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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
8
The state superintendent reports a healthier bank condition as of June 3 1923 with declines in loans and discounts and in deposits from the June 30 1922 figures while liabilities shrink. The condensed statement covers 64 state banks 2 national banks and shows asset shifts including real estate and securities changes and a total deposits figure of 865 683 093 55.
Tucson Lions held a closed session at the Santa Rita hotel to discuss internal affairs and the National Guard. Members reviewed a list of prospects and will call on men to recruit a company to full strength with Herbert Brown, a former Texas National Guard captain, addressing the group. Captain Herndon plans to speak at the next meeting.
A promotional notice offers a free trial of a breathing relief method for asthma and hay fever, claiming quick alleviation regardless of climate or occupation. It targets hopeless cases where inhalers and opium products failed, urging immediate coupon requests with no payment or postage.
The American Red Cross plans a junior life saving corps in Tucson with weekly instruction by H B Ogle at the Wetmore pool. Two local boys, John B Loman Jr and Don Hum melt, have passed the corps requirements, with more youths expected to join next year.
The new William Fox epic Nero is playing at the Opera House with high praise and record box office. Director J Gordon Edwards filmed in Italy with many foreign actors. The cast features Jacques Gretillat as Nero and Paulette Duval as Poppsea with Alexander Salvini Horatius Edy Dardea Acte and Violet Mersereau Marcia in leading roles.
Final examinations precede the close of the Mesa Summer school after seven weeks of sessions. Classes have met in the basement of the high school building and the program is so successful that plans are underway for a larger school in the summer of 1924.
Franklin D. Walker, Arizona Rhodes Scholar, finished his BEA Oxon work on July 12 and departs for an extended Near East tour including Paris Vienna Budapest Belgrade Sofia and Constantinople. He plans a return to Oxford for special reading then to Berkeley for postgraduate psychology study, with US return next December. Miss Dorothy Griffith joined him in Paris and Oxford. Bradford Trenham, another Rhodes Scholar from Arizona, will finish studies in Scotland next year.
The First Methodist church Epworth League and High School league will meet at Wetmore's tomorrow evening at seven. They will travel to a nearby ranch for swimming and a watermelon bust. Ted Ratty leads the Epworth League social committee and coordinates arrangements. Between forty and fifty participants are expected.
Pima County will send four representatives to the Farm Bureaus of Western states meeting in Salt Lake City August 2 and 3. C. S Brown president of the Arizona State Farm Bureau announced the plan. Attendees include Frank Jordan L. L. Bates George Peterson and C. S Brown head of the state bureau. States sending reps include Arizona California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Utah Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico.
A July 20 gathering by the Musician's Union of Tucson is planned at Wetmore's ranch with transport from Nellison's Music Store. Otonka Circle of the YWCA meets to outline next season and appoint committees after Miss Fanny Humfield leaves August first. Monte Mansfeld departs for California later this week. Tuсson residents attend events in Tombstone Bisbee Prescott and San Diego. Local officials, students, and visitors are listed with brief city and venue mentions.
Reports from the summer conference of University extension workers at Flagstaff praise achievements in clothing millinery food and nutrition health sanitation household management and recreation. Miss Evalyn Bentley notes large savings in women’s clothing and millinery while Mary P. Lockwood outlines state program progress aimed at uniform effort for six months.
Tycson city recorder L C Cowan reports the sale of a 2.7 acre triangular lot near the old city pumping station to A M Sanderson for 219 dollars. The sale occurred at ten o’clock this morning at City Hall and exceeded the minimum price by 10 dollars.
Deputy supervisor Claude McKenzie leaves for Madero canyon in the Santa Ritas on official business. Sheriff Walter Bailly and Deputy Sheriff Bob Nease return from Florence with three prisoners sentenced in the superior court. J T Rye Miles, former Pima sheriff, and Henry Hall arrive in Tucson on business. Clerk Harry Batterton plans August return from California. H Ming assessor of Yuma county arrives in Tucson from Douglas after a state tax meeting. Ran Bone Gila county engineer and R D Kennedy chair Gila board of supervisors also travel through Tucson.
Miss Cora Lehman and Arthur McGee were married last evening at seven thirty by Rev Mardy A Ingham in the Methodist church. The bride wore a white crepe dress and was accompanied by her sister Philofa Lehman and the groom and bride’s families. The bride is a Tucson High School graduate and the groom a University student. they will live on South Fourth Avenue.
Reverand C. L. Kau, assistant pastor of the Baptist Church, leaves for the statewide session of the Baptist Young People's Union at Carr Ranch starting tomorrow. The event runs until August 6 with ministers serving as faculty and mornings and evenings devoted to classes.
Morgan McDermott post of the American Legion plans action at the next regular meeting to discuss a state headquarters proposal for a special legislative session. Ray Jenkins says the state department urges calling a special session to adopt the Colorado project. Local chamber of commerce weighing similar move.
City starts a 36 inch drainage line about 96 feet long to Santa Cruz river and a four foot concrete culvert by the El Paso and Southwestern railroad. The project aims to prevent past overflow damage in the Paseo Redondo and Alameda area at an estimated city cost near 9309.
A suit filed yesterday in Maricopa County Superior Court challenges Senate Bill No 18 designed to provide operating funds for the Arizona Highway Department. The action seeks to determine the bill's validity and impact on available financial resources for the department.
Readable lines indicate a schedule item for morning and evening activities at Macabes Place Women’s Benefit with a leave time of 644. Details are fragmentary but show a community event with service times. The text preserves names of services and a venue reference.
A report notes travel by a party on the way to Douglas for a meeting of the state tax commission. The details are fragmentary, but the trip signifies official business involving tax officials en route to a designated venue.
A. Pope becomes time service head for the Southern Pacific, overseeing 12 000 railroad watches. Former assistant general time inspector, he now holds full jurisdiction over Pacific System lines. The line faces aging chronometers and long-accustomed clockwork, with some pieces centuries old.
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