Sealer Notes Improvement in Weighing Compliance in Phoenix
City sealer of weights and measures George A. Humphrey reports March findings show 53 short weight meat packages out of 183 checked, with most short weights traced to one store due to a defective scale. He cites improvement from February and notes a new form for store managers to sign records of short correct and overweight inspections to aid prosecutions.
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Phoenix
George A. Humphrey
Humphrey
George Humphrey Called to Active Air Force Duty Again
George A. Humphrey city sealer of weights and measures will report to Williams Air Force Base on April 24 for a second active duty stint with the air force. The staff sergeant in the 8603rd Pilot Training Group was previously called on Oct. 23, 1950, but returned to reserve status after under three weeks. Civil Service Board grants him an indefinite military leave from his senior account clerk position.
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George A. Humphrey
Air Force
Humphrey
8603Rd
Williams Air Force Base
Civil Service Board
Fourteenth Infantry and Second Armored to Europe
American troops will be alerted within days for transport to Europe as the Senate approved resolutions backing six divisions for Eisenhower's pact army. The Fourth Infantry at Fort Benning and the Second Armored at Fort Hood are named for Europe, with two National Guard divisions to follow later. The plan includes early summer deployment and fall guard-unit additions, aiming to reassure Western Europe of U.S. commitment.
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Washington
Europe
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pact Army
Fort Benning
Fort Hood
Tex
Eisenhower
Champs Elysees
Paris
Germany
United States
National Guard
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Minnesota
North Dakota
Alabama
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Truman
House
Governor Pyle Criticizes Arizona School Support
Tucson April 5 AP Governor Howard Pyle told 400 Masons at a second annual Masonic dinner honoring public schools that neglect of taxpayers is hamstringing Arizona public schools. He urged citizens to back weakened educational facilities and criticized national and state education support.
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Tucson
Arizona
Howard Pyle
Pyle
America
J. Byron McCormick
University of Arizona
Robert
Governor Targets Taxpayers Over Public School Funding
In a banquet speech the governor compared privately endowed schools with public ones, praising private support and calling public funding a tax burden. He criticized a wedge between schools and taxpayers and urged cooperation, naming university leaders and Tucson officials as attendees.
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Pyle
John Gillespie to be Installed as Exalted Ruler Tonight
John M. Gillespie will be installed tonight as exalted ruler of the Phoenix Lodge of Elks at 8 o'clock in lodge rooms 330 West Washington after a buffet dinner from 6 to 7 30. Also installed are Dr. Robert G. Robb leading knight W T Choister loyal knight J C Pew lecturing knight Leo C Garagan secretary C M Wightman treasurer William S Corbin Jr tiler and T R Mofford trustee. The Exalted Ruler's Ball follows Saturday night in the lodge rooms with outgoing ruler L Cedric Austin honored. A year in review on lodge charity will air on KTAR from 10 30 to 11.
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John M. Gillespie
Alvarado Road
Phoenix Lodge of Elks
West
Washington Street
Robert G. Robb
W. T. Choisser
J. C. Pew
Leo C. Garagan
C. M. Wightman
William S. Corbin, Jr
T. R. Mofford
L. Cedric Austin
KTAR
Aviation Pioneer's Book Is Published
W. B. Stout, pioneer aviation developer and head of Stout Engineering Laboratories, 2211 South 19th Avenue, resides at 1331 West Edgemont Avenue, has published So Away I Went detailing sixty years of aviation observations. He is credited with the first internally braced cantilever airplane, the first all metal plane, and the first American monoplane.
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W. B. Stout
Stout
Stout Engineering Laboratories
South 19Th Avenue
West Edgemont Avenue
Our Wondrous Arizona Essay Contest Opens County Entries
Greater Arizona Incorporated sponsors a state wide essay contest for high school students to inventory Arizona’s scenic and historic attractions. Entries must be submitted to the high school principal or Lawson V Smith in Phoenix by April 30 1951. County winners receive state prizes of 100 50 and 25 with 25 awarded locally. the program supports markers for attractions. The Missouri Kansas Oklahoma zine field supplied about a third of the zine needed for United States munitions during World War III.
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Arizona
Greater Arizona, Incorporated
State Promotion and Development Organization
Greater
Lawson V. Smith
North Second Avenue
Phoenix
Missouri-Kansas-Okachoma
United States
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Women Planning Institute
Gazette
George Risen
East Alvarado Road
Maurice Lyerla
North 22Nd Street
W. Leon Cooper
West Turney Avenue
First Methodist Church
Arizona Council of Churches
Leonard
Gabry's
Leonard's
West Adams
West Main
Mesa
George Humphrey
Thomas Bros
Motor Shopping
E. van Buren
sMobilgas
Clowns
Degarro
2Nd Armored
Try
Second Armored
Gov. Pyle
John Gillespie
Elks
Big New Pictorial
Style Guide
Sherwin-Williams Co
East van Buren
Centenariogake
W. Jefferson
KODAK
Eastman Kodak
North Central
Angelo Mangino
N. Central Ave
Magnavox
Art Ag Ibs Association
Mehagian
Kpho-Tv
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