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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1954
Page
9
In Shippensburg Pennsylvania a 14 year old boy acted with notable zeal during a civil defense drill. The scenario featured an enemy plane crashing near an ordnance depot while volunteers simulated casualties on rooftops and streets. The unidentified boy lay in a gutter and refused to move claiming a broken leg per his drill card.
Myerson Stores, Inc. opens a new brick 135 by 60 foot building on North Campbell Avenue in Tucson. The eight unit block, designed by Starkweather Cain, offers removable partitions for four units and two parking areas. Salmon's department store occupies two units with a self service layout and full infant and apparel lines. Gourmet Delicatessen by Leonard and Miriam Wohlgemuth features continental dishes and catering. Reinhard Pastry Shop and Tucson Letter Shop also operate in the building. Arizona Sewing Machine & Supplies, owned by George H. Epstein, will move in within a week offering Singer and Meister gear with repair service.
A forest fire in the Sierra de Los Ajos, Sonora, Mexico, raging for two weeks, is being brought under control. About 60,000 acres of timberland have burned. Gov. Ignacio Soto flew over the blaze and sent 60 additional men from Hermosillo plus reinforcements from Cananea to halt the flames and save a watershed and cattle lands. The northern hotspot remains critical and authorities expect up to 10 more days to fully contain it.
Dr. Andrew C. Ivy of the University of Illinois warned at the fifth annual science institute in Loma Linda that seven million American adults are heavy or chronic drinkers and the number grows by about 250,000 yearly. He urged total abstinence as the only solution and compared action to congressional probes of the Communist menace.
Coroner Fred A. Allen reports Cecil F. Yoas 51 drowned accidentally in the Sopori ranch lake after swimming alone Saturday night. Funeral services were held at Carroon mortuary chapel with interment in Nogales cemetery. He is survived by his widow Louisa of Tubac, father William H. Yoas of Tucson and uncle Bird Yoas of Amado.
The Arizona Congress of Parents and Teachers awarded the annual entering student scholarship to Miss Barbara Ann Larremore of 521 Palo Verde Street, Ajo.
Soap Box Derby racers must go through preliminary inspection before covering their cars. Uncovered cars allow inspectors to check brakes steering and other safety features. Bring cars to the Derby workshop 219 E Sixth St during posted hours Tuesday to Friday 1 5 pm and Saturday 9 am to 5 pm.
The Maricopa county sheriff's posse won the annual Arizona sheriffs rodeo held here over the weekend. Yavapai placed second, followed by Scottsdale and other regional groups. Mac Hastings won the sheriff's handicap horse race. Miss Norma Barber, 17, was named queen of the Frontier Days rodeo to be staged July 3 to 5, with attendants Halen Henderson and Bobby Kettner.
Irving Fisher, who has logged only about five hours of actual work in over two decades, will return to work. He has drawn full actors' pay for 33 months by impersonating former President Harry S. Truman in the Irving Berlin musical Call Me Madam. Fisher performed about 15 seconds on stage at the finale of the last act, 1,200 times, without a word, across Broadway tours and the St. Louis municipal opera.
The city board of adjustment meeting scheduled for 1 p m in city hall council chambers has been postponed to June 23 at the same time and place due to lack of a quorum. The board reviews building permit decisions from the city building inspector.
Mexico cotton growers foresee an all time crop of 1 375 000 bales exceeding the 1951 record of 1 250 000 bales Cotton is the nations top dollar earning export bringing in about 120 million dollars last year
Scientists in Johannesburg report a fermented milk brew by South African natives showing potential as an antibiotic against tuberculosis. The council notes microbes in the drink killed TB germs in tests and a crude serum was nearly as effective as streptomycin in infected animals. Specimens were sent to an American lab for further study.
A Brooklyn appellate court ruled that a wife may be prosecuted for stealing from her husband and vice versa. In the Harry Morton case a husband allegedly found and kept 250 dollars his wife Katherine hid in her paint store. The decision rejects the unity of husband and wife as a legal shield.
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