Dial Telephone Installation Set to Convert Tucson Lines
Tucson will convert to dial service starting next week with dial installation on 25 000 phones. Gayle Smith Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph says dialing will be added gradually over months. Two systems will operate during the change while work and space constraints are addressed. The switch requires hundreds of thousands of hand soldered connections and a record 435 operators handle a daily average of 152 000 calls. The Tucson staff numbers 587 workers as of now, up 205 percent since 1940.
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Tucson
Gayle Smith
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Smith
Pennington Street
Loren Reece 77 Dies in Tucson Hospital
Loren Reece, 77, longtime Tucson resident and retired railroad conductor from St. Jacobs Illinois, died Thursday morning at a local hospital. Survived by wife L Alma Reece two sons George Corpin and Robert H. nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Service at 3 p m Friday at Reilly's chapel with Rev Wesley P Ford officiating burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Loren Reece
Tucson
North Sixth Avenue
St. Jacobs
Ill
L. Alma Reece
George Corpin
Compton
Calif
Robert H
Sadie McKinnon
Reece
Knights of Fas
Lf&e
B of RT
Reilly’s Chapel
Wesley P. Ford
Evergreen Cemetery
Funeral Services Set For Mrs Alexander
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel E Alexander 38 a former Tucsonian now in Santa Ana Calif are scheduled for 4 pm Friday at the Arizona mortuary with burial in Evergreen cemetery Survived by husband G Stanley Alexander son James McSpadden two brothers James T and Ed C Everett of Santa Ana one sister Mrs J H Wren and her parents Mr and Mrs E J Everett Tucson Sister of the late Mrs Ethel Fischback who was killed last week en route to Tucson.
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Mabel E. Alexander
E. J. Everett
Tucson
Ethel . Fischback
David Lovell Meredith Buried in Evergreen Cemetery
David Lovell Meredith 57 was buried at Evergreen cemetery after services at Bring's chapel officiated by Rev. C E Huntington. He died after being struck by a car while walking across a highway near Sahuarita. Survivors include relatives in Mississippi and Texas.
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Mississippi
David Lovell Meredith
Bring’s Chapel
Rev
C. E. Huntington
Evergreen Cemetery
Meredith
Sahuarita
Texas
Youth Testifies To Sex Robbery in Pima Court
Henry Fisher 18 testifies in superior court that he and Carter Bryant met in Armory Park and had sexual encounters in Bryant’s car and at the Old Pueblo club. Bryant says Fisher robbed him at a gas station. Fisher denies threats and insists Bryant suggested compensation. Jury hears witness accounts and defense challenges as trial proceeds.
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Pima County Superior Court
Henry Frank Fisher
Carter C. Bryant
East Speedway
Bryant
Armory Park
J. Mercer Johnson
Fisher
Albert Lucas
Lucas
Fifth Avenue
Ess Street
Old Pueblo Ub
Martin Rogers
Old Pueblo Club
Wilson
Rogers
Stanley Zackrison
Zackrison
Old Pueblo
Henry Fisher
Carter Bryant
Zackinson
Court Ty
Herbert Wilson
William Johnson
Johnson
George Brooks
Pin Up Ban In Effect At Jail
Undersheriff Maurice T. Guiney announced a policy to remove pin ups from the county jail and restrict magazines to reading areas. Small magazines and newspapers may be kept, but bulkier issues must be read and returned, with subscribers retaining their property. He noted paste sources and promised new bookshelves and donated radio for prisoner access to news and music.
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Maurice T. Guiney
Guiney
Catalina Scouts Rise to Sixth in Regional Membership
Edward G. Stowell, head of the Catalina council, announced the unit's regional placement as sixth among 54 councils. The council now has 1,652 Cubs, Scouts and senior Scouts, a 21.6 percent year over year increase from 1,295. The regional group covers Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii.
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Edward G. Stowell
Catalina Council
Local youths enlist in Navy per recruiting office report
James Jewell Catchings of 3457 South Liberty Avenue and Andrew Jackson Baker of 1516 East 13th Street have enlisted in the Navy, according to information released Thursday by the local recruiting office.
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James Jewell Catchings
South Liberty Avenue
Andrew Jackson Baker
East 13Th Street
Navy
Post Office Seeks New Substation Near East Speedway
Advertisements posted by Tucson postmaster Harold Collins seek proposals to lease a 3000 square foot substation near 3200 block of East Speedway. The building would be on a five or 10 year lease, required by March 1 1948, to serve northeast Tucson. The substation would be seventh in area, offering same services as main office. Other branches include University station Old Pueblo annex airbase Greenway station and several contract stations around town.
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East Speedway
Harold B. Collins
Tucson
D. A. Pressly
Los Angeles
Collins
Metropolitan
Quisen Baily Giftzen
Halloween Dance Set by American Legion at Legion Hall
The American Legion will host a Halloween Dance Thursday evening in the Legion auditorium. Pete Newland and his Kampus Kats, an all GI orchestra from the University of Arizona, will provide the music.
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The
American Legion
Legion Auditorium
Pete Newland
Kampus Kats
University of Arizona
Mashburn Death Reported From Temple City California
Word arrived of the death Saturday in Temple City California of James Paul Mashburn age 28 of 3742 South Lundy avenue Services and burial occurred there Wednesday Survivors include his wife Betty Mashburn two children Tucson and his parents Mr and Mrs Q A Mashburn Temple City
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Temple City
Calif
James Paul Mashburn
South
Lundy Avenue
Betty Mashburn
Tucson
Q. A. Mashburn
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Evergreen
Undertakers
Physicians’ Optical CO
Sixth Ave
VY. J. Hutchinson
Wea
Glenmore
Hompson
Glenmore Distilleries CO
Louisville
Kentucky
Patterson's
Optometrists
W. A. Schell
L. M. Patterson
S. Stone
Ga Lege Shop
Catalina Scouts
Plan Speedway
J. P. Mashburn
California
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mydia E. Pinkham
North Stone Ave
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