Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Tucson Daily Citizen in Tucson, Arizona

We have 3,310,217 pages in Arizona

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1941

Page

3

Two Texas bandits rob service station driver near Nogales

H M Willoughby, operator at a Nogales highway service station, was held up and robbed of 80 by two armed men east of the Indian training school. He described the suspects as wearing white shirts, colored glasses, one with a white straw hat, driving a green sedan with Texas plates and a fox tail on the radiator cap. They fled toward Nogales, then into the Santa Rita foothills.

H. M. Willoughby Hoxey Tourist Court Nogales Willoughby Texas Continental Santa Rita Mountains

Colonel Briscoe Defends Guards At Fort Knox Riots

Col H B Briscoe says 350 soldiers in guardhouse were a small fraction of Fort Knox strength 350 confined after riot last Wednesday. Private Carl B McClellan 19 of Bicknell Ind killed by a ricochet as guards fired over prisoners. Four guards fired over heads. riot halted by fire hose. ballistics pending. one guard faces manslaughter charge. others to be court martialed.

Fort Knox U.P Col H. Butler Briscoe Briscoe Carl B. McClellan Bicknell Ind

Romero Appeal Hearing Set In Desert Gardens Case

The appeal of Esteban Romero, owner of Desert Gardens on the Benson highway, against liquor license revocation by state director John A Duncan was set in superior court for 9 30 a m Wednesday Judge Levi S Udall presiding in place of Judge William G Hall after Romero’s attorney lost a bid for a jury trial Duncan revoked the license for allowing disorderly persons on the premises and serving liquor from broken packages.

Esteban Romero Desert Gardens Benson Highway John A. Duncan Romero Superior Court Levi S. Udall Apache County William G. Hall Duncan

Revolutionary New Motor For Air Use Roars On Test Block

Detroit August 4 UP A 12 cylinder liquid cooled solid-fuel injection airplane engine roared on the test block at Ford today one year after blueprints were drafted President Edsel Ford said the engine had been turned over for the first time Saturday Engineers hope it will reach 1800 horsepower at takeoff Tests likely to take several months If approved by the Army Air Corps Ford could adapt it to mass production at River Rouge plant

Detroit Ford Motor Co Edsel Ford Ford Army Air Corps River Rouge

Tullos Funeral Set For Tomorrow

Funeral services for Lee Tullos age 53 who died Saturday at a local hospital will be held at 4 PM tomorrow in Parker Mortuary chapel with Rev. Charles O Green officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen cemetery. Tullos was a car inspector for the Southern Pacific and had lived here 21 years. He is survived by his wife Lela a son Richard of Bing ham Canyon Utah and a daughter Ethel of Portland Oregon.

Lee Tulois Parker Mortuary Charles O. Green Assembly of God Church Evergreen Cemetery Tullos Southern Pacific Company Lela Tullos Richard Bingham Canyon Utah Ethel Tullos Portland Ore

Cuba to Produce 7 Million Gallons of Natural Gasoline This Year

The Department of Commerce reports Cuba will yield seven million gallons of natural gasoline this year. The estimate underscores planned extraction from Cuban fields and aligns with ongoing resource development efforts.

Cuba Department of Commerce

Sun Rays Spark Fire in Philadelphia Home

Sun rays beating through a windowpane ignited bed sheets and started a fire in the home of Vestal Brock in Philadelphia. No injuries reported as firefighters contained the blaze. The incident emphasizes the danger of concentrated sunlight on flammable fabrics.

Philadelphia U.P Vestal Brock

Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertising Claim

An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to stimulate bile flow in the liver, claiming daily bile production aids digestion and relieves symptoms of bloating constipation and malaise, with prices listed as 10¢ and 25¢.

Carter

Eight Men Arrested for Reckless Driving in Pima County

An auto accident near Tucson injures one woman, Mrs. Lynn Wilson, as her car overturns after a collision on Oracle road. Eight men, including Homer S. Bounds and Frank Martin, were arrested for reckless driving. Two others, Ricardo B. Tellez and Eugene Harrison, were convicted and fined or jailed.

Pima County Lynn Wilson North Jacobus Street W. R. Naus Tucson Oracle Road Wilson West 37Th Street Louis Federico Sopori Ranch Jose Moreno South Convent Julio Carrillo North 13Th Street Richardo B. Tellez Norris Eugene Harrison Liberty Street Paul Cella

United Appeal Set For October Meeting Of Local Groups

Representatives of the Salvation Army YWCA Girl Scouts Catholic Welfare Society and Arizona Children's Home plans to join a united appeal drive in the first week of October. A meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Pioneer hotel with invitations sent to YMCA Boy Scouts and Community Service Inc Matt Mansfield will preside as finance committee chair.

Salvation Army YWCA Girl Scouts Catholic Welfare Society Arizona Children’s Home United Appeal Pioneer Hotel YMCA Boy Scouts and Community Service, Inc Matt Mansfield Salvation Army Finance Committee

Printer dies in Amarillo crash on Route 66

Samuel T. Farrell a printer for the Arizona Daily Star was killed in a car crash on highway 66 near Amarillo Texas A blowout caused the car to overturn His mother suffered a broken arm an aunt a broken rib Misses Orpha Lugo and Naomi Lopez were in the car but uninjured The group had left for a vacation to St Louis Funeral arrangements will be announced later through Bring's funeral home

Samuel T. Farrell Arizona Daily Star Highway 66 Amarillo Tex Associated Press Josephine G. Farrell M. G. Lopez Farell Amarillo Hospital Lopez Orpha Lugo Naomi St. L Luis Farrell Nogales Los Angeles The Star Bring’s Funeral Home

Also Mentioned on This Page

Texas Bandits War Department A. C. Delwarte East Broadway Howard King M. F. Coyle Bruce Weinzaphel Young King Weinzaphel Dorothy Red King Ben D. Gross Caromel General Electric America Cene Congress Oracle Robert T. Jones Reuben MEET Chenault Marcel Marinello School of Beauty Culture N. 6Th Ave Mode Footwear Crm Lovely Bird's Eye Chifforobe Suite West Congress
Search Courier

Search the Tucson Daily Citizen Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Tucson Daily Citizen?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication