Two 17-Year-Old Escapees Recaptured After Cafe Robbery
In Mesa two 17-year-olds fled Apache County jail in St Johns and burglarized three Mesa businesses. They stole a car from Texas, then robbed Lenhard hardware and Grant sporting goods, taking guns, watches, tools, and cash totaling about 82 dollars and 314 dollars respectively. They carried a 45 pistol and claimed jailers failed to lock them in.
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St. Johns
Texas
White Dog
Lenhard Hardware
Grant Sporting Goods
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Pierce
George Mills
Douglas O’ryan
New Orleans
Boston
Buffalo
Roswell Flood Receding After Citywide Crest
Roswell, N M June 4 The Rio Hondo flood crest moved past the city and receded late Thursday night leaving 1 to 3 feet of water in 216 blocks. Troops from Walker Air Force Base helped sandbag entrances as damage estimates were not yet available. Elsewhere in New Mexico the Pecos crest at Santa Rosa reached 742 feet and crews prepared for a new rise on the Rio Grande around June 8-9.
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Here
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Walker Air Force Base
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Rio Grande
Santa Rosa
Sun Sets Fire as Prank Hits Worcester Chair
The sun shone through a goldfish bowl and ignited a chair in Earl Lind’s Worcester home. Firemen from two companies battled the blaze to contain the flames.
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Worcester
Mass
Earl Lind
Contractor's Son Convicted in License Scam
Robert Lopez, son of Bisbee contractor Albert Lopez, found guilty of contracting without a license. He waived a jury trial and defended himself against charges by Panteles Cochones who paid over 1250 dollars for remodeling at 1523 East Broadway. Cochones testified liens of 700 to 800 dollars existed. Lopez claimed it was his father licensed the work. Judge J Mercer Johnson will sentence at 1 30 p m Monday.
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Albert Lopez
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Panteles Cocchones
Lopez
East Broadway
Cochones
John F. O'Mara
J. Mercer Johnson
Robert
Johnson
McMahon to Be Sentenced for Prisoner Release
J F McMahon constable of the Ajo district was found guilty in March of releasing a prisoner without proper authority. Judge Frank E Thomas will sentence him at 10 am Saturday in Bisbee. He was acquitted on two other liquor and gambling charges and faced further accusations over illegal gaming and liquor sales at the Brothers club. McMahon’s motion for a new trial was denied.
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Ajo
Frank E. Thomas
Bisbee
Thomas
McMahon
William G. Hall
Atty
Colin B. Dodd
Brothers Club
Dodd
School Bonds To Sunnyside No. 12 Awarded To Dahlberg
The Pima county board of supervisors awarded the $130000 bond sale for Sunnyside Public School District No. 12 to Henry Dahlberg & Co. of Tucson. Bonds mature in ten annual $13000 blocks at 2.494 percent interest. Second bid by Kirby L Vidrine & Associates at 2.503 percent. Reisnes Hely & Beck bid 2.85 percent.
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Sunnyside
Henry Dahlberg & Co
Tucson
Dahlberg Company
Kirby L. Vidrine & Associates
Phoenix
Reisnes, Hely & Beck
Northern Arizona Granted Gas Pipeline Certificate
Phoenix June 4 The state corporation commission granted the San Juan Pipe Line Co subsidiary of El Paso Natural Gas Co a certificate to construct a natural gas pipeline across northern Arizona to the Pacific coast. The action authorizes cross state construction and operation.
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State Corporation Commission
San Juan Pipe Line Co
Arizona
Pacific Coast
The
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Teachers May Wed Memphis Teachers Resign Rule
Memphis teachers sail through marriages as a new ruling rescinds the old clause that forced resignations on wedlock. The change ends a policy enforcing marital status against school staff.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hollins Jailed After Light Pole Crash
City magistrate Paul J. Cell ordered Pete Hollins of 1649 San Jose Drive to pay 134 to the city within 90 days for damage to a light pole. Hollins received a 75 fine and 150 days in jail for reckless driving after being arrested May 16 for failing to stop at a boulevard and knocking down the pole. He was charged with destroying city property leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving with Judge Cella suspending the first sentence.
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Paul J. Cell
Hollins
Pete Hollins
San Jose
Hel
Cella
Bottles in Diaper Bag Held Bootleg Liquor
Oklahoma City officers responded to a tavern call where a barkeep admitted to concealing bootleg liquor in a diaper bag. The seized bottles tested about 90 proof, reflecting enforcement of dry laws of the era.
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Oklahoma City
R. L. Pratt
S. W. Stephens
Tucson Daily Citizen Briefs: June 4 1948 Edition
Local brief items from the Tucson Daily Citizen dated Friday June 4 1948 cover community notices and short event updates. Names, places, and precise details are limited in the fragment but indicate typical 1940s city reporting.
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Tucson
Baily Citizen
Oklahoma Police Jails Woman Over Diaper Bag Claim
A woman with a baby at headquarters proposed an infant care change. Lt. Ed White opened the diaper bag and found non nursing bottles and incorrect formula. The incident led to the woman being confined by police.
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Ed White
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