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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
2
The state tax commission left its offices to obtain revenue figures from former employee Kent Lockwood, ex-director of the income tax division, to estimate nonproperty revenues and determine the property tax rate. This move prompts questions about anticipated revenues and budget balancing. Road block.
The House plans to add 56 contempt citations for witnesses who defied the Un American Activities Committee. Votes followed speeches defending the committee, with Marcantonio the sole dissent. Citations target Julius Emspak Steve Nelson and Philip Bart for withholding questions on Communist links.
May Kentucky native Staff Sgt. Noah E. Pratt of the 64th bombardment squadron earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for combat duty in World War II. Col Alvan N. Moore presented the award at the 43rd bombardment group headquarters noting Pratt flew combat missions totaling over 300 hours from India to Burma Thailand China and the Andaman islands under fire.
Sunday morning prayer at St Andrew's Episcopal shifts to 10 a.m. for August. William H. Pratt will conduct as lay reader while Rev Lewis Sasse is on vacation.
Idaho reports show Sen. Glen H. Taylor trailing former Sen. D. Worth Clark by over 1,000 votes with 816 of 839 precincts counted. Clarke leads 26 786 to 25 630, third man Compton White with 14 544. Clark appears set to win the six year nomination. The official canvass is August 19.
Mrs Jean Windfelder a Tucson resident since moving from Philadelphia died yesterday afternoon at a local hospital aged 30 She is survived by her husband Joseph and two sons Joseph and James services set Rosary 7 30 tonight at Tucson mortuary Requiem Mass 9 am tomorrow at St John s Catholic Church burial Holy Hope Cemetery
The Mescal wash bridge collapsed again during flash floods last night but was quickly rebuilt as work begins on a new steel girder bridge with a pier. Traffic returned to normal today and the new structure is expected to take about two months. Detours may close briefly during construction. no other bridges were damaged and all roads remain open.
Denton T. Raff of Phoenix, 33, drowned last night at Big Lake when an inflated rubber life raft he rode in apparently exploded about 100 feet from shore near the public camp grounds. An inquest will be held. Raff, his wife and two children had arrived at the camp. he had been seen with two others before leaving the shore alone.
Witnesses 25 feet from shore saw artificial emergency measures made but the man could not be revived. Since no one at the scene knew relatives, the body lay there for nearly five hours.
TheGolden Ocean arrived in Guaymas to load 10 000 tons of frozen Sonora meat for Piraeus Greece under the U S ECA.
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