Palo Verde Seed Contest Sparks Tucson Festival
Seed-collecting contest in Tucson yields 1 238 400 seeds for a Palo Verde festival with grand prize to Mickey Clemens 13. Details show Consolidated Dwellings winning group prize 60 pounds seeds 192 000 and top individual Billy McDonald 10 receives a week at Triangle J Ranch. Officials plan a fall seed-to-seedling contest and street planting in 1950.
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Tucson
Mickey Clemens
SS Peter and Paul Center
Mickey
Billy McDonald
Tuccson Ymca
Triangle Jkranch
Cliff McKenny
Howard Gwynn
Wakefield Center
Howard
YMCA
YWCA
Palo Verde
Erin Kelley
Patricia Schendel
Linda Hearn
Cairn Cox
Dama Sloan
City Recreation Department
County Recreation Department
Ad Club
Romero Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Stealing
Juan Romero of 1252 W Sonora Street received a six month suspended sentence from Superior Judge Lee Garrett after pleading guilty to petty theft. The charge, reduced from grand theft, involved stealing a tire tube and wheel from an automobile owned by H Swann. The reduction from felony to misdemeanor was by stipulation of the county attorney and the defendant’s counsel.
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Romero
Juan Romero
Sonora St
Lee Garrett
H. Swann
Rt. 3
John F. O' Mara
Manuel Avalos
Daredevil completes Niagara rapids drum trip
Maj Lloyd Hill finished his interrupted daredevil voyage through the Niagara river. After a hospital stay and indecision he crawled back into his 625 pound steel drum, rode three miles down the turbulent current to Queenston, and emerged safely. The drum briefly touched the U.S. shore twice before he was rescued at Queenston boat landing.
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Niagara, Falls, Ont
Lloyd Hill
Niagara River
Hill
Niagara Falls
Drum
Queenston
United States
Pima Officials May Get New Parking Lot
County Engineer Bruce Ellis presented plans to the board for a 27 space parking area north of the courthouse. The $3,000 project would remove the north lawn, create a concrete lot with reserved spaces for officials, and seek postwar funds via the postwar planning board.
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Pima
Pima County
Bruce Ellis
Board of Supervisors
Ellis
Postwar Planning Board
Patrick Flood Receives Taxis Bronze Medal at Culver
Patrick Flood son of Dr Clyde E Flood and wife at 2233 East Waverly Junior has earned the Taxis bronze medal at Culver Military Academy Indiana for proficiency in athletics academics military seamanship and social attainments.
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Patrick Flood
Clyde E. Flood
E. Waverly Jr
Culver Military Academy
Indiana
Maurice Huddleston Services To Be Set
Tucson resident Maurice D. Huddleston a retired Southern Pacific locomotive engineer and Arizona Pioneer Historical Society member died Monday at a local hospital aged 78 He is survived by a foster daughter two daughters three sons a brother and a sister Funeral services are arranged by Reillys funeral home.
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Tucson
Maurice D
Doc) Huddleston
Fifth St
Southern Pacific
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arizona Pioneer Historical Society
Huddleston
Hazel Wittkopp
Mildred Hoesch
Maude Dickey
California
Morris B
Julian
Harry
Benson
L. P. Huddleston
Texas
Maude ._Eddman
Reilly
San Carlos Reservoir 24 Hour Water Storage Report
San Carlos Reservoir's storage stood at 163977 acre feet for the 24 hours ending 7 am Monday, reflecting a loss of 2222 acre feet from the previous 24 hours.
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San Carlos Reservoir
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Phil Luckett
Robert Allen
Boy Scouts
Martin Barraza
Don van Camp
Malachi Caradine
Mirasol Park Center
Stone
Consumere
Dial
Lah
Y.m.ca
Reggie Russell
Catalina
Patio Furniture Co
N. Campbell
Steel Sash Southwestern Sash & Door Co
Lucky Strike
C. B. Smith
Danville
Maurice Huddleston
Coronas Royals
Basy
Walsh Xo
Peoples Fuel & Feed Co
St. Mary's
Westinghouse
Houd-Coudegontrol
D M
E. Broadway
Penney's
Tars S
Penney
Aeak
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