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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1940
Page
5
Correspondents report Louvain in ruins after German advance with stuka bombing and artillery. The famous library destroyed, 41,000 residents evacuated, and bridges and railways damaged. A Belgian officer explains warfare relies on surprise attacks and rapid movement.
British anti aircraft guns on the east coast brought down a Hampden heavy bomber flying empty after its crew bailed out over Germany. The pilot parachuted to safety near the North Sea and was later rescued after being fired upon by searchlights. He credited luck and later identified himself.
Phoenix May 22 The Arizona Fair commission refused to sanction re opening of the state exhibit at the 1940 Golden Gate exposition and did not appropriate funds for participation in the Golden Gate or New York world fair. Commissioner Bowman proposed the motion, seconded by Commissioner Johns as the governor’s plea was ignored. The commission cited inadequate funds from last year’s balance and current appropriations.
Ivo D. Bogan, 70, assistant manager of the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, died recently. A longtime associate of Senator Clark of Montana, he knew many mining people and once ran a store at Congress with his brother and operated a horse ranch at Arivaca south of Tucson. He also held posts at the Van Nuys hotel in Los Angeles and the Biltmore when it opened.
Phoenix May 22. Governor Jones has begun signing diplomas for University of Arizona graduates. commencements will be held in Tucson on May 20 with diplomas awarded to the graduates.
More than 40 parents forming the Carrillo Parents and Community club heard from Mayor Henry O. Jaastad Councilman W S Nicholas City Nurse Rose Gonzales and YMCA representatives at last night’s meeting. They called for better lighting trained playground supervisors and a new drainage system for the pool to cut the local death rate by improving sewerage and sanitation. The mayor praised the group and pledged to learn of their problems.
Arizona's 1940 automobile accident fatalities rose to 83 with five previously unreported deaths. The victims listed are Henry Lang 74 killed Jan 19 on the San Carlos Indian reservation Alonzo Juan 63 killed Feb 11 on the Papago Indian reservation William Allen 40 of McNeal who died Feb 24 in Douglas Earl Veeder Conyne 54 of Los Angeles fatally injured March 24 one mile north of Wenden.
Eight new members will be initiated into the Bobcats honorary fraternity at the University of Arizona tonight at the Pioneer hotel. The initiates include Jim Cary Douglas Jack Fitzgerald Prescott Ted Ozanne Ajo Carl Berra Morenci Bruce Hettle Long Beach John Molloy Yuma Bob Perkins Prescott and Bill Puntenney Phoenix. The new Bobcats will assist in ushering graduation exercises next Wednesday night.
Birth notices list four newborn boys at St Marys Hospital. Names and addresses include Mr. and Mrs. John E. Davle of 43 West Pastime Park road, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Drew of 3450 Clark avenue, Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Hernandez of 433 North Herbert street, and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Davis of 707 South Sixth avenue. Times recorded: 11:14 p.m. May 20. 2:49 p.m. May 22. 3:52 a.m. May 22. 7:30 a.m. May 22.
The Graham County Chamber of Commerce board sought a new secretary by June 1 after H. P. Watkins resigned Monday night to join the Prescott Chamber of Commerce and leave June 1. The incident occurred in Safford on May 22.
French Front dispatch describes a unique war where thousands of small forts house crews firing across fields and roads. Allied tanks engage German positions, crews endure heat and confinement, while planes and motorcycle escorts aid tank movement amid scarce civilian witnesses.
William J. Fletcher Jr. will keynote the 18th annual Arizona Rural Letter Carriers meeting in Tempe on May 30. Convention headquarters will be at the All States club with O E Turley of Mesa as president. The event includes a Ladies auxiliary session and a noon basket dinner. Delegates will be elected for the national convention in St. Louis in August.
Ailing Pima county supervisor Tom Collins slows a planned appeal to the state supreme court. Judge Levi Udall ruled the board erred in denying a petition for a second judge to ease the congested docket, with a fall election potential appointment if upheld.
The 22nd Street pool opens Saturday to inaugurate the 1940 summer season. Oury Park pool is to be opened Monday after a Friday opening to Negroes. Carrillo pool starts service June 3.
Wilmington Del. May 22 Pierre S du Pont retired as chairman of the board and Lammot du Pont resigned as president of E I du Pont De Nemours and Co at a board session yesterday.
Petitions circulated seek consolidation of the Twin Buttes and Zine school districts in the Sieritta mountains southwest of Tucson. The districts cover about 63 square miles. Signatures could trigger a special election to decide the issue.
Rain and storms spread across eastern Arizona boosting forage prospects for livestock and moving surface water toward the Salt River system. Forecaster Henry Clifford said the unusual fall would help cotton and alfalfa, while snow covered the White Mountains and light showers touched Bisbee Nogales and Patagonia areas.
In Washington on May 22 the house debated a bill for about 3 million dollars in American citizens claims against Mexico. Representative Vorys argued for a full reexamination of the Mexican situation, saying Congress must probe Mexico's violation of international law and its expropriation of American property.
Faced with a leather shortage, English shoe makers turn to rubber. Bootees with sealskin uppers and rubber soles have begun to appear as an alternative, reflecting adaptation to material scarcities.
Rome reports telephone lines between Rome and Paris were interrupted this afternoon, with previous breaks noted between Rome and London. Fascist circles hint at secret German Italian alliance activity on its first anniversary as talks on patrolled railroad routes from the Danube through Yugoslavia to Italy continue.
The Boulder Dam Nogales highway association is organized to advocate a direct route between the dam and the Mexican border. Representatives from Kingman Wickenburg Tempe Phoenix Florence and Mesa attended. E A Peters elected president.
The copy notes Camels use costlier tobaccos for a slower burn. This slower burning yields extra mildness and coolness, plus more smoking per cigarette and per pack. It argues the slower burn provides greater pleasure and value in cigarettes.
San Xavier mission school will hold a commencement program Friday evening though no graduation occurs this year. Sixth graders return next year to form the newly added seventh grade. Awards will be presented by Rev. Julian Giradot, with Sisters Anastasia Madeline and Benedict overseeing.
Mrs P H Ross county superintendent of schools will present diplomas to eighth grade graduates of the Ajo schools tonight and will officiate at the high school commencement exercises tomorrow evening.
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