City Council Starts Sewer Project in Southwest Flysian Grove
After six years of agitation by Southwest Flysian Grove property owners, the city council passed a resolution of intention for sewer facilities in the area south of West Congress street and west of South Main street. Dwellings are old but currently lack sewers, with pumping to the Main-Granada interceptor planned. Work cannot begin for about six months due to advertising and contract procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flysian Grove
West Congress Street
South Main Street
Mansfield Seeks Aid to Eject For Build Site
Monte Mansfield, local auto distributor, urged Tucson city council to allow him to occupy the county fair buildings to house a body and paint shop. He said 12 workers would lose jobs if he is forced to move or close, and noted only one building is available two miles south at La Fiesta de los WGoanatoen. He plans a new East district shop but delays in labor and materials hinder progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Monte Mansfield
la Fiesta de Los
Sarrison Pension Board Head Again
The outgoing citizens' committee chairman Selertson leads the pension board. City employees will elect two board members by ballot at City Hall from 1 to 5 January. The board includes the city treasurer and director of personnel and will administer the retirement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selertson
Citizens’ Committee
Communists Wreck Trains. 25,000 Units Concentrated
Dispatch from Peiping reports Nationalist 11th War Zone spokesman saying Communists continue rail damage north of Peiping. He notes 25,000 Communist forces on the Tsingtao line near Changhsien and heavy reinforcements along the Peiping Hankow Tientsin Pikow railway network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North China
Peiping
Pieping
Tsingtao
Changhsien
Peiping-Hankow-Tientsin
Pikow
Truman Proposes Broad Postwar Reforms and Cabinet Change
The president outlined numerous postwar policy ideas including full employment, compulsory military training, a higher minimum wage, health insurance, and domestic control of atomic energy. He suggested unifying the armed services under a single civilian cabinet member and pay raises for Congress, plus pensioning and a line of succession change to place the president next after the vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Forces
National Defense Establishment
Truman
White House
Secretary of State
Ever a Worm Can Learn From Experience
A brief reflection notes that organisms, from earthworms to more complex creatures, improve responses after repeated encounters. It suggests learning is a general biological principle and hints at adaptive behavior arising from prior exposure.
Tucson Council Approves Zoning and License Changes
The Tucson council approved zoning changes for Homeship Corp projects and East Broadway industrial revisions. It postponed La Fiesta de los Vaqueros lease action, heard liquor license complaints favoring smaller dealers, and authorized various capital purchases including a Main Granada sewer extension and a North Meyer garage purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeship Corp
Physicians-Dentists
East Elm
East Adams Streets
Norton Avenue
Tucson Boulevard
East Broadway
Pima County
la Fiesta de Los Vaqueros
Patton Funeral Plans Move Toward Luxembourg
Patton lies in state in Heidelberg with an honorary guard as a funeral train carries him to Luxembourg. Mrs Patton and her brother Frederick Aver travel from Boston to join services while Allied officers and officials reflect on his wartime leadership and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Patton
Frederick Aver
Boston
Mass
15Th Cavalry
Europe
First Armored Division
Luxembourg
Grand Duchy
Third Army
Willen
United States
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
McNarney
Frankfurt
Paris
130Th Station
Attlee
Great Britain
Leo Mundeleer
Constituent Assembly
Debate on boundaries stalls vote at UN interim panel
Opponents of today’s vote, including eastern states supporters, charged the procedure was illogical. They noted a midweek committee vote to form a 12 nation interim commission to study sites and report to the general assembly on five or six. The chairman urged delegates to start considering the east west boundary location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Interim Commission
General Assembly
Two Negroes Hurt In Auto Accident Near Tucson
P Bull of Buckeye and Hertha Chapman of Phoenix, both described as Negro, were seriously injured this afternoon when their car crashed 18 miles northwest of Tucson on the Casa Grande highway. They were transported to Pima County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Bull
Buckeye
Hertha Chapman
Phoenix
Tucson
Casa Grande Highway
Pima County
Henry Brown Denies U. S. Liquor Charge
Henry Brown aged 40 pleaded not guilty to selling a pint of liquor to Harry Cachora Papago Indian ward of the government during arraignment before U S Commissioner C Wayne Clampitt. Brown was arrested by Tucson police at Church street and Broadway after receiving 2 50 from Cachora. He is held for federal court with bond set at 750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brown
Harry Cachora
U. S
C. Wayne Clampitt
Brown
Tucson
Church Street
Broadway
Cachora
Loons Swim Faster Underwater Than On Surface
A note states loons move quicker beneath water than on the surface. The observation highlights their swimming efficiency in submerged motion.
Congressmen as Santa's shoppers in quirky Christmas list
Washington dispatch lists lawmakers' holiday wishes from shirts and nylons to a UN location and a 3 million dollar apartment, joking about Taft Capehart Wherry and others. It notes Sen. Bilbo, Gov. Daniel, and a cast of representatives with humorous wants while Christmas socks hang in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Othman
Washington
U.P
Santa Claus
Santa
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Sen. Taft
Sen. Capehart
Sen. Wherry
Adolph Sabath
Ilinois
United Nations
Chicago
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Detroit
Carl Vinson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Marion Bennett
Missouri
New England
Charles L. Gifford
Massachusetts
OPA
Louis C. Rabaut
Edward Hebert
Louisiana
Clarence Brown
Claus
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Glen Taylor
Idaho Troubador
U. S. Senate
John M. Coffee
Harris £Llsworth
Oregon
Carter Manascu
Alabama
Pass
Daniel
Texas
Fellows
Turkish leaders discuss Middle East stance and USSR
In a session at the assembly, a Turkish general warned that a Mediterranean and Basra push would target Anglo-Saxon interests and threaten Anatolia east of the Dardanelles. He said he provided documents he claims prove Soviet demands are groundless. Foreign Minister Hassan Saka pledged peace at home and abroad, while Defense Minister Ali Riza Artunkal said the Turkish army stands ready to carry out any assigned task.
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Mediterranean
Basra
Persian Gulf
Anatolia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Lenin
Hassan Saka
National Defense
Ali Riza Artunkal
Attlee’s rise from education to political leadership
The profile traces Attlee from Oxford and social work in London’s East End to Labor leadership. It highlights his practical religion, family life with four children, and a home on the top floors of 10 Downing Street. Critics question his socialist plans, while allies credit his integrity.
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Oxford
Indon
East End
Young Attlee
Labor Party
Mrs. Attlee
Merchant Marine
Women's Army Service
Attlees
No. 10
Downing Street
England
Two Life Termers Escape From San Quentin
SAN QUENTIN Calif Dec 22 authorities sought two inmates serving life terms for murder and kidnapping who escaped from San Quentin prison. Quiller Barker 28 and Cecil Salter 33 were working in the prison barber shop when they slipped away likely along the rocky San Francisco Bay beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
San Quentin Prison
Clinton Duffy
Quiller Barker
Cecil Salter
Los Angeles
Duffy
San Francisco Bay
Redwood Giant Weighs Estimated 1700 Tons
A massive redwood tree has an estimated weight of 1700 tons based on its height trunk volume and wood density. Researchers noted the tree’s size ranks among the largest ever recorded and could influence forestry and conservation studies.
Ex-Southern Pacific Engineer IC W Codd Dies at 78
Charles W. Codd 78 father of Councilman William H. Codd died at 8 30 a m today at 330 South Third Avenue after a heart attack. He retired in 1937 after 45 years with the railroad and was a long time member and chaplain of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is survived by wife Mamie three sons William H Fred J and George G two sisters a brother and three grandchildren funeral plans will be arranged by Reilly Undertaking Company after William H Codd returns from Lordsburg New Mexico.
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Charles W. Codd
William H. Codd
South Third Avenue
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mr. Codd
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Division 28
Mamie
William H
Tucson
Fred J
Phoenix
George G
Navy
Hollywood
Calif
A. W. Gerrard
Whittier
J. F. Campbell
Santa Barbara
William
Austin
Tex
Reilly Undertaking Company
Southern Pacific
Lordsburg
N. M
Tsuchiya to Stand Trial for Crimes
A U S military commission in Yokohama denied a motion to acquit Tatsuo Tsuchiya famous as little glass eye and kept alive the death penalty facing him. Two minor specifications were dismissed for lack of evidence. The charge that Tsuchiya beat Pfc. Robert Gordon Teas to death remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
U. S
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Tsuchiya
Allan M. Cory
Tulsa
Okla
Red Cross
Pfc
Robert Gordon Teas
Streator
KVOA to Air White House Christmas Tree Lighting
KVOA will carry a 3 p.m. Monday broadcast direct from the White House lawn featuring the lighting of the national Christmas tree by President Truman. The station will also present a full hour of traditional Christmas carols from 11 a.m. to noon on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
White House
KVOA
Winter Visitor M B Carroll Dies in City
M B Carroll husband of Mrs M B Carroll of 3507 South Ninth avenue died December 7. He belonged to the Washington state auditing department and was a winter visitor here last year. Survived by widow, son Edward J Carroll in San Diego Navy, daughter Betty Lee Carroll Wenatchee, sister Mrs W C Mustell Chelan, and brother E A Carroll Olympia.
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M. B. Carroll
South Ninth Avenue
Carroll
Washington State Auditing Department
Edward J. Carroll
Navy
San Diego
Betty Lee Carroll
Wenatchee
Wash
W. C. Mustell
Chelan
E. A. Carroll
Olympia
Agriculture predicts 1946 food supply to ease prices
The U S Department of Agriculture forecasts a larger food supply in 1946 and expects retail prices to drop about five percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Departent of Agriculture
Audubon Census Set to Be Calculated Tomorrow
The Audubon bird census will be conducted by the Bird club of Tucson Natural History Society. Seven groups will survey localities within seven and a half miles of Sabine Canyon with Charles T. Vorhies leading a Catalina mountains group. They meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at 113 Olive Road, home of William X. Foerster, to report findings.
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Bird Club of Tucson Natural History Society
Sabine Canyon
Charles T. Vorhies
Department of
Entomology and Economic Zoology
Catalina Mountains
William X. Foerster
Olive Road
Kansas Couple Visits Families Here Over Christmas
Lt. and Mrs. John S. Huff of Ft. Riley Kansas are visiting their families for the Christmas holidays. They are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Malcomb Huff at 121 West Delano Street and Mrs. Sophia Knudson at 2127 East Hawthorne Street. Lt. Huff served in North Africa Italy and France.
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John S. Huff
Ft. Riley
Kas
Malcomb Huff
West Delano Street
Sophia Knudson
East Hawthorne Street
Huff
North Africa
Italy
France
Patton Named Wealthiest Regular Army Officer
Gen George S Patton Jr widely regarded as the wealthiest career officer in the US Army He inherited a fortune from a Virginian father who became a California real estate operator He owned a San Marino California ranch and a large estate Green Meadows in Hamilton Massachusetts He possessed a famed military library and with his wife owned a 47 foot schooner the When and If they planned to sail the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
California
San Marino
Calif
Green Meadows
Hamilton
Mass
West Virginia Firemen Face Personal Blaze Night
Montgomery Fire Chief Roger Noroviskie and his crew rushed to a fire as his wife guided their three children to safety from the Noroviskie home. Simultaneously Nutter Fort and Clarksburg firefighters battled a blaze in a building housing Nutter Fort’s new purchase, severely damaging the truck.
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Montgomery
W. Va
West Virginia
Roger Noroviskie
Nutter Fort
Neigh Clarksburg
Saws to be shipped to Chile Colombia Panama and Mexico
Reassignment of power saws made in Denison Texas moves 1500 orders to governments in Chile Colombia Panama and Mexico. The blades were produced for jungle clearing in the southwest Pacific during the war and are now destined for South American buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Tex. U.P
Southwest Pacific
Chile
Colombia
Panama
Mexico
Ceilings Fixed For Appliances on Reconversion Prices
The OPA sets reconversion price ceilings for small electric appliances. Manufacturers may raise prices eight percent over October 1941 levels but must not pass the increase to consumers. Wholesalers and retailers absorb the extra cost, with a five percent hike for east to west shipments. Items affected include toasters waffle irons coffee makers and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Dr Vorhies Opens Wildlife Meeting Return
Dr. Vorhies of economic zoology at the University of Arizona returned from Columbus Ohio where he attended a wildlife conservation meeting as the representative of David Aylward of Boston president of the national wildlife cotton federation. The meetings held December 17 and 18 drew mainly Ohio participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Vorhies
University of Arizona
Columbus
David Aylward
Boston
National Wildlife Cotton Federation
Ohio
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Mansfield
Council
Sarrison Pension Board
Marshall
Rodeo Field
Harold C. Wheeler
Hiquor
Clarence E. Houston
Cty
Lou Korobkin
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Sixth Avenue
East Pennington Street
Arizona Hotel
North Meyer
West Ott
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
A. I. Moon
Carolyn Sanders
Hong Moon Woon
B. R. Rastetter
R. N. Welding
Tucson Distributing Co
Arizona Distributing Co
Len
15Th Army
Germany
Christchurch
Seventh Army
Pattons
Calvin W. Saunders
Moultrie
Walter Binder
Elizabeth
N. J
William L. Hounihan
Portageville
John Cannon
UNO
W.S. Lackner
Kinfral
Othman
First Christian Church
2Nd Avenue
Sth Street
W. P. Ford
Zenith Cleaners
IC. W. Codd
Richard Sevra
Elda M. Peyron
C. &. DuPont
Elsie Durazzo
Christine Casanova
Lutheran Church
Titus R. Scholl
East Silver Street
United Lutheran Church
el Conquistador Hotel
First Baptist Church
East Fifth Street
R. S. Beal
E. A. Folsom
R. W. Gustafson
Dr. Beal
T. Roger Blythe
Christ
Dr. R. S. Beal
King
Roy W. Gustafson
B.Y.F
George C. Wilson
Adams Street
North Park
East Adams
Mission
Kansas
Gen. Patton
First Pilgrim Church
Palo Verde
Speedway
Dr. Vorhies
IBM
Tucson Machine & Engineering CO
North Tucson
Baptist Church
Training Union
Hosea
Hubbard
North Grand Avenue
St. Mary's Road
Church OF Christ
Santa Rita Church
Mabel and Santa Rita Avenue
Joseph F. Sherman
Southside Church
South Fifth Avenue
Grady
Catalina Church
Grand Road and Country Club
Catalina Junior High School
Jas
Pet
Tim
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