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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
10
Illinois prepares to test a new governance idea with Adlai Stevenson as governor. He pledges civil service reforms to remove patronage in state jobs including highway police and welfare posts, while balancing Democratic control of the house with Republican Senate power.
Pittsburgh police gain a concrete clue in the stabbing death of 12 year old Carole Kensinger after a butcher knife was found on a neighboring rooftop. The blade shows stains and fingerprint checks proceed as the FBI reports fingernail scrapings yield no ID. More than twenty people have been questioned.
Tucson real estate leaders elected M. B. Hodges to the presidency of the Tucson real estate board for the coming year at a special session. Vincent Shields moves to vice president and Dee Culhan remains executive secretary and treasurer. Officers will be installed in January by George Martin of Prescott.
Nearly 100 workers were laid off by the temporary shutdown of the Tennessee Schuylkill mine at Chloride. A small maintenance crew was kept as Thomas G. Chapman, the general manager, said the shutdown was due to low ore grade and exploration will begin soon for higher grade ore. no restart date was given.
In Santa Monica California a divorce case ends with a judge denying both Rosar io Vaccaro and Flor ence Vaccaro a divorce. The wives claim mental cruelty and allege that Thomas J. Sinclair fathered their daughter Marsha and son Darbell King, with Sinclair named as the man who introduced Mrs Vaccaro to Vaccaro in 1946.
Alden W. Kilborn, roseburg trainmaster, will succeed Slade as assistant superintendent of the Tucson division effective January 1. G. A. Bays, superintendent, announced the promotion and the new San Francisco headquartered post. Kilborn has served Roseburg as locomotive engineer and trainmaster since 1936.
Robert Berrellez former Nogales Herald news editor is named editor on the Phoenix bureau staff of the Associated Press. He will join January 1 after six months with the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. Berrellez previously served as Herald sports editor and then news editor from 1938, with a break for military service.
Walter Hofmann, chairman of the state board of pardons and paroles, reported the state prison population stands at 927 with 27 women. He said the figure is not a record, noting inmate totals have neared 1,100 in the past.
Montgomery Clift, 21, was chosen by Barbizon models as America's most eligible bachelor. The list includes Farley Granger Jon Whitcomb Barney Strauss Robert Merrill Joe DiMaggio Vic Damone Bob Sterling and Jimmy Stewart, with Clarke Gable edged by Howard Hughes for tenth. Folsom previously led the list but not eligible this year after marriage.
A Southern Pacific switch engine collided with a taxi at East 22nd Street and Aviation Drive. Cab driver Fred Walker was hospitalized in fair condition. Two passengers from the taxi, Capt and Mrs Ilene Norman, were treated for shock at the base hospital. Train crew member Albert Vogel said the engine lights and bell were active and that the cab driver failed to notice the train.
The ic club gave 191 youngsters gifts candy and fruit at a Christmas party Thursday night.
L. R. Allen Jr., a Willcox high school junior, suffered serious burns to his chest arms and head when his Santa suit ignited after lighting a gas heater following a Christmas program at the Christian church. Neighbors Mr and Mrs C O Steppe smothered the flames with a blanket preventing worse injuries. He was taken to Valley hospital and is under the care of Dr. Robert Allan Hicks.
Anthony Kloppen 71 died Thursday in a local hospital. Arrangements will be announced by the Parker Mortuary. Survivors include his wife Linnie four sons C Z L R O T Louis O a daughter Mrs Gladys Markgras and nine grandchildren
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