Marines Launch Christmas Stocking Drive in Tucson
Local Marines led by First Lt. Fred F. Eubanks Jr. start Operation Christmas Stocking to aid 495 needy Tucson families with food clothing and toys. Collection points include Valley National Bank and several downtown centers with school and theater drives planned through Dec 24.
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U. S. Marine Corps
United States
Fred F. Eubanks, Jr
USMC
Tucson
Old Pueblo
Eubanks
Tony Arias
E. T. Houston
Fox-Tucson
Marine Operation
Fox
Marine Corps
Tucson Marine
Catalina Rotary Club
E. A. Gump
Sam Hughes
Dan Wilson Talk On Germany Set
Dan Wilson of the American Friends Service Committee will give an illustrated talk on Germany and Austria at 7 30 p m Sunday at St Andrew's Episcopal Church 205 East 16th Street. He spent last summer in Europe visiting bomb shattered cities including Frankfurt Darmstadt Ludwigshafen and Freiburg. Wilson was in Ludwigshafen during the Farben plant explosion on July 28 and observed rescue work. The meeting open to the public is sponsored by the Tucson Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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Dan Wilson
American Friends Service Committee
Germany
Austria
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
East 16Th Street
Wilson
Europe
Frankfurt
Darmstadt
Ludwigshafen
Freiburg
Farben
Tucson Fellowship of
Balky Witnesses On Communism Convicted
Three witnesses who refused to answer questions before a federal grand jury probing communism among government employees were found guilty of criminal contempt by U.S. Judge Peirson M. Hall in Los Angeles. Henry Steinburg Samuel H. Kasinowich and Ben Dobbs face sentencing Tuesday after immunity promises to compel answers.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Peirson M. Hall
Henry Steinburg
Samuel H. Kasinowich
Ben Dobbs
Communist Party
Fraternal and civic events in Tucson Friday
City briefs list lodge meetings at Masonic Temple and Eagles hall 160 South Scott street 333 North Fourth avenue and 1354 South Sixth avenue plus Young Democratic club election at YWCA 738 North Fifth avenue Speaker Sen William F Kimball University of Arizona classes Kiwanis luncheon choir and Exchange club officers Dances at Eagles hall and El Rio ballroom with canned goods donation for Santa Margarita and Holy Family churches Westside families receive Christmas baskets through San Vicente clubs.
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Tucson Lodge
Epes Randolph Lodge
F and
Masonic Temple
South Scott Street
Order of Eagles
Eagles Hall
North Fourth Avenue
P.m
Pima Lodge
IOOF
South Sixth Avenue
Young Democratic Club of Tucson
YWCA
North Fifth Avenue
William F. Kimball
William E. Kidd
E. F. Hutton & Co
University of Arizona
Corporation Finance
Liberal Arts
Mildred Hardin Ives
KVOA
P. H. Ross
Tucson Kiwanis Club
Pioneer Hotel
Tucson Exchange Club
Paulos Restaurant
Eagles
City Firemen To Supervise Tree Burning
Final plans for burning Christmas trees in Tucson were announced by the fire prevention committee. A city fire truck will supervise at nine sites over January 3 4 and 5 with the fire department officiating. In exchange for three trees, children receive free tickets to a later movie show.
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Tucson
Fire Department
Menlo Park
de Anza Park
Eaglefield
University Heights
Peter & Paul
Jefferson Park
University Officials Set Budget Review With Regents
Pima county legislators and regents meet with Dr J Byron McCormick to discuss the University of Arizona biennial budget and expansion plans. Budgets show 1949 50 at 1 864 233 1950 51 at 2 045 217 and this year at 1 497 590. A 5 913 205 program covers classrooms and housing with a 150 000 request for a student union memorial building. Invited attendees include Tucson regents Cleon Knapp Clarence Houston, university controller John Anderson, senators William Kimball J B Mead and representatives Oscar Cole Frank Robles Ray Martin Oliver Heflin John Hardwicke Marvin Burton Robert Forbes W Hostetter and James Ewing.
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Pima ‘County
Board of Regents
J. Byron McCormick
University of Arizona
Cleon T. Knapp
Clarence Houston
Tucson
John Anderson
University Comptroller
William Kimball
J. B. Mead
Oscar Cole
Frank Robles
Ray Martin
Oliver M. Heflin
John S. Hardwicke
Marvin Burton
Robert A. Forbes
W. S. Hostetter
James Ewing
White Way Rival Las Vegas Lights Up Nightly
Downtown Las Vegas glows with electric brilliance rivaling Times Square as Hoover Dam power lights the scene. The dam’s concrete face and Lake Mead intake towers are floodlit, creating a luminous skyline at night.
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Las Vegas
New York
S . Times . Square
Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
Ajo Road To Be Fully Paved In Two Years
Highway commissioner Louis Escalada announced at a breakfast with Chamber leaders that 63 miles of the Tucson to Ajo road remain to be paved. About 30 miles would be finished in 1949 with the rest in 1950, leaving segments from Tucson to Sells and 12 miles toward Ajo already completed. Attendees included Tucson Mayor E. Y. Houston and Chamber officials.
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Tucson
Ajo
Louis Escalada
Chambers of Commerce
Escalada
Sells
Joseph Radl
al Hudgin
Harold Shoemaker
Employment Trend Higher In Phoenix
Phoenix area employment trends show growth with manufacturing leading, plus a seasonal rise in tourism and ranch work. November unemployment stayed steady as job openings climbed. holiday demand and tourist activity suggest broad gains ahead while immigration could offset labor supply.
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Phoenix
U.P
Arizona State Employment Service
Eldon Young Freed on 2000 Dollar Bond in VFW Embezzlement Case
Eldon H. Young former quartermaster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Tucson Post 549 faced a preliminary hearing on embezzlement and false entries charges. He was released on 2000 bail with grand theft charges set for December 30. Records allegedly cut about 5000 dollars. former club manager Louis McAlister did not produce full records. Regular audits will follow, said Louis A. Menager Jr.
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Eldon H. Young
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tucson
VFW
Young
Louis A. Menager, Jr
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Everett Packham
Snyder & Packham
Louis McAlister
Bryce H. Wilson
McAlister
Menager
Inflatable dress form imitates a seamstress at home
A woman who sews at home has access to a manufactured inflatable dress form. It can be shaped to closely resemble her own figure, enabling custom fitting and tailored designs without a live model.
Dog Injury Case Spurs Hospital Bill Approval
Atlanta police faced a canine casualty when Major the dog fractured a foreleg after leaping from the five story police building roof while officers tried to cage him following the arrest of his owner for drunkenness. The leg was amputated and Major stayed in hospital three weeks before a $58 bill reached the city council.
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Atlanta
Major
Lie Sees Peace Hope In Palestine
Trygve Lie secretary general of the United Nations says there is a chance for world peace and optimism about Palestine after the Paris meeting. He cited social and economic progress and predicted peace in Palestine within a reasonably short time. He called the Paris results better than many expected.
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Boston
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Palestine
Paris
Lie
Secret Service hunts Chicago counterfeit presses for holiday rush
Extra agents search Chicago for printing presses tied to a large counterfeit ring centered in the area authorities say aims to cash in on Christmas shopping. Four Chicago arrests show only passers. estimated totals up to one million dollars, with spread to New York and nationwide.
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Chicago
U.P
Secret Service
Harry D. Anheier
New York
Midwest
Illinois
Sandwich clue ties theft report at downtown soda fountain
Mrs. William Milburn of 3144 East Fairmount avenue reported the loss of her billfold containing 82 dollars while at a downtown soda fountain. The sole clue offered to police was a sandwich description, a peanut butter and pickle, ordered by the man sitting beside her.
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William Milburn
East Fairmount Avenue
Matsonia to Leave Hawaii Run for Genoa Service
The Matson Line liner Matsonia will end its Hawaii cruises this month and be handed to new owners Panamanian Lines, Inc. Her home port shifts to Genoa Italy where she will be refitted to expand capacity for service between the Mediterranean and South American ports.
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San Francisco
Matsonia
Hawaii
Matson Line
Panamanian Lines, Inc
Genoa
Italy
Counterfeit Syndicate Pushes Small Bills Past Passers
Anheier described a counterfeit syndicate distributing mainly $10 and $20 bills in large lots. The group allegedly earns trust by connecting with passers who have no prior counterfeiting experience. Authorities warn these notes are dangerous reproductions.
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Anheier
Secret Service
Women Legion Plan Food Gifts for Veterans
Members of the Tucson Women’s American Legion post No. 71 will distribute food and clothing to ex servicewomen at the veterans hospital next Thursday. They will decorate the county hospital pediatric ward and send Christmas cards to men flying the Berlin air lift, with Miss Hazel F. Kandler chairing the decorating committee.
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Tucson
Saddle Club Invites Youth to Show at Rillito Track
The Saddle Club will host 21 youngsters from the Arizona children's home this Sunday at the Rillito Hunt hunter trials and show. Earl King chairs the committee arranging transport and refreshments while the club plans a further field day later in the season.
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el Conquistador Saddle Club
Arizona Children’s
Rillito Hunt
Rillito Race Track
Earl King
Saddle Club
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Stone Avenue
Congress Street
22Nd Street
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co
North Stone Avenue
Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association
Bank of Douglas
Second Street
Balky
Eldon Young
Arthritis
University
Jacome
East Congress Street Department Stores Inc
Fieldcrest
Wildwood
Jacome’s
Thrifties
Comi Chicago
Hawaiian Run
Scott
Women’s Legion
Gardner Rollers
Calama Senderane Sud
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