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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1952

Page

19

Qualified Boss Urgent Need Of County's Park System

The county park system needs a qualified executive at $8,000 a year to manage and expand operations. Hutchins of the National Recreation Association endorses joint city county employment to pool talent and funds. Priorities include acquiring a large recreation park, developing playfield parks, and expanding neighborhood centers. The plan urges urban park systems, school center programs, and outdoor education for all ages.

H. C. Hutchins National Recreation Association Pima County Board of Supervisors County Park and Recreation Committee Hutchins

County to boost park and recreation funding optimism grows

Hutchins reports Tucson area recreation should shift to neighborhood centers and church and voluntary groups with public staff guidance. He notes county lag in national funding averages and suggests at least 5.50 dollars per capita for adequate programs. 1951-52 spending was 0.80, rising to 0.92 per cap this year.

Tucson Hutchins

Chamber of Commerce Directors Elected in Safford

Safford Graham County Chamber of Commerce announced directors led by president Grant Greenhalgh. Re-elected are Paul E. Guitteau of Thatcher Monroe Claridge and Dr Fred W Knight of Safford. New members include M E Balentine Hal Shorb Montoni Larson and John Mickelson. Officers to be elected Jan 2.

Safford Safford- Graham County

Hoover as elder statesman in Eisenhower era

Herbert Hoover 78 met with President-elect Dwight Eisenhower at a luncheon in New York to discuss government and reorganization. Eisenhower said the talk covered past present and future governance and other matters beyond reorganization, with Hoover providing veteran guidance.

Herbert Hoover New York Eisenhower Dwight Isenhower Hoover John Foster Dulles Mr. Hoover Truman

Runs Still Navajo Woman Is Given Probation

An 80-year-old Navajo woman Cha-De-Choi-Be-Dezzi known as Fur Hat’s sister was charged with possession of a still on the reservation ten miles from Four Corners. She admitted ownership of the equipment and received a suspended sentence after a month in jail. The great grandmother lives with her granddaughter and raises sheep.

Phoenix Cha-De-Choi-Be-Dezzi Fur Hat Four Corners Yavapai Dave W. Ling

Delinquent Installments Notice for Improvement District Bonds

Legal notice lists properties with delinquent interest and principal installments after December 1 1952 under Chapter 43 Arizona Code. Amounts shown must be increased by one dollar per assessment to cover ad costs. Public sale notice to follow.

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Churches Mark Birth Of Christ At Services Tonight Tomorrow

Tucson churches plan Christmas observances with numerous masses carols and choirs. Catholic services include a pontifical high mass at San Agustin with a 35 voice cathedral choir. St. Ambrose hosts two midnight masses. sacramental services and carols occur across All Saints Santa Rita Holy Family and San Xavier missions among others. Episcopal Lutheran and Congregational churches schedule midnight and morning masses carols and pageants with special vocal and organ performances across the city.

Tucson Mehane iMahearna Tha Hinth Vaicis San Agustin Cathedral KVOA Isabel Baffert Carlo Rossini St. Ambrose Parish S. Tucson Blvd Don H. Hughes All Saints Church S. Sixth Ave All Saint’s Nicolas Vasilieff Constance Knox Santa Rita Church Desert Vail William Goebel Dolores Ares Holy Family Church West Third North Main Streets Alberto Barcell Armenda Felix Marjorie Padilla San Xavier Mission St. Philip’s-in-the-Hills Campbell Avenue River Road St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church South Fifth Avenue East 16Th Street Lewis _ Sasse James O.carson St. Paul’s Episcopal Church E. Fourth St John Ellison Grace Episcopal Church Spanish Lutheran Mission Fifth Ave Unitarian Church Miles E. Broadway Dan Huntington Fenn Faith Lutheran Church E. Fifth St Raymond Buck Robert B. Rader Catalina Methodist Church Maurice G. Ballenger E. Speedway Bethel Christian Reformed Church Tucson Blvd Gerrit B. Boerlyn Robert Wolcott

Texas Quads Return Home For Family Ranch Plans

Beaumont quadruplets Anthony Bernard Carl and Donald Perricone the only four brothers drafted together in Korea await discharge at Camp Stoneman ahead of Christmas. They план to buy a cattle ranch near Beaumont on GI Bill terms, keeping it a family affair as they reunite and decide next steps.

Perricone Beaumont Tex San Francisco W. F. Hase Korea Seventh Infantry Division Anthony Bernard Carl Donald Perricones Phi Pittsburg Calif Perricone Brothers Camp Stoneman Far East San Antonio G.I. Bill Texas Carland

Toe Tweaker Sought After Heater Heist Case

Police hunt a suspect nicknamed Toe Tweaker after a 10,000 car heater production facility theft in Gastonia North Carolina. Betty Lou McIlfen raised alarms when the toe injury claim sparked the investigation. The incident involved a GM division and a one day window before the suspect fled.

Toehold Gastonia N. C WUP General Motors Betty Lou

Japan Seeks Mexico Trade Expansion

Japan's trade commissioner Iwataro Uchiyama visits Mexico City to boost Mexican purchases of Japanese goods. Japan has bought 50 million pesos of Mexican goods this year while Mexico has bought about 12 million pesos from Japan, mainly cotton in Mexico and chinaware and machinery from Japan. Uchiyama says Japan can supply Mexican industrial machinery and could buy cotton, oil, minerals, and rice in return.

Mexico City Iwataro Uchiyama Mexico Japan Uchiyama

Lone Sailor Plans World Motorboat Trip

Alvin Robert Rogers 35 of Ft. Worth Texas plans a round the world voyage in his 18 foot Shark motorboat. He will start from St. Petersburg Florida travel to the Caribbean Panama Canal then 4000 miles to Tahiti in a voyage he calls the most dangerous yet most interesting. The stainless steel Shark designed by Rogers costs about 500 dollars and will be powered by a 10 horsepower outboard.

ST. Petersburg Fla Alvin Robert Rogers Pacific Ocean Rogers Ft. Worth Tex Caribbean Panama Canal Tahiti

Truman lights last national Christmas tree at White House

President Truman lights the 35 foot Norway spruce on the White House grounds in a traditional ceremony. He plans a six minute Christmas message, his last as President, before the tree is illuminated.

Washington Truman White House

Russian Tass correspondent held on spy charges in Hague

In The Hague a Russian Tass correspondent Len Constanti novitch Pisarev, 37, was arrested after arranging a rendezvous to collect secret papers. Police had shadowed him for weeks and found documents in his apartment. Pisarev denied espionage as the Soviet embassy was notified. He began working for Tass in February 1951 and had contacted Dutch civil servants and military officers for information.

Hague Netherlands U.P Foreign Ministry Len Constantinovitch Pisarev Tass Pisarev Holland

Two Midnight Masses by Air Force Chaplain

Lt. Robert F. Duryea will lead a Christmas Eve midnight Mass on Kwajalein at midnight and then fly across the international date line to Johnston Island for a second Mass, 1,700 miles away, 24 hours apart, in a single Christmas 1952 day.

Washington Air Force Military Air Transport Service MATS Robert F. Duryea Mats Pacific Division Kwajalein Island Johnston Island

Paper money per person rises tenfold since 1900

The record notes that coin in circulation is about 10 dollars per person in the United States while paper money per person has grown from 17 dollars in 1900 to about 170 dollars today, a tenfold increase in paper currency per capita.

United States

Air Travel Sets Record in Tucson Holiday Season

Tucson air travel reaches historic holiday peak with record departures on Friday the day schools closed. Traffic in and out will stay heavy as many residents fly to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Air mail and freight volumes run about 50 percent higher than last year. railroad holiday demand also strong with peak outbound traffic for the Southern Pacific.

Tucson American Airlines Earlie

Canada expands antirabies quarantine for dogs

Canada’s agriculture department announced a federal order extending the rabies quarantine from the Northwest Territories into northern Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba areas north of the 55th parallel. Movement of dogs is banned except for sled dogs with all other dogs confined amid prior infections among northern wildlife.

Ottawa Northwest Territories Prairie Provinces Canada Agriculture Department Alberta Saskatchewa Manitoba Northwes Territories

Hearing On Arizona Insurance Code Completed

A hearing on the proposed new Arizona insurance code concluded in Phoenix. Atty. Paul Roca, who drafted the code, expects further suggestions within a week or two before it is sent to the Arizona Corporation Commission and then to the state legislature. representatives of insurance companies attended the hearings in the corporation commission chambers, which began last Friday morning.

Phoenix WIP Arizona Atty Paul Roca Arizona Corporation Commission Corporation Commission

All-Indian Rodeo and Dances Planned at State Fairgrounds

The inter-tribal council of Arizona approved an All-Indian rodeo with ceremonial dances at the state fairgrounds February 28 to March 1. The event is run with Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Indian affairs committee cooperation. Profits benefit the inter-tribal council treasury.

Phoenix WU P State Fairgrounds Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Indian Affairs Committee Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Inter-Tribal Council Treasury

Sonoran Narcotics Case Delayed in Federal Court

A 48 year old San Luis Sonora cotton grower Manuel Salgado Delgado bound over for a week in federal court in Phoenix after his hearing was postponed due to the absence of his attorney. He was arrested in Yuma with 11 pounds and five ounces of crude opium hidden in his truck.

Phoenix WU P San Luis Sonora Manuel Salgado-Delgado Yuma

Tommy Gun Kills Caesar Rakes Town In Drama

In Lowestoft a school stage adaptation of Julius Caesar ends with Brutus using a Tommy gun to kill Caesar. The town education committee calls for inquiry as mothers worry about firearms in youth displays during Christmas. Headmaster P. W. Hartop defends the modernized setting.

Lowestoft England Julius Caesar Brutus Caesar J. M. Mann P. W. Hartop

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