Arizona Labor Celebrates Gains With Parades And Speeches
Arizona labor observances mark recent gains driven by defense spending and pro labor legislation. Phoenix hosts a Labor Day parade and speech program with Governor Osborn and AFL official W. W. Finch. Miss Terry Curtis of IBEW Local B-266 crowns the parade queen. Tucson notes the 40th anniversary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners with a parade and free barbecue at Wetmore Park led by Abe Muir. Prescott features a two day horse racing meet and Hassayampa golf tournament finals. Nogales hosts a Pythian Knights picnic and bullfight weekend activity.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Phoenix
Broadway Recreation Center
Osborn
W. W. Finch
American Federation of Labor
Texas
Terry Curtis
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union
Holliday
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Tucson
Old Pueblo
Wetmore Park
Abe Muir
Carpenters International Union
Doc) Pardee
Fair Grounds
Niblick Wielders
Hassayampa Country Club
Circle Z Ranch
Nogales
Pythian Knights
Bisbee
Douglas
Casa Grande
Sonora
Alley Closing Plan Approved for Jefferson Park School Area
The Tucson plan department approves vacating an alley between North Warren Martin East Hampton and East Senecca to expand Jefferson Park grade school. City council and planning commission will review Tuesday. The commission also suggests trading a West Alameda West Moreland forest lot for city industrial land for a warehouse and notes protests against business zoning for several Speedway Heights Olsen Addition parcels.
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Robert D. Morrow
Tucson Public Schools
North Warren
North Martin Avenues
East Hampton
East Seneca
City Planning Commission
Charles C. Irvin
Jefferson Park
Planning Commission
Coronado National Forest
West Alameda Street
Westmoreland Avenue
The
Forest Service
Irvin
Speedway Heights
Olsen
Woman Hurt When Auto Hits Truck Near Tucson
Mrs. M. L. Newberry was treated for shock and bruises after an auto struck a loaded lumber truck 10 miles west of Tucson on Casa Grande highway. Both vehicles burned. Mr. Newberry, 34, said he dimmed lights and struck lumber protruding from the rear. Truck driver’s identity not reported.
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Tucson
Casa Grande Highway
M. L. Newberry
20 West
North Seventh Avenue
Newberry
Changes Sought In Arizona Workmen Compensation Law
The Arizona industrial commission urged two amendments to the workmen’s compensation law in its 1940 annual report. The study shows 15,813 claims processed with $350,000 returned to employers as dividends, and notes stronger wages calculation for injured workers and broader compensation for injured minors. The report to Governor Osborn highlights $8.45 million in the insurance fund and over $8.22 million in reserves for benefits. The commission records 819 wage claims under the minimum wage law and notes case totals near historic peaks, with 149,157 insured and 49,941 insured by private agencies since inception.
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Phoenix
State Industrial Commission
Sentice Osborn
Commission
Osborn
L. C. Holmes
Lynn Lockhart
E. T. Houston
Labor Department
Chamber Speeds Move to New Chamber HQ
Satisfactory progress in moving equipment from the old Chamber of Commerce headquarters to the new site at South Stone avenue and Jackson street was reported by a Chamber official. A skeleton staff of one girl at a table handled incoming telephone calls in the early afternoon.
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Chamber of Commerce
South Stone Avenue
Jackson Street
Air traffic in Netherlands Indies up 60 percent
Air traffic in the Netherlands Indies rose by 60 percent during the final six months of last year, signaling a strong boost in regional aviation activity and potential economic impact for the colony.
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Netherlands Indies
Pima County Supervisors Move Meeting for Inauguration
Pima County Supervisors will meet at 10 30 a m Tuesday instead of 10 a m so board members can attend the inauguration of Eva De Concini as judge of superior court No 2. The article notes visiting his mother and brother Harry Ransom, bailiff, before reporting to duty at the Tucson air base from Randolph Field Texas.
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Pima
Eva de Concini
Superior Court
Harry Ransom
Tucson
Randolph Field
Tex
Knights of Pythias Picnic at Circle 7 Ranch
Knights of Pythias members and friends will picnic all day tomorrow at Circle 7 ranch near Patagonia. Free swimming, baseball and other sports events are planned for attendees.
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Knights OF Pythias
Circle 7 Ranch
Patagonia
Buehman Returns From Photographers’ Convention
A R Buehman returned to Tucson after attending the Photographers Association of America annual convention at the Stevens hotel in Chicago. He exhibited four studies and one was chosen for the travel study collection. He is a past president of the association and also visited his son Harry in Boston before heading home.
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A. R. Buehman
Tucson
Photographers’ Association of America
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Buehman
Association
The
Photographic Organization
Harry
Boston
Reverend William Newton to preach at Friendship Baptist
Rev William Newton will preach at Friendship Baptist Church this Sunday. Sunday school starts at 9 30 a m followed by the 11 o clock church service and a mission program at 3 p m.
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William Newton
Friendship Baptist Church
Kordel to Speak in Tucson on Nutrition Topics
LELORD KORDEL a San Francisco lecturer on nutrition will give one address in Tucson per Dr. Carl E. Lunn. Kordel will speak Tuesday night at 8 o clock in the Temple of Music and Art.
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Lelord Kordel
San Francisco
Tucson
Carl E. Lunn
Prof. Kordel
Temple of Music and Art
Fuller son becomes first class radio operator aboard USS Crane
Mr and Mrs H L Fuller of 1101 East 10th Street Tucson and San Simon announce their son Grant passed his examination as a first class radio operator on the USS Crane in San Diego.
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H. L. Fuller
East 10Th Street
Tucson
San Simon
Grant
U .S. S. Crane
San Diego
New Choir Director Sets First Rehearsals at Methodist Church
Eduardo Caso, new choir director at First Methodist Church, will lead the first rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 p m. The Tucson Boys' Choir under his direction practices Tuesday at 9 a m at the church.
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Eduardo Caso
First Methodist Church
Tucson
YMCA to close on Labor Day with split hours
The Tucson YMCA will be closed on Labor Day except for a 4 to 7 p.m. window when the men's division remains open.
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Tucson
First Lt. John Ransom Arrives on Miracle Mile
First Lt. John Ransom, son of Mrs. Sadie Ransom of Ransom's Court on Miracle Mile, is noted in a brief local item.
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John Ransom
Sadie Ransom
Ransom’s Court
Miracle Mile
Bransford Issues Warrant Call for Four School Districts
Pima county treasurer Wallace S. Bransford announced an effective September 4 warrant call for Flowing Wells Catalina Foothills Sahuarita and Ajo high school districts. The estimated total outstanding warrants is about $10 000.
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Wallace S. Bransford
Pima County
Catalina Foothills
Sahuarita
Ajo High School
Hollywood couple to vacation with Alma Robinson Young
Mr. and Mrs. W. Donald Young of Hollywood will arrive by American Airlines Sunday for a vacation with Alma Robinson Young at 21 El Encanto apartments. Mr. Young previously served as sales manager for American Airlines and is now in Los Angeles.
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W. Donald Young
Hollywood
American Airlines
Mr. Young
Alma Robinson Young
el Encanto Apartments
Los Angeles
Townsend Club Meeting For Labor Day Address
Townsend clubs will meet at 4 p m tomorrow in Armory park to hear a Labor day address by Dr. Carl E Lunn.
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Townsend Clubs
Armory Park
Carl E. Lunn
Negro Choir to Sing at Union Service on Church Lawn
The Negro Methodist church choir will sing spirituals at an 8 o'clock union service on the First Methodist church lawn. Selections include Swing Low Sweet Chariot Steal Away I Couldn t Hear Nobody Pray and Trouble Don t Last Always. Dr Roy H Wollam will preach on Christianity and Crisis and participate with his son Wendell who plans to enter Princeton Theological Seminary. Robert E Dicken son Jr of University Methodist church and a USC School of Religion student also joins the program.
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Negro Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Roy H. Wollam
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Four H Winners Announced At Annual Dinner
Maricopa county delegates to the 4 H club state roundup received top honors at the annual banquet. Four members named to attend the national 4 H roundup in Chicago and Memphis include Anna Marie Ballard Wayne Yeoman Carolyn Shorter and Harold Shumaker.
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University of Arizona
Wayne Yeoman
Margaret Burnett
Carl Hewish
Sybil Prock
Annie Marie Ballard
Mildred, McElhaney
Gleason Sherwood
Lillian Maneth
Emil Rovey
Ben D. Gross
Maricopa County
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Anna Marie Ballard
Caroline Shorter
Harold Shumaker
Arizona
Carl Huish
Cochise
Gleeson Sherwood
Apache
Pinal
Yavapai
Canning
Mildred McElhaney
Marie Spain
Marie Fraunenfelder
Yuma
University of Arizona Extension Service
Agnes Hollingshead
E. L. Riggs
Marie Dillman
Cochise County
Esta Trotter
Pima County
Lynn Early
Pinal County
Arizona Bankers’ Association
Robert Schuler
Sacaton
Henry O. Janstad
Alfred Atkinson
R. S. Hawkins
C. U. Pickrell
Eva de Concini
Halbert Miller
E. D. Tetreau
Hank Balmes
Harry Goldie
Jerry Tyrrel
Jerry Hancock
Bill Smith
Willie Storie
David White
Wayne Earley
Jack Hillman
Rudolph Jensen
Eli Gates
Charlie Welch
Richard Greene
Jack Daily
Robert Fuller
Wayne Isley
Don Balmes
Billy Nevelle
Richard Crockett
Maurice Koonce
Wayne Tenney
Norman Hancock
Brooks Curtis
Three Die and Others Hurt in Labor Day Accidents
Arizona saw multiple fatalities over the Labor Day weekend. Homer Edwards, 45, of Chelsea Alabama, died from a broken back after a crash near Picacho on State Highway 84. Two Phoenix men, both Negro, died when a car plunged into a canal northwest of Phoenix. John Yeager Jr., 16, was killed 35 miles west of Casa Grande on State Highway 4. His parents and sister were injured. Homer Edwards, 45, another victim, suffered a broken back near Picacho. Frank Pierson, 34, and Clyde Gordon, 41, were the two other fatalities. Gordon’s wife Clifford, 40, was seriously injured.
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Arizona
Homer Edwards
Chelsea
Ala
Picacho
Associated Press
Phoenix
John Yeager, Jr
John Yeager
Casa Grande
Betty Ann
Frank Pierson
Clyde Gordon
State
Laveen
Yeager
Highway Patrol
Leslie E. Knapp
National City
Calif
Knapp
Nava Knapp
Rucker
M. N. Latham
Tucson
Bequest From Mrs Daly Goes to Tucson Engineer
Howard K. Welch of Tucson was left 5000 by Mrs Marcus Daly widow of the Montana copper king in her will filed for probate in New York. Daly died July 14 in Hamilton Montana leaving an estate valued at over 12000000. Welch, 63, an active mining engineer, was closely tied to the Daly family in Montana explorations.
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New York
Howard K. Welch
Tucson
Ariz
Marcus Daly
Montana
Hamilton
Mont
Welch
Daly
Sword And Key Club Plans Mt Lemmon Trip
Sword and Key club of SS. Peter and Paul parish will depart tomorrow for a two day stay on Mt Lemmon. They attend 7 30 mass and 11 o clock control then dine on the mountain at 3 p m. Father Howard of All Saints church joins with several parents. Reservations by calling 3854 W by 7 p m tonight.
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Sword and Key Club
SS. Peter and Paul Parish
Mt. Lemmon
Father Howard
All Saints Church
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