Delegates Named for Red Cross National Convention
Windsor and Stambaugh head the home service committee as official voting delegates to the American Red Cross convention in Atlantic City June 27 30. W C Wilkinson Pauline Walsh and Mary Morehead also plan to attend. University of Arizona student Bred Tolson and Tucson junior Red Cross representatives Faye Lammey and Jane Gibbs are selected as Pacific area and Tucson youth delegates. The convention expects 5000 delegates with speakers Basil O Connor Senator Graham Mrs Roosevelt and defense secretary Lewis A Johnson. Lawrence Tibbett will entertain at the convention dinner.
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American Red Cross
Convention Hall
Atlantic City
Basil O'Connor
Frank P. Graham
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lewis A. Johnson
Defense
Lawrence Tibbett
Heat Wave in Tucson Surges to 104 Degrees
Weather records show Tucson reached 104 in the Old Pueblo on Wednesday, tying a June 15 high from last year while forecasts expect scorching heat to persist. Authorities note a 1922 low June 15 record and potential power shortages tied to the opening of a new transmission power station, possibly before July.
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Old Pueblo
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. Saks
City Blamed In Part For Death Of Child In Sabino Alley
A 2500 suit filed in Tucson seeks damages from the city Home Ice Co and the Fimbres for a boy killed Apr 19 after being struck by a Home Ice truck in Sabino alley. The filing alleges substandard housing without playgrounds forced children to play in streets and sidewalks. Home Ice says trucks used were owned by contractors delivering the company’s ice.
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Jujor
City of
Tucson
Home Ice Co
Jesus E. and
Maria Fimbres
Fickett and Tullar
Howard Leeper
Sabino Alley
Fimbres
Rietz Heads Kiwanis Club in Tucson Election
Harold E. Rietz was elected president of Tucson's new Kiwanis club after a near tie resolved by coin flip. George Cowden and M. H. Baldwin were elected first and second vice presidents, with several directors chosen for one and two year terms.
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Kiwanis Club
Harold E. Rietz
Kenneth L. Nehring
George Cowden
M. H. Baldwin
C. E. Hockings
Hockings
Nehring
J. Russell Spann
Ross M. Hartmeister
E. F. Rucker
Edwin W. Scruggs
Kiwanis International
Rucker
Racing Commission to consider secretary post in Arizona
Arizona racing commission meets Thursday with the main agenda item the selection of a racing secretary at a $6 000 annual salary. Top contenders include W N Sangster Phoenix and Vincent L Fitzgerald Phoenix with others among the applicants. Four commissioners will attend. Beall of Phoenix was away on business.
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Arizona Racing Commission
W. N. Sangster
Dan E. Garvey
Vincent L. Fitzgerald
Department of Justice
Michigan
Racing Commission
Miles W
Mike) Casteel
University of Arizona
M. H. Haskell
Tucson
John Thompson
Prescott
Frank Brophy
Dennis Hunt
Santa Cruz County
I. G
Pete) Beall
California
Coffee Firm Founder at Phoenix Dies at 77
Eld ridge Barabe age 77 founder of Barabe Brothers Coffee company died in Phoenix after moving from Michigan 19 years ago. Survivors include wife Anna five sons Joe J V G Phoenix A L E A and Clifford all of Los Angeles.
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Phoenix
Eldridge Barabe
Barabe
Michigan
Barabe Brothers Coffee Company
Anna
Joe J
V. G
A. L
E. A
Clifford
Los Angeles
Tucson Rail Offer For Rights Of Way Debated
City officials and Southern Pacific negotiators continued talks over land rights for Tucson’s new truck free way. The railroad offered 31 acres for 22436 dollars and sought 25905 dollars to relocate tracks plus 1119 dollars for a crossing lost to the road. City reps protested paying for track relocation while noting Mackenzie has bought rights valued at about 400000 dollars to date.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Tucson
Alamogordo Street
Walker Paul
T. W. Saul
City Mgr
Phil J. Martin Jr
Eng
Glenton Sykes
Shelton Mackenzie
Southern Pacific
Mackenzie
Miss Kalish Rites Held Here Wednesday
Services for 19 year old Phillis Kalish were held at the Arizona mortuary with Rabbi Marcus Breger officiating. Miss Kalish, University of Arizona student, had lived here 18 years and is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Leon Kalish of 723 North Treat avenue and a brother Martin of New York. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Phillis Kalish
Arizona Mortuary
Miss Kalish
University of Arizona
Leon Kalish
N. Treat Ave
Martin
New York
Marcus Breger
Evergreen Cemetery
Believe Body Of Safford Man Found
An autopsy is scheduled on a body found near Billings Missouri, believed to be Reuben J. Tomman from Safford Arizona. Police seek a lanky blond man in a leather jacket seen in the area, a description not matching the deceased. Tomman had left Safford to visit relatives in Illinois last week.
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Springfield
Arizona
Reuben J. Tomman
Safford
Ariz
Billings
Tomman
Illinois
Lasting Termite Protection Through Space Under Floors
Building plans offer long lasting protection by keeping ample space under floors for inspection and retreating. Investigate plans for more comfortable homes and lasting protection. Dial 39632. a i Neckar one Awa Adv.
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Dial
Desert School Director Dies in California Plane Crash
George Armstrong Judson Jr., 32, director of the Arizona Desert School in Tucson and former University of Arizona star athlete, died when his lone plane crashed on Mt. Laguna after departing Lomita airport at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Identification was from papers in his wallet.
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Oxnard
Calif
George Armstrong Judson Jr
Arizona Desert School
Tucson
University of Arizona
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Judson
Lomita
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Mt. Laguna
Naval Air Missile
Polo and Tennis Star Judson Dies in Mountain Wreckage
A wreckage sighting on Point Mugu led to the recovery of the body by a sheriff's posse. Judson, a standout polo and tennis player for the university from 1934 to 1936, captained the Arizona border conference tennis champions in 1936 and held the state ten- title for three years.
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Point Mugu
Judson
Local athlete swells ranks as 1935 Southwestern champ
The article notes a Southwest Conference champion from 1935 who later formed a potent doubles pair with his brother Barney in the area. It mentions he was returning from a hunting trip in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, when the crash occurred.
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Nas
Barney
Jackson Hole
Wyo
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