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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1952
Page
2
Washington report on a House inquiry into alleged top political intervention in war contract fraud cases ends quietly as denials surface and admitted false statements emerge. No charges or clear findings, leaving the probe unresolved and political fault lines intact.
Washington reports say Cincinnati Enquirer employees have bought the 11 year old paper. Portsmouth Steel paid 7.6 million cash and turned control to The Cincinnati Enquirer Inc. with staff kept, leadership elected, and bond-financed ownership steps planned.
Salt River Project board and Salt River Valley Water Users Association announce a June 17 bond election to fund a new 60 kilowatt steam electric generating plant and distribution system. Project cost is estimated at 13.5 million dollars, per president W. W. Pickrell.
Neal and Resnick were elected chairman and vice chairman of the Community Square Dance council for the coming year. Tom Wilkison serves as treasurer and Marie F. Gray is re elected secretary. The council promotes square and round dancing as a community activity and assists Loveless Gardner in teaching beginners. The next council dance is June 28 at the Jewish Community Center with co hosts Sahuaro Square and Lancers clubs. A jamboree is planned for June 13 and 14 in Deming New Mexico.
Veterans William Townsend of Louisiana and William Bush of Georgia, both 106, visited the Vicksburg battlefield scene and met with the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Jackson. Townsend recalled fighting as a 17-year-old private in a war-ending battle. Bush joked about kissing girls and dancing a jig.
West Germany's housing shortage leaves thousands in bombed-out cellars while the economy booms. Cities like Duesseldorf Cologne Essen and Frankfurt show stark contrasts as displaced people battle for warm roofs amid high rents and "key money" demands.
The weekly disease report shows German measles as the most prevalent with 40 new cases. A polio case appears as an old diagnosis, plus paratyphoid not locally originated. 113 doctors contributed data listing other illnesses such as chicken pox 27, measles 12, whooping cough 14, gonorrhea 2, and more.
A murder case involving Assemblyman Suh Min Ho opens before a military court amid South Korea’s political turmoil. Rhee’s martial law and arrests of eleven legislators fuel UN criticisms and charges of political manipulation. The trial follows Suh’s arrest after a tavern shooting and subsequent self defense ruling.
The Tucson Personnel Club moves its next meeting outdoors at Barra Nada ranch lodge with a 7 p.m. barbecue chicken dinner and pool activities. About 40 members are expected as newly elected officers take over including Frank Stowell as president Chester Schaeffer as vice president Miss La Donna Manville secretary and Scott Boyd treasurer.
Charles MacPhee Wright of Tucson arrives in Washington to join the Colorado River Indian Reservation council and attorney James Curry as they prepare to testify before joint irrigation hearings. The nine member council supports a bill extending a reservation canal to Blythe California to feed Palo Verde Valley crops, while Indian service claims the land rights were relinquished in 1945. Wright and the council plan further hearings on colonization disputes, staying in Washington for about two weeks.
Davis Henderson a 34 year old Detroit escapee from a southern Michigan prison slashed Mrs. Rhea May 29 in a Girl Scout lodge raid at W. J. Hayes park. Scouts and leaders fought him off with shoes and fists, driving him away.
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