Jail Walls Split A Family Reunion In Tucson
In Pima county jail in Tucson two families, the Harrises and the Vincents, are kept in the same building but separated by bars. Mrs Anita Harris and Mrs Mary Jo Vincent are jailed for passing bad checks while Herbert Harris faces grand theft charges and Robert J Vincent is jailed for lewd and lascivious conduct. A Chinese merchant identified Mrs Vincent as the check passer after officers found nine bogus checks totaling about 500 dollars.
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Tucson
Pima County
Harrises
Vincents
Anita Harris
Mary Jo Vincent
Herbert Harris
Robert J. Vincent
Convicts Kill Prison Guard at Tucker Prison Farm
Four young convicts escaped from Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas after breaking from the stockade armed with pistols. Guard Bill Bohannon was killed. James Perry Williams identified as ringleader. Other escapees Otis Eaton David Dyer and Jack Rhenark, all prisoners serving robbery, kidnapping or murder sentences. Bloodhounds aided a statewide manhunt. The stockade lacks a wall or fence.
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Tucker
Ark
Arkansas
Little Rock
James Perry Williams
Pine Bluff
Warren Hosmer
W. W. Lewis
Williams
Bill Bohannon
Hosmer
Bohannon
Otis Eaton
Stillwell
Okla
David Dyer
Oklahoma City
Jack Rhenark
Sapulpa
Slugged Opponent With Heavy Block
Manuel Castro admitted he struck Manuel Aros on the head with a cement block during a fight at a ranch south of Tucson. Aros died Christmas day after a drinking party with Castro and other workers. Investigators had not yet determined what charges to file.
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Manuel Castro
Sahuarita
Manuel Aros
Aros
Amado
Ariz
Castro
Tucson
Match Awaits Holiday Trees
Tucson youngsters will burn Christmas trees at designated city sites supervised by the fire department and the citizens fire prevention committee. First burnings start 4:30 p.m. Monday at multiple locations. a free movie ticket is offered for three or more trees. Subsequent burnings occur Tuesday and Wednesday at listed schools and parks with police and Boy Scouts present to ensure safety.
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Tucson
Fire Department
Citizens Fire Prevention Committee
Menlo Park School
Melrose
Fresno
de Anza Park
Stone and Speedway
Eagle Field
South Second Avenue
East 16Th Street
Mexico to Mint Silver in 25 Centavo Coin
Mexico City reports the treasury will place silver in the 25 centavo coins of 3 cent value. The government notes Mexico yields 40 percent of world silver and will alloy coins to keep refining costs higher than silver value. One peso coins will contain four grams of silver plus metals, half-peso two grams, 25 centavo one gram.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Polish Polka Time Returns on KVOA Sundays at 9:30
Stella Zukowski will host the new Polish Polka Time airing at 9 30 a m Sundays on KVOA with the program continuing each week. The revival follows the original Polish Polka Time.
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KVOA
Stella Zukowski
Negro Project Opens In Tucson With 2000 Attendees
The first Negro FHA approved housing subdivision in Tucson opened yesterday in the Vista del Pueblo annex area. Rev D C Coleman led the invocation while units of the American Legion post provided music. Dudley A Dobry reported over 2,000 attendees and said foundations for the first 20 homes will be poured soon under a 30 year FHA mortgage plan.
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D. C. Coleman
Charles D. Young American Legion Post
Tucson
Tucson Mountains
Vista del Pueblo Annex
Dudley A. Dobry
KOPO
KVOA
KTKT
Dobry
FHA
Edwin Hunt Tale “The Lady Killer” Appears in Sir! Magazine
Edwin Hunt of Tucson a former University of Arizona student stars in a Sir! magazine short story titled The Lady Killer. The thriller features a murder set just off West Congress Street and is now on newsstands in January issue.
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Edwin Hunt
Tucson
University of Arizona
West
Congress Street
Ambassador Douglas Plans Tucson Home On 200 Acre Farm
United States envoy to England Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas plans to establish residence on a 200 acre farm west of Rosemont Avenue near the Rillito river in Tucson. His son James S. Douglas says the purchase, about 75 000 dollars, aims to provide quiet solitude for the families, with the Sharman Douglas situation undetermined. The Hodges sold the land, and Douglas recently became a director of the Southern Arizona Bank with broad Arizona land interests including Sonoita ranch.
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Lewis W. Douglas
United States
England
Tucson
Ft. Lowell Road
Douglas
James S
Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Co
Sharman
Britain
Wetmore Hodges
Rosemont Avenue
Rillito River
Hodges
The
Southern Arizona Bank
Arizona
Sonoita
Cousin Of Lincoln Dies In Texas At 92
DALLAS December 31 P-L E Orcutt a second cousin of President Abraham Lincoln died yesterday at his daughter's home in Texas He moved there in 1906 and farmed for 42 years Orcutt was a boy when Lincoln was assassinated and recalled meeting the President as his father's first cousin
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Lincoln
Texas
Dallas
P—L. E. Orcutt
Abraham Lincoln
Daugh
Ter. Orcutt
Kiwanis to Install New Officers on January 6
The Tucson Kiwanis club announced at a luncheon that the 1950 officers will take office at the January 6 meeting. President Thomas D. Talmage passed the gavel to vice president Frank Drachman, who becomes president-elect in the absence of UA Law Dean John D Lyons.
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Tucson Kiwanis Club
Semper Oe
Thomas D. Talmage
Frank Drachman
Drachman
UA Law
John D. Lyons
Tucson Holds Rheumatic Care With Federal Aid Pending
Fifteen children at a Tucson medical center receiving rheumatic fever treatment will stay in care as federal funds were pledged to continue treatment. State officials expected possible withdrawal of funds after the welfare board balked at utilizing 15 percent of crippled children funds for crippled Indian children. A confirmation letter from Katharine Lenroot is pending.
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W. A. Sherwood
Pima ‘County Welfare Department
Sherwood
Harry W. Hill
Edwin Daly
Children’s Bureau
Federal Security Administration
Washington
FSA
Katherine Lenroot
The
Hill
State Welfare Board
Crippled Children's Service
Pima
Santa Cruz
Cochise
Daly
Tucson
Carl Hayden
Mrs. VanHorn Buys South Stone Building
Sale of an adobe apartment building at 280-288 S. Stone Ave in Tucson was announced. Realtor Stephen Ochoa said the property sold from Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Sterlip to Mrs. James D. VanHorn. Development plans include rebuilding for business frontage.
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S. Stone Ave
Tucson
Stephen Ochoa
Sidney Sterlip
James D. VanHorn
Esther Dunipace to Sing at Armory Park Community Event
City brief notes Esther Dunipace soloist at weekly community sing at Armory Park singing popular and semi classical music she will be accompanied by Mavis Owen a novelty show is planned. 2 p m Sunshine chapter No 38 CBS holds first meeting of year in Blue room at Scottish Rite cathedral new corps of officers preside Margaret Wisdom Waldon Burr junior officers honored refreshments by Gladys Alsebrook Mollie Boone committee.
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Esther Dunipace
Armory Park
Mavis Owen
CBS
Margaret Wisdom
Waldon Burr
Gertrude Stockmar
Fred Woodworth
Gladys Alsebrook
Mollie Boone
Former Phoenix Club Operator Imprisoned
Jerome Tartakow, 26, once operated a Phoenix club and was sentenced to two years in a New York federal prison on narcotics and vice charges. After completing the New York term, he will face a local narcotics case in this county, per the FBI.
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Phoienix
U.P
Jerome Tartakow
Phoenix
New York
Dyer
FBI
Warren L. McCarthy
Tartakow
Family Missing Seven Days In Private Airplane
Ground crews aided by radio jeeps continued a search in the Blue Mountains for a private plane missing seven days with Sgt. Frank Eaton 27 his wife Nancy 29 and their 4 month old son Michael who disappeared last Saturday from Spokane to Lake Tahoe California Aerial search hampered by bad weather but pilots reported a dark forest patch was trees without snow not a burn.
Nursing Program Discussion Set at YWCA Meeting
The council of social agencies will discuss public health nursing in Tucson at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at the YWCA. Margaret J. Nichols, county health department nursing director, will speak. Other speakers will report on health nursing projects and study the problem of taking
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Council of Social Agencies
Tucson
YWCA
Margaret J. Nichols
County Health Department
Joy McLaughlin Death Attributed To Self Inflicted Shooting
Joy McLaughlin a blonde divorcee was found dead in her San Marino boudoir after a holiday season mood slump. Police deem the death an apparent self inflicted act. Wealthy oilman John A. Smith, 54, was released after revealing a quarrel minutes before the discovery. Sister Novella Jacobson cites persistent despondence and mourning her mother’s death two years prior.
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San Marino
Calif
Joy McLaughlin
John A. Smith
Miss McLaughlin
Novella Jacobson
San Carlos Reservoir 24 Hour Water Storage Update
San Carlos Reservoir reports 89,512 acre-feet available storage for the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. yesterday, with a loss of 292 acre-feet from the previous 24 hours.
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San Carlos Reservoir
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