New subdivision opens in Catalina Foothills
Los Ranchos Perkins subdivision launches in Catalina foothills with 43 half acre lots selling around 180 dollars per lot. Barney Rief engineered the plan with accessible roads and utilities including water electric and gas. Twelve furnished ranch homes priced 4 000 to 5 000 dollars already complete overlook Tucson valley near River Road and Camino Real. Buildings must cost 3 000 or less and no fowls cattle or goats allowed. Nearby St Phil lips in the Hills and Catalina Foothills school adjoin the property.
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Catalina Foothills
Tucson
Leroy C. Perkins
Perkins
Los Ranchos Perkins
el Corral Cafe
Foothills
Barney Rief
City Teleco
Nes
River Road
Camino Real
Campbell Avenue
Tucson Valley
Foothills Mesas
St. Philips-in-the-Hills
Catalina Foothills School
Typhoon Forces Japanese Rail Coach 20 Miles Off Line
A typhoon battered Japan causing a railway coach to be blown 20 miles off its track. Rescue teams mobilized as line service halted with damage along the route and no immediate reports of injuries.
Retail Business In Arizona Rises In 1940
Arizona retail trade shows an 8.5 percent rise in the first four months of 1940 versus 1939, with April alone up 5 percent from April 1939, amid a nationwide gain in the western states.
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Arizona
San Francisco
U. S. Census Bureau
Increase in Crop Loans Approved
A Senate banking subcommittee approved a $500 million increase in government loan funds for major crops to cushion price declines caused by the European war. Carl B. Robbins of the Commodity Credit Corporation testified funds were reduced to about $19 million, and the extra $500 million was deemed necessary for cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco and other export crops.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Carl B. Robbins
Commodity Credit Corporation
Robbins
Silver Purchase Bill Gets Axe
House leaders agreed to send the senate approved bill to prohibit Treasury purchases of foreign silver back to the Senate next week and bury it for the session. They said the Senate overstepped constitutional authority by passing a revenue measure the silver transfer tax, since revenue legislation must originate in the House.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Senate
Congress
Arivaca Range Lands Bought By Easterner
Col. Charles P. O Connor, oilman from Pennsylvania and Maryland, buys three Arivaca district ranches totaling about 10 000 acres for around 35000 dollars James C Grant of Drachman Grant announced The land includes Amelia Campus Cavigilla and Montano ranches located about three and one half miles east of Arivaca O Connor plans stock with Herefords and build a 10 room home.
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Charles P. O’connor
Pennsylvania
Maryland
U. S. Army Engineers
Arivaca
James C. Grant
Drachman-Grant
O’connor
Col. O’connor
Tucson
Jos. T. Joesler
Grant
Amelia Campus
Cavigilla
Montano Ranches
Nogales
Matt Lemen Joins Realty Firm Here
Tucson resident Matt Lemen has joined Drachman-Grant as a salesman, announced by James C. Grant. Lemen is known in local politics as former chairman of the city Republican organization.
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Matt Lemen
Tucson
Drachman-Grant
James C. Grant
Lemen
Republican
U S Defense Program Stimulus to Industry
As Allied orders surge and Washington expands defense spending, U S industry braces for a wartime shift. Steel output nears 73 percent capacity while exports rise, signaling boosted manufacturing of engines planes and munitions amid market volatility and war fears.
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Congress
Europe
United States
Washington
Seven Million Stitches Carpet Draws Dublin Attention
A carpet with seven million stitches, begun in 1932 and now completed, bears the Lady Powerscourt monogram and family coat of arms, attracting much notice in Dublin.
Roof Repairs At Roundhouse Receive Okay
A total of 1 000 will be spent in repairing portions of the roof and for other general work at the Southern Pacific roundhouse in Tucson, according to a statement today by E. D. Herreras, city building. Permits were issued for numerous buildings and improvements, including dwellings, service stations, fences, and additions, with amounts ranging from 18 to 6 000 dollars and more.
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Southern Pacific Roundhouse
Tucson
E. D. Herreras
F. E. Davisson
East Seventh Street
W. H. Pierce
East Third Street
G. J. Vasey
East Broadway
Luis Gutierrez
Star Avenue
Augustin Romero
South Eleventh Avenue
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Seoul
Sou
Jose
Tucson Fertilizer Co
F.H.A
Arivaca Range
Jacuzzi Brothers, Inc
F.H.A. Terms
RUS Enacine CO
Title Insurance
North
Campbell
St. Phillips
U. S. Defense
Frederick Gardner
Sam
Scandinavia
Northern?a
Low Countries
France
U. S
Dun & Bradstreet
Mercantile Agency
England
Electrolux
Fourth Ave
Roundhouse
O. A
East 17Th Street
H. Shower
North Park Avenue
Roe Shoe Store
East
Congress Street
R. A. Hicks
Karl A. Ferkel
East First Street
Bank Bowling Alley
South Sixth Avenue
H. M. Sharples
East 20Th Street
Wall
Southern Pacific Railroad
South Third Avenue
Round House
F. J. Rauscher
East Speedway
Mulcahy Lumber Company
Harry A. Sellers
Riverside Park
West Congress Street
A. J. Ferro, Jr
East Water Street
A. E. Stearns
East Fifth Street
Carl Barfield
Thomas Davis Clinic
South Scott Street
W. P. Wood
East Second Street
W. E. Turner
Baffert and Leon
Toole Avenue
F. E. Sowerby
A. Butler
East 10Th Street
L.meen
East Sixth Street
R. Stinson
Mercedes Leon
North 14Th
Jamaica
John M. M.bride
Valley Nat'l Blog
Bright Spot Plant Foods
Ballinger Fuel & Fertilizer Co
E. Speedway
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