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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1946
Page
4
Two thirds of the sample ballots ordered for the July 16 election will be given to candidates upon request. Clerk Sylvia G Powell explains supervisors may distribute about one third of the ballots to precincts, with discretion on exact placement. Also notes ballots returned from precincts will not be those left at the supervisors’ office.
Captain Fred W. King a Tucson city firefighter since May 1 1923 was promoted to assistant chief replacing J C Sievert who becomes chief after H L Hilles retirement effective yesterday Sievert was moved to chief while King rose from senior captain on the civil service list Paul A Williams was promoted from firefighter to captain and is on duty at the central station
Miami July 1 P H Beebe an electrician who called himself a working man who wants to own a house told tenants he would reduce their rent from 60 to 50 dollars a month effective immediately Beebe cited the loss of OPA and urged price reductions to help everyone get along better.
Funeral services are set for Angus Om as Shaffas, 36, who died in San Francisco last Wednesday. Rev. H Collins Jr will officiate at Phillips Chapel at p m tomorrow. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by wife Elma Shaffas and mother Hattie Marshall. Reilly Undertaking Co handles arrangements.
Holbrook resident Robert T. Greenwade died after his sedan tumpled off U S 66 west of Holbrook at 12 15 am He suffered a skull fracture and died in a Holbrook hospital Two others died in separate weekend crashes A J Northey Melvin McKinney and Charles L May were killed in incidents near Kingman Phoenix and Wickenburg. Electrical equipment and appliances valued at 15000 to 20000 were destroyed in a fire sparked while righting an overturned semi trailer on Yarnell hill.
Christell Robinson 35 of 256 West 26th paid a $60 fine in police court after her car with one wheel ran over a four year old girl Mary Helen Taylor daughter of Armida Taylor 136 West MecCormick. Patrolmen Denny and Hill testified they heard the screams and found the girl on the curb with a bruised foot. Robinson was also charged with reckless driving and lacking a driver license.
The J. C. Penney Co. store in Nogales Arizona burned late Saturday night causing about $75,000 in losses. Smoke and water damaged adjacent J. J. Newberry and La Frontera buildings. The fire began around 10 30 p m and was controlled by 4 30 a m with 100 volunteers and a Nogales Sonora truck aiding the efforts.
Philadelphia dispatch says Michael Reiter a wealthy New York dress manufacturer living on Forest Hill on Long Island reported being abducted by two men in his car. He was kept prisoner until escaping at a station when they stopped to refill the steam radiator with water.
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