Desert Dreams and Local Notes From Arizona
Letter from Sam Alexander's brother in Paris Tennessee imagines a desert life with Sam in Arizona while snippets of local items unfold. Features include a dog adoption notice, a lunch crowd gripe, journalist Douglas D. Martin's new book Tombstone's Epitaph, resort life updates, weather and Yankee visitors, a pink car burglary arrest, and clock folklore about public jewelry store clocks.
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Sam Alexander
Tennessee
Arizona
Paris
Sam
W. W. Allen
East Weldon Street
Jack
Missus
Palm Springs
Calif
Valley National Bank
Blue
Optometrists Convene for National Vision Week in Phoenix
About 75 members of the Arizona Optical Association gather at the Westward Ho in Phoenix for the annual convention. Association president Dr. R V Jacquet will chair morning and afternoon sessions. A panel from the Society of American Ophthalmologists will discuss ocular pathology.
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Phoenix
Arizona Optometric Association
Hotel
Westward Ho
R. V. Jacquet
Society of American Ophthalmologists
YWCA Postpones 39th Annual Meeting
The YWCA has postponed its 39th annual report meeting indefinitely. President Mrs John R Newcomer announced the postponement. Principal speaker Mrs Bartlett Heard is ill. she is Dwight B Heard’s daughter in law and a longtime supporter’s relative.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
John R. Newcomer
Bartlett Heard
Dwight B. Heard
Heard
The
YWCA
Union Leaders Discuss GE Strike Vote
Union leaders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations International Union of Electrical Workers planned a meeting in New York to discuss a potential strike vote against General Electric. A union spokesman said GE is attempting to renege on cost-of-living escalator clauses in contracts.
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New York
Congress Industrial Organizations International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
North Phoenix High to reopen Mustang Corral new system
North Phoenix High School will reopen the Mustang Corral with a redesigned student governance structure. The building, once opened as a dream project, will host dances and recreation, now managed by a mixed committee including students, parents, and teachers. A Sunnyslope Youth Council shift to youth leadership is also planned with officers and a plan for a fall weiner roast and varied teen activities in Sunnyslope.
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North Phoenix High School
Mustang Corral
North High
Bob Wallace
Mustang
Gene Ayers
North High Boys’ Allianice
Sunnyslope Youth Council
Sunnyslope Youth
Sunnyslope
Hese
Marvin eWitt
Roy Pike
Flo Hull
Jim Habighorse
Third and
Caron Streets
Eccles backs Hoover plan against large American forces in Europe
Chicago March 3 Former Federal Reserve Board member Marriner Eccles endorsed Hoover and Taft views on foreign policy. He warned the United States cannot defeat Russia on land and urged air and sea dominance with Britain. He proposed capping defense and foreign aid at 50 billion dollars annually and blamed inflation on public spending and bank loan money rather than government outlays.
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Chicago
Hoover
Europe
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Hoover- Sen. Taft
Ohio
Russia
Executives Club of
United States
Air Force Plans Purchase of Canadian Beaver Planes
The Air Force announced negotiations with DeHavilland Aircraft Canada Ltd of Toronto for delivery of an undisclosed number of DHC 2 Beaver liaison planes. The Canadian design is tailored for Arctic service and was chosen over eight U.S. built utility aircraft after tests at Wright Patterson Base Dayton Ohio.
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Washington
Air Force
DeHavilland Aircraft Canada, Ltd
Toronto
Arctic
Wright- Patterson Base
Dayton
Ohio
Two Communist border guards shot by US patrol near Obersal
German officials report two East German border police were killed in a post midnight exchange of fire with United States Army border patrols after crossing into West Germany near Obersal, about 15 miles west of Eisenach. Soviet reports dispute the account, alleging American troops fired and dragged one body west.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Border Patrol
Moscow
Interior Ministry
Hesse
Obersal
Eisenach
King George VI Still Sick in Buckingham Palace
King George VI remains confined to his Buckingham Palace room as he contends with a cold. The illness keeps him away from public appearances and formal duties, with doctors monitoring his condition closely.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
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