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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
3
Al Lippe, famed boxing manager, arrives in Tucson with plans to rest but offers help to local promoters. He aims to bring top fighters from the east at reasonable prices and backs Dempery to halt the Bull of the Pampas in a showy winter season in the sun.
The governor announced a new university policy restricting employment of family members of staff and professors. He said salaries are sufficient so wives and relatives need not teach or work at the university. The ruling, though contested, could affect leading faculty. Some regents were surprised by the public disclosure.
Fragmented schedule mentions Uncle John children’s story Walter M Brown and various musical, news, and entertainment slots across Los Angeles Dallas Kansas City Salt Lake City with times from morning through night in a local paper’s radio listing.
Cardinal Dubois of Paris strongly objects to broadasting religious services. Officials expect the matter to be referred to Pope Pius XI for settlement.
The federal grand jury adjourned after not returning a true bill on the second day, reconvening with many informations ready for the district attorney. Six narcotic indictments were returned Monday. one white slave case was rejected. Most cases involve narcotics and prohibition violations, with many to be transferred to Prescott for trial.
Wilson McVey has returned to town and opened her house at 647 East Second Street to again provide meals for University professors this winter and entertain small parties as she did previously. Mr. McVey, former athletic instructor at the "7, has joined the Southern Pacific. A motorist who broke into a Florence garage last night and stole tires, oil, and spark plugs is being sought by police and the Sheriff as he headed toward Tucson after midnight.
Estavan Torres faced a preliminary hearing before Justice J. P. Mallory after being charged with entering BR. BE. Hendersons home and stealing silk shirts and other clothing items. Officer Ber West arrested Torres. bond was set at 500 dollars at yesterday’s hearing.
The district weather bureau reported heavy killing frosts in Montana North Dakota and Northern Wyoming. Light frost reached as far south as Dekalb Illinois with Rockford Alabama recording 44 degrees. Temperature drops spread across the upper Mississippi region as a cool high area expands from the northwest with freezing in the Canadian northwest and southern frontier areas.
A California paper feature on Scotch Parma and Conca Ranch owned by General L. H. Manning earns praise from the American Hereford Journal. It notes Manning as a Tecson resident and merchant with handsome homes, detailing Scotch Parme and Conoa ranches, river irrigation, and herds of Herefords bred for breeders in Arizona and Mexico.
Jack Heins son of Howard Heit, famed pickle magnate of 57 varieties, will not attend Evan school this year. He was on the waiting list but remains on crutches due to an accident and doctor advised against attendance. The family and school confirm the situation.
Dr W M Cryderman a Nogales dentist visited Tucson for a morning trip and planned to depart this afternoon. Condron Tucson chamber secretary expected back from California tomorrow. Silas Gould returned to Tucson and joined the Arizona Eastern office. Gray, bank official, and Mrs Gray head to Los Angeles for a vacation.
New York District Attorney Banton launched an investigation into ticket speculation for the Dempsey Firpo title bout at the Polo Grounds. He said a potential complaint to the state controller could follow if findings justify action. The probe centers on a 27.50 block selling for 77.50 and inflated single tickets.
The county agent announced immediate coyote poisoning in agricultural districts near Tucson. Hunter Knibbe of the U S Biological Survey arrived and will deploy poison along the Rillite area and later in the Cortero region to curb predation on poultry and melons. Farmers are told to keep dogs tied for ten days as the poison, placed in pork fat, degrades.
A superior court jury awarded Ming Estella Jarratt 782 for injuries in a December car crash on Benson road. The verdict comes after two days of trial and two and a half hours of deliberation. The Jarratt car struck by a defendant’s vehicle carried a seven year old with a fractured skull and other injured occupants. Attorneys Ben C. Matthews and Ralph Bibby defended the plaintiff.
The Tucton high school fire team announces its first practice this afternoon for the Cochee County Cup in October. Chief Jon Roberts said four members are secured and will join candidates to train in handling hoses and water streams.
The Citizen refund contest standings shift as the Parent-Teachers Association rises to third place with a total vote tally near Mobilizing purchases citywide maintain interest with refund checks at local stores. The top hospitals and churches hold leads, while George Jacob Shebaby moves up from third to overtaking the PTA as Holy Cross and other groups remain behind.
Quiet prevailed in the Negro section of South Bend Indiana after a night of upheaval as between 1600 and 1 568 Black residents reportedly left the city. Police patrolled streets but reported no untoward incidents following a terror letter warning of a possible outbreak over the alleged slaying of a 10 year police officer.
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