Truckers Tested for Skills by Pacific Motor Transport Tour
PMT safety director Clay D. Calkins uses a mobile lab to test heavy equipment drivers across five Western states. In Tucson the 12 device setup checks depth perception, vision, reaction time and other responses, revealing scores that correlate with accident risk and guiding ongoing driver improvement.
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Pacific Motor Transport Company
PMT
Pioneer
Clay D. Calkins
Calkins
Los Angeles
G. D. Clark
Tucson-Phoenix
Extensive School Expansion Plans Move Forward This Summer
High school principal Charles A. Carson reports a major expansion program this summer including a new football stadium, two federal built buildings serving as dressing rooms, classroom additions at 338 North First Avenue, paving at Euclid and Eighth streets for volleyball and basketball courts, and refinishing tennis courts at East Seventh and North First avenues. The new stadium will seat about 9,800 per side and is expected to cost around 250000, with grass field costs near 10000 to 12000. Completion of the stadium is anticipated within two to three years while old facilities will continue to host school events.
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Charles A. Carson
Cherry and
South Campbell Avenues
Carson
Federal Works Agency
South Campbell
15Th Street
North First Avenue
Euclid and
Eighth Street
East Seventh
PMT Drivers Seemed Rated By Night and Day Performance
The piece explains that PMT drivers are evaluated by tests and on road behavior. It notes the use of psycho physical testing for vital comparisons and cites actions for glare reduction, shifting to daylight runs, and grounding drivers whose emergency reactions fall below standard.
Sunnyside Announces Summer Recreation Program At School
Sunnyside launches a summer recreation program at the Sunnyside school. Raul Gomez supervises evening athletic games from 6 to 9 on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday. Plans include folk and tap dancing classes and a film showing Cavalry next Friday. All Sunnyside district residents urged to participate.
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Sunnyside
Raul Gomez
Traffic Violations Cost 210 Licenses
Phoenix reports May traffic law violations led to 210 license revocations and suspensions by the state motor vehicle division.
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Phoenix
State Motor Vehicle Division
Fire Cuts Off Many Phones in Tucson Area
A line fire late Friday cut service to a substantial number of telephones in northeastern Tucson and the Davis Monthan airbase, with American Airlines lines also out for hours. Most restored by midnight as technicians worked through the night. origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Tucson
Davis-Monthan
American Airlines
Gayle A. Smith
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
E. O. Earl
Camino Miramonte
Smith
Milestone or Millstone in Harold Ickes Oil Treaty
Washington observers debate the Anglo American oil treaty as Harold Ickes touts it as a milestone while senators and witnesses lampoon its vagueness and draftsmanship. The lively hearing features Arthur Vandenberg Joseph Pogue Tom Connally and J E McDonald among others.
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Frederick C. Othman
Washington
Harold Ickes
Harold
United States
Great Britain
Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Col
George A. Hill, Jr
Houston
Sen. Vandenberg
Hill
Joseph E. Pogue
Chase National
New York
London
Tom Connally
Texas
Pogue
Sen. C
Ulp
Senators
J. E. McDonald
Connally
McDonald
Douglas Airport To Erect New Hangar
Douglas Chamber of Commerce announces a $5,500 hangar at the city airport to house Veterans Administration equipment used in flight training and by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Douglas, Ariz
Douglas Chamber of Commerce
Veterans’ Administration
Civil Aeronautics Administration
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By Morton J. O'Brien
CASH
Cleaning Service
East Ninth St
North Meyer
Boise Bismarck
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cidy
Ci City
Kas
Slear
Ft. Worth
Havre
Mont Grand
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Antonio
San Francisco
Seattle
Texas Agriculture Bureau
Mr. Mac
Millstone
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Plymouth
Plymouth Division
Chrysler Corporation
W.S. Lackner
North Stone
Pioneer Hotel
M. A
Optometrist
E. Broadway
Walgreens
Elle
SEO
Douglas Airport
Thames River
England
Anne Scott Modeling Studio
Anne Scott Snodgrass
Romaine M. Attick
M. H. Starkweather
Richard A. Morse
Starkweather and
Morse
W. Congress St
Avondale Acres
E. Speedway
Pima County
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