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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1947
Page
4
Oklahoma City report quotes Dr. Herbert C. Miller of the University of Kansas urging parental caution on feeding times and noting a crying baby often signals hunger. He says vegetables can be optional for older children and that hot dogs are nutritious.
In Newport Rhode Island an 80-year-old widow, Hamilton Fish Webster, adopts 57-year-old Brig. Gen. Ralph Tobin with full inheritance rights. The adoption was filed by Newport attorney William A. Peckham and disclosed by probate clerk John M. Dring. Tobin, once commander of the Seventh Regiment New York National Guard, gains natural-son rights while keeping his name.
The former Japanese destroyer Keyaki was sunk by the cruiser Duluth and the destroyer Henderson in target practice 45 miles off Yokosuka. The United States Navy announced the vessel, built after the Solomons, was allotted from the remnants of the Japanese fleet and deemed unsuitable for future use.
Governor Sidney P. Osborn said his health will prevent attendance at the 11 state Western governors conference in Portland on December 12 and 13. This will be the first such meeting he has missed since taking office in 1941.
Mrs. Thomas Jex Preston Jr., widow of Grover Cleveland, died in Baltimore at age 83 while visiting a son. Funeral services will be private in Princeton, New Jersey. She was born in Buffalo to Oscar Folsom and is linked to Cleveland since their White House wedding on June 22, 1886. Four of their five children survive.
New Haven Conn Oct 30 The Connecticut agricultural experiment station reports geneticist Dr W Ralph Singleton is pursuing a corn type that yields both grain and sugar Inbred C103 shows 35 99 percent sucrose and 56 31 percent total sugar and good ears Modern breeding may incorporate these traits into commercial field corn hybrids to add a new sugar crop to agriculture.
Rep. Rees accuses the government of firing more war veterans than it hires, citing a September payroll of 2,021,760 with 818,840 war service and temporary employees. He says the Civil Service Commission has made little progress replacing them.
A House civil service committee chair cites September figures showing 34,897 veterans dismissed from federal jobs and 26,390 hired, a net reduction of 8,500. Payroll fell by 32,348 workers, about 1.5 percent. Through nine months, 270,011 veterans lost jobs while 221,425 were hired, net loss 48,586.
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