Bicycle Week Race: Tucson to Phoenix Ends With Outcast Winner
In May 1921 Phoenix hosted a 140 mile road race from Tucson to Phoenix to promote the bicycle amid Ford Model T price cuts. Nineteen year old Hubert Yates rode an Iver Johnson to victory in 8 hours 50 minutes 45 seconds, earning about 480 dollars in prizes.
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Henry Ford
National Hub & Spoke Club
Phoenix
King Bros
Tucson
Arizona
Congress & Stone
Florence
Warren Stone
Bill Friend
Stuart Treadwell
Mesa
Florence Junction
Apache Junction
Winnah
Gazette
Central Ave
Hubert Yates
Iver-Johnson
James Rorex
Emile Lyall
Hubert
Arizona Canal
Granite Reef
Snyder's Visit Plans Made
Plans completed to welcome John W. Snyder secretary of the treasury when he arrives at Sky Harbor Wednesday morning. He will speak Wednesday night at a Phoenix Real Estate Board banquet in Hotel Westward Ho open to the public with reservations at 125 West Monroe Street. Governor Dan E. Garvey to head a welcoming committee of officials bankers and real estate men. J R Heron of Globe to install new officers of the Phoenix Real Estate Board including K H Rogers Walter P Pocock F R Seely Melvin A Green Alfred G Raser Larry Burke Clarence L Hammond W W Grace and Frank Kelly all directors.
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John W. Snyder
Globe
Arizona Association
Phoenix Real Estate Board
K. H. Rogers
Walter P. Pocock
F. R. Seely
Melvin A. Green
Alfred G. Raser
Larry Burke
Clarence L. Hammond
W. W. Grace
Frank Kelly
Telegraph Boy Likes Noisy Shoes In Warm Wooden Feet
Grand Rapids telegraph boy Peter Wiering, 21, will begin delivering telegrams in apartment buildings in his stocking feet. His boss feared loud clopping from his wooden shoes, but Wiering refused to change. He said wooden shoes are warmer.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Peter Wiering
Wiering
Collision Upsets Applecart Near 24th and Washington
An accident last night spilled nearly a ton of apples from a truck and a station wagon. Residents gathered the fruit into tubs and baskets as officers identified the truck owner as D. R. Winn of Kirkland New Mexico and the other driver as C. P. Moschella from New York.
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24Th
Washington Streets
D. R. Winn
Kirkland
N. M
C. P. Moschella
New York
Carver High Wins First of Seven Safety Awards
Carver High School in Phoenix received the first of seven safety awards presented at a school assembly by Henry D. Warbasse of the Arizona Association of Insurance Agents Traffic Safety Committee. The program rewards high schools for improved driver safety records in 1949 and is funded by the National Board of Casualty and Surety Underwriters with a governor signed plaque bearing a photograph.
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Arizona
Carver High
Phoenix
Carver
Henry D. Warbasse
Arizona Association of Insurance Agents
Traffic Safety Division
State Highway Department
Clifton High School
Morenci
Duncan
Coolidge
Eloy
Yuma
Garvey
Ers
National Board of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Merger Unites Anti-Saloon League With Temperance League
In Indianapolis on January 30 the Anti-Saloon League founded in 1892 merged with the Temperance League of America formed six years earlier. The new body will be the National Temperance League Inc. Clayton Wallace of the Temperance League announced the decision at a conference in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Quick-Witted Woman Escapes Sex Fiend
A 21-year-old Tucson woman Roberta Pryor said a man leaped from behind a hedge, grabbed her, and brandished a knife near East Van Buren Street. She invited the man for coffee and alerted staff at Tam-O-Shanter Cafe before police arrived. a 25-year-old man matching the description was jailed for investigation.
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Tucson
East
van Buren Street
Roberta Pryor
St. Mary’s Road
Police Officer Struck During Struggle with Suspect
Jefferson City Tennessee January 30 A D Shand a garage owner struck Policeman Fate Willard on the head with a pick handle during a struggle with a suspected robber. The blow occurred as a well meaning friend tried to aid the officer.
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Jefferson City
Tenn
Fate Willard
A. D. Shand
Willford
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International Court of Justice
United States
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Arizona Crossroads
Bert Fireman
KTAR
Snyder
Stookie Allen
Cuba
Florida
Mrrie
Marie Ibarra
W. Main ST
Goldwaters
Simlatél van Japphires
Carver High School
Anti-Saloon League
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Crepe
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