City Wins $40,000 Flood Control Approval in Arizona
The Arizona state tax commission approved 40 000 for flood control work on the Big Arroyo and tributaries and 10 000 for an added water supply. City officials cited past floods in 1940 and 1943 and growing needs from population and industry as justification, with Mayor and council noting available funds from tax receipts and police fines to cover the costs.
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Arizona State Tax Commission
John D. Lyons
Chad M. Moore
D. C. O'Neill
Carl Hitt
Lyons
O'Neil
Phil Martin, Jr
J. D. Manders
Manders
Retail Store Classifications Updated By 1943 Volume
The OPA price division announces new retail classifications based on 1943 gross business volume, effective today. Stores have until June 15 to report changes, with notices posted at each location. Categories include Class I under 50,000. Class II 50,000 to 250,000. Class III under 250,000. Class IVa over 250,000 large independents. Class IV chain over 250,000.
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OPA
Tucson
Calcium in the human body tops all inorganic elements by weight
The article notes that calcium constitutes a larger proportion of the human body's weight than any other inorganic element. It highlights calcium's prominence among minerals in biological composition and its foundational role in bodily structure.
Memorial Day Observances Planned in Tucson
Tucson will hold Memorial Day ceremonies next Tuesday at Evergreen cemetery. Judge William G. Hall will give the address after a veterans parade led by veterans organizations and the VFW band. The event, smaller due to wartime duties, is organized by C. B. Colburn with United Spanish War Veterans leading, and includes Davis-Monthan firing squad and an American Legion color guard.
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Tucson
Evergreen Cemetery
William G. Hall
C. B. Colburn
United Spanish War Veterans
The
American Legion
Purple Heart Association
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans On Foreign Wars
Judge Hall
Davis-Monthan
VFW
S. H. Aldridge
US Maritime Commission Opens 1942 Ship-Building Surge
The United States Maritime Commission put more than 740 cargo ships into service in 1942 as part of wartime industrial expansion. This massive effort supported Allied supply lines and boosted U S strategic freight capacity during World War II.
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United States Maritime Commission
Coffin Urges Global Economic Justice at Church Assembly
Rev. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin urged the Presbyterian church to champion economic justice worldwide. He called to dismantle obsolete structures and ensure all peoples share in goods, linking political and economic arrangements to peace and stability. The 156th general assembly adjourns May 31.
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Chicago
Henry Sloane Coffin
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Presbyterian Church
Coffin
General Assembly
United States
Two Teachers Resign County School Posts
The county school superintendent Mrs P H Ross announced two vacancies in one room schools at Reddington and Indian Oasis Sells. Myrtle Griffith and Waldo B Christ resigned to seek work elsewhere. no new applicants yet. Attendance averages 10 and 16 respectively, with more resignations possible before next year.
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P. H. Ross
Myrtle Griffith
Reddington School
Waldo B. Christ
Reddington
Indian Oasis
War Agencies Appropriation Drops Slightly
The House appropriations committee on May 25 recommended 1.033 billion dollars to fund 18 miscellaneous war agencies for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The total falls below current year funds for major home front agencies by about 38 million and is 37.9 million under estimates. the War Shipping Administration receives 530.35 million, the largest allotment. The Office of War Information sees a 20.4 million boost, the only notable increase.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Shipping Administration
House
Office of War Information
WSA
Mining professor to work with U S Bureau of Mines this summer
J B Cunningham head of the mining engineering department at the University of Arizona will leave Tucson May 28 for Rolla Missouri to serve as a metallurgist with the U S Bureau of Mines. He will aid research on strategic metals for the war effort. Paper salvage collections will be held tomorrow in sectors O and P with Huerta's grocery as the pick up point in sector O.
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J. B. Cunnningham
University of Arizona
Tucson
Rolla
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Cunningham
Huerta
Navy recruiting visit by Lt. Roger B Trick in city
Lt. Roger B Trick officer in charge of Arizona recruiting and induction service visited the Navy recruiting office in the federal building today. He arrived on a regular routine city trip, as reported by Sp. IC J G Billingsley who runs the local office.
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Roger B. Trick
Arizona Recruiting and Induction Service
Navy
Federal Building
Trick
J. G. Billingsley
South Dakota Reaches Statehood in 1889
South Dakota achieved statehood in 1889 after 28 years as part of the Dakota Territory, marking a pivotal expansion in the western United States during the era of territorial growth.
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South Dakota
Dakota Territory
Naval bill funds seamen training and merchant fleet expansion
A legislative proposal allocates 530.35 million dollars to recruit and train seamen and operate a merchant fleet totaling about 4 209 vessels with 43 000 000 tons next year. It would add 1 070 ships and 12 689 000 tons from current levels. The committee also recommends 39 million for the War Relocation Authority, down 1.1 million.
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War Relocation Authority
North Carolina Marine Kills 60 Japanese Soldiers
A 19 year old Marine Private First Class James M. Thomas from Biltmore North Carolina killed 60 Japanese troops in the Namur Island struggle at Kwajalein Atoll. He has received the Bronze Star Medal from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. No further details were released.
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Washington
James M. Thomas
Biltmore
N. C
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Edward F. Ryder
Thomas
Chester W. Nimitz
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Tax Commission
St.Joseph Penedie i
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
E. Pennington
North Carolina Marine
Asteeth
Moone
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sandy Nevin
Sandy Nevins
Royal Ascot
Sears Roebuck and CO
Pennington
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