Westerner Hotel to Rise on Stone Avenue Corner
The M. M. Sundt Construction firm will raze a service station residence and garage at Stone avenue Broadway and Jackson streets to build the Westerner Hotel. The four story project may expand to ten stories with 192 rooms, each with a private balcony and air conditioning, and parking two blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Sundt Construction Company
Stone Avenue
Broadway
Jackson Streets
Westerner
Meyer Cohen
Stone Avenue Investment Company
Cohen
Roy Place
Sundt
John Sundt
Place
Arizona Flexicore Company
Tucson
Arizona
David Berris
Detroit
Enlarging Of Vail School Area Studied
The board of supervisors plans a Monday meeting to act on enlarging the Vail school district by 110 square miles southward and to hold final hearings on three water franchise applications. Also set is a preliminary hearing date for Home Development Co. to serve water south of Irvington and Valley roads and details on pipelines along Flowing Wells and Roger roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Vail
P. H. Ross
School Board of Trustees
Pueblo Gardens
Tucson
James E. Smith
Little Rocky's Water Co
Ft. Lowell Road
Campbell Avenue
Leo Rich
Paul Sgott
Maple Boulevard
22Nd Street
The
Home Development Co
Irvington
Valley Roads
Joe W. Taylor
Flowing Wells Road
Roger Road
Communists absorb Czech Social Democrats
In Prague on June 28 the Communist party unionized the 60 year old Czech Social Democratic party adding 250000 members to boost total party membership to 1750000.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Czech Social Democratic Party
Tickets On Sale For July Fourth Fireworks Show
Junior Chamber of Commerce announces fireworks tickets for the July 4 weekend event at University of Arizona stadium. Advance sales start Thursday with booths at Tucson banks Penney’s and Tucson Gas Electric Light Power. Fireworks are legal in Tucson, but illegal to possess or sell otherwise with fines up to 100 dollars or 90 days in jail. Coronado forest officials ban all fireworks due to heat and winds with up to 500 dollar fines or one year in jail for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber, of Commerce
University of Arizona
Jaycee
Tucson
Penney’s
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Coronado National Forest
Fireworks Confiscated From Local Youths
City patrolman confiscated firecrackers from three youths aged 14 and 15 in North First Avenue and East Adams Street after a police complaint from St. Luke’s in the Desert officials. Officials said Arizona law bans shooting and possessing fireworks with a maximum penalty of 100 dollars or 90 days in jail.
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Reginald Proper
St. Luke’s In the
Desert
North First Avenue
East Adams Street
Proper
Don J. Hayes
Arizona
Hays
Three Men Listed Enlisted at Local Recruiting Office
Three more men have enlisted in the army through the local recruiting office. They are Robert William Bishop 20 of St. Louis Missouri Alfredo Avila Lopez 22 of Los Angeles and Jack Dlugach 18 of Fairfax Washington.
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Army
Robert William Bishop
St. Louis
Alfredo Avila Lopez
Los Angeles
Jack Dlugach
Fairfax
Wash
Arizona Traffic Toll Reaches 148 This Weekend
The 1948 state traffic toll rose as fatalities for the year reached 148 after a weekend with two deaths. John Milton, 37, of Claypool died when his car plunged 75 feet into a canyon near Coolidge dam. J W Savage survived his crash and reached the highway. Mrs Cleo Maldonado, 63, of Glendale, died from injuries after a car overturned on the Bay road near Superior. Edward Gallardo, 6, suffered a fractured pelvis.
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Arizona
John Andrew Milton
Claypool
Coolidge Dam
J. W. Savage
Gila County
Cleo Maldonado
Glendale
Bay Road
Superior
Edward Gallardo
U S Envoys in USSR See Major Embassy Turnover
The Moscow embassy plans a near complete personnel turnover by year end. Ambassador Walter B. Smith may depart after elections, with Elbridge Durborrow Frederick Reinhardt Ruth Briggs Maj. Gen. Robert Macon Brig. Gen. Warren Carter all slated for replacement. New agricultural and economic chiefs and several secretaries are among recent changes. The American house and embassy staff will see wholesale changes, with only about a dozen old faces remaining.
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Moscow
United States
Ussr
Walter B. Smith
Truman
Elbridge Durbrow
Frederick Reinhardt
Ruth Briggs
Life Is Costly In South Seas
In Pago Pago American Samoa June 28 report notes beachcomber dream is gone. Barriers guard American and New Zealand Samoa, bonds required unless mission and funds are sound. Navy men marry Samoan women, some settle with wives, but bush store jobs dry up and opportunities are few. Several sailors plan to settle in Tutuila after discharge, facing a life with fewer comforts.
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American Samoa
South Sea Island
Paradise
American Or
New Zealand Samoa
Harold R. Norrup
Los Angeles
Navy
Samoa
Tutuila
Rubio to Be Buried in U S After War Death
Roberto Rubio 19, son of Mrs Anita Rubio of 102 West 21st Street, died in defense of his country July 13 1914. He will be returned to the United States for burial with 3 734 other war dead aboard the Greenville Victory. He left a mother, three brothers Arturo Raul and Marcello Rubio and two sisters Mrs Angelita Smith and Herminia Rubio of Tucson.
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Roberto Rubio
Anita Rubio
West 21St Street
United States
War Department
San Francisco
Greenville Victory
Rubio
Arturo
Raul
Marcello Rubio
Angelita Smith
Herminia Rubio
Tucson
Brashears Sails on Naval Reserve Training Cruise
L. N. Brashears son of Mr and Mrs W H Brashears of Fort Thomas has sailed from New Orleans on a naval reserve training cruise aboard the destroyer USS Borie.
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L. N. Brashears
W. H. Brashears
Fort Thomas
New Orleans
Borie
Helicopter Sets New Speed Record in Britain
In Maidenhead Britain on June 28 Basil Arkell piloted the Fairey Gyrodyne to 124.3 mph on a three kilometer course officially setting a world helicopter speed record. The prior official mark stood at 76.7 mph by a German FW 61. An American Sikorsky test flight had an unofficial 114.6 mph record last year.
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Maidenhead
Eng
Britain
Basil Arkell
United States
Sikorsky
100 Year Old Mother Flees Home Then Returns
DETROIT June 28 100 year old Mrs Suzan Kincses ran away from home at age 100 then returned on Monday. Police headquar ters photo time pleased her and she said it was fun to be photographed for newspapers. She agreed to be interviewed about the episode.
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Detroit
Suzan Kincses
Transfer of Liquor License From Jin Kuo Get to Wong Loo Ock
An application for transfer of a liquor license from Jin Kuo Get to Wong Loo Ock was filed with Richard E. Kolb, clerk of the board of supervisors. The license currently at 439 South Main Street would move to the Food Palace at 443 West 36th Street, with the Food Palace listed as located at 3859 East Grant in the transfer filing.
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Jin Kuo
Wong Loo Ock
Richard E. Kolb
Board of Supervisors
Jin
South Main Street
Wong
Food Palace
West 36Th Street
East Grant Road
Hungarian Mutter Reunites After Daughter Is Found
Police located Mrs. Kincses, 65, speaking only Hungarian, in front of a west side residence after she ran away following an argument with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Toth. Officers found her Saturday and brought her home.
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Frank Toth
Kincses
West Side
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Robles
Mansfeld
California
Social Democrats
Associated Press
U.S
South Seas
Rosenfeld
Cologne
Eax
Congress
Lear Peacock & Mode
Congres
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