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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1949

Page

4

State Highway Patrolman Captures Armed Fugitives

Two Indiana men fled armed robbery charges to a Marana housing project where state patrolman Walter Sheets wrestled a revolver from one youth. Patrolman Ward and volunteers cornered the fugitives after gunfire disabled their car. the Wilson brothers were taken to Pima county jail with the woman and children. Federal warrants for unlawful flight and Indiana charges for armed robbery were noted. the two youths were placed in federal custody to be returned to Indiana.

Indiana Marana FBI Walter Sheets Sheets William P. Ward Clifford Wilson John L. Wilson Jr Wilson Brothers Jerome Martin Jr David Boyd Wilfred Hanson Wilson Oracle Road Martin Boyd Hanson Pima County Tucson John L Buelah County Hospital Wilsons Emmet Newland

New Martin Drug Co. Opens Northeast Store

A Martin Drug Co. store opens today at the southeast corner of Speedway and Country Club road in a recently built building. The location is a transfer from Scott and Congress streets, with Robert Brandt continuing as manager. Officials say the move targets the expanding northeast city market.

Martin Drug Co Speedway and Country Club Road Martin Scott and Congress Streets Robert Brandt

Average man trapped in 10 inch gap needs three hours to escape

Erven G Jasmine, aged 52, became wedged in a narrow ten inch space between two buildings in Los Angeles on December 31. Firemen and police, numbering twenty five, worked three hours with rope and a human chain to free him.

Los Angeles Erven G. Jasmine Jasmine

Star 200 Times Larger Than Our Sun Revealed

At the 82nd meeting of the American Astronomical Society at the University of Arizona, Dr. Dean B. McLaughlin described a double star system 32 Cygni where a cooler star is about 200 times the sun’s diameter and eclipses the red hot star. A separate explosion observed by Dr. John F. Heath showed ejecta speeds up to 230 miles per second and light hydrogen at 1 200 000 mph, with the event likely 10 000 to 30 000 years old distant from Earth.

Earth American Astronomical Society University of Arizona Dean B. McLaughlin University of Michigan Observatory McLaughlin Michigan John F. Heath Dunlap Observatory University of Toronto Canada Charles Bertaud Meudon Paris France Heard Mars Seymour L. Hess Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, Ariz

Agriculture buys midwest nest-run eggs at 25 cents a dozen

The agriculture department announced it will purchase nest-run ungraded eggs in the midwest at prices averaging at least 25 cents per dozen at the farm during January and February.

Washington Agriculture Department Midwest

Astronomers Pick Russia For Parley

The next general assembly of the International Astronomical Union will be held in Leningrad, Soviet Russia, in August 1951 if scheduled. Russia promised open borders to world astronomers and invited all participating organizations, with Prof. A Mikhailov assuring invitations to Leningrad. The U S withdrew, citing dollars, admission concerns, and political suspicions. Annie Jump Cannon award went to Helen Sawyer Hogg, while Mrs Hogg was not present at the dinner.

International Astronomical Union Leningrad Soviet Russia Russia A. Mikhailov Academy of Sciences of The Ussr Partiei American Astronomical Society J. J. Nassau U. S. National Committee Otto Struve IAU Struve U. S. State Department U. S United States America U.S University of Indiana Bloomington Ind Hogg Dunlap Observatory Steward Observatory University of Arizona Annie Jump Cannon Harvard Soviet Union Harold Spencer Jones England Union Bertine Lindblad Lund Observatory Stockholm Helen Sawyer Hogg University of Toronto Canada

Hawks Plans To Wed On Feb Twenty sixth

Hollywood reports director Howard Hawks plans to marry Marian Marshall next year likely on February 26 the second anniversary of their first date. Hawks recently divorced Nancy Hawks once named the nation s best dressed woman.

Hollywood UPR Howard Hawks Marian Marshall Hawks Nancy Hawks

Judge Regrets Outburst Over Contempt Charge

Tulsa common pleas Judge H. E. Chambers criticized a fellow judge Leslie W. Lisle for taking over one of his cases causing a heated confrontation. Chambers called the act regrettable and said he was sorry for losing his temper while pledging to learn from the incident.

Tulsa Okla Lisle Chambers

Mrs. Fisher Donates Million to Notre Dame

Mrs. Fred J. Fisher widow of Fisher Body Co founder gives 1 million dollars to the University of Notre Dame. President Rev. John J. Cavanaugh says 750000 will fund a dormitory and the rest will finance student loans.

Fred Fisher Notre Dame South Bend Ind U.P Fred J. Fisher Fisher Body Co University of Notre Dame John J. Cavanaugh

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