March of Dimes Campaign Opens in Tucson 1947
The 1947 March of Dimes begins in Tucson on January 16 to fund infantile paralysis research and care. A tag day on January 18 involves 200 students led by Meade Powell to seek donations. Goal is $15,000 amid 14 poliomyelitis cases last year. Funds boosted by events including boxing, the Streak of Dimes, theatre support, and a January 30 ball.
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Tucson
Ernie Lewis
Meade Powell
University of Arizona
Lewis
Pima County
Nick Hall
Valley National Bank
Santa Rita
Dorothy Yim Lee Rites Set For Tuesday
Services for Mrs. Dorothy Yim Lee 44 will be at 3 p m Tuesday in Reilly's chapel with Rev Hilka Green officiating and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Music arranged by Mrs L A Lohse pallbearers include Johnny Don Lee Lee Tung Park Jack Lee William Lee Wah Lee Jue and Alton Lim.
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Dorothy Yim Lee
Reilly’s Chapel
Hilka Green
Evergreen Cemetery
L. A. Lohse
Local Club Schedule Highlights Tuesday Events
Tuesday noon Legion Luncheon at Santa Rita hotel. 1 pm Homemakers Club party at Mrs. H. W. Vermillion home on Pastime Park road. 8 pm talk by Mrs. J. W. Whipple on Missions in French Indo China at the Christian and Missionary Alliance church. Wednesday 7:30 pm VFW Post 1713 meets at 167 South Meyer street.
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Legion
Santa Rita Hotel
H. W. Vermillion
Pastime Park Road
Indo-China
J. W. Whipple
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Pima Post No. 1713
VFW
South Meyer Street
New Office Serves Indian Veterans
The Veterans Administration will open a contact office at Window Rock next Monday to aid several thousand Navajo veterans. Two Navajo veterans Stanley R. Thomas Jr. and Leigh P. Hubbard will staff the office. The Window Rock office will be the eighth contact office established in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Veterans’ Administration
Window Rock
Stanley R. Thomas, Jr
Leigh P. Hubbard
Yankee Abroad Ill Mannered
Dr. Ples Harper spoke at the University Methodist church about cultural exchange programs run by the state department. He described Latin American curiosity about the United States, the educational efforts including movies libraries and exchange scholarships, and noted Peruvians’ disillusionment with movies and tourists.
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Ples Harper
State Department
Lima
Peru
University Methodist Church
Harper
Tucson
United States
Peruvian-born scholar leads West Texas State lecture series
After four years in Peru Dr. Harper became director of all U. S. state department cultural centers in South America. He now heads the romance language department at West Texas State college. J. R. de la Torre Bueno introduced the speaker and presided during the question period.
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Peru
Harper
Washington
U. S. State Department
South America
West Texas State College
J. R. de la Torre Bueno
Hayden Opposes Baptist Plan Over Thunder Birdfield
Senator Carl Hayden writes to Dr. Willis J. Ray that he will not support the bid by Arizona Baptists for Thunder Birdfield No. 1 now used by the American Institute for Foreign Trade. The senator pledges to promote the institute's continuation, citing a misunderstanding in the Baptist letter.
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Phoenix
Carl Hayden
Arizona Baptists
Thunderbirdfield No. 1
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Willis J. Ray
Arizona Baptist Convention
Institute For Foreign Trade
Mayden
Our
Baptists weigh Thunderbird field as site for college
A Baptist delegation in Phoenix reviews Thunderbird field No 1 for transfer to the American Institute for Foreign Trade as a Colleges for Latin American studies potential. Officials mention possible alternates Coolidge or Falcon fields and plan talks with Col A J Read of the War Assets Administration. The institute, led by Lt Gen Barton K Yount, is praised for veterans and Good Neighbor policy efforts.
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Hayden
Arizona
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Ee I
Thunderbird
American Institute For Fore Trade
Barton K. Yount
A. J. Read
Los Angeles
War Assets Administration
Phoenix
Thunderbird Field
Coolidge Field
Falcon Field
Coolidge
Ernest W. McFarland
Dr. Ray
Falconfield
Col. Read
Arizona church pastors and evangelistic workers reach vast outreach
The report notes 51 Arizona churches with pastors and state evangelistic workers. It records nearly 13.6 million acres sown to crops in Russia plus attendance figures, with double the prior year's totals.
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Arizona
Russia
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General Hardware & Supply CO
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Butane
Bobby Burns
New York
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Tyndall
Middleton
N. Stone
Tiemann Feed & Supply
Guy Menthan Nurseries
Middleton A . Seed
Dennt
Feed & Copper State Chemical CO
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Arizona Steel Buildings Supply CO
North Fourth Avenue
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Sonotone
THE
House OF Hearing
Se. Scott
Fred F. Trautman
Pauline Trautman
N. Campbell
Bologna
Skippy
Peer
del Monte
Utah
Sperry
Martinelli
Quarts
Idaho
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Maud Downing
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St Louis
Sion
Anheuser-Busch
Saint Louis
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