Colorful, compact Kersten home blends bold greens and built ins
Maggie Wilson profiles Cecil and Mrs. Kersten's 711 West Maricopa Street house. The kitchen features three green enamel tones and a bottom cabinet file for lids, with a spice cabinet doubling as a breakfast bar. Red-painted tools hang over a green drain board, and hidden storage expands living space. The porch, bedroom, and bathroom carry bright accents, while the garage is a fully converted income rental with dedicated "her" and "him" closets. The couple did the work themselves, praised by professional architects as an excellent conversion.
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Maggie Wilson
Cecil Kersten
West Maricopa Street
Valley
Dem
Mrs. Kersten
Kerstens
School In Cooking to Feature Annual Electric Home Show
The Shrine Auditorium hosts the third annual Electric and Home Show. A cooking school runs daily from 3 to 4 pm and 7:30 to 8:30 pm led by Margaret Reinhart of Hotpoint, a University of Idaho graduate and McCall’s award recipient, teaching economical menus and food preservation without charge to participants.
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School In Cooking
Shrine Auditorium
Margaret Reinhart
San Francisco
Air cooling rules proposed for Phoenix business
A Phoenix ordinance regulating air conditioning and refrigeration was presented to the City Council. The plan, sent to public works director Kenneth K. King for study, would license contractors and firms, create a city refrigeration inspection office funded by fees, form an examining board, and regulate unit installation and use. Some councilmen warned the measure could bar homeowners from installing window coolers.
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Phoenix
Kenneth K. King
Civic Center Library Plan Approved by City Council
The City Council and Civic Center boards approved preliminary plans for a $1,000,000 central library at the Civic Center northeast corner of Central Avenue and McDowell Road. Construction may start by November 1948 if bond funds cover costs, with private financing for the Little Theater.
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Phoenix
Central Library
Civic Center
Civic Center Management Board
Library Board
Little Theater
Central Avenue
McDowell Road
Cohen Suspect Booked In Cohen Home Blast Case
Los Angeles February 11 AP one of two men arrested in the investigation of the Gambler Mickey Cohen home blast has been booked on suspicion of violating the Deadly Weapons Act. Martin Fenster 49 case operator was found with a carbine 150 rounds ammunition and other weapons. James B. Modica 42 was released.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Martin Fenster
James B. Modica
Wheat and Corn Slip on Rain and New Bill Proposals
Chicago February reports show scattered Kansas moisture easing drought fears while Congress debates two bills to let the CCC sell feed grains at below market prices to egg producers in deficit areas. Early trading saw slight declines in wheat and corn, with some profit-taking after recent gains.
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Chicago
Kansas
Congress
Board of Trade
Mexico
Great Britain
House of Representatives
Commodity Edit Corporation
CCC
Futures In Cotton Open 10-25 Lower
Cotton futures opened 10 to 25 cents a bale lower in New York with March at 31.73 and May to 31.72 74 while July hovered around 31.30 and October 29.43. Early trading showed declines amid local selling and hedging and lingering nervousness over government price support programs as officials struggle with surpluses. Midmorning values ranged 5 to 35 cents lower. March 31.69 May 31.74 July 31.30.
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New York
Eaton Seeks Halt to Broadening Securities Act
Cyrus Eaton, Cleveland banker, told a Senate subcommittee that law firms in New York exercise subtle influence on the SEC and that important SEC members held Kaiser-Frazer stock. He opposed a Frear bill to expand the 1934 Act while the Chamber of Commerce urged delay on piecemeal securities legislation citing burdens on venture capital.
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Washington
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Otis Company
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
Commission
Dubois
Orval Dubois
SEC
Eaton
Kaiser- Frazer
Maybank
J. Allen Frear
Delaware
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
Thief Takes Suburban Squad Car in Calumet Park
Police of Calumet Park unable to pursue an auto thief today after he took their lone squad car in Chicago suburb. The incident occurred February 11 and alarms were raised as officers recovered the vehicle later.
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Chicago
Calumet Park
Finance Chair Demands Cuts In Foreign Aid
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Walter F George urges halting indiscriminate overseas aid to curb bankrupting the nation. He favors strengthening home defense and economy, questions Point Four program, and backs aid only where success is likely. Korea and Formosa aid moves proceed with Senate approval. Indonesia credit also authorized.
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Washington
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Korea
Formosa
Republic of Korea
Far East
Export- Import Bank
Indonesia
Western Building survey notes Western growth in January
Portland and Los Angeles lead Western construction as 264 cities and counties report 28,061 permits valued at 140.7 million dollars in January, up from 22,953 permits worth 115.2 million a year earlier. Los Angeles tied for the top by permit value while Portland rose with two large apartment projects.
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Ore
Western Building
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
JAIL-BOUND DRIVER COMIC TANTRUM IN COURT
James Coleman a 26 year old man was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to speeding 75 in a 25 zone. A woman spectator quipped about his clothes prompting a humorous exchange as he carried a bundle labeled old clothes. The judge pressed for identity and the moment ended with Coleman explaining the bundle contains his former attire.
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Los Angeles
James Coleman
Coleman
Radio-Videos Still Advance Zenith Sears Rise News
New York stock market opens modestly weaker after a steady start. Radio television stocks draw attention as Zenith gains 3 per cent to 49, with gains also for Motorola Magnavox Philco and Emerson. Pepsi Cola rises on Cuban subsidiary sale. several majors fall.
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Sears
Motorola
Magnavox
Philco
Emerson
Pepsi-Cola
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
American Telephone
General Electric
American Tobacco
Southern Railway
Eastern Airlines
Dividends in 1949 Most in History
United States corporations paid out 1949 cash dividends totaling 6.496 billion, the highest on record. The Commerce Department report shows a 7 percent rise from 1948, noting only publicly reported dividends and estimating 60 to 65 percent of all cash dividends are disclosed publicly.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Department
Kansas City Livestock Prices February cattle hogs and lambs report
Kansas City market summary shows fed steers near steady after early dip, heifers and cows vary by class with limited supplies. Hogs uneven with lighter weights down and heavier cuts around 25 lower. sheep demand strong with lamb prices up 25 to 50 cents from last week. Prices for calves, stockers, and feeders listed across weight ranges, including further details on heifer calves and yearlings. Overall activity touches multiple classes and weight categories with packers and buyers active.
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Kansas City
USDA
Kansas Spring
Weekly Wool Market Trends Quiet In Boston Trade
In Boston the spot wool market showed scattered activity as dealers tracked price shifts abroad. The Commercial Bulletin notes limited movement toward replacement levels, firm prices for noils and wool waste, and strong demand for French combing wools. Domestic shorn wools remain sought with tight supply, half-bloods firm near 1.45, pulled wools steady, and little foreign business reported amid softer early Australia and New Zealand signals but stabilizing midweek.
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Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Australia
New Zealand
Bond Market Summary From Friday Trading
Bonds narrowed losses with minor gains seen on some issues. Several serials such as Smeet Tele phone 2s 1980 and Central Railroad of New Jersey 34s fell, while Southern Bell Telephone 2s and Western Union Ss were slightly better at times. United States Governments and most foreign dollar bonds saw little activity. Copenhagen 5s and Denman 514s edged ahead.
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Ohio
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Erie
Missouri Pacific Se
Morris and Essex
St. Louis
Western Union Ss
American Tobacco
Brooklyn Gas
United States
Copenhagen
Denman
Portable Sewing Machine seeks Phoenix distribution partner
Eastern manufacturer of a revolutionary portable sewing machine seeks a reliable merchandising person or organization to handle distribution in Phoenix. Ground floor opportunity in a noncompetitive field with promotion sale plan and assistance available. Reply to Box 1-T Republic and Gazette.
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Phoenix
Republic and Gazette
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