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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
2
Sheriff deputies seek a deliberate arsonist who burned a bridge on West 29th street at 12 42 a m using kerosene. The bridge had been rebuilt Friday at a cost of 93 dollars after a prior fire and shotgun damage to nearby property was reported.
A Cadillac driven by Calvin Jones of Los Angeles suffered two broken legs and head lacerations when it hit a retaining pipe on North Oracle road at 2 16 a m. The car plowed through four steel posts and a 21 foot pipe, was pulled from wreckage by W C Tagett and Barney Meade, and Jones was taken to county hospital. He claimed he was racing an unidentified man in a 1947 Buick at about 60 miles per hour before losing control.
Police report a pair of trousers containing $15 and personal papers were taken from Vincent Alvarez’s home at 350 West Simpson Street while he slept on a cot in the back yard. He placed the items by his bed Friday night and woke to find them missing Saturday morning.
Superior court juries acquitted Heath and Baker in rapid succession Friday. Baker, 26, a guest ranch operator, was cleared of killing a Brahma bull owned by attorney Bob Barber after 20 minutes of deliberation. Heath, 37, an employee of Producer's Poultry Exchange, was acquitted of manslaughter in a December collision that killed Robert G. Nelson.
Keith F. Hubbard 50 assistant fire chief of Tucson died suddenly at 6 p.m. Friday while carrying bread home after finishing a 24 hour duty. Hubbard served since 1918, rising from fireman to first assistant chief in 1946. He is survived by wife Mildred and two daughters. Funeral plans pending.
The body of 1st Lt Prentice M Hatch arrives from overseas burial on Guadalcanal. A committal service will be held at 4 p m Monday in South Lawn cemetery with Rev Leland W Koening officiating. Parker mortuary handles arrangements.
The senate approved a $407 836 974 interior department appropriation for the coming year by voice vote. A rider would remove the jobs of Michael W Straus and Richard L Boke after January 31 if still in office, restricting these posts to engineers with five years' experience. Some lawmakers expect a presidential veto.
Deputy Sheriff Richard Blair responded to a Peters residence after Steve Peters, age 2, found a five foot rattlesnake in the living room. Blair coaxed the snake outside and disposed of it with a stick, ensuring resident safety.
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