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The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

A complete audit of the records
of the county hospital at Florence
was suggested this week by Ron
aid j. Ellis, Pinal county attorney
if any definite action is to be TAX
en- regarding recent survey and
audit made by state examiners rel
ative TO fees collected by Mrs.
Beatrice Davis. superintendent of
nurses at the hospital.
In a report to the Pinal board
of supervisors. Attorney Ellis
states an audit of Mrs. Davis's S
personal earnings from the hospi-
tai is not, in itself, sufficiently
complete to justify any action 9th
er than that mentioned by him in
different parts of his seven-page
statement.
The state examiners. in re-
port on their findings, recommend
ed that a civil action be brought
against Mrs. Davis to recover all
fees collected by her. The report
covered fees collected by Mrs.
Davis from private or pay patients
in the Pinal county hospital over
a five-year period and were plac-
ed by the examiners at $10,700.
.Of these, S6,19275 were stated to
be verified by receipts and $3.-
073.30 were estimated by the ex-
aminers. The fees were of two
classes-anaesthetic fees collected
from private or pay patients in
the county hospital and laboratory
fees collected from private or pay
patients.
In his report, Ellis states that
for at least five years. Mrs. Davis
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
GRADE | TIRES TO
BE GRANTED IN ONE
OUT 0FF|VE CASES
Rationing official cites linn
tied supply as reason
Public asked to have tires
recapped.

Pinal county war price and "a
tioning boards have received word
that before the end of the month
only one person out of every five
applicants will be granted grade
tires. This is because the grade
tire quota is far short OF the de.
mand. the communication. sent
out by X. NJ. Benner. state associ-
ate rationing representative. stat
ed.
Following the recent reduction
in tire quota" said Benner. 1T IS
probable that before the end OF
the month. all operators who have
four usable tires. except doctors.
police. fire departments and am
balances. win not be granted a
grade | tire"
Pinal county rationing board
are asking that whereSe possible.
drivers OF cars have their tires
inspected for repairs and recaps.
Inspection reports that show
abuse or tires run beyond the re
Gaping stage will be "out of the
picture" with the rationing boards.
they declare.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Liquor Sales To
Indians Brings
Arrest To Seven

Four Coolidge residents and
three of Casa Grande were arrest
ed Saturday. July II. charged with
the selling of liquor TO Indians. ac-
cording to u. s Commissioner +.
O. Devine of Florence.
They were as follows: George
Bond. George VIM. Dulinsky, Jess
w Link of Casa Grande and Mi
guel Manriquez. Julia Lopez Car
rea. Ygnacio Fiorez and Luis Val
enzuela of Coolidge.
A hearing was held before
Judge Devine, Monday. July 10.
and the seven were placed on bond
of $500 each, TO appear before the
United States district court at
Phoenix.
The arrests were made by
Agents W. A. McCaughey. Bert
Hill and Truman LeForest of the
state liquor and license control
department.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

In V-mail letter to the Exam
iner which arrived yesterday. S.
X. Donnell. seaman second class.
states he received three issues of
the paper at one time and appre-
ciates getting it very much.
He writes that everything is fine
here he is and that he is getting
plenty to eat. In the way of recre-
alton. there is little TO enjoy eX
cept shows or dances.
bill Pierce and Joe Espinoza
said TO say hello for them and
that they sure enjoy the paper.
We are the only boys from Cool
idge who are together on this
ship" writes Seaman O'Donnell
"One OF he issues that just
.ecently received had Taylor
Vests picture in il. II sure seems
good TO see the boys~-we used to
know back there in the states.
And how good II will be TO see all
of them again"
O'Donnelrs address is 18th Di-
vision. care fleet post office. San
Francisco. Calf He is son of
The Rev Lima Donnell.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
MOTORISTS ASKED
TO ENDORSE ALL
"A" BOOK COUPONS
Failure to do so will result
in taking away of part or
all of coupons, OPA states

Motorists are being warned by
the OPA that they should endorse
all coupons in their new "A" mile
age ration books. which may be
used. starting Thursday. July 22.
Motorists who fail TO endorse
the coupons in their "A" books
may lose part or all of their basic
gasoline allowance. according TO
Hnliard T. Brooke. Arizona OPA
director
oPA inspectors will examine
"A" books of drivers making gaso'
line purchases. Anyone not hav-
ing his coupons endorsed will be
cited to appear at OPA district
offices where officials will remove
part or all OF the coupons in the
"A" book.
Brooke declares that the action
is being taken to prevent diver
sion of unendorsed coupons into
black market" channels.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Dance Is Given
Coolidge Servicemen

A dance for two Coolidge men
serving In the armed forces. Cor
don Langford. machinist mate
second class. and PVT. Reed
Chesley was held at the Womans
Club Thursday evening. July Is
The dance was given by the
boys parents. Mr.. and Mrs J c.
Langford and Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Chesiey KDout i25 persons at
tended.
Machinist Mate Langford left
Tuesday, for Philadelphia, Pa. TO
be transferred TO a new ship. For
the past year and a half he and
his brother. George. also machin-
list mate second class. served to-
gether i'm the North Pacific on the
same ship. They were under fire
at different times Georges ad-
dress is San Francisco.
Private Chesley left Coolidge
Sunday for Medford, oregon.
where he is stationed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Cannon axes Over
AS Joint Owner OF
Coolidge Drug Store

Robert l.. Cannon, former
Globe resident, has arrived in Cool
idge to assume his duties as joint
owner of the Coolidge drug store.
ROLAND Fay assumed control of
the business last week. He is for
merly of Hayden. where he still
owns and manages drug store.
Both men have purchased homes
in Coolidge. Cannon has bought
the A j. Dunaway home and Fay
the ]. ]. Jones house.
Mrs. Cannon and son. Nelson,
will arrive in Coolidge about July
80 The Gammons' other son, Rob
ert, Jr, leaves for the armed ser
vices this month. Nelson, 10, will
attend school in Coolidge.
Cannon states that the drug
store will be conducted under the
same name as in the past.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Lions Hear Chaplain
From Florence Camp

Members OF the Coolidge Lions
Club had Chaplain Randolph Evjen
OF the Florence Internment Camp
as their principal speaker at their
regular supper meeting Wednes-
day evening.
About 80 were present for the
meeting. held in the basement of
the Methodist church. Clair
Kennedy presided.
Group singing was led by the
Rev. Leslie Ross. Pianist was
Miss Frances Short.
The actual business meeting
vas brief VIM. Elliott was nam
ed to represent the Lions club at
a civilian defense meeting TO be
held in Coolidge, July 30. M. NJ.
Cooper was named to represent the
club at a meeting of the Coolidge
Library Association in october.
1t was voted to invite the Casa
Grande Lions to Coolidge in the
near future for a softball game
and social time.
Guests at the meeting were
Chaplain Evjen, Biggs McWherter,
ROLAND A. Fay, Edward Jory, John
Rocker, Arthur Wichern, Allen
Thum and j. B. Denniston.
The supper was prepared and
served by Mrs. Ross, assisted by
Betty and Jean Harold.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Will Form New
Defense Group
Next Friday

Representatives from every civ
ic and fraternal organization in
Coolidge will be selected this week
TO attend a special meeting next
Friday night at Coolidge high
school when a civilian defense
council will be formed.
This new group, when organic
ed. will coordinate all civilian de
fense activities such as volunteer
firemen and police, scrap and sal
wage drives and work closely with
Red Cross and other allied agen
cies.
Attending the meeting will be
Clayton Smith of Tombstone, field
representative of the state organ
ization for southern Arizona and
Andrew P. Martin, prominent Tue
son civic leader and business man
who is chairman of the southern
area.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Pvt. Walter H. Weir
Is On Overseas Duty

Writing to the Examiner this
week, Pvt. Walter H. Weir, Jr.,
gives his address as follows: APO
915, care postmaster, San Francis.
co, Calf.
Among other things. he gives a
brief biographical sketch in his
letter, saying he was born in Ok
lahoma, May 80, 1920, and that he
attended school there until 1897
when he joined the national for
est rangers. Later he came to
Arizona and lived near Coolidge
until 1941 when he attended the
California state college School OF
Medicine He hopes to finish his
course there after the war is over
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Needless Accidents
Can Be Prevented

Because of farm accidents,
$500 lives were lost last year. ac-
cording to a communication from
the office of X X. Henness. Pin
al county agricultural agent.
Suggested means of preventing
a good many accidents on farms
are as follows:
Stop machinery before max
ing adjustments or repairs.
2-Do not work to the point
where one is too tired TO be care
full.
3-Think your job through be
fore beginning If hazards are
present take precautions.
4-See that your helpers are
fully instructed about the use OF
machines.
5-Provide safeguards wherever
there are hazards.
q Martin Pablo of Coolidge wa
one of 13 men from Arizona in
Quoted into the navy at Phoenix
Monday, July 1S. Eighty-thre'
Arizona men were inducted int
the army the same day.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Operators Say
Prospects Good
At Oil Well Site

Drilling on Harkey. Smith, Hat
chett Well No /, 13 miles south
of Coolidge is now below 100 feet
In a brown shale formation and.
according TO j. L. Hatchett, pros
poets definitely look good
Speaking of the drilling opera
tions yesterday. Hatehett declared
between S25 feet and the present
depth we drilled through stratas
of gas sand and at 1880 feet there
was a definite petroleum showing
where gas pressure pushed the wa
ter within : feet of the surface"
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Pinal County Farmers
Get Cotton Proceeds
Over Amount of Loan

Many of the farmers of Pinal
county have been wondering what
happens 10 their cotton equities
If they do not sell them as many
have done in the past, thinking
that If the government loans
taken out on the cotton at or
shortly after picking time should
become due or be called, they
would then lose any value that
might still be left in the cotton.
A quite tangible answer came TO
.C. l.. Kenworthy and Louis John
son recently when they received a
check from the Commodity Credit
corporation office at New Orleans
for S39S.54 as settlement for ~
bales of 1910 crop short staple
cotton which was put "on govern
ment loan" January 8, 194l. At
that time these farmers received
as loan value on the ten bales, a
total of S467.34 less charges" OF
S5.lS, bringing them net OF
S462.16.
The letter of transmittal with
which this check was received, re-
lates that the unredeemed cotton
was pooled in accordance with the
program announced in July, 1871,
and this represents the proceeds
of its final sale over and above
the amount borrowed against i
when the loan was taken out.
The latest information regarding
what will be done with 1912 cot.
ton now on similar loan is that the
time of calling these notes, which
were written TO become due July
81, 1943, has been indefinitely ex
tended. A news letter issued
through the USDA war board of
ficee at Phoenix. dated July 5
l1943 states that 'in case loans are
called. cotton will be pooled anC
sales of this cotton above loaI
value plus carrying charges will b'
returned to the participating far
mer."
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Housing Project
May Open August l

A. w. Gressinger of Florence,
executive director of the new f.
H. A. housing project, announced
Iearly this week, everything pos
sible would be done to open the
new dormitory and units by Aug
Iust L.
AT present some furniture is still
on it's way. all electrical and
plumbing needs have not been in
stalled and several minor details
must be accomplished before the
l''move in" sign is hung out.
| Upon completion the project
must be accepted by the F. H. A
lproject Engineer before tenanted
| Each dwelling unit will eventu
Tally have it's own cooling unit. A
central heating and cooling plant
| is being installed in the dormitory
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Doctors Son Is
Shot In Throat
By Boy Playmate

Thomas Tucker. 12-year-old son
OF DR.. Bruce Tucker of Florence.
was shot in the throat July 81 by
a schoolmate, John Baldwin. Is.
No late report has been receiy-
ed concerning the boys condition.
His father drove TO Los Angeles
10 see him following the accident
Young Baldwin told authorities
he was playing when the gun ac-
cidentally discharged. striking the
other youth.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

Home on his first leave since
entering the armed service a year
ago. is End 1t James Garrett. Jr.,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs Jack Garrett
of Coolidge Lieutenant Garrett
arrived Monday for Is days, He
was stationed in Miami. Fla. but
will be sent 10 san Diego. Calif.
He is a pilot In the marines.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
Dependency Over
Ill Health Causes
Woman To axe Life

Despondent because OF in health.
Mrs. Jack Coffin. 39 formerly OF
Miami. Ariz.. hanged herself Sat
Irday evening 10 the rear OF the
A. l.. Novel; home on w Pinkley
avenue where she was visiting.
The Novels were gone at the
time. attending a pot luck supper
AT the home OF friends. Mrs. Cof-
in had been invited TO go along
but excused herself on the grounds
that she was not acquainted with
the people she would meeet al the
supper.
When the Novels returned
they noticed that Mrs. Coffin was
not i'm the house A search failed
10 reveal her whereabouts and Il
was not until the following morn
ing that she was discovered insa
semisitting position beside a pick
II fence at the rear OF the Novel;
yard. She had hanged herself
from the fence with a child's jump
rope
Her body was taken TO Mt
Pleasant. Utah. Wednesday morn
ing by her husband. Burial was
made in the Mt Pleasant Gene
terry.
Mrs. Coffin is survived by her
husband tenyearold son Jack,
two brothers and three sisters OF
Utah. She came 10 Arizona to
teach in 1921 and had only recent
~ completed a course in summer
school at the Tempe State Teach
ers college.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

Q Two house sales in Coolidge
made this week were the A. J.
'Dunaway house on Pinkley ave
nue. to Mr.. and Mrs Robert Gam
mon and the j. J. Jones residence
at 233 w. Pima TO Mr.. and Mrs.
ROLAND Fay. The Jones family
will live at 264 North Sixth ave
nue.. The sales were made by the
Arizona Land and Investment com
pany.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
SIGNING OFF

thoughts are a bit difficult TO col
lect since this column is being
finished on the eve of our de-
parture for a combined business
and pleasure trip to the city of the
Angels. capital OF southern Cali
fornia our next column will
be written from that point unless
business pressure brings us home
earlier.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
"Well and Safe"
Says Sgt. Harrell

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Harrell OF
Coolidge received a cablegram
this week from their son, Staff
Sgt. Lon Harrell. that he is well
and safe" Sergeant Harrell IS
seeing action in the New Guinea
area with the forces making the
drive on Munda
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

Q Mr. and Mrs. Wells will move
into the Roy Garrett house across
the street from the Coolidge hospi-
tai Wells is engaged in Red
Cross work at the Florence In
ternment camp.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

OMr. and Mrs Brandt. both of
whom are employed at the Flor
ence Internment camp, have NOV
ed into the Paul Loucks apart
ment on Pima avenue.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
The Cdtzoard
Note Book
WE DON'T LIKE

WE DON'T LIKE
squash hut II our taste should
undergo change. we're going to
arrange 10 have Jimmy Hines
grow EN-. Proof OF his expertness
IN the cultivation OF the squash
came 10 the fore this week when
folks around town received pie
lures OF Jimmy's squash TIVE
Ol them which completely filled
the body of pickup truck with
the culturist himself proudly
standing atop the squash.
AND TO TOP 1T
all off. Bill Urton. he who purveys
seeds and feeds. claims the seed
came from his establishment and
with a knowing grin slyly presents
the idea anyone can duplicate
Jimmy's feat with BIZ Of perse-
veTAnce.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

OR. W Taylor returned Monday
from Nebraska, after a business
trip to that state.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
INTRODUCING

our front office assistant. Arthur
N Wichern who comes TO Cooi-
idge from Wisconsin where he ma
jored in journalism and rounded
out his experience with a large
weekly newspaper and then did a
hit of radio work in Tucson before
Joining the Examiner staff this
week
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
COOLIDGE WELCOMES

two new business arrivals in Rol-
land Fay and Robert Cannon,
who are now associated in owner
ship OF Coolidge Drug Co. Each
is a long time resident of Arizona
and come TO Coolidge with a
wealth OF civic and business ex-
perience.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
THREE CHEERS FOR

the four Coolidge officers mention
81 in this column last week have
been received from the Reverend
Leslie j Ross who believes a
psnchance for soda foantail re-
freshments is riuch TO be desired
above the more inebriating con
soctions and libations used by Of
ficers OF an earlier day
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

O Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton Cole were
in Phoenix Monday on business.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
PRICE CEILINGS

similar 10 those established for
grocery stores in Tucson and
Phoenix will be- announced soon
throughout the area segved by
Coolidge ration board. There are
II grocery stores. all OF which
have filed with the local board. to
be affected by the new order.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
REVEREND ROSS

concludes his letter with the
people OF Coolidge have decried
the difficulties in our community
caused directly by liquor and
Gambling We want those four Of
ficers TO know that If they stick
TO the soda fountain. lot OF good
solid folks viii he with them all
the way"
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

Q Pvt. Vic Dossey. who is enjoy
ing a furlough from his duties as
a marine, will return to San Diego
Calf. next Wednesday. He is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Dossey
of Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23

. Bruce Moody returned Monday
from Stafford where he spent the
weekend visiting his family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
DEATH CAME

tais week AT Florence lnternment
camp TO an Italian prisoner OF war
far from his native land !.
tnterned for cause conceived III
greed victim OF the whimsey
Of Adolph Hitler whose army ana
Italian stooges were souhuly
thrashed in North Africa. Full
military honors were accorded the
Italian prisoner a squad of T..
$. soldiers fired final salute as
taps sounded over the last rest
lng place of a fallen enemy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-07-23
SICILY WILL

SICILY WILL
soon fan and Allied troops with
our own eth army in the lead VIII
soon be- in Italy proper where ciu-
zens OF Axis powers within their
own immediate domain will get a
taste OF what their own invasion
tactics have meant To oppressed
countries overrun by the leaders.
THEME SONG OF
Mussollni. Hitler and Tojo Is SAID
20 BE-. we Got Nerves Ihat
Jingle. Jangle. Jingle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Open Forums

Perhaps the strongest recommendation of
an open forum, which is suggested by the
Chamber of Commerce, is in the Biblical dec
nesses the truth shall be established But
whether the Chambers tentative proposal that
Wilmington Civic clubs meet monthly at joint
luncheon calls for close examination
1t is doubtful if dining room with sufficient
seating capacity exists, particularly as the
Cape Fear ball room, where the clubs were
accustomed to hold their weekly sessions be-
fore the war, has been greatly reduced in
size and the hotel is no longer offering res
taurant service. Food also presents a prob
lem. Under present conditions Wilmington
civic clubs are inadequatey served at their
separate luncheons, which fall now on diff
ferent days. 1t would appear that with all
restaurants short on ration points, a joint
luncheon would be out of the question.
But there is no good reason why public
forums could not be conducted in the evening
If Wilmingtonians have the proper interest in
the problems which they must face in the
postwar era, there would be no need 10 offer
special bait to attract them to monthly dis
cussons. There is something fundamentally
wrong with the theory that you have to feed
the brute to draw an audience
When the country was young and citizens
had great issues to settle there was no diff
ficulty in assembling the population at town
meeting Surely the pioneers had no more
serious problems than confront us today Are
we less hardy than our progenitors, or less
concerned with public welfare and progress
and security, that we should not turn out for
public discussion of questions we must settle
if our development is to be on high level?
Forums would offer distinct advantage.
Civic clubs, throughout their entire member
ship, would be obligated to attend or admit
that their title is rlisnomer. They are COM
mitted to advance the civic interests of their
community, not merely to meet to eat
The proposal of the Chamber of Commerce
is capable of leading to great things for Will
mington, if given the support it merits and
discussions are amiably conducted
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-15
Compared With Gallipoli

Allied leaders have been warning the people
greater battles lie ahead than have been
fought in the past. How well taken is their
position is proved by the fighting now under
way around Salerno, in the Naples area of
Italy.
The Germans, during the time Badoglio
was hemming and having in indecision. we're
given sufficient time to establish strong forces
in this battle zone, so that when the American
Fifth Army arrived it met more stubborn re-
sistance than any Allied force has confronted
since the British made their stand at ell Ala
mein. Now the battle RACES forth and back.
the Germans advancing the Allies counter
attacking and forcing an enemy retreat only
to have the same procedure continue with
neither side gaining definite advantage. and
with losses mounting heavily The Salerno
battle is compared with the fighting around
GalHpoll, which was among the bloodiest en-
gagements of the former World war
The outcome is not in doubt On the Adri-
attic side of Italy Montgomery's Eighth Army
is forging ahead speedily for a conjunction
with the American Fifth which is bearing
the brunt of battle. In addition Allied rein
forcements are pouring into the Naples zone
And overhead Allied air forces with undis-
puted superiority, using their full bomb
ing and fire power behind the German lines
We may count on a success there, and on
further successes in the Battle of Italy, into
which Marshal Rommel is pouring reinforce
ments not only from western Europe but from
the Russian front as well. But as dispatch
follows dispatch, in days to come, we will
nave reason to know that the observers who
forecast heavier and harder fighting as the
war advances in Europe have been correct in
all they said.
There will be no reason or excuse for over
optimism from this time on