Arizona Supports 125 Californians on Yuma Island
Arizona funds education and welfare for about 125 California residents living on an island in the Colorado River near Yuma. The settlement hosts 20 children with one teacher and six welfare cases totaling $289 monthly. Authorities seek decisions on orphans, road work, and future residency for locals.
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Arizona
California
Yuma
Colorado River
Senate
Tom Collins
State Senate
Collins
J. B. Mead
Mead
State of
Winterhaven
Gwynethe Hamm
State Welfare Department
Fred Duff
S. Fourth Ave
Congress Street
Convent Street
37Th Street
Oliver Heflin
Arizona Highway Department
Missouri
Michigan
Massachusetts
Maine
Mississippi
Holbrook
Water Trouble Loses Force in Tucson Mountain Area
Arizona corporation commission settled water supply issues by revoking Sweetwater Drive Water Co certificate and granting certificates to Gorm Loftfield 689 acres Joseph H Canfield 440 acres and William E Edmonston 195 acres. No opposition and they served small customer bases for years. The Sweetwater certificate covered about 1344 sections in the Tucson mountain area.
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Tucson Mountain
Arizona Corporation Commission
Sweetwater Drive Water Co
Gorm Loftfield
Joseph H. Canfield
William E. Edmonston
Sweetwater Company
Tucson Gem and Mineral Society Meets on Oil Prospecting
The Tucson Gem and Mineral Society will meet at 7 30 p.m. in the state museum building on the University of Arizona campus Leo Hinds US Geological Survey will speak on Prospecting for Oil in Arizona Public invited.
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Tucson Gem and Mineral Society
State Museum
University of Arizona
Leo Hinds
U. S. Geological Survey
Arizona
Armed Forces Day Programs Highlight Tucson Luncheons
At the Santa Rita hotel the Tucson 20 30 club and Sunshine Kiwanis host Armed Forces Day luncheon programs with Harry Cameron as program chair. The Optimist club features ROTC and Davis Monthan base speakers at the Pioneer hotel. Rotary and Tucson Lodge No 4 also present Armed Forces Day observances with C Edgar Goyette and other organizers. The NAACP gathers at Estevan Center, 951 N 12th Ave, for its monthly meeting.
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Arizona Deaf and Blind
Tucson
Santa Rita
Sunshine Kiwanis Club
Harry Cameron
Tucson Optimist Club
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Estevan Center
12Th Ave
Three Drivers Face Court On Reckless Driving Charges
Three Tucson drivers appeared in city and justice courts today on reckless driving charges. Alfredo Tona received 15 days in jail and a $100 fine after a Saturday night arrest near South 11th avenue and East 22nd street. Norman J. Kopmier Jr moved to have his case continued under a $100 bond after a daytime arrest near East Broadway subway entrance. Clair I. Peterkin, UA student, said Kopmier’s vehicle clipped her left fender as he passed. Michael Harrier of Steam Pump ranch was fined $100 and jailed 15 days after a Sunday night collision on South Sixth avenue.
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Tucson
Alfredo Tona
25Th St
Tona
South 11Th Avenue
East 22Nd Street
Norman J. Kopmier Jr
Tucson Blvd
Clair I. Peterkin
Kopmier
Peterkin
East Broadway
Michael Harrier
Steam Pump Ranch
Justice Court
Harrier
South Sixth Avenue
U S Government Called Left Wing by British Minister
Oxford England May 16 British War Minister John Strachey calls the current U S administration among the most left wing globally noting its economic policy and views compare unfavorably with western Europe He cites the Democratic party’s current forces as moving in a similar direction though not on the same lines as Britain’s Labour government.
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Oxford
England
John Strachey
U. S
Strachey
United Kingdom
Scandinavian
Europe
Democratic Party
America
Britain
Dividend Tax May Be Paid By Checkoff
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved applying a 10 percent withholding method to stock dividends to close tax gaps. The plan would add about 150 million dollars to federal revenue and may produce refunds or additional taxes depending on dividend totals. Other items include rent control opposition, coffee prices, freight car shortages, cavalry abolition, FEPC credit, school construction, and Army Finance Center fraud hearings.
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U.P
House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
National Association of Real Estate Boards
House Banking Committee
Angus Mackey
New York
Mackey
Senate Agriculture
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Commerce
House Armed Services Committee
FEPC
Walter F. George
D-Ga
George
Communist Party
House Labor
Army Finances
House Armed Services
Army Finance Center
St. Louis
Starlets Named To Represent Four Services In Armed Forces Day
Tucson Armed Forces day committee drew and assigned starlets to represent the navy army marine air force for Saturdays events. Randy Stuart to navy Susan Dalbert to army Marion Marshall to marine Dorothy Douglas to air force. Inductions take place at 8:45 p.m. Friday at the service men day parade center 220 S Fifth Ave with a dance for service men only. Joe Sanders and his orchestra will provide music at DMN and Tucson High Stadium Saturday night before a later NCO club event at the base.
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Armed Forces Day Committee
Navy
Randy Stuart
Army
Susan Dalbert
Tucson
Marion Marshall
Dorothy Douglas
Air Force
Fifth Ave
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base
Joe Sanders
DMN
Armed
Two UA Graduate Scholarships Awarded by Phelps Dodge
The University of Arizona announced two graduate scholarships from Phelps Dodge Corp supplying 1200 dollars annually plus tuition. Lloyd A. Thomas of Bisbee and Kathleen Wood of Phoenix receive the awards and will pursue advanced study after earning their bachelor’s degrees this month. Thomas plans mining geology and applies to Harvard. Wood will attend Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Phelps Dodge Corp
University of Arizona
Committee On
Lloyd A. Thomas
Bisbee
Kathleen Wood
Phoenix
Thomas
Edna B. Thomas
Harvard University
Bisbee High School
California Institute of Technology
Miss Wood
Wilson B. Wood
Tucson
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mayor makes wild guess on Pima County population
Washington orders push back plans to tally the 1950 census for Tucson and Pima County. Mayor E. T. Houston offers a rough estimate of 191,000 after a long council session as the public is invited to guess county population ahead of the June 1 release.
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Washington
Daily Citizen
Greater
Tucson
Pima County
Greater Tucson
E. T. Houston
Reservoir storage update at San Carlos RF port
The 48 hour period ending at 7 a.m. yesterday shows available storage at San Carlos RF port with 41,605 acre feet, a loss of 413 acre feet over the interval.
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San Carlos Reservoir
Election set for Tucson Jewish community council delegates
Mrs. Ben Berner announces the Tucson Jewish community council delegate election for 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at Congregation Anshei Israel recreation hall. Nominees include Meyer Agron, Sam Amber, Richard Bennett, Bern ard Block, Robert Brickman, Ethel Cherry, Louis Cohen, Elmer Courtland, Sam Deutsch, Ben Dlott, Fruchthendler, Arthur Goldbaum, Saul Greenman, Charles Jacobson, Kaufman, Kleinerman, Arnold Lieberman, Arnold Mandel, M. I. Pote, Morris Shanhouse, Ben Solot, Sidney Weissberger. all 1950 Combined Jewish Appeal contributors may vote. floor nominations allowed.
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Ben Berner
Tucson
Berner
Richard Bennett
Louis Cohen
William Davidson
Abe Simon
Henry Kaufmann
Clean Garbage Cans Draw Fewer Insects
The cleanup campaign aims to reduce insect breeding by householder action. Residents will disinfect areas where flies ants and mosquitoes breed and spray DDT around homes while cleaning cans and replacing lids as needed.
Diminished Pound Power Outlined by Cripps
London May 16 Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons that domestic purchasing power of the pound has fallen about one fifth in five years. He noted the March value as 16 shillings and a penny versus 20 shillings in 1945 and that the shilling equaled 20 U S cents before the 4 to 2.80 dollar devaluation last September. The current rate is 14 U S cents.
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London
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
U. S
Cripps
Dobry Cleared by Arizona Real Estate Commission
Dudley A. Dobry, a Tucson realtor, was found innocent of violating state code by the Arizona Real Estate Commission after reviewing briefs from Dobry and Frank M. Steele Jr. The commission ruled there was no license revocation and noted no code violation for three years prior to the action.
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Dudley A. Dobry
Tucson
Arizona Real Estate Commission
Dobry
Frank M. Steele Jr
Steele
Warrant Revocation Tied to Broker License Case
The article notes a warrant revocation or suspension action against a broker's license. It also mentions a $150,000 slander suit filed in superior court by Dobry against Steele over cited charges.
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Dobry
Superior
Steele
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