State Fair Plans In High Gear For Arizona
Arizona State Fair preparations accelerate as executive secretary Paul F. Jones coordinates housing for 20 school bands, a Navajo medicine man daily, color schemes, and a $56,500 prize program. Armistice Day auto race lines up drivers like Holland and Mantz. Midway rides, big Top show, and Pomona shows added. Entries from Independence and Highland Park. Public exhibit themes emphasize Progress Follows the Plow with the Maricopa County display led by Fred Fullen.
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Paul F. Jones
Arizona State Fair Commission
Jones
Bill Holland
Johnny Mantz
Rex Mays
Johnny Parsons
Troy Ruttman
O. N. Craft
Pomona
Calif
Father Kino
Valley
Arizona
Fred C. Fullen
West Edgemont Avenue
Maricopa County
John C. McPhee
Maricopa
Fullen
Tempe Groups Plan Reunions and Meetings
Tempe groups announce gatherings today and tomorrow. Old Timers of the Wesley Foundation meet at First Methodist Church lounge at 6 p m with dinner under Lorraine Cross and Marsi Smith. Jack Wise to direct recreation and Gerry Benscoe to lead a business meeting welcoming freshmen. Civil Air Patrol resumes tomorrow at 12 30 p m for a luncheon at Fifth Street and Mill Avenue led by Lt Angus Farr. Tempe Junior Woman's Club hosts a Baseline Road luncheon at 12 30 p m with Mrs Beulah Bolt co hosting and card games. Butte Temple 15 Pythian Sisters restart Wednesday at 8 p m in the lodge hall with Mrs Burt Hollis conducting the business meeting. hostesses are Mesdames Irval White, James Painter and Dale Belden.
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Tempe
Wesley Foundation
First Methodist Church
Lorraine Cross
Marsi Smith
Jack Wise
Gerry Benscoe
Gale Thurman
Baseline Road
Beulah Bolt
Butte Temple
Pythian
Burt Hollis
Mesdames
Irval White
James Painter
Dale Belden
Suit Planned In Bus Battle Between Towns
Lukeville plans legal action after 18 grammar school children waited for a bus to take them to Ajo. Ike Hocker, local businessman and unofficial town mayor, says he has hired an Ajo attorney to sue in Pima County Superior Court to compel school transportation to Ajo, 40 miles away. A previous station wagon served the route last year. A petition to create a Lukeville school district was rejected by the Pima school superintendent. The piece also mentions a coffee origin legend from Abyssinia ca 875 A.D.
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Lukeville
Ajo
Ike Hocker
Pima County Superior Court
Tucson
Here
Pima
Bandit Raids Tucson Meat Market in Morning Hold-Up
In Tucson on September 13 an armed bandit robbed Meat Pox manager Ben L. Snyder of 800 to 900 dollars and escaped. Snyder had retrieved a garbage can near the rear alley before opening at 7 am. A blue revolver was used and the crime capped a night of nine robberies in the South Sixth Avenue area.
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Tucson
Ben L. Snyder
South Sixth Avenue
Edward I Starks Funeral Rites Set
Edward I Starks 63 Scottsdale resident died Sunday at Southside District Hospital in Mesa. Funeral services at 3 p.m. tomorrow from Carr Mortuary Chapel Tempe with Rev Cecil L Prior officiating. Interment in Double Butte Cemetery. Survivors include wife Pearl brother Walter Starks mother Mrs Landt Ehle two sisters and four stepchildren.
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Tempe
Edward I. Starks
Scottsdale
Southside District Hospital
Mesa
Carr Mortuary
Cecil L. Prior
Congregational Church
Double Butte
Starks
Ilinois
Arizona
Pearl
Walter Starks
Landt Ehle
Phoenix
Alfred Allen
Roy Carney
Prescott
Herschel Lassiter
Bill Lassiter
Superior
Jerry Lassiter
Vermont
Fannie Smith
Miami
Fla
SP Seeks End of Nogales to Tucson Train Service
The Southern Pacific Company plans to petition the Arizona Corporation Commission to abandon passenger service between Nogales and Tucson. Officials say the line is unprofitable and Nogales is adequately served by bus routes. G A Bays and Oliver Frank will attend a Nogales Chamber of Commerce meeting to present views.
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Nogales
Southern Pacific Company
Tucson
Arizona Corporation Commission
Oliver Frank
Southern Pacific
Mesa Completes Business Survey Shows Growth Across Firms
Mesa Chamber of Commerce reports completion of a classified list of 654 Mesa business firms. Tourist accommodations lead with 106 hotels and motels, up from 24 in 1941. garages and service stations total 54, double the 1941 figure. cafes and restaurants total 45, and groceries and markets rise from 24 to 48.
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Mesa
Mesa Chamber of Commerce
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Trouble Relief
When kidney function is disrupted waste remains in the blood causing backache pains, fatigue, and eye puffiness. Urinary issues include frequent or scanty passages with burning. Doan's Pills, a stimulant diuretic used for over 50 years, promise relief and help flush out waste via the kidney tubes.
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Doan
Pima Ban Asked On Self-Serve Gas
The Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider a petition next Monday to ban self-service gasoline stations in the county. Thirty service station dealers presented the petition, arguing self-service is dangerous, reduces employment and tax revenue by harming station values. Tucson already bans self-service within city limits.
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Tucson
Pima County Board of Supervisors
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Lydia Pinkham
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Arizona State College
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