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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1944
Page
7
The board approves selling five thousand dollars in School District No. 10 bonds to purchase adjacent property for Amphitheater school expansion. An earlier election passed 159 to 34. Bonds, in $1000 denominations dated July 1 1944, mature in three to five years, at 3 percent interest. Sealed bids are due by noon July 3.
Navy Catalina flying boat rescued Marine Lt. Richard S. Rash after he bailed from a flaming fighter near Japanese positions in the South Pacific. Rash was pulled aboard while bullets peppered the water and the aircraft taxied at speed. Pilots Lt. David G. McLaren and First Class Leonard A. Campbell and William C. Trapp participated in the dangerous rescue.
The daily tally shows $845 remains unpaid in interest installments on special sewer and improvements bonds. Ralph Guthrie reports $7,488.88 collected to date of $8,033.83 due. A 5 percent penalty applies to payments received now, and properties with unpaid installments will be sold July 8 with buyers taking a full lien redeemable by the former owner within one year upon full payment including penalties.
Services for Mrs Francisca C de Soto aged 44 of 1013 Delaware Street will be held Monday at 1 PM at home with Rev Morales of South Stone Avenue Baptist Church officiating. Survived by husband Pablo R de Soto five daughters Ester Ruth Rachel Lydia and Bertha Gomez in Tucson a son Pablo de Soto Jr two sisters Mona Cassanova and Agnes Felix in California a granddaughter Consuela Gomez and niece Ruth C de Soto.
War Department announces Leslie Miller Westfall of Phoenix promoted from first lieutenant to captain and Lt. Augustus Marion Smith of Snowflake ordered to active duty.
Dr Shiras M Jarvis of UC hospital announces a new painless childbirth method called paravertebral sympathetic nerve block. Injections near lumbar spinal nerves aim to remove pain while speeding the first stage of labor without numbness of the skin as in caudal anesthesia.
In Denver a penniless twelve member Thompson family searched for Silas Thompson for three days. They traveled from Rock Springs Wyoming after learning he was in Denver. Firemen fed them. later they learned he had left for Little Rock Arkansas and then reunified in Denver after help from the police.
Navy civilian employees in the eleventh naval district will join bluejackets in receiving awards for outstanding performance. Two decorations, the Distinguished Civilian Service award and the Meritorious Civilian Service award, will recognize innovations and efficiency retroactive to December 7, 1941.
Leo Finch chief deputy assessor reports May tax figures show personal property tax at 21439.28 on 476830 valuation and motor vehicle fees of 2577.67 plus 284.50 from 569 license plates. Vehicle taxes total 1316.43 on 60612 valuation as valuations decline monthly.
RAF Mosquitos struck Leverkusen while Allied bombers hit Giurgiu on the Danube and French targets. In 24 hours over 5,000 Allied planes flew in two-way assaults with about 7,000 tons of explosives dropped and seven heavy bombers lost to anti aircraft fire.
Radio Moscow quotes direct contact between American British and Soviet staffs to concentrate air power on critical UN targets. Fortresses and escort land at new Russian bases in parade formation amid cheers from ground crews and officials including Ambassador Harriman. The action follows a plan urged by Gen. Henry H. Arnold and agreed by Roosevelt and Stalin at Tehran.
The plan would let the law alter inequities, strip Vinson of further power over railroad workers, and place this issue under the railway labor act. It also provides for individual rent adjustments without changing overall rent control effects.
Washington June 3 A proposal to exempt uniformed personnel from cabaret taxes through signing dine and drink receipts is floated by Sen George chair of the finance committee. The plan accompanies a bill to raise the debt limit to 260 billion dollars and cut the cabaret tax to 20 percent. The conferees must decide on the debt ceiling and a method to prevent civilian complicitose of GI outings.
May daily city water pumping fell to 8,941,000 gallons from 9,249,561 last May as cooler weather reduced demand. For year to date, 6,675,800 gallons were pumped, up slightly from 6,669,110. South side well led consumption at 168,969,250 gallons, with total May charges at 37,196.96 and receipts 35,759.95. New services installed totaled 39, with 9,751 services currently in use citywide.
In Emporia politics day voters named 16 national convention delegates each with a half vote. President Roosevelt dismissed questions on his plans at a news conference and laughed when asked about a Warm Springs White House dinner. Governor Bricker, speaking in Baltimore, argued Americans will not consent to soldiers serving in an international police force and opposed joining a world organization with binding commitments.
Myitkyina days show Japanese defense positions despite rains. Chinese troops moved into the outskirts of Chiaotou north of Teng chung while other forces attacked Watien northwest of the stronghold. In India, a southeast Asia communique says Japanese counterattack in the Kohima area failed with heavy losses.
Washington June 3 Second Lt. Robert S. Sosa husband of Mrs Jane Collar Sosa of Douglas Ariz has been reported by the war department as missing in action in the European area.
The Truman committee may require the Army and Navy to give lists of plants with war contracts slated for termination or cutback in the next six months. Sen. Ferguson says he asked counsel Hugh Fulton to obtain the lists after Brewster Aeronautical’s sudden cancellation of Corsair contracts. He urged plans for converting plants to other war work or civilian production and warned delays could hinder reconversion.
In the past 24 hours American and Allied units widened their front toward Rome from Valmontone and Monte Castellaccio while encircling Velletri. Fifth Army and Eighth Army combined have taken over 20 000 prisoners, with Campoleone area heavily bombed and enemy losses mounting as tanks and vehicles lay abandoned.
The War Department will lengthen the anti aircraft training program from 24 to 26 weeks to provide attack troops with the specialized training needed to reinforce field artillery.
A Townsend club will hold a meeting at 4 p m Sunday at Armory Park.
The Congregational church changes the Sunday morning service from 11 to 10 in the morning. Church school will meet in parallel with the adults.
Reuben Gold and Son of Reuben's Home Supply Co. left yesterday for Los Angeles and San Francisco to visit markets for summer and fall home furnishings.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 180 will hold an initiation Sunday at 2 p.m. in the K of C hall. After the initiation a dinner and entertainment will be at the Labor Temple. All out of town Eagles are invited to attend.
Masonic Lodge Epes Randolph No 32 F and A M will confer the third degree at 7 30 this evening at the Masonic Temple.
Jesse Lee Howard, a California fruit company employee, was sentenced by Judge Albert M. Sames to two years in federal prison for transporting a Mexican woman across the Mexico United States border without immigration authorities’ permission. The jury found him guilty last week after his trial.
A protest letter on taxes charged for the restaurant at the Nogales highway municipal airport was received by the county board of supervisors acting as a board of equalization. They list a merchandise value of 1610 and equipment 2215 totaling 104.18 in tax. Army ownership proof could remove the restaurant from the tax rolls, says Leo Finch.
County comptroller Fred O Goodell said 11 month expenditures total 454 193 01 out of 499 455 88 budget. May expenditures were 40 684 04 against 45 405 08 planned. Hospital led in underexpenditure with 13 075 16 and health clinic 10 399 45. Treasurer's office was the only department fully expended with 117 08.
Three Tucson youths Arnold R. Carrillo Virgil W. St. John and John H. Yunt report to Maxwell Field Alabama for pre flight training in the Army Air Forces. Booker T Hunter has completed recruit training at Seattle and is on leave in Tucson as Eleanor Benefer plans a WAVE recruiting swing here June 8 and 9. Recruiters urge local women to report for preliminary work. WAVE quotas for men are not yet set.
President Roosevelt signed a bill ensuring Sunday operation of international bridges between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico. The act directs the treasury to cover overtime payments for customs inspectors, addressing closures caused by prior authority disputes.
Fort Huachuca reports a review of the 92nd division during Lt. Gen. Leslie J. McNair’s visit. The program included combat demonstrations and an infantry tank artillery drill as part of the veteran commander’s U. S. Army ground forces tour.
Seattle police describe the incident as a thwarted kidnapping in which 5 year old Florence Susie Marks was carried from a second story window down a 16 foot ladder and found unharmed on a doorstep 14 blocks away. Dr. Robert F. Ballard of Harborview Hospital examined her and found no injuries. Police cited an alley prowler theory and said FBI agents were consulted though not required. The Marks families were staying on Capitol Hill and had two other children.
The United States consumed about 1 000 tons of bismuth during 1943 as part of wartime metal production. Resources and industry data show the material's role in alloys and shielding during the war.
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