City May Get New Deadline For Freeway
W. C. Lefebvre state highway engineer told Tucson officials the city should have until March 1 to secure rights of way for a downtown skirting freeway. The council had earlier directed drafting a bond question for voters to finance construction and Lefebvre urged the highway commission to extend the $600,000 Tucson budget to March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Lefebvre
Tucson
Lefebvre
Thomas J. Elliott
Highway Commission
Phoenix
E. T. Houston
Highway ‘Commission
First Prisoner of 1945 Held in Tucson Burglary Case
Ed E. Fouts was booked at 12:45 a.m. on a grand larceny charge after officers found loot from five autos in a bag he carried near Scott and Congress. He admitted burglaries in August or September and December 1, with items recovered at his home 1307 West Speedway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Keller
Kodak
Fouts
West Speedway
Art Estrella
Richard Blair
Woman Faces Dope Charge in Altered Prescription
Thelma Kendall Jones, recently discharged after a year in prison for illegally obtaining narcotics, is to be arraigned Friday morning before U S Commissioner Thomas H McKay. She was arrested after a pharmacist questioned a morphine prescription she presented to fill. She had previously been sentenced August 12, 1946, to one year in a corrective institution for forging prescriptions to obtain narcotics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Kendall Jones
U.S
Thomas H. McKay
Two Tucsonans Enroll at Washington University St. Louis
Two Tucson youths join Washington University in St. Louis during the current term. Robert Elsworth Bender of 1516 North Tyndall studies architecture while Fred Arthur Driemeyer of 1044 North Second attends the engineering program. The university reports 13,420 students, a record high, with representation from 21 foreign countries, three territories, and all but one state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington University
St. Louis
T Ucson
Robert Elsworth Bender
North Tyndall
School of Architecture
Fred Arthur Driemeyer
North Second
School of Engineering
Health Clinic Founded For Navajo Indians
WINDOW ROCK Ariz Jan 1 A 15 bed hospital at Chinle on the Navajo reservation is converted into a health clinic. Dr Harold M Knudtson says the change is first step in expanding field medical work for Indians Beds from Chinle are moved to Ft Defiance where bed care will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Rock
Ariz
Chinle
Navajo Reservation
Harold M. Knudtson
Chinle Hospital
Ft. Defiance
Carolina Lad Admits Killing His Parents
Sheriff C. A. Moss of York county said 16 year old Tommy Lee Phillips confessed to killing his father and mother Mr and Mrs T E Phillips at their home near Winston Salem North Carolina on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York, S. C
C. A. Moss
York County
Tommy Lee Phillips
T. E. Phillips
Winston-Salem
N. C
Busy New Year for Pima Officers on Crime Calls
Pima county sheriff's deputies and highway patrol officer W. M. Gibson faced a busy New Year's morning with a reported beating, a possible carjacking on Fort Lowell road, and a 1936 grey Plymouth wreck found by Deputy Blair. A vehicle search, burglaries, and an injury case occupied police between 1:54 and 2:25 a.m. in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County
W. M. Gibson
Gibson
Art Estrella
Fort Lowell
Richard Blair
Country Club Road
Speedway
Blair
Ernie Spisak
Spisak
South Sixth Avenue
Harry Linder
South Fourth Avenue
M. L. Duke
Ft. Worth
Tex
Linder
Bill Atkinson
Hale Road
Betty Reeves
Walter Thomas
South Fifth Avenue
Thomas
Tucson Store Wins Contest In Bendix sweepstakes
Reuben's furniture in Tucson won in a nationwide Bendix contest by achieving 181 percent of its sales quota. Joe Hubbard Jr. received a paid three day trip to Los Angeles for the Rose Bowl. The annual Tournament of Roses prizes totaled 469.64 dollars with first place awarded to Frank J. Grijalva and Charles Barcelo. Second prize went to N. M. Van Brandt and third to Walter James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Tucson
Los Angeles
Joe Hubbard, Jr
Frank J. Grijalva
Charles Barcelo
N. M. van Brandt
Walter James
State Land Surveyors To Hold Phoenix Meet
The Arizona Land Surveyors conference resumes after World War II with a January 24 meeting in Phoenix led by J. C. Park. major feature includes the Arizona committee on postwar mapping with Louis O. Fiscel as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Land Surveyor's
J. C. Park
University of Arizona
Arizona Committee
Park
Louis O. Fiscel
Florence
Contractor Sentenced for Operating Without State License
L. C. Richardson, 43, was sentenced to 30 days in jail or $198 restitution to W. W. Beaver of 1214 East Ninth Street for remodeling work. He was tried before Justice of the Peace C. W. Gardner on charges of operating as a contractor without a state license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Richardson
W. W. Beaver
East Ninth Street
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Gardner
Richardson
Gardner
Plan Regular Movies At Sunnyside School
Senior Scouts of troop 19 will show weekly Friday night movies in Sunnyside school auditorium at 7 30. The Carnegie branch library operated by PTA committees in the same auditorium will be open Mondays 730 to 9 and Fridays 2 30 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Community Carnegie Branch
PTA
Sunnyside School
Saturday Deadline For Special Automobile License Numbers
County assessor Leo J. Finch announces Saturday as the final day to request special automobile license numbers for 1948. Beginning Monday licenses will be sold without reservations as higher numbers have sold out, while many owners showed little interest in securing 1948 licenses before January end and risking double fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Finch
Neh
Tucson Bank Plans Branch on South Sixth and East 22nd
The Southern Arizona bank leased property at the southeast corner of South Sixth avenue and East 22nd street to build its first branch. The drive‑in style office will include service windows for customers without leaving their cars and is slated to open around April first. Construction will add a vault and other equipment as the bank cites record depositor growth in the past year since its 1903 founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sixth Avenue
East 22Nd Street
Southern Arizona Bank
Rotary Club Luncheon Hosts Sons and Daughters
About 350 Rotarians and guests attended the noon luncheon at the Pioneer hotel ball room. Sons and daughters of Rotarians were welcomed with balloons and hats as magic acts and a movie program provided entertainment. President J. B. O'Dowd led the event with Dana Roehrig introducing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club
Pioneer Hotel
J. B. O'Dowd
Dana Roehrig
Sgt Rodriguez Reassigned to Davis-Monthan Air Base
Staff Sgt Ramon C Rodriguez of 930 South Eighth Avenue is reassigned to headquarters Second Bomb Group at Davis-Mon than airbase. He previously served on Okinawa after entering the Air Force in April 1943 and earned the DFC Air Medal with five clusters ETO ribbon with two battle stars and a Unit Citation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J Ward of Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon C. Rodriguez
South Eighth Avenue
Davis-Monthan
Okinawa
Air Force
Rodriguez
ETO
J. Ward
Tucson
Soldier’s Party Ends In Arrest
Wayland Porter a Davis Monthan field soldier was booked for drunk and reckless driving after weaving on South Sixth avenue at 1130 p.m. He forced a military policeman to curb and endangered other drivers before being subdued by police and sent to the hospital and guard house for the night awaiting a city court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Porter
Davis Monthan
City Jall
Porter
Michigan
South Sixth Avenue
Tech
Bruce Scholes
Scholes
Davis-Monthan
Man Found Dead In Front Of Y YMCA
Police and emergency crews found an elderly man dead on the sidewalk in front of the YMCA. The body was sent to the Tucson mortuary and Coroner C W Gardner was notified. identifications are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Tucson
C. W. Gardner
New Year’s Eve Bullet Graze Targets Sleeping Girl
Seven year old Ann Lee Kreuger of 1901 North Tenth Avenue was struck by a grazing bullet from a celebratory shot at midnight. A spent .45 slug lay on her pillow and a ceiling gash marked the path of the bullet through the trailer living room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Lee Kreuger
de Luxe
North Tenth Avenue
Ann Lee
Robert Kreuger
Karen Ann
Kreuger
Executives Club Speaker Dr David Seabury to Keynote Dinner
Dr David Seabury, renowned consulting psychologist and author of Unmasking Our Minds Growing Into Life and Help Yourself to Happiness, will deliver the 6:30 p.m. keynote at the Tucson Executive Club dinner in the Pioneer Hotel ballroom on Tuesday Jan 6. He is noted for clear lay language and broad appeal through the club’s national affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Seabury
Tucson
Pioneer Hotel
Seabury
Dr. Seabury
Youth Charged With Seven Thefts in Mt Lemmon Burglaries
Gene Davis an 18 year old graduate of the Arizona Boys Industrial School at Fort Grant is held in Pima county jail charged with burglarizing seven summer homes in the Mt Lemmon area. He worked as a watchman for George L Scott guarding the cottages of Dan N Brewster T Ed Litt Hall Burns J Homer Boyd Dr O J Grauman Dr E H Brown and Thomas Vincent. Investigating officers John D Anderson and Barney Armstrong say only one charge will be filed theft of several bottles of whiskey from one home but extensive damage occurred at other cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Davis
Arizona Boys Industrial School
Fort Grant
Pima County
Mt. Lemmon
George L. Scott
Davis
Dan N. Brewster
T. Ed Litt
Hall Burns
J. Homer Boyd
J. Grauman
E. H. Brown
Thomas Vincent
Air Scouts Head to Navy Meeting in Alameda
Ten Air Scouts and two leaders from Air Scout Troop 100 sponsored by the Tucson Elks Club left New Year’s morning for Alameda Naval Air Station near San Francisco. They will tour an aircraft carrier, a destroyer escort, and fly Navy planes while living in naval barracks during a regional gathering January 2 to 4. J M Dewiler leads the group with Don Herman assisting. guests include Grant Harris Jerry Detwiler Barney Huser Roger Herman Jim Jacobs Edward Ivester Don Goebel Douglas Sanders Jim Dixon Jr and Larry Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Air Scouts
Air Scout Squadron No. 100
Tucson Elks Club
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco
Naval Barracks
Elks Club
J. M. Dewiler
Don Herman
Grant Harris
Jerry Detwiler
Barney Huser
Roger Herman
Jim Jacobs
Edward Ivester
Don Goebel
Douglas Sanders
Jim Dixon, Jr
Larry Miles
Suggest New Street Names In Tucson Metropolis
The city planning and zoning commission with county assessor Leo J Finch recommends the Pima County Board of Supervisors act to stop street name duplication in the Tucson metropolitan area. They propose appointing a three member committee to study the issue and rename streets to prevent future confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Leo J. ‘Finch
Pima County Board For Supervisors
Tucson
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Carolina Lad
West Congress
Tucson Bank
Rotary Sons
Sgt. Rodriguez
Sleeping Girl
Executives Club
MB Rage
Rollings Motor
Desoto-Plymouth
KE Broadway
Australia
Ket
Jacome’s
Vel
Helena Rubinstein
Street Department Stores Inc
Jacome's
Chko
SCOTT
Tokay
Ea~ee
McCal
McCall
Jacome
Acohama’s
Cohama
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