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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
5
A collage of verse lines about memory and love, a shocking cruelty case involving 114 dogs en route to Indianapolis for experiments, and a mosaic of light non fiction items. The column notes playful Q A exchanges, aging prodigies, a British motor roller skate invention, and social observations from Chicago to London.
UNRRA director general Fiorello LaGuardia reports millions of dollars of supplies pilfered in Trieste. He asks Allied HQ for authority to furnish armed guards after describing widespread theft, insufficient policing, and alleged collusion within the forces protecting shipments. He warns he will escalate to high-level officials if unsatisfied.
Dionicio Barreras aged 56 of 1425 West DeMoss Petrie road died yesterday in a local hospital. Survived by wife Rosa, daughter Maria, sons Hiliberto and Ernesto, sisters Porfirio Camacho and Ramona Cardenas, brothers Angel Pablo Ignacio and Pedro. Requiem mass 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Family church. burial 4 p.m. tomorrow at Holy Hope cemetery. Body lies in state tonight at home.
William Ragsdale fifty six died Wednesday at his Casa Grande highway home. Funeral services are set for 2 p m tomorrow at Tucson mortuary with Rev Roy Gustaffson of First Baptist officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Ragsdale, a contractor, came here nine months ago from St Louis Missouri. He is survived by his wife Hazel and five daughters.
Russell Davis faces cleanup duty after a trailer broke from his truck on East Sixth Street and North Euclid Avenue. Police say paint spilled across the pavement and Davis was warned he must clean the street. He hopes a Tucson flood may wash away the mess.
Detroit August 2 A CIO led labor management conference on auto production drew Kaiser Frazer Willys Overland Studebaker into talks with UAW officials. Major firms General Motors Chrysler and Ford did not attend, criticizing union tactics as delays to output. Walter Reuther called their absence regrettable and said they preferred public relations over cooperation.
Mayo Dean, 55, a World War I veteran, died after being run over by a railroad switch engine in Phoenix. His legs were so mangled they had to be amputated.
Michael Borozan a 14 year old from 2235 East First Street earned first prize for Arizona in a national Fisher Body Craftsmen's guild contest held in San Francisco. Louis Jaymes Jr., 724 South Herbert Avenue, earned second prize. AUSO Camp Show AT Ease planned for tonight and tomorrow at the veterans hospital with a 20 member company aiding bedridden men. Joe Holzhauser Tucson Newspapers circulation agent celebrates a double occasion tomorrow including Tombstone public debt burn and his tenth anniversary with the company.
A Veterans' Certification officer will be in Tucson for several weeks starting next Tuesday to certify veterans for surplus war materials. A surplus sale is set at the Consolidated-Vultee modification center beginning Aug. 16. The officer's local Tucson address will be announced next week by Phoenix headquarters.
Interchange between Phoenix city buses and Metropolitan lines began today while Phoenix fares remain unchanged until Aug. 12. Metropolitan cash fares rose to 8 cents for the first zone with 10 tickets at 75 cents. other zones saw proportional increases. A rehearing request on Metropolitan’s rate order was not to be decided before next week per the state corporation commission after a motion by the attorney general's office.
Five men were injured, two seriously, when an explosion tore through a Commercial Solvents Corp plant building in Terre Haute Indiana early this morning. The blast shook the city as Maynard Wheeler, the plant’s vice president and general manager, said he could not yet estimate the damage.
A blast at 4 45 a m wrecked a building with twelve workers inside. Seven escaped unharmed while investigators and officials assess the scene and determine damage scope.
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