Radio Hams To Help Veterans At Tucson VA Hospital
Veterans Affairs and the American Radio Relay League plan Vet O Gram service at the Tucson VA hospital to send and receive coded messages nationwide. Gladden Elliott of station CL W7MU leads the local setup with ARRL volunteers providing free support at VA facilities across Arizona California Nevada and Hawaii. Messages will be limited in word count and sent on specific days with emergency options available.
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Tucson Veterans’ Hospital
United States
J. A. Thayer
Tucson Hospital
Branch 12
Veterans’ Administration
American Radio Relay League
Arizona
California
Nevada
Hawaii
Thayer
Oakland
Calif
Tucson
Special Services Officer
Gladden Elliott
West
Fresno Street
Federal Communications Commission
ARRL
Elliott
May Gardner
Williams
Ariz
William Ladley
San
Radio Amateurs Use Rig On A Mountain
List of radio amateurs with call signs and locations including Yreka Oakland Palo Alto San Francisco Reno Long Island and Los Angeles. Names include R Jensen Lassen Edna McGenge William Hollis K Hughes Art Soule Lyle Quinn F C Thiede Albert Hill Jr O H Gaw and W J Schuch with CL prefixes noted. The fragment lists members and their cities in California Nevada and New York.
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K. E. Hughes
San Francisco
Art Soule
Reno
Lyle Quinn
Fairury
Neb
F. C. Thiede
Longland
N. Y
Albert F. Hill, Jr
One Pine
Calif
O. H. Gaw
Los Ageles
W. J. Schuch
North Hollywood
Amateur radio exercise logs 800 contacts across nations
Seventy five operators and nine rigs spent a 25 hour vigil on A mountain in a simulated disaster. They logged 800 contacts across the United States and abroad including Canada Australia New Zealand and the Canal Zone. Messages relayed from Tucson to Chicago and the Canal Zone arrived within minutes.
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United States
Union
Canal Zone
Uruguay
Costa Rico
Puerto Rico
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
C. B. Sparkman
Old Pueblo
Sparkman
Tuc
Washington
New York
Ray Holsclaw
KVOA
Kenny Gilpin
K. L. Chapman
Davis-Monthan Field
English Butane
Steinfeld
Expires After Playing Ball in Marana
Harry Hitt 56 of Marana died on arrival at the county hospital from a heart attack suffered after playing baseball. He complained of stomach pains after leaving the park and drank soda before collapsing. Survivors include his wife Ruby and five sons and four daughters. Funeral services planned for Wednesday pending relatives’ arrival.
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Harry Hitt
Marana
Ed Newland
Hitt
Ball Park
Williams Mortuary
Newland
Ruby Hitt
Harry, Jr
Tucson
Victor Glendon
Frank
Harvey
Maurine Wentz
Betty Sue Hitt
Maana
Wanda Twicker
Mary Merriman
Oakland
Calif
Arizona
Train strikes cow. 20 killed, 46 hurt in Argentina
In Corrientes province a train hit a cow on the tracks Sunday night, causing the locomotive and three passenger cars to overturn. At least 20 people died and 46 were seriously injured in the crash.
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Buenos Aires
Corrientes
Cyclist Badly Hurt In Crash Near Ft Lowell Road
Treasure Island California and Wheeling West Virginia linked cyclist Lloyd C Wisener is in critical condition after a motorcycle collision at East Ft Lowell Road and Country Club Road. The driver H G Herman 509 East Ft Lowell Road escaped uninjured. Wisener ran a stop sign and the motorcycle was wrecked. Police sent telegrams to Wheeling authorities and Treasure Island naval base seeking relatives.
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Lloyd C. Wisener
Treasure Island
Calif
Wheeling
W. Va
Tucson Medical Center
East Ft. Lowell Road
Country Club Road
H. G. Herman
Wisener
Herman
Bridges
Country Club
Ft. Lowell
U. S. Naval Airbase
President nominates Briggs for Uruguay ambassadorship
President Truman nominated Ellis O. Briggs of Maine to be ambassador to Uruguay. Briggs is a veteran foreign service officer and currently directs the department's Office of American Republic Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Ellis O. Briggs
Maine
Uruguay
Briggs
Foreign Service
Department
Office of American Republic Affairs
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Sig Lassen
Edna McGenge
Paloto
William Hollis
Ind
Tom Weese
Weese
Ham
Gilbert Saxton
Bob Nordman
Jack Gaines
Chuck Turner
Reggie Russell
L. P. Dickey
Stone Ave
Shearman
Mengel
W.R. Shearman Furniture CO
6Th Ave
Rtaag
Salon
Sclub Plaza
Helene Curtis
Joyce Knight
Uruguays
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