Two Women Jailbreakers Captured in Arizona Escape
Two women, Virginia Ferrone Kane Hedin and Martha Sanders, escaped from Pima county jail on June 3 by climbing through a window when bars were down. They faced federal escape act charges, bond set at 1,000 dollars each, and were recaptured within two days at a Chandler ranch and Blythe California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
U.S
Thomas H. McKay
Virginia Elizabeth Ferrone Kane Hedin
Martha Jean Sanders
Sanders
Chandler
Hedin
California
Blythe
Calif
Sunnyside Seeks Budget Boost For School District
Pima county supervisors approved Sunny side school district request to raise the budget by 580 dollars citing rising average daily attendance from 383.69 to 425.74 to complete the fiscal year. They also approved Roh Radio Co. bid of 139.50 for a public address system for the city county recreation program at Ajo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima
Sunnyside
Roh Radio Co
Ajo
City Briefs and Club Meetings Schedule
Monday events include Epes Randolph lodge No 32 F and AM conferring the second degree at the Masonic temple All Saints Holy Name society meeting at the parish house Saguaro Forest associates gathering at Wrightstown school Tuesday features H W Kengla speaking on So You Want to Be a Credit Woman at the Tucson Credit Women's Breakfast club Santa Rita hotel Noon Tucson cancer clinic meets at the medical center VFW auxiliary post 1713 moves Monday meeting to 167 South Meyer street from Wednesday date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32
F&am
Masonic Temple
All Saints Holy Name Society
Saguaro Forest Associates
Wrightstown
H. W. Kengla
Steinfeld’s
Tucson Credit Women's
Santa Rita Hotel
Tucson Cancer Clinic
American Cancer Society
VFW
South Meyer Street
Tucson Insurance Man Admitted To State Bar
Robert Morrison a 38 year old Tucson insurance man was admitted to the Arizona state bar in a ceremony before the state supreme court. Morrison said he planned to become a lawyer since childhood and entered the University of Arizona law school at age 33. He will join in a Tucson law partnership with W T Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Robert Morrison
Tucson
Arizona State Bar
State Supreme Court
Morrison
University of Arizona Law School
W. T. Holmes
Man Trapped By Cave-In Rescued
Jimmy Munoz aged 22 from 340 South Convent Street was freed after a cave-in left him partially buried for almost an hour in an excavation ditch on Samaniego Street near Mission Road. Fireman Charles Rice aided by scraping muck free to enable rescue workers to pull Munoz to safety. He is reported to be doing well at St. Marys hospital though he may need a special cast for torn ligaments and a six week recovery ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Munoz
South Convent Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Samaniego Street
Mission Road
Rice
Charles Rice
Munoz
Zone Hearing Set for July 7 on East 12th Street
City Clerk announces a July 7 hearing on Robert W. Beene's petition to rezone East 12th Street between South Sixth and South Third Avenues from residence 4 to business-2. The planning and zoning commission recommended denial favoring apartment sites. if changed, apartments would be barred. A second July 7 hearing on Frank Stockton's East Speedway lots from residence 3 to business-11 was also denied by the board with caution that expansion of a business district should wait until the thoroughfare is widened due to parking congestion hazards.
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Robert W. Beene
East 12Th Street
South Sixth
South Third Avenues
Carl M. Hitt
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Board
Frank Stockton
East Speedway
Planning and Zoning Board
Scorpion Bulletin Outlines Habits Sting Symptoms and DDT Control
Prepared from Herbert L. Stahnke papers at Tempe State College and edited by J. N. Roney of Phoenix, the Arizona bulletin explains scorpion habits symptoms of stings first aid and DDT control. It centers on Centruroides sculpturatus and its relative Centruroides gertschi with Stahnke collecting specimens statewide and mailing containers to contributors.
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Herbert L. Stahnke
Tempe State College
University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service
J. N. Roney
Phoenix
Gertschi
Stahnke
Tucson Bay State Champ
Arthur Mendoza a 14 year old Saf ford student is crowned marbles champion of Arizona and will be flown to Boys Town Nebraska for the national tournament June 25 and 26. Mendoza won the state title in Yuma after traveling with pilot C B Briggs and city recreation director L N Gardner. He defeated Steven Moreno of Yuma and is sponsored by the local VFW post.
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Arthur Mendoza
Safford School
Marbles
Arizona
Boys Town
Nebr
L. N. Gardner
Mendoza
Yuma
C. B. Briggs
Pilot
Gardner
Steven Moreno
VFW
Queen Creek Soil Bulletin Released by University of Arizona
A new bulletin on Queen Creek soil conditions, published by the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station, is edited by Evan C. Nielson, W. G. Harper, and H. V. Smith. The Queen Creek area lies southeast of Chandler in Maricopa County with a small adjoining area in Pinal County north of Sacaton.
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Queen Creek Soil Conservation District
Arizona
University of Arizona College of Agriculture
L Agricultural Experiment Station
Evan C. Nielson
Soil Conservation ,Surveys Division
Soil Conservation Service
W. G. Harper
Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering
H. V. Smith
University Experiment Station
Queen Creek
Chandler
Maricopa Countty
Pinal County
Sacaton
Library Budget Up As City County Plan Expands Service
The city county library program for 10 communities shifts to a $24,200 county appropriation and a $25,000 city contribution for 1947-48. Fines are projected at $3,900 as circulation outside Tucson doubles to 112,000 in the year, with branches and volunteer stations at Ajo Marana Three Points Amphitheatre Catalina Sunnyside Sahuarita Tanque Verde Jaynes Arivaca. The Ajo branch gains a new room in a planned community building by Phelps-Dodge Mining Corp.
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Ae Ae
Pima County
E. Arnold Litz
Sitz
J. O. Niemann
Library Board
Tucson
Ajo
Marana
Three Points
Amphitheatre
Catalina Junior High School
Sunnyside
Sahuarita
Tanque Verde
Jaynes Station
Arivac
Arizona President-elect to speak in Los Angeles
Dr J Byron McCormick president elect of the University of Arizona will take office July 1 and speak Tuesday evening in Los Angeles to the University of Arizona Alumni club of southern California He will leave Tucson on Monday evening.
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J. Byron M’cormick
University of Arizona
Los Angeles
University of Arizona Alumni Club of
Southern California
Tucson
Consumption of Canned Fruit Juices in 1946
The report estimates civilians consumed about 15 pounds per person of canned fruit juices in 1946, covering varieties such as pineapple grape and apple.
Tucson Petition Seeks City Zoo Funds
A Monday filing with City Clerk Carl M. Hitt requests funds to establish a Tucson zoo. A. L. Vogel for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers argues many cities have zoos and Arizona hosts numerous wild animals including a herd of 150 buffalo.
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Carl M. Hitt
A. L. Vogel
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Vogel
Arizona
Phone Workers Reorganizing in New Union Battle
Miami Beach June 9. The Communications Workers of America CWA began its first convention led by Joseph A Beirne 36. The union aims to recruit 570 000 telephone workers 212 000 already and draw telegraph and radio techs from AFL CIO while choosing to affiliate with CIO AFL or remain independent. The CWA succeeds the National Federation of Telephone Workers dissolved Sunday.
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Miami Beach
Fra
The
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
AFL
CIO
TWOC
Telephone Workers Organization Committee
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Pastors to Attend Southern California Arizona Conference
Six pastoral and lay delegates from four Tucson Methodist churches head to the six day session in San Diego. New appointments expected in Tucson include a new pastor for First Methodist as Rev. Royal H Reisner plans retirement amid ill health. Delegates include Rev Franklin Greene Roy Robison Joe Young Rev Orr and Rev Green. The conference opens Wednesday at 9 am and ends Monday at noon.
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Tucson
San Diego
First Methodist Church
Royal H. Reisner
Clovis Snider
Menlo Park
Presbyterian Church
University Methodist Church
Maurice G. Ballenger
University Church
Hilka D. Green
St. John’s Methodist
William M. Orr
Catalina Church
Franklin Greene
Roy H. Rob
Slee Home Leased For Dr. McCormick
The Margaret Sanger residence at 1328 East Elm Street has been leased for one year by the University of Arizona as a home for Dr. J. Byron McCormick president elect who will succeed Dr. Alfred Atkinson on July 1. The McCormick family has moved in and he will relinquish his post as dean of the law college on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sanger Slee
East Elm Street
University of Arizona
J. Byron McCormick
University
Alfred Atkinson
McCormick
Law College
NYC Fresh Produce Feeds Nation From Local Farms
New York City receives nearly 12 percent of the United States total fresh fruit and vegetable production. The figure highlights the city as a major hub for nationwide produce supply.
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New York City
United States
Open fires cited in residential block warnings
Eleven citations were issued in a single block on East Eighth and East Ninth streets between North Martin and North Warren avenues for alleged illegal burning of refuse. The alarms were warnings under a city fire department inspector’s report. The open fires ordinance bans flames to prevent spreading to nearby buildings.
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East Eighth
East Ninth Streets
North Martin and
North Warren Avenues
Alford Jensen
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Merlin O. Minnier
Philco
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Boos
Helene Curtis
the Clinic
East Congress Street Department Stores Inc
J M. Harlow
Pailier
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Dr. McCormick
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