Capital Tank Line Involved in $1,977 Suit Defense Denied
Judge William G. Hall refused to release Capital Tank Line of Los Angeles as a defendant in a $1,977 damage suit arising from October collision with a Southern Pacific passenger train on North Main Street. Arguments for a directed verdict for the railroad continue. witnesses testified that the truck may not have seen the train. The crash ignited gasoline spilling onto North Main and St. Marys Road, burning buildings and endangering train passengers and nearby students. Officials urge a bypass to route inflammable trucks away from downtown and residential areas.
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Capital Tank Line
Los Angeles
North Main Street
Southern Pacific
William G. Hall
Superior Court
B. G. Thompson
Frederick G. Nave
Carmen Lucero
Hall
Thompson
Richard H. Chambers
Lucero
Nave
Chambers
St. Mary’s Road
Navajos Win Jobs on Defense Projects and Rail Work
Navajo Indians expect public and private income to surge from 150000 to over 1 million dollars in 1941 as 800 workers rise to 1500 on Fort Wingate ordnance depot and other defense projects. Two hundred Navajos toil as Santa Fe section hands while others gain industrial skills, aided by the CCC. Superintendent Fryer says savings and experience will yield long term benefits beyond Wingate’s end.
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Window Rock
Ariz
E. R. Fryer
Fort Wingate
N. M
Fryer
Santa Fe
Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Wingate
University Graduate to Publish Novel Viva La Revolucion
Miss Helen Virginia Botsford, a University of Arizona graduate, has a publication contract with Dodd Meade New York for Viva La Revolucion. She earned a 1938 bachelor’s degree and will receive a master’s from North Texas State Teachers College in August. Her Morley Colorado home is noted as her base. The novel portrays a peon family’s life in Mexico from 1870 to 1940.
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Helen Virginia Botsford
University of Arizona
Dodd, Mead Company
New York
Seven Men Assault Kayam Ramparts in Syria Campaign
Edward Kennedy reports Allied forces in Syria as seven Australian fighters led a bold assault on Kayam and Klia forts. They scaled walls, blasted machine gun nests, and forced a breakthrough after intense combat aided by artillery. British cavalry patrols occupy Jebel Amer west of Klia.
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Syria
Damascus
Klia
Kayam
Western Australia
Jebel Amer
Acmed Elassad Bey
Blair Finishes Naval Reserve Training at Northwestern
John Buchanan Blair of 609 East Speedway completed a 120 day training course at Northwestern University and was commissioned as an ensign in the naval reserve. He is one of 800 youths nationwide to finish the Midshipmen's school. Blair and Joseph Benjamin Sullivan of Globe were Arizona's only graduates.
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John Buchanan Blair
East Speedway
United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Northwestern University
C. A. Blakely
Eleventh Naval District
Blair
United States
Naval Reserve
Ens. Blair
Ens
Joseph Benjamin Sullivan
Globe
Arizona
Carpenters Mark 40th Anniversary With Banquet
William H. Johnson and John J. Durkin will speak at the San Carlos banquet tonight honoring the 40th birthday of the local carpenters union. Harry J. Blacklidge chairs the arrangements committee. A barbecue tomorrow night will follow, both events commemorating the union’s founding.
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William H. Johnson
John J. Durkin
San Carlos
Carpenters’ Union
Harry J. Blacklidge
Nervous Women Promise Relief From Harmony of Digestion
An advertisement claims many women suffer nervous symptoms from poor digestion and elimination. It promotes KONJOLA herb medicines as a soothing relief after other remedies failed, costing only a few cents daily and available at drug stores.
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Ady
Tucson Scouts Enjoy Camp at Mt Lemmon
Boy Scouts from Tucson and neighboring towns join 74 campers at Camp Lawton on Mt Lemmon for a week of scoutcraft crafts sports nature hikes archery pioneering and campfires. Catalina council field scout executive Robert F. Toronto directs the program with staff Chan dler Smith Allan B. Thomas Doc Hartley and M. E. Thain assisting. An innovation this season is marksmanship merit badge instruction led by M. E. Smoky Thain with a limited range for first class scouts focusing on small bore firearms safety and shooting procedures.
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Tucson
Nogales
Ajo
Casa Grande
Hayden, Tiger
Coolidge
Florence and Winkelman
Lawton
Catalina Council
Mt. Lemmon
Robert F. Toronto
Chandler Smith
Allan B. Thomas
Hartley
M. E. Thain
E. G. St Cowell
M. E
Smoky” Thain
Wyoming
Atkinson Attends Stanford Graduation Weekend
Dr. Alfred Atkinson president of the University of Arizona will travel to Palo Alto California for the 50th anniversary of the first Stanford University graduating class. The events mark the retirement of Dr. Lyman Wilbur after 25 years as Stanford president and the dedication of a new library. Atkinson returns to Tucson the following Friday.
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Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Lyman B. Wilbur
Atkinson
Tucson
Four Recognized Dip Pers Formed by Bright Stars
Four distinct dip pers are identified among bright stars, each named for its star grouping and celestial arrangement. The discovery notes four recognized dip pers formed by stellar patterns, highlighting their significance in celestial mapping.
Regional Plan Urges By Pass Road Approval
A Tucson Regional Plan Inc board resolution urges state approval of a proposed by pass to ease congestion. The route would start west of the Southern Pacific overpass on the Casa Grande highway and run between the railroad and the Santa Cruz River toward the Benson Nogales highway.
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Tucson
Tucson Regional Plan, Inc
State Highway Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
Casa Grande Highway
Santa Cruz
Benson-Nogales
City Planning and Zoning Commission
First National Monument Devil's Tower Named
First United States national monument is Devil's Tower, an exposed volcanic cone in northeastern Wyoming, set apart in 1906.
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Devil's Tower
Wyoming
Praise Given Liquor Men In Spencer Trial
Justice Gardner sentences Robert Spencer to 60 days for drunk driving after testimony from Mack and Warner. The case highlighted liquor dealers aiding law enforcement, with Gardner applauding a dealer willing to assist officers and enforce regulations.
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Justice of the Peace
C. W. Gardner
Robert Spencer
South Sixth Avenue
Roy Mack
Harold Warner
Spencer
Mack
Robert Barber
Mack Place
Warner
Gardner
Pima
Nogales Police Chief Urges Traffic Caution
Nogales Arizona June 13 1937 police chief J A McGimsey warns residents to curb traffic violations to maintain the citys three year record of no fatalities within city limits. The last traffic death occurred June 16 1937.
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Nogales
Ariz
J. A. McGimsey
Tallulah Bankhead Granted Divorce From John Emery
Reno report states actress Tallulah Bankhead received a divorce from actor-husband John Emery. District Judge Edgar Eather presided over the case.
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William B. Bankhead
House of Representatives
John Emery
Edgar Eather
Census data on accidental deaths 1919 to 1939
The census bureau reports 1,800 226 total accidental deaths in the 21 year span 1919 1939. The year 1936 logged 110 052 accidental deaths and 1939 saw 92 623 deaths.
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Census Bureau
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University Graduate
Ely
Martin Drug Company
Army Combat
North American Aircraft Plant
Inglewood
By Edward Kennedy
John B. Blair
Carpenters
Thain
Stanford
Highway Department
Defense
Suei
Macal Products Inc
Scrae
Tallulah Bankhead
Myself
V.D
Gabardine Cranks
ROVER
Dad
B.V.D
Steinfeld S A
Aly
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