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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1952
Page
2
The mince pie, a Christmas staple for 900 years, traces to crusaders who imported oriental spices from the Holy Land. It was once baked oblong with a Christ child figure, banned during Cromwell, then restored and now commonly round while preserving its Holy Land spices.
An 11-year-old Tucson girl, Barbara Essel, won the state Voice of Democracy contest and advances to national judging in Washington for possible a 500 dollar scholarship. She is a sophomore at St. Joseph's Academy and daughter of Mrs. Virgil E. Tiese of Tanque Verde road.
NOON A program of Christmas music is ready for the American Legion luncheon club at its Legion clubhouse. NOON A Christmas program led by Rev. David Sholin at Mt. View Presbyterian is held by the Advertising club at the Pioneer hotel. 6:15 P.M. speakers at the Westerner hotel for the Toastmasters dinner. P.M. BPOE 385 initiates pew members at its Elks lodge meeting.
A thief sealed a fire escape, crossed the roof, shattered a skylight pane, and dropped a stone with a note reading I can't take it into Smoody's bakery. The stone contained $15 and the loot is from the prior night’s robbery of the store.
The foreign office said the U S navy will assist a Japanese mission aimed at consoling war dead. The group will depart next month and visit Wake Island Marcus Garros Saipan Tinian Guam Peleliu Iwo Jima and Anguar to arrange token returns of remains.
Tupelo Mississippi Woodmen of the World Council recently awarded a plaque to James Norrin, 17, for aiding a crippled classmate. He pushed Bobby Pope in a wheelchair to and from school daily for two and a half years.
In Massachusetts race track payoffs are rounded to the nearest dime with any odd pennies split between the track and the state. Since 1935 the breakage has reached 10 028 403 dollars distributed as state and track earnings.
Seven people were injured in three automobile accidents yesterday on routes near Tucson. The incidents injured Creasman and occupant Hal Baker, William Falls and his wife, Amelia Stephens, James M. Bell, and others with fractures and lacerations. Damages ranged from $300 to $1,200 as police investigated causes from a broken tie rod to a sand pile impact and a car rolling three times.
The 12 546 ton French passenger liner Champollion ran aground off Sidon on the Lebanon coast and sent a radio call for quick tug assistance heard in Tel Aviv. The Champollion is government owned and operated by Messagers Maritime Shipping Line.
Moscow reports show Premier Josef Stalin marked his 73rd birthday quietly as seven Stalin peace prizes filled front pages. Observers note his health and energy appeared unimpaired, with calendars listing party leaders' birthdays in small type.
Mrs. Harold Rattie reports her outdoor Christmas lights were stolen from her patio on Saturday night. Deputies noted bulbs were removed, leaving the display incomplete and posing a maintenance issue for reassembly.
A painting contractor reported to the sheriff that walls of five homes under construction in the 2800 block of Ft. Lowell road were smeared with paint after work stopped Friday evening. Contractor Thomas L. Horstman of 2033 E Ninth St said many walls will need repainting.
A 70 mile per hour typhoon struck the central Philippines, damaging property and communications across Samar Leyte Masbate and southeast Luzon while Mindoro suffered wrecked lines and toppled trees. No casualties were reported and the storm moves toward Indo China.
Two pen pals who carried on a 19 month postal romance wed in Grundy Center Iowa Miss Mariam Brown 19 and Sgt Raymond Larr 20 of Adams Mills Ohio were married yesterday at the Methodist church The romance began when the bride's brother Pfc Raymond Brown showed Larr a picture of his sister at a Washington air force base with both stationed there
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