DeMolay Takes Over Tucson For 24 Hours
DeMolay leadership installs during a city tour after a mayoral welcome by Houston. Schock wins the DeMolay mayoralty after May 19 primary, with Gumbin later named city manager. Officials named include Carroll, Wharton, Perry, Franklin, Frank, Behnke, Mayes, Baugh, White, Boyer, Robeson, Gan, Joe, Moore, Leadermilk, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Sates Dee
Ole Pane
Carl M. State
Schock
Owen Gumbin
Gumbin
Bob Carrol
Malcolm Wharton
Perry
Jack Franklin
Winfield Frank
Bob Behnke
Ronald Mayes
Bill Baugh
Bob White
Gere Boyer
Ae Robeson
Ronald Gan
Jefferson Joe
Judson Moore
Dick Leadermilk
Alderman
Melon Harvest From Mexico Builds Up Amid Duties
Harvest from Mexico grows as heavy import duties raise domestic melon prices. Trade barriers push Mexican melon shipments upward, affecting markets and consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
YMCA Boys To Use Craft Shop Reopens For Summer Season
The Kiwanis craft shop in the YMCA boys' department reopens for the summer season. It invites any boy to use its equipment as instructor John Wasilewski leads activities.
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YMCA
Kiwanis
John Wasilewski
Playground To Open For Season At City Recreation
The city recreation department announces a seasonal playground opening with hours 4 to 9 p m daily Monday through Friday. A ten week youth program features Gunso ovary cue weeks and Loveless cites Tucson high school cafeteria as the June 14 start location.
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City Recreation Department
Loveless
City Recreation
Tucson High School
Husband Of Three Ordered To Prison
Aguilar 28 a former Davis Man airman to serve three to four years in the state penitentiary at Florence. He married three women without divorce while in the armed forces. Upon discovery he was discharged and arrested by Pima County authorities. He is father of three children by his first wife and one by the second. his third wife is expecting.
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Aguilar
Florence
Pima
Atty
John F. O'Mara
O'Mara
Santa Claus In Tucson Cleared By CAB For Helicopter Arrival
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled Santa Claus arrival in Tucson on December 20, 1947 via helicopter was not negligent or reckless. The hearing followed a complaint of public safety risk, and the agency found proper precautions and coordination with police and local groups.
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Santa Claus
Tucson
Charles Matthews
Kris Kringle
Congress Street
Santa
Edwin Montgomery
Arizona Helicopter Service
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Bureau
Feota Conn
Tctnens
Ast Claus
Matthens
Arizona Service
Becker and Baker Plan Nationwide Radio Debates
Ralph Becker chairman of the Young Republicans and Roy Baker president of the Young Democrats begin a series of radio debates sponsored by the American Forum of the Air. The exchanges will run across the country for months ending in Washington D C in September with the core topic the basic difference between the Republican and Democrat parties. Monday's opening broadcast airs on KCNA at 8 p.m.
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Ralph Becker
Young Republicans National Federation
Tucson
Roy Baker
The
Young Democrats
American Forum of the Air
Washington, D. C
KCNA
Arizona 4-H Club Parley Opens With 300 Attendees
Arizona 4-H clubs begin their 31st annual roundup at the University of Arizona with more than 300 farm youths. Highlights include a breakfast contest and beef and dairy fitting contest, plus judging, a dress revue, and entertainment. Top event is the 4-H banquet on campus lawn with leaders and extension workers attending.
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Arizona 4-H
University of Arizona
University
Yavapai Hall
Maricopa Hall
Air Student Denied Damages After 1947 Tucson Crash
A Tucson jury ruled for Tucson Aviation Corp after over five hours of deliberation denying Donald E. Lunsford Jr. $25,000 for injuries from a June 27, 1947 plane crash during a Culver trainer flight at the Tucson airpark. Judge Lee Garrett presided over the four day hearing.
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Tucson Aviation Corp
Donald E. Lunsford Jr
Tucson Airpark
Lunsford
Culver
Corporation
Padilla
Lee Garrett
Tucker Arrested After Car Hits City Light Post
John H. Tucker, 32, of 2901 E. 19th St, was arrested early Saturday by city police and charged with destroying city property after his car struck an ornamental light post near East Lee Street and North Campbell Avenue. He said he fell asleep and woke from the impact.
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John H. Tucker
E. 19Th St
East Lee Street
North Campbell Avenue
Wesley Foundation Holds Swim Party at El Diablo Pool
The Wesley foundation of the First Methodist church hosted a Friday swim party at El Diablo pool with new and prospective members and last month’s high school graduates as guests. About twenty people attended the event followed by a hamburger fry at J Harold Jenkins home on East Ninth Street. Byron Haines serves as foundation president.
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el Diablo
Wesley Foundation
First Methodist Church
J. Harold Jenkins
East Ninth St
Byron Haines
McCulloch Appeals After Looting Charge Dismissal
Leonard McCulloch says he will appeal his firing from the state highway patrol to the merit system board after admitting he took four cartons of cigarettes from a burning market on South Sixth Avenue. Patrol Supt. A. G. Walker discharged him Friday, saying the conduct would not be tolerated.
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Leonard McCulloch
State Highway Patrol
Merit System Board
McCulloch
A. G. Walker
Phoenix
South Sixth Avenue
Walker
King Named Assist Trainmaster at Gila Bend
R L King became assistant trainmaster at Gila Bend as Southern Pacific officials announced. He was transferred from a similar post at Lordsburg New Mexico. King will replace D A Doyle who has been promoted to trainmaster for the Rio Grande division at El Paso.
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R. L. King
Gila Bend
Southern Pacific
King
Lordsburg
N. M
D. A. Doyle
Rio Grande
el Paso
Mrs. Anderson Found Victim of Accident
Ida Anderson was found dead at her downtown apartment on 32 East Corral Street. Coroner Johnson ruled the death accidental after an autopsy by Dr. George Hartman and lab tests, with police alerted by Masonic temple custodian Harry Fought.
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Ida Anderson
Clark H. Johnson
E. Corral St
Masonic Order
Harry Fought
Masonic Temple
James L. Brady
Anderson
Johnson
George O. Hartman
Hartman
Samuel Hood Dies at 57 in Blytheville
The Parker-Kerr mortuary in Blytheville Ark sent the body of Samuel McKey Hood who died Friday at his home 1457 E Hamp ton St He was 57 years old His survivors include wife Iva and two sons Jack Stanley and Kenneth Also listed are two other sons and three daughters in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Parker-Kerr Mortuary
Blytheville
Ark
Samuel McKey Hood
Hampton St
Tucson
Iva
Jack Stanley
Kenneth
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Inquest Dismissed After Sleep Aid Overdose Claim
A coroner's jury impaneled last Tuesday to conduct an inquest was dismissed by Coroner Johnson after ruling the cause of death as an overdose of sleeping potion. The proceedings halted without a formal verdict.
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Johnson
Romine Son Leaves UNM Pharmacy for Tucson Post
GSANLIS Romine, son of Mr and Mrs S C Romine of 2236 E Eighth St, graduates from the University of New Mexico School of Pharmacy and accepts a job in Tucson. He will reside there with his wife and three daughters.
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Gsanlis Romine
S. C. Romine
E. Eighth St
University of New Mexico School of Pharmacy
Romine
Tucson
San Carlos Reservoir 24-Hour Water Storage Report
Water storage report for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday shows available storage at 234,460 acre-feet and a 929 acre-feet loss in the prior day.
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San Carlos Reservoir
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Rancho Santa Crus
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Tucson Federal Savings and Loan Association Congress
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