Mayor Taps Committees with Few Changes for Year
Mayor E. T. Houston released a largely reappointed slate of committees and boards for the coming year. New members appear on Aviation, Chamber of Commerce aviation, Board of Adjustment, and several others, with many existing names retained across Health, Plumbing, Boxing, Flood Control, Greens, and Park related panels.
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E. T. Houston
Aviation Committee
Monte Mansfield
F. G. Priser
Phil — J. Martin Jr
S. T. Adams
Hub Phenicie
Roy Drachman
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Board of Adjustment
Frank Drachman
Lew Place
James E. Brady
Harry Sellers
Byron Ivancovich
Board of Examiners and Appeals
Roy Place
Pat Tidmarsh
Cecil H. Moore
William Dunipace
John Park
Baseball Commission
Board of Health
William J. Pistor
Board of Plumbing Examiners
Boxing and Wrestling Commission
David M. Levitt
Gertrude Penn
Earl F. Anderson
Robert Fish
Jonathan Booth
William A. Muse
Harold L. Lamb
Mary C. Spangler
New
E. J. Nehring
John Burns
F. Payne Dearing
Frank FE. Dawson
J. O. Niemann
Fred Ronstadt
Lambert Kautenburger
Jeanne McQuown
E. A. Conley
Charles A. Brady
Water Committee
William R. Mathews
G. E. P. Smith
Harold Schwalen
A. P. Martin
Trolley Speed Is Disputed In Chicago Probe
Chicago probes into a deadly street car collision that killed 32 people as firefighters battled fires at 62nd and State. Investigators focus on trolley speed and rear door operation amid conflicting passenger accounts. Conductor Liddell, arrested for leaving the scene, testified doors jammed while some riders escaped through the center door. Witnesses described speeds from about 30 mph to not more than 10–12 mph, with the coroner’s tally placing the dead at 32. The inquest was adjourned to June 1.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
William C. Liddell
Chicago Transit Authority
Liddell
CTA
Charles G. Klein
Ralph Budd
Paul Manning
Manning
A. L. Brodie
Premiere of The Furies in Tucson Planned
Promotional plans for the world premiere of The Furies in Tucson on July 21 and 22 expanded as five Paramount publicity men will meet with local committee chairmen on Wednesday. They will share overall procedure ideas and take Tucson suggestions. a decorations subcommittee has tentative plans to suspend intersection decorations downtown and possibly place billboards and banners in transportation terminals. Walter Seltzer Jerry Pickman and George Aurelius will join the Hollywood Paramount staff for the sessions.
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Tucson
Paramount
Hollywood
Walter Seltzer
Hal Wallace Productions
Jerry Pickman
George Aurelius
Phoenix
Former Chinese Premier W. W. Yen Dies in Shanghai
Hong Kong reports the death of W. W. Yen at 73 from heart disease after a long career as premier and diplomat. He studied at the University of Virginia and served as minister to the United States Sweden Germany and Denmark and as ambassador to Russia. His last posts included a Nationalist delegation effort to Peiping and chairmanship of the Shanghai Sino Soviet friendship association.
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Hong Kong
W. W. Yen
China
Shanghai
Yen
University of Virginia
United States
Sweden
Germany
Denmark
Russia
Nanking
Peiping
Sino-Soviet Friendship Association
Discarded Cigarette Causes Powder Blast in Neiva
A discarded cigarette reportedly ignited stored powder in a dry goods store in Neiva, killing at least ten people and injuring fourteen. Six buildings in the commercial area were destroyed. The blast occurred yesterday about 150 miles southwest of Bogota.
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Bogota
Colombia
Neiva
University of Arizona to close campus offices Memorial Day
All University of Arizona offices will be closed Tuesday for Memorial Day. Examinations scheduled for that day are canceled.
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University of Arizona
Woman Driver Sought After School Zone Crash In City
Deputies search for a woman driver of a 1949 green Ford sedan after it struck a student in a South Sixth Avenue school zone. Arthur Wooster, 13, suffered minor bruises. boys misread the license as a 1949 Ford, though it matched a 1942 Ford jeep.
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South Sixth Avenue
44Th Street
Arthur Wooster
34Th St
Wooster
Barney Armstrong
South Sixth
Armstrong
Elks Install New Officers in Prescott Convention
Prescotts 35th Arizona Elks convention installs new officers led by Dr W V Ammons of Phoenix with Stanley Sleeman as VP and trustees Oscar Osterman Kingman R C Russell Jr Ajo and W R Wilder Douglas. Antler lodges formed for ages 18 to 21. three existing in Ajo Phoenix and Kingman. About 11 700 members statewide. Banquet tonight at Hassayampa hotel with ritual contests and a basketball game tomorrow between Kingman and Phoenix.
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Prescott
Arizona Elks Association
Prescott Senior High School
Elks
Ajo
Phoenix
Kingman
W. V. Ammons
Stanley Sleeman
Oscar Osterman
R. C. Russell Jr
W. R. Wilder
Douglas
Ammons
Leo Gavigan
Ben Brokaw
Mesa
Arthur Turner
Miami
Arizona
Hassarampa
Board Rules Strikers Can't Destroy Property
The National Labor Relations Board ruled strikers may be fired for attacking or threatening nonstrikers and destroying property. The decision concerns a three year old case from Port Rico Container Corp. at Hato Rey Puerto Rico and 24 strikers from a General Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico affiliate.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Port Rico Container Corp
Hato Rey
P. R
General Federation of Workers of Puerto Rico
Divorce Discloses Horatio Alger Tale
SEATTLE May 27 A married couple that hardly had enough money for their honeymoon 15 years ago split up in divorce court yesterday. They split up almost a million dollars in cash and property with Mrs Gerda A Berry 44 granted the divorce from Nathaniel E Berry 63 on cruelty grounds. She received the Sorrento hotel valued at 300000 23 000 cash and household property. Berry received a 375000 medical dental building in Klamath Falls Ore a 40000 wheat ranch in Kansas a 20000 mortgage on Kansas City property and 20000 in cash. They will share equally in proceeds of sale of a 20000 home here. Berry told of quick rise from rags to riches due to hotel and apartment investments. He said he spent only 2000 in living expenses the past 11 months and joked about betting on races.
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Seattle
Gerda A. Berry
Nathaniel E. Berry
Sorrento
Berry
Klamath Falls
Ore
Kansas
Kansas City
Tuccson Cement Co Leads in Masonry Materials
Tuccson Cement Co has supplied leading concrete masonry materials for over 13 years, serving builders and contractors with durable products and reliable delivery across the region. The firm emphasizes quality, consistency, and expert technical support for masonry projects.
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Tuccson
Dr William Stockwell 51 Dies Forest Genetics Leader
Dr William Palmer Stockwell a University of Arizona alumnus and soil expert died last week in Berkeley California at 51 He led forest genetics work for the California forest and range experiment station directing studies that produced hybrid pine trees now tested across U S forested regions Earlier he served as regional agronomist for the soil conservation service in New Mexico and did plant adaptation research for the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior Arizona He is survived by his wife mother a brother a sister a daughter and a grandson.
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William Palmer Stockwell
University of Arizona
Berkeley
Calif
Stockwell
California Forest and Range Experiment Station
United States
Soil Conservation Service
New Mexico
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum
Superior
Ariz
W. P. Stockwell
Dean of Agriculture
Warns Australians of Communist Peril
CANBERRA May 27 Prime Minister Robert Menzies accused agents of Russian communism as fomenters of industrial disturbance. He warned that these agents aim to sabotage Australia resources and self-defensive strength and that indifference to Communist activity at home endangers safety and independence. He spoke after anti-Communist legislation passed the House and before the Senate.
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Canberra
Austria
Pye
Robert G. Menzies
Menzies
Australia
China
Indo-China
Malaya
Senate
House of Representatives
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Helen St
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Palo Verde
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Treat Ave
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George Gamard
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Rachel] Bridges
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