Central Auto License Office Advocated
The Arizona Highway Department’s motor vehicle division weighs taking over vehicle registration and licensing from county assessors. Director C L Lane backs state handling, with a preference for weight based tax and year round relisensing, while noting legislative and constitutional steps needed. C L Sparks supports central control for efficiency and economy.
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Arizona Highway Department
C. L. Lane
Lane
Maricopa
C. L. Sparks
Sparks
Arizona
Frank Custer Named Manager of Arizona Children's Colony
Frank Custer of 2025 North 51st St has been named business manager of the Arizona Children's Colony at Randolph. Superintendent J Thomas McIntire announced the post pays 3600 dollars yearly plus maintenance, with residency required on colony grounds when the school opens this fall to care for about 250 children. Custer, a Phoenix resident for eight years, is a Kansas State Teachers College graduate and former Phillips Petroleum accountant who later ran a local accounting firm and owned a pharmacy at 17th Ave and Washington.
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Frank Custer
North 51St St
Arizona Children’s Colony
Randolph
J. Thomas McIintire
Custer
Phoenix
Kansas State Teachers College
Phillips Petroleum Corp
Oklahoma
17Th Ave
Washington
McIntire
Body Of Missing Pilot Discovered in Florida
The two day search for a missing Minnesota pilot ended as Florida game wardens found 21 year old Robert E. Jones of Minneapolis five miles south of Bronson. Parkee said Jones’ body lay about 50 feet from the wrecked small plane after a 50 foot expulsion.
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Bronson
Flia
INS
Minnesota
Robert E. Jones
Minneapolis
Florida
Richard Parkee
Jones
Unpaid Taxes Grow From Small Past Due Bill
Henry F. Leiber of 1645 W Monroe faced a rising tax bill after an $8.40 in 1926 on 40 acres near Guadalupe village remained unpaid. The county treasurer now lists $87.07 owed. Leiber said he was unaware of the oversight and agreed to pay the tax and accumulated interest.
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Henry F. Leiber
W. Monroe
Leiber
Guadalupe Village
Argentina and Uruguay Lead Brazilian Banana Purchases
Argentina and Uruguay emerge as the top buyers of Brazilian bananas, reflecting strong regional demand. The two nations together account for a significant share of Brazil's fruit exports, signaling robust cross-border trade and market appetite in South America.
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Argentina
Uruguay
Marr Ingraham Trial Set Oct 29
Doug Marr and William R. Ingraham face trial October 29 in Maricopa County Superior Court on charges of conspiring to defraud the highway department of more than 500 dollars in merchandise. Judge Francis J. Donofrio denied Marr a separate trial, citing potential prejudice from a joint proceeding.
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Doug Marr
E. Windsor
William R. Ingraham
Maricopa County
Francis J. Donofrio
Marr
Ingraham
Highway Department
Towboat Sinking Prompted Rescue Efforts Near New Orleans
Engineers planned to raise the sunken Don Quinn towboat after a collision with the Morris Hess tanker on the Mississippi River left five crew members dead and four injured. Survivors aboard the tanker were rescued as the Don Quinn sank in 28 feet of water offshore near Good Hope Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Here
Don Quinn
Memphis
Morris Hess
Perth Amboy
N. J
Good Hope
Calvin E
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