Arivaca land rush nears end as 12 lots remain
Armando Alfaro reports the Arivaca townsite has 12 lots left of 738 with the largest sale of 112 lots at 20.75 each to Harry A. McCleery and Harry Wright. Visitors from Phoenix and Los Angeles have bought plots as residents discuss forming a local government. Judge Eva De Concini notes funds held in trust could be spent by the town once incorporated, or by citizens after notice if not incorporated. Only established residents may help set policy and elect officials.
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Arivaca
Armando Alfaro
Superior Court
Eva de Concini
Harry A. McCleery
Harry Wright
Alfaro
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Judge de Concini
Tucson
de Concini
Installment bans to ease consumer buying rules
The Federal Reserve Board weighs removing installment limits on clothes and durable goods under about 50 dollars and on charge accounts. Wartime curbs likely stay until next January after Christmas. Furniture and autos may remain regulated with minimums and down payments kept.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
World Air Mail Rates Come Down Across the Globe
Postmaster Harold Collins announced a worldwide cut in air mail rates effective November 1. Rates drop to 25 cents per half-ounce for Australia and India, 15 cents to Egypt and North Africa, and 10 or 15 or 25 cents to other destinations, with Canada and Mexico at five cents per ounce and Cuba at eight cents per half-ounce. The expanding global air network drives the reductions. Arizona's Painted Desert is described as a 300 mile stretch along the Little Colorado River.
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Harold Collins
Australia
India
Collins
Central
South Africa
Asia
trans-Pacific
Egypt
North Africa
South America
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Halloween Festival at Tucson High Stadium
The Dooley Bookman Mardi Gras festival, hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, starts at 7 p m Thursday at Tucson High School stadium. A 7 15 p m parade leads to prize judging for best witch costume grotesque head funny costume and more. Winners include William Torres 12 and Edwina Torres 10 as king and queen of Convent street with Jaycee volunteers assisting. All children must wear costumes.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tucson High School
William Torres
Edwina Torres
Convent Street
Jaycees
Rhodes Scholarship Verdict Friday At University
The University of Arizona Rhodes committee chaired by Dr. O K Garretson will decide Friday which of 10 interviewed men will be recommended to the state committee for the campus meeting December 12. Under Dr Alfred Atkinson the university president three statewide applicants will be chosen for San Francisco district meeting December 14. Forty eight scholarships are to be awarded this year, including regular and war service candidates.
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University of Arizona Committee
Rhodes
O. K. Garretson
Alfred Atkinson
San Francisco
Rhodes Committee
Richter Faces U S Court Also
Joseph John Richter, sentenced in Pima County on jewelry and fur theft, was arraigned in federal court on a charge of transporting stolen goods over state lines. He and his wife allegedly took a car and items to Yuma and Las Vegas before being captured in Tucson. He remains in the Pima County jail awaiting federal action.
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Joseph John Richter
Pima County Superior Court
Emily Scott Hubbard
U. S
Thomas H. McKay
FBI
Floods From Snowstorm Halts Utah Nevada Transit
Snow and rain drenched Utah and Nevada for three days, washing out rail lines near Caliente Nevada and stranding hunters. Union Pacific repairs rerouted trains and buses will shuttle passengers between Moapa and Caliente through Thursday. Eight of seventeen lost or isolated hunters were rescued. others navigated snowbound mountains near Cedar City. Sugar production threatened as beet harvesting slowed and snow closed Eureka area mines and cut power.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Nevada
Union Pacific Railroad
Here
Los Angeles
Caliente
Nev
Moapa
Santa Fe
Denver
Albuquerque
N. M
Cedar City
Eureka
Pease Quartet Performs at Coolidge and Kiwanis
Prof. Rollin Pease head of the University of Arizona voice dept and three fine arts students gave a program at Coolidge Union High School on Tuesday and later sang for the Phoenix Kiwanis Club. Accompanist Miss Martina Powell. Singers Elma Mae Henderson Martha Lines and James King joined the tour.
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Rollin Pease
University of Arizona
Fine Arts College
Coolidge Union High School
Phoenix Kiwanis Club
Martina Powell
Elma Mae Henderson
Kirkwood
Martha Lines
Safford
James King
Tucson
Pioneers Society To Meet On Nov 16
The annual meeting of the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society will be held at the society headquarters in the University of Arizona stadium building Nov 16. Registration at 11 a.m. a social precedes a Spanish luncheon. An afternoon business meeting precedes talks and reminiscences.
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The
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
University of Arizona
Three Are Hurt In Highway Accidents
Clarence Gordon, 35, of 24 West Michigan Drive, sustained minor injuries when his car left Highway 80 about 30 miles east of Tucson at 4 47 a m on Wednesday. He was treated at Pima County Hospital. G L Fehrenkemp, driving north on the Patagonia Sonoita highway Tuesday night, lost control. His wife Betty and their baby were injured. the baby cut a hand and Betty was at St Marys Hospital for observation. Car damage was set at 200 dollars by the highway patrol.
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Clarence Gordon
West Michigan Drive
Tucson
Gordon
Pima County Hospital
G. L. Fehrenkemp
Patagonia-Sonoita
Betty
St. Mary’s Hospital
The
Highway Patrol
Two Dead Five Hurt In Crash Near Peoria
A Tuesday night highway collision a mile north of Peoria killed P. L. Smith 75 and his wife Allie D. 55. Five others injured were high school youths in a five passenger pickup. Edwin Luke 17 and Bob Cook 17 were in the truck. Coroner C. F. Carden scheduled an inquest for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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Peoria
P. L. Smith
Allie D
Arizona
Smith
George Gibson
Harold Hopson
Oleta May Miller
Mary Miller
Frances
Edwin Luke
Bob Cook
Luke
C. F. Carden
Glendale
Diamond cutting industry in the United States
The American diamond cutting industry employs about 4000 cut ters and apprentices.
Mrs. Midgard To Be Buried On Thursday
Services for Mae Helen Midgard 63 who died Monday night at 2026 East Fifth Street are set for 10 30 a m Thursday with Rev T R Scholl of Our Savior s Lutheran Church officiating and burial in Southlawn memorial park Survivors include husband Arne Midgard a son Arne Jr and three daughters Mayre Looney Ruth Farr both of Tucson and Joan Thurman Hollydale Calif Pallbearers are Clarence Gilbertson Clarence Rowe Olaf Neston Charles J Rice Ross Campbell and Elmer Gavic
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Mae Helen Midgard
East Fifth Street
T. R. Scholl
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Southlawn Memorial Park
Arne Midgard
Arne, Jr
Mayre Looney
Ruth Farr
Tucson
Joan Thurman
Hollydale
Calif
Clarence Gilbertson
Clarence Rowe
Olaf Neston
Charles J. Rice
Ross Campbell
Elmer Gavic
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Landscape Consulting A
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Rapid Messenger Service
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T. ED
Walgreen
Jones Drug CO
DRY Cleaning
Varsity Cleaners
Yobar Weab
Tucson Merchant’s Association
Stella
Polaris
Cruise
New York
West Indies
Rio de Janeiro
Byways and Byways Travel
Country Club
ALL Souls Day
Hubbard
N. Grande Ave
S. Stone Avenue
Joe Marsh
Homer Bentley
Homer
United States
B. H. Wragge
Florsheim
Fair Isle
Willis CO
North
Campbell Avenue
U.S.M.C
Eai
Escrys
Dobbs
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