City Buys 13 Automobiles For Tucson Police
The Tucson city council approved a lease with option to purchase for 13 new Chevrolet cars costing $3,938.90 for the year plus mileage charges. The move continues the city’s lease pattern, with five 1950 Chevrolets to be bought outright. Federal grants of 629,157 were accepted for airport improvements.
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Tucson
Orfifire
O’rielly Motor Co
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Police Pension Fund
Pension Board
Lloyd Wixson
Don J. Hays
Cou
YWCA
Joe Y. Wey
Ernest F. Lim
N. Main St
East Seventh Street
Third Avenue
Burglars Make Haul At Shoemaker Works
Burglars stole a $10 watch four tires valued at $100 and four auto tubes worth $14 from Shoemaker Body & Fender Works at 25 E Sixth St early today. Police received the breaking and entry report from R H Shoemaker. Entry was followed by property loss and investigation was started.
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Shoemaker Body & Fender Works
E. Sixth St
R. H. Shoemaker
Procetene
Calls Swamp Police But For Good Cause
In Pittsburgh on June 5 an unidentified caller urged a pledge to the Police Desk. Sergeant Elmer Passante suspected a drunken call and told the caller to see the pastor. Confusion followed as WDTV aired a telethon for a foundling home and calls intended for the station went to the police due to telephone-number similarity.
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Pittsburgh
Elmer Passante
WDTV
Petition Seeks Move of 23247 Dollar Alianza Suit
A petition to transfer the 23247 dollar suit against former Alianza Hispano Americana officers to federal court has been filed in superior court. The move follows a state supreme court ruling that C B Sedillo was elected illegally as supreme president. The Hartford Accident Indemnity Co. is named for bond coverage.
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Alianza Hispano- Americana
State Supreme Court
C. B. Sedillo
Supreme President
Sedillo
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co
Tucson names liquor agents Hymer and Donisi
Leonard Hymer and Emil Donisi were named state liquor licenses and control enforcement agents and will operate in Tucson for at least 30 days. Fred DeElliott, chief enforcement officer, outlined a rotation plan. Donisi is a retired railroad engineer living on Sabine Canyon Road. Hymer a former military policeman from Davis-Monthan.
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Leonard Hymer
Emil Donisi
State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Tucson
Fred DeElliott
Department
DeElliott
Denisi
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sabine Canyon
Hymer
Davis-Monthan
Sheriff's Atten
Douglas School District Boundaries Expanded in Cochise County
The Cochise county board of supervisors voted to enlarge the Douglas school district. County superintendent Ruby Filghum urged redrawing to include the former McDonald school area, which is no longer operating.
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Bisbee
Cochise County
Grandma Moses declines guest of honor at baseball game
Grandmother Moses, 91, famous for rural primitive paintings, says she cannot attend the shrine benefit game on July 23 at Cooperstown between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Athletics. From Eagle Bridge in Rensselaer county she sends a polite no thanks to Baseball Hall of Fame officials due to age and possible excitement.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Grandma Moses
Eagle Bridge
Rensselaer County
Anna Mary Robertson
Illness Confines King For At Least 4 Weeks
London June 5 Ailing King George VI will be absent from public life for at least four weeks as Princess Elizabeth steps in to handle most engagements. The king has a lung inflammation that has not fully cleared, with doctors advising complete rest.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Mayor Council Clash Over Health Board Appointments
City Council debated committee assignments during a 60 minute session led by Mayor Fred A Emery Jr as he read his appointments for council approval. The mayor defended the two member limit on the board of health while Councilman Weaver and Dr Adams objected to changes and sought adjustments before the next meeting.
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Fred A. Emery Jr
Emery
Board of Health
City Board of Health
Dennis B. Weaver
Board of
Swealth
Adams
Dr. Adams
F. G. Priser
Hours for Organized Reserve at Municipal Airport
Capt. John M. Gaske announces office hours at the municipal airport from 7 30 a m to 4 p m Monday through Friday and 9 a m to 12 noon on Saturdays for the Organized Reserve corps office.
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Organized Reserve Corps
John M. Gaske
Fortune Teller Leaves $30 Of It In City Court
Diana Fisher a transient fortune teller from Los Angeles and Philadelphia failed to appear in city court. Magistrate Paul J. Cella fined her $30 or 15 days in jail. The $30 fine was paid from a $50 bond posted after her June 1 arrest. Attorney Thomas McKay represented Fisher saying he did not know her whereabouts and wished to plead guilty on her behalf. Fisher was arrested on a complaint from two south side housewives who said she tried to force her way into their homes.
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Diana Fisher
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Paul J. Cella
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