Scout Leaders to Visit Camp Lawton Weekend
Catalina Boy Scout council officials led by Edward G. Stowell announce a June 28 and 29 weekend trip to Camp Lawton to train leaders in summer camping operations. The 64‑man camp space filled for early sessions. 37 spots remain for the final week. interest remains strong despite higher costs.
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Catalina Boy, Scout Council
Camp Lawton
Boy Scout
Edward G. Stowell
Boy Scout Office
Stowell
Truman Aircraft Fitted With Advanced Safety Systems
The craft is described as carrying a radar mechanism to warn of obstacles and detect ice or turbulence in clouds. It includes a radio teletype with a 3000 mile range that codes and decodes messages automatically.
Preliminary Campaign Discussed By Women
Women and Miss Bernice Stoops at a Pima County Republican club meeting at the YWCA planned preliminary activities for the 1948 campaign.
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Pima County Women’s Republican Club
YWCA
Bernice Stoops
Leaves of Victoria Regis Bear Up a Man's Weight
The giant water lily leaves of Victoria Regia reach such size they can support a man's weight, illustrating the remarkable physical scale of the aquatic plant.
Miners Wage Talks Continue as Southern Operators Propose Pay Rise
Secretary Ardigo and Homan attend daily talks as Southern producers offer 12.70 dollars per day, an 85 cent rise, in exchange for ending portal to portal travel pay. UMW calls the offer unrealistic while Lewis seeks 13.05 for an eight hour day plus travel and lunch. The dispute centers on preserving miners gains under the government contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Ardigo
H. S. Homan
UMW
Lewis
Welfare funding request grows for state aid program
The social security department seeks a total budget increase of about 1 million dollars for administration and payments. Federal funds would cover roughly 700 thousand for administration and 300 thousand for administration previously, while the department now asks for 800 thousand more for needy payments. Expect resistance as the special session nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Department
India Moves Toward Dominion Amid Partition Debate
Indian leaders push toward dominion status under the Mountbatten plan as Pakistan and Hindustan options loom. A referendum in the Northwest Frontier Province will decide its join with Hindustan or Pakistan, while Bengal and Punjab await partition decisions and nearly 600 princely states ponder their future status.
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Northwest Frontier Province
Hindustan
Pakistan
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Partition
Bengal
Punjab
Moslem League Council
British India
Rajistan
Mountbatten
India
Calcutta
New Delhi
Trial of Overell murder case bogs down in jury selection
The state says Miss Overell and her fiancé killed her parents and blew up the yacht to cover the crime, with her inheritance at stake. Jury selection drags into the sixth day as 200 plus prospects are questioned. both sides exhaust most challenges. The case also notes Betelgeuse’s diameter of 273 million miles.
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Overell
Miss Overell
Walter E. Overell
Beulah Overell
California
George “Bud” Gollum
Jacobs
Eugene D. Williams
Cates Honored By Columbia U for Doctor of Science
Louis S. Cates mining engineer and president of Phelps Dodge received an honorary doctor of science degree from Columbia University at the 103rd commencement. The ceremony was outdoors with acting president Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal presiding. Cates pioneered large scale underground caving in Arizona and led Phelps Dodge through modernization and wartime production.
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Louis S. Cates
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Columbia University
Frank D. Fackenthal
Cates
Arizona
Utah Copper Company
Bingham and Garfield Railway Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
Walter Douglas
New Properties
City Briefs Masonic Lodge To Confer Second Degree
Tucson lodge No. 4 F and A M will confer the second degree at the Masonic temple this evening at 7 30 p m.
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Tucson Lodge No. 4
Masonic Temple
Boy Scouts Board to Meet at Camp Lawton
Catalina Council of Boy Scouts directors and their wives will hold a Sunday afternoon and evening meeting at Camp Lawton. Dr. E H Bruening council president will preside. The Bob Jones Brass Quartet from Bob Jones University Cleveland Tenn will perform a 8 p m program at First Baptist Church.
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Catalina Council of Boy Scouts
Camp Lawton
E. H. Bruening
BOB Jones Brass Quartet
Bob Jones University
Cleveland, Tenn
First Baptist Church
End of Rift Between Argentina and United States Marked by Truman Statement
The United States had blocked a Rio conference for over a year over Argentina’s anti Axis pledges. Truman’s statement signaling a thaw ends the long discord between Argentina and the United States since early World War II months, with significance arguably greater than the conference itself.
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United States
Argentina
Mr. Truman
Garsson Acknowledges Aid From May in War Work
Henry Garsson testified that former Kentucky Representative Andrew J. May helped in war production but he did not pay May for favors. Garsson and his brother Murray, on trial with May for war bribe conspiracy, deny any illegal dealings while arguing the government saved funds. He disputed a $2,500 check as a payoff, noting a bounced payment and other lease details.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Kentucky
Andrew J. May
May
Garsson
Murray
Garsson Brothers
House Military Committee
Army
War Department
Defense
Garssons
West Virginia
Tucson City Sealed Bid Notice for Real Property Sale
The City of Tucson announces sealed bids for sale of land described by metes and bounds in Pima County. Bids due July 7, 1947, at City Hall by 4:00 PM. envelopes marked Sealed Bids on sale of real property. The Mayor and Council reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
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Tucson
Nogales
Irvington Road
Nogeles
Pima
Pima County
Arizona
Patas
City of
United States
Mountain Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Southern Pacific Company
Montclair
Bruckners
County Recorder
Mexican Railway Strike Hits Maize and Wheat Exports
The dispute halts shipments of 60 000 tons of maize in Margarit state and further wheat moves in other states. Transport of dam equipment for Hermosillo Sonora and areas near Mazatlan Sinaloa and Ciudad Obregon Sonora is affected. Heavy rail material for the Mexican National railways from Benjamin Hill Sonora to Baja via Rocky Point and Mexicali is stopped. Sonora papers advocate expropriation of the U S owned line. The company claims years of losses.
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Mexico
Margarit
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Ciudad Obregon
Mexican National Railways
Benjamin Hill
California
Rocky Point
Mexicali
U. S
Notice of Intent to Sell Stock in Bulk for TRI ANGLE BLUEPRINT
Notice states the undersigned will sell the entire stock in trade of TRI ANGLE BLUEPRINT COMPANY at 232 East Sixth Street Tucson Arizona in a single transaction after ten days from recording this notice with the Pima County Recorder All claims against the business are to be presented to ARIZONA LAND THL E AND TRUST COMPANY 201 North Court
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Triangle Blueprint Company
East Sixth Street
Tucson
Arizona
County Recorder
Pima County
Arizona Land Thle and Trust Company
North Court
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