New Furniture Store To Open After Jan. 1
A Tucson home furnishings store, Town & Country, plans to open shortly after January 1 in a new building at 817 East Broadway. Owner Jay Trost, aided by builder John W. Murphey, says the stock will include modern furniture, carpets, draperies, bedding, and kitchen items from national brands. He notes a low current merchandize supply but improved quality and a shift toward color, design, and functional living.
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Tucson
East Broadway
Town & Country Home Furnishings
John W. Murphey
Murphey-Keith
Jay Trost
Trost
National Retail Furniture Association
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Davis Monthan Officers Donate $500 to United Appeal
The Davis Monthan airbase Officers' club contributed 500 to the United Appeal War Chest. Captain Edmond C. Wilner announced the gift and noted all officers participated at the base. The United Appeal drive has begun in Tucson.
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Officers’ Club
Davis- Monthan
United Appeal War Chest Fund
Edmond C. Wilner
Baw
United Appeal
Tucson
Marines Pvt Robert G Miller on 15 day furlough visits home
Pvt Robert G Miller of the Marines, stationed in San Diego, is home on a 15 day furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs James R Miller at 3555 South Clark Avenue. He formerly captained the Wakefield junior high basketball team and will report to Barstow California for further assignment. Miller already holds a sharpshooter medal.
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Robert Glenn Miller
U. S. Marines
San Diego
James R. Miller
South
Clark Avenue
Miller
Wakefield
Barstow
Calif
Venezuelan Corvette Inde Grounds Off Nantucket
The Venezuelan corvette Inde went aground near Nantucket and reported it was okay until daylight and that personnel need not be removed. One crew member required urgent medical aid as seas rose, hindering coast guard rescue efforts for a 46 member crew.
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Nantucket
Mass
Inde
Coast Guard
Independencia
University President Plagued By Campus Ad Call Line
A Wildcat notice promoting sale of lecture notes and papers led to about 20 phone calls to Dr Alfred Atkinson, president of the University of Arizona. He said he would have prepared replies once he understood the gag.
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Wildcat
University of Arizona
Alfred Atkinson
RAF Spitfires Strafe Annamese Positions
British headquarters said RAF planes strafed and cannonaded Annamese positions yesterday after a French detachment begged for aid near Basna 60 miles north of Dalat. Three Spitfires attacked an emplacement where Annamese mortars had been used against the French force, with warning leaflets dropped beforehand.
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Saigon
Basna
Dalat
Roskruge Teacher Named Delegate to National Education Conference
Gerald Houck head of physical education at Roskruge junior high is named as a Phi Delta Kappa delegate for the district conference in Los Angeles December 28 and 29. Harry Goldstein of Tucson senior high is an alternate. The biennial conference includes delegates from California Nevada Utah and Arizona.
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Gerald Houck
Roskruge
Phi Delta Kappa
National Honorary Society of Educators
Los Angeles
Harry Goldstein
Tucson Senior High School
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Mackenzies Receive Audience With Irish President
Associated Press columnist DeWitt Mackenzie and his wife were received by President Sean T. O’Kelly in Dublin. Premier Eamon De Valera greeted the travelers on arrival, linking with Mackenzie from the 1916 Easter rebellion era.
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Dublin
Associated Press
DeWitt Mackenzie
Eire
Sean T. O'Kelly
Eamon de Valera
Mackenzie
Arizona Coach Proposes Air Travel for Gridiron Trips
UA head coach Mike Casteel told Townsmen Tuc son students that air travel would cut travel time for long road trips. He compared pre 1912 and modern football rules and noted ball variations require practice adjustments. He cited Army team continuity and recalled a muddy Michigan State Colgate game. Jack Adams announced officers to be nominated at the January 9 meeting.
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Mike Casteel
University of Arizona
Tucson University
Arizona
Casteel
Wildcats
Army
Jack Adams
The
Towncats
End Around Confusion Involves Michigan Fullback
During an attempted end around, Michigan fullback handed to a Colgate end who, amid the pile, was tackled by his own tackle. The mishap disrupted the play and drew attention to the unusual mix up on the field.
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Michigan
Colgate
Police roundup of a stray bull and sheep in Goshen
Two Goshen police officers became improvised animal handlers chasing a loose Guernsey bull and a sheep through a residential district. The animals had escaped from a barn near the city limits, and officers later learned both escaped from that location.
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Goshen
Ind. U.P
Chinese Nationalists Enter Manchurian City
Sin Min Pao reported Chinese Nationalist ground troops entered Mukden, a key Manchurian industrial city, as air borne troops began landing at Changchun. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in Peiping to direct Manchuria’s reorganization and plans to occupy the region with seven armies.
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Chungking
U.P
Sin Min Pao
Mukden
Manchuria
Changcnan
Manchurian
United Press
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Christmas Party Planned by University of Arizona Students
University of Arizona students at the Cabot chapel Episcopal center plan a 7 p.m. Christmas party tomorrow in the chapel recreation room. They will sing carols toast marshmallows and popcorn. Harriet Rollins chairs the committee and Pat Rogge will be the pianist.
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University of Arizona
Cabot Chapel Episcopal Center
Chapel
Harriet Rollins
Pat Rogge
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