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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1949

Page

4

Roosevelt School Lawn Festival Promises Major Spring Event

Roosevelt elementary's annual spring festival, to be held on Friday at 7 30 p m on the school lawn, features a large program. Under Miss Josephine Mustard second grade teacher, grades one through three present Sallys Birthday Party with Diana Herndon Guillermina Leon and others. Five musical stories with dances and songs include Mary Had a Little Lamb Little Jack Horner and other Mother Goose rhymes. A concluding segment has grades four five and six enacting The Selfish Giant directed by Mrs Faye Burr with cast including David Warman Patricia Cunningham Barbara Henderson Joy Anderson and David Beekman.

Roosevelt Elementary School Roosevelt Winnie Wheeler Josephine Mustard Sally Diana Herndon Guillermina Leon Patti Beekman Wanda Anderson Gary Billy Pershing Jimmie J Nancy Griffflen Jimmy Billy Swanson Darel Magee Joey Hummer Mary Dicky Romero Bonnie Lind Ralph Spencer Michael Steinborn Millard Taylor Jimmy Bozzell Mickey Lassen Karen Weigel Larry McKib Oscar Wilde Mary Neel Elinor Wear Allene Atwood Ruth Endelman David Warman Patricia Cunningham Barbara Henderson Joy Anderson David Beekman

Mrs. Lillie L. Riley Buried in East Tucson

Mrs. Lillie L. Riley to be buried in East Tucson after funeral rites. Survivors include three sons H and James B in city offices and Edward H with the industrial commission, two more sons in Brooklyn, a Florida daughter, and five grandchildren. She was a member of St Ambrose parish.

Bugs In Soil To Pay For Research Plant

Rutgers University on May 5 announced a new institute of microbiology funded by royalties from the streptomycin patent discovered by Dr. Selman A. Waksman at the New Jersey agricultural experiment station. The institute aims to reinvest profits into microbiology research with an annual budget about 250000, directed by Waksman, and supported by university funds and outside grants.

New Brunswick N. J Rutgers University Institute of Microbiology Selman A. Waksman N. J. Agricultural Experiment Station Robert G. Clothier Rutgers Waksman

Bandit Youths Given 20 Year Sentences in Train Robbery

In Fairmont West Virginia on May 5 two Youngstown Ohio youths Lyman Ramsdell age 23 and George L Ashton age 20 were sentenced by Federal Judge Harry E Watkins to 20 years in prison for hijacking the Baltimore and Ohio Ambassador train near Martinsburg March 9 and robbing about 100 passengers of around 1000 dollars. Each also received a 10 year term on armed robbery counts to run concurrently. Ramsdell's wife and Ashton’s mother were present. Ashton’s mother sues the railroad alleging illegal sale of intoxicants to a minor aboard the train.

Fairmont W. Va Ohio Baltimore and Ohio Harry E. Watkins Lyman Ramsdell George L. Ashton Youngstown B&o Martinsburg Washington, D. C Watkins Ramsdell Ashton

Hearing Voices These Days It s No Wonder

In New York on May 5 the Acoustical Society of America reported 151,000,000 artificial voices from devices that talk. Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA listed 35,000,000 telephones 10,000,000 public address systems 25,000,000 phonographs 80,000,000 radios and 1,000,000 televisions plus 18,000 sound theaters attracting 90,000,000 weekly attendees. He said sound reproduction has sparked a revolution in entertainment and culture accessible by a flip of a switch.

New York United States Acoustical Society of America Harry F. Olson Radio Corp. of America

Record 9144 Bags Landed At Cobh Mail Yard

In a recent week a record 9,144 bags of United States mail were landed at Cobh Ireland. The large consignment underscored Ireland’s role in transatlantic mail flows during the period.

United States Cobh Eire

Liability Of Union For Its Acts Studied

Washington May 5 The National Labor Relations Board called for argument on whether a union found guilty of illegal picketing must pay lost wages for employees kept from work by pickets. An NLRB examiner held the CIO Furniture Workers union and Local 472 violated laws during a 1947 strike at Hardwood Flooring Co. in Hagerstown Maryland.

Washington National Labor Relations Board NLRB CIO. Furniture Workers Union Hardwood Flooring Co Hagerstown

Uncovered Wells Reported Across Arizona

State Land Commissioner C. C. Williams said on Thursday that a number of uncovered wells have been found in various parts of the state. He had appealed to the public to report such sites.

Phoenix C. C. Williams

Unions Face Back Pay Duty in Picketing Case

The general counsel urged the NLRB to require unions to pay wages lost by workers kept out of plants by picketing. Unions argued their picketing was legal and should not incur liability, while the employer had been ordered to pay back wages for unlawfully discharged workers.

NLRB

Hazard elimination tackles open well danger nationwide

Reports from Tucson Patagonia and the Scottsdale district cite open wells posing hazards as authorities plan measures to prevent tragedies. The Patagonia hazard is noted at 35 feet deep.

Tucson Patagonia Scottsdale

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