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Nogales international., 1941-05-24

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CRUZ.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION OF SUZONNE
JANE MEDLEN
R D E r
Herman c. Medlen and Cecile B
Medlen, husband and wife, having
filed in this Court their petition
for the adoption of Suzonne Jane
Medlen, a minor child.
1T IS ORDERED that the mat
ter of said petition shall De heard
in the Court Room Of saiG Sup
erior Court in the Court House. in
the City of Nogales, Santa Cruz
County, State Of Arizona, on the
1st day of July, 1941, at the hour
VI 4O.OO " CIOSh w. >s4A1 CAAcSN
copy of said petition and CHS order
shall be published once week for
three 60 successive weeks in the
Nogales International. weekly
newspaper published and of general
circulation in Santa Cruz County,
State of Arizona. the last public&-
ton to be on May 81, 1941.
ORDERED FURTHER, that no
further notice OF said hearing shall
be given.
DATED this 10th day of May,
1941.
WILLIAM G. HALL,
Judge of Said Su-
perior Court.
pub. May II, "a, 81, 194D.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

hicles now being regularly inspected
by II states and a number of cities
failed to pass the required test, Mr..
Hammond declares
Watch Steering Mechanism
With the best driving months and
heaviest traffic just ahead, Mr.
Hammond suggests that motorists
check their cars now particularly
for the following accident-breeders:
l. Wheels out of alignment. In
addition to interfering with
safe steering, wheels that are
badly cut of alignment wear
out tires in a fraction or
their normal lives.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
Good Car Upkeep
Vital ToSafety
Says Engineer

Mechanical defects which may
sooner or later contribute to a motor
vehicle accident ere present in a
large number of automobiles now on
the read, says Harold F. Hammond,
prominent traffic engineer of the
National Conservation Bureau, acci-
dent prevention division Of the As
sociation Of Casualty and Survey
Executives.
''Over half of the $500 900 We
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
LEGAL NOTICE

the point of beginning; being a
portion of Lot two (2) in block
of Nogales Townsite in the City Of
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, State
of Arizona.
PARCEL 2. Lots Ninety eight
(98), One Hundred G00) and One
Hundred Two (1O2), according to
the amended plat of the Western
Subdivision of the City of Nogales,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona, as
surveyed October Ills, 1885, by W.
H. Roper and as delineated on the
map or plat thereof en- file in the
office of the County Recorder of
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Separate bids must be submitted
for said parcel l and for one or
more of the lots constituting par
eel 2. Bids must be delivered to the
City Clerk of the City of NogaleS
not later than the hour above nam
ed. The right is reserved to reject
and or all bids and the City of No
gales will convey said real estate to
the successful bidder or bidders by
quit-claim deed.
DATED May 9, 1941
ALEX L. DURAZO.
City Clerk.
publish May 10, II, "a, 81 and
June 7, 194D.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

and occupants. 1t is a major
cause Of falling -asleep-at-
the-wheel' accidents.
5. Brakes that do not hold,
that chatter, en- grip unevenly
may cost your life.
6. Leaky fuel tanks and fuel
supply lines are invitations
to flaming death.
7. Lights that suddenly fail
make business for under
takers. Make sure that head
lights are properly focused.
Wash headlight lenses fire.
quently.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Mayor and Board Of AID
ermen of the City of Nogales will
at the hour of 800 o'clock P. NJ,
en- the 18th day of June, 1941, re-
ceive written bids for the purchase
of the unimproved real estate own
ed by the City of Nogales and par
ticularly described as follows:
PARCEL /. Beginning at the
southwest corner of Lot thirteen
C13) in Block one "a of Nogales
Townsite, thence northerly and per-
pendicularly to the north line Of
Noon Street, a distance of appro-
ximately ninety-five and thirty
eight hmdredths (95.38) feet to a
point on the prolongation westerly
of the north line of Lot thirteen
G3) in said Block one ID; thence
easterly thirty and four hundredths
5000 feet, more on less, to the
northwest corner OF said Lot thir-
teen (13); thence southwesterly
along the westerly side line of said
Lot thirteen 03) to the southwest
corner of said Lot thirteen Q0,
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that an order of the above named
Superior Count has been made CT
dering, authorizing and directing
the sale, in separate parcels, at
private sale, for cash, of the fol-
lowing described real estate, the
property of said estate, situated in
Santa Cruz County. State Of Ari-
zona, to-Wit:
An undivided one-half G2)
interest in and to Let's Eleven
(1D and Thirteen (13) in Block
c of Patagonia '-Eownsite in
Patagonia, Santa Cruz County,
Arizona.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN
that said real estate will be sold as
aforesaid, on or after the 9th day
of May, 1941, and bids for the pur-
chase of said real estate will be re-
ceived at the offices of Duffy &
Robins, Attorneys at Law, Room 212
Trust Building, Nogales, Arizona.
DATED May 10, 1941.
H. B. RIGGS,
Guardian of the Estate OF
Theresa Viola Fessler, an
Incompetent Person.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
S U M M O N S

THE STATE OF ARIZONA to
the above named defendants A. L.
Gustetter; Rose Gustetter; Florence
Bonsall formerly named Florence
Gustetter, also formerly named
Florence B.. Gustetter, and also
formerly named Florence Gustetter
BonsalD; Emma Budge (also known
as Emma M. Budge); The First
National Bank of NOgales, nation
al banking association; j. H. Cal
vert, as Superintendent of Banks
of the State of Arizona and Re
ceiver of Nogales Building and Loan
Association, a corporation, an in
solvent building and loan associa-
ton; A. E. Jones; j. D. Jones;
James v. Robins; Mary D. Robins;
Harry Ransom; Anna May Ran
som; California Standard Oil Com
pany de Mexico, corporation; j.
H. Calvert, as Superintendent of
Banks of the State of Arizona and
Ex-Officio Receiver of Sonora Bank
and Trust Company, an Arizona
banking corporation, insolvent;
State of Arizona; Santa Cruz Coun-
ty, a body polite and corporate;
and City of Nogales, a municipal
corporation:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to appear and defend
in the above entitled action in the
above entitled court, within TWEEN
TY DAYS, exclusive of the day of
service, after service of this sum-
mons upon you if served within
the State of Arizona, or within
THIRTY DAYS, exclusive of the
day of service, if served without
the State of Arizona, and you are
hereby notified that in case you fail
SO to do, judgment by default will
be rendered against you for the
relief demanded in the complaint
The address of the plaintiffs Is
434 Crawford Street, Nogales, Ari-
zona.
GIVEN under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona in and for the
County of Santa Cruz, this End day
of May, 1941.
(SEAL)
HELEN O'KEEFE,
Clerk.
publish May 8, 10, II, "a. 194D.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR
THE PURCHASE OF UNIM-
PROVED REAL ESTATE OWN
ED BY THE CITY OF NOGA-
LES.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

WADE w. BARBEE and
ALiMAH R. BARBEE, hus-
band and wife,
Plaintiffs,
VS..
A. l.. GUSTETTER; ROSE
GUSTETTER; FLORENCE
BONSALL formerly named
FLORENCE GUSTETTER,
also formerly named FLOR
ENCE B. GUSTETTER, and
also formerly named FLOR
ENCE GUSTETTER BON
SALL); EMMA BUDGE (also
known as EMMA M.
BUDGE); THE FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK OF NOGA-
LES. a national banking as
sociation; j. H. CALVERT,
as Superintendent Of Banks
of the State of Arizona and
Receiver of Nogales Build
ing and Loan Association,
corporation, an insolvent
building and loan association;
A. E. JONES; j. D. JONES;
JAMES v. ROBINS; MARY
D. ROBINS; HARRY RAN
SOM; ANNA MAY RANSOM;
CALIFORNIA STANDARD
OIL COMPANY DE MEX
ICO, a corporation; j. H.
CALVERT, as Superintend-
ent Of Banks of the State
of Arizona and EX-Officio
Receiver Of Sonora Bank
and Trust Company, an
Arizona banking corporation,
insolvent; STATE OF ARR
IONA: SANTA CRUZ COUN-
TY, body polite and cor
porate; and CITY OF NO
GALES. a municipal cor
poration,
Defendants.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CRUZ.
In the Matter CT the Estate of }
THERESA VIOLA FESSLER. }
An Incompetent Person.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
END DOR SEM ENT

ARIZONA CORPORATION COM
MISSION INCORPORATING
DIVISION
Fill ID
MAY l, 1941.
At 800 P. M, at request OF
Duane Bird whose address is Noga-
les, Arizona.
WILLIS G. ETHEL,
Secretary.
BY FLORENCE E. LANCE
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
STATE OF ARIZONA
ARIZONA

CORPORATION COMMISSION
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRE-
SENTS SHALL COME, GREET
ING:
I, WILLIS G. ETHEL, SECRE-
TARY OF THE ARIZONA COR
PORATION COMMISSION, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the an
nexed is a true and complete trans
cript of the
A M EN- D M E N T
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
1.-THE S. LEEKER DRY GOODS
COMPANY.
Renewing corporate existence for
an additional twenty-five years.
which was filed in the office of the
said Arizona Corporation Commis-
sion On the 1st day Of May A. D.,
1941 at 100 o'clock P. M, as pro-
vided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I
HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND
AND AFFIXED THE OFFICIAL
SEAL OF THE ARIZONA COR
PORATION COMMISSION. AT
THE CAPITOL. IN THE CITY OF
PHOENIX, THIS 1st DAY OF
MAY A. D. 1941.
(SEAD
WILLIS G. ETHEL,
Secretary.
BY D. PALMER,
Assistant Secretary.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION OF THE S.
LEEKER DRY GOODS COM
PANY
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at
a special meeting of the stockhold-
ems of The s. Leeker Dry Goods
Company, corporation, organized
and existing under and by virtue
of the laws of the State of Arizona,
held at the office of the company
at the City of NogaleS, County of
Santa Cruz, State Of Arizona, on
the 22nd day Of April, 1941, due and
legal notice of the time, place, and
purpose of such meeting having been
sent to all stockholders, by vote
CT all of the owners of all of the
issued and outstanding capital
stock of said The S. Leeker Dry
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
Attest.
Secretary.
STATE OF ARIZONA
P. M. CAPIN,


COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ-ss.
This instrument was acknowl-
edged before me this 22nd day OF
April. A. D. 1941, by Benjamin
Capin as President of The S. Leek-
er Dry Goods Company, VINO stated
that he executed such instrument
on behalf of said company for the
purpose and consideration therein
expressed.
DUANE BIRD
Notary Public.
My commission expires
December 5th, 1914.
(SEAL)
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
"ARTICLE Nv

''The life, tenure, and exist
ence of this corporation shall
be. and hereby is, renewed and
extended fer the period ending
May 18th, 1866. and the right
of renewal and succession as
provided by law shall be re-
tanned and enjoyed by this
corporation. .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF said
The S. Leeken Dry Goods Com
pany has caused this certificate to
be executed by its president and its
corporate seal hereunto affixed and
attested by it's secretary this 22nC
day of April, 1941.
(SEAL)
BENJAMIN CAPIN,
President.
Attest.
P. M. CAPIN,
Secretary.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
LEGAL NOTICE

Goods Company, said owners being
present in person, a resolution was
passed which, among other things,
authorized the amendment of Ar
ticle w of the Articles of Incorpor-
alton of said The S. Leeker Dry
Goods Company to be and read as
follows
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SANTA CRUZ.

WADE w. BARBEE and
ALMAH r. BARBEE, hus-
band and wife,
Nogales international., 1941-05-24
HELEN O'KEEFE,

publish May 3, 10, II, "a. 194D.
Nogales international., 1941-05-24

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION OF THE S.
LEEKER DRY GOODS COM
PANY
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
New Transfers Pact
Covering Seven Cities

Jacksonville, FLA contract was
signed between the K. & l.. Transpor-
tation Company and the local union
of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers,
covering employees in seven cities, j..
R. Braddock, representing the union,
and C. L. Shaw, representing the COM
pany, directed the negotiations. The
pact provides substantial wage in
creases for every employe, union shop
clause, seniority, check-of and shorter
work week. The agreement covers all
employees in the cities of Jacksonville,
Waycross, Valdosta, Tallahassee, Al
bany, Thomasville and Jesup, for road
drivers, pickup and delivery, helpers,
greasemen, checkers and warehouse
men or dockmen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
STRIKES in HAWAII
BARRED BY PACTS

Honolulu ILNS). - The Interna-
tional Union of Operating Engineers,
A. F. of l.. affiliate and five-company
com bination handling $125,000, 900
worth of Hawaiian defense contracts
have signed a no-strike, no lockout
agreement, Robert Speed, union pres
ident, announced here.
The contracts affects 100 workers on
construction on Oahu Island and out
lying military bases. 1t provides a
thirty day period for negotiation of
differences and pay increases varying
from 10 to 40 per cent, Speed said.
1t is the second such contract signed
on Oahu defense jobs this week. The
first agreement involved 600 cleo
tricians.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

shifts
Set up in Heaven, with pole-star
for corner stone
Went hay-wire under fire of stock
holders and public opinion
Government shut down on imported
wops and hunkies-
Human flesh went up in price;
courts were not sold out so cheap
Intelligence began to count, all
down the line
Organized labor furnished some
thing besides targets for company
police.
Then came war
Loye-of-country became shibbo-
leth-
But it took labor to build canton
ments, and cannon
Plus brains, plus loyalty, plus or
ganization-
lnen, as now, labor knew how,
when, where to do things right
While few hundred sharp boys got
fat millions on contracts
Stupid arrangements tangled rail-
roads into bottlenecks-
All on account of sacred red tape
and regulations
Best not to forget some of these
things
They're getting ready to repeat
same performances.
Dollar-a-year men
Getting $4,000 from their corpor-
ations-
Hired by Uncle Sam for one large
simoleon per IL months
Habitually, think first of fountain
heads of real salaries
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
Truths Pondered While
Riding at
Anchor
Then gently scan
your brother NAM
BY Mr.. MOdestus-

There was day
When chairmen of education COM
mittees-
Used picket handles for batons, to
lead the band
What morsel that would be for
Pestbrook-
To head the tumult and the shout,
about labor
But the lad was losing money on
racehorses and boxers
Them were days, when labor's front
was exposed to battle
What with Pinks at McKees' Rocks,
gun-men for scabs-
Finks running street cars in Philly,
knocking down the fares
Education had to be what you could
get into solid ivory
While bosses cared only for red-ink
accounts
Truth was, they all enjoyed a real,
good fight.
Came then day
When steel trust gospel of 12-hour
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
JOB PLACEMENTS
SHOW APRIL RISE

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-With
mounting defense production and en-
ployment, placements by the state en-
ployment service in April increased
18 per cent over the previous month,
it was announced by Federal Security
Administrators Paul v. McNutt. Un-
employment benefit payments, mean
while, dropped still further.
Reports by the Social Security
Board showed that 100000 fewer
workers received unemployment bene-
fits during April than in the same
month last year. Total benefit pay
ments in April came to $4,000, ,O0O-
20 per cent less than in the previous
month and 36 per cent below April,
1910.
A total of 443,OOO placements were
made by the state employment service
during the month. Also during this
period, more than 1.8 million workers
registered at local employment Offices
"a Ia per cent increase over the pre-
vious month and the highest April
total in the history of the United
States Employment Service.
This heavy volume of applications
undoubtedly came in response to the
nationwide program of March Is to
April Is, urging registration at local
employment offices of all workers
available for jobs or for training in
occupations required by the defense
industries. Despite the large number
of registrations in April, the active
file of registered workers in all state
employment offices was slightly less
at the end of the month than at the
end of March. Evidently the drain on
the active file due to placements and
cancellations of applications was suf-
fciently heavy to offset the large num-
ber of registrations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

While doing the hurry-up on as
sembly lines
Whose cream of profits runs through
separators
Dripping into pockets of few.
n
Benedict Arnolds, with psycholog-
ical flaws
Disappointed ambitions, and twisted
hopes
Are not all in the armies, navies,
and fighting men
Same streaks run through charac-
ters in business world
Where those accustomed to buying
and selling
Believe everything, and every man,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
ANTI-LABOR BILL KILLED
BY CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

Sacramento, Calif.-A drastic anti
labor bill, which would have forced
union men to handle scab-made goods
and curtailed their picketing rights,
was vetoed by Governor Culbert L..
Olson.
The Senate overrode the veto, but
the lower House sustained it, thus
killing the measure.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

Logically, can think only partially
of national problems
Inevitably, mess up defense sup
plies of essential raw materials
In country producing worlds lar
gest flow of aluminium
Refuse to untangle international
cartels choking tin supply
Pigeon-hole subcontracts for de-
Tense materials and parts
To corner control for themselves
and friends
But what howls these Dollar Bills
send up to lurid heavens
When real workingmen insist on
decent livings--
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20

has his price
These would barter with Hitler to-
day, regardless of history
Gamble for stakes in sight, with
cards they now hold
Forgetting, Nazis change rules of
all games, when they please
Labor must clean it's own camps
of these traitors
This is total war, with pattern set
by Poland, Norway, Crete
Halfway measures now, give in
vaders their chance
TAKE NOTE: THE INVADERS
ARE NOW HERE.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-06-20
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Mod Conference L. Hue 49 Roosevelt Ave. Pqua,
High, Cleveland, Ohio
HAMILTON BUSINESS AGENTS
Ebe, Labor Temple.
Building Trades Council Frank Vdourek 45 Pershng Ave-
Electrical Vdourek, 145 Pershng Ave. Ph 1O24W
Calvin 605 W. Norman Ave, Dayton Ohio
Carpenters Spaulding, Minor Ave.
Clear, 1850 Central Ave.
Milk Dul 2255 Noble Ave- Ph 163M
Painters Engler 425 S. Thirteenth ST. PHI 397OR
Brandhof, Ph
Fnshers Moz $50 Harrison Ave.
David Lyttle 507 So. Fourth ST.
Nicholas, Sherman Ave.
Stage Neil Johnson, POI S. Monument Ave.
Robert Wentz, 435 East Ave-
MIDDLETOWN BUSINESS AGENTS
Wionna Drive Avalon, Trades Council Hall
Painters Harry huston, Avalon
119 Moore ST.
Stage Employees Clarence Long, North Broad
Wdourk Hamilton
Truck
Laborers and Hod M Smith, 1902 1st
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Organization Scuy Caste Bldg
STATE ORGANIZATIONS
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Evening star., 1941-05-22
Mansfield Sees Land
On Use of Vessels

Representative Mansfield, Demo.
erat, of Texas said Yesterday. after
talking with Admiral Emory S. Land
chairman of the Maritime Commits.
sion, that it was probable several
OF the SO foreign ships that would
be seized under current legislation
would be allocated to coastwise
trade.
One of the House conferees on the
Ehip-seizure bill, Mr.. Mansfield said
Admiral Land told him earnest con-
slderation would be given the need
for additional bottoms between At
lantic and Gulf coast ports.
Mr.. Mansfield declared that great
stocks of commodities urgently
needed in defense plants were ac-
cumulating at Texas ports because
OF lack Of suficient ships.
Evening star., 1941-05-22
Britain Trying 10 Buy
Refugee Ships Held
In This Hemisphere
Negotiations May Hinge
On lnter-Americon
Committees Action
Hy LLOYD LEHRRAS.
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

Great Britain, it was learned au-
thorltatlvely today, is negotiating
with Latin American nations for
refugee foreign merchantmen now
idle in hemisphere ports.
The negotiations, it was learned,
parallel discussions between Sir Ar
thur Salter, chief of the British
Shipping Mission, and the United
States Maritime Commission,
whereby Britain hopes to obtain
some merchant tonnage when the
United States formally acquisitions
the "a foreign ships now under Off
cial surveillance here.
The success of British efforts, it
was said, would hinge largely on
the deliberations of the Inter-Amer-
lean Financial and Economic Com
mittee, representing all 81 American
republics, which convened at the
Psn-American Union today to con-
slider the whole ship seizure ques-
ton.
Unified Policy Is Sought.
llC ClNONo VI lllC fAIIlCllIdll
tions will present their governments
views concerning the most feasible
ways in which refugee foreign ships
may be utilized for the benefit of
the trade and defense of the West
ern Hemisphere A unified hemis-
phere policy on the subject is the
objective.
One proposal made would place
all requisitioned foreign vessels in
pool from which sufficient ships
would be drawn to meet hemisphere
requirements. Many Latin Amer
lean nations have suffered severely
from the shipping shortage caused
by heavy British and neutral losses
and transfers from the Latin Amer
lean service.
Should this proposal be adopted,
It was understood that Great Britain
would be given the opportunity of
negotiating for the purchase of
surplus vessels.
First, however, some agreement
must be reached on the conflict in
opinion between British and hemis-
phere nations over their right to put
the foreign-fag ships in operation.
Attitudes Conflict.
Great Britains attitude, it was
said, was that enemy ships are sub
iect to seizure by the British Navy
even though they have been taken
over in the New World and fly the
nag of one of the American re-
puhlics.
The American republics have
taken the position that 'foreign-flag
ships immobilized in their ports by
the war may now be utilized by the
American republics in accordance
with the rules of international law
and their national legislations to
promote the defense of their econ
omies, the peace and security of the
continent"
Informed quarters predicted that
since it would serve the interests
OF Britain as well as the American
republics to have the idle ships in
useful trade-Britain and the Amer
lean nations would be able to reach
compromise on the question.