Zoning Board Rebuffed On Aerial Maps
Zoning officials faced a brushoff from the board over an aerial photographic survey for county zoning. The plan to image areas near Tucson and Ajo to classify zones was opposed as costly and misdirected, with an estimated price of 16000 dollars. County supervisor G T Allen urged narrowing the survey area and removing uninhabited mountains.
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Summerhaven Road
Mt. Lemmon
County Zoning Commission
Tucson
Ajo
G. T. Allen
Zonfing
Harold Webb
Alley
North Tucson Boulevard
San Clemente
Justice Court
South Campbell Avenue
Bisbee Faces Phone Service Hearing and Repairs
The Arizona Corporation Commission heard reports on Bisbee area telephone service after resident complaints. J H Shepard for Mountain States said overall facilities are adequate though some defects were found. Walter Roche of the Bisbee Chamber pressed that central station equipment is obsolete. Joe Wilcox of Shattuck Dean Mining Co. cited wet weather outages and long distance delays.
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Bisbee
Arizona Corporation Commission
J. H. Shepard
Denver
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Shepard
Walter Roche
Phoenix
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce
Central Station
Joe Wilcox
Shattuck Dean Mining Co
Normal Fall Weather Across U S With Local Snow Flurries
The Associated Press reports that virtually the nation saw normal late autumn weather. Variances included snow flurries in northern New England and northern Michigan, with scattered showers along Lakes Erie and Ontario and rain in Southern New England and the northwest coast.
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Associated Press
New England
Upper
Lower Michigan
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Miners Return to Work as Christmas Pay Arrives
In Pittsburgh the nations soft coal mines resumed operations at 12:01 a.m. under a three day week. About 480,000 United Mine Workers anticipate earnings around 139.50 for nine days before Christmas after deductions. Some Kentucky truck mine operators consider a five day week with a pay boost, but industry leaders downplay the move.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Kentucky
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Laurence T. Tierney Jr
Eastern Coal Corp
Bluefield
W. Va
SCPA
Oe Lewis
Rental Tax Before Court in Arizona
The Arizona Supreme Court will decide within seven days whether rental incomes are subject to the state two percent sales tax. The state argues farm land, equipment, business spaces, and all residential units are taxable, while earlier only three or more residential units were taxed. Two cases are before the court.
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Phoenix
Arizona Supreme Court
Hospitalized after gambling dispute in motel altercation
Winfred Goodwin 501 W Ore St is in hospital with a fractured skull and a cut eyeball after an argument over a poker game at a motel. Mose Workman, a roommate, says he struck Goodwin with a bottle and later tried to cut him with broken glass and jab at his eyes before deputies arrived. Goodwin plans to sign a complaint when able.
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Winfred Goodwin
W. Orest
Mose Workman
Goodwin
Workman
Elks Lodge Holds Annual Memorial Service in Tucson
The Tucson Elks held their annual memorial for 27 members who died in the past year. Dr. Richard S. Beal delivered the memorial address at the lodge with the Tucson Boys choir providing sacred music. I. D. Ferguson directed ceremonies, John D. Frakes read names, and Joseph H. Riley gave the eulogy.
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Tucson Elks Lodge
Richard S. Beal
First Baptist Church
Tucson
The
Elks
I. D. Ferguson
John D. Frakes
Roll of Elks
Huson Foss Wins Swift Collegiate Essay Contest Title
John Huston Foss of Tuc son a junior in animal husbandry at Washington State college won this year's Swift collegiate essay contest and earned an expense paid trip to the international livestock show in Chicago.
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John Huston Foss
Tucson
Washington State College
Chicago
Atomic Help Given Soviets Back In 43
Russell outlined Soviet atomic material shipments during 1943 via Great Falls and Canada. The first U S purchase included 200 pounds of uranium oxide and 220 pounds of uranium nitrate, with some materials bought from S W Shattuck Chemical Co. The second shipment through Canada and a third shipment of uranium metal and heavy water raised questions about U S atomic bomb research and national security.
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Great Falls
Russell
Canada
National Security of
Canada Company
Soviet Purchasing Commission
House Committee
State Department
U. S
United States
Russia
Rosenberg
House
UN American Activities Committee
Amtorg
Lend-Lease Administration
New York
S. W. Shattuck Chemical Co
Denver
Colo
Chinese Drop Fight In U N
China abandons demands for UN action on recognizing the Red regime and backs a compromise to suspend the Chinese issue for continuous study by the year-round U N body. Tsiang said he would accept the Cuba Ecuador Peru plan after a recess and awaited new instructions.
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Tsiang
Two Burglaries Solved in City by Deputies
Two burglaries were solved by deputy sheriffs Floyd Brumbaugh and Edward Ahrens. Donald Leon McMillen, 20, was charged with first degree burglary after being found at a gas station break in with a juvenile. Three juveniles also confessed to a home burglary at Vienna Miller’s residence and to a school cafeteria entry at Amphitheater high school.
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Amphitheater High School
Justice Court
Donald Leon McMillen
Floyd Brumbaugh
Edward Ahrens
McMillen
S. Sixth Ave
Brumbaugh
Vienna Miller
E. 21St St
Amphitheater
Ai Esky
Richard van Valkenburgh
Marine Tony M. Leon Visits Family on 10 Day Furlough
CPL Tony M. Leon USMC visits his family Mr and Mrs Richard Leon at 820 N Contzen for a 10 day furlough transfer from Terminal Island Long Beach to the naval ordinance station Inyo Kern California.
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Cpl
Tony M. Leon
USMC
Richard Leon
N. Contzen
iTerminal Island
Long Beach
Naval Ordinance Station
Inyokern
Calif
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Denier
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