August-September 1944 - Arizona Historical Society
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August-September 1944 - Arizona Historical Society
Tucson, Arizona Aucust 6, 1944 ISSUE NO. 5 .---------------=-----t.:....----.--------.-----.. ~?Y BIRTHDAY! Esteban R Molera - AUb~st 3 Mike zazueta - AUGust 5 Ruben V Dominguez - August ? Andy Alday - August 9 August 15 - Frank Acevedo, Jr Joe Verdugo - August 15 Juan 0 Salaz - August 16 Gilberto V Vidal - August 19 Fred Wall - Augus~ 22 Jerry Delgado - ~ust 26 Andrew P Spenley - August z? Richard Rojas - August 31 BIRTHDAY READING FOR 1'H03E BORN JULy 22 TO AUGUST 22 (LEO) These people are warm hearted, generous, kind and very magnetic. They are very inspiring to others. They are good conversationalists, have a good sense of humor and are very popular. They are very fond of their familius and show a decided adeptness at ffianal.ing thei children. These people have un inclination toward laziness. However, when the situation arises, they are ready to work hard but they are slow at gettine started at the job at hand. Leo people are usually musical and if this talent is cultivated they have great opportunities of suooess.Because of their inspiriI1G ne ture, they make great generals (:), actors and fluent speakers. The force of their personality can win for them many friends and achievements. •.• V - (Before I forget, the date up thar isn't wrong--what I muon is, it's wrong but it's· richt. 1'8 le~vinc on my' vacation sm.1C: tiLll':: this month, so I' i ) pUblishin[" "Oha ttur" tho first 811(1 third Sunduy instead of the· socond and fourth. as h0ret9foro, so that you'll cot two ..1lu'iJspapors this month). ••• V - , \ AB0p1' OUR .§..OLDIEll~ WOUNDED IN ACTION: Marine Pfo Juan T AldauQ, son of I.rrs Maria Alclama ,5~~4 wi l? th, on June 17, in the South Pacific. Pfc Frank A Gradillas, so~ of Mrs Rosa A Gradillas, 1010 St Mary's Road, in tho Meditcrrunoan. Sgt Raoul B Lopez, son of Uicucl B LopGz, 906 S li;yers st. Sgt Manu01 G Rossini, son of Mrs l,lanuela HerrE.;ra, 5'16 W Clark. Pvt Arturo R Aros, non of Mrs Lupo H ArOS, 4410 Arulayolis. Pfc Jesus Roberto Molina, son of N'u' and Mr s R 1Iolinu, 664 S Nain (slightly woundod). IN ACTION: Pvt RULlon D clardino, son of Mrs Je;:;us sardina, 624 ~iost Poak, frissing in action in France since June 16. MIssn~G GERIlIWJ PRI~Olf"~ OF HAR: Pfc DeLletrio M ~uintero, brother of Mrs Ascension Quintero Tapia, 343 E 36th st. KILLED IN ,dCTION: Cpl William C Co e io, of tho U. S. l,iar in<;s, a veteran of bloody Tarawa, who was wounded during the conqu0st of Saipan, died aboard a hospital ship and was buri~d at S00, aceordinc; to informu tiOl re:c0i v-::u rcc0ntly by his f~thor, Manuul J Cocio, 405 U Court st. Thu last word his f~l thor recc:ivcd frOB Hilliu eU:.1LJ from Hawaii about a uonth .lGO telling how he hod won the uiddlewei[:;11t und liGht heavyweight LaxinG championships of his l.l<:Jl'inu dl vision. As the youncust lilClllbc:J.' of the fil;htlrl[; Coolon, Hillie \'Von state Qlilateur li~htweight chanl)10n3hips in 1969 and 1940. Three of hls . brothers ore in the onJcd forces, dnd U fourth, nrturo, is 16, too young to enlist. They nrc Sgt. Manuel Coeio, former state Golden ~loves Qiddleweicht titlehol~er, J.n the IM.F at Tyndull Fj.eld, Flo; l)vt Juues Coeio, forTlwr st;:.te fea thorwelgh t clw.IJ.pion, \:i"Lh the L~rinc air corp8 at Zl Centro, Culifornia; end Eddie with the . navy und belicvad to be in Hawaii. Cpl Coeio had served in the \ marines ebout throe yoars, returning home ovor G yocr uLo bei'ore beinG shipped out Dnd tckinc purt in the Tarawa nction. Vlillie \,,'£.\8 prominent in athletics at Tucson Hi, was an outstanding softball anu. baseball player and was a Ilenbcr of the Arizona Daily Star Junior Oowboy Team which captured the utnte ohanpionship in 1938. _ 0'- '. ~ED IN APTION (Continued) In aduition to hi::> father and four brothers, Willie leaves three sisters: Mrs Ben Ruelas and Mrs Arsenio Lopez of Tucson, and Mrs Casper Carey of Binghampton, N.Y. •• •V.---. v/ord has been receiveri from the war departnent of the d0ath of Pfc Manuel D Olguin on June 17 in France. Pfc Olguin, the son of Mr and Mrs Manuel OlGUin, 608 WCiJt Mesa Street, is reported to have died of wounds received in action. He' enlisted in the Army on I\iarch 20, 194;'~. Manny's brother, Leo, Hnlisted in the Marine corps several rrlOnths ago and is now stationed in San DieGO. PROMOTION: Cpl Rudolph Balderrama, son of 1irs R&rilOna i381 iierrai,w, 1022 S 8th Ave, who is with the air forces in InG-ia, has been promoted to sergeant. Rudy attended local schools and VlaS 8I'lployed by the S.P. before enter inc the Army• ••• V Stoff Sgt Ramon C Rodriguez, 19,' son of ~rs Sarah Ward, 030 S 8th, has now a total of four Oak Leaf Clusters added to his Air ~edal. Ray is [, turret t,;unner somev,'here in EnGland. ••• V OB, ~iHEIlli, OIl, \,lHZRE? .A chance r:ieetin~.:; in the Southwest Pacific, recently broucht tocether for the first time in a year ~nu a half, two brothers--Pfc Alfonso M Espifios~, 19, and Pfc rtobert ~ E:3pinost.i, 2~S. They are sons of :fur ...v-and 1\:irs Antonio BspinLJsc:, 50? N 7-Gh Ave. ADIOSl A thirQ'son, citaff Sgt Ernest M EspinosEl, 32, is a stenographerGOING 1~ PRE-INDUCTIOt flIY~IC~L interpreter in "Com-Air Fo~ward," EXAlJ: Gilbert G Urias, Fidel A a C6ntral Pacific oru;iHi<:ation Burruel, Manuel L l1unoz, Peuro v/hich directs all land-based airPreoiado, Edwardo Martinez, Joe orc:ft 0~)0ra tions in that area. Alaroon, Oscar Leon, Henry If Ernie was emploJred for two years BasUl'to, Rioardo Trujillo Reyes, as a stenogrupher in the scienoe Alfred Le0n Elias, Roy Serrano and history de.partBcnt of the Elias, Angel ~anohez Rive~a, Jaine U of A. David Hooper, Bernardo Maxirllilinno The LleetlIlg of the - two brothers Rivera, Ootavio Pain, Reuon Lobia, occurred when Alfonso, ric11n['; by Manuel \'barra .AltamiraIlo, Gavino in tl jeep, twp.p8neu to recocnh:e Gonzalez Altamirano, Jose Rocha Dob. Alfonso is selivini!, in u Sanohez, Antonio liadril Jaiaos, rifle coml)8ny of the veteran E~uardo Santa Cruz Ortega, Fred American Division and recently was Escalante, Enrique David Cruz, awarded the Combo. t Infc..lntrym,ll1 Kenneth Francisco Falimo, Badge for uctioll on Boul;uinville. Franoisco Mirenda, Bylv8st0r Toro, Defore entering tll<) aray h<3 played, Felix Cipriano ,l1lson, Reynaldo semi-pro bnsub:.ll for the A~Lecns.', Montenegro Romo, Pantilo Va~enzuel~ Bob is [l f.lC1ilber of a medicul Joe 'falansntes Ml;)ndoza, Davld GOI;le~ detachment. Soto, Ygnaoio Oros Ybal'ra, R~lUl 114 ••• V Reyes Reyn/:lldo E Ochoa, JUf:lIl Rosas 'Patino, John Herlland8z, R u1 l>h A,:.;us"Lin JacOI;lc is on his way to )4 ~artinez, Juan VicJ.Cll Rume, EdviGrd combat dutjr SO!:l0Viheru in the 11 0ci1'ic. Anthony Ram~iroz. NAVY 1DiLISTMENTS: Htlnr~r Vasquez Valdenegro, BOOof l,:1's Louisu IJ.' 315 S Main; Adolfo Valda Vusnuez ':\, , d" ,\"to' Coluya, son of 1rr <.:1l 1\1rs "" J: Celaya- 265 S Meyer; Rudolph Rendon' son of Mr and Mrs Gabo , Rondon' 115 E 24th st; Monuel , 'Vasque~ Uarmolejo, ,son o~ ~~ and Mrs Alonzo lIIarmolc JO, 401 VivSt Prinoe Road' Louis ~.Iut;;how Pellon, son of lJr a~d Mrs Louis M.Pellon, 1045 N'lOth; Gilbert Garcla. , Alfaro son of IJrand 1~q Vlcente 'Alf ' 919 S 6th /:lnd brother of aro, " th"' Armando Alfuro, on e . 01 ~ Association's SUp-Dlrectors. WAC Pvt R S Gonzal~st da~lter of 1~ and Mrs'Juan W Gonzalos, 711 Anita St, loft the Fort Des Moines Iowa training ccnter'for dut:i' th8 Santa Ana, Ca.lif, Army A~ Base. -2I'-'-r n at • •• V - Pvt ~rthur G LopGz, %2, son of t~ cind. -Ilil'::; Juan l•.i Lopi:.: z, 919 N 12th Ave, and d illUlilDer of the paratrooI)Ors, who l1au been OVG1'3(;c;:S for over a yU:Jr, is 11mi sOf,lEJwhere in Eugland and hus roc.:ovor0d from an injury recoivud wll(;;n taking pElrt in the action i1: Fr811c8. Pvt Lop0z also 3nw Ciction in Sicily and It~ly. His broth~r, Fred G Lopez, is with tho !J8VY in tho Southwest Pacific. ••• V I Sgt Alberto V I-.1urriot ... , :Jon of I'I:rs Ii!ariu Valvnzu\)leJ, 623 ;;) Uain st, is now in EnGlund. Clnu will be posted at Gn Amcricun i'i:',~~rt\.;r plane base. . ... .. Work OIl the reCOHver.:non of the two-story adobe building at 110 E 14th Street into a parochial school has beGun, Gnd is to be ready for use in Septenber. The school will oe knoviIl as the All ...v--Saints' Parochial School and Marine Pfc Thomas Lopez, Jr, son of VJill include the first four graces. 1lrs Maria Lopez, 1815 E Miles St, is now resting at the Marine Corps ...vRehabilitation Center, Klar~th Miss Franoes Altamirano, Falls, Oregon. Tommy participated' daughter of Jose and Dolores in the Murshall Islands invasion Altamirano, 820 S Herbert, was and has boen overseas 23 uonths. recently married to Armando Levie, ... vson of Santiat.;o ancl RCiDona Lowe, of Tubac. The ceremony was perMarine Pvt Gilo P Mejias, son of formed a t the San to Cruz Church. Mrs wercedes P Ruelas, 907 S 11th .AttendinG the couple were Arnulfo Ave, has been graduated from the infantry school at Camp Pendleton, end Maria Grad,illas, and naids of honor: I',11sses Georci a Handros, Oceanside, California, ~~d is now Alice Huerta, Jo;.;ofina DOLlint.;uez, awaiting assignment to a combat and Lorraine Dustill~nte. unit. Gilo attended Tucson Hi and was employed as a machinist here ...vbefore joining the Marine corps. 11" S BOTI We had one of the hottest Julys ever, and August FURLOUGH has eiven no indication of Jesus Castel Del Oro, Seaman breakinG the hot spell imrfl'3diately. Second Class, is here OL a 28-day ...vleave. Chu is son of ~jrs Anita Castel Dol Oro, 990 S Mission Rd. ArLlando hlfaro, Second Sub-Director of our Association, left recently Pfc Carlos Bustamante left for Mexico City via airplane. His Tucson reoently after Gpending a radio program over KVDA, "La furlough visiting hiB parents, Mr Hora Mexicana," ','Jill be in charge and Mrs C B Bustmaante, 516 South of Car~en Celia Beltran. Bon RUBsell ~venuo. This waB his first Voyage, Armando! furlough in two' and one-half yoars of arL~ service, two years of ...vwhich were spent in the Aleutian Islands. He is a fonaGr student of· DEA'l1LS: I...Ir Raruon Camaoho, 56, 377 S Convent. Survivors: wife, Tucson Hi. Josefita; son, Rauon, Jr; Marine Cpl Gus G fu8zon, Jr, is daUghter, Alicia; brother, Ysidoro; in Tucson on a furlough visiting sisters, Mrs Anita Duarte, Josehis parentJ at 1813 E loth St. He fina Cuen, Alvina Valenzuela,and Miss Jesus Camacho. has just returned fram 16 ~onths in the South Pacific whuru he was connElcted with u marine air wine. Jose Miranda, 73, of 610 West 1elen. Survivors: son, Rafael; Pvt Joso Chacon is spc.:ndinc· a two daughters, Mrs Lucy Lopez and short furlough with' his £:lother, rs Josefina Garcia, of. TUC!30n. Mrs Angelita Chacon, 12EJ \1 Aviatiol Mrs Manuela Trujillo, 74, 514 Drivo. Joe has finished his trainVI 17th St. Survivors: I;Irs Franing at Camp Roberts, California, cisco Reyes and ll~rs Ic;nncio and will bo stationed on tho east TrUjillo, da~hters. ooast. Pfo Arthur Lopez and his Mrs r,~anuela Carpio, 42, 1304 brother, Staff Sergeant ~rne~t S 6th ~ve. Survivors: Sisters, Lopez are on furlough v~sit~ng ~frue~ Otilia Garcia, Elena Contheir'parents, Mr and Mr~ R~uon treras, Catalina Basurto; Lopez, 189 N Myers. Art ~s vnth brothers, Jesu3 und Felix the AAF in Lincoln, Nebraska, and PesClueira. Ernie is wi~h the Infantry in Mrs Elena Costello, 68, 006 W Louisiana. ' 29th. Survivors: husband, Francisco; son, Fernando; daughter, TUCSON NE~/S Mrs Francisca Olivas. Mrs Carmen Rios, President of our Association and ~other of the BIR'lliS: Pvt and Mrs Ben 01',Iartinez, Five Fightin'g Rios Broth~rs, wo~e 682 nnita, a son. Pvt and I\~r 3 Ruynond G Cardenas, out a pair of shoes sell~nD bonuS. 1340 W Ontario, a daUGhter. She issued an SOS for a s~oe stamp ~.;r and Mrs DOLlingo Valencia, and Mr Fred DraGonette, PLOa 1422 S 8th, ~ son, County War Finance Chairman, saw Seaman First Class and Mrs Gil that she got it. -3- Olivas, 431 Elias St, u sirl. Sgt Horacio P Rodriguez, ~on of Dr and Mrs Frank Rodriguez, 1403 West NiaGara Street, is a flight mechanic at an Air Service COl.1IilCtnd depot in Erl£::land. NEW MEl\iDERS OF OUR AJi30ClA'I'ION: Manuela G Herrera, Rita Burruel, Car~en A Nunez, GUADALUPE AROS, Artenisa Gonzales, lliaria A Canclo, Teresa Torres, Rita B Noreno, Refucio B l,iorales, Lup8 C ZULlano, Clara Guerra, Lupe ~scandon, Loreto J Carrillo, Carmen C ortiz, Carwen R Ortiz, Victoria Garcia, Victoria ~ndrade, Vaudelia Caballero, Maria G Valancia, Juana Wejia, Lupe Montoya, Angelita Perez, and Maria Busta~ Ll6nte. • HIT PARADE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. July 2~, 1944 I'll Be Seeing You Swinging on a Star Long Ago and Far ;''vvay ADlor I'll Get By Good Night Wherever You Are Sweet Lorraine And Then You Kissed !.ie Milkman, Keep Those Bottles ~uiet The Association is honored in having a new Lleruber, Mrs Guadalupe MOS, 4413 .Annapolis, 'l'Iho is the mother of SIX sons in the service. They are: Concepcion R ArOS, in Italy; Rar.lOn R Aros, in Australia; Francisco R ~ros, in Honolulu; Frank R ArOS, in NeVI Guinea; (yes, she has two Franks) Arturo R Aros, in England~nd ·Victor R ~ros, who is on his way overseas. ...v- July 29, 1944 1 • .Amor 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I'll Be Seeing You Long Ago and Far ;'way Swinging On A Star I'll Get By Time \Vaits For No One Good Night ~fuerever You Are 8. Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet 9. It Could Happen To You I'LL GET BY I'll Tho' I'll Tho' Say, I'll - BALANCE IN TRBASURY OF J\.;>SOCIATIOIJ AS OF AUGUST 1, 1944: $662.0l. ...vDEATH:' 1.lrs Carruen Montijo, 52, 121 Veterans Boulev~rd.Survivors: Husband, Lauro; daughters, lill's Guadalupe Gonzales, ~.D:·s l\Iary Hendricks, Nrs Cruz Perez, Mrs Delfina ~dy, Miss Socorro and :Miss Helen Montijo, all of Tucson •. get by, as long as I have you' there be -rain and darkness too SWORN INTO NAVY: Frank Valencia not complain,I'll'Dee it thru. Acuna, ward of 1~s fuaria Ortega, I may be far away, it's true, 1024 Kroeger Lane. what oare I, dear, get by, as long as I have you ...vLyric: "All Through the ~ibht" ••• V and "The l1ajor and the THANKS I\Iinor. " to Pvt H D Oros, somewhere in Iran Plaza: "El Tormento En La Cumbre." Gilbert Juarez, in ~lisconsin; Fox: "The Impostor" and "Phantom Fortino Contreras, in Italy; Abe Lady." Mendoza,' in Iran; Williillu RosenState: "Cover Girl." berg, Jr, in the So~th ~~~iJ-~c1a and Tony Lopez, Jr./,~!frJ¥l~ , Rialto:"Story of Dr. Wassell." letter of thanks for "Chatter." - -in published every second We're glad you eno'oy it, and we'll "CHATTER" keep it coming. and fourth Sunday by Sp~nish .American Mothers & Wives Assn • ••• V 38 North Church street, Tucson, Arizona. Thanks to Mr Roy Laos of the Occidental Bus Lines for gi~ing All revenues from the sale of this free bus rides to the ma1bers of paper to be used for the erection this Association every ~lesday, of a Recreution Center for the so that they may attend the Spanis!l-ALlerican 301diers from. Tucson • meeting. -- - - •••V - ~iss Rosalie and Lawrence Villa, 1243 N 13th, won the Jitterbug , Contaa tat Blue Moon on July 18, reoeivins first prize of ~18.75 98sh • The!+ brother. Mike , \Jitterbug) Villa, ~s an ~.P. in England and their mother,Tulita, is an o~thusiastic member of the Association. 4- - - -- - -- -- - - , '.Lon. ~ ISSUE NO. \ Arizona Au.gust 20, 1944 f) ,----- C~l Raul P 1\~()raGa, 2~, Gon of I.Irs Victoria No~aGa, 30 S Convent,has ,been reportc( killed on July 15. KILUD IN .ACTIOH: Pfc Paul J Der'l.\men, son of l.Ir s Iviar ia L Berumen, He Vie..:3 )reviuusly listed as miss497 S Stone Ave, was l:illed near inG in aetior. with the infantry in Laurel, Nebraske, wher, t·,iO FlyiHe.; Itbly. ~2ul lived in Tucson all Fortress bombers collided.. his lire and &ttanded Safford Sel'ool, v.'orkillG for the Jenkins •••1 l Eattres~~ Company before 6ntering Sgt Alfonso M Hernandez, 24, son 01' the Al'r:lj; in 1942. Besid.es his Mr and Mrs Jesus Hernt.;ndez, of 515 IJ.oth3r, he leaves two sisters: Oury Street, was killed in action Alicia and Consuela Moraga; and in Italy on April 24. Al :lad beeIl thre.:; brothers, all in the armed reported missing in action. He had i'orc8d: Fernand.o, in the Southwest been in the service for fOl~ years, Pacific; Juan, in Louiuiuna, and entering on September 24, 1940, Robert, in California. two years of ';vhich we1'e S,D8nt over... vseas with the 7th infantry ot Uw Fifty Army. His brother, Pvt Earine Pfc ~crardo D Robles, son' Gabriel, has been in Italy for the of ~·.Ir arid I.irs Frnacisco 1i Robles, last two years. SurvivinG, besides 506 Riversid8 Drive, was killed in his parents, are two broth~rs: action on June ~1: at .:iaipan Island. lvIcrar'(w 8 ttended R0SY..1'U{;e Jr Hi Pvt ~briel and Isidoro,' at home; three sisters:' Josephir.c, Mrs Del- and Inter V:,;;J t3r:l.IJloye<1 by t.he Piua fina Gradillas, of Tucson, and ~rrs Lmlb0r COEl.::luny • .Alexandra Carollo of LOG .Angelo~;. . .. v--- ABOUT OUR SOL~IER3 ••• V - Lieutenant Edv:arc.1 Tully, son of Mr Marine Pvt Ani bal J l~ or Z3f.;ar ay , 10 , and l~irs Alberto Tull:,r, 109 E 2nd son of Mrs Angelina J Rui~, of 1301 ~t, wu~ killed in action on ~ay 24 S Mission Ave, was tilled in nction over Har;lburG. GerLlany. ~d I)articip:.ltc...d in nWJ.erous air attacks und in the South Pacific. He was n had beeH a\larded the Air Medal c:.nd native Tucsonian, attended locnl Ouk Leaf Cluster. Besides his schoo~s and was a graduate of Safford Jr Hi. He had been overseas parclltz, he leLives his wife, Irene ]Jlunohe Tully, of 916 N Warren .Ave; eight months. Besides hi;J mother, he leaves his step-fath..;r, Ellin J a brotht;;;r, JoS!;;), who is sijrvillG in Ruiz; two sisters: Evanc;eline the Sou el Pacific. Norzagaray and Mrs Sarah Flores; ... v--three brothers: Ricardo Norzag~rQY, . . . who expects to leave for 'che ~,rrSSING n~ ACTION: Staff Sergeant service soon, Pvt David J N'orzagaray; FernalJ.do ]jelis, 22, son of r.lr and in the ArrllY in California, and Pvt 1.Irs Jose :;$(;li;,; of 710 N lOth .Ave, Armando J Norzagaray, wli:.h an has been reported missinG in artillery unit in FranCe'). action ov..:.r Franco. Nando has been overSGas for six months and was ••• V recently ar:arded the Air Uedal; he Corp Manuel R La po z, . 2 r;, son of l.~r· is U GunIwr v.'i til a bor.lbcr s quadror and l'Jrs Manuel Lopez, 922 S Tyndall statlol1-:'cJ. i.r. :inc1and. Two of his has been killed in action in the brotbul'.3 ur<.,; in the s(;rvic0: Pvt South Pacific area. ~anny WQS born Bi~l, in VirGinia, and 3~cman in Tuoson and was educatsd here, Thi::-u C1<':ss ~l:i'redo, in California. l~ter working for the Sundt ••• V Construction Company until he Pfc RefUGio V Lop~z, son of Mrs enlisted in the l..iarine Co!'ps on Santos V Lopez, 1419 \lost Hiagara. :Febrnary 13, 1942. Be8iilc~~~ l~is porents he lQ~lVen t~lrce sisters: ... vliirs Luis .tU·~aI!liruno, 1,:J.sJes ~i~uel Reyes, son-in-law of Mr and Eleanor and Margaret Lucy Lopez; '.Irs JuaJ; CarJ.pillo, 701 \I 19th st, and two brother.:;: Larry and Santiae o Lopez, the latter enlist- .88 bC0~ I'0po~tod missing in action ov '~l' G-l;:rElUIl~l. t:iikc is u t urre t ing in the Ar[~:r la st February. ""WUlor, '::111.:1 v~as ed..ucotod hore. I (OVER) "" of Santiago Moreno from I, Promotion sergeant to staff sergeant was WOUNDED IN· ACTION: Marine Pfc Juan H Jauregui, brother of Mrs Maria J Livas, 318 N 3rd Ave. I Pfc Charles L Lopez, son of Pablol Lopez, 1840 W Niagara, wounded in the Southwest Pacific. I I Pvt George F Nunez, son of Mrs Car~en Nunez, 1143 N 13th Aye, serlously wounded in France on JUly 28. I Technician Fifth Grade Gilbert R Ruiz, son of Mrs Maria Ruiz, 738 N Main. Manuel Robles Sandoval, Second Class Pharmacist's Mate . son of Mr and ~~s Fernando~Sanche~, 719 S Fremont. Gilberta B Vidal, nephew of Mrs Maria B Castillo, 1409 W Niagara, wounded in France on July 27. announced. recef'.tl~r by t11e Panarau coast artillery comru~nd. Jlli~es is a gun commander in an anti-aircraft artillery battery ar-d hus served with the Panama coast artillery forces since January, 1942. His mother, ~rrs Eloisa Moreno; his sister, Ruth, and his brother, Ruben, reside at 4~8 East 35th Street. .. .v-Juun 0 SRlaz, son of Mr and Mrs Felix N Salaz, 401 El Paso Street hn8 beon prmaoted to corporal with a 10th AAF B-24 heavy bombardment group in the Pacific theatre of operations. Juan arrived overseas in Maret., 1943. •.• V - ••• V - ADIOS! rA.YI: Charle:t Dail y BeEit e s, son of kr and Mrs Ben V Benltcs," 1140 S 5tl Sgt Olegario L Valenzuela son of Mrs Santos L Velf:llzuela i49 S Main, has been promoted'to Staff Sergeant. He is scrvi!l6 with the ord "Marr:e" Division of the Fifth Army in Italy. ... v- ~ve; Rudolpho M Provencio," son of Mr and Mrs ~lbert R Provencio, 439 E 23rd St; James Jesse Contreras, son of Mr and Mrs James R Contreras, 225 E Kelso. ~: Jose Ernesto V~c;a, 'l'ony R Q,uihuis, Henry Garcia Gestelum, Manuel"R ATIparano, Jesus Gutierrez Arvizu, Franl( C ~'8uirre, Manuel G Salomon, Jr., Raul F Yslava, Albert S Noriega, Jesus B Martinez, Manuel R Oohoa, Francisco D Rodriguez, Robert G Ochoa, Manuel M Ochot arena, Joe B Maohado, Joe E Rocha, and Fernando R Ruiz. ••• V - Gilbert A Canoio, son of Mr and· Mrs Abe U Cancio, 626 W 43rd street, reported on July 16 at the Navy Reoeiving station at Phoenix, for aotive duty. He will receive his boot training at San Diego. He is a graduate of Tuoson Hi. ••• V - CONGRATULA'l'ION.§.! Cpl Bernard C AlZUI:I, Jr, son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Al:l.ua, 2~1 N Myers, has graduated and received his wines from aerial gunnery sohool at rr~rndall Field, Florida, and has boon ~8Rigned to Chatham Field, Georgia, ~o take specialized training as u flight"engineer-C unner on a B-24. H?I.~ley, who is enguged to Cadet rU~'se Ruth Wa.kefield of Pennsylvania wo~ked for Consolidated-Vultee before ent6rinB the ~my. Sr,t Joe R Vega, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Ranon Vege. of 1216 S 8th·,Ave has received the Air Medal and a~ Oak Leaf Cluster. Pepe is a. radio cunner on a bomber and is stationed in England. ... vRoy R Vvaer, son of Mr and Mrs M G Waer, 948 N Elder, received a promotion to Private First Class be3ides the Good Conduct Medal and the Driver's Badge for his exceptional work. . ..vMr and 1irs Juan M Lopez of 929 N 12th Ave, have received a letter of comr.lcndation from Ensign William VI Earknes::l, reG~rdinp' their son· " S caman F lrst Cla:::;s Fred G Lopez ~'Yho i:3 ser:rif.lC ;;d.th thc U.S.l~avY. In the Paclflc. Fred was educated il~ rrucson schools and worked for ~ox and Sons. His brother, Arthur lS a paratrooper who took part in' the invasion in France. J , ... viilliam · Rosenberg " Jr who is w...4 th 11e ~n6lneers in the South Pacific , IUS recently promoted to Private irst Class. Bill worked for the ity EnGineerinG Department before le enlisted. He is tllO son of Mr l~d Llrs Vlilliar&1 Rosen berg, sr 235 E 16th st. ' ••. V - BALANCE IN TR~~'URY Olt' Ai.:k30CIhTlON AS OF AUGUST 15, 1944: $727.51 -2- ... I OBi 'dEERE, OH, WHERE? Pvt Joseph S Brena, hus.bE:tnd of Mrs Isabel Erena, of 1104 st Mary's Road, has joined the 37th Infantry Division, veterans of two major So.l.omon Island campaigns. J·oe left for overseas duty in Feb~uary, 1944. .,.vGil~erto C Ortiz, son of Carmen and Roberto Ortiz, 33 ~l Kennedy, i.3 an Iva? in Alabam.a. He Vl~S educnted in Tucson sohools and worked at the SPa He has been li years in the service. ...v- , •• V - Cpl Yldefonso Gastellum, Jr, son of Mr and Mrs Yldefonso Gfistellum of 119 W 29th st, writes his MOlli that he is safe on Guam and seEt her some Jap pCllJer money. He hus been serving wi -ell the Marines ill the South Pacific for over a yeur and saw action [,t Bout;;ainville end Er:l1ru. Islanci.s. His brother, Gilbert, recently enlisted in the Navy and has left to begin his trainir.g. ...v:bl.TRLOUGH Joseph Al t%urano, Yeor.J.an Third Clas3, SOIl of Mr and Mrs J B Alt-':tI:J.ira~o, 820 SHerbert. Pvt Joe Salaz, son of Mr u.nd Mrs Felix Salaz, 1419 S 4th Avenue.· He is statioaed at C~lP Roberts, California. Joe was a former nvsmber of the Ca.rlis ta Quartet te. Pfc Alfred ~ Cu~tano, son of Mrs Casta.no, of 22 West 5th st, Al is a mcuber of the 2nd Marine Divi~ion, thi8 b~ing his first leave after 2i years overseas duty durini:.~ v.tlich he participated in several ffiejor Gilcagements in the Sout;~lest Pacific. He formerly work~d at Monte Mansfeld's garage. M E .•. V - A/C Robert H Vasquez, son of M~s Anita V~squez, 934 N Anita, is attending bombardier school at the Santa Ana Air Base, California. lie was oduoated in Tucson and worked for Consumer's Market, His mother reoently returned from a two months' visi t with him. ...v- Cpl Plutarco Goycoochea, son of und Mrs I,,!arcial Goycoochea., of 502 E 18th. He was all outstanding student of Tucson Hi Gnd worked for ~onte Mansfield before enlistinb • After his furlough,he will report to Fresno. He has two brothers in the service: Robert, \vi th the Navy in San Diego, anc1. Alfonso, with the ~ Corps in Fort Riley, Kansas. I\~r Maj Adolph Solomon, Ron of Mrs Ch~s S Solomon of 876 E 3ra st, was sent on business from New Guinea to Australia, and he noted that his WAC driver had e Spanish accent. He Seaman Second Class James G spoke to her in Spanish, and she readily replied--they were both from Kennedy, son of James H Kennedy, Jimmie was in 8 major battles in Tuoson: She is Pvt Lucy Robles, the Facific ar88, and is dlUious daughter of Mrs Rudolph Robles of to GO back for more. He worked 625 N Herbert. for Leon and Price before ...v--enlisting. His femily resides at Mrs and Mrs Ben Dernal's worries are 101 Pennsylvania Drive. over; they reoeived a V-muil letter from their son, Narine Pfc Den, Jr, Pvt Carlos Burruel, son of Simon written at Saipan where he was with and Apolunia lJlU-ruel, 1016 Erie, the first assault troo~s. Ben on furlOUGh 1'1'oL1 Virginia. attended Safford Sc~ool and was a Tech. Corp Valdenfir Yanez, son of Tuoson Hi student before he joined the Marines. His family resides at Mrs Carmen A Yanez 01' 576 South Conven t. After his furlough, he 1141 S 11th Ave, will retUl~n to Beau.I1LOllt Ho~pi tal, ...vEl Paso, where he will recuperate Cpl Joe D PulidO, son of Mr and Mrs from wounds received in action. M D Pulido of 387 N Myers, recen~ly Cpl Armando Tully, son of Alfred cOlJ1pleted an orientati?ll cCJtU'se ~n and Gertruc1.is Ttilly, 235 N WestErl~land designed to br1.uge the gnp moreland, from Louisiana. His between training in the States end brother, Alfred, is a Marine in oombat soldiering QGainst tho e!leny Snipan, ~iving the JaJ?s heck. in- France. Before entering the Amy Another brother, Will~am, is in Air Force, he was eaployed as a 1 Eawaii. Armbndo' s wife is Mary oashier and clerk by the Grand t Contrera'-l Tully, of 27 Telles St. Central Market-. -3(OVER) HIT PARADE August 5,1944 1. I'll Be SeeinG You 2. Amor 3. SwinciD0 On A Star 4. Time Waits For No One 5. Lone AbO &- Far Away 6. I'll Gut n] 7. Mi+y. Man, Keep Those :.Jottles Q,uiet R. It Could Happen To You ~). Good Night WherevGr You Are A~ust 12 J 1944 1. J' 11 Be Seeing 'You '8 • .Am or 3. Swinging On A Star 1. I!ll Get By 5. Long Ago and Far Awuy I'll Walk Alone 7. ~ilk Man, Keep Those Bottles Q,uiet. 8. Time v/ai ts For No One g. I~) You Is Or Is You Ain't? o. SWINGING O~-! STAR "Going My \iay" VI i til ulng CrofJby) A mule is em aninol wit!: long funny ears, TIe kioks up at anythin~ he hears, His book is brawny and his brain is weak, He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak, And by the way if you hate to Co to sohool, You may grow up to be a m.ule; Or would you like to ~ming on u star, Carry moonbeams home in a jar, And be better off than you are, Or, would you rather bo b pig? (::'roJ:.l TUCSOH !iSH.3 Can't tell you when, military seoret and all that, you know, but WE FINALLY HAD RAIN! No Bore is it, "Ay, oaraIaba, que oolor," but it's- "Q,ue linda la lluviu!" DEATHS: Mrs Antonia Escalante,u5, 155 S Convent. Survivors: two nephews, Jose and Carlos Esoalan te, and one niece, Josefa Escalante. At the meeting of the Association held August 15, the following lilembers were prosen ted with certificates frau the U.S. Treasury pepartoent in appreciation of their services rendered in behalf of the 'vial' Finance Program, Fifth ViaI' Loan Drive: Lmt>S C",r":lC;l: ~Rio~ ,_ ~r:.urea Ga'..i~si, ~U·c;j, FOLtes, l;.iargar~ta Leon, Antonia Ca;~rillo, Gertrudis Vlllu, Carlota Escobedo; Misse::; Lucy Castro, iliuma vergara, and ROSE:: B Rod.riguez, and IYIr Rosalio Ronquillo (Bendito tu eres entre 'Godas lus r.lujeres:) The Association was also presented 'Iiitll e citation for its cooperation. LAST 1fThU'TE NEWS; pvt Robert of Mrs hni~a Rubio, 102 W 20th st, wes killed in Gction. Two brothers are in the :wrvic e: Pvt Marcello , with the lnfentry in Franco, and Pfe Paul, in ~n infantry unit in Louisiana. RUbio~30n Pfe Honry P I,,;oreno, son of Mrs Gcrtru~is P Moreno of 928 N 13th Avc. He served 26 months with the infa~try in the South Pacific. ilis ~rother, Franc, iu with the ij f'nntl'~- in Italy. TIo<lolfo (tlCucallito tl ) Lara is visi tinc hi:J vfifp, l\~ar~r. .tiftor his furlough he \'Jill report to II hospi tal vJhere, for the past six months, he hus been recuperati~. from injuries receivod in an accidollt While on duty. I(EW ~jBblli) OF OUR .ASSOCIATION: Lupe ROLlol'c, Ramona Gurcia, Inez Corella, Josephine H Gonzales, Sara a Martinez, ~ercedes V Feccio t Beatriz 0 Ferra, Helen a ]'erra, Antonia R Salcido, ..u taer~cia B Torrez, Rita Flores, Rosa G Gill, Belon D Garcia~ Ar.lelia Pt,r'3z, Rosa L Chevalier, Librada V rt3uirez, Josephine Herrerus, Delfina Andrade,Agripiml D i;ilson, Nestora .rl DominGuez. "CHATTER" i8 published every second and fourtl! Sunday (except this month) by Spanish-American Mothers & Wives ~30ciation, 38 North Church Stroet, Tucson, Arizona. Mrs Aurelia Valencia, lOu, (No, you didn't read wrong--I said one-oh-six), 61 \lest JaclG3on. 3urvivors: daughters, wI'S Ucneranda .All reV8nue~ fron tht: sale of this paper to be used for the Fraijo, Mrs Mercedes Fisher, ~iss erection of u rtucr8ution Center h~lrelia Rocha, and grandchildren. for the S'p<..Hli3h-JU.leric~ln soldiern f'rOl:l Tuc30n. G~uz Aguirre, 75, 1207 N 14th st. Survivors: Wifo, Mrs Fruncisc3 .IV"uirre, and several nist(:)r who lrve in California. COUTRATULATION3, Seaman Second Class Eddie Cocio, 135 E 30th st, for baby girl born .nuc;u~;t 7. -4- ""f htl'~ ifiLl .. , '" .. _~ Tucson, Arizona SepteI:lber 10, 1944 ISSU-i NO. • • t HAPPY Brn TIIDAY: Ray DelGado - September 3 Gregorio V Basurto - depteillber 5 Edmundo S Audclo - Septenber 8 Albert Warner - Septel!lber 9 Albert Vergara - September 10 Alberto G Diaz- Septcnber 11 Ramon R Aros - September 12 Gustavo L Garcia - Septenber 17 John C Haro - September 19 Frank R Aros - September 23 Rodolfo Haro - September 27 BIRTHDAY READING FOR 'iliOSE BORN AUGUST 22 TO SEPTEMBSR 23 (VIRGO) These people have a love for order and harmony and dislike discord because it causes them :aonsiderable mental suffering.They are not attracted by extremes and are very moderate, level-headed people. They are Quite methodical and analytical. They are quick to observe and take great int(~rest in helping others to straighten out their affairs. Their desire to change the lives of others often brings them great trouble. They are apt to become naggers and their tongues are inclined to become sharp. They imagine IDllny ailm.ents and are inclined to use medicines to extreme. Although they possess a strong loving nature, they are not demonstrative and dislike displaying their affection in public. ... vABOUT OUR SOLDIERS KILLED n~ ACTION: Staff Sergeant JElSUS ("Churl") P Espinoza, overseas six months, was }~iJ.lad in aotion in Italy on July 17, the War Department informbd his ' parents, Mr and 11rs Manuel Espinoza, 124 S Convent. "Churi" vIas a graduate of Safford Jr Iii- and a member of tho R.A.T. Club, 1939 c1ty baseball champion:..;. He joined the infantry b8foro Pearl Harbor. Surviving, besides tho parents,. arc his w1fe, Sofia, and one ch11d; a brother, Miguel; two sis tel's, Mrs Ernestine Camaron and Mrs' Erminia JaureGui, and a niece ,Dora Goldbaum, all of Tucson. 1 • $ • Per p '" Pfc Rafael C Huerta, son of Jose and Rita·C Huerta, formerly of 541 S Main, Tucson, but who now reside in California, was killed in action on July 16 in France.His brother, Jose Huerta, is VIi th the armed forces in the Pacific. Besides his parents and brother, other survivors ar8: Mrs Bruna Molina and Misses Estela and ArmiCi<:, Huc;rta, sisters. ... vPfc Flavio V Islas, son of Mrs Dolores V Islas, 379 S Convent, died August 22 in New Guin.:.:a of burns received AUGust 18 when gasoline which he was handling want up in flan18s. Bus ides his mothur, other survivors are: his rother, Adolfo, Sr; a Bistcr, !,irs Evelia' Cocio; and four brothers: .hdolfo, Jr. and Arsenio, fron Tucson, and Norberto, a Marine, and Laoneio, U.S. Army. .. .vStaff Sergeant Tony n nios, son of Mr and Mrs EUL;une G Rios, 673 W 42nd St, was.drowned AUGust 20 at Hollandia, Now Guinea. Ho had been in the array four years and overseas the past throe. Tony was originully with the 158th Infantry, end prior to leaving Tucson was on the local staff of the Alianzq HispanoAr.wricana. lIe attundud Tucson Hi where he VlOn numerous raedals for outstandinG acilievements in athletics. Four brothers are in the armed forces, two of them also formerly with the 158th Infantry: Staff Sgt Rom.ero, in the South Pacific, and Staff S~t Richard, recently wounded and returned to active duty in the South Pacific; l,:3rine Cpl Ray, now stationed in a base hospital in San Francisco after beine in action in the South Pacific, nn<l Cpl RUdy, formerly on duty in tlw Canal Zone, ow on Guard duty vtith the war l~risoner:..-; at Curnp Brady, Texas •Rudy is at present in Tucson visiting his fanily on an emergency furlouch. irs Carmeli ta Rios is president of he Spanisll-iuuerican Mothers and ii ves Associu tion, beine one of the utstanding ffiembers • ••• V - Pvt George F Nunez, 30n of'Mrs Carmen Nunez R 1 Box 819 \lho was wounded in a&tion' on July ~8, has beol returned to duty , I· ••• V C~l Agustin MarQuez~ son of Mrs D~ega Marquez, lyO W 24th, has C! beer: hOl:lOrablr d~scha:rged: He ",aw act10n 1n New GU1nea an~ 1S novhJ I recuperating (OVER) from rnalar18, at ome. . .iiB"'....- - - - - - - - - - ~ . ~------ . . .... WOUNDED IN ACTION: Marine Pfc Hector D Carrillo, son of ~rr and Mrs E B Carrillo, 340 S Scott, was wounded in action on Saipan June 24. Hector is a graduate of Tucson Hi and ~ vet of Tarawa and fought in the campaign for the Marianas. His brother, Marine Cpl Ernest F Carrillo, has been in the South Pacific for two years. WAC Pvt Rachel Rivera, sister of Mrs Henrietta Currillo, 20~ S Stone, has been assigned to Hoff General Hospital in Santa B~rbara as a ward attendant. Aviation Cadet Filiberto Barmudez Soto, son of Mr and Mrs A 0 Soto, 2807 S 12th, has reported at . Carlsbad, N.M., Army Airfield, where he will receive advanoed ••• V fli~lt traininG in hieh-level bombardiering and dead-reckoning Pfc Louis Peralta, son of Mr and Mrs J C Peralta, 519 W 37th St, has navic;otion. been seriously wounded in action Cpl Hilliar.l G VusCluez, grandson of in France. Louie was a student in ~rs H Enoiso, 40~ N Court St, is Tucson Hi vWlen he entered the army corapleting his trainin(:; on a Lib and was an employe of the T and T bomber at Pueblo Army Airoasc. He Market, 2048 S 6th Ave. is a radio ope~ator and GUliller • His mom and step-dad live at ••• V~ 022 N 9th. Pvt Luis M Valdez, son of Mrs Jesus ~ Valdez, of Tucson, was Thirty-four Arizona men in the recentl~r VJounded in action in the armed services in the Soutt. Pacific European area. assembled at a buse r~oefitly for a ••• V--party celebrating Arizona Day. Pvt Frank P Moreno, 30, previously Men from Tucson at the party were: Teoh Sgt Frank Hoses, Radio Maoh reported missing in action 1 has returned to duty and is now serving Second Class Hurry J Willis, Pvt Reuben L Espinoza, Serunan First somewhere in Italy. Pancho' is the Class David GilJoney, Motorman's son of Mrs Gertrude Moreno, 928 Mch Mate Lloyd H FiCkett, and_ N 13th Ave. Chief Shipfitte~ L Rittoff. OH, WHERE OH WltERE?h.' Cpl George Diamos, son of Mr and ,Pvt Ruben Gabusi, son of Mr and Mrs Mr~ Nick Diamos, 1401 E Mabel, is John B Gabusi, 822 S 5th Ave, has serving with a r.lotorized division oompleted his oourses in basic in France. training for aCuy Air Forces soldiers at the basic troining Cpl Edward D DuPont is a paracenter at -"marillo .tU-r.lY Airfield. t~ooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and took part in the inva Pfc Clemente H Llardeau, son of Mr ~tonio Bardeau, 23 E 15th St,has sion on D-Day. received his wing~, and boots after Pvt Ralph Garcia, 19 W Belen St, having oompleted his training as is serving as a truclc driver with a Paratrooper at Ft Bennine, Ga. a Quartermaster truck company attached to the uir service (~om SPE~I~#rS.O.s.: The following fcllas mand in North Africa. would l~ke to hear from their friends: Pfc Carlos T Gastelum, 30n of Mr S/Sgt .rilfrodo C Mendoza and Mrs Santiago Gast~lum, 431 ~.~.i~. 3807279 Elias st, is serving us cook at IIClS ~llth FiGhter Group the largest air service cOl~and A.P.O. 487 depot in Britain. 0/0 Postmaster - Hcm York Pvt Mmando T Membrilo, son of Mrs Riohard hi 1ic.d.lpin - SK l/C J ~ ~eQbrila of 210 W 32nd St, has U.S.S. Castl~rook graduated from the Marine radio U.S.N.R.B. school at San Diego and is to join Kirklan~, \fushington a leather neck oomlJat unit as radio speoialist. Pfo Frank :P Romero .n..S.N. 38001004 The "Mitey Miranda u is what his Co. B - 359 Inf. Marine buddies oall Pfc Jose A.P.O. 90 Miranda, 710 Carmen St. Joe earned 0/0 Postmaster - NeVI Yor!< his niokname first l for his diminutive size (5'-4"J and second, No sean malos; Gscribanles, eh? for his ability to pick off Jop snipers hiding in caves. While out CONG~~TIONSl with a fi~e-man deuolition patrol assigned to blow up enemy c~~e ech Sgt Joe H Orona of the 158th positiolls, "Mitey" was oredit3d nf'antry wrote us a very interestwith shooting three Jap snipers ng letter on Jap paper, end gave in one p.m. I ° -2- ..----------------------------us the following names of the boys who received the Combat Infantryman Badge for oxemplary conduct in action against the enemy: Tech Sgts Joe H Orona and Caesar G Ramirez; Staff Sgt8 Tony G Davila Arsenio S Lopez, Kdward M Ocllotorena, Martin M Ochotorena, Romero R Rios, Tony R Rios, Hilliam L Rivera, Frank M Terrazas; Sergeants Ernesto B Coronado, Walter 4 McDonald (excuse it, please,' vlalt-Joe tells me you also received the Silver Star and I didn't mention i t--so sorry--no sliGht tleant) Lupe R RiesGo, Manuel G Rossini; Privates First Claas Oscar Alvarez, Robert G .Aros, Robert Barcelo, Rueben Casillas, George G Hernandez, John A Hernandez, Robert G Lisalda, Rudy E Lopez, Alfred N Maldonado, David C Morales,"Mike 0 McKenna, Juan M Olivarez, Manuel H Orona, Rudy M Quintero, Dan M Rosovich,"Manuel Salcido, Frank M Sandoval, Reynaldo M UrQuides, Jel~( B Verdugo, Luis B Vidal, Henry H Whitman, and last, but certainly not least, Pvt Richard R. Rios. ...vRichard Aros, son of Mr and Mrs J BAros, 819 S 5th, has been promoted from Sergeant to Staff Sgt with an air corps unit in Italy. Ben Dailey Benites, son of Mr and Mrs Ben Benites, 1140 S 5th, received recocnition as eligible to qualify for the petty offioer rate of radionan third class in recent graduation exercises at the Naval training school (radio) on the campus"of the Univ of Chicago. By the way I betcha his folks / get writerfs cramps from writing to their SEVEN sons: Sgt Ernest, in the air corps; Cpl William, with the infantry; Pfc Edward, medical corps; Robert, S.M. 3C, with a submarine unit; Pvt Roy, air oorps; Ben, Marine corps, "and Charles, Navy. Dick A Fierro," son of ~r end Mrs Ricardo Fierro, 621 S 4th Ave,was recently promoted to Corporal. Dick is with the army air corps near Pearl Harbor. Hospital apprentice, first class, Conchita R Flores, daughter of Mr Tito Flores, Sr., 916 S 6th, recently completed her training and graduated with honors as a dental technician at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif.. Oonchita enlisted in the WAVES ~n October, 1943. Her brother, Pfc Tito ("Mecho") Flores, Jr., is serving with the 5th Army in Italy. -- -- - --- Phillip N Grace, Aviation Mch Mate, Second Class, has won ~he Navy Air Medal and a citation for participating in the first night photo-reconnaissance bo~binG mission by Aleutian based planes to the northern IDlrile Is18nQs. Anthony S Leon, Jr, 423 E 3rd,was promoted from second to 1st looie. Alfredo A Morelcs, son of Mr and Mrs Caledonia fuorules, 324 S Railroad, and who is at present stationed at Camp Butler, North Carolina, has been promoted to buck Sergeant. Cpl Edward J Otero, son of lV"ll'S Francisco Otero, 273 N Church,has been awarded the combat medal for outstanding brave~y in :J.utch New Guinea battles. :tie has three brother3 in t1.le Army: S/Sgt Dan, in Burma; Pfc Manuel E, in the southwest Pacific, and pvt Alberto, in Kentucky. Staff Sergeant Charles Rey, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Rey, Sr, 1611 E lOth St, has been commissioned 8 second looie with the 754th Railway Shop Battalion, Persian Gulf Command. The commission ilBS presented to hin at ceremonies held at Camp Atterbury, Teheran, Iran. Charlie Vlorked with the PFE prior to his induction. Ray T Salazar, 345 E 13th st, has been promoted to Yeoman First Class" and is now in charge of the ship's office aboard hh; ship in the Pacific. He attended the U of A and was employed at the pOGt office. Pfc Anselmo Sicre, son of Mrs Lupe Sicre, 529 N 6th, was recently awarded the Good Conduct Medel. He is wi th the arIllV air forces in England. . FGRLOUGH First Lt Joe Diaz visiting family of 311 N Court, from Florida. SGt Manuel R Montflno, son of Mr and rs M R Montano, 40 \i ]'ranklin, after 27 months of duty in the leutian Islandu. arine Pvt ArI:lando Leon, son of r and ~~5 Cayetano Leon, 1632 S ighland, from San Diego. Cpl Lalo Redondo, son 01' Mr and ,Mrs Luis Redondo, 551 SMyers, from Missouri. Cpl Henry R Molera, son of Mrs Juanita R MolcrEl, 27 S Convent, from Santa Ana, Califol'nia. Henry has 3 brotheru in the service: Pvt Esteuan, in New Guinea; 11M3/C George R, in Hawaii, and Pvt Ernest R, in Ajo. Mrs Molera is I an active member of the Association. (OVER) Fti'RLOUGH (Continued) Pvt Richard J Rojas, whose parents live at 849 E 16th, from. Utah. Cpl William Daily Benites, son of Mr and Mrs B~n Benites, 1140 S 5th, from Cmlp Roberts, California Pvt A F Boltares, son of Mrs Flavia Boltares, 810 Carmen St, from near LiberEll, Kansas. Pfc Arthur Bustamante, Jr, visiting family at 712 W 17th St, from Camp Roberts, Oaliforni~. Pfc Tommy Durrazzo, son'of Mrs Royella-Benton Durrazzo, 392 ' Granada, from Ft Leonard Wo?d,Mo. Mari.ne Pfc Frank S Figueroa, son of Mr and Mrs Ysmael Figueroa, from overseas. Marine Pfc Johhny B Lopez, visitini wife and dauVlter at 412 E Distric~ , from overseas. Bill Marquez, visitir~ family at 911 Anita St, fro~ oyerseas. Marine Raul Martinez, visitinG wife Eva Gradillas Martinez, and daughter Cpl Alfonso Pesqueira, visi ting ~- Maclovia, 127 W 20th, from North Africa. Lt and Mrs Arthur S Rosenberg, son of Mr and Mrs Willibm Rosenberg 1235 E 16th, from Camp Bowie,Texas. Cpl John Gabusi, son of Mr and Mrs It J B Gabusi, 822 S 5th, from New York. ADIOS! Mrs R08emary~Johnson,dBl8JtBr of ~rs Rosa C Olivas, 69 W Jackson. She has two brothers in the service seaman first olass Gilbert, with the Navy in the South Pacifio; and Pfo Edward C. MARINES: Alberto Brioht~, 165 S Stone, son of Mr and Mrs A C Briahta Edmundo Cota, non of Mr and Mrs Emiliano M Cota, 410 S 3rd. NAVY: Ernest Maldonado Gallego, son-of Mrs Lupe Gallego, 808 SlOth Fruderiok B Figueroa, son of Mrs Rosa Figueroa, 1510 W Niacara. WACS: I' h TUCSON NEWS The oruiser, USS TUCSON, was lawlohed in San Francisoo on' Sept 3 by Mrs Emmett Claunoh,who was seleoted by the Navy Mothers Club,of which she is an-aotive ~ember. Tucson senior and junior hi schools opened Sept 5 and elementary schools on S0pt 11. Only one package of cigarettes to a customer. The Alianza convention VIas held here recently and ~r C B Sedillo was re-elected Supreme President. Every Yank at hone and abroad will get turkey this year, and it will b~ d?no without depriving us c~vv~es of the holidny bird. Richard C Salvatierra, Arizona Daily Star reporter, left recently for Washington, D.C. to accept a P?sition ~3 iDfor~nlation-publicist w~th the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.His wife the former Clara Roseboro, and ' small son accompanied him. Diok served as a-lieutenant in' the Army from August, 1943 to June, 1944, when he. was retired. (Dick: I saw Eddie, Ismay arlO Ohildren in L.A. and they're all fine. El Eddie esta. tan_ancho d0 gordo). From Acapulco, i.;cxico comes the news that the Argentine vessel,Rio De La Plata, in whioh Dr Valles and his farllily of Tucson, were passengers, burned in the harbor. Most of the passengers were ashore and none was injured. iUl the possessions of the passengers were lost, and the Ship was a total loss. Dr. Val18s and his wife Bara e and daughter, Bettina Gill, w~re • on their way to Oallao, Peru to make their homo. BIRTHS: To Pvt and Mrs Joaquin E Jimenez, 1310 WSonora, a boy. Pfo and lIrs Lezarnado Rodriguez, 1001 Delaware, a girl. Pvt and-Mrs Raymond B Rivera, 139 W 31st, a girl. . Pvt and ~ITS Edward Garcia,1009 Del&v/are, a boy. Pvt and Mrs :Mike L ObreGon, 346 W 2nd, a Girl. Ml' and Mrs I-ienry Jacome, 629 N 7th, a boy. Sgt aud Mrs Rubon Montoya, 440 W COfigress, a Cirl. Pvt and Mrs Joe Brena, 1104 St Mary's, a Girl. Pvt and Mrs ~ex Canez, 344 W 39th, a girL Mate 3-C·and !vITS Sosino Fierro, 1311 E 10th, a boy. Pvt and ~rs George Norton (Hortense zamora), 633 N Perry, a girl. DEATHS a Jose Garcia, 400 Sierra st; survivors: Wife, Rosa; dauchters, JUlia, Maria, Josefina; son, Juan. Henry Busse and his band played reoently at Davis~onthan Field. Jesus Villa, +143 N 13th. Survivors: wife, Maria; brother, Tuoson stores closed on Labor Day, Juan. exoept OPA, post office and housing oer~er-no mail delivered • ...4.. . ; ...S • . Lc '.... I DEATHS: (Continued) Carlos Martinez, 60, 704 Carmen St. Survivors: Sons, Carlos, Jr., Albert, Estevan (serving with the armed forces in Italy), and Fred; daughters, Mesdames Arturo Corrales, Ignacio·Felix, Jose ~eon, Frank ~uiroga, & Edward Martinez. Don Carlos was an employe of the City for 20 years. Isadore Goldberg, 56, oVlner and operbtor of Goldberg's Jewelry Store, 37 W Congress. ATTENTION I BUSHMASTERS! Arizona Demooratic Senator Ernest WMoFarland has protested to the War Department that former Arizona National Guardsmen have been kept in the South Pacific jungles too long without relief. He has asked an investigation as to Why these boys have not at least been sent back to rest camps, and olaims that the Army's plan of rotating troops in order to return men from various theaters is doing very little good. The Assooiation sent a wire to the Senator thanking him for his aotion and urging him to continue fighting until these boys are ~iven relief. NEW MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION Maria H Guerrero, Petra E Lares, Bessie Chap~an, Dolores Ruiz, Carr,len U Villa, Epifania Rodriguez, Florencia Ybarra, Luisa Ybarra, Margarita M Ochoa, RaL1on"i ~;ard, Julin Urquides, Carmen D Muniz, Trinidad M Valdez, Maria S Gonzales, Bertha S Delgado, Maria Refugio Lopez, Juana Martinez, Teresa Valdovin, Jovita Reggio, Victoria G Sandoval, Jesus M Martinez, Antonia Basurto, Cruz R Otero, Clara Real, Lupe Garcia, Susana Durazo, Magdalena Valenzuela, Teodosa Vega, Cruz Wilson, and Miss Dora Talavera. BALANCE D~ TREAb~Y OF ASSOCIATIOr~ $032.61 (Ain't we getting rioh, though?) HIT PARADE Amor Swinging On A Star I'll Be Seeing You Time Haits For No One I'll Get By Long Ago and Far Away I v{alk .Alone It Could Happen To You Is You Is Or Is You Ain't ...v- THANKS to the·followil~ kids for August 26 letters reoeived: Manuel Orona, Riohard M MoAlpin ("Ml.lcarpio del 1 I'll Be Seeing You Cheri"), "Nonie" M Olivas, Guadalupe 2' Time Waits For No· One L Lopez (You needn't excuse yourself, SwinginG On ~ Star Lupe, you write good Spanish),· 4 .Am.or Telesforo T Marin, Tomas Gallego, 5' It Could H3p~en To You Gustavo Trejo, Severo S Lopez, Roy 6' It had To Be You Gomez, Leonardo Larribas, Hector 7· I Halk ~lone Cervantes, Frank P ROLlero, Joaq~in I'll Get By ("DUke") Carrillo, the "Lucky S~x" 9. Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes in England--Eduardo "Waho n Lopez, Leonardo (Baby Face) Moreno, September 2 Reynaldo (Pulido) Santa Cruz, Manuel Banta Cruz, Arturo MWlOz,and I'll Be Seeine You Henry Talavera; Frank P Acevedo, Swinging On A Star Silvestre P Castro, "Cnente" P Mor CastillO, Johnny Alduma, Raoul G Time yiai ts For No One Duarte (these last three report Is You Is Or Is You Ain't they are in good health, and belong I'll V/alk Alone to the 2nd Marine Division, having I'll Get By taken part in the-invasion of It Could Huppen To You Saipan and Tinian, Tarawa and . I tHad 'ro De You Gilbert Islands), Juan P ~uijada, Gilbert A Ward, Jose E Duarte, IS YOU I~a OR IS YOU AIN'T? Domingo Valencia, who says that ho has met some Tuoson boys where he Is you is, or is you ain't, ma' is--Elmer Gallego, Manuel Gallardo, . baby, Frank Rossini, Maurioe Ruiz, and The way you're actinG lately Manuel Rodriguez; Fernando E Valdez makes me doubt. (remember how he used to let his You'se is still my baby, baby, beard grow out?), Tito Flores, Jr, Seems my flarue in your heClrt I s who tellS us 011 about his travels done gone out. in Italy, JolUlnie Hernandez, and A woman is 6. creature that has Joe H Orona. always been strange, Just when you're sure of -one you Thanks to Telesforo T Marin for Jap find she's gone and make 8 change money and to·Manucl T Chioffino for Is you is,_or is you ain't rna' baby Frenoh money, which the Association Maybe baby's found somebod.y new, will keep as souvenirs. Or is mat baby still r~' baby true. THANKS, Mrs Hortense Verdugo, for helping me with "CHATTER," -5- (OVER) 3: 8: I THE EDITOR TAKES A TRIP l While taxis still exist, you . " just don't bother to cull theru-"Why, Rose, where are you going?" you knO'vLtotter. "Send a taxi inQuired my friends az I nervously to so and 50, pl~asu, 3lid right stood at the depot, with a ton of away." And thl;)jr allswer, \'Oh, luggu[e clasped in hund. "Ahem," yeaa? Hal Hal lt And they haec up. I'd readily reply, e~Tes gleaming, a Mr. Cool HeEitl..er UllSt have smile from ear to ear, Itto the hnovm I was coming, for hu left o08st--Los Angeles. 1t I h~ard the in a hurry; Mr Heat was ull !let whiBtle of the incomirlg train-up, and so Vias I. Tulk about good old Ntunber Five which would cooperation, the he<.it, th8 oli.lDgtake me to cool weatLer and beaut i- clanging of the trolluys, and the ful sights. I rushed to a concooooooOOOOOO of the sir0ns all duo tor ~d asked him where to get got togother to disturb my on, and he direoted me over there. peaoeful slumber. I sped, a-toting the burdensome After the fourth day of living baggage, and after pushinc thru in tIle hotel, the OPA kicked me the mob, he directed me back to out--four days vms the maxiIutun. over there, ~lere I was at first. So to my aunt's house I w0nt, 'way Thus I was sent from conduotor to out in the Styx, aft€.:r waiting for oonduotor, until I finally boarded a trolley that didn'~ suy ~ext the train, toneue hanginG out, Car, Pl~ase" (notice how polite perspiration rolling down my fac:e, they are), for 3~ hours. You and incipient blisters on my should have seen me, that famous I. w ' as th 1 l' t . ~Uit case in hand, rushing tifter h ~nCJ.s. . - e on y w 11. e WOnElfi he troll.E:y and I fel t Iik~ a s~tting ~n that coach full of ope ~s ~t ~hizz~a DY leuv~ng.me colored women babies and soldiers, fr~wn~I].gl vllth ny mouth o~en, ~n I f the safe~y zone. I'd lov down my , t t' and th e on1 yean re emps ~u suit-case sit on it for"a while, fered vIas a mashing of m.y r~ght then back' to the: sidevvalk ]., d gOt foot when I took my shoes off and until another trolle '" appeared. i dozed and spread out my foot on walked back. twelve bocks b0fore the aisle and a burly colored I squeezed ~nto an over-crowded ' d b y a~d se t t' car.The day I waB to !lav" gone to so ld i er passe .~s ponderous foot, wi t.l those G.I. the :i."-:.mous PalladiULl I decided to shoes, on it. I let out a yelp COl~e back to 'l'ucson to rust ere that woke up the snorers, "vv'hassa Dtarting to work again, els~ I mattah lla'ro?" And I hated them ndcd another vacat~on. I came 9ack .' r t "1' by bus 'nuff s..:;d. No reSCI'vat~ons ' for co i ng r~cht baol. 0 OJ eep for bO~d SCElts to Arizona I.was after telling them of' my plight. tOld ust uisle seata. N~t.tJ.~ng AnyvJay, I ~earned.to be ~ contorm!t~~~ d ~l~~~~I'TIa~nd~l!~~~~C~I~~-tj:onist Vlh~le try~ng to 1 ell ~rlzont\,Ptha~~s J a!l I vJ~nt. f.rhc asleep. driver was 0~~hor a Q~n~ao or a . .All Los "",-peles at last! I madman.! or both~ d+dn't heeponh~s , ,~ eyes on th0 roaQ He or h~s hunds looked allover the depot for my the wheel--one of the fidGety type, relatives, but no one was around. you know. When he wasn't oleaning A phone call brought them a-flying the persp~rat~on off ~te.wheel he in their jalopy xt home I was was cle~nlng ~t 9ff h18 race, • b' or p~sh~ng the w~ndow up, or pullgiven a so?bingweloome Y my , 1116 ~t devin, li[")ltine a ci~arett·e, homesick s~ster, who recently fidd!i~ around Witf'i the l~ghts, moved to L.A. and who, in three and ur ing eround a she eUll.Wfi;t \'I1S . h · d was he cOm~n(! be h nd f wee}(s. had been unable to ~n a .L na naQ. f.1Y stlurs W~ th me. h~s houso for rent--she was hO~oless last~d s~x, lofi~ drawn-out ~ours-and ready to COLle baCK to Arizona. a lifetime, un~ll he l'lagcea. down ~. onother b~s go~ng to L.A,# flnd Very handy enough, there WaS ~ traded wiuh the a:r~ver• .L Sle.pt hotel 2~ blooks from her, so ~t the rest of thu ",vay uS J~d all was tht;re that I sprawled on a those who had stuycA up wlth me _ .. ..,. d to ~ray. AS I vialked hOr.lG, still soft bed that vor~ n1ght an tot~ng thut suitcaso I met some enjoyed my only night of peaceful of my- 'fri . mds VIllO inquired, "Why, sleep duriN~ all my vaoat~on. Rose, where did you go?" Gritting, And it was from there that I trod my teeth, clench~n~ my fists, a~d my way every day to see my s1s-~akinG a deep breath, almost g01ng li' . ,. ~nto a paroxysm of anger I h~r and ten others v1ng 1n a 0 retortea, "Cali1·ornitll".~(&~~#" rOOill flat. . Yep, the oditor took D tr~p-The trolley si tuation ~3 quite t-r-i-p, says \lobster, alr.h) m~ans serious; there is alw<1ys some a f.lisstep or stufu.ble; i.l ulunder, oasualty. You either cet ::3quashed, a mistake! (Rose Rodriguez,Ed.) kicked, or elbowed,.und rou have - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - no choice. But Cal~forn~a people "CHA'iTER"- is publish0d every secane are very polite--they always say, nd fourth Sunday by SpaIli:':';l~.''Excuse r~e" before you're squashed, A1merican 1Iothers &. Wives Associa"I'm sorry," aftar they elbow you, tion, 38 N Church cit, Tuc30n,nriz. and in retaliation, they warn, ~l revenues f~om the sale of this "I'~ going to kick you:" ·iuld they peper to be USGU for the 0rection do. of a Recreatioll center for the Spanish-~orican soldiers from Tuoson. -6- Tuoson, Arizona September 24, 1944 ISSUE NO. 8 -.5 Cents per Copy ~---_._--------.----------------------_._---------------------------------------FELIZ CUMP~~OI Frank OChoa • Septi embre 18 (Pobre, esU solito y su alrna, pero Jl.> mi oulpa--no me hab!an da.do su nom.. bre hasta e1 otro d!a. Peor hubiera sido que no hubiera salido, verdadT) Tambi8n pertenece Frank al signo del horoloopo VIRGO, que es un signo mngnftioo y oomo a los Virgos no les gusta fa d1soordia, estoy retesegurn que me va ~ diaponsar. Que dice, PanohoT rue DE NUESTR03 SCLDADOO Kt1ER1~OO EN ACCION, El' j~ven Tucsonen- Ie, de ednd de 26 ~OSf e1 soldado raso Fillberto S Aguirre, veter~no de 1ns campnftal del Norte Sioi1in, Itnlin y Francia mur10 en nooi~n en Frxnoia e1 25 de ngosto. En su 41timn enrtn eaeritel. de Fra.noia, eomunicnbo. quo estabo. muy ooupndo hno1endo trine hems y que por eao no podf~ eseribir muoho. F11iberto era nativo de Tuesen entrando al ej'ro1to en mayo de 1942 y en ese midmo aflo maroho a ultramar ~ Su madreoi ta, Sra Carolina S Garola, reside en 333 Avenida Melwood al sur. Deja temb16n llorando au muerte sus hermanos Genaro y JeS\\8 y una hermana, Sro. de Mike Mar.. tfnez, todos de Tu086n. HERIDOO EN Ace ION, La Srl1 Nellie Moreno, 922 enlle 13 a1 norte. ha sido intormada que au esposo, e1 Soldndo m80 J08e C Moreno, ha sido herido 1evemente an llcolan CIID Nuovo. Guinea 01 dfn 2 de septiambro.' Joa8 e8 hijo de Sr y Sra G F Moreno, 928 00.110'13 al norte. Antos do irso 0.1 servioio, Pepo rue amplondo del PFE en Tuc86n. El aoldndo do primero. clnso Roy G PerQltn, hijo do Sr y Src. Lupo G Por~l to. 621 00.110 Holon nl ooste. tu~ horido on nooi6n en Frnnoin 01 26 de ngosto. ,Roy tionc tros hormanos on 01 sorviolo~ Pvt JOS~3 Porn1t~ on Cnmp Bowio, Toxns. Cnbo Porfirio Pornlt~ en Hnwnli y Pvt Alox G Pornltn on Nuovo. Guinoo.. El soldndo rnso Louis Valdez, hijo de l~ Sr~ JOS~8 Vnldoz. 331 00.110 30 nl oosto, quion fu~ rooientamonto horidO on ncoidn, hn rogrosndo n los estndos unidos y 80 enouentrn roeuporo.ndo de 8US ~~los on Brighnm City, Ut~h. Hi1~ rio Vnldoz, hc~~no del herido 1 t~ bi6n rocibi~ horid~s on 01 pnclfico dol sur y 10 dioron su "disehnrgo". DONDE ESTANT Los osposos M~nuol y Rosit~ Borbon. 484 onlle Convonto, hnn oido intormados quo sus hijQ8 pfo G A Borboa y Pvt J~mes A Borbo~. pertenecientos n los Cuorpos de l1[trines h:-.n tonido el'plnoer do estnr juntos eUAtro moscs, on 01 4r~ dol Pno!fioQ dol Suroesto. El Sgt Teoh pntrick L Gonsales hijo do Mo.nuel Gonzo.les, 215 00.110 ~9 0.1 oesto, y'csposo do Adeln pncheco do GonJnles, do In mismn dirocci6n, estd on In grnn brot~~. El oubo Fr~nk csposos Fr~nk mode. [1,1 este, viendo en un[1, S Rucl~s, hijo do los Ruelas, 1104 c~lleAln esM on Inglnterr:-o, sirestnoi6n do bonili~rderos. Dos hermnnos, BM'or y Heriberto Sellgndo; hijos de los esposos Jos~s Snlge.do, 1302. 0:1.110 13 d norte, so hnn onoontrudo por primer vcz en un nffo an una isln dol pnoffieo del Surooste. Pvt Gilbert Urins, hijo de los ~sposos A T Urins, 2504 cnlle 3 ~l eate, ha complct~do au primor entre~~ento como m:lrinoro en Snn Diego y ho. si~ n5ignndo [1, unc. esouol[\, dol mo.r. FELICITACIONES, Robert A Espinos~, hijo de los csposos Tony EspillOa[1" 507 c~lle 7 0.1 norto. hn sido nscondido n enbo. E1 C~bo Vfilliam A Hnll. tecnleo do radio ~nool cuerpo de comunienelonos en Itnlin. hn roeibido In Mednlla de Combnte y uno. Estrellc. poP uno. ~t~lln mnyor. En Uno. cnrto. escrit~'n au her~nn Ad01ine.. 415 enlle Wood, 1e dioo que su oompnfifn'fue 10. primern on cruJur 01 rio Arno, eorriondo ~ 108 ~lo manes h~st~ e~ otro l~dO. Willie os hijo de nuestr~ hermnnn miembr~ en~ tusiust~ do l~ ~sociaci~n do Madres, Sr~ Petra A B~11. El Snrgcnto Elfc.s A Lopcz, hijo do los Csnosoe imtony B Lopez, 748 o~llc Fremont nl sur, h~ rccibido l~ Mcd~llo. do Combato de Inf~nturtn por h~bor pcloe.do con valor en las i81':\5 ;.dmir::'.lty. Fu6 asoendido a Cabo en el norte de Afrioa e1 joven Leonardo B Hart!nez. Su hermana, Sra Rosa M le6n reside aqut y es empleada de la Muebler!a de Reuben. Leo eucnta ro n 10. Medalla de Duena Condue to. y el List6n de Campana de Ins 4rens de Europn, Africa y CoreQno Oriente. Sargento Frank F Mondes, hijo de l~ SruoAlioin Mendez, 7~9 calle Fremont ~1 sur quicn csta'slrv1endo en 01 Pac!f1_ co Jel Surocsto, ha recibido In I.iedulln del Combute de In Intnntcrfn. LICENCIil3 f:iATRIMONIALES: George ~ Perkins y Elsie M Rivera Charlie E Valenzuela y Teresa 1.) G9.rc!a Fcrnanu.o Bigo, Jr y Erruna Hicoy Francisco Moran y lliur!a A F~lix George D Martin~z y Lucy Villa MtJER'tF..8 : MiL~e f'acio, 25, 1833 S 6th. Lloran su muert,) sus padre:;, Sr y Sra t.~iguel Facio; $U hermann, Miss Benny P~cio, y un hermano Pfc 1~nuel Facio. Sra Trinidad t;arda, 65, 2013 S 5th. L0 sobreviven sus hijos, Alberto y Genaro; sus hijas, las Sras Ernestina Obreg6n, Dolores de Celaya y Adelina Flores. La noche del 16 - ·pro[r:unn. ·:m b. Plazi- tn d;) Sun 11./:,\15 t!n, d.edi ce d~ pOl' 01 Hon Gobernador de Arizona, Sidn0Y D Osborn; Mi\cstro de Ceromoni~,~" S1' Juan Cn.mpillo. Baile en In. calle para 01 p6blico en genar:~l r '.lm"mi?ado pOl' 103 Mari.;'.(~his, y r,1copC'ion en 10. Ali~l;'lZa paron c:l ;;obernad:>r, lion J"lc~ldo, e invi ta.dos co honor. MI TIEPu'.\A CJ1TJj..A1 (DeclC\m"da per el int.-=lip;entc Sefior, P:lZ M L06n) Sra Concepd6n Romero, 93, 640 ~'f Mabel. Le sobreviven susdos hijos, Pablo y Jos~ y tres hijas, Sras Carmen Rodriguez, Adelia Soto y lmr!a ~arc!a. Yo soy de una tierra chula, all~ de las ffiJ.rcs, donde el clelo 85 rrmy azul y es de a tiro tibio el aire proqu8 Dios so puso chango, y.no neccsitn a nuiden •••• nl abanico pa echar viento, ni cobija po. tapurs0. Francisco Tapia, 66, 523 ~ 6t~. Le sobreviven su esposa, Sra C~rlvta Tapia; seis hijos, Francis(lo, Rosalino, lHguel, Albert, Manuel y Jos6 Mar!a; dos hijas~ Sras Curlota Jaquez y Lue!a V~lencia; dos hu~nanos, Miguel y Manuel. All! no somos rOllosos, nada os chico, todo (S grnnc1:J, por su ~lturn 10;' volcQnes, por nu nlmota las mujeres, por su camnno los 1rboles, por sus hazanas los heroes •••• VIVA ~.iEXICO 1 Resultaron lucid!simns las Fiestas patrir..sl H8 aqu! la Junta Patri6tica: Pros Hon - Alcalde do Tucson, Hon H a Jaastad Pres Ejecutivo - Sr Rosal!o Ronquillo (puchi para Clml!0--en todo est4 menos en misa!) Vice-Pres - Sr Arma.ndo Alfnro Secret~rio - Sr Juan Cumpillo Tesorera - Sta Rosa B Rodri~uez Sub-Tesorer~ - Sr~ Lily Orona VOCALES Srt:'. Juanita Rortriguez (tnmbien as! se ll~l In! Mam&, pero esta as otra senora) • Sr Joso B Al tamiruno, Sr Paz I,I La6n, Sr Miguel M Rodriguez, Sr LorGnzo ~ Rodri~lez (so volvi6 puro Rodriguoz la ouesti6n), toda esta Junta bajo l~ direcci~n del Hon Consul de M6xico, Sr Angel Tollez Por fnlta do espucio no las rl~r~ el progrnma en date-lle, pero los dar6 los "highlights. " DIA 15 - en el Armory pnrk, 8 p.m. Maestro do Ceremonian, Sr Armando Alfaro - Gran vontn. dt~ bonon y programa musical. Jupiter Pluvius nos corri6 a los salonendo l~ Alianza, donde si~i6 el ploogramn, amer~i Z:1.do por Ie. magnffica orquesta, los Mariac his de Nogales, Sonol'a. OIA 16 - Honores al pa.bellon Nacional Maxioano en el Consulado de M6xico; rElccpci6n y almuerzo; mise. f:11 Ia Catedrn.l de San Ar;usUn on honor de los H6roes de In Indepondencia y do los de 10. present-a gu~rra. (Hfl.stu. que estuvo Che.l!o en nisal) Programa·literario musical en 01 Te~tro Plaza, ~\cstra de Ceremonias, Sra. Carmen de Bodout. POl' 1& tarde, de las 2 a las 4, programa deportivo on 01 di~nante de Ie. calle 22 y avonida. cuurta, ~e.estro de Ceremonias, Sr Ronqui 11 0, Que hay mas All! todo es pintorcsco, la.s costumbres y los trajes, 01 reboso de bolita que es tun fino cual bordQQo por las manos de los ~nbclcs el bordado zagalejo que es rojo cono la sane.;re •••• el sombrero galone;'ldo que en las jubilos~s tardes cae or~ulloso a los pies de la que buila el jarabe •••• Vivo. mi tierra tan chula 1 Viva M~xico, compadrcs •••• el de las lindus !._ujeres , el de loc altos volcanos, e1 del rojo zacn10jo, y los torrentcs do sangre. Yo solo Ie pido aDios cuando me toque pelarme, un minuto po. rezar-para mortaja un zarape, una canci6n mexieana pa cantur mis funerales, y un cachito de mi tierra pa que mis huesos fuarde; pera que all! me los dejen pa que a gusto descallsen, porque P-ll mi tierra tan chula, de que les entra cl cornje, hasta los dijuntC'G mandan con J.n m6sica U CItra. parto •••• pero yo soy el q·J.C soy yo, no me parezco a l~iden •••• ~,Hr;:-;~-}r~H*, Sr y Sra Mike Mcndozn, 204 N Meyer han recibido noticias que su hijo, Pvt R Mendoza llego a la area del Pacifico, y les pide a sus ~nieos que no dejen de escribirle a la si~liente direccion: 521288 / USMC / 8th Field Depot / c/o FPO / San Francisco, Calif. El Col. Eugene B Bayley acaba de anunciar que ascendieron a Manuel R Lopez, hijo de la Sra CandeJAria Lopez, 446 avenida Elias al sur, a sargento. Manuel esta en Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. Tan patriota yo--no se fijan en el papel que he usado? Verde, Blanco, y Colorado 1 El sold:l.do de primer:.. cL\se i:l~,nuol V Morales, Jr, hijo de los esposos'Ho.nue1 V Moro.10s, 560 c~ll0 29 al ocst~, ho. 1"0cibido un~s do 10.5 modo.llo.s mas envidi~do.s--llcdo.llQ de Expcrto on Info.ntor!n. Lo. Sr~ Cruzito. Ot~ro, QSPOSo. del srtrgunto de estndo mnyor D~niol Otero, o.s! COllO Ie.. r.lO.drcci to. do Dardel, 31"0. Fr;,:,ncisc~, Otl;ro, 273 co.110 Church 0.1 norte, ost~'1 muy orgul1"s~.s, y con mucho. r:~ z6n. H~cc poco rucibioron ost~s dos sanor"s ur.,:. b::..nder:: jG.ponuso. quo Do.•• niol 10s ItL:1nd6 dbspu6s do l~. cr::.!dn llo Myitkyinn, Burm.~. Estn bo.ndero. fu6 presonto.dr::. ("\ D~niQl pOl" 01 Coronol Y S TQng, ~ ien Ie uscribi6 un mo~so.gu en la bo.ndero., diciondo qU0 5'J b, pres:mto' pOl" 10 vr".leroso y honroso quo 80 pOl"t6 Do.niol on t::.n br~.ndo bc.t~.. llo.. Folipe Ybnrrr::., del 511 a.vonid~ molrose 0.1 norte ho. side o.scendido a. Cabo. Aqu! ha.y unos pocos d0 los nuestros quo so hem hocho ciud~do.nos o.morico.nos:c En Itr\.lir~., Pfc Fr::1.nk Ga.rc!"., 57 culle 5 ("\1 ooto, en Nuovo. Guinen, Pvt E A ~oz, 1013 Del:~,~ro; o~ 01 P~c!fico, dol Suroosto, prc Arnu1fo D Trejo, 494 co.lle Convonto. BIENoJENIDOS, ;.i"iIGOS 1 pre H:.mucH R Co.stro viono de L-~. Juntr::., Colora.do, 0. vel" a. au ~drocit("\ y de~a fa.m11ia.ros--y 0. poco to.mbi6n no viono a. Val" 0. sus ~~orcitosl Este Don Jua.n tiona como media. doceno. ue 'chGch~s' nqu!. sog11n me 10 hnn clicho pOl" ~.:l!. y cunntt,s deJ~r!n on Colorc.do? Pvt Alborto G D!&z vino ~ visit,.).' n sus p~drus, Conchita. y Ju~n D!o.z, 1014 Dolnwa.ro. Doff~ Conohit~ os socio. do 10. Logi6n do M:.\droG, y ostrt onco.nto.da. con tonal" a. su hijo'~ su 1o.do. D~s pu~s do su 'va.ca.ci6n, ;.1 rogros'.r~ n Port Lewis, VTo.shington. Cnbo Roy Gnbusi ~iono do Florida. a. V1Slta.r 1 sus p~dro~, 81" y Sr~ John B Go.bus1, 82? S 5th, ~~! como·t~~~i6n a. su OSp08:1., ll~ry, y n su n~n0, Junior. TuV1m03 01 gr::m gusto Y rl:'.cer de sn.ludnr n los hijos do dos do 1a.3 ,~\drQ c1to.s socir.:; do nucstrJ. ;.soci'.\ci6n. Cpl Henry R Holer~\, hijo de Sro. Jua.nita. R Molor~, 27 S Conv0ntJ ns! cono Fvt R:l.~l Gom6z, hijo do los esposos George GOl:leZ, 134 CC'.llo 33~ En unn 1"0cienta sasi6n do l~ Lvgi6n, ostos dos j6vonos nos visit'\ron. Henry viano de Snnt:1. ;.nn., C:1liforni:1.. HC'.111 vione do 10. Nuov:.\ Guina::--. Estc jovon rocibi6 10. ostro1lo. do pl~t~ pOl" su v~lor on 10. b::l.t:Uh de lr. ish Los Nogros. Ere. miombro dol f~noso l58th Inf~ltry y tc.n luogo como o.c:~b~lo au v:i.c:lci6n pa.rtir~ ha.ci~ SJ.nt~ B1rb~r~, Co.lifornin, dondn ser1 tlsign:-.do do nuovo. Nos di6 muchn riso. con Ro.11l porque cunndo nuostro director, 01 Sr Ronquillo, nos 10 prosont6, luogo se puso muy norvioeo, y ca.d~ voz que Ch~l!o dvc!~ nlgo bueno do Ra111, volto:',bo. Ra111 a. vor 0. su ma.drecita. quo to.n foliz osta.ba. sonto.dit~, y Ie pelnbn unos ojos pOl" ha.berl0 trn!do a. nuestro. junta.. Lo peor os quo tuvo que d~cir un~s cuo.nto.s pa.l:l.br~s, y 10 pri~ero quo dijo fu6 quo Ie 'con!o. mr.s mi0do 0.1 micr6fono oue ni ~ los j~ponos(;s, v le's dir6' que ;! p'.\.roc!::-.. pero C0n m.icdo y toue:, los dos j6v-:n0s (~uedr.ron r.lUY bien y nosotros l:l'..1V con~;0ntos do hr,borlo::: tc..:ni~o 00:1 no;otr03. ~ vel" cua.ndo vior.on'ustodes 0. e:nfrcnt~rf;Q con el r:ri.cr6feno. T::rnbi6r. ost~n ~qu.!dsit3.ndo: Lujdn, marinaro de se~undu clase, quien viane a vel' a. sus p!l.'.~res, 31" y SrQ Jos6 LUjdn, 225 c~lle 31 ~l 00stel pvt Arturo V M:lrHnez, 'riei t:::.ndo ':l. ::lU esposa y tres hijitor., Galle Cannen ~2~, Humborto P~dr~s, ~rocedarte del puc!fico~ del Sur, visitar.do Q su m~drocitu, Srn fu1itQ de V~rgo.s, 2932 Co.lle 4 ~l osta; Pvt Johnny Ravo.go, visitc.ndo a. sus po.dres 272 cCllle 33 ill oe:::te. Johrmy'sirvi6 on 01 cambato du Nuova BrotQnn, y result6 horido. Ra~l - ADIOS ! N!~'Y: Charles Josop~ M~e6n, hijo do y Sra. GUti ~az6n, 1821 E lZ~i. Hico11s Ochoo. Alvarez, hijo de la Sr~ C<1n,10li to. 1\ _'.lva.rez I G38 -'; In;l (DonQ C~.rrr.eli to. .JS '..1nC, soci:" muy biur. o.procind~ pOl" todos nosotros). ' Genuro Pcre~ 3err~no, Jr., hijo do 81' y ;o·ra Gen:.'.ro Perez S(;rr~~r:c, 1118 S 6th ;.venue Robert Arri~~o. ~bril, hijO de los espoeos llobvrt Zazu0tt~ ,',hr1l, 1114 ','f Dolnw:l.ro Nestor Vc,squez ,hijo do 10. Sr:J. j~t\rie .',~ico'l;:.'. -Vo.squcz I 301 E j..ir,bol 81" ; ..'1 b ol S'::.nchoz Rivc:ru I Loui::; Lopoz, H<.lnry Vill:-, C-Jr;r" Secondino Floro3 Gomez, Dennis Nori0(;C' I,i-.;s::, ,'.dolfo t':-,ldol1C,do Con-crerus, Rorn:'.rdo Ll:.:.x Hi vern., j:I:'.lnuol Fr:',ncisco VcL1squez, SU:1tos Gonzo.los Ch::-.vc~, Edw,:-.rd anthony ;{amirez, _,urclio Osuna., Jr, ;.ntonio c~stillo B~llcstoros, Octo.vio P::,.in, l.I~nucl S~llt:;llo Gutiorroz, y ;Jltonio ;.lto.m.ircmo P.::cmir0z. ;,Ri,iY: N'UE"v••S TUCSWENSES (NoticiJ.s, chicos--no mucha.ehas:) iueson Hi Ie ro.no C'. los Coyotes de Phoenix, 28-GI 01 16 de: septiombrel TUCSON HI Ie g:".no 26-14, el 22 de :1 100 Pum~\3 de BISBEE, ~~pt10mbre! Cole 131"03 Circus usbr::t aqu! ul 27 de sopti.::mbre. La. com,."t:-iin ;.rizon:J. Purtl:.nd Cc:m0nt vn. ponor una. plC\nto. do curnento que: los costo.r~ como un mi1l6n do d61arcs corco. de Rillito, l~ vf~ dul S? y cl c~[dno que vn. C'. Ph00nix. Estr. s er'. 1", I1nic::. plantn dc 05t~ clo.se un to do 01 03t~do, y ompez~r1n ~ oonstruirl~ t~n pronto CO:':'lO t(;n:;~n mc.turio.les y l~s condicior.cs debid',~s ~ l~ gucrr~:, 10 pcr:ni t::-.r... 0. C,\S.',1.iIEHTOS: E1 cnl::tc0 m~trimod~\l de l~ Srtc Luisa Ybarr~ con el joven Conro.do· Bond tuvo lug:-',r en 1[\ C:,·,tr:Q!':'.l h~,cc poco. Ell~ ~s hij~ da los ~3pC~OS ~l borto Yb::l.rrc.., 214 S' Gr:'.nd, "f d os h1jo de los eSl~os0s J~,j;1':;5 ;. Shunnkcr (OVER) _.- ~ - HIT PARADE September 2::; 1. I'll Walk Alone 2. 13 You Is or Is You Ain't 3. I'll Be Seeing You 4. Timo Waits for No One 5. It Could Happen to You 6. S¥nnging on a star 7. How Many Hearts Have You Broken? 8. It Had to Be You 9. Amor "Te Quiero Diji:;te ll Se acuerdan de aquella. pieza que era e1 tema musical de Tony Corral y su orquesta 7 Pues ahora est4 muy p0ftula.r. La to06 Xavier Cugat en 1a vista 'Bathing Beautyl l , estrellando a Red SkfJl ton oon Esther Williams, Harry Jo.mes y su orquesta, y Carlos RarrJrez. Aquf les va. en ingl~s. ;V.GIC IS THE MOONLIGHT (chorus) Magio is the moonlight, On this lovers' June night, . As I see the moonlight, Shi~ling in your eyes J Can't resist their power, In this !l1oonli t hour, Love began to flower, This is paradise. Living 1n the splendor, of your kiss so tender, Makes my heart surrender To your love divino; Magio is the moonlight, more than any June night, . Magic is the moonlight, for it made you mine. TE QUIERO DIJISTE linda, de oabellos de oro, de ¢ientes de perlas, 1abios de rub!, D1mo a1 me qu1eres, como yo te adoro, 81 de m1 te aouardao como yo de tt. y a vaoes escuoho un aco divino Que envue1to en la·brisa paraoe decirl Sf te quiero muoho, muoho, muoho, rnuoho, Tanto oomo ontonoes, siempre hasta. morir. ~equita TRA~KS To the to110win~ kids tor letters reoeived oomplimentinc: us on lIChatter ll • It's just our American way of bolstering your moralel Bill Raymond, Tech Fifth Gradel\. '1' Rosas, who sends a big lIhello ll to all lds Tuoson friends Rnm6n "Monch le" V Braoc.unonte (Yes, we'll koep it oOming), and Sbt Arthur R Aros, who reports that he ronde a oombat jump over France and was wounded. Art has earned the Purple Heart, Infantry }o~xperts Badge and Presi· dential citation (Ay. muohaohos, por andar en vuoltas e1 16 do septiembre mo fu6 imposible 0star pendionte del Hit Parade-pE:rd6nenme, eh?) NUEVAS SOCIAS DE NUE3TRA ASI)CIACION Socorro P Christen30n, M~riana Chavez, Refugio Sandoval, Francisco. Otero, Ma.rgurita Arredondo, Gertrudis Q Avila, Dolores F Sanchoz, Lupe R Mondib10s, Magdo.lenll de Grndillas, Horten.:::is. R Toledo, Salome R Le6n, JosefhVoga, Mada Redondo, Aurolia BAros, }'iiss Angeli te. RodriGuez, Rosa viudn de Olivas, ~pa.ro Lopez, y Mari~na Palmer. MOCHAS GUCIAS I U~\.DRECITAS, POR SUS CONTRIBUC IOW'..:.s- pjul.:. PAGAR EL M.\.TERIiL QUE SE USA EU tlCHATTER:" SRA CONC&\ G DIA~..1 TULITA VILLA, ROSA OLIVA3, Y JESu::i DE SARDINJ1, Andrea Gabusi y Angelita Oohoa. BALANCE EN EL FONDO DE NUESTRA ASOCIACION. $885.36 ULTI1.1:15 NUEVAS Pvt Leo R Urrutia, Jr, hijo de los osposos Leo Urrutia, 623 S 4th, est' osto.cionado on nueva york como instruotor de radio e intcrpreto. Tiane a su cargo los cadetcs de M~xioo. Dice Leo que est4 encantado con la~ costurnbrea de los Mexicanos nacionales, y ~ue cuando venga la Victoria; se ird a M~xico a ~ducfJ.rs0. Oyes, Leo t tambi~n to irds a haccr rnuy romdntico, porque quo bonito hablan de amor los mcxicanos de por al141 Ahhhhl Ya oyeron el ouento de Manuelito, edad 51 Su moon4 10 llev6 al oine, y por mala suorte rcsu1t6 sar una poHcula muy tristo, pues n.ll! estnban echando a unos pobres I~rtires cristianos a las fieras salvajes 6. que los df)vorn.r~n. La senora not6 que estabn visiblemento agitado el nino al vor aquello, y para oalrnarl0 le' dijo, "No llores, Manueli to, al cabo que no os mas que una vista, Y nos les ·vttn n hacer nnda." "Sf," dijo 01 nino todo.v!n con (,1 gri to en 01 (~1e10, ~poro s1 esc leonei to que est4 alIa atras no se npura, los otrO$ so van a comer su p~rto. y a 01 no 10 quedarl! nada." Los escolnres entrnron a Ia cscueln el dIn 5 (los menores no cmpozaron a sufrir hasta 01 db 11); para que se acuerdon de ollos 105 daremos unas definiciones, dcbidas a. un Sr :unbrose Bier~e, poriodi3ta ~~ericarto que on 1913, a 18. edad de 71 anos, se fu~ a l.;~xico sin decide a nadie por qu~. Zl senor nunca rogres6, pero --aqul les va. BORE-A person who talks whtm you wish him to listen BR/.IN-An apparatus with which vre think that we think WINE-God's next best gift to 1IlfL'"l1 PEACE-In intornati0nal aff~irs, n period of cheating botween two periods of fighting. HERS-His. TWICE-Once too often CHATTER is publishod every second :1.nd fourth Sunday by Spani sh-i.mvrlcan Mothers and Wives ~ssociution, 38 N. Church st, Tucson, Arizona All revonues trom the sale of this paper to be used for the erection of a. R~oroa tion Center for. the Spanish-4tmerionn soldiors trom Tuoson, ilrizana. --