Weele Concrete Conduit Company of Arizona
Weele as Huge Pipe Manufactured Here Concrete Conduit Company at 224 South 23rd Street is the only Arizona producer of centrifugal reinforced concrete. The 75 workers on a 49 48 acre plant manufacture concrete sewer and irrigation pipe and head gates. Initial investment and payroll are each 250000 with operations starting in October 1943. Eighty miles of pipe were made in 1948 and distributed statewide. The company also designs and installs irrigation systems. Annual use includes 15000 tons of rock, sand and cement locally produced. Walter C. Harford is general manager and H. R. Cooper assists in production management.
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Concrete Conduit Company
South 23Rd Street
Arizona
Walter C. Harford
H. R. Cooper
Harold Yost
City of
Phoenix
Murder trial moved from Alice to Belton Texas
The murder trial of former Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwick, accused of killing Radio Commentator W H Bill Mason, was transferred to Belton in Bell County. Judge Paul Martineau granted the transfer over both sides requests, citing high local feeling and a change of venue to adjoining areas. Mason, 51, had criticized Smithwick in a broadcast before his death.
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Alice
Tex
Sam Smithwick
W. H
Bill) Mason
Belton
Texas
Paul Martineau
Smithwick
Martineau
Bell County
Texas Rangers
Mason
Railroad Fair to Close October Second in Chicago
The Chicago Railroad Fair will close permanently on October 2. Officials estimate nearly 5,000,000 visitors will have attended during the two years of operation.
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Chicago
Garvey Urges Annual Audits and Open Government
Governor Dan E. Garvey told the Phoenix Real Estate Board that every state department needs an outside firm for annual audits and urged a thorough investigation of the Arizona Industrial Commission. Mayor Udall urged political diligence as Jack E. Clevenger received a commemorative gavel made from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson wood and USS Missouri steel.
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Dan E. Garvey
Phoenix Real Estate Board
Arizona Industrial Commission
Jack E. Clevenger
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Surety Men Visit Canada
Five Phoenix field representatives of the Business Men's Assurance Company and their wives attend a four day convention at Banff Springs, Canada, with 350 colleagues. The group, led by W. B. Huie, Phoenix manager, qualify from the upper 25 percent of salesmen across 35 states plus DC and Hawaii. They will tour Banff sights and discuss company plan improvements.
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Phoenix
Business Men’s Assurance Company
Title and Trust
Banff Springs
Canada
Walt Fickle
N. F. Huie
M. A. Morey
Val Smelick
W. B. Huie
Huie
States
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Banff
Farm Hand Given Term For Theft
Alma McElhaney a 19 year old Mesa farm hand pled guilty to grand theft for stealing a motorcycle and was sentenced by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Renz L Jennings to two years in state prison. Joseph Alger Uptain a 22 year old Mesa mechanic also pled guilty and received five year probation. McElhaney is on probation in a Bakersfield burglary case and has prior trouble with the law. Uptain had no prior record.
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Alma McElhaney
Mesa
Maricopa County
Renz L. Jennings
Joseph Alger Uptain
McElhaney
Bakersfield
Calif
Uptain
Sacred Concert Arranged Tonight at Sunnyslope Church
The Rev Curtis S Dickinson,牧 pastor of Flagstaff Christian Church, will give a free sacred concert at 7:30 tonight at Sunnyslope Church of Christ 821 East Dunlap Avenue. The program features well known gospel songs. Rev Owen Still serves as pastor of the Sunnyslope church.
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Curtis S. Dickinson
Sunnyslope Church of Christ
East Dunlap Avenue
Dickinson
Flagstaff Christian Church
Owen Still
Sunnyslope Church
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Merrill Blosser
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