Lelabell Cheatham At Bainbridge Army Air Field
Pvt Lelabell C Cheatham daughter of Ben S Cheatham of 746 East Fifth Street Tucson reports to the Bainbridge Army air field. Enlisted in the WAC on February 8 1944 she performs clerical duties at the local basic pilot school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Lelabell C. Cheatham
Ben S. Cheatham
East Fifth Street
Tucson
Bainbridge Army Air Field
Pvt. Cheatham
WAC
Cadet White Continues Pilot Training In Mississippi
Cadet Travis Finley White son of Mr and Mrs Joel C White of 217 N Park Ave Tucson recently reported to Greenwood Army Airfield AAFTC Greenwood Mississippi for basic phase pilot training He left Tucson High School in February 1943 to join the service At Maxwell Field Alabama his aviation cadet training began Only brother Staff Sgt J C White Jr is at Kelly Field Texas Robert Hunter Young 18 son of Mr and Mrs E G Young 217 N Melwood Ave serves in the medical corps in England undergoing basic training at Hoff General Hospital Santa Barbara California and Palm Springs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Finley White
Joel C. White
N. Park Avenue
Tucson
Greenwood Army Airfield
AAFTC
Greenwood
Miss
Tucson High School
Maxwell Field
Ala
White
J. C. White
Kelly Field
Texas
Robert Hunter Young
E. G. Young
North
Melwood Avenue
England
Hoff General Hospital
Santa Barbara
Cal
Palm Springs
Catalog of dairy and meat cuts and butter types
A list enumerates meat cuts with bone in rump at 11, boneless rump at 11, chuck blade or arm bone in at 7, and margarine at 2. It also notes creamery butter at 12, farm or country butter at 8, processed butter at 4, canned evaporated or condensed milk with one point per can weighing one pound or less, and all cheeses at 12.
Bombing Record Set By Allied Air Fleets In April
Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy dropped a total of 80 460 tons of bombs in April on targets in Germany and occupied territories. From dawn to dusk yesterday bombers of many types attacked invasion coast defenses and rail feeder lines at about two tons per minute, with little German opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Italy
Germany
Private Young Reports Shortages in England in Letters
Cal. A Tucson high school graduate class of 1943 Pvt. Young writes to his parents from England noting shortages of everything except American troops and rain, reflecting wartime conditions and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Tucson High School
Pvt
Young
England
Local Recruiter Mulvey Promoted to Chief Petty Officer
Arthur C. Mulvey formerly stationed as recruiter in charge at the federal building here has been promoted to chief petty officer. He served as specialist first class here through last March and now serves as recruiter in charge at the Flagstaff recruiting office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Mulvey
Naval Recruiting Office
Federal
Mulvey
Flagstaff
Tucson Soldier Higuera Reported Prisoner in Germany
Pvt. Joe M Higuera 19 son of Mr and Mrs J C Higuera 637 S 4th Ave is a prisoner of war in Germany the war department says He had been missing in Italy since November born in Tucson attended city schools and graduated Tucson Senior High in 1942 He worked for Western Union then Consolidated Vultee before enlisting in April 1943 sent overseas August last year with the Fifth Army in Italy when captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M.higuera
J. C. Higuera
S. 4Th Ave
Germany
War Department
Young Higuera
Italy
Higuera
Tucson
Western Union
Consolidated-Vultee
Fifth Army
Zoning Commission Seeks 1944 Budget of 10000
The planning and zoning commission votes to submit a 1944 45 budget totaling 10000 with allocations for planning direction 4000 drafting 2400 secretarial work 2000 additional postwar drafting and secretarial 1000 and equipment 600. The Plazita project at Court and Broadway is tabled for further study and parks committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
Andre Faure
Plazita
Court and
Broadway
Parks Committee
Water Output Slumps in April in Tucson
Water use in Tucson for April fell by about 18 million gallons from the previous April, totaling 214,187,680 gallons. Merrill Biggs notes the drop tied to a cold snap, with a 7.94 percent decrease in consumption and nearly 5 thousand dollars less in charges compared to a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Merrill Biggs
Wanted Men and Women For Hearing Test
Advertises an online home hearing test promising improved hearing or money back. Claims relief from ear wax issues and promotes Ourine Ear Drops available at Martin's and drug stores. Includes bold guarantee and sales pitch tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin’s
Adv
Measles Increase Tops 300 in Arizona Week
Measles cases in Arizona rose to 322 for the week ending April 29, up 49 from the prior seven days, as public health officials reported other leading communicable diseases in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Costello cites draft pool figures to meet 1.385 million goal
Costello argues a large ready pool of young men is essential as armed services need recruits. He breaks down the 1,385,000 target into 540,000 turning 18, 425,000 to 450,000 under 26 yet deferred for occupation, and 375,000 to 420,000 non-fathers now classed 1-A. He contends the manpower position is strong if managed properly, with few fathers over 26 required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costello
Armed Services
Wilson Discusses Music At Rotary Club Meeting
George Wilson an associate professor of music and director of the Tucson symphony orchestra spoke to Rotary club members at noon in the Pioneer hotel. He described how each instrument contributes to the ensemble and demonstrated tone and quality differences among instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
University of Arizona
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Rotary Club
Pioneer Hotel
Wilson
1000 Trusses to be given away this month
Kansas City offers a 30 day trial of a Doctor’s Invention for reducible rupture with a free $3.50 truss. The ad urges readers to write Physician's Appliance Co. at 4949 Koch Bldg 2906 Main St Kansas City Missouri for the trial offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Physician's Appliance Co
Koch
Main St
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Zoning Commission
Yony
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IRS
Leyter
Porter
Pony Express
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Tier Fashion
Toh Ra Ae
Seta Ford
William W. Harrison
Aircraft Plant Group
Burbank, California
Ford
Tae Mle Pa
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Renee Morte Coome
Carter
Hawkinson
KRAFT
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