Builders Will Negotiate Pay Amid Arizona Construction Boom
Arizona contractors from Phoenix and Tucson expect minimal labor disruption as wage and contract terms are negotiated. Joseph Condry of the Associated General Contractors says settlements are likely and a post–control building boom will proceed once material supplies rise. He cites possible $10,000,000 Phoenix and $6,000,000–$7,000,000 Tucson starts, with current craft wages listed across trades.
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Joseph Condry
The
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Condry
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City Hall Janitor Saves Building From Fire
Christopher Williams, a 61 year old Negro custodian at City Hall since 1916, extinguished a furnace room fire by shoveling sand as fuel oil ignited. City hall staff later threatened his retirement citing the building's outmoded design while the hero calmly read in his office.
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City Hall
Christopher Williams
Williams
Perrine Cited After Cars Crash on Campbell and Adeline
Cars driven by Emil Lyssy and W C Perrine collided at 8 20 p m Thursday at Campbell avenue and Adeline. Mrs Martha Lyssy received leg injuries and was treated at county hospital. Perrine cited for driving on the wrong side of the road. Damage estimated at $200 to the Lyssy car and $300 to Perrine’s.
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Graybell Drive
W. C. Perrine
Campbell Avenue
Adeline
Ed Sims
Highway Patrol
Matha Lyssy
Perrine
Sims
Lussy
Woman Reports Lost Billfold With Cash and Papers
Mrs Homer Reardon of apartment 2 1745 South Sixth avenue reported to police that she lost a billfold containing 218 in cash and valuable pictures and papers. The loss occurred about 4 p m Thursday near South Sixth avenue and Twenty third street.
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Homer Reardon
South Sixth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Jail Breaker Is Recaptured
Forrest Leland Tisdale, 26, who escaped from the city jail on November 29, was captured in Jonesboro Illinois and will be brought back to Tucson to face federal charges. He had posed as an Army captain with war ribbons to lure trusties, but was exposed after a quick pursuit by two veterans. He fled while still in uniform after impersonating a captain to cash two checks totaling 35 dollars.
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Forrest Leland Tisdale
Jonesboro
Ill
Tucson
Tisdale
U. S
Thomas H. McKay
FBI
McKay
Leif Ericsson named Vinland after wild grapes found on coast
According to historical notes, Leif Ericsson reached Vinland around the year 1000 and named the land Vinland due to abundant wild grapes observed along the coast. The tale links the name to grape abundance and early Norse exploration of North America.
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Leif Ericsson
Year-end wrap up of 1946 in Washington by Othman
Frederick C. Othman surveys a chaotic 1946 with jokes on atomic power, stock prices, political shifts, odd inventions, and cultural quirks. He notes the first atomic plant at Schenectady, hamburger prices, pink streetcars, a talking dog, and political infighting alongside misquotes and public fads.
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South Pacific
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South Pole
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Capital Transit Company
London
Smithsonian Institution
Tucson Daily Citizer and 1946 A Big Year Preview
The item notes Tucson Daily Citizer and the year 1946 as a notable period and hints at more to come. It mentions Wind Cave in the Black Hills being explored to ten miles, signaling a broad sense of progress and discovery.
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Black Hills
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