City adopts new job classification plan and pay reforms
The Civil Service Board adopted a new city job classification plan with only one change from the Public Administration Service and abolished the old plan. A new pay schedule will be explained at a departmental meeting and reviewed by City Council with a hearing set for June 6 and action June 12. The plan bases salaries on regional government and private sector pay plus cost of living shifts, with automatic updates planned.
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Civil Service Board
Public Administration Service of
Chicago
Police Department
Cr. B. Arnold
Ray W. Wilson
Nicholas Udall
Udall
Phoenix
Charles N. Walters
Chute Plant To Open Soon
The Phoenix Parachute Company will start early next month to manufacture parachutes for the armed forces. General superintendent Joseph Bell said the firm has leased the old Universal Air Conditioning plant at 1755 South Central Avenue to fulfill a $2,000,000 government contract for 2,000 large cargo parachutes. About 300 workers will be employed when fully operational in about six months, with recruitment through the state employment office at 438 West Adams Street.
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Phoenix Parachute Company
Joseph Bell
New York
Universal Air Conditioning Company
South Central Avenue
Bell
State Employment Office
West Adams Street
15 Building Projects Get Green Light In Arizona
National Production Authority approved 15 building projects in Arizona worth 583740 over the last two weeks. Approvals include Phoenix and Tucson sites such as a warehouse at 317 West Madison Street and doctors offices, stores, and a barber shop with varied values. Other Arizona sites cover Nogales Yuma Globe Wellton Clifton and Coolidge with additional warehouses and service stations.
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Arizona
National Production Authority
Phoenix—Bekins
Madison Street
Louis Vellella
Coronado Street
Felix QO. Stevenson
Central Avenue
John T. Sharrit
Tucson
S. I. Shapiro
North Tyddall Street
H. D. Cogswell
East Sixth Street
James Mayo
Nathan S. Kelins
East Fifth Street
George D. Boone
H. J. Karns
Crawford Street
Nogales
Hartnett and Braden Tractor Company
Yuma
Addition
Walther H. Sullivan
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Calif
Department Score
Globe
Ed L. Baker
Clifton
Richard Loo
Eighth Street
Wellton
Charles E. Cohen
Coolidge
New Salt Cedar Control Methods Tested in Arizona
A new phase of salt cedar control in the Gila River channel near Laveen Arizona begins chemical treatment of new sprouts after cedars were knocked down by bulldozers and burned. The study compares methods to halt regrowth, aiming to reduce flood risk and preserve water. Cooperating agencies include Maricopa County the U S Bureau of Plant Industry and the Bureau of Reclamation along with Phoenix Weather Bureau officials.
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Arizona
Gila River
Laveen
Maricopa County
U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry
Co. L
Victor Stewart Retirement Approved by Police Board
Captain Victor Stewart head of traffic retires July 16 after a four to three board vote. His career includes introducing ambulances to the force and shaping traffic enforcement. The court credits back time from a 1933 firing toward retirement. several officials involved in the Pension Board backdrop.
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Victor Stewart
Police Traffic Department
Police Pension Board
Stewart
Ray Booker
Charles Sittenfeld
Charles P. Thomas
Police Department
Northwestern University Traffic School
T. R. Mofford
Earl O’clair
Tom M. Sullivan, Jr
Alice Mosier
Howard Gibbons
Municipal Civil Service Board
Department
Rate ruling on Arizona Edison rate hike expected next week
Arizona Edison seeks an average 8 percent rate increase across water gas and electric charges. The Arizona Corporation Commission will issue the ruling early next week after state rate experts reviewed evidence from a recent rate hearing. If approved the rise would raise company revenues by 315000 dollars annually.
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Arizona Edison Company
Arizona Corporation Commission
Wilson T. Wright
Commission
Wright
Man acquitted in slaying faces new assault charge
George H. Kelly, 59, of McNary was found innocent of murder in the Willie Lee Dean slaying but faces new charges alleging assault with a deadly weapon. He remains held in Apache County jail. The March 17 shooting occurred at the Dean residence where Daniel was wounded. Prosecutors say Kelly fired while seated with others. he previously admitted drinking whiskey and beer.
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ST. Johns
George H. Kelly
McNary
Apache County
Willie Lee Dean
Kelly
Dean
Dean House
N. W. Daniel
Daniel
Superior Court
Merle W. Heap
Opinion Confuses Marriage Laws In Arizona
Arizona marriage law confusion follows Attorney General Fred O Wilson's opinion allowing divorced outsiders within a year to remarry in the state. He based the ruling on clerk duties and not the one year limit, suggesting the limit applies only to divorces from Arizona, while out-of-state divorcees can remarry here with no penalties.
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Arizona
Fred O. Wilson
Wilson
Opin- Wilson
Ian
Dorothy Titcomb
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz
Iran Premier MOSSADEGH Defiant On Oil Nationalization
Iran Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh tearfully vowed to fight to end for oil nationalization as threats loom. He warned the West may have to withdraw from the Middle East if Iran’s nationalization stalls. Britain readies Cyprus-based brigades, while Soviet envoy Pushkin says Moscow will resist foreign troop moves. Mossadegh recently fainted from pressure after seeking refuge in parliament.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Middle East
Britain
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Berlin
Gregory Pushkin
Russia
Mossadegh
Phoenix Named Major U.S. Market Center in Census Data
Metropolitan Phoenix is highlighted among 168 urban areas that hold over half of the nation’s market activity. The Printer’s Ink report shows Phoenix area population at 329,266 with per capita income 1613 dollars, below national 1351 and regional 1765. The area includes 3,472 retailers, 278 wholesalers, and 284 manufacturing firms employing 7,449 people.
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Phoenix
Printer’s Ink
National Trade Journal
Official Bureau of the Census
Handling Of Mexican Workers Is Protested
Nogales May 26 AP bitterly assailed in El Novesente for public processing and DDT disinfecting of Mexican braceros. Editorial calls on Mexican and U S officials to stop the humiliating procedure done in a vacant border lot near the entry. protests expected across Sonora newspapers.
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Nogales
el Novesete
Sonora
U. S
Salt River
Imperial Valleys
Arizona
Kentucky Visitor Dies In Phoenix
Mrs. Katherine Mullally aged 65, visiting Covington Ky native, died at a Phoenix cousin's home. Rosary tonight at Whitney Funeral Home 8 p.m. Requiem high mass tomorrow 9 a.m. at St Gregory's Church. Burial in St Francis Cemetery. Survived by brother John J. Mullally of Covington and cousin Mrs. Jerry Ganes of Phoenix.
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Katherine Mullally
Covington
Thomas Burke
North 27Th Avenue
Whitney Funeral Home
St. Gregory’s Church
St. Francis Cemetery
Mullally
Kentucky
John J. Mullally
Jerry Ganes
Phoenix
Charles H Syrie Dies At Hospital
Charles H Syrie 28 of 325 East Clarendon Avenue died Thursday in Papago Park Veterans Administration Hospital Phoenix resident two years he worked as a desk clerk at Hotel Adams native of Lander Wyoming Survivors include wife Myrtle and daughter Linda both of Phoenix mother Mrs Helen Gabriel of Grand Island Nebraska father Clifford Syrie of Cheyenne Wyoming sister Mrs Juanita Vincent of Arlington Virginia Funeral services will be arranged at Arizona Funeral Home
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Charles H. Syrie
East Clarendon Avenue
Papago Park Veterans Administration Hospital
Phoenix
Syrie
Hotel Adams
Lander
Wyo
Myrtle
Linda
Helen Gabriel
Grand Island
Neb
Clifford Syme
Cheyenne
Juanita Vincent
Arlington, Va
Arizona Funeral Home
Mrs Blanche Bell of Litchfield Dies
Mrs Blanche F Bell 69 a Litchfield Park resident for 10 years died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after a three month illness The Rev James B Ostergren will conduct funeral services at 10 am Monday in Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary Burial will be in Memory Lawn Memorial Park She was a native of Upper Sandusky Ohio moved to Litchfield Park from Akron Ohio and belonged to the Order of Eastern Star in Toledo She is survived by her husband Edgar A of Litchfield Park
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Blanche F. Bell
Litchfield Park
Memorial Hospital
James B. Ostergren
Church of Litchfield Park
A. L. Moore and Sons
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Bell
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Akron
Order of Eastern Star
Toledo
Edgar A
Truck Tosses Bull 50 Feet Near Joseph City
A truck trailer struck a bull on the highway west of Joseph City. The impact hurled the bull 50 feet, threw the truck off course, and caused a collision with a car before it left the road and hit a power pole. Total damage around $2,000. The bull rose and walked away, bleeding slightly.
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Holbrook
Joseph City
Suit Attacks State Magazine Contracts In Arizona
Arizona State Federation of Labor officials sue Maricopa County Superior Court seeking a declaratory judgment on the Arizona Highway Commission and state auditor powers over printing contracts for the Arizona Highways magazine. The suit challenges out-of-state bidders Krueger of Milwaukee and Pacific Press of Los Angeles, claims noncompliance with state bid specs, and argues Arizona resident and tax provisions should govern awarding. It asks for a court order halting contracts and expenditures pending resolution.
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Arizona Highway Commission
Arizona Highways Magazine
Maricopa County
Arizona State Federation of Labor
K. S. Brown
State Federation of Labor
Elmer F. Vickers
W. A. Krueger
Milwaukee
Wis
Pacific Press, Inc
Los Angeles
Krueger Company
John Tyler Printing and Publishing Company of
Phoenix
Pacific Press
Arizona
The
Highway Commission
Highways Magazine
Commission
Pullman Rates In State Hiked
The Arizona Corporation Commission authorized a 15 percent increase in intra state Pullman rates for berths staterooms and seats. Commission Chairman Wilson T Wright said the boost for travel within Arizona was approved while ICC action on a protest from the Military Transportation Bureau is pending. The increase would take effect June 1 if the ICC rejects the protest and Pullman cited higher operating costs as the reason.
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Pullman Company
Arizona Corporation Commission
Hearing Called On Freight Rates In Arizona Railroads
Four Arizona railroads Santa Fe Southern Pacific Apache and Magma Arizona seek an intrastate freight rate increase of 8 percent before the Arizona Corporation Commission starting Monday The roads also ask to lift exemptions on agricultural products ores and ore concentrates and sulphuric acid following an Interstate Commerce Commission boost.
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Arizona
Arizona Corporation Commission
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Apache
Magma-Arizona
Interstate Commerce Commission
13 Year Old Memphis Boy Is Champ Speller
A 13 year old Memphis Tennessee student Irving Belz won the 24th National Spelling Bee in Washington. He spelled cuisine correctly after runner up Michael Aratingi of Brooklyn failed on the word. Belz then correctly spelt insooucance to clinch the title. Third place went to Mary Anne Bechkowiak of Akron Ohio, who missed grosgrain. The Arizona champion Carol Wright of Prescott was among spellers eliminated early. Belz, an eighth grade student at Snowden Junior High School, will receive the winner’s prize.
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Washington
Memphis, Tenn
Irving Belz
Young Belz
Michael Aratingi
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Anne Bechkowiak
Akron
Ohio
Arizona
Carol Wright
Prescott
Pallor
I’s. Belz
Memphis Snowden
Memphis Press Scimitar Reporter Wins Reward Trip
A Memphis Press Scimitar correspondent earned a $500 prize plus a trip to New York for his reporting work. The award recognizes journalistic effort and impact.
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New York
The
Memphis Press Scimitar
R A Farnsworth of Mesa Dies at 69
R A Farnsworth, 69, longtime Mesa resident, died after brief illness. Funeral by Bishop Eldon W. Cooley at Meldrum Mortuary at 4 p.m. today, burial in Mesa Cemetery. Survived by wife Ivis, five daughters, three sons, and 17 grandchildren. born in Fruitland New Mexico, lived much of life in Mexico.
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Mesa
Reuben A. Farnsworth
Eldon W. Cooley
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Meldrum Mortuary
Farnsworth
Fruitland
N. M
Mexico
Ivis
Floriene Taylor
Juarez
Ivis Wingo
el Paso
Mary Boyce
Phoenix
Theresa Hatch
Dallas
Tex
Alberta Wagner
Mexico City
Reuben, Z Jr
Dublan
Harold G
United States Army
A. Elone
65 000 Gas Wells Producing Across United States
A report notes that there are about 65 000 producing gas wells in the United States. The figure reflects widespread extraction activity across multiple states and is cited in industry summaries discussing energy output and resource management.
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United States
West High Bond Issue Sold to Local Firm
Reisnes Ely Beck and Company purchased a 500000 dollar bond issue for West Phoenix High School to fund a science building a new industrial arts block cafeteria and gymnasium. The deal carries an average interest rate of 2.357 percent and is expected to support enrollment growth from 1800 to 2500 students next year.
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West Phoenix High School
Reisnes, Ely, Beck and Company
E. W. Montgomery
Phoenix Union High Schools
Montgomery
West High
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Memphis
Champ Speller
Str Hultz
R. A. Farnsworth
Good Housekeeping
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Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
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