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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1947
Page
4
Officials of the Tucson veterans' hospital outline a garden party on Thursday evening July 3 with Spanish music and dances. Mrs. Dolores Aros arranged the program while doctors wives host and Red Cross Grey Ladies serve refreshments on the lawn between wards 6 and 8 behind the main dining room.
Governor Vail Pittman of Nevada asked the 11 Western governors to urge President Truman to sign senate bill 814 restoring wool support price to 42 cents a pound through 1948. He warned the withdrawal hurt Nevada wool growers and warned of further declines in prices.
Two federal departments move into the federal building once used by local draft boards. The ground water division of the Geological Survey shifts from 408 North Fourth Avenue to room six in the post office building formerly home to draft board No. 1. The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board relocates from the Congress Hotel to the space previously occupied by draft board No. 2.
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues President Truman showed weakness in his Taft Hartley veto message, suggesting advisers misled him, and notes the political risk inside the Democratic Party as calls grow for Truman to withdraw from the 1948 race. Sen. Harry Byrd and other Democrats could challenge him.
Rafael Trujillo 78 died Tuesday evening at his home 831 West Adelante Final rites are set for 4 30 p m Friday at Holy Family church with burial in Holy Hope cemetery The body will lie in state Thursday evening at the home He is survived by his wife Crecencia two sons Ventura and Jose and five daughters Petra Ojeda Dominga Santos Antonia and Luz Trujillo Tucson mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Charles F. Gulden 91 who died at the Pioneers home in Prescott will be held at 4 p m Thursday at Trinity Presbyterian Church with burial in Evergreen cemetery Rev John W Walker to officiate Mrs L A Lohse in charge of music Active pallbearers include Mayor E T Houston Robert Morrow Walter Lovejoy L A Lohse H E Tudor Milton Cole Honorary pallbearers listed The body will lie in state at the Arizona mortuary Wednesday evening and Thursday until services time.
Al Hylton, serving a year for liquor to minors and fined 1000 dollars, escaped Cochise county jail by breaking a window padlock and cutting a floodlight wire. Surrounding states aid Bisbee officers in the search. Mexico not yet searched. Hylton had been made a trusty then and had left jail unguarded before.
The new sickness insurance system for railroad workers starts July 1 and will cover about 15 000 employees in Arizona. C F Thomallo, field representative of the railroad retirement board, says the program funds wage loss protection from temporary disability through taxes paid by railroads under the unemployment insurance act.
Ten enlistments in the regular army were reported by the local recruiting office on Tuesday. The list is headed by brothers Alfred and Ray Mondo Borquez of 502 West 17th Street, both assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. Other recruits include Thurston H. Inman, Frank P. Matus, Gilbert L. Contreras, Henry Ortiz, George W. Shaw, Robert W. Halstead, Gilbert C. Santa Cruz, and Hermanegildo C. Becerra, with assignments to various units such as the 11th Airborne and Air Corps.
Gales, Arizona residents were assigned to the air corps and to the 11th Airborne Division respectively, signaling postwar military reassignments.
The group notes stores look more appealing, boosting sales, and that farmers participate in costs and management, leading to better business and shared profits.
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