Thunderbird Lodge Begins On Miracle Mile In Arizona
Construction of the Thunderbird Lodge a fifty thousand dollar twentieth century tourist court on the Miracle Mile highway has begun and will be ready for occupancy in the coming winter season. The Arizona Trust company holds the property for a silent owner and the lodge will feature Indian motif interiors with Navajo rugs pottery and desert landscaping surrounding sunken garden areas.
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Miracle Mile Highway
Arizona Trust Company
The
Miracle Mile
KelSo and
Jacinto Streets
George J. Wolf
Thunderbird Lodge
Bailey and McCoy
J. Knox Corbett Lumber Company
Housewives Face Maids Shortage Amid National Defense Drift
Domestic help scarcity grows as war plants attract women from homes. In a midwestern city newspaper ads rise by 106 percent year over year and a placement bureau fields 250 maid calls weekly, placing about 10 women.
Tucson Building Permits Reflect Burst Of Activity
City Building Inspector E. D Herreras issued permits for ten new dwellings and various alterations in Tucson last week. Projects include the Levy store remodel at 63 East Congress Street costing $4,000 and Eagle Mills addition at 177 Toole Avenue about $400, along with numerous homes and small additions across the city. The piece notes final line about the ancestors of presidents James Monroe and Rutherford B. Hayes being Scottish.
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Tucson
E. D Herreras
Levy
East
Congress Street
Eagle Mills
Toole Avenue
Irene’s
North Fourth Avenue
Eagle Milling Company
H. Brooks
East First Street
East Congress Street
James MacMillan
East Third Street
R. A. Harvill
Mabel Street
Harvey Webb
West Fifth Street
R. S. Stiles
East Eighth Street
D. E. Hayhurst
East Speedway
Linda Steele
North Park Avenue
George Gance
East Seneca Street
Harold Jackson
East 10Th Street
Arizona Cotton Sells at Profit Amid Government Loans
Arizona growers have sold most cotton on which they held government loans for 2 to 10 dollars above loan values. As of Thursday, 2,255 bales of the 1938 39 crop and 1,064 bales of the 1940 41 crop remained on loan, with totals over 104 thousand and 50 thousand dollars. Loans exceeded market price earlier, but new sales on improved markets eased warehouse congestion and supported the bumper crop.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Commodity Credit Corporation
Los Angeles
ASCAP Music Returns to NBC Networks
The board of directors of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers announced approval of a contract with National Broadcasting Company allowing ASCAP music to return to NBC networks for the first time since January 1.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Broadcasting Company
ASCAP
NBC Networks
Lininger Returns After Long Trip
Homer Lininger president of the Arizona Hotelmen's association and owner manager of Lodge on the Desert has returned after a 3000 mile three week trip through Arizona. He will attend the association meeting September 5 and 6 at Grand Canyon lodge Northern Rim. For every five seconds between lightning and thunder the strike is about one mile away.
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Homer Lininger
Arizona Hotelmen’s Association
Lodge-on-the- Desert
Arizona
Lininger
Hotelmen’s Association
Grand Canyon Lodge
Grand Canyon
Ready to install shower cabinets offer cool comfort this summer
The new ready to install shower cabinets require no wall or floor prep and ship as a leak proof unit. Some models use an inter locking system that eliminates screws or bolts. Basements and master baths suit the range from galvanized steel paneled walls to vitreous enamel finishes at higher prices.
Western Furniture Market Opens Amid War Emergency
Convention in San Francisco gathers thousands of home furnishings buyers and dealers for the Fall Market week under the banner Business Marches On. Six markets span furniture, floor coverings, radio and appliances, housewares and linens with industry leaders and government price officials speaking on defense support and retail roles.
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San Francisco
Western Furniture Exchange
Merchandise Mart
Western Furniture Conference
Western Radio and Appliance
James F. Bogardus
Washington, D. C
Office of
Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Lorenzo Richards
Ogden
Utah
National Retail Furniture Association
National Retailers Advisory Board
Obert Pedersen
Retail Furniture Association of California
Paul J. Dorsey
Chicago
Cribben & Sexton Company
Fred D. Wilson
Camden
New Jersey
R. C. A. Manufacturing Company
Charles A. Dostal
Pacific Coast District
Frank K. Runyan
Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart
Frontier Days Rodeo Draws Arizona Cowboy Hugh Bennett
Cheyenne Wyoming reports Hugh Bennett an Arizona bulldogger fancy rider and roper arrived by plane for the 45th annual frontier days rodeo with his horse en route by automobile trailer for the event.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Hugh Bennett
Arizona
Trial of Judge to Resume Monday
Retired Circuit Judge J Waren Davis and Morgan Kaufman face continued trial in federal court with star witness William Fox set to testify Monday. Fox testified he gave 15000 to Kaufman for Davis and later handed 12500 in cash wrapped in a newspaper to the former judge. He said the loans aimed to secure favorable action during bankruptcy proceedings while Fox, ill with diabetes, received daily treatment.
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Philadelphia
U.P
J. Waren Davis
Morgans
Kaufman
William Fox
Federal District Court
Scranton
Davis
Fox
United States
Clearing House Shows Tremendous Gain in July 1941
Fred A. Dragonette reports Tucson Clearing House transactions rose to 14,574,865 in July 1941 from 11,737,247 in July 1940. Bank debits for July 1941 totaled 14,111,341, up from 11,484,314 the previous year.
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Tucson Clearing House
Fred A. Dragonette
Tucson Clearing House Association
Dragonette
Omaha at hub of 16 national and interstate highways
Omaha Nebraska sits at the junction of three national highways and is served by sixteen major routes including interstates. The description emphasizes its role as a busy transport node and crossroads for regional travel.
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Omaha, Neb
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Bese
Miracle Mile Court
Crete
Ed Holloday
Santa Rita Avenue
Alpha Phi Sorority
R. Romero
Curtis Avenue
B. Hanley
Drachman Street
Robert Swartz
First Avenue
Purcell
W. E. Duvall
North Stone Avenue
J. E. Leavitt
North Melwood
Apache Tire Company
North
Stone Avenue
M. Hobson
Second Avenue
James Monroe
Rutherford B., Hayes
Ascap Music
Frisco
Ager
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
B.T.U
Stone Ave
John M. McBride
Valley Natl
Southwestern Sash & Door CO
Ara
Joseph G. Rice
Alfred F. Kerr
Tidmarsh
N. Main
Title Insurance
J. J. Odowd
N. Church
Catalina
Catalina Vista
East Elm
Clearing House
O'Malley Lumber Co
N. 4Th Avenue
Electrolux
Servel
4Th Avenue
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