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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
8
New York drought strains reservoirs to 87.245 billion gallons, 34.5 percent capacity as Gov Dewey and city officials plan an afternoon session to assign responsibility and discuss remedies. National concerns and rising water use across states frame the debate.
A mother Claudia Holcomb and four of her children died in a morning fire on a John B. Kleinmann farm near Fairbanks Texas. Lillie Mae Flora dene Louise and Willie Lee perished. Fire Chief E P O Rourke said gasoline or kerosene poured on a wood fire sparked the blaze. The father Pete Holcomb was at the barn. L L Holcomb tried to rescue relatives. The fire left several others burned with uncertain extent of injuries.
Eight people were injured in a crash at Rillito bridge on Oracle road north of Tucson. The involved car, possibly stolen, led officers to question ownership as occupants gave conflicting stories about who was hitchhiker. Victims include Lavelle Webb and her son Stephen in fair condition, with others treated and released.
The National Labor Relations Board unanimously ruled that the AFL International Typographical Union violated the Taft Hartley act by pressing for a closed shop in contract talks with 22 Baltimore commercial print shops. The decision, backed by ANPA, seeks enforcement in the U S circuit court as publishers allege continued closed shop demands. The Baltimore case opens a long dispute between the ITU and newspaper employers.
Dick W. Martin of Prescott is named to the executive council of the Realtors Washington committee. The council has 30 members and meets about six times a year in Washington and Chicago. Martin is outgoing president of the Arizona Association of Realtors.
Howard C. Hopson, 66, once a financial wizard who built a billion-dollar utilities system that collapsed after prison for mail fraud. He died in Greenwich after years of ill health, leaving a fortune once valued around 74 million dollars and a legacy tied to New Deal regulation and the Aero Gas & Electric empire.
Lucian M. Mecham Jr. of Mesa Arizona will become president of the Mexican mission of the Latter Day Saints church early next year, succeeding Arwell L. Pierce. Mecham, from Colonia Pacheco Chihuahua, has lived in Mesa for 20 years. Also named is Stayner Richards of Salt Lake City as president of the British mission field.
A slender chain of holding companies propelled Hopson into power as prison life reshaped him from a pudgy, baldish man to one of history’s most influential financiers through layered dividends and control.
Joseph Udall age 89, pioneer settler in northern Arizona and elder member of the Udall family, is reported in serious condition after a stroke in Eagar. He has several children including Joyce Colter, Apache county treasurer, and relatives among judges Levi S. Udall and Don T. Udall. He has resided in Apache County since 1884.
The Thomas Davis Clinic in 130 S Scott Street reported to police today that both doctors’ automobiles were entered and a quantity of narcotics stolen.
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