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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
2
A 17-year-old started a borrowed car from a North Stone avenue lot to impress his mother who was seeking a similar vehicle. Police and highway patrol say the youth did not return the car, prompting an ongoing investigation.
In federal court Judge Albert M. Sames denied Mrs. Johnie Mae Venton Kelly’s petition to recover a 1940 Packard Clipper seized by narcotics agents. Testimony linked the car to the Kellys’ marriage and divorce, and to Kelly’s 1944 marijuana transport conviction.
Lt. Robert L. Caris 21 of 3026 North Campbell Ave momentarily blinded by the sun struck a city school station wagon at Ninth Street and North Park Avenue. The crash sent three people to hospital including W. G. Cottrell 44 with a fractured skull and multiple injuries. A second collision occurred on North Fourth Avenue and East Sixth Street involving Mrs. Alameda Follett 915 North Dodge Boulevard. Ambulances and police secured the scene as plate glass from the station wagon shattered. the lone ambulance serving the first crash was put out of service and others transported the injured.
Tokyo disclosed that Vice-Admiral Chiuchi Nagumo was killed in action on Saipan in July and was posthumously raised to full admiral. The announcement increases the total of Japanese admirals listed as dead since May 7 to 74 and generals to 18.
The remains of Christopher Columbus lie in the cathedral at Santo Domingo in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, according to the historic account.
A 70,000 pound carload of paper was sent to a midwestern mill after Tucson salvage collections. Mrs. L A Romine reports ongoing city drives with salvage offices open 9 am to 2 pm. Downtown merchants have cooperated, yielding substantial salvage paper.
Some 275 University of Arizona and Navy indoctrination school students face transportation shortages as rail service expands to handle holiday departures. University classes halt Dec 16 to Jan 1, with naval graduates expected next week. Officials anticipate heavy Christmas travel and urge avoiding nonessential trips while rail cars are diverted to military use.
The War Department lists seven Arizona soldiers wounded in action in Europe. Navy reports two wounded and one missing, naming Albert R. Soza, Albert M. Soza, Dee E. Wooten, and James Walter Thomas among those affected, with their respective hometowns including Ajo, Casa Grande, Globe, Safford, Phoenix, Miami, Clifton, Tempe, and Kingman.
California Attorney General Robert Kenny met briefly with representatives of the council of state governments in Phoenix to discuss proposed uniform laws for western legislative sessions. He was en route to Washington to appear before the Senate.
Maj Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wis receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from Gen Douglas MacArthur at an American airbase on Leyte in a rainstorm. Bong, 24, has 38 enemy planes destroyed and is praised for courage as MacArthur hails him as among the bravest.
Joe Poretta will broadcast with his orchestra at 6 p m from the Rendezvous room of the Santa Rita hotel It will feature Alex Jacome as principal speaker and Fred Dragonette presiding The drive aims to raise 300000 in E bonds in coming days across Pima County andConvair Drive On notes CV-0
Local postal officials announce an extension of limited mail service to France with a four pound maximum for unoccupied areas. The limit applies to bulky papers and written business mail only and aims to facilitate information exchange and support remittances. Registered and special delivery at pre war rates are available for civilian deliveries in unoccupied France.
Bermuda lies 677 miles southeast of New York in a geographic note detailing maritime and navigation references. The fact emphasizes relative location for travelers and sailors observing Atlantic routes.
The 82 members of the fourth infantry regiment who staged three public demonstrations of war weapons during their brief stay were guests at noon today for the American Legion luncheon in the Rendezvous room of the Santa Rita hotel.
The Pioneer Tucson court at 535 West Fifth street sold to Mr and Mrs Donald H Cox for 35 000 by Smoot Harmer Realty. New owners from Indiana will run the business with a small grocery included. Maud Abernathy had owned the court for two years.
Mike Riesgo, longtime janitor at a Tucson school and father to Alfredo Riesgo, 24, was killed in action recently. Alfredo, a 1940 graduate of the same school, died after serving in the war with the Bersaglieri division through France Belgium Netherlands and Germany. Survivors include his wife and another son, Ern, in the Pacific. Ridged with military service across the Riesgo family, including eleven relatives in the armed forces.
Phoenix, Dec. 12. Mrs. Marie Leafoale becomes the first woman letter carrier at the Phoenix post office. Her husband is overseas, and she takes on the new government role starting yesterday.
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