Frisco Unlike Any Real City
A lyrical portrait of San Francisco as a mythical place that never fully exists yet births a vivid civic myth. The essay-like piece compares the city to ancient powers, notes its climate and cuisine, and celebrates its enduring, romantic identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Nature
San Francisco
New Orleans
Copenhagen
Rome
Alcatraz
Treasure Island
Golden Gate
Athens
Carthage
Coatless Man Finds Neat Look At Seashore
A breezy column notes a man trying coatless style by the sea and praising neat U. S. Army appearances. It blends sun, surf, and light Q&A on fashion for coatless wearers, plus Father’s Day musings and short items on pets, clubs, and burlesque shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Waikiki
U. S. Army
Kin Hubbard
Threats Of Shipyard Strike Grow Amid Seamen Lockout
Two new threats to shipping labor peace emerged as flag passenger ships and freighters resumed service after a four day CIO seamen sit down. AFL leaders on 30,000 Atlantic and Gulf coast seamen rejected a five percent wage increase proposal, raising prospects of a nationwide shipyard walkout next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
CIO
AFL
Atlantic
Gulf
Summer Club Attracts Boys
Attendance at the YMCA summer club program runs near 100 percent with full classes in gym swimming and crafts. Tucson youths train for track, take part in instructional swimming, and craft pine boxes and wooden notebooks in a new paint shop. Two new directors Ray Tomlinson and Norman Johnson join the staff to oversee hiking boxing and morning trips. A baseball clinic teaches technique and film study of the 1945 World Series. Pal night features a "Count of Monte Cristo" screening at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Tucson
Coca-Cola
Pioneer Paint & Varnish Company
Ray Tomlinson
University of Arizona
Wisconsin
Norman Johnson
ROTC Cadets Head to Camp at Ft. Lewis and March Field
Seventy three University of Arizona ROTC students depart for six week summer training at Ft. Lewis Washington and March Field California. Forty one report to Washington and 32 to California with Lt Col Francis Daugherty Capt Richard Briggs Maj Robert W Horn accompanying. Cadets receive $75 monthly and five cents per mile plus books and equipment. Col Thoburn K Brown leads the unit. Grasshoppers destroyed crops nationwide valued at 400 million dollars from 1936 to 1945.
Othman Sees Ouija Board After Hearing Two Economists
Washington June 21 UP The steel-industry clash over postwar demand features Wilfred Sykes of Inland Steel and Dr. Louis Bean of agriculture before a Senate committee. Sykes warns of 76 million tons annually for 25 years. Bean argues for 100 million tons needs to sustain prosperity. Article notes they rely on same data but predict opposite futures.
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Frederick C. Othman
Washington
Econom
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Senate
Small Business Committee
Louis H. Bean
Agriculture Department
Sykes
Dr. Bean
Bean
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Steel demand threatens jobs and mood by 1950
One analyst warns the steel industry must reach 100,000,000 tons annually by 1950 or 12,000,000 workers will lose jobs. A companion speaker counters that the industry must meet demand, implying severe consequences either way. The scene leaves little room for uncertainty.
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Tyre
Babylon
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Cairo
By E. V. Darling
Sarah
Sarah Bernhardt
New Yorker
Wilbur
Mickey
Baltimore
Socrates Club
Socrates
Sullivan
California
Golden State
Beef Trust
Gypsy Rose Lee
Billy Watson
East Congress
Cathedral
S. Stone
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
East Third
Verna E. Yocum
Pontiac
Hackett & Whiting
East Alameda
CASH
East Ninth St
Subway
North Fourth Ave
United States
Othman
Ouija Board
Tucson - Nogales
Nort
Greyhou
Nogales
Coolerators
Vitalaire
Arizona
ICE
Cold Storage CO
Cologne
Lucien Lelong
Palo Verde & Cody
Speedway
T. C. Abbott
Southside Church
OF Christ
S. 4Th Ave
Grady D. King
Christian-Missionary
Alliance Church
Cor. N. First Ave
E. Adams
W. J. Foley
Assembly OF God
L. G. Gilmore
Lowell
Geronimo
Jack Coe
St. D
Church of God Corner Liberty & Aviation
Ralph Acridge
OUR Saviour's Lutheran Church
Titus R. Scholl
E. Silver
J Roskruge Jr
2Nd Ave
Rykken
East Drachman
United Lutheran Church
Cc. J. Cording
Pastor
Palo Verde
Palo Verde Blvd
E. Seneca St
Roy Gustafson
B.Y.F
Bob Thieme
the Gospel Message
G. W. Patterson
L. M. Patterson
Optometrists
Valley Nat'l. Bldg. Ph
Tucson Federal
Gage Loans
Congress Street
Stone Avenue
Alfred F. Kerr
Gordon D. Paris
Batly Crtzer
North Side
Church of the Nazarene
Mohave
Ft. Lowell
Floyd T. Smith
L. C. Donaldson
Bible Chapel OF the Air
KCNA
Bible School
Jefferson Park School
Science OF
Winfield Holloway
Williams Mortuary
North Sixth Ave
EV. Lutheran Church
Synodical Conference
Flowing Wells
West Prince Road
Shamrock Dairy
Desert Shores Trailer Park
Frederick G. Knoll
No. 7Th Ave
KVOA
First Southern Baptist Church
East Speedway and
North Third Avenue
R. H. Thorp
Training Union
The
Southern Baptist Convention
North
Baptist Church
North First Ave
Roy F. Sutton Evangelist
Eugene Quinn
First Baptist Church
N. 6Th Ave
E. 5Th St
R. S. Beal
E. A. Folsom
R. W. Gustafson
T. Roger Blythe
R. S. Bea
Jesus
Minette Ferry
KOPO
Prayer Fellowship
Charles Henricksen
Roy W. Gustafson
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