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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1950

Page

4

English Stars Married Here in Secret Tucson Wedding

English film stars Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger wed in a private ceremony at the El Encanto Estates home of T. K. Shoenhair, with Rev Maurice G. Ballenger officiating. The event drew press interest as Simmons and Granger, both London born, preserve privacy amid fan attention. Witnesses included Michael Wilding and John Rothwell. the couple signed as James Lablache Stewart and Jean Merilyn Simmons.

Tucson Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Hollywood England T. K. Shoenhair el Encanto Estates Maurice G. Ballenger Catalina University Methodist Church P. M. Tidmarsh Shoenhair Pima County James Lablache Stewart Jean Merilyn Simmons London Miss Simmons Granger Ophelia United States Michael Wilding John Rothwell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Associated Press United Press Fritz von Falkenberg Bisbee Daily Review

Expect Petain To Be Freed Of Life Term

Paris reports Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, 94, likely to be released from his life treason sentence within days. The Verdun hero, convicted for collaboration with Nazis, is held on Yeu Island after the high court rejected a review of his conviction.

Paris Henri Philippe Petain Petain Verdun Atlantic Yeu High Court of Justice

Rat Bites Police Officer After Parking Ticket

Detroit. Police officer Frank Sargent, 34, was bitten by a rat that had crawled into his mitten after he left it on the ground while writing an illegal parking ticket. The incident occurred last night.

Detroit Frank Sargent

Cut TV Trivia For Education Plea

U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith argues for reserving television time for noncommercial educational use. She warns against overemphasis on entertainment and trivial programming and urges federal action to protect educational broadcasting as a public resource.

Margaret Chase Smith U. S Maine Washington Nature Federal Communications Commission

U of A Graduate Joins Tucson Attorney

Robert F. Miller, a University of Arizona law school graduate 16th in a 72 student class, joins Tucson attorney Robert Barber as an associate. Miller and his wife Mary Fawcett reside on Redington Road with two sons, Michael age 2 and Mark 4 months.

Robert F. Miller University of Arizona Law School Robert Barber Tucson Barber Miller Mary Fawcett Redington Road Michael Mark

Deanna Durbin and Charles David Married in France

French agency reports actress Deanna Durbin and screen director Charles David wed in Sarreguemines city hall. Durbin, 28, marks her third marriage while David, 44, has one prior marriage. Durbin has been in Europe six months awaiting a divorce from Felix Jackson, Hollywood producer, issued November eighth.

Sarreguemines France Deanna Durbin Charles David City Hall David Miss Durbin Europe Hollywood Felix Jackson

19 Bridges Bought With Marshall Aid Funds

The first 19 of 89 steel railway bridges bought in Japan with Marshall aid funds have arrived in Formosa. They will cost 220,466 dollars and all 89 are expected by April. Formosa’s rail system was damaged by American bombers in World War II. Japanese occupation left 1,412 bridges needing replacement or repair.

Taipei Formosa Japan

Ilse Koch Accused of Atrocities Amid Hysteria Claims

In Augsburg Germany a German witness testified a Buchenwald prisoner was whipped for watching Ilse Koch climb a horse. Mrs Koch widow of the camp commander faces murder and atrocity charges as doctors call her a cold hearted psychopath and others say she fakes hysteria. Dozens of former inmates recount cruelties in her absence.

Augsburg Germany Buchenwald Ilse Koch Mrs. Koch Mrs.Koch Paul Kutting Koch

Appointment of Dr. R J Hight as state veterinarian

In Phoenix on December 21 reports say Dr. R J Hight of Tempe will be named state veterinarian after the livestock sanitary board endorsed him. Governor-elect Howard Pyle has approved the choice, pending formal creation after Dr F D McMahon’s death.

Phoenix R. J. Hight Tempe Livestock Sanitary Board Howard Pyle Dan E. Garvey Hight F. D. McMahon Pyle

Woman Provokes Threat After Prisoner Encounter

The witness recalls Mrs. Koch mounting her horse as she warned a staring prisoner with a threat to whip him, saying he would see her bottom. The incident follows a tense confrontation described by the witness.

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