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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1949
Page
4
A telegram from Pvt G I Joe to Joseph Stalin on his 70th birthday reflects on wartime cooperation and urges peaceful policy. The letter notes Stalin's rise, purges, and wartime leadership, then calls for shifting from armaments to peace and prosperity for the common man.
Washington reports describe a Red effort to enlist 500 million Asian women to communist causes. The campaign, linked to a Peiping conference of women, accuses the West of imperialism and cites child labor and hunger as proof of Western crimes. It ends with a birthday message to Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.
Fisher Contracting Co of Phoenix was the low bidder on furnishing 1,880 tons of bituminous plant mix for state highway department use. The bid totaled 9381 dollars and the material will be used on highway repair and construction projects across the state.
Russell L. Sears Jr 20 of Cummington Mass wins 500 first prize in the National Junior Vegetable Growers association contest in Washington for raising and marketing 1300 worth of vegetables on 2 12 acres He says he will stay on the family farm and use scientific methods to boost profits adding he could net 5000 plus for a New England farm per year and aims to take over the farm from his father
A farmer plans to shift from dairy to crops and tourism. He will modernize a 23 room farmhouse to attract city summer visitors while keeping independence and simplicity of country life. He values time freedom and dislikes city pace, prioritizing potatoes chickens and tourists over cattle care.
Two donkeys wandered from the desert attracted by the border town’s festive lights and ate all the glass ornaments from a front yard Christmas tree. They are now fed hay in the city pound.
Two ships collided at the entrance of New York harbor last night. The 10 172 ton tanker Atlantic Voyager and the 6 736 ton freighter Exemplar pulled away under their own power and anchored in the bay pending a damage checkup.
Two ships collided about midnight twenty miles from the harbor. both vessels had no passengers and no injuries were reported. The Exemplar, owned by American Export Co., was inbound from Philadelphia, while the Atlantic Voyager was owned by an unspecified owner. Three coast guard boats rushed to the scene but no aid was required. Visibility was seven miles.
Phoenix attorney Robert Kersting is elected as the new president of the Phoenix Young Democrats. The announcement lists Kersting as leader of the local political group with focus on youth involvement and party organization.
The club's 160 members elected officers including Ella Mae McMillan of Glendale as vice-president Burton Lewkowitz as vice-president Mar guerite Trujillo as secretary and Frank Steger as treasurer.
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