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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1946
Page
4
The Navy announced 2500 new type uniforms undergo three month tests in Atlantic and Pacific fleets and shore stations. If approved, bell-bottom trousers will be replaced by blue gray and white outfits with a waist length jacket and a four in hand tie replacing the neckerchief.
Attorney General John L. Sullivan announced the dismissal of two tax suits in the local superior court. The cases, brought by Southern Pacific Co. and Phelps-Dodge Corp., challenged alleged over assessments totaling about 1.745 million dollars for 1943 and 1944. Stipulations had been signed weeks earlier by all parties and Sullivan, with formal endings issued yesterday.
Marvin Raymond Davis 380 North Highland avenue died yesterday morning in a local hospital. He lived in Tucson three years. Survived by widow Beulah, four children Douglas Ronald Donald and Randy, mother Mrs Minnie Mills all of Tucson. Two brothers Basil Davis Erwin Tennessee and Kyle Davis Georgia and sister Eunice Moore Edison Tennessee. Local funeral services by Reilly Undertaking Co. Burial in Sneedville Tennessee.
A special meeting of the Tri Delt alliance is set for 2 p m tomorrow at 2832 East Tenth street the home of Mrs A J Lunde. Reverend Arthur Mou of the Christian Missionary alliance former missionary in Borneo will speak at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Amphitheatre Community church.
The American ship John B Hood carrying 550 troops lost its propeller in the Atlantic. Gibraltar reports say Lloyds agents received a call for aid. The Marion McKinley Bovard offered to take the troops, but the Hood declined. The other ship remained on standby.
In 1945 Tucson recorded 8189 real estate deeds in the first 11 months, exceeding 1944. Marriage licenses fell to 1569 from 1691 as soldiers left the area. County recorder Anna Sullinger logged deeds. Belle Hall oversaw licenses, with Davis Monthan and Marana bases cited for reduced weddings.
A note outlines how the Army uses chow to refer to meals while the Navy uses mess. The distinction appears in military slang and daily eatery references across branches.
Elizabeth Bergner stars in The Two Mrs Carrolls at Rialto theatre January 7 with much of the New York cast. The London and New York success centers on Geoffrey Carroll plotting to kill his wife with poison amid light comedy and prewar Riviera scenes.
Gen. Clifford Bleue, captured at Bataan, recently returned to the United States and said the Japanese had claimed Deanna Durbin was dead. Durbin joked you can pinch me and see, confirming she is alive.
The Williams river flood left four known dead and three missing as waters subsided in Portland. Army engineers estimate property damage at five million dollars or more from the disaster. Identified dead include Mrs. John A. Mitchell of Portland and Rev. Neil J. Barnes, Harold B. Lyons of Coos Bay, and Raymond H. Hill of Drain Oregon. Police search for Mrs Mitchells husband and two children after their car was found in a canyon near flood wreckage. About 1,000 families in Eugene area began returning home.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars filed suit in superior court alleging illegal tax collection on its clubhouse at 121 East Broadway during 1944 and seeks 241.82 from Pima county and county treasurer A. B Cole, claiming VFW as a nonprofit charity is tax exempt.
New Year's Eve features Roy Mack's Band and fun makers with confetti at 232 E 6th Adm. Tickets $1 plus tax. Also ads for jobs, shops, and services including tires, jewelry, photography, electrical repairs, plants, and a boy's bicycle sale.
Gallery of ads including goats rabbits and poultry for sale, a Catalina Vista 3 bedroom brick home listing with FHA price, furniture and appliance bargains, a lost wallet notice, help wanted at a bowling alley, a 18 foot trailer, Ford truck, and an outside salesman for auto parts. Also a lodging inquiry and Star Citizen box offer.
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