Fails To Return Book Led To Escapee Arrest
George Moore Jr a 24 year old Negro who borrowed a mechanics book from a downtown Tucson garage was jailed on charges of being an escaped prisoner from Ft. Hua Chuca where he is serving a 15 year rape sentence. Detective James Herron said Moore admitted four escapes from the stockade and described his AWOL routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore, Jr
James Herron
Moore
Ft. Huachuca
Herron
Tucson
Halsey Praises South Pacific Forces for Victory
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr lauds Allied fighters in the South Pacific, praising their teamwork from Guadalcanal to Bougainville and Green and Emirau islands. He credits construction crews and supply services for sustaining the drive toward Tokyo amid nearing completion of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
United Nations
Tokyo
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
Bougainville
Green
Emirau Islands
United States
Papers Found Honorably Discharged Army Document Issued
Officials at the Army recruiting office in the federal building hold an honorable discharge paper issued to Richard H. Laemmle, a motion picture writer. The document was found here and turned over to WACs who seek to return it to Laemmle or locate his current whereabouts. Laemmle was discharged in 1942 in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Federal
United States Army
Richard H. Laemmle
WAC
Laemmle
Los Angeles
Tucson Entrants Vie For City Essay Prize In Peace Contest
Phyllis Pike, 17, of 1 North Swan road, wins city wide essay contest for the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary with Unity for Peace. Janice Bradley, 17, earns second place, and Betty Holaway, 14, takes third. All three essays move to state contest with national prize potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Pike
Tucson
North Swan Road
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daily Citizen
Miss Pike
Janice Bradley
East Eighth Street
Tucson High School
Miss Bradley
Betty Holaway
North First Avenue
Miss Holaway
Amphitheatre High School
Daniel Boone Herring
Robert H. Bancroft
Roskruge
L. T. McCleneghan
All Nations
LaFollette
League (of Nations
Wilson
Nyasaland tung oil output rise through war years
Nyasaland tung oil production in 1943 reached 137 percent above 1942, which itself was 200 percent higher than 1941, signaling strong wartime demand and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyasaland
Church Pastor Accepts Ninth Year Recall at Nazarene Church
Rev. H Hugh Cochran will begin his ninth year as pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene at Tenth Street and Highland Avenue. The church has reduced debt, redecorated interiors, remodeled the parsonage, and expanded missions. A KTUC broadcast will feature the Sunday service through May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Church of the Nazarene
Tenth Street
Highland Avenue
H. Hugh Cochran
Rio
Tucson
el Rio
Charles E. Wade
Lorrie Steele
M. Lutze
John Eastburn
Roy Baker
F. E. Harris
J. C. Bush
Eva Huffman
Grace Hill
Vera Harris
Cecil Knauff
Velma Lewis
Madonna Redfield
Mary Lewis
Gladys Baker
KTUC
Nazarene Young People’s Society
Knauff
Cochran
Robert Richardson
Gordon
Verdine
Tucson Ministerial Association
First Church of the Nazarene
Crossing Crash Kills Four Girls Three Boys
Seven killed in Mt Carmel Illinois when a car carrying teens collided head on with a New York Central train at a county road grade crossing near Mt Carmel. Victims include four girls aged 15 and three boys aged 18 or 19. Bodies sent to Mt Carmel mortuary.
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MT. Carmel
Ill
New York Central
Robert Skelton
Rolla Henry, Jr
Dana
Elizabeth Joan Zeihman
Patricia Fisher
Helen Alka
Dora Marie Lindstrom
Home In Colonia Solano Sold To Californians
Mr and Mrs Edmund Locke bought a Colonia Solano house at 255 Avenida DePalmas from Charles Blixt for 21500 dollars not including furnishings The Lockes are siblings of R C Locke and Mrs T K Shoenhair of Tucson In a separate record by Mrs Anna Sullinger Ann Revin bought six lots in Home addition block 13 at Sixth avenue and 34th street for about 10000 dollars The deal included furnishings and equipment from Mr and Mrs Robert Will Spencer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Locke
Colonia Solana
California
Avenida DePalmas
Charles Blixt
Tucson Realty Co
Locke
R. C. Locke
T. K. Shoenhair
Tucson
Anna Sullinger
County Recorder
Ann Revin
Sixth Avenue
34Th Street
Robert Will Spencer
Co-Ordinated Planning For Airports Urged
Civil Aeronautics Administrator Charles I Stanton calls for a national and local plan for the thousands of new airports needed after the war. He warns against hasty, uncoordinated development and urges an integrated national system to prevent traffic tangles. Airlines already blueprint peacetime expansion to broaden air travel and cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics
Charles I. Stanton
Stanton
U S Food Supply Forecast Abundant but Some Rationing Seen
The agriculture department forecasts ample supplies of most foods in the coming months with potential cuts toward year end. Meat consumption remains high at 155 pounds per person annually, likely easing to about 145. eggs, milk, cheese, butter, and fats stay plentiful though canned fruits and vegetables may see 15 to 20 percent declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
War Food Administration
Railroad Brotherhood Vacations Granted with Pay
Three railway brotherhoods representing locomotive firemen enginemen conductors and switchmen win annual one week paid vacations. The pact covers regular assignments with full pay and provides prorated rates for extra and furloughed workers based on the prior semi monthly earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Pigeons Live Eight to Nine Years for Army Use
The article notes that homing pigeons used by the U S Army have a lifespan of about eight or nine years and mentions the existence of two hundred varieties of finch in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
United States
Watermelon acreage rises sharply from 1943 levels
Watermelon acreage is up 50 percent over 1943 figures, signaling increased production. The increase reflects shifting crop plans and market demand for melons in the growing season.
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Halsey
R. H. Laemmle
Everlasting
Santa Rita Florist
Josephine Krauch
Mabel Street
Harry Gin
South Third Avenue
Jack Snider
West 23Rd Street
Kelley Rollings
North Mountain Avenue
Evalyn Bowen
Defense
Mary Frances Low
North Anita Street
Patty Terry
Oracle
Ariz
Kathleen Wood
North Sixth Avenue
Violet Epstein
East Lee Street
Jewell Tickle
Bessie Rae
Alice L. Vail
Betty Holaw
Ata
Bruce Terminix
Anthony Lerua
Knights of Columbus
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Denver
el Paso
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
Seattle
T. Seer
Norwood
Hugh Cochran
Colonia
Solano
Aspen
Arizona Maintenance CO
Arizona Inn
Navy
CAA
U. S
Hemphill-Miller Mfg. Co
East Pennington
Schilling
Hlavor
Mountain States
T &T Co
Iselephone & Telegraph
E. Pennington
Anderson Maestro
Arizona
Venus & Vocum
Hone
Bondex
Pol
Beauty
Arizona Lumber & An Apply Co
East Seventh St
J. Knox Corbett Lumber & Howe. Co
Sixth Ave
Seventh St
W. P. Fuller & Co
East Congress
the O’malley Lumber Company
North Fourth Ave
Pioneer Paint & Varnish Co
W. Congress
Litchfield Park, Ariz
Shear Opr
Loftsmen & Template Makers
Tool & Die Makers
Electrical & Radio Installers
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
U. S. Employment Service
East Pennington ST
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