Highway Patrol Head Visits Tucson City
A. G. Walker, newly named Arizona Highway Patrol superintendent, toured Tucson with Capt. W. W. Burr and the patrol's 10 man southern district. Walker, a former warden and deputy sheriff, offered no program details and said he was simply getting acquainted with the organization. Capt. Earl B. Rogers accompanied him from Phoenix.
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A. G. Walker
Coolidge
Arizona Highway Patrol
Tucson
W. W. Burr
Walker
Wickenburg
Ira
AHP
Earl B. Rogers
Phoenix
Walker Tours Tucson as New Highway Patrol Superintendent
On Tour A G Walker the new highway patrol superintendent visited Tucson to meet the southern district headquarters at the Pima county courthouse. Walker previously served nearly ten years as warden of the Florence state prison.
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Walker
Graham County
Florence
Pinal County
Ray
Sidney P. Osborn
Horace Moore
San Diego
Lon Walters
A. G. Walker
Coolidge
Highway Patrol
Tucson
Patrol
Pima County
Hunt Owner Of Pigeon
E. M. Moses of Hedrick Drive found a white carrier pigeon with a spiral red band in his yard. The bird, uninjured but unwilling to fly, was kept indoors for protection and a call 0413 R3 was arranged for the owner to claim it. Moses declined a deputy sheriff’s offer of a pigeon dinner.
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E. M. Moses
Hedrick Drive
Moles
Tucson
Moses
Two Hurt in Oracle Road Crash Near Little Gem
Two drivers sustained minor injuries in a Saturday night crash on Oracle Road in front of the Little Gem. William Velthoven and Jimmie Cassel were treated at local hospitals.
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Oracle Road
Little Gem
William Velthoven
East Mohave Street
Jimmie Cassel
North Fantano
Painting Of Pioneer Lobby Appears In National Ads
Tucson's Pioneer hotel lobby is shown in full color as a backdrop for a painting of winter visitors townspeople and cowboys. The illustration by John Faler is used in advertisements sponsored by American Airlines and appears in leading national magazines this week.
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Tucson
Pioneer
John Faler
American Airlines
Blackjack and Gun Figure In Family Quarrel
Deputies report a rural residence quarrel ended with a man struck by a blackjack and his wife firing a .22 rifle at him in both legs after he pulled car wires to stop her from leaving. The man alleges self injury while the wife and her father insist she shot him. No charges filed.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Douglas Dick Returns to Tucson in The Searching Wind
Douglas Dick, a University of Arizona graduate and Tucson Little Theatre alum, opens four day Rialto engagement in The Searching Wind. The Paramount Hal Wallis film stars Robert Young and Sylvia Sidney with Dick as the diplomat’s son. Time praised his debut performance and noted his seven year Paramount contract after his coast guard service.
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Douglas Dick
University of Arizona
Tucson
Little Theatre
Rialto Theatre
Hal Wallis
Paramount
Douglas
Robert Young
Sylvia Sidney
New York
Lillian Hellman
Time Magazine
Hollywood
Photographer Gamble Dick Jr. and early acting roles
The text notes Gamble Dick Jr. convalescing at his brother's home while modeling on Orange Grove Road. He posed for Look and other magazines and performed in The Heart and The Hasty magazines. Talent scouts for Hal Wallis signed him after a Tucson Little Theatre performance, leading to a New York move for a role in The Searching Wind.
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Gamble Dick, Jr
Orange Grove Road
Paramount
Tucson Little Theatre
Hal Wallis
Douglas
New York
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