Radio Stations Broadcast Special Christmas Music in Tucson
Tucson’s radio stations present a full Christmas music slate from Wednesday to Christmas Day. KCNA airs Messiah with other programming including Lost Christmas and midnight services, while KOPO, KTUC, and KVOA feature Nativity stories, Christmas Carol broadcasts, and star-studded holiday programs with CBS network content and local choir performances.
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Tucson
George Frederick Handel
KCNA
Liverpool
England
Walter Hampden
Bob Keyworth
St. Philip’s-in-the-Hills
MBS
Toyland
Victor Herbert
KOPO
Lionel Barrymore
Bing Crosby
ABC
KTUC
Scott Henderson
Henderson
Mt. Calvary Quartet
Yaqui Singers
Carrillo School
Las Posadas Singers
Tucson High School
Arizona Deaf and Blind School Singers
First Congregational Church
CBS
Bob Hope
Edgar Bergen
Lauritz Melchoir
Harry James
Jim Ameche
Dick Haymes
KVOA
San Agustin Cathedral
Tucson Boys
New Sign Planned at Lordsburg on Highway 80
Letters from the Tucson Chamber of Commerce and the U S Highway 80 association, based in this city, ask New Mexico State Highway officials in Santa Fe to cooperate on a Lordsburg NM sign directing travelers on Route 80. The request seeks a sign equal in size to the Highway 70 marker due to complaints it is too small to notice.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Lettuce Shipments Set Up New Record
Phoenix dispatch reports lettuce shipments from the Galt river valley this season topped 2 000 000 crates on Tuesday, about 200 000 above last fall. Some 300 carloads remain to be harvested despite early heat damage and an ongoing strike by lettuce packers.
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Phoenix
Galt River
President Truman's Christmas Tree Lighting Message
President Truman delivers a Christmas tree lighting address from the White House on the south lawn. He evokes Bethlehem, hardship abroad, and American charity, urging compassion for the homeless and hungry and urging continued aid to less fortunate peoples overseas.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Washington Monument
Bethlehem
Galilee
Nazareth
St. Luke's
Mary
Europe
Asia
Valley Forge
St. Paul
Wilson Returns Bringing Trouble
Earl Wilson, a known local figure, returns to town and clashes with Justice C W Gardner. After a suspended sentence, he enters town at 4 30 am and is jailed for 15 days for drunken conduct. Gardner orders further court action after current term ends.
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Earl Wilson
C. W. Gardner
Gardner
Jaynes Station
Wilson
Tucson
South Tucson
Circle Inn
Justice Court
Granddaughter Birth Celebrates For Police Captain
Police Capt Roy G Robinson marked a family milestone as his granddaughter Caroline Sue, weighing seven pounds eleven ounces, was born to his daughter Claretta Robinson and Paul T Wilkerson a University of Arizona student. The event occurred during the captain’s 28th wedding anniversary celebrations and amid Christmas Eve preparations.
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Roy G. Robinson
Caroline Sue
Claretta Robinson
Paul T. Wilkerson
University of Arizona
Speakman Condition Reported Satisfactory By Family Doctor
Federal Judge How ard C. Speakman was described as satisfactory by his family physician on Tuesday after he was admitted to St. Mary's hospital the previous Saturday for treatment of a heart ailment.
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Howard C. Speakman
U. S. District Court
St. Mary's Hospital
Utility Records All Time Load Peak at 30 350 KW
Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co reports a 30 350 kilowatt all time load for 15 minutes last week. President J R Snider cites Christmas lighting and long darkness in December as causes. Salt River Water Users Association supplied 10 000 kW from its mobile plant near Mesa. Winter peak expected to ease after January. Company plans turbine blade replacement in February to prepare for next summer peak.
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Tucson Gas, Electric Light, and Power Co
J. R. Snider
Snider
Salt River Water Users Association
Navy
Mesa
Beal to Lead Baptist Youth Sessions Next Week
Rev Richard S Beal Jr professor of science at Westmont College Santa Barbara California will conduct a youth conference at Sleeth chapel First Baptist church for high school and college students. He speaks at 630 p m Sunday and 730 p m Monday through Friday on The Bible and Science. Beal pursues a Ph D at UC graduate college.
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Richard S. Beal, Jr
Westmont College
Santa Barbara
Calif
Sleeth Chapel
First Baptist Church
Beal
University of California
War anecdote by university law student in Post
Stewart Udall, a University of Arizona law student, contributes a short story titled What O'Clock, Nose Gunner? in the December 27 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. The piece presents a wartime narrative with Udall's debut in a national magazine.
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Stewart Udall
University of Arizona
Saturday Evening Post
Nicaragua comparable in size to Michigan
A concise note compares Nicaragua to Michigan in land area, stating both are similar in geographic size. It highlights how the Central American nation matches the U.S. state in overall scale, prompting readers to recall the relative dimensions of these regions.
Hospital fund nears one third of goal in second report
The St. Mary hospital building fund campaign reports $279,215 in special gifts toward an $850,000 target. Evo de Concini, general chairman, notes 10 percent of prospects account for 33 percent of the goal and 81 percent of total gifts are pledges over five years.
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St. Mary Hospital
Old Pueblo Club
Evo de Concini
de Concini
Advanced
Reubens Gives Yale Bonuses
Reuben's Furniture stores in Tucson Coolidge Nogales and Superior will distribute more than 32000 in bonuses to 146 employees at informal Christmas eve parties Wednesday President Reuben Gold announced. Bonuses vary by service length and job responsibility and run from one to 12 weeks extra pay.
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Reuben’s
Tucson
Coolidge
Nogales
Superior
Reuben Gold
Congress Street
John Cordis
Cordis
Short Wave Broadcast Reunites Distant Family At Christmas
A 5 p.m. Wednesday short wave talk over W7GV will connect Meade and wife Powell of 620 East First Street with their daughter Lt. Jessie Ruth Powell in Okinawa. Jessie Ruth, a dietician with the 31st Station Hospital, has served since 1940, making a 6000 mile family reunion possible as Christmas arrives.
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Meade Powell
East First Street
Jessie Ruth Powell
Okinawa
Powell
31St Station Hospital
Jewish War Veterans Elect New Officers
Melvin Fine was elected commander of the Jewish War Veterans at a meeting in Congregation Anshei Israel. Fifty charter members joined as officers Sam Heifetz Earl C Sydow Wallace Levin Dave Bromberg Bentley Weitzman and Samuel Black were chosen for senior roles and membership duties.
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Melvin Fine
The
Jewish War Veterans
Congregation
Anshei Israel
Sam Heifetz
Earl C. Sydow
Wallace Levin
Dave Bromberg
Bentty Weitzman
Samuel Black
El Salvador Size Compared to Vermont
El Salvador is about twice as large as Vermont in area, reflecting a significant geographic comparison between the Central American nation and the U.S. state. The fact highlights regional scale differences for readers examining maps and regional proportions.
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el Salvador
Vermont
Ad speakers stress publicity value at Tucson meeting
Aaron Levy of Levy Brothers department store opened a noon Tucson Advertising Club discussion on Fame and Fortune. He praised sound truthful ads as essential for both established and new businesses, noting his Douglas start and 1931 move to Tucson as examples.
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Aaron Levy
Levy Brothers Department Store
Levy
Fame and Fortune
Tucson Advertising Club
Douglas
Tucson
Vorhies to Attend Western Naturalists Meeting in Berkeley
Dr. Charles T. Vorhies professor of zoology and head of entomology at the University of Arizona will attend the 17th annual winter meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists at UC Berkeley December 29 to 31. The event is held with the California Botanical Society and Vorhies will present a paper on desert animals in a symposium. Lyman Benson formerly of Arizona now at Pomona College will also participate in the symposium.
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Charles T. Vorhies
University of Arizona
Western Society of Naturalists
University of California, Berkeley
California Botanical Society
Vorhies
Lyman Benson
Pomona College
Claremont, Calif
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Martin E. Epstein
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Charles E. Birdsall
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Rev. Beal
Nicaragua
Michigan
Reuben
Yale
Reid
Cort Realty
Eve
Broadway
North Stone Ave
R. E Pruitt, JR
Dist
Dr. Vorhies
ROY Drachman Realty Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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Sidney Sterlip
Mortgage Loan Department
W. Pennington Street
Yuletide
the Christ
Power & Home
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