Tucson City Desk Discovers True Christmas Spirit
A Tucson newsroom tale shows Christmas generosity in action as calls flood in with gifts and job offers. The city’s old heart warmed as readers donated food, toys, trees, and cash to families in need, proving Santa was real in spirit if not in the forecast.
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Citizen’s Wire
Tucson
Santa Claus
Laguna
Richard
Daniel
Armando
Lucy Marie
Ben Jr
Divorced wife shoots University of Georgia dean and secretary
In Athens, Mrs. John E. Drewry shot and wounded dean John E. Drewry and his former secretary Miriam Thurmond after an alleged reconciliation dinner. Drewry survived. Thurmond was injured. Mrs. Drewry was arrested at her home.
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Athens
John E. Drewry
University of Georgia Journalism School
Drewry
Georgia
Miriam Thurmond
Miss Thurmond
Thurmond
University City
John
Miriam
University Hospital
Weather notes for Christmas Eve in Tucson and beyond
A dim sky over Tucson ushers in Christmas Eve with mild temperatures and a high around the 60s, dropping to the mid 20s to low 30s. Mt Lemmon reports 14 inches of snow with 7 inches of loose dry snow on a crust, while Minnesota and Dakotas see temperatures well below zero and widespread cold across the east and south.
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Tucson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arizona
Mt. Lemmon
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Great Lakes
Ica
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
International Falls
Pembina
N. D
Duluth
Minn
Mason City
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Mobile
Ala
Georgia
New York City
Montana
Washington
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Northwest
Cleveland Transit Strike Continues Amid City Wide Tie Up
About two thousand transit workers voted to continue the three day strike in Cleveland. Mayor Burke said buses would run again Tuesday with limited service and police protection if needed. Union leader Meany blamed police threats for the breakdown of talks and criticized the Ferguson act.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.P
Thomas A. Burke
Thomas Meaney
Astron of
Electric Railwy & Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Meany
Burke
Transit Board
Meaney
al Sutton
Fugitives Escape From Pima County Jail In Silent Night Break
Three federal prisoners escaped from the Pima county jail by sawing through bars and sliding down from a second story window on a mattress-cover rope. The ringleader Thomas Howard Ryan, 40, along with John Wade Williams, 17, and Harry B. Robertson, 42, remain at large as Undersheriff Phebus investigates how the escape was did.
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Pima County
Liberty
William O’brien
Thomas Howard Ryan
John Wade Williams
Norwalk
Calif
Harry B. Robertson
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Robertson
John Phebus
Ryan
Williams and Robertson
Phobos
William Burns
Burns
Stout
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Williams
Pope Opens Holy Year as Doors of St. Peter’s Swing Wide
Pope Pius XII inaugurates the 25th Holy Year in Rome with three strokes of a silver hammer opening the doors of St. Peter’s. About 50 000 inside and 300 000 outside celebrate as police guard Catholic ceremonies amid Communist protests and labor strikes threats.
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Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter's Square
Basilica
Chamber of Labor
Rome
St. Peter's
Patris
St. Paul's
St. John Lateran
St. Mary Major
Colosseum
Unita
Italy
Stalin
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Pius
Sistine Choir
Israel
Post Office Plans Holiday Deliveries in Tucson
Christmas for Tucson postal employees will be just another day with deliveries of gift parcels scheduled Sunday and Monday with normal mail delivery resumed Tuesday. Post office windows will remain closed until Tuesday morning, postal officials announced.
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Tucson
Miller dies at 74 after service on interstate commerce panel
Carroll Miller, 74, longtime member of the Interstate Commerce Commission since 1933, died after a two month illness. He previously worked as a consulting engineer before Roosevelt appointed him to the commission.
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Washington
Carroll Miller
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miller
Roosevelt
U S and Tito Reach Civil Aviation Pact
The United States and Yugoslavia under Marshal Tito reached a provisional civil aviation agreement permitting American planes to fly over Yugoslavia and land at its airports and Yugoslav aircraft to operate over U S occupation zones in Austria and Germany. Pan American may stop in Belgrade on the New York to Calcutta route, trimming about 800 miles from the journey. Negotiations began in early November following the 1946 crisis when a U S plane was shot down over Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
United States
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Austria
Germany
Pan American World Airways
New York
Calcutta
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la Reforma
Mario Scelba
Post Office
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Greek Islands
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Francisco Franco
Alberto Martinez Artajo
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