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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1940

Page

3

Disabled Vets Make Poppies For Sale Here

Disabled World War veterans in Tucson produce hand made crepe paper poppies at the American Legion auditorium for Poppy Day observances. The Morgan McDermott unit in Legion auxiliary distributes the flowers in support of disabled veterans and needy families.

Flanders Fields Legion Morgan McDermott American Legion Auxiliary Tucson American Legion Auditorium Tillie Cottrell Poppy Day Legion Auditorium Legion Auxiliary Arizona Jessie Hutton Gertrude Meyers Mildred Hubbard Elizabeth Ashen E. Temple Hannah Howard Mabel Neal Myrtle Hardies Ethyl Thorpe L. N. Sonoqui Vivian Johnson A. S. Hall M. W. Scarbrough C. W. Hanson S. H. Moore Charles Clark J. R. Byerly Ben D. Gross

Roskruge Junior High Honors Award Winners Named

Achievement awards were presented at the Roskruge junior high annual honor assembly. Orr Kinman and Jack Notter won American Legion and Sons of the American Revolution awards for good citizenship. Letters and perfect attendance certificates were awarded to numerous students across grade levels. Marguerite David received a deck tennis ring as girls deck tennis champion.

Roskruge American Legion Constitution Orr Kinman Jack Notter Sons of American Revolution Billy Felix John Low Gilbert Carrillo Rudy Delgado Ernest Gradillas Joe Salcido Alex Benites Arthur Villaescusa Frank Gradillas Roger Vielledent Rudy Munoz Rudy Padias Hialeah Albright Martha Boyd Lois Hubbard Juanita Williams Marguerite David Tbs

Pima Receives 18119 In State Gas Tax Share

Arizona counties share April gasoline taxes totaling 404189.10 with Cochise receiving 7136.47 and Pima 18119.72. Other county allocations include Santa Cruz 1388 and Yavapai 7501.17 while the state retains 282932.37.

Phoenix Arizona State Highway Department Cochise Pima Santa Cruz Yavapai

SS Peter And Paul To Graduate 28 Students

SS Peter and Paul junior high school will graduate 28 students to senior high tomorrow. They will attend mass at 9 o clock and receive diplomas. The Mothers club hosts a banquet at 6 30 p m at the school with Rev Francis J Green and several other clergy and club officers as speakers. Students listed include Dorothy Aven Mary Benning Grace Brooker Jean Curtis Marian Davis Lois Durant Kathleen Fitzpatrick Ruth Foy Yvonne Gorman Sue Higdon Valeria Jackson Gertrude Langlois Mary McKinley Peggy O Laughlin Cecile Werener Dorothy Wingo Margorie Tye Donald Archer James Brady Lonnie Davis James Durante John Harvey L P Hermes Carl Jones Carl Krauch Hugh McCranie Kenneth Worcester and Gregory Lambert.

SS Peter and Paul L. O’dougherty Bernard Gordon Robert Donahue St. Agnes Parish Phoenix John Howard Albert Knier Thomas Connelly Lester Kinney Charles Towner Father Green Dorothy Aven Mary Benning Grace Brooker Jean Curtis Marian Davis Lois Durant Kathleen Fitzpatrick Ruth Foy Yvonne Gorman Sue Higdon Valeria Jackson Ger Trude Langlois Mary McKinley Peggy O’laughlin Cecile Werener Dorothy Wingo Margorie Tye Donald Archer James Brady Lonnie Davis James Durante John Harvey L. P. Hermes Carl Jones Carl Krauch Hugh McCranie Kenneth Worcester Gregory Lambert

New Havana Commission Sets Live Stock Prices

A Havana Cuba commission is formed to set maximum live stock prices and propose measures to develop the cattle industry, signaling government focus on agricultural markets and industry growth.

Havana Cuba

New Hospital For Huachuca Held Assured

The senate appropriations committee included 225000 to build a 50 bed hospital at Fort Huachuca Arizona, calling the current facility the poorest in the army. Hearings cited Gen E B Gregory calling it a disgrace to the service and noted the War Department approved construction years ago though the budget vetoed funds. The project requires direct congressional appropriation and conference action.

Washington Daily Citizen Fort Huachuca Ariz Army Appropriations Senate Appropriations Committee Fort Pachuca Carl Hayden Senate Huachuca Senate Appropriations Hayden E. B. Gregory Gregory War Department Department Bureau of the Budget Army Senator Hayden Gen. Gregory Congress

Army construction limits amid budget shifts cited by officials

Gen Gregory noted hospital projects were not in this year's budget due to air field improvements taking priority. Senator Elmer Thomas praised Fort Huachuca demonstrations as the finest for the congressional committee that inspected army posts last winter across America Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines.

Elmer Thomas Okla Fort Huachuca Congressional Committee America Puerto Rico Hawaii Philippines

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