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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1945
Page
2
Magistrate Paul J. Cella ordered 48 intoxication cases released on Christmas Eve. Prisoners lined up at the Tucson jail as the judge urged sobriety and urged them to take the night to be with family, wishing them a Merry Christmas.
Four youths abducted Charles B. Litt after he left a bus near Grand Avenue. They drove him into the desert where he was robbed of coat watch and money and beaten before being left unconscious. Litt later recovered in Five Points with police. In a separate incident S R Finklea and Virgil Hadley were injured in a highway crash on Oracle road when an oncoming car blinded the driver and forced a rollover.
Stalin hosts a Christmas Eve dinner in the Kremlin for U S Secretary of State Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Bevin. The toast was described as the most interesting moment among about 15 drinkers with Stalin engaging actively and delivering hospitable curising remarks. The Byrnes party enjoyed themselves as Stalin and guests watched a film Byron chose, The Defeat of Japan, charting Russo Japanese history.
Detroit December 25 CIO United Auto Workers prepared to resume a 30 percent wage increase fight against General Motors after a 36 day strike that idled about 200000 workers. Picketing at GM plants to resume after Christmas. The Truman board is in recess awaiting possible progress. The union expects Kaiser Frazer counter demands at the next session. Ford talks not planned until January 8.
Freezing rain and icy roads hit the north central and eastern states with ice deposits from Michigan to western New York and as far south as Virginia. Snow and winds belt the outer edges while Omaha reports eight inches, and several plains regions see above freezing temperatures elsewhere.
Phoenix dispatch reports 200 Arizona troops were flown or driven home by volunteer planes autos and buses for Christmas. The last 20 left Los Angeles in three Lakefield B 25s from Los Angeles Mine field and Fort MacArthur. Bedella of Willcox described the emotional moment at the awards ceremony. Prior to this, 63 men arrived by 10 cars and 117 by 15 cars the total built by volunteer trips.
Rainy conditions stretch through California, Oregon, and Washington while higher Nevada areas see snow flurries. Weather centers warn of continuing unsettled conditions and possible travel delays in mountainous regions.
The Bird club of the Tucson Natural History Society counted 4756 birds across the Catalina foothills Sabino canyon and Rillito ranches in the annual Audubon census. 96 species and subspecies were recorded led by mallards baldpate pintail green winged teal ring necked and lesser scaup ducks plus water birds and hawks. A follow up count is planned for the Santa Cruz river valley from city farms to the San Xavier mission next Sunday.
The conference of American small business organization establishes a new headquarters and a department of economic research in Chicago. George W. Starr, longtime Indiana University bureau of business research director, is named head to gather factual information for legislative guidance.
Senator Lucas urged the Pearl Harbor committee to keep junior staffers Hannaford and Masten to handle the inquiry. He warned that new counsel after recess could cause confusion over exhibits like exhibit 87. Mitchell and Gesell plan to quit. Lucas backs Weymouth Kirkland for top post. Walter Reed said Gen Short is improving after a hospital stay.
Albert Fred Miller 70 died at his Tucson home. Funeral services in Croswell Michigan with burial to follow. Survived by widow Mary Jane Miller daughter Beulah Wilson of Dallas son Allen of Tucson two brothers Ed and Fred Miller and one grandchild. Family traveled from Tucson. Bring's funeral home handled arrangements.
Glenwood Springs residents rally to host a goodwill Christmas for 500 sailors aboard a special train from the Navy hospital. Stores open, cooks prepare a turkey dinner, gifts wrap, and Santa awaits after a late luncheon as the train heads east.
Real estate transactions recorded by Mrs. Ann Sullinger show multiple sales in Pima County. Properties include North Fourth Avenue and East Eighth Street. 2847 South Sixth Avenue. 3915 Imar Street. 231 East Lincoln Street. 1545 East Water Street. Prices range from 11,000 to 18,000 dollars with mortgages assumed in one deal. Buyers include Thomas A. Caid, Morris Kleinerman, Jesse L. White, Filotha White, Henry George, and Marian Dix Whidden. sellers include Christman, Runge, Eva De Concini, Ram sey Cornell, Ruby Cornell Walker, and Marion C. Smyth.
Gayle Eleanor Harvey, 19 month old of Muncie Indiana, died in her mother's arms Christmas Eve after a three month coma from tubercular meningitis. Doctors said strep toy mycin kept her alive since September. Her father, a paratrooper, was killed in Germany last year.
Pima lodge No. 10 F and A M will celebrate the Holy St. John the Evangelist festival at Prince Chapel AME church on Sunday night December 30. The lodge gathers at 7 30 p m in the church lower chapel. Desert Star chapter No. 8 OES and West Temple Masonic lodge No. 425 attend. Public invited.
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