Two New Fire Trucks Arrive For Tucson
Tucson receives two 185 horsepower Seagrave pumpers to replace aging engines. Each 2000 gallon tank unit costs 15000 dollars with option to purchase later. Tests and break in to occur after Christmas. one engine to main station and one to Ninth and Park. older units stored or held in reserve.
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Santa Claus
Old Pueblo
J. Cert
Seagrave ‘Re Fighting Equipment Co
Tucson
Fred Stofft
Stofft
Sievert
E. T. Houston
South Sixth Avenue
12Th Street
Ninth and Park Avenue
Seagrave Company
W. J. Poulter Dies At Home
William Joseph Poulter 74 died Monday night at 1098 East Lowell avenue. A retired farmer and Tucon resident of 27 years, he came from Bargersville Indiana and joined Union Village Masonic lodge. Survived by wife Roxy, daughters Virginia Miller and Alma Burgess, sons Charles and Harry, stepsons Alva Roberson and Floyd Roberson, sister Ethel Currant, four grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bring's chapel with Rev. Wesley P. Ford. burial in Masonic cemetery. Pallbearers named Byron Huebner James Schumaker Guy Boaz Harvey Coleman Gerald Bailey Norman Ballard.
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William Joseph Poulter
East
Lowell Avenue
Poulter
Tucon
Bargersville
Ind
Union Village
Masonic Lodge
Roxy Poulter
Virginia Miller
Providence
Alma Burgess
Gary
Charles Poulter
Louisville
Harry Poulter
Chicago
Alva H. Roberson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Floyd C. Roberson
Puenpe
Calif
Ethel Currant
Lexington
Bring’s Funeral Home
Wesley P. Ford
First Christian Church
Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32
Masonic Cemetery
Byron
F. Huebner
James Schumaker
Guy Boaz
Harvey Coleman
Gerald Bailey
Norman Ballard
Harless Supports Federal Income Tax Revision
Phoenix December 23 Rep Richard F Harless said he will back a federal income tax revision when presented to Congress next month. He favored raising individual exemptions from 500 to 700 arguing lifting exemptions is like a wage raise and could boost investment and cushion employment slack. Last summer Harless joined with others on the issue.
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Phoenix
Richard F. Harless
Congress
Harless
Farm Labor Office Closes For Good
Five duck hunters fined for missing duck stamp rules as Arizona duck season ends. Farm labor office at 736 South Sixth Avenue will close December 24 1947 and be taken over by the Arizona State Employment Service January 1 1948.
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South Sixth Avenue
G. E. Blackledge
Blackledge
Arizona State Employment Service
Yuma
Casa Grande
Tucson
Douglas
Safford
Phoenix
Mesa
Agricultural Extension Service
Pima County
Marana
Continental
Arizona
Extension Service
South Stone Avenue
Four Youths Admit Thefts In City Burglary Spree
Four self confessed teenage criminals admitted a spree of eight burglaries three auto thefts one car prowling and one failed burglary. The crimes began in late November and ended Saturday night. Targets included Shrine club College Inn Var sity Inn Band Box cleaners Scott drug store and a North First avenue bar among others. Three cars were abandoned and one bottle of whisky was taken during a university football game. All four were booked on auto theft and burglary charges and sent to juvenile authorities.
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James C. Herron
Shrine Club
College Inn
Campbell Avenue Hardware
Band Box Cleaners
Varsity Inn
Stegmeier Hay & Feed
North First Avenue
Scott Drug Store
North Stone Avenue
Flight Of Steps Injures Indian
Jose Zepeda, an Indian man, fell on old concrete steps at South Sixth Avenue and 26th Street near noon Monday. He was taken to county hospital then transferred to San Xavier Mission Hospital with a badly mangled left ear, a deep cut on the right cheek, and a head bump. Deputies reported no ID, found $6.25 in his pocket, and that an A and M ambulance driver took the money as payment, leaving a receipt.
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Jose Zepeda
South Sixth Avenue
26Th Street
San Xavier Mission Hospital
Zepeda
Arthur Estrella
Richard D. Blair
Stricken In Jail New Yorker Dies At 51
John B. Fitzpatrick of New York City died from a brain hemorrhage after being rushed from the city jail to the county hospital where he was held while awaiting a drunkenness charge trial. Police wait chemical results to determine exact cause. He had asthma treatment records at the veterans hospital.
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John B. Fitzpatrick
New York City
Fitzpatrick
Veterans Hospital
Choir Misses Yale Concert In Hollywood Christmas Broadcast
The Tucson Boys' Choir will originate the national Christmas broadcast from Hollywood instead of the Papago San Xavier mission. On tour in California, the group cannot return to Arizona for the usual Christmas Eve from the mission. NBC will air the program from Hollywood on Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. Arizona time and 7:30 p.m. Christmas night. KVOA in Tucson will broadcast the Wednesday program at 6:15 p.m. on Christmas day.
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Tucson Boys
Hollywood
San Xavier
Papago
Tucson
California
Jack Carson
Arizona
National Broadcasting Company
KVOA
Building Bond Funds Planned for Baptist Church Expansion
First Baptist Church members contribute a $1,000 bond for an office building and an educational complex to be built on Fifth Street and North Sixth Avenue. The two buildings iproximately 150000 cost with 75000 cash available, plan includes nursery, classrooms, and a recreation hall for about 1000 weekly attendees. Dr Beal, Rev Folsom and Rev Gustafson serve as church leaders.
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First Baptist Church
Fred W. Fickett
Fifth Street
Richard S. Beal
E. A. Fols
Beal
Woman Reports Loss Of $2,520 In Jewels
Mrs. Lyman E. Buckingham of 2711 East Lee street reported to city police that she lost a jewelry package valued at $2,520 after visiting a local jeweler for insurance appraisal. Items missing include a platinum amethyst ring with diamonds, a Hamilton wrist watch with diamonds, a diamond bracelet, and white gold earrings.
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Lyman E. Buckingham
East Lee Street
Buckingham
Hamilton
Six Freight Engines Added To Local Run
Southern Pacific announced the purchase of 20 diesel electric freight locomotives and 20 diesel electric switch engines. Six freight locomotives will be placed in service soon on the Los Angeles to Lordsburg run via Tucson. The local run has a total of 20 and five have been delivered.
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Southern Pacific
A. T. Mercier
Los Angeles
Lordsburg
Tucson
Santa Claus to Visit D M Davis Monthan Base
Santa Claus will arrive Wednesday afternoon at the bandshell Davis Monthan field delivering toys and gifts for 1127 Army children. Air field band SS Peter and Paul boys choir Golden Wings quartet and carols provide music. The event includes a Wednesday dinner buffet lunch and club dances with related activities for base personnel.
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Santa Claus
Davis-Monthan Field
Air Field Band
SS. Peter and Paul Boys
Golden Wings
Boy Not Lost as Parents Vanish in City
Desk sergeant James D. Allaire states the four year old boy is safe and knows his location. He says the missing persons are the parents who wandered away with the child around the Tri Delta Amusement Company at 33 West Congress.
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James D. Allaire
Allaire
Tri-Delt
West Congress
Ex-Convict Whiteside Disagrees With Police Over Car Incident
Ex-convict Harley Whiteside 26, now living at 923 South Railroad Avenue, says a stranger offered him a ride early Sunday. Police dispute his story, claiming Whiteside appeared drunk, then sobered up, and had access to a car with a broken steering lock. He was fined 100 and jailed 60 days by the city court. Whiteside had been paroled after 13 months of a 1 to 15 year burglary sentence and had been out 32 days.
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Harley Whiteside
Nevada State Penitentiary
South Railroad Avenue
Whiteside
West Pennington
North Court Streets
Jack Wollard
Nevada
World population grows by over 12 million daily
Statisticians estimate the global population increases by more than 12 million people each day. The figure underscores rapid demographic growth and the ongoing pressure on resources and planning worldwide.
Sueson Baily Citizen Tuesday Evening
A local report notes Sueson Baily becoming a citizen on Tuesday evening in early December 1947, marking a naturalization event reported by the paper.
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Sueson Baily Citizen
New Electrolytic Process Deposits Tungsten Alloys on Surfaces
A new method enables hard metals for bearings tools and dies by depositing tungsten alloys in an electrolytic bath onto metal surfaces. The process promises tougher wear resistant components for machine tools and cylinders.
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U. S
Coolidge
Daily Citizen
Justice Court
New Yorker
House
Truman
Senate
Poinsettias
Heather
Primroses
Gardentas Camellias
Violets
Tom Inglis Flowers
E. Broadway
Cologne
Rosenfeld
Coats
Hossery
Denier
N. Park
Yale
Baptist Church
St. Nick
D-M
Officers Club
Cathedral
S. Stone
Wes
Ford Service
Monte Mansfield
Broadway
Ford Theatre of the Air
Alvin N
Merry Christmas
Porter's
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Pioneer Hotel
N. Stone
Santa
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