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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
2
Tucson Rapid Transit Bus Co and its drivers near renewed negotiations Friday night or Saturday morning. Union president Harry T. Matthewson said a national representative is en route. Drivers seek a 15 cent hourly raise starting wage 1.05 with 1.20 after 18 months, rejects two offers up to 12.5 cents.
Dr. R E Hastings reports an attempted robbery at his residence 2521 East Helen Street. A caller had phoned nightly for a week and hung up when answered. While the Hastings were out Saturday 7 to 9 pm the home was ransacked but nothing stolen, with drugs suspected as the thieves’ target.
Selective service questionnaires have been sent to Tucson registrants under the 1948 draft law except for 18 year olds, H S Corbett and W E Barnum, draft board chairmen said. Questionnaires must be returned for review and filing with discharge papers for veterans and marriage certificates for married nonveterans. Induction dates for 23 latest selectees are postponed to December 28 and 29 from December 16 and 17.
Jerome J. Greer, 17, of 4720 South Sixth Avenue, charged with manslaughter, was bound over from the juvenile court to the superior court after waiving a preliminary hearing. Held on a $1,000 bond for the December 2 death of Mrs. Leo Cleotide Avalos, 60, of 2050 East Eighth Street, in a collision when Greer allegedly swerved into northbound traffic. Mrs. Avalos was a passenger in a car driven by her son Manuel Avalos, a local attorney.
Charles Wiburn Backus 37, Tucson resident since moving from Greenfield Indiana two years ago, died Thursday at home. He worked as an expeditor for RCA in Indianapolis. Friends Society will conduct services Sunday at Bring's chapel at 2:30 p.m. Cremation Monday. Surviving: son Charles Thomas Backus, parents Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Backus of Tucson, brother Dalton L. Backus Indianapolis.
Fourth day of a suit over commissions for the El Rey cocktail lounge retraced the sale to Charles and Perry Preston and Lois Preston with Lippow and Tucson Development Co. defendants. Mrs Sligh seeks $3100. testimony shows an exclusive sale through Tucson Realty and a $1750 share for the plaintiff.
Nine drivers from the Pacific Motor Trucking Co. in Tucson received National Safety Council safe driver awards at a Thursday meeting. T. J. Mommsen and E. L. Murphy earned Arizona’s top honors with seven years of safe driving each, Murphy crediting about 300000 miles. Awards honor 350 PMT drivers across six states. Other Tucson recipients include G. Chapin, J. S. Leach, F. G. McKinney, A. L. Hillman, J. E. Wolfe, J. P. Harris, and L. T. Williams.
Clermont D. Loper Tucson YMCA general secretary traveled to Los Angeles to meet Pacific Southwest summer school board members on inservice training and 1949 summer school classes to be held in Asilomar California. He was chosen to supervise 12 YMCA assignments. Loper was elected to represent Pacific Southwest YMCA on the national council for 1950 and plans to attend the White House conference in the East for the council meeting.
Sen Elmer Thomas says he must be convinced a government health program is right before voting. President Truman backs Oscar Ewing’s report proposing a government health service funded by a wage tax. Thomas doubts socialized medicine would serve the public interest and fears loss of doctor initiative.
In East Berlin fear of sabotage grips the Soviet occupation as Paul Markgraf takes direct command of the fire department after a major gas works fire. Taegliche Rundschau claims a plot by teachers to move industrial school equipment to zones under Western protection. Officials announce a broader purge of city employees and a unification of justice with the Russian-occupied region.
An amnesia victim identified in Phoenix as Margie Grove, a Tucson nurse, regained memory after treatment by Dr. O W Swofford, a Glendale chiropractor. She was found wandering aimlessly in a bus station Thursday.
Textron offers a short Mandarin robe of quilted satin in rose aqua blue and navy. Sizes 32 to 38 priced at 12.95. Robes are on the second floor for bed reading warmth without bulk.
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