Italy Moves Toward War As Mussolini Eyes Entry
Rome May 25 Italy readies for total mobilization under a new civil order. The decree allows conscription for all citizens over 14 and empowers requisition of private industry, transport, and food control. Reports cite reserves called up, liner sailings halted, blackout efforts stepped up, and anti Allied sentiment rising amid foreign exits.
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Italy
Mussolini
Germany
N Duce
Mediterranean
Senate
French
Morocco
Immaculate Heart Academy Grads Hold Commencement
Fifteen ninth grade graduates of Immaculate Heart Academy received diplomas at All Saints church on Sunday at 5 o clock. Most Rev Daniel J Gercke awarded diplomas and gave the address. Music included Mozart Ave Verum Ave Maria Regina Coeli sung by All Saints choir.
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Immaculate Heart Academy
All Saints Church
Daniel J. Gercke
Tucson
Mozart
Yon
Mueller
All Saints
Joe Lane
Camil van Hulse
Academy
Don Hughes
Esther
Temple of Music
Mary MacMurtrie
Tucson Little Theatre
Water Users Vote on $1,000,000 Bond Issue
Salt River Valley Water Users association members will vote next Tuesday on a $1,000,000 bond proposal to fund debt payments and system upgrades. The plan allocates $519,000 for extending power lines and adjusting frequencies for Colorado River power, with $489,000 to retire existing debts. Revenue declined as wage-related pumping for irrigation lowered income.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Colorado River
Wnge
Gasoline tax to yield $3.4 million for 1940-41 in Arizona
State Engineer W. R. Hutchins told the tax commission the 5-cent per gallon gasoline tax is expected to raise $3,400,000 in the 1940-41 fiscal year. Other highway revenues include registration fees $970,000 and carrier taxes $185,000. He projected a June 30 end balance of $641,422.25 in the state Way fund.
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Phoenix
W. R. Hutchins
Tax Commission
Highway Department
Hutchins
Commission
State Way
FDR Plans Three Changes For Cabinet
Roosevelt weighs a triple cabinet shake-up with Navy Secretary Edison retiring to run for New Jersey governor. If Knox accepts the navy post, La Guardia would move to Labor, replacing Perkins, while Woodring’s War post would await a successor, possibly Louis Johnson. insiders see this as a sign of a potential third term.
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White House
Navy
Edison
New Jersey
Frank Knox
Frances Perkins
Fiorello LaGuardia
Woodring
Knox
Roosevelt
GOP
Alf Landon
James Wadsworth
New York
Landon
Wadsworth
Miss Perkins
LaGuardia
Fiorello
Labor Department
CIO
AFL
Louis Johnson
United Feature Syn. Inc
Pendergast Faces Bribery Indictment After Prison Return
Kansas City boss Tom J. Pendergast returns from Leavenworth to a battered machine. He faces a state bribery indictment over the Missouri Fire Insurance rate case and a contempt action as federal officers set terms of five year probation. He must avoid politics and surrender at 1908 Main Street.
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Kansas City
Tom J. Pendergast
Pendergast
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Missouri
Jackson County
R. Emmet O’malley
O'Malley
Ing
Main Street
County Heads Appeal From Court Order
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appeal to the state supreme court through County Attorney J. Mercer Johnson after a superior court ruling required creation of a second division of the court. Judge Levi S. Udall ordered the board to seek governor appointing a second judge.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
J. Mercer Johnson
State Supreme Court
Johnson
Levi S. Udall
Apache County
Richard H. Chambers
Herbert F. Krucker
Board of Supervisors
Superior Court
Udall
R. T. Jones
Floodlights at La Paloma lunch stand damaged in vandalism
Mike Piteo owner and manager at the Benson Nogales highway junction says vandals stole two flood lights and destroyed six others at his La Paloma drive in lunch stand. They also damaged fixtures in the men s lavatory and left two lights in poor condition. Sheriffs report ongoing investigation.
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Mike Piteo
la Paloma
Benson-Nogales Highways
Bids Opened For Safford Steel Bridge Project
Phoenix May 25 bids will be opened by the state highway department June 7 for a steel girder bridge across the Gila river at Safford Graham county will match federal aid funds in connection with the project
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Phoenix
State Highway Department
Gila River
Safford
Graham County
Chinese in Formosa Changing Names to Japanese
Chinese residents in Formosa increasingly adopt Japanese names amid cultural assimilation trends. Officials report rising name changes among families and individuals, reflecting shifting identity pressures under regional governance.
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Formosa
Law graduates to hear Jan Diemes at Arizona Law School
Jan Diemes former member of The Netherlands consular force will speak to the University of Arizona law school graduating class at the annual Pima County Bar Association reception next Tuesday. Other speakers include Judge William G. Hall J Byron McCormick dean of the law school and Paul Westerlund.
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Jan Diemes
Law School
University of Arizona
Pima County Bar Association
William G. Hall
Superior Court
J. Byron McCormick
Paul Westerlund
J. Edwin Beauchamp
Darrel G. Brown
Lloyd E. Canfil
Alex M. Conovaloff
Calvin W. Evans
Neal R. Gray
Ballet Premiere Revisits Romeo and Juliet in Leningrad
A new ballet inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet debuted recently in Leningrad Russia. Choreography and staging emphasized classical design with contemporary interpretations and featured a renowned company troupe.
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Leningrad
Russia
Legion funds to build Community Center health clinic
The county to construct a Community Center health clinic at South Sixth avenue and Columbia street funded by American Legion groups and WPA labor on land donated by Home Realty. The project includes county health and welfare operation with a nurse stationed there and public access, with a committee led by Legion Auxiliary president Mrs. Vivian Johnson.
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American Legion
Works Progress Administration
Home Realty Company
South Sixth Avenue
Pima County Board of Supervisors
L. H. Howard
City
Health and Welfare
Community Center
Columbia Street
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
National 8
National 40
the Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
County Health Department
Welfare Board
Howard
Vivian Johnson
The
Legion Auxiliary
Jean McQuown
Oscar Lamp
Joe Hanson
Katherine Mickey
French to Leave Mexico for Duty
Mexican capital reports that all French residents have been ordered to register at the French Legation for military service. Several age groups will depart immediately for France to join the armed forces. The number of men affected and departure details remain closely guarded, but several hundred are expected.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Legation
France
Sproul Urges United America To Strike Back If Attacked
Berkeley May 2. UP. Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul president of the University of California told the universitys largest graduating class that a united America can defend its democratic tradition and strike back if dictators attack. He warned against philosophies born of alien experience and urged Americans to stand on their own heritage to maintain freedom for at least one people.
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Berkeley
Calif
America
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
Sproul
Europe
Sacaton Red Cross Meets and Surpasses Emergency Quota
The Sacaton branch of the American Red Cross exceeded its emergency relief quota by collecting 65.45 dollars against a 25 dollar target. Mrs. Stella Robinson chairs the Sacaton unit which reported the substantial overage.
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Sacaton
Daily Citizen
American Red Cross
Stella Robinson
British shipbuilders focus on tramp ships for flexible trade
British shipbuilders concentrate on tramp ships of a simple type because they operate without fixed routes or timetables and travel from port to port to pick up and deliver cargoes as available.
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