Pima County Postwar Board Fails To Meet On Pavement Plan
Three Saguaro Forest Association members urged paving the Wilmot road to Cactus Forest. County engineer George Grove pegged the project at about 2 million dollars, with supervisors likely to seek a 1 million dollar postwar levy. Absent members criticized quorum issues as the three residents offered to pay half the cost if the county starts the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Postwar Planning Board
Saguaro Forest Association
Cactus Forest
Wilmot Road
Forest Entrance
Board of Supervisors
George Grove
Grove
Gilbert Ronstadt
Andrew P. Martin
Martin
Ronstadt
Projects Committee
Saguaro Forest
Basil Vozak
Mary Garigan
William Strode
Sunnyside School To Host Voter Registration Drives
Charles Poehlman deputy registrar will set up at Sunnyside School to register district residents for county state and national elections. He will be there Thursday and Friday 7 to 10 a.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to noon 1 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Also 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday at SunnysideNeighbors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Poehlman
Sunnyside
Peeh!Iman
Sunnyside Neighbors Association
Legion Club Names O Bannon as President in Santa Rita Meeting
Roy O Bannon was elected president of the American Legion Luncheon club at a Tuesday gathering at the Santa Rita hotel. He succeeds Dr. Howard Glaesner. Munro Montgomery became vice president with Tom Flaherty sergeant at arms and Harry Harrington treasurer. Executive committee includes Tom Ice Darlin Hackett Willard Glaze and Dr. Glaesner. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger set to speak next Tuesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy O'Bannon
American Legion
Santa Rita Hotel
Howard Glaesner
Munro Montgomery
Tom Flaherty
Harry Harrington
Tom Ice
Darlin Hackett
Willard Glaze
Dr. Glaesner
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
School Trustees To Get Travel Expense
PHOENIX June 8 Atty Gen Eva De Concini rules school board members may be reimbursed for travel to attend meetings of the Arizona State Association of School Trustees. Funds for such travel must be in the district budget and districts may pay membership dues to the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Eva de Concini
Arizona State Association of School Trustees
L. D. Klemmedson
de Concini
Tucson School Budgets Rise With $6 Tax Rate Forecast
The Tucson school board approved a total 1948-49 budget of 2,392,735 for elementary and junior high schools, plus a separate million-dollar high school budget. The rise funds three new schools, furnishings, equipment, and salaries, affecting 23 elementary, six junior high, and the high school. Superintendent Robert Morrow cited Ft Lowell district inclusion and a probable $6 levy, up from $4.23. Amphitheatre district elementary budget stands at 271,000 with 141,200 for the high school. No protests were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Robert Morrow
Ft Lowell
Morrow
GE Offers Eight Percent Wage Increase Nationwide
General Electric proposed an eight percent pay hike to about 125000 workers in its plants across the United States. The offer translates to roughly nine to fifteen cents extra hourly, presented to UE CIO negotiators after talks since March 2. Union leaders pressed for timing and automatic cost of living adjustments, while GE warned against inflationary effects. Weekly take home pay for 1947 hourly workers was cited as 55.83 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric Co
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
U. S. Department of Labor
Truckers Must Be Protected
PHOENIX June 8 All truckers who do not carry their own workmen's compensation insurance must be covered by the producer or shipper employing them. Arizona Industrial Commission counsel McCluskey ruled in response to a Yuma attorney's inquiry that independent and licensed truckers without their own policy are covered by the hiring company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
H. S. McCluskey
Arizona Industrial Commission
John R. Wisely, Jr
Yuma
Wisely
McCluskey
Cattle Disease Fight Shifts Focus in Mexico
Carlos E. Ronstadt told the Knights of Columbus Luncheon club that hoof and mouth disease in Mexico is being controlled by abandoning wholesale slaughter. As Arizona Cattle Growers president and USDA advisory board member, he said the disease has been pushed farther south due to improved vaccination.
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Mexico
Carlos E. Ronstadt
Knights of Columbus
Pioneer Hotel
Ronstadt
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
U. S. Department of Agriculture Advisory Board
Youth Held On Charges Of Attempted Robbery
Charles Williams Jr 21 was held on a $2500 bond for a superior court on a charge of attempting to rob Gee Hung owner of Gee s Golden Star market on a Saturday morning. A 17 year old companion was sent to juvenile authorities. The youths allegedly struck the grocer with an iron pipe and fled before leaving the store. Det Sgts James Herron Kenneth Yeazell and Monte Saylor assisted in arresting them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Williams, Jr
South Ninth Avenue
Superior Court
Gee Hung
Gee
Golden Star Market
Det
James Herron
Kenneth Yeazell
Monte Saylor
Charles O. Todd graduates with education master
Charles Odessa Todd of Tucson earned a Master of Science in Education from the University of Kansas on Monday, completing his degree with the degree conferred by the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Odess Todd
Tucson
University of Kansas
Plan Teen Age Dances In County Schools
The Tucson Musicians' union will donate an orchestra every Friday night through the summer for teen dances in Pima county schools. Lambert Kautenburger of the county board said the first dance runs 8 to 11 p m on Friday June 25 at Amphitheatre school, with similar events at other schools until fall classes begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Musicians’ Union
Lambert Kautenburger
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Amphitheatre
Speed Transfer of Florence War Camp Speed Transfer
U S Sen Hayden urges immediate action by War Assets Administration to transfer the Florence prisoner of war camp to Arizona. Acting Gov Garvey had been informed of the request as a long-delayed matter moves forward.
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Florence
Phoenix
U. S
Hayden
Dan E. Garvey
War Assets Administration
Arizona
Honor Dinner for Gridley Honors Tucson High Leader
More than 200 Tucsonans attend a testimonial dinner at 7 p m in the Pioneer hotel ball room honoring Rollin T Gridley Tucson high school football coach and new vice principal J J O Dowd acts as principal speaker William Pyle is toastmaster Guests include Dr A Carson Robert D Morrow Mike Casteel and Jason Greer Gridley's tenure since 1937 yielded five state titles and a 52 game Southwest win streak 1943 45
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. O'Dowd
William Pyle
Sunshine Climate Club
Dc. A. Carson
Robert D. Morrow
Mike Casteel
University of Arizona
Jason Greer
Gridley
Badger
Badgers
Girl Guards Camp Near Pepper Sauce Canyon
Nearly 125 Salvation Army girl guard members from Arizona attend a summer camp in Peppersauce Canyon along the old Mt Lemmon road. The one week session began Monday with girls from Clovis New Mexico joining. A mothers and children camp starts next week and a band group will take over for two weeks starting June 21. The camp includes a swimming pool dining hall and camp dwellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Girl Guard
Arizona
Peppersauce Canyon
Mt. Lemmon Road
Frederick Foubister
Clovis
N. M
Mas. Foubister
Adea
Salvation Army
Foubister
Held For Grand Jury In Davis Monthan Theft
Fred Falkenhagen 52 of 421 South Olsen Avenue was ordered held for a grand jury on a charge of stealing an electric motor from Davis Monthan Air Force Base. He was released on a $1000 bond by U S Commissioner Thomas H McKay on Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Fred Falkenhagen
South
Olsen Avenue
U. S
Thomas H. McKay
Falkenhagen
Stamp to honor Rough Riders includes ONeill statue
The House approved a bill to authorize stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Rough Riders. Some stamps would feature Prescott Arizona statue of Capt. William Owen Bucky O Neill who fell at San Juan Hill. The measure moves to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
The
Rough Riders
Prescott
Ariz
William Owen
Bucky” O'Neill
San Juan Hill
Senate
Globe Bowie Line Upheld
The Arizona Corporation Commission refused to permit Southern Pacific Co. to discontinue passenger and freight service between Globe and Bowie. It ordered improved passenger facilities including complete cooling and heating in coaches and kept stations lit until the last train arrives or departs daily. Hearings had been held at Globe and Safford with opposition from business men farmers and Apache Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
State Corporation Commission
Southern Pacific Co
Globe
Bowie
Yale McFate
Wilson T. Wright
W. T. Brooks
Southern Pacific
Globe and Safford
Rudolph daughter to receive BA at Scripps College
Antoinette Rudolph daughter of Dr and Mrs Royal W Rudolph of Tucson will receive a bachelor of arts degree from Scripps College Claremont California at commencement exercises Friday She served as a student council representative and specialized in Latin American studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Rudolph
Royal W. Rudolph
Tucson
Scripps College
Claremont
Calif
Latin America
Annexation Fees Break Up Meeting Over South Tucson Area
The National City Government Heights Civic league splits over proposed annexation to South Tucson. A motion to disassociate from active participation fails to pass as opponents leave. Petitions for annexation and opposition circulate, with signatures needed from 51 percent of property owners before presentation to the county supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City-Government Heights Civic League
Southside
Tucson
Karl von den Steinen
Sloan
League
Petition Threshold Sets Annexation Push Back
Residents fringe note that once 51 percent of property owners sign, petitions will be presented to block annexation. The measure mobilizes property owners to challenge the expansion plan through formal petitions.
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Sneller
Sneller’s Dry Goods
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United States
Midas
Davis - Monthan
Wallis
Cleaning Service
East Ninth St
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A. Catalina
Catalina Furniture Co
N. Campbell Ave
Fey
Peoples Fuel & Feed Co
St. Mary’s Rd
Sh. FE
Seagon Dollar Music Store
Wednespe
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Kelloggs
Gilbert Ray
Sam Sloan
12Th and
Park Avenues
Irvington Road
State Home Const. CO
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Turson
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Hota
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