Postwar homes offer beauty plus utility in near future
A Cleveland article notes the first GI loan to Sheldon M. Davis for a Warren Ohio frame house shows postwar homes will blend style and new tech. It envisions mass produced prefabs, solar and movable walls, heat from the sun, air conditioning, health lamps, durable furniture coverings, plastic floors, foam rubber, glass showers, and television ready living rooms alongside streamlined kitchens and deep freezers.
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Ken Woodman
Central Press
Cleveland
Federal Housing Administration
Sheldon M. Davis
Davis
Warren
Veterans
Uncle Sam
Joe
Chicago
Tokyo
New Guinea
Joes
GI Joe
Heavy turnout predicted in Ontario provincial election
Voters lined up to choose 90 seats in a record field of 317 candidates. The campaign featured E B Jolliffe accusing a secret police force funded by taxpayers, while Premier George Drew denied the charge and ordered a royal commission. The vote was seen as a preview of the June 11 federal election.
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Toronto
Ontario
E. B. Jolliffe
Canadian Commonwealth Federation
George Drew
Liberals
CCF
The Chin and Mass as Political Legends in Mischief
A satirical light on Mussolini era intrigue mixing the Great Chin, Mass, and figures like Queen Elizabeth and Louis XVIII. The piece riffs on leadership myths, faux bravado, and the fate of nations from 1927 to 1945 with literary asides and playful indictments.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Lake Como
Mass
Queen Elizabeth
Siward the Dane
Vespasian
Looie
Nix
John Ziska
Duke of Clarence
Cyprus
Italy
Africa
Libya
Shickelgruber
King Features
Treble damages sought in OPA suit against Northern Arizona liquor firm
A $29 608.14 treble damage suit brought by the district office of price administration against Fred and Monica Nackard, operators of the Northern Arizona Wholesale Liquor Co. of Flagstaff, is set for trial June 28 in U S district court. The complaint charges them with
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Phoenix
District Office of Price Administration
Fred
Monica Nackard
Northern Arizona Wholesale Liquor Co
Flagstaff
U. S. District Court
OPA Sues Firm Over Beer Sales Exceeding Ceiling Prices
The office of price administration files one of its largest district suits accusing the company of selling 33,311 cases of beer at total overcharges of 9,869.38 dollars about 29 cents per case over the price ceiling. Treble damages and a restraining injunction are sought.
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OPA
Socially Speaking Residents and Visitors in Tucson
Mrs Paul Stephens and son Seaman Robert C Stephens left Sunday for the coast after a week with Mrs W J Parker. Seaman Stephens, at sea 33 months, will report to San Francisco for reassignment. Dr Josie M Trinkle hosted a buffet at 615 East Speedway with guests including Enos Shaffer P T Wright from Mena Arkansas C Donald Cook Mrs Charles Ferguson and Robert Plant Armstrong. Mrs Shaffer departs soon for WAVE training and Mr Cook travels to New York for Columbia University. Mrs Fred Ginter leaves for Palm Springs to join husband Lt Ginter at Torney General Hospital. Lt Ginter recently returned from overseas.
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Paul Stephens
Seaman
Robert C
W. J. Parker
East Old Wetmore Road
Stephens
Parker
Seaman Stephens
San Francisco
San Diego
Calif
Josie M. Trinkle
East Speedway
Enos Shaffer
P. T. Wright
Mena, Ark
C. Donald Cook
Charles Ferguson
Robert Plant Armstrong
University of Iowa
Tucson
Fred Ginter
Lt. Ginter
Torney General Hospital
Palm Springs
Ginter
Mrs Nielson Family Heads to California for Awaited Return
Mrs Walter Nielson and her son Walter Jr depart Tucson for Redondo Beach to visit Mr and Mrs Walter Nielson Sr. She expects her husband’s return soon from the European theater where he has been overseas for 244 years.
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Walter Nielson
Walter Iti
Tucson
Redondo Beach
Calif
Nielson
Local NMMI Student Tom Webster Returning Home
Tom Webster a student at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell New Mexico will return home this week. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Webster of 2714 East Eighth Street.
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Tom Webster
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
N. M
Calvin Webster
East Eighth Street
Nichols Leave for Mexico City Summer Trip
Mrs Tad Nichols and Miss Anna Mae Sharp spend the summer in Mexico City. Mr Nichols plans to join them in a few weeks. The Nichols reside in the Catalina Foothills estates.
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Tad Nichols
Anna Mae Sharp
Mexico City
Mr. Nichols
the Nichols
Catalina Foothills Estates
Mrs John Taylor and Daughter Leave Home
Mrs John Taylor of 621 North First Avenue and her daughter Sylvia departed home in an unspecified event. No further details were available in the readable text.
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John Taylor
North First Avenue
Sylvia
Personnel Roster Announced for Girl Scout Cactus Camp
Miss Dorothy Richert and Mrs. Joseph Peters announce unit leaders instructors and volunteers for the Sahuaro council Girl Scout Cactus Camp in Tucson. Listings cover unit leaders mothers instructors and senior Brownie and junior camp staff with roles in care ceramics crafts nature folk dancing swimming life saving dramatics wood carving and more.
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Sahuaro Council For Girl Scouts
Tucson
Dorothy Richert
Joseph Peters
Arizona State School For the Deaf and Blind
Mines
Clyde Baldwin
O. H. Golberg
L. Lyon
P. M. Corke
John Williams
E. D. Loyer
Inez
Joseph Fenrich
John Ramsden
W. McCartney
George Simms, Jr
Harold Prothero
Bruce McMeekin
Myrtyl Ross
Walter Dugan
William Cameron
Katherine Kitchin
Betty Holoway
Mary Smith
Louise Brooks
Mary Lou Thornd
Frances Blakemore
Ann Watson
Mary Foster
Alice Condit
Betty Barnes
Georgianna Sykes
Brownie Camp
Vera Athey
J. McRae
Lovina Watson
Mmes
A. S
Overseas duty for Lt Nina Timchenko in Des Moines
Lt Nina Timchenko and her visiting trip to Tucson precede an overseas assignment. She plans to report to Ft Des Moines Iowa for European area duty after serving since December 1944 as a company officer at the WAC Training Center. Inducted July 12 1943 into the WAC.
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Nina Alexandrovna DE Kareva
Timchenko
Tucson
Ft. Des Moines
WAC
Des Moines
YWDL Dancing Party Set at Pioneer Hotel
The YWDL hosts a dancing party from 8 to 11 p m Thursday at the Pioneer hotel. The Marana band will perform. Hostesses include Mrs F J Baffert Mrs G C Dewey Agnes Krentz and Misses Margaret Knight Adele Rhee Ruth Tabachi Elizabeth Howsare.
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YWDL
Pioneer Hotel
Marana
Mmes
F. J. Baffert
G. C. Dewey
Agnes Krentz
Margaret Knight
Adele Rhee
Ruth Tabachi
Elizabeth Howsare
Michigan visitors plan trip to Mrs Taylor's then summer in Flagstaff
Miss Jean Stewart of 2126 East Juanita Street left Nogales yesterday by plane for Mazatlan Guadalajara and Mexico City. She will stay about a month in Mexico. Stewart is state home economics director for the Agricultural Extension Division.
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Jean Stewart
Juanita Street
Nogales
Mazatlan
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Mexico
Stewart
Visiting Couple Guests of Webster Family in Chicago
Ens. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence and Fayre Webster stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Webster at 2714 East Eighth Street for several days last week. They were traveling from Norfolk Virginia toward San Francisco California where Ens. Lawrence will report this week.
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Ens
Robert Lawrence
Fayre Webster
Mrs. Smith Elected Church's President
Mrs Myrtle Holm Smith of Waban was elected president of the First Church of Christ Scientist at the annual meeting succeeding Paul Stark Seeley. Five new board of lectureship members were named including James Harry McReynolds of Dallas Texas. directors noted fourfold growth in mother church membership over 35 years and paid tribute to chaplains and wartime ministers aiding armed forces.
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Boston
Myrtle Holm Smith
Waban
First Church of Christ Scientist
Paul Stark Seeley
James Harry McReynolds
C.S.B
Dallas
Tex
Medical aid man fools three Germans with a pose
Rudolph eeee of 615 Brady street and his parents learned that Rodriguez, a former Pacific Fruit Express employee and Roskruge junior high student, entered a German cellar unarmed and pretended to fire a pistol with his right hand to force three German officers and an enlisted man to surrender before Europe ended.
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Roskruge
Europe
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