Negro Charged With Violating Narcotic Law
William Jake Wortham, a Black man, goes on trial in federal court for violating the marihuana tax law of 1937. He allegedly transported about 328 grains of marijuana across the U.S. border on Sept 4, 1943, without paying the transfer tax. Police and state officials testified about a search near Fry Arizona where marijuana was found in his car.
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William Jake Wortham
Wortham
United States
Fry
Ariz
United States District
Frank Flynn
Phoenix
Arizona State Highway
Arthur L. Holly
Holly
Bert Hill
State Liquor Department
Hil
James Silver
Hill
W. A. MecGaughey
State Department
Albert C. Morningstar
San Francisco
Lawrence Jessop
Silvers
Joe W. Tang
William Lockett
Thomas Jefferson Ritchie
Vincente L. Cros
Phoenix Fire Destroys Box Factory and Freight Docks
A large fire in south Phoenix destroyed a box factory and truck loading docks, burning for over eight hours. Strong winds fueled the blaze, damaging about 600000 feet of shipping crate lumber. Loss at Zuendel Box Co. exceeds $70000. Pacific Freight Lines damage undetermined. Alarm sounded at 1:08 p.m. Sunday. fire subsided by 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
South Phoenix
L. W. Zuendel
Zuendel Box Company
Pacific Freight Lines
South Central Avenue
First Practical Seeding Machine Patented in 1840 US
A historical note records the first practical seeding machine being patented in the United States in 1840. It marks an early milestone in agricultural mechanization and the spread of farm innovations across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Warrant Officer Jack D. McConnell Serves in South Pacific
Chief Warrant Officer Jack D. McConnell of 843 West Congress Tucson serves with the finance office of the 13th Air Force. He has earned a Purple Heart for service as the unit strikes Truk and other targets in the South Pacific. He formerly worked in life insurance stock and music sales. He graduated from Montevideo High School Minnesota and is a Phi Delta Theta member. He is the son of Mrs. Dan Cartwright of Brownwood Texas and maintains a home for his wife and child in Tucson.
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Jack D. McConnell
West
Congress Street
Tucson
13Th Aaf
Air Force
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Bougainville
Rabaul
Kavieng
Truk
McConnell
Army
Montevideo High School
Minnesota
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Dan Cartwright
Brownwood
Tex
Air Medal Awarded to Tucson Gunner in South Pacific
Staff Sgt. James F. Menzie of Tucson received the Air Medal on April 19 as an aerial gunner with the 13th Army Air Forces in the South Pacific theater.
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James F. Menzie
Tucson
13Th Aaf
South Pacific
Second Lieut Rex Curtis earns second air victory over Europe
Rex Curtis of Hay den Arizona credited with shooting down a Junkers 88 over Budapest on April 13 1944. The RAF P 38 pilot already downed a ME 109 over Steyr Austria on April 12 1944 and damaged another enemy plane. Curtis flies with the top Mediterranean theater fighter group led by Lt Col William P Litton of Shaw Mississippi. He has 15 combat missions escorting heavy bombers over multiple Axis countries. Also noted is Sgt Ira C Griswold of Clifton Arizona who has completed 50 bombing missions with the 15th AAF and once owned a Jennie biplane in 1922.
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Rex Curtis
Hayden
Ariz
Budapest
Hungary
Curtis
Steyr
Austria
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
William P. Litton
Shaw, Miss
Italy
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Germany
Albania
Ira C. Griswold
Tucsonians receive Good Conduct Medals at Fort Bliss
Private Robert H. Brady of 531 West First Street and Private First Class Henry Arreola of 1533 East Ninth Street were awarded Good Conduct Medals at Fort Bliss Texas, as announced by the post public relations office.
Army private on furlough visits Tucson parents
Pfc Arnaulfo Curiel Gonzales of the Army signal corps stationed in Oklahoma City is in Tucson on furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs M Curiel of 1019 North Anita He has served about two years and was a Roskruge junior high student who worked for a cleaning concern before duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnaulfo Curiel Gonzales
Army Signal Corps
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tucson
M. Curiel
North Anita
Roskruge
Water Use Rises With Weekend Heat In Tucson
Tucson residents drank 29,319,105 gallons of water over the weekend as temperatures reached 96 degrees on Saturday and 90 on Sunday. Southside No 1 pumped 16,?. Northside No 2 supplied 9,883,055 on Saturday and 8,266,050 on Sunday, with year prior figures 8,796,000 at 94 degrees and 9,050,000 at 92 degrees.
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Ethel Barnard 69 In Tucson
Mrs Ethel Barnard 69 died Friday night at a local hospital. Funeral services were held today at St Philip s in the Hills. She had lived in Tucson seven months coming from New York. She is survived by her husband Dr William E Barnard Oracle star route a daughter Mrs Robert E Cox Du Bois Wyoming and a grandson Robert F Cox Jr in the United States Army. Arizona Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
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Ethel Barnard
St. Philip’s
Hills
Foster Jailed For Dance Hall Brawl
A Emerson Foster editor of the Negro Journal at 23 South Court street was charged in police court with disturbing the peace and intoxication. Magistrate Cella found him guilty only of intoxication and fined ten dollars or nineteen days. Witness L S Booker testified Foster demanded admission to Riverside dance hall with a press card and threatened to disrupt the event. Detective Camacho and officers testified Foster resisted arrest and insulted them. Foster claimed the press card was refused and blamed a conspiracy to keep him out.
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A. Emerson Foster
Negro Journal
South Court Street
Paul J. Cella
Foster
Riverside
Cella
L. S. Booker
Louis Armstrong
Tucson
Booker
Camacho
Mount Lemmon Road To Be Oil Treated
Preliminary work starts tomorrow on oil treatment of five miles of Mount Lemmon road. The job, expected to last about two months, will be funded by the federal Public Roads Administration with oil supplied and county equipment and operators provided. The two sections lie below the prison camp and above it, with some prison labor used.
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Mount Lemmon
George Grove
Grove
Federal Public Roads Administration
Purple Martins Rally in Vast Migrant Flocks
Tens of thousands of purple martins converge in a sweeping spring migration. The vast flocks fill skies across rural and urban areas, signaling seasonal change and ecological activity for observers and researchers.
Officer Nabs Burglar In Night Action
Patrolman Joe Berume captured Dennis Boyd after spotting him burglarizing the Tucson Trading Post on West Congress Street near 1:30 a.m. Berume warned with a shot, Boyd fled but was chased down. Police found five revolvers and six watches reported stolen from the store. Boyd was charged with night time burglary and referred to county prosecutors.
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Joe Berume
Dennis Boyd
South Meyer Street
Berume
Boyd
Tucson
West Congress Street
Jume
Court Street
Paul Cella
One-Third of U.S. Food Waste Could Save Big Share
A claim states that avoiding one third of annual U S food waste would equal delaying eight to nine percent of the total food supply.
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U. S
Women Voters Initiate Study Of Race Groups In Tucson
The Tucson affiliate of the National League of Women Voters opened a study of ethnic groups at a Friday meeting led by Mrs. Hu bert d Autremont. Speakers included Harry T. Getty on Indian residents and Miss Matred McKissick on African Americans in Tucson. The group discussed housing, employment, and recognition of Negro achievements while planning future meetings and state representation at Chicago events.
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Tucson
National League of Women Voters
Hubert d’Autremont
Harry T. Getty
University of Arizona
Matred McKissick
12Th Avenue
USC
Frank Wong
Tucson Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Chinese Evangelical Church
Chicago
d’Autremont
Ethyl Lobban
Arizona
Marshall Monroe
Phoenix
A. T. Humphry
League
John Stanhope Burns
William English
Robert Plunk
Barbara McCarron
Germany
Japan
Public Records Police Court Case Docket Summary
Presiding Paul J. Cell a C W Kirkland and Leslie De Joint hear cases. Bonds forfeited for racing book operation and other offenses. Vagrancy, weapons, disturbing the peace, drunken conduct, indecent exposure, and reckless driving charged with varied fines and jail terms. Some defendants are continued or found innocent.
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C. W. Kirkland
Leslie de Joint
Clifford Humbird
Lawrence P. Cooper
Joe Hanovich
U. S
James Reed
May Queen Shepard
A. Emerson Foster
Benjamin Garcia
L. Coleman
Melvin L. O’brien
George Davis
Marriages Listed For Multiple Couples In Tucson and Nearby
A clipped marriage notice lists several couples including Samuel A. Yanez and Miguela Lucero both 27, Rodolfo A. Heredia 22 and Josefina Altamirano 29, Oscar Mejias 19 and Beatriz Vargas 18, with other pairs from Keokuk Rochester Anaheim De Leon and Long Island.
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Belle
D. Hall
Samuel A. Yanez
Tucson
Miguela Lucero
Los Angeels
Calif
Rodolfo A. Heredia
Josefina Altamirano
Oscar P. Mejias
Beatriz C. Vargas
John C. Long
Keokuk
Grace M. Gilbert
Russell K. Weller
Rochester
N. Y
Rozanee Stephens
Ft. Wayne
Ind
John W. Burden
Anaheim
Grace K. Jacobsen
Chicago
Ill
Wiliam T. James
de Leon
Tex
Hattie B. Meyers
James Griffiths
Long Island
Alice E. Delavey
Silver
Wisconsin Democrats Back Roosevelt Again
The Wisconsin Democratic convention in Wausau endorsed President Roosevelt for a fourth term. The resolution urged continued leadership to win the war promptly and secure a just peace, while retaining social and economic achievements. Attendees included CIO AFL and railroad brotherhood leaders.
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Wausau
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
CIO
AFL
Railroad
Represen
Three Names Listed in Incident Report
Jeanne E. Romine 21 of Tucson Hugh Bates 29 of Dallas and Pauline Foster 24 of Oklahoma City are identified in a brief incident notice with ages and cities.
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Jeanne E. Romine
Tucson
Hugh Bates
Dallas
Tex
Pauline Foster
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wisconsin Farmers Union Endorses McMurray and Homes for State and Senate
Delegates of the Wisconsin farmers union endorse Rep. Howard J. McMurray for U S senator and Kenneth Homes former Progressive and president of the Wisconsin farmers union for governor. The endorsement reflects the union's support for farm policy leaders.
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Wisconsin Farmers Union
Howard J. McMurray
U. S
Kenneth Homes
The
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No. 4Th Ave
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Harry Getty
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Police Court
Paul J.cella
Democrats
Shirer
the News
Marion
Coperation
Am Tig
California
Ted
Roma Wine Company
Fresno
Roma Wine Co
Fresno, Calif
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