London Life Preservers Troll In War-Torn Streets
HAL BOYLE surveys postwar London quirks from life preservers on bombed gates to queues for buses and theaters. He notes street entertainers thriving outside venues, the hat passed to performers and cranks addressing crowds, and taxi cabs shaping the American view of city travel. He contrasts London’s lower taxi prices and learned drivers with American habits, and reports on tea culture among soldiers, deeming iced tea a distant cousin to real coffee.
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London
South Bank
the Thames
Yankee Beachend
Iandon
Manhattan
Sunys
America
Honest Man Found: C M Loving Returns Lost Purse
Mrs. James W Tenery of South Fourth Street lost a purse with 220 dollars. Police were notified and ads placed. On Tuesday C M Loving of Route 4 Tucson returned the purse and cash after finding it in Sears Roebuck.
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James W. Tenery
South Fourth Street
Diogenes
Court Grants Treasurer Authority to Sell Lands
Arizona Supreme Court held that state lands foreclosed for mortgage liens may be sold only by the state treasurer with the governor and secretary of state approval. Justice Henry D. Ross wrote the opinion affirming a Maricopa County ruling in favor of W. C. Davenport over land purchase.
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Phoenix
Arizona Supreme Court
Henry D. Ross
State Land Commission
W. C. Davenport
Maricopa County
Ross
The Good Intent Restaurant Named in Chelsea
A Chelsea eatery popular with artists is noted for its unusual name The Good Intent. The venue stands out as a well known hangout for the local creative scene and diners seeking a quirky dining stop.
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Chelsea
Arizona Reclamation Projects Total 640 Million Dollars
The reclamation bureau lists 236 western projects including Arizona ones totaling 640 475 million for postwar irrigation and multipurpose use. Key Arizona items include Davis dam Boulder canyon Parker dam power and Gila Wellton Mohawk and others with costs from four to thirty three million to hundreds of millions of dollars based on 1940 prices to aid employment and returning servicemen.
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Washington
Arizona
Reclamation Bureau
Gila-Mesa
Davis Dam
Boulder Canyon
Parker Dam
Gila
Wellton- Mohawk
Bridge Canyon
Bill Williams
Holbrook
Miscellaneous
Bates
Coconino
Sentinel
Bureau
Soviets Allow Japanese Ship To Pick Up Prisoner Aid
The Soviet government agreed to permit a Japanese vessel to enter a designated Russian port near Vladivostok to collect relief supplies for American prisoners held in the Orient.
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Soviets
Washington
Vladivostok
Orient
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Haracter
Hal Boyle
New York
Ngland
United States
Britain
Anderson Maestro Music Company
Jack
Major Moseley
Ai'll
Joe Palooka
MR. Leemy
Joe
Adey
Ry AI Capp
Rand J
OWLY
ABNER
Ham Fisher
Palooka
Hell Come
Blondie
Dagwood
MRS
Dick Tracy
Chester Gould
Gene Ahren
Delia
England
Sue MA
Tarzans
Edgar Rke Burrough
Sonia
Jane
Lady Jane
United
Little Orp
Ian Annie
Harold Gray
Bill Biest
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
O Jost
Tucson
C. M. Loving
Nathan Mur
East Pennington Street
Bermuda
Tucson Fertilizer Co
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