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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1947
Page
12
Tickets go on sale Wednesday at the high school book store for The Swan a three act romantic comedy by Ferenc Molnar staged by Tuc son High School dramatic arts. Performances are 8 15 p m November 5 and 6 in the school auditorium with reserved seats.
Due to manpower shortages in New South Wales, Australia, the police department has cut the minimum height requirement for new constables to address staffing gaps and speed up recruitment.
University of Arizona announces class officer candidates with primaries at the flagpole and a general election set for November 4. Slates cover senior, junior, sophomore and freshmen posts with names from Tucson and other cities.
Rep. Franklin J. Maloney says Pope Pius XII is very much in favor of the Marshall plan after a 25 minute talk. He warned Communism has peaked and urges a continuous battle, citing interim aid for Germany France and Italy pending action on the plan.
John A. Scott, 80, renowned Homeric scholar and Northwestern University professor emeritus, died at his Gull Lake summer home after a long career in classical languages. Survived by widow Tillie and daughter Mrs. Ralph Himstead of Washington, D. C.
A snail can possess up to 40 000 teeth while moving on a single muscular foot. Scientists note this contrast highlights the snail’s specialized feeding and locomotion adaptations.
Fourteen students at Sunnyside Junior High made the honor roll for the first six weeks, announced Principal Hulda Schuch. Names include Boone Barker Leona Russell Janet Welshenby Marilyn Dunton Phyllis Harris Mary Lou Koonce Carole Miller Margaret Sparks Carolyn Tanner Peggy Welshenbaugh Lorena Powell Frank Keating Carol Tenney and Josephine Wandersee. Plans, advised by counselor Inez Johnson, for an honor society to recognize scholastic achievement are under way.
Victor E. Westover is assigned a prison number as he awaits the 30 day period before starting his term at the state penitentiary in Florence. He surrendered after the state supreme court refused to reconsider its ruling upholding a 12 to 18 month sentence for misappropriation of public funds as Navajo County treasurer.
The El Portal hotel in Mesa has been bought by the Dreier hotel chain of New York City from Bernard Block of Detroit for about $175,000. The purchase was announced locally on October 27.
J. Davis Wynne executive secretary of the Arizona Hotel association announces the hotel will be renamed Maricopa Inn. Lewis P. Muegel, vice-president of the Mesa hotel corporation, is named manager of the property.
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