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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1941
Page
2
Thirty two Tucson police officers have signed requests to cancel annuity insurance policies tied to a new pension plan. Five chiefs and others may follow, while council action ends municipality contributions. Refunds vary from ten to nine hundred dollars, with over twenty thousand dollars expected to return to the city for fund creation.
City council receives a request from the U S Bureau of Reclamation for rights of way on Oro Street and North 11th Avenue to bring Parker Dam power to Tucson. Lines would run to the Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power plant on North Main Street. Parker Dam current serves Phoenix already. Tucson distribution is assigned to the local utility. Council to act at next meeting.
An accord was reached yesterday in Phoenix extending the wage and working conditions contract for Holsum Baking truck drivers to Tucson employees. The new agreement, effective last Monday, runs through May 30, 1942, includes a 1 percent commission rise with a $36.50 weekly minimum and improved conditions. Negotiations continue with Rainbo Baking Co for its drivers.
Lowell Mellett, head of the government’s reports office, asserts the American press and radio remain vital to the nation as long as they preserve public confidence. He warns against propaganda to control or coerce opinion and notes press independence helps counter German propaganda.
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Alma Arnold 39 who died Monday night will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Arizona Mortuary chapel with Rev. H. H. Cochran of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
William H. McConico of 321 South Sixth Avenue returned from a vacation to New Mexico Denver and Canada with stories of travel.
Frank L Landon Jr chief engineer and assistant custodian of the federal building is spending two weeks in California for a business trip and related duties.
Dr J B McQuown has returned to his office after attending the American Veterinary Medical Association convention in Indianapolis last week.
The Tucson Chapter of the Colored Methodist church will sponsor a chicken dinner tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the church located at West Fourth Street and Ninth Avenue. For orders or reservations call 4253.
The Brotherhood of Railway Car Men will hold a regular meeting at the Knights of Columbus hall Friday at 8 p.m. Important business will be transacted.
The Science of Mind class meets at 3 p.m. today at 635 North Stone Avenue. Mrs Olive Leeke will discuss focalizing and expressing your supreme mental ability for success.
Stanley Roy Sullivan, son of Mrs. Maude C. Wilson of 3 President Street, has enrolled in the U.S. Navy and departed for San Diego to train at the U.S. Naval Training Station as an aviation machinist.
The estate of John W. Buchanan of 318 East Speedway is appraised at 21184 in a superior court inventory. It lists real estate parcels in Tucson and assorted personal property.
Faced with insufficient fuel for tractors, farmers across Norway are reverting to horse power for field work. The shift aims to sustain planting and harvest activities amid ongoing supply constraints and rising costs.
Deputy petroleum coordinator Ralph K. Davies warned of a perilous situation as east coast gasoline stocks fell to a ten day reserve. He cited an 893000 barrel drop last week due to tanker diversions for Britain and urged conservation to avoid a harsher winter shortage and possible shutdowns of power and defense industry.
A police launch recovered four more bodies at the Brooklyn waterfront bringing the death toll to nine from the Monday blaze that destroyed a pier and the Cuba Mail line freighter Panuco. Police say many were missing or injured while a board of inquiry examines sabotage theories and finds bomb-like cylinders aboard the Panuco likely cargo or ship equipment.
A report notes that in Germany violations of government price controls can be treated as felonies and, in extreme cases, punished by the death penalty.
SAN FRANCISCO August 20 The Southern Pacific company reports July net railway operating income of 6.31 million dollars tripling year earlier and one of the railroad’s biggest months. Seven month total operations reach 32.91 million dollars, up from 11.15 million. freight revenues climb 42 percent to 21.50 million.
Kenneth and Kemper Glick, once estranged after leaving Paris Illinois, both ended up stationed at the Tucson air base in the same outfit and barracks. Friends in Tucson, Mr and Mrs Wayne Riggs, recognized them from a Citizen photo and visited the twins there.
Ruth Slater of Janesville Wisconsin found her prize winning duck dead in a tub of water suggesting water may not always ensure survival. The report notes the duck failed to float away and died in the container.
An inventory filed in superior court shows To filo Otero's estate includes 19 real estate pieces in Tucson and a 1500 acre Santa Cruz county ranch valued at 98918 plus personal property 139818. The total estate is 237919. The will targets eight relatives with monthly stipends. Mrs Leonor Capan Otero and Ysidor Otero sue, claiming wife and son status, while Leonardo Moreno acts as executor.
In Mexico City on the first anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s assassination, his widow says the Soviet Union must be defended to the last drop of blood to save humanity from Hitler. She also believes Jacques Mornard acted as a Stalin secret agent. Mornard denies this while awaiting a preliminary court report.
Justice of the Peace C W Gardner disqualifies himself from presiding over the Murphey case in Tucson on charges of illegal possession of a deer. The trial is set for September 4. Gardner cites excessive public discussion as preventing fair judgment. The complaint was filed by deputy state game warden W P Tharp.
Peru hired American engineers to study the viability of developing a Peruvian iron and steel industry. The plan aims to assess resources, technology needs, and market potential for a local steel sector.
William G Hall presiding Ernest O Roberts vs General Petroleum motion for trial. Mary F Rhodes vs Tom K Rhodes divorce decree granted. Estate of Carrie Vail final accounting filed. John W Buchanan inventory and appraisement filed. Claude E Moore petition to probate filed. Teofilo Otero inventory and appraisement filed. D W Sumrall et al vs Luis Garcia writ of attachment arguments presented.
C W Gardner presiding over a case where a complaint alleging grand theft has been filed against James Cameron. Proceedings initiate with formal charges and a preliminary hearing slated by the court.
In a police court proceeding, Paul Cella and Raymond Smith faced charges of simple assault with the imposition of sentence suspended for six months.
The state highway patrol reported July results: 607 of 717 motorists arrested were convicted or pled guilty while 29 were acquitted and 81 cases remain pending. Fines totaled 7,984 dollars.
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