Boy Senator Finds Capital Humidity Is Quite A Chore
Tucson high school senior Ed ward L. Brown returned from Washington with relief noting humidity was worse than soup. As a participant in the fourth annual Boys' Forum of National Government he spoke after being elected governor of Arizona Boys' State earlier this summer.
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Arizona
Edward L. Brown
Tucson
Washington
Young Brown
American Legion
Boys’ State
Reggie Russell
Boys’ Nation
Washington, D. C
Arizona boy senator recalls DC trip and lessons
Edward Brown, a Tucson high senior and chief of the Arizona youth delegation, toured Washington with 95 peers. He attended a mock senate session, observed arms aid debates, and met President Truman. He aims for law or teaching and dreams of becoming a real senator someday.
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Europe
Edward
United States
Truman
White House
Tom Clark
Washington
Navy
Supreme Court
Dean Larsen
Mesa
Arizona
Tucson
E. C. Brown
E. Ninth St
Library Reports New Book Lists
The Carnegie free library reports new acquisitions across children, adult fiction and nonfiction. Notable titles include The Man Who Made Friends With Himself by Christopher Morley and How Religion Helps by Albert Palmer. Junior reads feature Marcia, Private Secretary and Advent ure in Ireland.
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Carnegie Free Library
Christopher Morley
William Washbourne
Humphrey Pakington
James Street
James Chiladres
Frederick van de Water
Cornelia Meigs
Vincent Sheean
Damascus
John Anthony O’brien
Albert Palmer
Marcia
Zellah McDonald
Ireland
Dhris Martin
S. P. Meek
Robert Bulla
Phoenix Water Fund Nears Half Spent on Expansion
City engineer reports more than half of the 1949 3.5 million bond issue for Phoenix water expansion has been used. Total connections reach 37,000 with about 8,000 added by purchasing private utilities. The city has bought services from Consolidated Water Co. and Suburban Pump & Water Co. Negotiations with Arizona Water Co. are at a standstill.
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Phoenix
U.P
R. Gail Baker
Baker
Consolidated Water Co
Suburban Pump & Water Co
Arizona Water Co
Carrier Vertical Freezer Demo At Glover Clark Store
Our weekly demonstrations of home freezing with the Carrier Vertical Food Freezer have drawn crowds. Thanks to attendees and to Mrs. Martha Fees returning to the University of Arizona. The showroom will soon be crowded with pianos, but the Carrier Freezer will remain on display with frozen foods from the past five weeks. Visit at your leisure at 315 North 4th Avenue.
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Martha Fees
University of Arizona
Glover & Clark
North
4Th Avenue
Geneva Group Approves Four War Rules in Geneva
A 60 nation conference in Geneva gave final approval to four Geneva agreements on rules of war. They cover treatment of wounded soldiers and sailors prisoners and civilians. Agreements would protect occupied populations and ban Nazi practices. Signing is planned next month with reservations noted by major powers.
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Switzerland
Stockholm
Red Cross
United States
Britain
Israel
Russia
Printer Arraigned in Wife’s 1948 Wickenburg Murder
Harold Hale alias Edward T Corcoran, a 33 year old printer, faced a preliminary hearing on a first degree murder charge in Wickenburg. He was arraigned there after being apprehended in Omaha for the murder of his wife Elsie Reatha, whose body was found three miles west of Wickenburg on July 5 1948.
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Wickenburg
Harold Hale
Edward T. Corcoran
R. L. Westall
Omaha
Elsie Reatha
Bar sues Phoenix Realtors for practicing law
The Arizona State Bar sues the Phoenix Realtors Association and its president Jack Clevenger in Maricopa County Superior Court. It seeks a declaratory judgment defining a lawyer’s duties, alleging realtors advise clients on legal rights and document registrations. The Real Estate Board says no formal complaints exist and that it discourages such practice.
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Phoenix Real Estate Board
Arizona State Bar Association
Maricopa County
The
Bar Association
Realtors’ Organization
Jack Clevenger
Defendents
Real Estate Board
School Board Members May Not Award Contracts
Arizona attorney general ruled that a school board cannot award a contract to a member or to anyone chosen by a single member even if the rest of the board would approve. The AG also explained a New Mexico resident, arrested by an Arizona game ranger, could not be prosecuted after crossing into New Mexico without a new arrest.
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Phoenix
U.P
New Mexico
Arizona
Fred O. Wilson
Arizona State Department of Public Instruction
Wilson
Maricopa Board Studies Outlying Sewer District Plan
Maricopa county supervisors discussed forming several sanitary sewer districts for areas outside Phoenix city limits. John A. Carollo proposed a preliminary cost survey and resident poll to gauge interest. The plan would expand sewer coverage without city boundary changes, with costs repaid by property owners and the county retaining debt jurisdiction. The board plans to consult Pima County on a similar Tucson model.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
John A. Carollo
Headman, Ferguson & Carollo
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Tucson
San Carlos Reservoir WA 24 Hour Water Storage Report
The 24 hour period ending 7 am Thursday shows available storage at 163 918 acre feet with a net gain of 757 acre feet from the previous day. This reflection of storage indicates steady inflow and retention in the reservoir system.
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San Carlos Reservoir
Cool Mt Lemmon Cottages Atop Catalina For Summer Rentals
In Summerhaven atop Mt Lemmon a cluster of modern redwood cottages will be available for rent on August 15. The rentals promise cool pine air far from valley heat and dust, inviting inspection. For details contact Mr. Joe Rubin at University of Office Box 4122 or call 3-3601.
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Catalina Mountains
Summerhaven
Mt. Lemmon
Joe Rubin
University of Office
Tucson veteran's body services planned for Sarson Baily
Arthur James McClennon a Tucson resident since 1927 and former Daniel's jewelry auditor died Monday at a West Los Angeles veterans hospital. Services set for 8 p.m. Friday at Reilly's chapel with Rev. Albert Frost officiating and cremation to follow.
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Arthur James McClennon
Church Group Honors Long Time President
Members of Prince Chapel AME Missionary Society plan an appreciation night next Wednesday in the chapel at 17th Street and South Stone Avenue to honor Mrs Lucy A Williams for twenty years as president.
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Prince Chapel
AME Missionary Society
Lucy A. Williams
17Th Street
South Stone Avenue
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