Duff & Phelps Engineer To Visit City Soon
A representative from Duff and Phelps of Chicago, hired by the mayor and council to appraise Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power properties, is expected within 10 days. The report may take six weeks. Duff may confer with Texas contacts or send another engineer if needed. Mayor Jaastad backs using two firms to show the purchase price is fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duff & Phelps
Chicago
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
W. A. Duff
Phil J. Martin
Duff
Texas
Martin
New York
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
Henry O. Jaastad
Nichols
Jaastad
Sample Ballots for Soldiers Arrive in County
Mrs. Sylvia Powell county board clerk checked four ballots Republican Democrat Prohibition and non partisan for armed service personnel. Ballots approved today sent to Republican and Democratic chairmen. Sheriff notices announce July 18 primary with 300 precincts and offices at federal state and county levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Powell
County Board of Supervisors
Ted
Purple Heart Chapter No 73 to Meet at Legion Library
The Military Order of the Purple Heart Arizona chapter No 73 led by Commander Ted Katzarke will hold a regular meeting at 8 p.m. Friday in the Legion library.
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Military Order OF the Purple Heart
Arizona
Ted Katzarke
Legion Library
Tucson Tri Delta Luncheon Set for May 6 at Studio Patio
The Tucson alumni of Delta Delta Delta will hold a luncheon on Saturday May 6 at 12 noon at the Studio Patio. All members and visiting Tri Deltas in the city are asked to telephone 2108-R or 6108-W for reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Tri
Arizona Graduate Elizabeth Suomela Flys Ft Worth Flight Route
Miss Elizabeth Suomela, University of Arizona graduate and former Prescott and Miami teacher, has served as an American Airlines stewardess for over a year and a half, spending part of her time on the Ft Worth to Mexico City run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Suomela
University of Arizona
Prescott
Miami
American Airlines
Ft. Worth
Mexico City
Chief Tool Engineer John R. Robinson To Return From San Diego
John R. Robinson chief tool engineer at Consolidated Vultee returns to Tucson late this week after attending a national chief tool engineers convention in San Diego California. He flew to the meeting Sunday and will resume duties at Consolidated plants across the nation.
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John R. Robinson
Consolidated Vultee
Tucson
Chief Tool Engineers
San Diego
Calif
Robinson
Engineers Consolidated
Tucson Lodge to Confer Third Degree at 7:30 PM
Tucson Lodge No. 4 F and A M will confer the third degree at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple.
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Tucson
Masonic Temple
Regular Meeting of Pima No. 3 Scheduled
Regular meeting of Pima No. 3 will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at the lodge hall 135 South Sixth Avenue. Members and visiting brothers are invited.
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Pima No. 3
South Sixth Avenue
Regular Veterans Association meeting set at hospital hall
The Regular Veterans' Association post No. 9 will meet in the recreation hall at the Veterans' hospital on Thursday at 8 p.m. The notice names the venue and time for members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Association
Veterans’ Hospital
Office Space Increased To Handle Tax Filings
In Phoenix on May 3 1943 the internal revenue bureau announced a second expansion of its offices in the new post office building. Collector W P Stuart said the district handled about 14000 to 15000 returns in 1943 and projects approximately 17000 to 18000 for the current year.
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Phoenix
Internal Revenue Bureau
W. P. Stuart
Internal Revenue
District of Arizona
Stuart
Residential Work Pile Survey Slated
Tucson's residential work pile survey begins early next week under C Edgar Goyette of the Chamber of Commerce after a work pile committee meeting. The plan uses existing organizational channels and unions to distribute survey forms, aiming to sample about 10 percent of the population for postwar veterans’ needs and consumer plans.
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Tucson
C. Edgar Goyette
Chamber of Commerce
Sixman Committee
Central Trades Council
Arch Humphries
George Chambers
Tucson Newspapers, Inc
A. W. Vorhees
County Planning Board
Albert Lent
Arizona Milling Co
John Booth
Jacomes
E. B. Carmack
Sears, Roebuck and Co
J. B. Meade
Law Clerk Bequeaths Estate To Employers
White Plains New York May 3 Henry Aukbedder after 21 years as a law firm clerk left his entire estate valued around 5000 dollars to Cadwalader Wickersham Taft members in grateful remembrance of the treatment accorded me as an employee.
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White Plains
N. Y
Henry Aukbedder
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Rubber Seeds Carried From Brazil to Kew in 1876
Seeds native to Brazil were transported to London and grown at Kew Gardens in 1876 to cultivate rubber seedlings for propagation and study.
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Heven
Brazil
London
Kew Gardens
Police Seek Miracle Mile Egg Hurlers
Police investigate a string of egg and rock attacks on Tucson Rapid Transit buses along Miracle Mile between the Blue Moon ballroom and Lana Street. Deputies call attackers unreliable youths, with incidents peaking 8:30 to 10 p.m. as passengers report smashed windows and fearful ride conditions. The sheriff’s office will review the cases and pursue suspects.
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Tucson
Miracle Mile
Blue Moon Ballroom
Lana Street
Charles Benson Sheldon to Be Buried Thursday
Funeral services for Charles Benson Sheldon a department manager of Miami Commercial for 16 years will be held in Sleeth chapel at First Baptist church tomorrow at 4 30 p m. Burial in Evergreen cemetery. Sheldon died in Miami Monday after a heart attack Saturday. He was a native of Alabama and is survived by his wife Cora four daughters Carlene Mabel Dorothy and Florine all of Tucson and two sons Reagan and John in the U S Army.
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Charles Benson Sheldon
Miami Commercial
Sleeth Chapel
First Baptist Church
R. S. Beal
Evergreen Cemetery
Sheldon
Miami
Alabama
Cora
Carlene
Mabel
Dorothy
Florine
Tucson
Reagan
John
U. S. Army
Gas Tax Collection Shows Slight Drop in March
PHOENIX May 3 The state highway department announced March gasoline tax receipts totalled 346 628 09 compared with February 346 896 21 a small decline in collection figures.
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Phoenix
State Highway Department
Flying Cross Awarded To Col. Rogers for B 17 Mass Flight
Lt. Col. George W. Rogers of Tucson and Redwood City Calif received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Maj. Gen. William E. Lynde for extraordinary achievement on the first mass B 17 flight from Hamilton Field to Hickam Field Hawaii on May 12 13 1941. The ceremony at Hamilton Field San Rafael Calif featured praise for Rogers co pilots and the 19th Bombardment Group.
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George W. Rogers
Tucson
Redwood City
Calif
William E. Lyndh
Fourth Air Force
Hamilton Field
San Rafael
Rogers
Hickman Field
Oahu
T. H
19Th Bombardment Group
Hawaii
Maj
United States
Lyndh
Hawaiian Islands
Irvington Road
Arizona
University of Arizona
Scabbard and Blade
Bobcats
Blue Key
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
ROTC
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Tex
Maybelle Higgins
San Francisco
Kenneth
Coast Guard
Tests Being Conducted In Small County Schools
County schools superintendent Mrs. P. H. Ross leads achievement tests in one and two teacher schools across the county. Tests show pupil progress and guide teachers, with visits completed in Catalina Foothills Greaterville Empire Sierrita Twin Buttes Zine Homestead Tanque Verde Wrightstown and upcoming in Arivaca Sopori Continental Baboquivari San Fernando Indian Oasis Vail Pantano and Reddington.
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P. H. Ross
Mrs. Mary Smith 81 Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs. Mary Smith aged 81 died last night at a local hospital. She came to Tucson from Indiana on November 11, 1918 with her husband the late Oliver Smith. Survived by five children. Funeral arrangements announced later by the Arizona Mortuary.
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Mary Smith
North Mountain
Tucson
Oliver Smith
Indiana
Arizona
Baptists Open State Meeting Here Tonight
The Arizona Baptist convention opens at First Baptist church Tucson with Mayor Jaastad and O B Hazeltine to welcome delegates. Rev R C Easter will address the opening. women’s missionary society spoke in morning sessions and Rev Thomas F Dixon addressed the group at lunch and during the pastors conference.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Arizona Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
North Sixth Avenue
East Fifth Street
Henry O. Jaastad
O. B. Hazeltine
Tucson
R. C. Easter
Paul Poiret Dies in Poverty Once Rich Paris Dressmaker
London May 3 reports say Paul Poiret aged 60 once the richest dressmaker in Paris died Monday in poverty. His fall began with the 1929 crash when the market for his high priced gowns collapsed.
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London
Paul Poiret
Paris
Postwar Reserve Funds Exempt From Limitation
Phoenix May 3 Attorney General Joe Conway rules cities and counties are exempt from the 10 percent budget increase limit for postwar reserve funds. The exemption applies to school, bond, special assessment and district levy purposes under a legislative act. The opinion was requested by Thad M. Moore, chairman of the state tax commission.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
Conway
Thad M. Moore
Arizona State Tax Commission
Starling foraging pattern affects single cherry tree in orchard
A flock of starlings targets one cherry tree in an orchard while leaving surrounding trees untouched. This selective foraging creates isolated damage despite ample fruit on other trees in the same area.
Evacuees Sent to Idaho Farm Jobs From Poston Center
Sixty three Japanese evacuees from the Poston relocation center in Arizona are en route to Nampa Idaho to take agricultural work. They are part of a group totaling 249 evacuees sent to farm jobs in Idaho and Oregon under wartime programs.
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Portland
Ore
Poston
Ariz
Nampa
Idaho
War Food Administration
Oregon
Thrasher Displays Tail Movements To Its Own Song
The brown thrasher shows a mating or communicative display by thrusting and moving its tail in rhythm with its song, a behavior observed as it vocalizes and feeds.
Bataan Groups to Convene Relief Plan Conference
A three day national convention of federated Bataan organizations opens in St Joseph Missouri with about 100 delegates from more than 20 states to chart future action for speeding relief to American prisoners of war in the Far East.
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ST. Joseph
Far East
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Chamber
Goyette
Nathan Mur
Miracle Mile Egg
Luna Street
Sheriff's Office
Col
Pacific Air Pioneers
Brooks
William T. Brooks
Chandler
Baptists
Arta
East Shiro
Bataan
Tucson Chemical Co
E. Sixth St
East 9Th ST
Vik Cettsnitters
Stone
Gridiron
Poplin
Gabardine
Midwsomers Ward
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