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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
2
County leaders consider funding eye exams and glasses for children whose families cannot pay. Bids for hospital ophthalmology equipment were reviewed with action deferred until staff tabulates bids.
E. H. Mattocks reports returning to his residence on Country Club Road to find the house entered. Two flashlights and four dollars in cash were missing from the home, as stated to the deputy sheriff.
Four men were sentenced to prison terms in the Arizona state penitentiary on felony charges Monday morning before Superior Judge Lee Garrett. Montano received not less than four nor more than five years for first degree burglary, with Pain sentenced two to three years. Parker drew 18 months to two years for receiving stolen property. Stone got one to two years for second degree burglary with two years probation for Peck and Mikell on grand theft of a car.
Police hunt for Theola McSwain after she allegedly shot her husband Corporal Albert B. McSwain of the Davis Monthan air police squadron. The shooting occurred as he sat in a car near Cushing and Meyer streets. he was driven to a hospital but conditions were not reported.
Funeral services for Thomas Escobedo Sr. 60, a farmer and rancher of Solomonsville, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday after his death Sunday at Morris Squib hospital in Safford.
Second Lt. Frank E. Keefe of 215 North Tucson Boulevard has been called to active duty for two months at Fort Lewis Washington. He will serve with the ordnance department of the Sixth Army. He is a reservist and a senior engineering student at the University of Arizona.
G E Blackledge Pima county agricultural agent urged Tucsonans to use benzene hexachloride along with DDT to curb flies and insects. He advised outdoor use due to odor and recommended five percent DDT Pyrethrum spray for indoor protection. Emphasizing sanitation, he warned against open garbage cans and noted free pamphlets from Dr J N Roney on fly control.
Police said the home and business of Barney C Black at 1704 North Oracle Road were entered Saturday night with about $18 in cash stolen along with chewing gum a gold watch and chain and a pocket knife.
President Truman is not bothered by a heat wave as temperatures rise into the 90s. Press secretary Charles G. Ross said Truman dislikes air conditioning and does not need it. He has not finalized Fourth of July weekend plans but may cruise on the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg.
William E. Stanford Maricopa county tax assessor advocates ending the state's inventory tax. He plans to introduce a proposal at the state tax conference in Williams July 25 27. He argues repeal would boost new business and lower goods costs enough to offset losses, noting a constitutional amendment would be required.
All 18 Tucsonans who joined a goodwill flight to Merced California returned to Tucson Monday morning. The Merced Chamber of Commerce hosted with a cocktail party and dinner. Next fall Merced residents plan to fly to Tucson with about 12 planes. Tulsa may be next for a similar project.
A national labor board hearing on a jurisdictional election petition at Reynolds Metals Co. is set to begin Tuesday in the federal courthouse in Phoenix. Reynolds plants are represented by the CIO United Steelworkers. The hearing follows Reynolds refusal of a consent election, according to Henry Olsen organizer for the AFL rival aluminum council.
Prescott Arizona June 27 Dr Willis J Ray president of the Baptist general convention of Arizona says Grand Canyon College will open September 14 a four year liberal arts school open to students of all faiths Most faculty hired Neil Record former Wayland College Texas named business manager Facilities for 300 students are being built on lake shore near Granite Dells.
Madrid reporter confirms Alejandro Lerroux aged 85, veteran politician who served as premier five times in republican Spain, died early Monday in Madrid.
London records 91 degrees as Britain endures drought and heat. No rainfall since June 12 worsens conditions. In another item, Juan Armenta, 48, of 750 W Sierra St, is hospitalized with injuries from an assault, including a double fracture of the left arm and facial cuts.
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