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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1947
Page
10
Douglas resident John Haas wrestled a large black tail buck deer on a ranch northeast of town. He grabbed the animal by broken antlers, threw it, and penned it in a cattle chute before releasing it after a day. The feat drew local attention and established Haas as a rugged, capable “rassler.”
Yuma County has been chosen by the state extension office for leading 4-H safety work in Arizona. The office will receive a General Motors plaque of merit for the honor, which follows last year’s win. Albert R. Face notes county-wide safety emphasis on fire and auto accident prevention and hazard elimination at home on farms, with Lions Club cooperation. Mona Berry of Yuma won a county medal in the 1947 National Farm Safety awards program.
Chicago December 29 Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop 77 who served 13 years nine months of a 25 year minimum term for the murder of her daughter in law Rheta Gardner Wynekoop was released Sunday and taken to a hospital for heart disease and high blood pressure treatment. She had been convicted in the killing of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop 23 year old daughter in law of Earle Wynekoop in the basement surgery of the Wynekoop mansion in Chicago on November 21. Police said a bullet was fired into Rheta’s back and heart.
Camden Ohio December 29 Gen Newell C Bolton 39 of Cleveland Ohio businessman and philanthropist died here Sunday following an illness.
Dr. Katherine Luomala of the University of Hawaii told the American Anthropological Association that dog meat was a luxury among primitive Polynesians. She described two Polynesian dog breeds, one long silky haired and one short haired with a long body, neither could bark but both howled, and Europeans later replaced them.
Fire destroyed the Shelton Chevrolet company garage in Gila Bend last Sunday causing about 50 000 dollars in damage. Several autos inside the building were burned as flames, thought to start from a faulty oil stove, swept the site.
The historical lineage of goldfish shows that their ancestors appeared green in color before the development of the orange and red varieties seen today.
The Hopi and some Navajos move from northern Arizona to farm on the Colorado River Indian Reservation near Poston. Photographer Tad Nichols notes loans of 2000 to 3000 dollars repaid in two years and explains newcomers must prove themselves worthy before being voted into the tribe. The article also mentions the common cold as highly infectious.
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