Six Tucson junior high schools graduate 542 students
Six Tucson junior high schools will graduate 542 students at the close of the school year next week. Ceremonies will be held May 24 at Catalina and Dunbar, May 25 at Wakefield and Safford, and May 26 at Mansfeld and Roskruge. Prizes, invocations, and addresses by dignitaries accompany diplomas and certificates.
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Tucson
Catalina and Dunbar
Wakefield and Safford
Mansfeld and
Roskruge
Catalina Junior High School
Richard Chalk
SS. Peter and Paul
Robert Morrow
Catalina
Patsy Bowling
Betty Jean Irding
Molly Allee
Pat Smith
Martha Pearce
Fred A. Kohn
Mansfeld
Morrow
K. Garretson
University of Arizona
Wakefield Junior High
Victor Stoner
Wakefield Chorus
Rettta Ann Strauss
American Legion
Noble M.“Hiser
Charles A. Carson
Tucson Senior High
Safford Junior High
Joe Young
Carson
Theodore Radtke
San Agustin Cathedral
Safford
Leslie O. Brewer
Arlene Siette
Roskruge Junior High
Walter E. Lovejoy
P. E. Howell
Court Verdict Starts Public Guessing Bee
A two section verdict in Judge William G. Hall's court sided with Hale on Williams's complaint and with Williams on Hale's cross-claim. The result left observers puzzled as court attaches explained the outcome as a tit for tat and noted the younger Williams was 21 at the time of the accident.
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William G. Hall
Lee Roy Williams
W. E. Hale
Hale
Williams
James M
Campbell Avenue
Ft. Lowell Road
Thirteen Marines Killed in Navy Plane Crash
NORFOLK Va May 19 Thirteen marines were killed early today when their Navy patrol plane crashed about six miles southeast of the U S Marine Corps air state at Cherry Point N C None aboard the aircraft survived fifth naval district head reported in releasing news for the crash Names were withheld temporarily
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Norfolk
U. S. Marine Corps Air State
Cherry Point
N. C
Fifth Naval District
Tucson Soldier Among War Prisoners Named by War Department
The War Department released a list of Arizona men held in German internment camps. Staff Sgt. Gilbert S. Corona of Yuma and Second Lt. Milton R. Moore whose wife Lois Virginia Moore lives at 1804 East Drachman Street Tucson were among those named.
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Washington
War Department
Arizona
Gilbert S. Corona
Nellie Corona
Yuma
Milton R. Moore
Lois Virginia Moore
East Drachman Street
Tucson
Two British Reporters Killed on Italian Front
London reports Cyril Bewley 40 war correspondent for Kemsley newspapers and Roderick MacDonald 32 of the Sydney Morning Herald and London News Chronicle were killed on the Italian front. Bewley walked into a minefield after leaving his jeep to take cover. his Australian colleague died simultaneously.
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London
Cyril Bewley
Kemsley
England
Roderick MacDonald
Sidney Morning Herald
London News- Chronicle
Bewley
Dispatch
Forrestal Sworn In as Navy Secretary in Brief Ceremony
James Vincent Forrestal took the oath as the 48th secretary of the Navy in a short Washington ceremony. Previously undersecretary since 1940 and acting secretary after Frank Knox’s death, he declined to answer questions from reporters.
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Washington
James Vincent Forrestal
New York
Thomas L. Gatch
Navy
Forrestal
Gatch
Ernest J. King
Fleet
David I. Walsh
Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Melvin Maas
Minn
Landlord Apologizes Lets Mother and Child Use Apartment
In Bronx magistrate court on May 19 a landlord agreed to allow Helen Zwilling and her two year old son Brian to occupy the apartment after he had refused possession because of the child. The landlord Anthony Michels apologized and shook hands with Zwilling as the court ordered entry.
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New York
Bronx
Helen Zwilling
Brian
Zwilling
New War Prisoner Mail Forms Speed Air Delivery
Local post office announces airmail prisoner of war forms issued by the War Department and distributed through the postal service. The new form speeds messages to German POWs with six cent postage, requires block capitals, and designates a POW number rather than an Army serial number.
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Harold Collins
Tucson
Moore
American Airlines
Milton R. Moore
War Department
Post Office Department
Sam Levitz
Postal Department
Collins
Far East
New York
Lois Moore
Don Young
Stalag Luft
Germany
France
Army
Edith Kirby
East Drachman
The
University
Veterans aid crippled carrier pigeon in city rescue
Two American Legion veterans assisted a wounded carrier pigeon that fell after a wire strike amid West Congress traffic. The Morgan McDermott Post members, one a South Pacific veteran and the other a French infantry veteran, nursed the bird at home and applied a splint to its broken wing. Both declined to name themselves.
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West Congress
Morgan-McDermott
American Legion
South Pacific
France
Semper Fidelis proposed as name for Marine Mothers club
The Marine Mothers club proposes Semper Fidelis as its name and will present a constitution and by laws at the second meeting on Wednesday May 24. Staff Sgt J D Van Horne says a special committee will decide the name and present the aims in the Pima County Court House court room with temporary chairwoman Mrs Lila Woodmanse. Eligible members include mothers wives daughters sisters aunts and grandmothers of Marines and ex Marines.
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Semper Fidelis Club
Marine Mothers’ Club
J. D. van Horne
Leathernecks
Pima County
Marine Auxiliary Society
Lila Woodmansee
East Eighth Street
van Horne
Insurance Clerk Discovers $1100 in Unaddressed Envelope
A clerk at the Insurance Co. of North America in Philadelphia opened a plain unaddressed envelope and found $1,100 in bills. No sender or reason is known for the mysterious find.
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Philadelphia
Insurance Co. of North America
Arizona in 1941 and American Airlines career 1942
A fragment notes a person tied to Arizona in 1941 and cites a long tenure with American Airlines since 1942, indicating a historical link between the state and aviation service.
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Arizona
American Airlines
Births at St Marys Hospital Tucson
A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Richard A Meek at 11 25 am May 18 at 2627 Govette Ave Tucson A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Olvera at 11 48 pm May 18 at 525 S Roskruge Tucson A girl was born to Mr and Mrs A M Palacios at 6 56 am May 19 at 32 W Corral
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Richard A. Meek
Govette Ave
Tucson
Robert Olvera
S. Roskruge
A M. Palacios
W. Corral
Explosion on Nova Zembia Heard in Berlin in 1933
A dynamite blast on the arctic island of Nova Zembia in 1933 was reported to have been heard as far as 2,000 miles away in Berlin Germany.
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Arctic
Nova Zembia
Berlin
Germany
Imperfection Makes Ruby Perfect Through Chromium Oxide
A ruby’s flaw paradox is its chromium oxide inclusion that yields ideal color and clarity. The unusual defect forms the deep red hue prized in gemstones and influences grading standards in the trade.
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CAVA
FOX
Hawkinson
General Tire CO
Tccson
6Th Ave
Oth St
U. S. Navy
Mothers’ Club
Kuppenheimes
Boe
Nachs- Parker Co
Hnuse
Ctaenheimer Ga
Laliels Orey
Sfrect
M. J.B
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