Paper Cylinder House Stands Proud In Tucson
Fred W. Lovejoy and son Earl built a four room home on Pennsylvania Street from hollow paper tubes glued into a log cabin like frame. The pasteboard cylinders, coated with cement and oil paint, form walls ceilings and partitions with strong insulation. Work began in January and includes a planned bathroom, linoleum, and garden with vegetables and flowers.
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Tucson
Fred W. Lovejoy
Pennsylvania Street
Lovejoy
Phoenix
Earl
Veterans’ Hospital
Sam Levitz
Night club brawl ends after three shots fired
In Phoenix at the Palomar night club three shots were fired with 16 officers summoned. Six men were arrested after Ray Debnam and club manager Bill Newton were knocked down by one of two reportedly drunken sailors who resisted removal. Debnam said he fired after the sailors attacked.
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Phoenix
Palomar
Ray Debnam
Bill Newton
Debnam
Newton
War housing center in Tucson notes vacancy shortages
The war housing center reports at least ten daily unfilled housing requests in Tucson as most vacancies are far from town or unavailable to workers. Oracle and Sabine Canyon offer limited options, while defense personnel need proximity to work or transport. Listings can be made at the Chamber of Commerce building.
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War Housing Center
Tucson
Oracle
Sabine Canyon
Housing Center
Ussess
Chamber of Commerce
Major And Son Meet In Pacific War Zone
In the South Pacific base area a father Major William H. McKinley of the U S Army Signal Corps gives a ride to a sailor, his son Robert McKinley, a pharmacist’s mate from San Diego. They had not met for two years and had lived within 500 yards of each other for two months. The elder McKinley is from San Diego and the son enlisted 18 months ago and earned a bravery citation on Guadalcanal.
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South Pacific
William H. McKinley
U. S. Army Signal Corps
McKinley
Robert McKinley
San Diego
Calif
Fay Ave
Navy
Guadalcanal
Pay-As-You-Go Tax Details Issued By Treasurys Office
The treasury issues guidance on the new pay as you go income tax system signed into law by President Roosevelt. The 20 percent withholding plan starts July 1 and affects most employees. Employers must deposit withheld funds monthly by the 10th and file quarterly returns showing totals withheld.
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U. S. Treasury
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Indian Indicted in Mercy Slaying
Federal grand jury indicts Doga Yazzie, 43, Navajo, for killing his former wife's 80 year old uncle to end his misery. Yazzie admitted taking Gray Hat's son hunting on Oct 5 1940, beating him to death and pushing him off a cliff. Elsie Anson Yazzie had said he had previously tried to poison the old man.
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Phoenix
Doga Yazzie
Yazzie
Gray Hat
Elsie Anson Yazzie
Dave W. Ling
Phoenix-Prescott
Tucson-Globe
Pump gauge shows fluttering needle due to dirty strainer
A fluttering gauge indicator signals a clogged strainer in the pump. Cleaning the strainer resolves the issue.
Radio Schedule Highlights Broadcaster Lineup June 14 1948
A detailed daily radio grid lists programs from 9:05 a.m. through the night featuring Joe Hubbard Salt Lake Tabernacle Trans Atlantic Call Moments of Devotion and numerous music and news segments. Monday through Sunday schedules include The Fire side Revival News of the World Lux Radio Theatre and Tommorrow programs with a mix of entertainment drama and public affairs across stations KTUC and KVOA.
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Salt Lake Tabernacle
Nazarene Church
Tucson
Eric Severeid
Blue Ribbon
Ole Oprey
Red Ryder
Eileen Farrel
Wayne Webb
Orch. News
Jury
Star Parade
Lum
Abner
Melody Review
Orchestra
Jerry Ward
News Civic Aud. Orchestra
St. Francis
Orc
Woody Herman
News of the World
Norway
Golden Gate Quartett
Carlos Montano Frank
Ernest
Church of Christ, Scientist
Church of Christ
Warren Sweeney
Joe Hubbard
Assembly of God
Denning Sisters
Larry Smith
Romance of the Highways
Trans-Atlantic Call
Trinity Church of the Kie
Walker Winchell
Basin Street
Treasury
Jimmie Fidler
Dick Joy
Horizon Calling America
Jan Savitt
Country Journal
Sally Sears
Uncle Sam
Abbey
Compater
Road of Life
Vic and Sade
Tex Randall
Snow Village
Kay Marroney
Aunt Jenny
Kate Smith
O'Neills
Louis P. Lochner
Boake Carter
Sardis
Bankhage
Dusty King
Art Baker
Texas
Eafternoon
Young Dr. Malone
Lonely Women
Guiding Light
Bel
U. of A
Morton Downey
Ma Perkins
Bob Anderson
Pepper Young
Victory
Pancho
Priscilla
New Freight Price Ceilings Set for Used Commercial Trucks
An April rule established maximum prices for used commercial motor vehicles with a new amendment just released. Local OPA officials say the change affects many Tucson residents as freight is added to base prices using March 31 1942 rates or current rates whichever lower. Depreciation scales run from 90 percent for six months old to 26 percent at 72 months, with limited extra percentages for dealer reconditioning. Vehicles covered include complete trucks tractors trailers ambulances hearses omnibuses carry all suburbans sedans and many pickups.
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OPA
Tucson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Detroit
Mich
Greeks Massacre After Amnesty Deception
German forces killed 178 men and many women and children in a Greek village after residents fled to the mountains. Three days later a detachment occupied the village and warned residents to return within 24 hours or face further action.
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OWI
Local office offers aid on new OPA regulation
The text notes that the regulation affects farmers and consumers and that the OPA program includes price reductions passed to the consumer. Citizens seeking information can obtain it at the local office.
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OPA
Village Evacuation Amid Fire and German Attacks
Eyewitness accounts describe villagers assembling for consultation as German forces attacked. Women and children were told to flee the burning village, with soldiers reportedly striking those aged 16 to 60. Aircraft fire intensified, using cannons of 20-mm and 37-mm types.
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Major
House of Paper
Wayne Webb and His Orchestra
Harry W. Flannery
John B. Hughes
America
Otto Kruger
KTUC
Columbia Network
DR. Wallace Sterling
Golden Gate Quartette
Carlos Montano
Warren Sweeny
Fred Allen
Organ Reflections
Herbert Foote
Franklin Stewart
Pima County Journal
Chapel Singers
D’artega
Valley Bank
AFL
Victory Food Committee
Jenny
Wendell Noble
Texas Rangers
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Sweden
Netherlands
Mon
Voice of the Army
Y.M.C.A
Superman
Cecil Brown
Lux Radio Theatre
Screen Guild Theatre
Blondie
Aika-Seltzer
Ceiling Unlimited
Legion Aux
Raymond Gram Swing
Broadway
Alec Templeton
Charlie Spivak
Leon Pearson
Truman Gradley
Burns and Allen
John B. Kennedy
Alika Seltzer
Harry James
Eye Witness
Edwin C. Hill
Sammy Kaye
Dr. Christian
Jack Carson
Alta-Seitzer
James
Mies
Roma
Belgium
Truman Bradley
Major Bowes
John
Kennedy
Alka-Seltzer
Ventures of
Hollywood
Brewster Boy
Comedy Caravan
Elimer Davis
Father Hughes
Theatre of Today
London
Ted Husing
Simeon Bellison
Lynn Chalmers
World Today
Guy Lombardo
Plough News
Ted Weems
Henry Busse
Yanks
Seltzer
Pioneer Orchestra
Pan
St. Louis Mun
Opera Chicago Round Table
John Charles Thomas
Dinah Snore
Drew Pearson
New
Manhattan
Reader's Digest
Church In the
KVOA
Ktuc Kvoa
Portia
Bill Stern
Joseph C. Aarsh
Chuck Wagon
Charlie Fulton Lewis
Opurus
Kaltenborn
KTUCC
Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco
United Press
Groucho
BOB Trout
England
Walter Cassel
Metropolitan Opera
Victor Bay
THE
Squibb Orchestra
Squibb Choral Group
Columbia
E.R. Squibb & Sons
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