Deficit Looms In Retirement Fund In Arizona
The Arizona teachers retirement system reports a possible deficit of 40 000 to 50 000 unless a deficiency appropriation is approved this year. Trustees urge higher teacher contributions from July 1 1946 to offset investment yields of 2.5 percent. They note improper use of the employer contribution basis and explain the plan remains solvent despite upcoming pension payment pressures.
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Arizona
E. W. Montgomery
Phoenix
Pima Expected To Top Bond Quota This Day
Pima county is forecast to exceed its 1 500 000 bond quota by about 100 000 before midnight, per Fred Dragonette. He notes heavy sales of 1 000 bonds and urges agents to send stubs to federal reserve banks to count the activity.
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Pima County
Fred Dragonette
Pima County War Finance Committee
Dragonette
Federal Reserve
Wittenberg Services To Be Held In Chicago
The body of Angela Wittenberg 43 was sent to Chicago for funeral services and burial. She died Saturday morning en route to the county hospital after a sudden illness. An autopsy found natural causes. Mrs Wittenberg lived at Marana housing project with husband George and moved here from Chicago six years ago. McCarthy Williams mortuary arranged local services.
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Angela Wittenberg
Chicago
Park Engineer Says Trees Need To Eat Too
City park engineer Charles B. Maguire outlined a feeding project for municipal park trees. Holes are bored under each tree and filled with sludge processed at the sewage plant containing nitrogen phosphorus iron and ash.
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Charles B. Maguire
Maguire
Iron Lung Gift Arrives for Tucson from Massachusetts
A twin iron lung is en route to Tucson from Alston Massachusetts. KTUC announces the device as a New Year gift for Tucson and Pima County. A special committee led by local officials will arrange display and installation at the county hospital with a broadcasted presentation planned.
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Tucson
KTUC
Alston
Mass
Wayne Sanders
Iron Lung Co. of America
Pima County
Hilles
Don Hays
Ed Echols
W. W. Burr
State Highway Patrol
Lee Little
Wayne Ders
City Briefs Highlights Tucson Trash and Church Retreat
Residents should not expect garbage collection tomorrow as incineration department staff take vacation. Clinton Helbig, superintendent of streets, announced. Tuxis, the high school group at Trinity Presbyterian Church, plans a Thursday and Friday retreat at Whitehouse Canyon directed by Barbara Cook, the group’s adviser.
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Tucson
Clinton Helbig
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Whitehouse Canyon
Barbara Cook
Reverend Whichard to preside at Grace Episcopal New Year service
Rev. H. Walter Whichard will be celebrant at a New Year’s Day communion service at Grace Episcopal Church at 10 a.m. The ceremony marks the start of the church’s seasonal observances.
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H. Walter Whichard
Grace Episcopal Church
Femmes Savantes Plan Worship Service for Conference
A meeting of Les Femmes Savantes at 7 30 p m Thursday at the YWCA downtown center discusses plans for the worship service of the upcoming business professional and industrial women's conference to be held here January 12 and 13. Mrs Alice Preston presides with Mrs J Watson as program chairman assisted by Mrs Julia Bush Mrs Willie Thompson and Miss Belle Carter.
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LES Femmes Savantes
YWCA
Alice Preston
J. Watson
Julia Bush
Willie Thompson
Belle Carter
Usury Charge Made Against Negro In Briggs Case
Police report Dwight Briggs operator of the Briggs hotel at 76 West Jackson faced a usury charge after Robin Wright said Briggs loaned $15 and demanded $20 to recover a suitcase. Briggs also appeared in court on gambling charges after a dice game drew arrests. bond set at $300. A nearby truck driver sparked a small fire by peering into a gasoline tank with a lit match but escaped injury.
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Dwight Briggs
Briggs Hotel
Fire Department
Briggs
Robin Wright
Wright
West Jackson Street
South Fourth Avenue
12Th Street
Trading Halt Notice for New Year Holiday Markets
Markets announce year end halts with New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges and the New York produce exchange closed on December 31. The Chicago board of trade operates until noon CST. All major security markets close on January 1 for New Year’s Day.
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United Press
New York
New Orleans
Greyhound Strike Near End After Two Month Walkout
Greyhound employees in 18 states prepared to end a two month strike with a meeting in Cleveland where union reps agreed to drop the walkout and seek wage terms from a government fact finding panel. First of 4000 workers to return at 5 am Thursday with long distance service restored gradually.
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United Press
Greyhound
Cleveland
Vasquez Services Held At Santa Cruz Church
Services for Mrs. Rafalela Vasquez, 75, were held this afternoon at Santa Cruz church. The body was sent to Continental for burial in the family plot. Mrs. Vasquez died Saturday morning at her home on West 38th Street and had lived in Tucson for 50 years. She is survived by her husband Francisco. Tucson mortuary made the arrangements.
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Rafalela Vasquez
Santa Cruz Church
Continental
Edward Clarke Leaves Colgate With Discharge
Lt Cmdr Ralph G Righel replaces Edward C Clarke as commanding officer of naval units at Colgate university. Clarke returns to civilian life. Pvt Ralph Foster, Tucson native, debarked Manila Nov 21 and serves at the 24th replacement depot north of Manila. Foster, inducted at Ft MacArthur, is married to May and has a child in Nogales. He earns Asiatic Pacific Ribbon and Victory Medal. First Lt Jack C Vandervort of Tucson earns the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster as announced by Brig Gen Charles W Lawrence of the India China division Air Transport Command.
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Ralph G. Righel
Loyola
University of Illinois At Chicago
Colgate University
Edward C. Clarke
Tucson
Ariz
Ralph Foster
Lillia Vaught
Manila
P. L
24Th
Pvt
Foster
Army
Ft. MacArthur
Calif
United States
May Foster
Nogales
Jack C. Vandervort
Charles W. Lawrence
India
China
Air Transport Command
Air Medal Awarded to Tucson Aerial Engineer Buckley
Sgt. John J. Buckley of Tucson received the Air Medal with Second Oak Leaf Cluster for his work with the India China division of the Air Transport Command. He accepted the decoration in Calcutta, India.
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John J. Buckley
Tucson
Air Transport Command
Calcutta
India
Hinton Receives Naval Discharge at San Diego Hospital
William D. Hinton age 27 aviation radioman 10 of 119 East Columbia Street has received his discharge announced by the 11th naval district at the U S naval hospital in San Diego California.
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William D. Hinton
East Columbia Street
U. S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
11Th Naval District
Six Tucson area sailors among six released from Navy
Six southern Arizona men are discharged from the Navy per 11th Naval District. Marcel F. Schaller of Tucson and Leonard C. Clark of Douglas are among those released at Bremerton and other centers, with others from Douglas, San Xavier Mission, and Tucson noted. Three Tucson men also discharged at Shoemaker, California.
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Arizona
Navy
11Th Naval District
Marcel F. Schaller
West
Congress Street
Tucson
Ternal Island
San Pedro
Calif
Robert S. Ashcraft
Douglas
John A. Ramsey
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Joe F. Blaine
Seaman
San Xavier Mission
Jacksonville
Fla
William J. Gieszl
North Second Street
Naval Separation Center
San Francisco
Leonard C. Clark
Bremerton
Wash
Naval Personnel Separation Center
Shoemaker
Damian S. Encinas
South 12Th Avenue
Frank A. Draper
West District Street
Meade A. Woods
East Ft. Lowell Road
Kinsolving to Speak at Sunday Forum at University Methodist
Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving II will address the Sunday Evening Forum at University Methodist church at 7 30 p m. His topic is A Higher Standard of American Thinking. Rev George W Ferguson will introduce him and Mrs W T Jeffries will preside.
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Arthur B. Kinsolving, II
Episcopal Missionary District of
Arizona
University Methodist Church
East Third Street
Euclid Avenue
George W. Ferguson
St. Philips-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church
W. T. Jeffries
Ida Lupino Uses Cologne To Set Pin Curls
Ida Lupino dampens her hair with cologne and rolls it into a pin curl to tame unruly curls. The technique is expected to dry quickly as she works.
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Ida Lupino
Lon Chaney Jr and wife depart Old Pueblo for Mazatlan
Film actor Lon Chaney Jr and his wife, guests of Mr and Mrs Bill Lopez of 340 South Scott Street, leave tomorrow for a second honeymoon in Mazatlan Mexico. They recall lean days and recall Of Mice and Men as his best film while noting a long friendship with the Lopez family dating back ten years.
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Lon Chaney, Jr
Chaneys
North Hollywood
Chaney
Club la Jolla
Herbert Miles
Tucson
Lopez
Nogales
Son
Former UA Star Visited on Campus En Route to Ft Ord
Capt Les Westfall and Mrs Westfall visited with friends on the University of Arizona campus. They travel from Camp Bowie Texas to Ft Ord California where Westfall will be discharged in about a month. He played center for the University of Arizona basketball teams in 1939 40 41 42 and saw Army action in northern France Germany and central Europe returning August 21 from Germany. They are staying at the Santa Rita hotel over New Year's Day.
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Les Westfall
Westfall
University of Arizona
Camp Bowie
Tex
Ft. Ord
Calif
France
Germany
Europe
Santa Rita Hotel
OSS Man Awarded Iron Cross by Germany for Espionage Work
An OSS operative assigned to counterespionage received the Iron Cross from Germany. The award honors his service in covert intelligence activities.
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OSS
Counterespionage
Germany
Edward Gold Is Honored At Synagogue
Edward David Gold son of Reu ben Gold was honored at Bar Mitzvah ceremonies at Anshei Israel synagogue. He gave the traditional speech as Rabbi Aron Moskovits officiated. Dr. Phillip Goldstein, Gold’s cousin from New York City, was principal speaker. A reception for 400 guests followed at 1839 East Ninth Street with out of town guests from Phoenix and Ft. Bliss Texas.
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Edward David Gold
Reuben Gold
Anshei Israel
Aron Moskovits
Phillip Goldstein
Gold
New York City
East Ninth Street
Goldstein
Harold Witchey
Estelle Bedilian
Rebecca Friedman
Celia Rosen
Phoenix
Phillip Bloom
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Pardons Board Sets January 23 Meeting
The Arizona Board of Pardons will meet January 23 at the state prison in Florence, announced today by board chairman Walter Hofman.
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State Board of Pardons
Phoenix
Arizona Board of Pardons
Florence
Walter Hofman
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Matin Diug Co
Temple of Music & Art
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Newersey
Western Electric Employes’ Association
Employes Association
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric
War Labor Board
Pearl Harbor
Truman
WLB
Wage Stabilization Board
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Prompt Service
Southland Oil CO
N. Stone Avenue
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Colgate
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Sunday Forum
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Brazil
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Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary
Virginia
New York University
Virginia Theological Seminary
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University of Virginia
United States Military Academy
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Broadway Village Drug Store Prescription Oruvagists
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Old Pueblo
Mazatlan
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Edward Gold
Westward Motors
G.M.C
Pany
Perienced Petroleum Laboratories
Choice of the West
Hatley Oil Company
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