City to Begin Condemnation Suit On Land
City plans condemnation in superior court for 260 acres adjoining the new municipal airport after negotiations fail. The Civilian Aviation Administration offered about 250000 dollars for extensions, while landowners named 16000 dollars. officials note historic buyups near the air base at 3 dollars per acre. The council also moved to condemn a quarter section of the bombing area due to title issues and approved land transfers near the air base with reversion and water rights retained.
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John D. Lyons, Jr
Superior Court
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Federal Civilian Aviation Administration
United States
Army Air Base
East Third Street
WPA
25 Years Of Service Noted At Southern Arizona Bank
Louis J. Felix vice president and director of Southern Arizona Bank and Trust marked 25 years with the bank. He joined June 24, 1916 as messenger and rose through all departments becoming assistant cashier in 1930 and vice president in 1939. Felix, a Tucson native, previously worked for his father’s drive in station and is among the last remaining 1916 staff with 60 officers and 23 tellers windows. Bank resources have grown from 1 million to about 13 million.
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Louis J. Felix
Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Company
Felix
Tucson
Manual Arts High School
Los Angeles
Sixth Avenue
10Th Street
Bank
N. E. Plumer
Fred J. Steward
Gordon H. Sawyer
Steward
Sawyer
Blanche Hill
Savings Department
Canada
England
Stethem
Gestapo
U S Claims On Mexico May Be Settled By 1942
The agrarian claims commission of the United States and Mexico may complete work within the next year. Keith Hosmer said 350 claims are under consideration and should be finished by July 1942. Mexico has already paid 2 million dollars and is likely to submit another million by June 30.
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Washington
Agrarian Claims Commission
United States
Mexico
House Appropriations Committee
House
Harles B. Hosmer
State Department
Hosmer
Lawrence M. Lawson
el Paso
Dog slows rapid transit in Boston chase on elevated line
A white Spitz ran two miles along an elevated Boston rapid transit line before three Animal Rescue League agents and two track men halted it. Traffic slowed for 90 minutes as the dog was caught and secured.
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Boston
U.P
Animal Rescue League
Nazis Plot Escape Tactics Behind Canadian War Camps
Canadian internment camps housing British sent 5,000 to 50,000 German aviators and sailors report escape schemes. Prisoners practice tunneling and improvised tools, build radios, and even section boats, while guards and Mounties intensify patrols. Baron Franz Von Werra remains at large.
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Ontario
Special News Service
Britain
Canada
Hubert Stethem
Dominion of Canada
Stethem
Colonel Stethem
Baron Franz von Werra
United States
South America
Royal Canadian “Mounties
Cement and steel totals for Grand Coulee dam construction
Project figures show the dam will require 12,000,000 barrelfuls of cement 77,000,000 pounds of reinforcing steel and 100,000,000 board feet of lumber. The quantities reflect the scale of the hydroelectric project and its demand on materials.
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Grand Coulee Dam
DeMolays Plan July 4 Sport Dance at Blue Moon Room
DeMolay sport dance set for July 4 from 3 30 a m to dawn at the Blue Moon Ball Room. Frank Smoky Powers chairs the committee with Raymond Plunk Harry Ackerman Bill Crowell Saul Gold Ted Bloom Frank Keefe Jerry Martin James Corbett O Neal Dye Jack Eardly Dick Franklin and Jack Murray in decor and prizes. Sherrill Smith and his orchestra will play. Tickets from DeMolay members.
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Blue Moon Ball
Frank
Smoky” Powers
Raymond Plunk
Harry Ackerman
Bill Crowell
Saul Gold
Ted Bloom
Frank Keefe
Jerry Martin
James Corbett
O’neal Dye
Jack Eardly
Dick Franklin
Jack Murray
Sherrill Smith
Meteorite Detector Aids Land Mine Search
At the Society of Research on Meteorites convention in Flagstaff Arizona Dr Lincoln LaPaz announced a meteorite locating instrument being developed for the Army to detect land mines Franklin Wisman of Ohio State University adapted the device Oscar Monnig Fort Worth noted new magnets cut errors and tests favor meteorite bodies H H Nininger Denver disputed lunar volcanic action based on 17 years of study C W Tombaugh Lowell Observatory offered contrasting view
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Flagstaff
Ariz
National Defense Program
Society of Research On Meteorites
Lincoln LaPaz
Ohio State University
LaPaz
Franklin Wisman
Wisman
Oscar EF. Monnig
Fort Worth
Monnig
H. H. Nininger
Denver
Nininger
C. W. Tombaugh
Lowell Observatory
Moon's rough terrain shaped by volcanoes and meteor impacts
The article notes that the Moon's rugged topography results from a combination of volcanic activity and bombardment by meteoroids. It emphasizes the dual origin of many craters and highlands observed on the lunar surface.
Curiosity Delays Tear Gas Cleanup at SLC Armory
Workers delayed the wrecking of Salt Lake City national guard armory for hours after tear gas released from a canister opened out of curiosity affected crew. An Army sergeant commented with a resigned live and learn.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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Southern Arizona Bank
U. S
DR. Hawkins
W. Congress
Plates Credit Fast Service
By Ruth Cowan
Tse
Pitts Jewelers Corner
Congress
Stone
Reilly
Western Railways
THE
Union Station
Chicago, Ill
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