Resignation of Walter Douglas as SP Mexico chairman announced
Walter Douglas resigns as chairman of the board of the Southern Pacific of Mexico effective July 1, while retaining his directorate in the parent company. A native of Canada, he helped lead Phelps Dodge and had long ties to western mining and railroads. His son, Walter Douglas Jr., operates Gilpin air lines.
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Walter Douglas
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Mexico City
Douglas
Tucson
James Douglas
Southern Pacific Comany
Exican Railroad
Canada
Prescott
Ariz
Phelps Dodge Corporation
American Mining Congress
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Walter Douglas, Jr
Gilpin Airlines
Thirteen Arizona Pre-Med Students Plan Top Year
Thirteen University of Arizona pre medical students will attend leading medical schools next fall. Named are Thomas H. Heineman Tucson Burton R. Stein Oakfield N Y at Buffalo Ralph E Graham Coolidge Hahnemann Philadelphia William G Closson Jr Flushing at Vanderbilt Joseph H Deutsch Tucson Penn John F Ganem Sonora Ariz at Louisville Robert S Huntington Clarksdale Stanford William S Jones Menominee at Marquette Edward L Kettenbach Tucson at Washington Richard H Mayne Miami at Duke William R Waddell Safford at Harvard and Harry Harding Santa Barbara a zoology graduate now pursuing a master’s in bacteriology Northwestern tonight. All majored in zoology under Dr G T Caldwell.
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University of Arizona
Thomas H. Heineman
Tucson
Burton R. Stein
Oakfield
N. Y
University of Buffalo
Buffalo
William T. O’brien
Miami
Ariz
Ralph E. Graham
Coolidge
Hahnemann Medical College
Philadelphia
William G. Closson, Jr
Flushing
Vanderbilt University Nashville
Tenn
Joseph H. Deutsch
University of Pennsylvania
John F. Ganem
Sonora
University of Louisville
Louisville
Robert S. Huntington
Clarksdale
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
William S. Jones
Menominee
Mich
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern University
Evanston, IN
G. T. Caldwell
Advertising cash will be sought for Arizona state campaign
Phoenix May 29 The Arizona Hotel Association the Arizona State Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Arizona State Association of Chamber of Commerce Secretaries plan a joint 150000 national advertising campaign for the state when the legislature convenes next January Roy Drachman Tucson said last year tourist revenue in Arizona totaled 75000000 and the proposed appropriation would repay the state by at least 25 fold The hotel association already named a three man committee to assist Jack Stewart Phoenix Jack Burden Wickenburg and J M Procter Tucson Stewart said Arizona is the only western state without a national advertising appropriation
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Phoenix
Arzona Hotel Association
Arizona State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Arizona State Association of Chamber of Commerce
Roy Drachman
Tucson
Arizona
Hotel Association
Jack Stewart
Jack Burden
Wickenburg
J. M. Procter
Stewart
134 Graduates Receive Honors At University
The University of Arizona honored 134 graduates at a senior honors assembly in the university auditorium. Berwyn Brainerd Thomas and Spencer Kimball led with multiple honors, while a broad array of recipients gained Freeman Medals, Alpha Zeta, and various college prizes across Mines and Engineering, Education, Liberal Arts, Agriculture, Home Economics, Fine Arts, Music, Law, and Business programs.
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University of Arizona
University Auditorium
Berwyn Brainerd Thomas
Tucson
Spencer Kimball
Safford
Louis Dallas Uhrig
Mary Ward
Harry Kotecki
Bartley P. Cardon
Flora C. Barnard
Sunset Beach
Calif
Donald P. Jones
Mesa
Aram! Philibosian
Phebe M. Bogan
Virginia Robins
Palo Alto
Nancy Fee
Jennie G. Fowler
Phillis Ball
Frederick Newton Scott
Bartley Cardon
College of Agriculture
Randall Foster
Beverly Hills
College of Law
Calvin Welker Evans
Ruskin R. Lines
Pima
College of Education
Bruce F. Hannah, Jr
College of Liberal Arts
Edward Bollinger, Jr
Kingman
William Eisenhower
Superior
Jeanne Margaret Hazen
Portland
Jack Moschel
Ruth Ruddock
Coronado
Allan Benjamin Schmier
Detroit
Charles Lincoln Sortomme
Van _ Nuys
Robert B. Thieme, Jr
Westwood
Berwyn Brainerd
Memorial Day Services Set For Tomorrow
Memorial Day ceremonies honor American war dead at 8 30 a m tomorrow at Eve cemetery led by United Spanish War Veterans chairman F D McCall. A brief parade from the cemetery gate to G A R plot will precede services with Judge E W McFarland as speaker.
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United Spanish War Veterans
F. D. McCall
McCall
R. R. McGregor
G.A.R
E. W. McFarland
Pinal County Superior Court
Riney Salmon Elected President of Arizona Alumni Association
Riney B. Salmon of Phoenix became the new president of the University of Arizona Alumni Association, succeeding James Gentry of Bisbee. The announcement came at the annual alumni banquet in the university recreation center. Fred Stofft of Tucson was re elected vice president, with Harold Warnock of Bisbee Virginia Poindexter William Kimball Jack O Dowd and Fred Porter all of Tucson named to the executive committee. Wilfred Austin Chandler John Boyd Phoenix and William Truman Florence joined the advisory board. A L Slonaker, general manager of the associated students, presided. Fred W Fickett Tucson welcomed seniors Roy Young Pinetop the graduating class vice president. Students were inducted into the association by Stofft.
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Riney B. Salmon
Phoenix
University of Arizona Alumni Association
James Gentry
Bisbee
Salmon
University Recreation Center
Fred Stofft
Tucson
Harold Warnock
Virginia Poindexter
William Kimball
Jack O’dowd
Fred Porter
All Tucson
Wilfred Austin
Chandler
John Boyd
William Truman
Florence
A. L. Slonaker
Associated Students
Fred W. Fickett
Roy Young
Pinetop
Stofft
Amaro Backed By Queretaro Anti Communist Unit
The Queretaro state unit of the Anti Communist party declares Gen Joaquin Amaro as standard bearer in the presidential race. Amaro, a famed army fighter, has remained silent on his candidacy while Avila Camacho and Almazan tour northern Mexico. A Bible linked Mt Ararat claim notes Ararat height above U S peaks.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Anti- Communist Party
Joaquin Amaro
Amaro
Manuel Avila Camacho
Juan Andreu Almazan
Mexico
Notable Names Listed From Tucson and Boston
Thomas and Mary Alice Ward are connected to Tucson while Robert Wesson appears in Boston records. listing of individuals links places Tucson and Boston with the names Thomas Mary Alice Ward and Robert Wesson.
Dinners from 1.00 and Snacks from 0.20
Advertises meals priced at one dollar and snacks at twenty cents with bar service. The establishment opens at five o’clock in the evening.
Air conditioning brings summer comfort to Tucson homes
Tucson dealers report a surge in cooling equipment as engineers combine 11 components to form modern air conditioning. Window boxes and room units offer simple installation with no plumbing, while central systems promise ventilation, dehumidification, and purification for summer relief. Electrical refrigerators also post high sales as heat rises.
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Tucson
Southwest
Arizona
Judson Divorce Granted To Mrs Jane Stout Judson
Mrs Jane Stout Judson won an uncontested divorce from George A Judson Jr a tennis star in Phoenix Arizona yesterday. They were married in Lordsburg New Mexico last year. She was previously married to the late Jay Marcus Lawrence a Washington socialite slain in Prescott in 1938. Ernest Lira the slain socialite’s killer is serving a second degree murder sentence.
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Phoenix
Jane Stout Judson
George A. Judson, Jr
Lordsburg
N. M
Judson
Jay Marcus Lawrence
Washington, D. C
Prescott
Ernest Lira
Lira
George W Scheerer Claimed By Death
Douglas May 29 George W Scheerer 81 who came to Cochise county from Michigan in the early 1880s transported lumber from the Chiricahua mountains to Tombstone during the Indian war days died yesterday after a three month illness Thirty seven years ago he took up ranching and had been in charge of his property near Webb in the Sulphur Springs valley until his last illness.
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Douglas
George W. Scheerer
Cochise County
Michigan
Chiricahua Mountains
Tombstone
Webb
Sulphur Springs
Willkie Urges Aid to Allies Without Sending Troops
Willkie told an Akron audience that the United States should aid the Allied powers as a defense line without committing troops. He proposed asking what help short of force the Allies need, noting the US has no troops to send and equipment shortages.
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Akron
Wendell L. Willkie
Cordell Hull
Willkie
American Legion
United States
Narragansett Boy Fires Grass to Find Lost Baseball
A Narragansett boy set fire to tall grass in a field hoping to reveal his lost baseball. The fire alarmed the fire department, who responded but the ball was not recovered. The boy admitted to starting the fire and did not locate the ball.
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Narragansett, R. IL
Narragansett
Alaska Area Size Compared to United States
A geographic note states that Alaska covers about one fifth the area of the United States, highlighting its vast but smaller landmass in comparison to the nation.
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Alaska
U. S
Fire Destroys Barn On 52 East Second South Street
Logan Utah fireman R L Griffin rushed to a blaze at his own barn on 52 East Second South street during a night shift. Firefighters battled a fire blamed on children playing with matches, causing about $100 damage before the flames were put out.
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Logan
Utah
WUP
R. L. Griffin
East Second South Street
Griffin
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Calvin W. Evans
Phi Delta Phi Law College
Neal R. Gray
James E. Beauchamp
Fegtly Moot Court Law College
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Chi Omega
Robert FE. Ensminger
Indianapolis
Ind
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Harvard Club of Arizona
William R. Waddell
Berwyn Thomas
Thomas
Kimball
Robert Wesson
Jeanne M. Hazen
Elizabeth Ann Bolton
Des Moines
Janet Ann Clisby
Wellington
Harry Aloysius Kotecki
Allen B. Rosenstein
Joseph W. Meek
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William Rhoads Waddell
Saff
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Myron P. Jaffe
Cleveland
Glenn Dean Williams
van Nuys
Fred Earl Riley, Jr
Avondale
Kathleen Flynn Furness
David Richard Pender
San Mateo
John Douglas Rainey
Globe
Janice Isabel Hemenway
Eugene Vincent Higgins
McNary
Donald Steven Keyfauver
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Laura Owsley Gillette
Sells
Paul Wilhelm Westerlund
Evelyn Lillard Felix
Carlsbad
Armin Joseph Deutsch
Chicago
Charles Thomas Marshall
Bruce Frank Hannah, Jr
Marshall Alan Jacobs
Toledo
Mary Elizabeth Willard
Joliet
Ill
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Ray
Julia Smith
Winson
Wilma Louise Kautz
Muscatine
Clarkdale
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Robert Cuyler Confer
Martha’ Elizabeth Higinbotham
Wayne H. Webb
Wilfrid C. Bailey
LaGrange
Charles Eugene Anderson
Cochise
Ruth Olson Crist
Robert Baselt Harding
Santa Barbara
College of Mines and Engineering
Jack Carlton Andreas
Lowell
James F. Bly
Winslow
Los Angeles
Nancy Louesa Baker
San Simon
Pauline Meyer
New York
Mona la Ree Millett
Fred Earl Riley
Elinor Beckett
Boulder City
Nev
Edward E. Bollinger
Jr. Kingman
Malcolm French Farmer
Robert A. Freschi
Webster Groves
Ore
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Robert George Knabe
Dorothy E. Taylor
Louis Dallas
Minton I. Moore
Richard H. Rechff
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Robert H. Crandall
Wilawanna
Donald Leigh Hitch
School of Home Economics
Merle Ballantyne
Elizabeth Hancock Lightle
Lara Mary Peterson
College of Fine Arts
Dugald Francis Gordon
Martha Elizabeth Higinbotham
Aileen Jost
Barbara Anne Nicholas
School of Music
Katherine Clark Ney
McFarland
Riney Salmon Heads
Mt. Ararat
Turkey
el Corral
Los Ranchos
Derkins
Monty
Sixth Avenue
George A. Judson
Glover & Clark
Fourth Ave
Emerson
Hoefle Sheet Metal Works
HONE
Rebeil Electric Co
Fishing
Tucson Daily Citizen
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