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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
6
The Winslow city council discussed Ordinance 164 raising pool hall occupation licenses to 75 dollars per quarter, replacing the prior per table tax. Officials planned collections to begin next quarter and directed the marshal to enforce the new rate.
Memorial services for C. Clem Clements, Santa Fe employee who died in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia, will be held Friday at the Elks' home at 2 p.m. The Elks will conduct both at the home and grave, with interment in Winslow cemetery. Clements belonged to Winslow Lodge 552 and Frank Perkins Post 15 American Legion. a firing squad will render a final volley at the grave. A Christians Bazaar and turkey dinner is announced for December 6 at the Community hall by the Ladies.
Eugene Leonard was elected chief engineer and R L Moore secretary treasurer for the ensuing year by the Protherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The official slate includes First Engineer F M Neckwith Second Engineer Kt DD Mearoger Secretary Treasurer Keia Moore and several alternates and delegates across local committees and district boards.
The Southwestern Prose and Poetry magazine editorial board announces it will accept contributions for its inaugural issue. H. C. Welty says national authors have donated work already and Arizona writers are urged to submit. Initial manuscripts will be unpaid, with payment planned after regular issues begin.
University of Arizona faculty members Professor Harry Emblieton and Professor H. J. Winds will attend the fifth annual Poultry Congress in Chicago. Advance reports say the event will host a major poultry fraternity gathering with Roy C. Potts of the market bureau in Washington, D.C., among the principal speakers.
A Washington suggestion advocates an eight to ten day summer break for workers. James J. Davis, labor secretary, argues the idea could benefit wives of working men and other homemakers. He frames the proposal within a broader view of labor roles and peak productivity.
Plans to convert the Fort Lowell area in Tucson into a 20 state park near completion. Dre Byron Cummings, director of the state museum, says a reuse is secured and policies for monument establishment and ruins reservation are being worked out. The 40 acre site aims to serve recreation and education.
State and civic officials gathered for the dedication of the Asi land City airport in Et Mame Arizona. Governor Jol C Phillips was to speak as Apache Indian dance and other ceremonies were planned. Local business houses and Globe district schools joined in the event.
Community hall WOR hosts a Christmas bazaar and turkey dinner on December 6. Dinner adults cost 1.00 and children 50 cents. Proceeds support the Ladies auxiliary committee.
National Geographic Society researchers compare tree ring records with historical sunspot data to date prehistoric Southwest structures. Dr A L Douglass and team correlate Pueblo Bonito and Mesa Verde sites with events from 919 to 1262, noting “talkative tree rings” reveal annual histories of early American settlements.
The Winslow Chamber of Commerce cooperates with the Arizona Industrial Congress to curb canvassers peddlers and outside salesmen. Residents are urged to keep holidays and winter business within the city county and state to support the Trade at Home policy during the pre holiday period.
Dr Douglass and colleagues pieced together long term climate clues from tree rings and sun spot data. The research, built on expeditions led by Neil M. Ruth and Douglas, ties oak and pine growth to rainfall, fires, pests, and solar activity across regions and years.
Carnegie Tech football team will visit Winslow between trains on November 11 for a workout at the local high school field while en route to Los Angeles to meet USC. A group of 42, led by K. V. Henderson, Walter Steffen, and R. M. Waddell, arrives on train No. 9 at 10:35 and leaves on No. 7 at 1 p.m. The Winslow Chamber of Commerce seeks volunteers to help transport players and invites car offers via the chamber office.
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