Record Rodeo Gate Predicted at Tucson Event
Fred Lauber, ticket sales chair, told the Tucson rodeo committee that a $49 000 gate is expected, $3 000 above 1947. The committee added team tying, with event in cooperation with the Rodeo Cowboys Association if chamber board approves. Prize money could be 1485 if net profits reach 10 000 or more. Co E Sheppard outlined steer costs about 1 000. Entry fees 250 per team, up to 40 teams.
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Fred Lauber
Tucson Rodeo Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Rodeo Cowboys’ Association
Chamber Board of Directors
Co. E. Sheppard
RCA
Japs On Trial For Beheading Yanks At Sea
Five Japanese sailors pleaded innocent before a U S military tribunal in Yokohama charged with wartime atrocities aboard the transport Nitta Maru. Four defendants face beheading four Americans including Marines and sailors captured at Wake Island and sent to a Shanghai prison camp. Marine Col James Devereaux, commander at Wake, was aboard the ill fated voyage.
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Yokohama
U. S
Shanghai
Wake Island
James Devereaux
Wake
Christmas Warehouse Blaze At Burris Hatch Movers
A four story Burris Hatch Movers warehouse in Des Moines Iowa burned Christmas shoppers watched as firemen fought a blaze that sent flames 150 feet into the air. The storage housed furniture auto tires refrigerators and other goods with losses unofficially over 1 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Burris-Hatch Movers, Inc
Pers
Burma seeks U.S. firm to develop cotton spinning industry
On Tuesday evening December 23, 1947 Burma announced it invites an American company to establish a formal cotton spinning industry. Currently cotton spinning in Burma is conducted as a cottage industry with small-scale work.
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Burma
Christmas Day on Mt. Lemmon feast advert
Celebrate a traditional Christmas at Mt. Lemmon Lodge 39 miles from Tucson. The Pine Cone dining room serves a turkey feast in snowy pines, with reservations urged at 2817 for the public.
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Old
St. Nick
Tucson
Pine Cone
Mt. Lemmon Lodge
Mt. Lemmon
Adv
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