Daylight Robbers Loot Two Homes
A daytime burglar prowled two east side residences, Mrs. Gertrude Kraft and Frank Runyan, stealing jewelry and a doll from the Runyan home. Detectives lifted fingerprints as the case unfolded with other local burglaries reported, including a theft at Mrs. Murphy's apartment and vandalized shops. A parolee, Jose Montoya, was shot while attempting to rob a tavern nearby and is hospitalized with non serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude L. Kraft
East Third Street
Frank Runyan
East Fifth Street
South Sixth Avenue
Jose Montoya
East 30Th Street
Florence
Martin Tells Benefit Plan At Rotary Meeting
Andrew P. Martin of Martin Drug Co outlines employee benefit programs to Rotary at the Pioneer hotel. Plans include group insurance, sales commissions, Blue Cross hospitalization, and a government approved profit sharing scheme providing a trust fund and escalating benefits. New Rotary members welcomed Col James C. Selser Jr Harmon W Gill and Davis Mondanthfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew P. Martin
Tucson
Martin Drug Co
Rotary Club
Pioneer Hotel
Martin
Blue Cross
Rollin Pease
University of Arizona
Loren Hallenbeck
Radio City
N. Y
James King
Rats Studied For High Altitude Respiration In Denver
Scientists at Denver University study rat respiration at 40 000 feet as part of a Navy funded project with a 6500 dollar grant. The work examines how altitude affects respiratory physiology and could inform life support research for pilots and divers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Denver University
United States Navy
Colonel Selser Joins Tucson Rotary as East Tucson Mayor
Col James C Selser Jr commander of Davis Monthan Field becomes Rotary member in Tucson where he is known as Bromo and mayor of East Tucson a military city of 10 000 people with about 1 000 000 payroll He just returned from a Germany trip with a B 29 group he commanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis-Monthan Field
Tucson
Rotary Club
East Tucson
Selser
Col
James C. Selser
Ed Goyette
Germany
Seek To Keep Copper Excise Tariff Board Meets
The Arizona copper tariff board chaired by Sam H. Morris will meet December 16 in Phoenix to plan moves to preserve the four cent per pound copper excise tax on foreign copper. Members include Lin B. Orme, Charles R. Kuzell, Edward G. Dentzer, and Mark Gemmill. The board cites reciprocity information from 1934 and notes wage, tax, and total expenditure increases in 1945 for the copper industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Copper Tariff Board
Sam H. Morris
Phoenix
Morris
Globe
Lin B. Orme
Charles R. Kuzell
Douglas
Edward G. Dentzer
Greer
Mark Gemmill
Prescott
Committee On
Congress
Yuletide Finds Jobs Scarcer in Tucson 1946
In December 1946 Tucson faces the tightest peacetime job market since before the war, with 253 unfilled openings at the employment service the lowest in years. Mer August Widen notes shortages in trades such as electricians carpenters bricklayers and track labor while clerical and semiskilled pools remain oversized and not yet relieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Tucson Employment Service
Mer
August Wieden
Wieden
Home Service
Fireman’s Face Red Columbia eight s
Bob Neely, a fireman, rushed to a call only to find the blaze near his home. His wife left the iron plugged in as costs rose sharply. Copper prices climbed from 9.8 to 12 cents per pound between 1938 and 1945, spurring growth in mining with more than 97 to nearly 300 producing mines and rising statewide valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
U.P
Bob Neely
Army transfer for Lt Mason Mason Jr of Tucson
First Lt George C Mason Jr husband of former Miss Lois McAnish of Tucson has been transferred to Ft Totten Long Island headquarters of the Atlantic division of the air transport command He will serve there as accountable property officer with the supply and service office Col Gilbert J Raymond promoted from major to lieutenant colonel in the Army reserve corps He formerly served with the Ninth Armored Division in Europe and is now manager of Neal B Waugh Lumber Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Co. Mason, Jr
Lois McAnish
Tucson
Ft. Totten
Long Island
Atlantic Division
Air Transport Command
Supply and Service Office
Gilbert J. Raymond
Fast Lester Street
Army Reserve Corps
Col Raymond
Ninth Armored Division
Europe
Neal B. Waugh Lumber Co
Winter Visitor Hurt In Tucson Car Crash
Mrs Myrtle Mack 70 of Ashland Oregon a winter visitor in Tucson was treated for shock and bruises at Pima County Hospital after a two car collision at East Speedway and North Jones road. Mary C Kenny 48 with an East Fourth Street address reported in the other vehicle. John Gaston 1554 Sonora Street received head lacerations and body bruises after the auto he rode in turned over twice at Silverbell Road and West Speedway. Highway Patrolman Gibson said the Mack car and the Kenny car collided during a turn attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Mack
Ashland
Ore
Tucson
Pima County
East Speedway
North Jones Road
Mary C. McKenny
East Fourth Street
WY. M. Gibson
John Gaston
Sonora Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Silverbell Road
West Speedway
Gibson
Misses Federal Law By 10 Feet
Richard Carr, 22, of Colorado Springs confessed to stealing a car in Bisbee and driving toward New Mexico. A 17-year-old accomplice from Sheboygan, Wis., aided in burglaries and thefts in Bisbee and Phoenix. The car wrecked near the New Mexico line. both suspects were later detained by sheriff's deputies in Rodeo, New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Carr
Colorado Springs
Colo
Bisbee
New Mexico Line
Highway 80
C. W. Gardner
Carr
Sheboygan
Wis
Edna Stevenson
East Fourth Street
North First Avenue
Rodeo
N.M
Tucson
Phoenix
Burton
Eva Cloud Resigns as Deputy County Clerk
Eva Cloud resigns after 15 years as deputy county clerk to become co owner of a Bear Canyon guest ranch with W. W. Waggoner and family. She says she will miss the courthouse but will focus on opening the guest houses. Clerk Belle D Hall notes two new deputies, Sarah McWhirt and Ruth Gray, join the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Cloud
Bear Canyon
W. W. Waggoner
Belle D. Hall
Sarah McWhirt
Ration Board
Ruth Gray
Eva de Concini
Inmate Sets Fire in Jail Cell During Escape Attempt
An incarcerated man in Ala attempted to escape by igniting furniture in his jail cell. The blaze prompted staff to respond and suppress the fire, with no report of additional injuries or escapes at the facility.
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E. Ruble
Ed Beatty
H. Hinman
M. Herrera
Montoya
Ruble
Mont
Chicago
Runyan
Runyans
Patrick J. Murphy
South Fourth Street
Myrtle Duffy
Alice Duffy Murphy
Jim Cow
North
Stone Avenue
LeCave
Petty Lumberyard
North Forgens Avenue
J. O. Brown
East Hampton Street
Selser Madeast
Tariff Board
Yuletide
Mason
Australia
NEW “Magic Circle
Lacomes
Gift Supreme
Henry J. Taylor
Cir
Buick
Fisher
Apache Motors
6Th Avenue
Rt Car
el Conquistador Hotel
Chef Wilson
Helena Rubinstein
Foorpadt
Jacome
Cologne
On Canete Aes Department Stores Inc
Lady Buxton
Buxton
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