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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1952
Page
13
Tucson High School enrollment is expected to top last year after two weeks of registrations. Principal Andy Tolson reports 1,659 students registered, including 565 seniors, 566 juniors and 528 sophomores, with 1,278 at the same point last year.
Oklahoma City party ends in surprise as candles are blown out on a watermelon cake. Candies served on an ice cold melon due to heat.
VAN NUYS Calif UP The Civil War veteran William A Magee 106 birthday celebrant declares the United States will never be licked in war He fought in five conflicts including the James brothers bandits Pancho Villa and Indian wars He credits abstinence and temperance for long life and recalls Lincoln era voting and Republican loyalty Magee lives with his daughter Isabelle Magee 68 among other Grand Army survivors Israel Broadsword 105 Samuels Idaho Albert Woolson 105 Duluth Minn James A Hard 110 Rochester N Y
A 45 year old woman Jean Sellier climbed onto a two foot ledge nine stories above a Manhattan street while searching for her cat. Police coaxing failed and she entered an empty room where she was taken to Bellevue for observation. The cat was later found roaming a hotel hallway.
The Communist party reports its Bonn office was raided last night by rightist Bund Deutscher Jugend members who vandalized portraits of Stalin and party leaders. The raid allegedly included theft of 100 marks and smashed furniture as police investigate.
Privates of organized marine corps reserve such as Tucson’s Third Supply Company may attend nine weeks of recruit training in San Diego with pay of 78 dollars monthly and benefits equal to regular Marines. Upon completion they return to Tucson as private first class, with drill pay of 2 86 dollars per session, and may request active duty for two years.
STUTTGART Germany U P A soldier found dead on railroad tracks near Hanau Aug 9 has been identified as Pvt. John D Nolan whose mother Mrs Nellié Nolan lives in Seattle Washington United States Seventh army headquarters announced the identification and gave no reason for the accident Nolan's body was found by a German train engineer.
Arizona's 1952 citrus crop appears stronger than last year, says Byron J. Showers, secretary manager of the Arizona Citrus Exchange. He notes orange, lemon, and grapefruit set is lighter than two years ago but heavier than last year, due to a heavy bloom followed by frost-caused drop. Prospects in Texas are reported poor.
Bruce Brady has been named assistant director of the Tucson Community Chest and Community Council. Robert E. Hadley announced the appointment as Brady prepares to start September 2 after moving from Dayton Ohio. Brady was secretary of the group work recreation division at Dayton’s community welfare council. selection was by the personnel committee led by Walter E. Lovejoy and Margaret Knight.
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