Tom McLean Will History Revealed at Rotary Talk
Dr John Lyons Jr outlined the 1864 probate of Tom McLean s Arizona will using twenty slides. The estate valued at 800 was sold for 1675 with claims by Granville Oury and Fritz Contzen. Proceedings moved through judges Hayden Dunne De Lang as heirs remained unknown and notices ran in the weekly Arizonan.
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Old
Tucson
West
Thomas F. M
Territory
Arizona
McLean
John D.yons Jr
University of Arizona College of Law
Catalina Rotary Club
Mesilla
Tom McLean
Old Pueblo
C. Trumbull Hayden
United States
Carl Hayden
William H. Tenge
Tenge
Charles H. Meyers
Pima County
Meyers Street
Meyer Street
Meyers
Solomon Warner
Warner
Clarence Budding i Kelland
Patrick H. Dunne
Granville H. Oury
Oury
Oury Park
Fritz Contzen
Philip
S. R. de Lang
Coles Bashford
F. M. Hodges
Goldberg & Co
College Endowment Prompts Race Policy Clash at Washington Academy
Three prospective trustees of a Washington Mississippi military academy announced the school would operate for whites and white Christians while seeking a $50 million endowment. They said the endowment offer from Judge George Armstrong carried conditions to teach racial superiority through every medium, prompting demands the college lose accreditation.
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Washington, Miss., Military Academy
George Armstrong
Mississippi
Armstrong
Pioneer McLean and the Bison of Arizona Mystery
The 1850s era tale centers on McLean known as the Bison who moved to Tucson around 1856, served briefly in the U S Military Academy, was dismissed in 1848, and was killed in Papago country. His life emerges from a contested estate and a 216 dollar notice to unknown heirs.
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Cape Horn
Daily Citizen
McLean
U. S. Military Academy
Missouri
McLean Hame
Tucson
Sam Hughes
Arizona
Meyers
Bidault Forms New French Cabinet After Confidence Victory
Premier Georges Bidault forms a 17‑member coalition cabinet after winning 367 to 183 in the national assembly. Communists oppose. many rightists abstain. He cites Britain's devaluation as triggering the crisis and outlines wage and price policies to stabilize the economy.
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Bidault
WUP
Georges Baeate
I Cenaten
Popular Republican Party
MRP
National Assembly
Radical Socialist
Henri Queuille
Britain
Jules Moch
Rene Mayer
Construction Work in Alaska Okayed
President Truman signed legislation authorizing 166.5 million dollars for military construction in Alaska and Okinawa. Major funds cover Alaska housing power sewer roads and defense needs with the air force and navy sharing. Also reported a city bus collision tore a door from a parked car causing 200 dollars damage to the car and 50 to the bus.
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Washington
Truman
Alaska
Okinawa
Army
Air Force
Navy
Bruce H. Milligan
McFee Ave
Jack Erlich
Englewood
Calif
East Broadway
South Euclid Avenue
Echols In Car Crash Near East Speedway Drive-In
County Constable Ed Echols was involved in a minor two car crash with Mrs. Henrietta Martz at a East Speedway drive-in. No citations issued and no injuries reported. Echols, a former Pima County sheriff, was recently named constable after the death of Albert Forbes.
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Ed Echols
Henrietta Martz
First St
East Speedway
Echols
Pima County
Albert Forbes
Two Quakes Reported By University Seismographs
The University of California seismograph in Berkeley recorded two earthquakes. The first, at 12:16 a.m., was centered about 1,000 miles from Berkeley and described as a moderately strong shock lasting 30 minutes on tape. The second, at 6:30 p.m., was a light quake centered 218 miles away.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Seismograph
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Ace Bushnell
Main Street
Dean Lyons
Abraham Lyons
Arizonan
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Jewel Box
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Congress ST
Clara Dudley
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
E. Broadway
Monte Mansfield
Broadway
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Hs Iy
Congress & Stone
University
Tyndall Ave
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sunnybank
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