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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
2
A fast moving electrical storm flooded streets and halted traffic in Tucson with water pouring down Canyon road and underpasses blocked. A wall of water damaged a car, caused a small fire, and disrupted electric service while a game between Arizona and Texas was canceled.
PHOENIX Aug 6 Walter Hofmann chairman of the state board of pardons and paroles said in his annual report that only 120 of the 343 inmates received at the Florence state prison during the fiscal year ending June 30 were newcomers. He noted a decline in inmates under 30 and cited a remarkably low parole violation rate. Of paroles granted 117 left the state, 13 were wanted by the U.S. immigration service, 173 were released on term expiration, and the prison population was 731 July 1, down from 847 a year earlier.
The Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Cicognani announced Pope Pius XII has named Laurence Julius FitzSimon as bishop of Amarillo Texas. Born in San Antonio in 1895 he studied in Texas parochial schools and at the North American College in Rome. The Amarillo diocese has been vacant since early this year when Bishop Robert E Lucey was transferred to San Antonio.
An advertisement touts Konjola as a multi benefit remedy for gas bloating and indigestion. It claims to improve appetite digestion bowel function and blood quality with gentle relief after other medicines fail. Ad urges buying from druggists and insisting on genuine Konjola.
Esteban Romero denied charges against his Desert Gardens cafe on the Benson highway claiming no disorderly persons or broken package liquor consumption were observed on June 21 or 28. The hearing in Phoenix set burden of proof on Romero, with deputies testifying to maintain order.
State selective service headquarters ordered 270 Arizona men into Army service for September. The August quota of 210 will begin with 78 inductees August 11, followed by 75 August 12 and 57 August 13. To date 2,816 men have been inducted, 2,694 of them white.
A brief note compares growth speeds of English ivy and American ivy, noting English ivy grows markedly slower in typical conditions. The observation highlights species differences in horticultural behavior and potential landscape applications.
Pima county supervisors planned to confer a medal on Tom Collins a board member. He attended the County Supervisors' association meeting in Winslow using a city automobile as a guest of William Stuart Nicholas city council member traveling with state tax commission sessions.
Two separate crashes leave three people slightly injured. Rosalis Charvez 31 of La Mesa New Mexico suffered minor cuts after driving into an irrigation ditch near the Casa Grande highway when blinded by oncoming lights. He and his uninjured wife were later treated at the county hospital. In a second wreck Ben F Blythe 31 of Los Angeles and his mother Anna B Blythe were injured when their car overturned on the Benson highway southeast of Tucson. They were hospitalized. they were en route to the West Coast.
W. H. McConnico of 321 South Sixth Avenue departed today for a month long vacation trip to Canada.
Berlin reports four Hitler headquarters communiques claiming staggering Red army losses including 895,000 prisoners and tens of thousands of planes tanks and guns seized as Germany advances in the invasion. Leningrad Moscow and Kiev are noted as still resisting.
Reid Robinson of Denver president of the CIO union urged creation of a labor farmer professional worker and small businessman party. He said a true party of the great majority can elect representatives and criticized no strike moves and defense measures. He urged support for Britain and Russia in the war.
A University of Arizona bulletin shows creosoted tamarisk posts cut fence costs for Arizona farms. The report discusses tamarisk as a potential cabinet wood, its hard and handsome grain, and notes local cooperators like George Kinne and W. H. Kirkbride.
Howard King winner of Sundays soap box derby will represent Tucson at the Akron O All American race Aug 17 and will appear on Ade Abbotts radio program at 745 tonight over KTUC. The Pastors Aid Board of Phillips Chapel church sponsors a chicken dinner tomorrow 11 am to 6 pm reservations at 4253.
An appropriation of 40 million dollars will finance immediate construction or improvement work on 200 U S airports to rapidly complete all essential landing facilities.
The Tucson Patriotic and Civic League will meet at 7 30 tonight in the Elks club to discuss community affairs and civic engagement.
De Molays will hold a treasure hunt Thursday at 8 o clock followed by a dance at De Molay hall. Ted Bloom chairs the event with assistance from John Leece Larry Sanders and Ed Jaeschke.
Four hundred sleeping bags crafted by the local Red Cross chapter in Tucson have been issued to soldiers at Barnes General Hospital in Vancouver Washington.
Edmund Felix, a laboratory technician in animal pathology at the University of Arizona, resigns to become chief medical technician in charge of the laboratory at the Tucson air base. Felix holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in science from the university.
The 19th egg laying contest at the University of Arizona station reports a total of 72 013 eggs laid by 390 hens after ten months. Top individual is a white leghorn owned by W A Seidel with 280 eggs and 304 points. Highest month citation goes to July winner hen No 15 from Gold Spot Hatchery with 29 eggs and 31.25 points. The leading pen is Manti Apex Hatchery with 2819 eggs and 2946.85 points. Second and third pens are A L Frees New Hampshire entry with 2786 eggs and 2933.50 points and Walter Cochran white leghorn pen.
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