Roosevelt Strengthens California Lead In 1932 Primary
Roosevelt third term supporters swept California boosting the overall delegate count. Garner led in Texas, Bankhead received Alabama favorite son support, and a mix of uninstructed delegates appeared in several states. Delegates totals reached 480 for Democrats and 586 for Republicans with convention votes looming.
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Associated Press
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Florida
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Chicago
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YMCA Unit Plans Summer Camping Session With Phoenix
A delegation of YMCA staff will travel to Phoenix for a joint camping conference with the Phoenix YMCA. Leaders Hervey Smith and Elmer Coble will attend, with counselors Joe M. Young Ivan Kohlhoff Lew Griffith Jimmy Davis Harold Stovall Charles Beal and Eduardo Caso. The plan calls for 120 boys per camp period from June 5 to July 25 in 10 day sessions, with Tucson boys sent by train and then bus to a Prescott area camp eight miles distant. Registrations are now being taken at the YMCA.
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Phoenix
Tucson
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Prescott
METHODIST MEN TO SELECT OFFICERS IN TUCSON
The Methodist Men will elect officers this evening at 6 30 during dinner at the First Methodist church. President Hervey Smith will review the past year and Rev S D Athans will speak about work with the Spanish population. All Methodists from Tucson's four churches are invited.
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Hervey Smith
S. D. Athans
Tucson
Readers defend Roosevelt policy amid Gallup and Fortune polls
In a Latch-String letter Otillie T Buckner argues Roosevelt’s foreign policy is supported by Gallup and Fortune polls showing overwhelming pro Ally sentiment. She contends isolationist GOP planks lack specifics and trust in Roosevelt’s diplomacy outweighs GOP assurances.
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Fortune
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New York Times
G.o.p.s
Spring Chorus Beneath Arizona Canyons
The poem evokes Arizona’s spring with midnight cacti blooming wren canary mock-bird notes and wildflowers. It describes fragrant blooms clear waters white sands and sunlit canyon scenes as a prose poem of nature and renewal by George Makronis.
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Arizona
Camacho to Visit Sonora as Election Campaign Opens
The Mexican presidential race sees Gen Manuel Avila Camacho touring Sonora with a first stop at Navojoa on the border near Sinaloa. Reports note Camacho will then move north to Hermosillo and Nogales by May 16, while Gen Juan Andreu Almazan campaigns from the independent side.
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Sonora
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Juan Andreu Almazan
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Navojoa
Camacho
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Almazan
Arive
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Coimbra University 400th Anniversary Ceremonies
Sixteen countries attended the commemorations marking the 400th founding of Coimbra University in Portugal. A multinational presence highlighted the historic milestone as officials and guests gathered for the ceremony.
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Coimbra University
Portugal
Ersat'z Glue Aims To Cut Plane Costs In War Era
American industry develops a cheap synthetic glue for plywood aircraft parts promising lower costs for private planes. Tests at Wright Field and Bennix New Jersey show glued plywood structures with heat treated layers hardened by thermosetting glues. Early use may be limited to specific components rather than whole airplanes.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
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Canada
United States Army Air Corps
Eastern Seaboard
Air Corps Laboratories
Wright Field
Los Angeles
New York
Armed Services
Bennix
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Bank Head Giannini Sees Bright Year On 70th Birthday
A. P. Giannini, chairman of Bank of America, marked his 70th birthday in San Francisco by reflecting on 36 years in banking, the bank’s rise to the fourth largest in the nation and its world ranking, and his wish to expand nationwide branches amid concerns about excessive consolidation. He credited the bank’s success to serving the "little fellow" and recalled his childhood drive to secure loans for a widowed mother, shaping his lifelong goal.
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Bank of America
Murderer-Thief Given Life Term in Loust Case
John Kurzawa, 21, confessed killer for profit, was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murder in the Feb 26 killing of Philip G. Loust of Dearborn. He lured Loust to a vacant house, helped kill him, and buried the body in a basement as part of a murder-for-profit scheme. His partner, John Kasap, 22, awaits trial for Loust’s murder and is also tied to the death of Dorsey Bowman.
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John Kurzawa
Philip G. Loust
Dearborn
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John Kasap
Dorsey Bowman
Eire Reports 34 Million Sweepstake Fund
Eire announced a Sweepstake Fund totaling 34 million dollars. The disclosure highlights the sizable public finance allocation and underscores ongoing funding for related programs.
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Eire
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim Bile Flow
An old advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming they induce two pints of bile flow daily to aid digestion and relieve bloating. It markets the product as the simple remedy for sour, sunk feelings and urges readers to ask by name, with 10 and 25 cent prices.
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Carter
Petersen to Seek Corporation Post in Arizona
Phoenix May 8 State Treasurer William Petersen will announce later this month his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state corporation commissioner. He seeks the office now held by W M Cox. Others expected to run include William Brooks of Chandler and C R McDowell of Phoenix, former highway patrol superintendent under Gov Moeur.
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William Petersen
Friends
W. M. Cox
William Brooks
Chandler
C. R. McDowell
State Highway Patrol
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Sinclair Oil Settlement Is Now Confirmed
Mexico confirms an $8.5 million expropriation settlement with Sinclair Oil, for seized properties amid Lazaro Cardenas era nationalizations. Treasury Secretary Eduardo Suarez says total payment, cash over three years, begins with $1 million this week. No settlement yet with Royal Dutch or Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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Mexico City
Mexico
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Treasury
Eduardo Suarez
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Standard Oil
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Lazaro Cardenas
Republic
Suarez
United States
Phoenix to Cut City Tax Rate for 1940 41
Phoenix plans a four cent reduction in the city tax rate to $1.68 per $100 assessed valuation for the 1940 41 fiscal year. City Manager Roy R Hislop estimates the budget at $2,468,201.26, down $45,955 from the current year with total assessed valuation about $70,000,000.
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Phoenix
Roy R. Hislop
Hislop
Flynn to visit Washington for Gila river case
Phoenix report states Frank E. Flynn U S district attorney for Arizona will depart Saturday for Washington D C to confer with the Department of Justice on the Gila river water case and other legal matters
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Phoenix
Frank E. Flynn
U. S
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Gila River
Jones Proclaims May 19 as I Am An American Day
Governor Jones announced in Phoenix that May 19 will be proclaimed I Am An American Day in Arizona. The day urges residents to welcome new citizens and those turning 21 as part of the observance.
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Phoenix
Jones
Arizona
Typhoid Epidemic in Cuba Prompted Mass Vaccination
More than 30,000 people in Cuba received vaccines to combat a recent typhoid outbreak. Health officials organized the campaign across multiple provinces to curb the spread and protect vulnerable communities.
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Cuba
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