Four Agencies Get Increases In Tucson United Appeal Grants
The Tucson United Appeal board approved $5,133.29 in increases for four agencies at its summer meeting. The Boy Scouts $750, Girl Scouts $600, YWCA $1,133.29 plus $999.96 to retain a consultant and raise a director's salary, and Catholic social service $2,650. A Salvation Army request for $1,400 was rejected. A name change to Tucson Community Chest was approved, with a new governance committee named.
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Tucson United
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
YWCA
Catholic Social Service
Eolyn Guy
Emily Morrison
Ppam
Ppam. Miss Morrison
Salvation Army
Camp-o-the-Woods
Pepper Sauce Canyon Park
Community Chest
Tucson United Appeal, Inc
Tucson Community Chest, Inc
United Appeal Board
Mundey Johnston
The
United Appeal
Johnston
Frank W. Wotan
Albert Lent
E. H. Bruening
Richard Jacome
P. W. Hodges
UA Summer Term Enrolls 1422 Students
Dr. J. W. Clarson dean of the University of Arizona summer session reports an enrollment of 1422 students for the term. He notes 718 students are registered under the government rehabilitation program.
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J. W. Clarson
University of Arizona
Crime Wave Sends 2 Boys To Prison
Lawrence H. Lusk and Stanley L. Pillion were sentenced in superior court to 2 to 3 years in Florence state prison for a five month burglary spree that netted about $10,000 in loot. The pair admitted at least 20 burglaries and faced federal charges over a machine gun theft. $1,623.85 in cash remains unrecovered.
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Lawrence H. Lusk l
Stanley L. Pillion
Florence
J. Mercer Johnson
Superior Court
Lusk
South Sixth
Pillion
Johnson
Earl Seal
United States
Town & Country
East Broadway
FBI
Kenneth Yeazell
Welfare rolls rise sharply in Arizona in 1947
State social security and welfare board reports show a surge in welfare recipients. Old age assistance rose from 52 to 96 new cases per month in early 1947, aid to dependent children from 46 to 78, and general relief from 4 to 54, while aid to the blind stayed low at six per month. May figures remain unavailable.
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Bob Brooks
Phoenix
Arizona
State Social Security and Welfare Board
Pensions in Arizona Likely Drop to $40 a Month
Arizona faces a possible drop in old age pensions from $50 to $40 a month effective January 1 1948 as federal social security aid may not extend beyond year end. Senator Ernest Mc Farland said no extension is in the current appropriation bill, though a House measure would extend the extra past December 31.
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Washington
U.P
Arizona
Sidney P. Osborn
Ernest W. McFarland
United Press
Congress
Faces Murder Trial In Police Chief's Slaying
Prescott June 11 Lee Skinner 22 of Williams faces murder trial in Yavapai county for the July 20 shooting of Joe McDaniel Williams chief of police. The case moved from Coconino county on a defense change of venue.
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Prescott
Lee Skinner
Williams
Yavapai County Superior Court
Joe McDaniel
Coconino County
Yavapai
Shaw backs Wallace for 1948 presidency endorsed by Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, in a postal interview between Belgium and England, endorsed Henry A. Wallace for president in 1948 and urged calm, warning that twaddle about formulas would not avert a third World War. He said political capacity of leaders will determine events.
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United Press
Brussels
WUP
George Bernard Shaw
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Wallace
Belgium
England
Shaw
U. S
U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Shaw Quotes on Americans and Europe Role
A fragmentary exchange praises Americans with broad minds over village stereotypes. Shaw comments that such minds aid Europe and could help elect a president next year.
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