New Private Airport Near Tucson Opens Near City
A private airport sits 2.5 miles south of Tucson on a 220 acre tract near downtown, with L H Kahl owning Downtown airport on East Thirty sixth Street and Silverbell field. Airborne Inc will launch a two week old pilot school with glider training and CAA approval plans, led by W G Walker and three instructors including RAF and RCAF veterans and a WASP veteran. Arizona Aircraft Co run by R C Helfrich will open early next week offering private to instrument training with multiengine courses planned, aided by a former Marine pilot.
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Tucson
Civil Aeronau Authority
Csonian
Thirty-sixth Street
Pima County
L. H. Kahl
Silverbell
Kah
Airborne, Inc
Downtown
W.G. Walker
Army Air Corps
Walker
CAA
Boise
Ida
RAF
RCAF
WASP
Arizona Aircraft Company
R. C. Helfrich
Toledo
Helfrich
Pennsylvania
Marine Corps
Pacific
Driver Fined Sixty Dollars and Fifteen Days in Reckless Driving Case
Edward Mendivil pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Magistrate Paul J. Cellar. He was fined $60 and given 15 days. A police report notes alcohol involvement, no brakes, poor headlights, and no license or draft card. Gabriel Ramirez was also fined $60 and 15 days on a continued reckless driving charge.
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Edward Mendivil
Paul J. Cellar
Mendivil
Gabriel Ramirez
Tucson Officers Attend National FOP Convention in Sioux Falls
Three Tucson patrolmen H. E. Foley Sgt. D. J. Putney and Capt. Joe Weinzapfel head to Sioux Falls South Dakota for a national Fraternal Order of Police convention. Putney leaves by motor today while Foley and Weinzapfel depart by train tomorrow. Foley serves as state secretary.
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Tucson
H. E. Foley
D. J. Putney
Joe Weinzapfel
Order of Police
Sioux Falls
S. D. Putney
Foley
Weinzapfel
Alien Sought on 13 Year Old Escape Charge
U.S. immigration officers seek Jose Maria Pena of Sonora Mexico for an escape from a 1933 sentence at the Mt Lemmon prison camp. Pena fled the camp and was rearrested in San Francisco in 1946, prompting a warrant for his return to Tucson to answer the old charge.
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Jose Maria Pena
Sonora
Mexico
United States
Mt. Lemmon Road
Pena
San Francisco
U. S
el Paso
U.S
Thomas H. McKay
Tucson
UA At Meeting On Buildings In Phoenix
John Anderson the University of Arizona comptroller is in Phoenix for a federal works authority meeting on obtaining temporary government buildings for vocational training and offices. An allotment of barracks-type structures from Rivers and Fort Huachuca is designated for the university and other schools. Regents must approve the project at the Sept 28 meeting.
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John Anderson
University of Arizona
Phoenix
Federal Works Authority
Ft. Huachuca
Board of Regents
Robert Morrow
Tucson
Tuberculosis Deaths by State and County Report
State statistics show 48 percent of tuberculosis deaths involve residents who contracted the disease in Arizona while Pima county records a lower rate. Dr. L. H. Howard, health officer, notes 279 deaths occurred in 1945 with 42 among those who contracted tb within the state or county.
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Arizona
Pima
L. H. Howard
Arizona schools face shortage of 275 teachers for new term
Arizona education officials report at least 275 teaching positions remain open as schools prepare to open next month. Shortages are greatest in elementary grades with over 200 vacancies while counties list needs in Coconino, Greenlee, Gila, Graham, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, Yuma and Cochise.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Apache
Maricopa
E. D. Ring
Ring
Arizona Board of Education
Coconino
Greenlee
Gila
Graham
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Yuma
Cochise
Driver Is Cited After Plunging Car Into Ditch
Evelyn McGuire 32 of Phoenix drove into an irrigation ditch near Marana yesterday. Passenger Hugh Magill Jr 28 also from Phoenix was not injured. Patrolman Frank Bennett cited McGuire for driving without a license and Magill on a drunkenness charge.
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Evelyn McGuire
Phoenix
Marana
Hugh Magill, Jr
Highway
Frank Bennett
August Phone Books Show City's Growth
The August 1946 Tucson telephone directory, 63 white pages and 105 yellow pages, is being delivered by Mountain States Telephone. District manager Gayle Smith announced the new edition, noting over 2,000 more telephones since January.
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Tucson
Mountain ‘States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Gayle Smith
Smith
Riding Mishap Injures Youth
Nine year old Charles Sanford of the Sunset trailer court on Oracle road was riding when the horse bolted toward highway 84. The horse and rider were struck by Bert Hall’s car near Fairview road, the horse killed and the boy with a fractured leg admitted to St. Mary's hospital. Hall was cited for driving without a license. patrol body states Hall blameless.
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Charles Sanford
Sunset Trailer Court
Oracle Road
Fairview Road
Bert Hall
Marana
St. Mary’s Hospital
W. M. Gibson
State Highway Patrol
Hall
Births at Tucson Medical Center Two Newborns Reported
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Luke at 8 20 a m on August 23 at 734 East Ninth street Tucson A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs Refugio Mixton at 3 a m on August 25 at 721 St Marys road Tucson.
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Tucson Medical Center
William H. Luke
East Ninth Street
Tucson
Refugio Mixton
St. Mary’s Road
Kiwanis Show War Famine Films For CARE Aid
Two moving pictures depicting postwar Europe were shown at a Kiwanis lunch in the Pioneer hotel. The films titled Suffer Little Children and Freedom From Famine urged CARE donations through the Tucson famine committee chair Fred Dragonette. Food packages are sent overseas to aid underfed Europeans.
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Europe
Kiwanis Club
Pioneer Hotel
Fred Dragonette
Tucson
Foley's New Grandchild Girl Born to Foley Acknowledges
Tucson policeman Harry E. Foley announces the birth of his first granddaughter Rita Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Dom Cammarono of New York City. Mrs. Cammarono, formerly Mary Foley, served 22 months overseas as an Army nurse corps lieutenant.
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Harry E. Foley
Tucson
Foley
Eddie Cantor
Rita Marie
Dom Cammarono
New York City
Cammarono
Mary Foley
Army Nurse Corps
Recorder Still Has Names Of 486 Veterans On Rolls
The county recorder's office lists 486 veterans supposedly in service eligible for a military ballot but most are out of service. Only two have registered to vote in the Nov 5 election despite discharge records. Deadline to register is 5 p.m. Sept 30 for those who wish to vote.
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County Recorder's Office
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Sys
Short Creek
Mohave County
State Board of Vocational Education
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Monarch
Aenean Home Foods
Thorsa
Jounoes
North 4Th Avenue
Aula
GRACE
E. Congress
Loren
Qualtham
Grocery Department
Schrock
Chili Con
Prem
Can
Hilton
Waltham
Nee
Certo
M.J.B
Colorado
Reddit Jewelers
KTUC
Mon
Sunkist
Birdseye
le Valley Farms
Recorder
Congress
Oracle
al Goodman
Spike Jones
Orch
All Goodman
Gilbert & Sulli
Victor Light Opera Co
Romberg
Victor Orchestra
Sigmund Romberg
Little Black Sambo
Paul Wing
Stokowski
Hollywood Bowl
RCA Victor
Villa
Waltz
Eleanor Steber
Tommy Dorsey
Russ Case
Betty Hutton
Dingbat the
Singing Cat
Freddy Martin
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Blanche Thebom
Grabe Electric Company
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