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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1949
Page
7
HAL BOYLE reflects on life after war in a personal meditation about courage, meaning, and the road ahead. The piece ponders youth, memory, and the elusive pursuit of purpose as the postwar era continues into 1949.
Hollywood notes Bing Crosby remains the all-time box office champ for the fifth straight year as the Motion Picture Herald names him No 1 among the big money stars. Betty Grable, Abbott and Costello, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy also rank among the top ten with Ingrid Bergman barely making the list and several former stars absent.
In San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1949 four AFL taxi unions staged a 48 hour strike over wages leaving about 400 cabs on the streets. Yellow Cab Co largely operated but workers anticipated shifts at 4 am. Pickets surrounded De Soto Plymouth Veterans and Eagle Cab companies, with other firms shut down. The union sought a $10 daily minimum plus 50 percent of receipts, down from $9 and 49 percent, while the cab owners pushed for higher minimums and driver contract terms.
Transportation delays push eight day extension for entry under simplified rules for GI brides and fiances. Attorney General Clark announced aliens planning to marry service members will be admitted under the act through Jan 8 if their visas list entry by midnight Dec 31.
Ithaca New York dispatch reports Walter C O Connell Cornell university wrestling coach died Friday night in Ithaca At Narvik Norway shipmate Odd Evensen fell overboard Evensen tied a line to his brandy bottle and yelled Save this first
Fourteen Norwegians died when the 100 ton yacht Thagassa foundered off Cape Silleiro in northwest Spain during a storm. An 11 year old girl named Arnhild survived after swimming toward shore and fainting on land. Her parents were among the dead. the vessel was en route from Stavanger to Ecuador.
Articles of incorporation name Norman Horwitz Celia Horwitz Alvin and others. Board of directors named. annual stockholder meetings set for February. By laws, officer appointments, and executive committee powers described. Notarization date December 16 1943 and publication dates December 28 29 1948 January 1 3 1949.
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