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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
7
Grove, county engineer, seeks an Indian rain maker to bring longer steady rains to Tucson area to aid flood control. He cites streets misaligned with natural drainage and past culvert errors, and pushes for federal aid to address rapid runoff after Davis-Monthan field expansion. He would take any Indian rain maker regardless of tribe.
President Truman argued that a united and democratic China is essential for world peace. He urged broadening China's government to reflect its people and fulfill duties to the United Nations by ending armed conflict threatening global stability. He noted Britain Russia and the U.S. share this view, echoed in Moscow last year.
The Optimist club hosted a Christmas party for its sponsored Junior Optimist club at the luncheon on Wednesday. Otho Books acted as Santa Claus and distributed gifts to the young boys. The primary choir from Davis school, 36 members, sang carols for the group, later singing again in the Pioneer hotel dining room, made possible by the Optimist club.
Dr. A. O. Simley of the University of Arizona psychology and philosophy department will deliver the annual liberal arts lecture in the agriculture auditorium on the campus at 8 p m Thursday. His topic is Our Nation's Mental Health.
The civilian production administration has rejected applications from Gonzalo Puchi & Sons for a $35,000 produce building, Michael V. Picto of Tucson for a $9,000 apartment linked to a dance hall, and Harry Fabricant of Eloy for a $15,000 rental store building.
Public records list reckless driving cases with $25 bonds forfeited for John L. Thomas presiding and W Gardner approving simple matters with a $300 bond and trial set. Superior Court divisions note multiple divorce filings, decree of quiet title, dismissals with prejudice, and several marriage entries among residents of Tucson and surrounding areas.
St Marys Hospital records a boy born to Mr and Mrs Leonida Frost at 7 35 pm on December 17 at 3257 East Twenty seventh Street Tucson. Albert Martinez welcomes a boy born at 5 57 am on December 18 at 107 South Sixth Avenue Tucson. Tucson Medical Center reports a girl born to Mr and Mrs James Hughes at 1 05 am on December 17 at 2256 East Silver Tucson. Winfield Holloway adds a boy born at 7 03 am on December 17 at 404 East Prince Road Tucson.
Henry Rieger reports from Phoenix that the threat of a crippling January strike in Arizona’s construction industry is denied by A. F. Williams, head of the Phoenix Building and Construction Trades council. Negotiations between unions and the Arizona Building Contractors' association have resumed after Truman’s order lifting construction controls, with officials cautious about public statements until Friday.
Phoenix veteran Wayne Webb is named comptroller for the state tax commission. He previously served as chief deputy under Joe Hunt, who will become chairman after Jan. 1 as Thad M. Moore takes the commission member role. Hunt succeeds Dan C. O'Neil as chairman.
Experiments indicate animals generally endure higher elevations than humans, and infant forms across species exhibit greater altitude tolerance than their mature counterparts.
The city announced a contract to Carl W. Pistor Drilling Co. for a new well on Irvington road near the Santa Cruz river. City Manager Phil J. Martin Jr. plans a second well to prevent a summer shortage and reports 30 acres bought in the area for additional water sources. He foresees possibly three wells to meet growing demand as Tucson’s customer base climbs to about 11,672 this year.
William E. Naumann, equipment supervisor for M. M. Sundt Construction, will speak at a Tool Owners union Local No. 2 meeting at 8 p m in Superior Court No 1. Business includes circulating petitions to Congress on labor laws, led by Jack Snell, seeking no closed shop and no special union privileges, bans on strikes before bargaining, and opposition to industry-wide bargaining.
Arthur R. Bustamante Jr son of Lena Bustamante 1462 St Marys road is to be discharged from the Army as a private after months in Alaska He will return home in time for Christmas to be with his mother Bustamante served three years in the air corps in Europe during the war and reenlisted in Alaska before discharge under Army policy allowing dependents to request discharge
Second Lt. Jack T. Momsen, son of Mrs. Julianne S. Momsen, is platoon commander in Co. M, 45th Infantry, in the Philippines. Max Germaine, 20, serves aboard USS Razorback at Pearl Harbor after Navy enlistment in 1943. T. H. Germaine trained at San Diego and served on USS Seahorse before joining Razorback. Pfc. Robert John Canfield, 152nd battalion trooper, guards Muroran Japan during occupation. Maurice J. Curlin, aviation radio man, with naval Antarctic expeditionary task force under Rear Adm. Byrd to test equipment and study polar conditions. Joe Ruiz, seaman second class, aboard USS Leyte, after goodwill ports visit and shakedown in Caribbean.
Lt Col Harold R Turner ranks the White Sands meteor as the best yet surpassing 104 mile altitude and 5350 feet per second speed. The 14 ton missile produced a 66 second hot exhaust and 44 seconds of glowing fins before landing 27 miles north of the launch site. Only a few observers in New Mexico and California reported seeing the rocket.
Astronomers at Steward Observatory and Tucson residents watched the German V-2 rocket explode into artificial meteors near White Sands New Mexico. Dr Edwin F Carpenter said the glow was only a faint five to six magnitude sight about ten thirty p m and unlikely to yield usable photographs. He noted Mt Palomar plans and warned the brighter blast failed to meet expectations.
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