Tucson Truck Route Under Study By City Council
The Tucson council will meet Tuesday to consider rights of way for a truck freeway. Appraisers place land cost near 550000, higher than earlier estimates as homes rose in value. A 300-foot width is planned, with federal 600000 for start and total costs around 5 million.
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Jevtayor E. T. Houston
Tucson
W. ‘Stewart Nichols
Nichols
State Engineering Department
State Highway Department
Phil J. Martin, Jr
State Tax Commission
Henry C. Kelly
Yuma
Pima County
Tax Commission
New Underground Water Code Set for Fourth Arizona Session
A state backed underground water code would grant sole control to the water commissioner over all underground water use and rights. Local option bills may be reintroduced, with priority rules, district formation hearings, and registration of existing wells. Experts from the geological survey are expected to testify on basin data.
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Arizona
Hugo Farmer
Yuma
Colorado River Commission
O. C. Williams
U. S
Geologic Survey Department
Former Vanity Fair Editor Frank Crowninshield Dies
Frank Crowninshield 75 former Vanity Fair editor who steered the magazine until its 1935 end died Saturday in New York He was Paris born great grandson of Le Crowninshield a Navy secretary to Madison and Monroe He helped publish early works of Millay Woollcott Dos Passos Nutting Shaw and others and introduced readers to Huxley Coward and others
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Frank Crowninshield
Vanity Fair
New York
W. L. Crowninshield
Hast - Rogers
Road
Crowninshield
Paris
le Crowninshield
Secetary
Navy
James Madison
James Monroe
Vanity Mail
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Alexander Woollcott
John Dos Passos
F. Scott Nutagerald
Claire Boothe
Ogden Vash
Ideas
Huxley
Noel Coward
P. Pee Oodhouse
Ferenc. Molay
Long Arm of Law Nabs Suspect After 14 Year Chase
Federal authorities arrest Cipriana Castelon alias Miguel Orenday in San Francisco as the long pursuit ends. Castelon, held for deportation, had escaped a federal prison camp in 1933 after serving six months. He faces trial on the escape charge with up to five years behind bars.
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Uncle Sam
Cipriana Castelon
Miguel
Mike” Orenday
FBI
U. S
Thomas H. McKay
Castelon
San Francisco
Mike
Orenday
Mexico
Hirohito Horse On Exhibit At Hospital
Hatsushima a white Hirohito horse aged 19 was shown Monday at a veterans hospital. He traveled with owner Dick Ryan ex cavalryman and a Dalmatian named Mike. The group tours for American Legion membership drives sponsored by Morg an McDermott post and heads to the Ryan ranch Oceanside California.
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Hatsushima
Hirohito
Veterans’ Hospital
Dick Ryan
Mike
Ryan
Oceanside
Calif
American Legion
Morgan McDermott
Japan
Agriculture Building For Fair Nears Completion
A 120 by 100 foot exposition building to house agriculture exhibits for the 1948 fair is expected to be completed by January 15. County Supervisor Lambert Kautenburger disclosed.
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Lambert Kautenburger
Woman Denies Charge Of Driving Into Wall
Dorothy Miller of 544 South Sixth Avenue denied drunken driving charges after police say she admitted driving into the east wall of the North Stone Avenue subway around 10 40 p m Sunday The car traveled about 20 feet along the wall before the right front wheel broke off The occupants were described as very drunk and neither injured.
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Dorothy Miller
South Sixth Avenue
North Stone Avenue
Ectty Court
Industrial Post Poses Problem in State Legislature
The governor's office moved to the Industrial Commission in the Capitol annex due to illness in Gov. Sid ney and P. Osborn. Hart Rooks and Fred E. Edwards form the commission majority with support from Secretary Jack Gavin, causing concern among Phoenix politicians and threats of investigation if Rooks' confirmation proceeds. Rep. Bil Craig of Wickenburg is named secretary of the Little Dies committee, headed by Rep. Al Lindsey, who will study procedures in California before action. The committee, including Rep. Hamilton Catlin, avoids firm steps, fearing its reach may extend beyond state borders.
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Industrial Commission
Capitol
Bil Craig
Wickenburg
Little
Arizona
al Lindsey
Phoenix
Lindsey
California
Hamilton Catlin
Tucson
Arizona power authority seeks funds for river power plan
The Arizona power authority and the U S Bureau of Reclamation plan to bring more Colorado River power into the state and may request an appropriation during the fifth special session. The session will also tackle social security law overhaul among other tasks.
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Arizona Power Authority
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Law Professor Samples. Efficiency, Of
A sheriff's office routine report notes an incident on Silverbell road late Sunday night described as a man acting funny. Deputies filed the initial observations before completing the record with a line about university pretenses and getting samples.
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Sheriff's Office
Silverbell ‘Road
Man Charged With Arson Of His Own Home
William Anderson sixty? five? fifty? sentenced for arson at his residence on South Winmore Avenue. Deputies say he threatened to burn the house while intoxicated and poured gasoline in the kitchen before lighting it. He suffered minor burns and was treated at county hospital before being jailed. Police seized the gasoline can and lighter found in the kitchen.
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William Anderson
Winmore Avenrue
Pima
Merchant Patrol
Anderson
Lawmakers Favor Economies Over New Taxes in 1948 Outlook
Several legislators oppose new taxes such as gas or luxury taxes citing a treasury surplus and the 1948 elections. They advocate economizing rather than tax increases to address fiscal needs.
Farmers Hear Talk on Water Legislation in Eloy Meeting
Farmers in the Eloy Casa Grande district will meet at Eloy Tuesday night to discuss underground water legislation. The meeting follows the third special session which begins January 5 and is immediately followed by the fourth special session of the 18th legislature.
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Eloy-Casa Grande
Eloy
Mexican national held on illegal entry charge in Pima County Jail
Rueben Jacques, 26, a Mexican national, is detained in Pima County jail on $500 bail for illegal entry into the United States. He was arraigned Monday before U.S. Commissioner Thomas H. McKay. Jacques was found by immigration officials while serving a 10 day city jail sentence for a drunk charge, the complaint states.
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Rueben Jacques
Pima County
United States
U.S
Thomas H. McKay
Jacques
Alleged Check Artist Nabbed in Old Pueblo Sting
James William Ferris 36 of Kentucky and Indiana was arrested in Tucson after attempting to pass several counterfeit checks at the White House department store. Police found multiple samples of worthless paper and Ferris used a stolen identity, claiming to be a painter while posing as his brother Edward Ferris who is in Indiana prison on bogus check charges. Ferris, a parole violator, admitted his name under questioning.
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East Linden
James William Ferris
Kentucky
Indiana
White House
Ferris
Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Company
Mach
James C. Herron
Edward Ferris
Betty Higbie 17 Dies in Local Hospital
Betty Higbie 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry L Higbie Rt 7 box 671 died Sunday in a local hospital She was a native of Toledo Ohio and arrived with her family in Tucson 17 days ago She attended Whitmer High School in Toledo She is survived by her parents a sister Alma a brother John grandparents Mr and Mrs Bert Higbie of Pontiac Michigan and Mr and Mrs Chester Huston of Westville Indiana and two uncles Pfe Robert Huston and Lt Richard Huston of White Sands Proving Grounds New Mexico Funeral services and burial will be held in Bowling Green Ohio Miss Alma Higbie will accompany the body to Ohio
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Betty Higbie
Harry L. Higbie
Rt. 7
Toledo
Tucson
Whitmer High
Alma
John
Bert Higbie
Pontiac
Mich
Chester Huston
Westville
Ind
Pfe
Robert Huston
Richard Huston
White Sand -Proving Grounds
N. M
Bowling Green
Alma Higbie
Ohio
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