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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1941
Page
5
A county hospital report shows 1941 four months costs at 2982.13, vs 1940 full year 8096.46. Through four months 1941 more than 121 accident victims treated, 12 fatalities in hospital, equal to all of 1940. Officials preparing for Arizona safety council conven tion release the figures.
United Auto Workers CIO strike for higher wages at Ex-Cell-O in Detroit affecting three plants employing about 3,000 workers with defense orders boosting payroll. Picket lines blocked gates as shifts resisted crossing. Navy orders totalling over 3.4 million and a plant expansion were cited. tentative wage gains were rejected by the union rank and file.
William G. Hall presiding. William L Martin as administrator of Robert C. Wetzel estate sues Frank W Gemeiner. jury trial of damages. Audrey Y Pulliam vs D P Pulliam. divorce judgment. Cecil Wentz vs James V DeWitt. judgment for plaintiff.
In the death of Fred S. Thompson a coroner's inquest is noted. W Y Young faces trial for reckless driving. Bradley Houghton has a probation violation hearing set.
Judge Paul Cella presides as Albert Smith faces disturbing the peace charge with a 10 day sentence. Dorothy Smith receives vagrancy suspension. Ramon Figueroa Joseph P Anderson and Joe G Borrego charged with vagrancy and each ordered to 10 days.
El Paso and Tucson residents lead the listed marriages with Belle D Hall and Charles Kenny both from El Paso. G Willard Maulsby of Tucson wed Edna Faulk of Los Angeles. John Peyton and Elda Kersten of Phoenix. Marion Mifflin and Dorothy Baker both of Tucson. Leigh Hubbard of Fort Defiance with Dorothy Jenkins. and other couples including Robert Ripley and Florence Perry from March Field. Florence Perry and Arnold Ruppell tied in Tucson. Terry Vickers wed in Tucson.
A large Indian skeleton, at least 300 years old and partly mummified, was excavated from a cave shelter in the Oklahoma Panhandle and added to the Kenton museum. Buckskin traces remained on the remains.
The sixth annual Arizona State Safety Council convention opens Thursday in Tucson with a general session at Fordson, a welcome by Mayor Henry Jaastad, and Gov. Sidney Osborn delivering the opening address. Sessions cover enforcement, home, industrial safety, and engineering with noted speakers from Standard Oil and the FBI. The event runs Friday and Saturday with multiple sectional meetings and a concluding banquet.
Samuel B Stone aged 44 a Tucson resident for seven months died this morning He was a chemistry instructor at Brooklyn College New York and a native of Phillipsburg Pennsylvania He is survived by his widow Violet and two sons Donald and Allan who will take the body to Easton Pennsylvania for funeral services and burial Sunday
Tucsonians have purchased 34018 dollars in defense bonds and savings stamps since Friday. Banks accounted for 26325 dollars, with the post office selling the rest. Steinfeld's reported about 50 dollars in stamps. Post office offerings include denominations from 10 cents to 5 dollars. bond group sales include 20 of 25 dollar group and several larger notes.
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet L Serrell who died Monday at her home 2447 North Santa Rita avenue will be held tomorrow at 4 PM from Brings chapel with Rev C E Huntington of St Luke's in the Desert officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic plot in Evergreen cemetery. She is survived by a sister Mrs Lottie Swanson of Jamestown New York and a brother in law Ernest Serrell of Clayton
Lieut. J. H. Gustafson of the U S Marine Corps will visit the University of Arizona campus tomorrow for a third time to enlist qualified students. Enlisted cadidates will be sent to Quantico Virginia on July 1 for three months of basic training. Those who complete it will be commissioned as second lieutenants and attend the reserve officers school at Quantico for another three months.
A Domei dispatch states a disastrous earthquake struck northern Manchuria early today. Reports from Sushwa near Harbin claim 25 killed when a brick factory of the South Manchuria Railroad collapsed.
Washington reports March U S petroleum exports to Japan reached 1.553 million barrels, up from February and January levels. Experts tie the surge to Japan’s wartime needs for army and navy fuel as U S export controls tighten on larger containers.
Iraqi car markets see prices climb as demand remains strong and dealers report no available stock. Buyers face limited options as imports slow and local demand from businesses and individuals stays high.
Chester police recount how butcher Morris Burgon left $70 in a bag of trash overnight. He dumped it into the Chester river, and four firefighters spent a half hour using a grappling hook to recover the bag. Burgon paid $12 in fines.
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