24 Bus Drivers Split $2,100 Safety Melon
City Transportation System awards total of 2100 dollars split among 24 drivers for accident free driving. Recipients include J C Rutherford honored as suburban bus driver of 1948 and other drivers with 1 to 7 years of accident free service. Awards distributed by J A Hardy and Carl Rawlings at quarterly safety check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hardy
Carl Rawlings
J. C. Rutherford
East Pierce Street
National Safety Council
Rutherford
Transportation Department
Allen Weeks
East Jefferson Street
Carl Cockerel
North 14Th Street
Howard
Robbins Sportswear opens in Phoenix store history made
A grand opening drew several thousand Phoenicians to Robbins Sportswear for Men at 238 North Central Avenue. Co owners Auy Robbins and Bernie Grundeman offered special bargains and free gifts as the remodeled shop debuted leisure Valley casual wear. The business, formerly Browns Boots and Saddles, operates 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and until 9 p.m. Thursdays. both owners, former Minneapolis residents, are Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins Sportswear
North Central Avenue
Auy Robbins
Bernie Grundeman
Browns Boots and Saddles
Leisure Valley Life
Robbins
Grundeman
Minneapolis, Minn
Phoenix
Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce
Busman seeks divorce after wife’s loud nagging on trips
Seattle report says bus driver Ray N. Putman filed for divorce alleging his wife rode to the end of the line in constant nagging that passengers could hear. The petition cites persistent complaints during daily routes as the reason for the separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Ray N. Putman
Roosevelt Central Council plans barbecue and water show
Roosevelt neighborhood council members meet at Neighborhood House to finalize Sept. 30 Roosevelt Pool event proceeds aiding pool improvements. About twenty civic groups and churches will attend, with funding directed to pool upgrades completed that summer. Also coverage of two itinerant men stealing a Salvation Army fire extinguisher, a Hotel Westward Ho armed show, a suspect jailed in Sacramento, a house burglary frightened away, and local injuries from a car fall plus a power company worker's statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Central Council
Seventh Street
Southern Avenue
Roosevelt Pool
Alta Vista Road
Fifth
Washington Streets
Harry J. Roberts
Fred Nichols
Salvation Army
Premier's Wife Dies in Pyongyang
The North Korean premier's wife Madame Kimi Il Sung, aged 30, died after a serious illness per Pyongyang's Communist radio report. The brief item notes the loss amid North Korean leadership circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
INS
Communist Radio
Pyongyang
Kimi Il Sung
CIO Wins Vote At Reynolds Metal Plant
The CIO of the United Steelworkers won a representation election at Reynolds Metals Company with 623 votes for and 270 against, against the Phoenix Aluminum Council AFL. Seven workers favored no bargaining unit. About 1350 employees were eligible. certification by the NLRB pending. Richard W. Pickens, plant manager, noted the result waits NLRB certification. The CIO had represented workers for years, with the prior contract expiring July 15 and no action until the election outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Metals Company
United Steelworkers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Phoenix Aluminum Council
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
Richard W. Pickens
NLRB
CIO
Reynolds
Presbyterians Cut Budget For 1950
The Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A voted a 1950 budget of 5 1 million dollars supporting over 4 000 projects in the continental United States Alaska and the West Indies. It is about 240 thousand dollars less than the current budget. The Rev John M Paxton of Portland Ore will be assistant secretary in the new field work office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church
United States
Alaska
West Indies
John M. Paxton
Portland
Ore
Britain asks recall of Romania official
The British foreign office said it has asked Romania to recall its commercial counselor in London, Jacques Berman, in reprisal for Romania's expulsion of British diplomat Arthur R. Sorrell from Bucharest who faced accusations of complicity with black market gangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Romania
Jacques Berman
Bucharest
Arthur R. Sorrell
Officials Plan Border Fence Inspection ride fence on border
State and federal officials will ride fence on the Arizona Mexico border Sunday to inspect needed fencing. Dr F D McMahon state veterinarian notes an aerial survey party will assess measures to stop Mexican cattle from crossing and spreading hoof and mouth disease. A $2500000 appropriation for fencing El Paso to the Pacific Coast has been approved by the Senate and is before the House. Agriculture department officials sponsor the aerial inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona-Mexico
F. D. McMahon
U. S
House. Representatives
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Infant Born to Arizona Couple at Chicago Fair
A daughter was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lucas of Oraibi, an Arizona Indian couple, in a pueblo at the Santa Fe Indian Village on the Chicago Railroad Fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Chicago
Santa Fe
Robert Lucas
Oraibi
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North Third Street
Harold Edmonds
West
Cypress Street
Harold B. Radcliffe
Claude Tibbetts
East McKinley Street
J. T. Watson
East
McKinley Street
James A.young
Adams Street
J. N. Smith
Jefferson Street
Ralph Young
West Adams Street
Bert Brown
C. G. Brown
Washington Street
Thomas Hart
South Fifth Street
William C. Hintze
Paul Bates
Diamond Street
John Espinosa
Portland Street
L. L. Francis
North 15Th Street
Phillip Reynolds
Willetta Street
Collegeset
Kerricks Shoe Salon
Westward Ho
Houston Collins
North 12Th Street
Sacramento
Calif
Collins
R. V. Auto Motel
East van Buren Street
Josephine B. Sporlieder
Lewis Avenue
Lydia Varela
East Harrison Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
Jesus Varela
Clinton T. Yates
Central Arizona Power and Light Company
Reynolds Metal Plant
Presbyterians
Britain
Faille
Kerricks
Nan Miller
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