Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 9

Star Second News Section An Independent NEWSpaper Printing the News Impartially VOL. 112 NO. 283 TUCSON, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1953 SECTION PAGE ONE CHAIRMAN Hotel Blaze Battled by Firemen Four Nabbed As Suspects In Burglaries 3 Men, Juvenile Admit Raiding Three Tucson Establishments Miner Free on Bail Pending His Appeal Against Deportation Jose Contreras Munoz, 41-year-old Morencl miner now facing deportation to Mexico for being a Communist party member, waa yesterday released on bail to await appeal proceedings of a district court expulsion order. Munoz. an Arizona resident since he was three years old, walked 1 I out of the county jail on $1,000 it-: 4 It 1 i I I Two Annexed Areas to Get Zoning Relief Business Designation Is Given Seven Lots by Decision of Board Two changes in the zoning previously urged for Desert Highlands and Biltmore additions, both recently annexed to Tucson, were recommended yesterday by the planning and zoning commission.

Following a lengthy discussion at a public hearing, the commission approved changing seven lots south of Linden street to business-1 zoning. Lots in the northwest corner of the area were recommended for residence-3 zoning to provide a buffer between business and residence-1 property. A requested change to permit Denhoefer brothers to build a residential court on two lots north of Seneca street at First avenue was not granted. The property was left at residence-2 zoning under which duplexes can be built. May Change Ruling However, commission members Indicated they might agree to change the zoning later if acceptable plans are drawn Indicating the development will not hurt adjoining property.

Numerous persons spoke at the hearing, the majority favoring the zoning previously recommended. The commission yesterday was holding a re-hearing on its own original recommendations. Final action Is taken by the city council. in a second hearing, property In Eneanto Park, also recently Lit viJt-" telHA ml t3mmtmi, nmwraMuu, I 1 IS i i i mi 'ii- Jt COTS I Firemen atop a hydraulic ladder play a stream of water into two blazing rooms of the Tucsonla hotel while another group of firefighters man another hose carried up the stairs. The sudden fire gutted the two third floor rooms Campus Sadies Srt for Annual Sprint Tuesday Hawkins day will come to the University of Arizona a bit early this year.

Normally a November event, it is scheduled on campus for Oct. 13 that's Tuesday. Al Capp's Li'l Abnrr probably will note the event according to the Dogpatch calendar next month. V. of A.

coeds have combined the Sadie Hawkins rare with TWIRP Meek, an inspiration of the creator of Freckles, Ray Blosser. These comic strip capers will descend upon the university beginning Monday. TWIUP stands for The Woman Is Re-quested To Pay" and that's what is expected of coeds throughout the week. The Sadie Hawkins race will be run Tuesday on the women's athletic field. The odds will be three to one in favor of tbe women each women's organization may enter three coeds in the race; the men's groups may enter only one male each.

Applicants Being' Sought for Jobs Cn Police Force Police Chief Don J. Hays yesterday urged th: 2 eligible to fife for. the police test to be given by the city civil service com-missioiH Pointing out that 15 policemen are needed to bring the force to full strength, Hays said he hopes a large number will take the test. Only 37 applications have been filed to date. The deadline is next Friday.

Applications are filed at the personnel office in city hall. The police chief said statistics show crime is on the increase and that increasing demands on law enforcement officers make it imperative that capable men apply for the posts. Candidates must be 21 to 32 years old, have high school education or the equivalent, and must be at least 5 feet 9 inches tall with a minimum weight of 150. pounds. bond posted by Attorney Toby j-aveuer.

LaVetter said that Munoz'i case is now up before the circuit court of appeals and will be heard within five or six months. Habeas Corpus Fails Judge James A. Walsh last June denied a motion for a writ of habeas corpus asking the releas of the husky father of three children on grounds that he was given an unfair immigration hearing. Munoz, charged with being a Communist party card holder In 1944, was ordered deported by an immigration service hearing board in 1931. The order was supported by a 1953 immigration board of appeals finding.

The findings resulted In the filing of the writ in which Munoz claimed that he was being held for deportation on an order based upon board decisions that wer "unfair, unsupported by evidence, and arbitrary." Never Paid Dues It was in the writ hearing that Munoz claimed he was a member of the party by virtue of possession of the card, but that he never considered himself a true member and never paid party dues. The Munoz defense contended that the miner was "hoodwinked" into signing membership papers by a fellow miner who was a party recruiter and who took advantage of Munoz. However, Judge Walsh ruled that there was "reasonable evidence to support the warrant for deportation," and denied the writ. Munoz surrendered himself for deportation shortly after an appeal was filed. He has been in the county jail awaiting appeal proceedings until his release on bond yesterday.

New Polio Case Listed in County One new case of polio was reported by the county health department yesterday in its weekly summary of communicable diseases. The case is the first to occur in the county in 12 days. The patient is a 5-year-old boy. No paralysis has been caused by the disease. The polio total this year -is now 46 for the county and is running slightly behind last year's count.

Other diseases listed were: German measles, one; gonorrhea, seven; scarlet fever, two; syphilis, two and whooping cough, six. Gov. Howard Pyle that he has no Applicants, as of last night, were William H. Codd, former long-time member of the Tucson city council; Robert H. Frick, former house member whom Woods defeated last year; Ralph Estrada, secretary of Alianza His-pano Americana; and Mrs.

Etta Mae Hutcheson, a veteran south-side Democratic party worker. Kautenburger, in whose super visoral district the vacancy exists, said he is not committed to anyone at this time and will make no commitment in advance of the meeting. Woods resigned because he had to make a choice between the legislature and continued service as an officer of the United States District Court here. He was appointed to the court position after the last regular session of the legislature. By Fagaly and Shorten 4e BLCM.O KCPEf f'CUSS E3-S-ACKLV DATVPE! AKD AiN'T GOT NJO I CCUJTwkt decree: A i i iff LARRY SIERK Bargain Davs Promoted for Retail Stores 'Greater Tucson' Event If Successful Blight Semi-Annual Greater Tucson days Thursday, Friday' and Saturday, Oct.

15, 1G and 17, will be bigger and better than ever, according to plans of the special committee of merchants which met yesterday to get the machinery for the big event into full motion. The retail trade committee of the chamber of commerce is sponsoring the three-day sale. "This will officially open our fall and winter shopping season," said L. A. Sierk, chairman of the Greater Tucson days committee.

May Be Semi-Annual "We want to give the people outstanding values and get them acquainted with the new merchandise Tucson merchants have to offer. We are providing these bargains of the year with the hope that Greater Tucson days will be so successful that we can make these values available to the shoppers, not once, but twice each year." Today 2.5C0 handbills announcing the three-day trade festival in Tucson will be distributed in the downtown business section. The advertising kits for use of participating stores will be available Monday at the chamber of commerce. rublicity Kits heady These kits contain the streamers, price cards, posters, which merchants will use in their stores during the Greater Tucson days. Shoppers entering participating stores will see at once that the firms are taking part in the trade event.

Other members of the special committee from the retail" trade group in charge of promoting Greater Tucson days include Frank Drachman, H. Weisberg. Sam Sneller, Augustine Jacome, F. Payne Dearing, William A. Muse, Frank Chipman and Paul Richey.

Maricopan Raps Pyle For Renouncing Plan To End Tax cn Food PHOENIX, Oct. 9 Gov. Howard Pyle's most outspoken critic accused him today of "renouncing his empty campaign pledge to remove the sales tax on foods." The charge was hurled by Rep. L. S.

Dick Adams (D-Mari-copa). Adams told newsmen that the governor's call for a special legislative session was so worded to preclude consideration of a measure to end the tax. He asked a legal ruling on the issue by Atty. Gen. Ross F.

Jones. "It is obvious," said Adams, "that the governor, yielding to political pressure, now is renouncing his empty campaign pledge" to remove the tax. THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW1 South Tucson police and county sheriff's deputies wound up investigation on two separate burglaries yesterday by arresting three men and a juvenile. They admitted raiding a total of three Tucson business establishments. Arrested by South Tucson po lice were Juan Valenzuela, 19, of 532 West 26th street, and a 17-year-old boy, who admitted bur-larizing the El Ranchero Cafe, 544 West 24th street; and the Morales grocery, 540 West 29th street, on Oct.

5. At the same time, deputies booked Theodore Lockridge, 22, of Columbus, Ohio, and Richard J. Benz, 32, of Syracuse, N. on charges of breaking into the Rodeo grounds concession stand Thursday night. South Tucson investigators Al bert Varela and Byron Robbins took Valenzuela and his companions into custody after loot taken from the market and cafe was found in their homes.

The officers said that the two were suspects for similar south-side burglaries and that a search of their homes after the Oct. 5 break-ins netted a watch and gun taken from the firms. The 17-year-old was referred to county juvenile authorities, while Valenzuela was held for justice court arraignment on burglary charges. A routine disturbance call led deputies to Benz and Lockridge in the 5200 block of South Champion avenue. Deputies found the transients in possession of a partially empty beer case and five cartons of cigarettes.

The men were charged with vagrancy, but after the rodeo grounds break-in was reported, they admitted taking the smokes and beer from the concession stand which they entered through a boarded-up window. In justice court yesterday, Lockridge waived his preliminary hearing and was ordered held for superior court to answer burglary charges. justice of the peace Clark H. Johnson set Oct. 29 as the date for the preliminary hearing on Benz.

Spouse Killer Sent Back to State Hospital Sam Stracuzzi, 39-year-old stock clerk, charged with murdering his wife last April, was sent back to the Arizona state hospital for further observation, after a second sanity hearing yesterday. Judge Lee Garrett ordered the admitted wife-slayer recommitted to the hospital after hearing testimony from four doctors. County Attornev Morris Udall told the court that Stracuzzi had been sent back for a second hearing on the recommendation of Dr. M. W.

Conway, state hospital superintendent, who advised the court through the county attorney's office on Sept. 4 that Stracuzzi had improved enough to understand the nature of the charges against him and aid counsel in his defense. Dr. Conway said yesterday that in the light of new facts found since Sept. 4, he would now recommend further mental observation for Stracuzzi.

Three other doctors, Malwina T. Lemmle, J. K. Bennett and Armand H. Wolff, state hospital clinical director, agreed unanimously with Dr.

Conway. The state "hospital doctors told the court 60 to 90 days should be sufficient for further study. Dr. Conway said Stracuzzi's mental trouble had not yet been diagnosed He also said he was unable to state yesterday whether or not he considers Stracuzzi dangerous. State Dept.

Aide Opposes Cutback In Help to Latins BOSTON, Oct. 9 (Assistant Secretary of State John M. Cabot today opposed any cutback in S. loans and technical assistance to the Latin-American nations, saying both types of American aid are needed to help these nations develop. Cabct thus began laying the groundwprk for what may become a critical issue within the Eisenhower administration on policy toward Latin-American.

The assistant secretary is known to be concerned over the administration's de-emphasis of the Export-Import bank's lending activities in Latin-America and firm against any cutting down of the Point Four program in the hemisphere. Cabot outlined his views as part of a set of principles to guide American foreign policy in the hemisphere in a speech before the Pan-American Society of New England here. The Eisenhower administration has already reorganized the Export-Import bank in such a way that the state department and other departments of the government no longer have any voice in its management. Board Slates Meeting To Select Legislator The Pima county board of supervisors will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday to select a successor Larry Woods as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from Pima county's District No.

3. Lambert Kautenburger. board chairman, called the meeting, late This burning apartment building at 291 Xorth Church street sent firemen Into action for the second time within a few hours yesterday just as Fire Prevention week, was drawing to a close. Fire department officials said the apartment blaze was touched off by a faulty extension cord which had been laid under a rug. early yesterday morning.

was critically injured yesterday a truck as he played in an alley son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford under treatment for critical head Land Rentals Reach $li Million in 1952-53 PHOENIX, Oct. 9. Arizona state lands produced in rental fees during the 1952-53 fiscal year, an increase of $231,380 over the previous 12 months, it was announced today.

W. W. Lane, state laud commissioner, said he thought an increase in oil and gas exploration was a big factor in the jump. Last year's total was $1,174,601. Lane's records show that acres of the state-owned property was leased for the following purposes and produced these amounts: Grazing, agriculture, homesites, $4,047: commercial, mineral, oil and gas exploration, $183,886 and rights of way, $4,863.

As part of their welcome, the students in sorority, and fraternity houses and residence halls will decorate their buildings for the event. Later in the day judges will look over the "works of art" and present prizes to the best in men's and women's divisions and a sweepstakes prize to the best entry of all. The parents traveling the longest distance to attend the event and those with the most children enrolled in school will be awarded A blankets at half-time during the game tonight. Fire in Hotel Routs Guests From Rooms Damage at Tucsonia Is Minor; Second Blaze Burns Apartment Fire caused by a carelessly doused cigarette damaged two rooms of the Tucsonia hotel early yesterday morning but was subdued by city firefighters before it could seriously threaten the downtown hotel. A second fire yesterday afternoon, attributed to faulty wiring, broke out in a downtown apartment building and similarly gutted two rooms before city firemen killed the blaze.

The hotel blaze, at 231 West Congress street, started in the third-floor room of Claude Spray-berry, of Waco, and rapidly spread to an adjacent room. Tells Clerk A hotel guest, Charles Wood, Kansas City, smelled smoke and rushed downstairs to tell the hotel clerk, and was met by City Patrolmen Bob Piper and Harvey Howell who saw the fire from outside almost simultaneously. Seeing that the fire spread too rapidly to be- fought with hand extinguishers, the police officers roused sleeping guests and evacuated them from the hotel. Within minutes, the hotel lobby and sidewalk in front filled with sleepy, half-clad guests who were ushered out as fire-lit clouds of smoke poured from the third-story windows. Started by Cigarette Fire officials said the blaze started from a cigarette in Spray-berry's room, but that the Texan could not be found to give a more detailed explanation.

Clinton Pope, Tucsonia clerk, said that he last saw Sprayberry about 10 minutes before the fire when he walked hurriedly out of the building without responding to the clerk's attempted queries. Sprayberry's room was completely burned out while the adjoining room was gutted, officials said. Apartment Blaze A similar call yesterday afternoon carried firemen to an apartment building at 291 North Church avenue, where flames were raging through an apartment living room and roof. The fire was extinguished after it had caused about $1,000 damage. Fire officials said that it was started by an electric extension cord which had been strung underneath the living room rug.

Constant rubbing, they said, caused the cord's insulation to deteriorate and finally shorted the wire. Borden Award Given To St. David Student Don J. McRae, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.

George A. McRae, St. David, was awarded the Borden agricultural scholarship this week, according to Dr. Phil S. Eckert, dean of agriculture at the university.

A senior in agriculture, McRae is seeking a degree in bacteriology with a major in agricultural education. He graduated from St. David high school in 1950. The Borden Milk company offers a $300 scholarship each year to the senior in agriculture with the highest grade average for his first three years in college. To be eligible, the student must have taken at least two dairy courses.

Tufson Today Sports: New Mexico at Arizona, UA stadium. 8 pjn. Child Playing in Alley Struck By Truck, Critically Injured annexed, was recommended for city zoning comparable to the zoning applied when the area was in the county. The subdivision is east of Coun try Club road and north of Fifth street. One Strip Omitted Byron Ivancovich, commission member, questioned the city's leaving one strip of the subdivision out of the annexation.

It was stated that it was omitted because Country Club road Is to be paved and, by leaving it out of the city, the county will pay the paving costs. Property owners would pay the cost If a city improvement district did the paving. Encanto Park zoning Is predominantly residential with some business-2 on Speedway, its nor-. thern boundary. It includes El Rancho market.

Rehearing Ordered The commission decided to have a rehearing of the contro-. versial Sudano request for re-zoning at its next regular meeting. Extension of business zoning Is being asked at Tucson boulevard and Grant road by Camille Budano. A change from residence-2 to business-1 for property on the south side of Sixth street between Tucson boulevard and Forgeus avenue was recommended. The same action was taken on a change to industrial zoning of property on the south side of 21st street between Cherry and Vine avenues.

In connection with the latter, the commission urged amending the zoning law to compel new warehouse property owners to provide off-street parking space for trailers and semi-trailers. Nebraskan Raps Bad Guessing by Security System WASHINGTON', Oct. 9 Hep. Curtis (R-Xeb) said today the social security system has been seriously affected bv bad guessing about the nation's growth in population. He said when Congress created the social security law in 1934 it reiied on the word of government experts that the United States would have a population of 141 million in.

1930, with persons 63. or older. As it turned out, he said in a statement, there was a population of 151 million in 1950, with 12,200.000 citizens 65 or older. Curtis is chairman of a house subcommittee studying possible changes in the social security system in the light of present economic conditions. Actuaries for the Social Security administration now estimate that if the present law remains unchanged costs will run almost a billion dollars or more a year than previously expected, starting in a few years and running beyond the year 2000.

Their new figures indicate that higher tax rates may have to be adopted eventually to meet the death and retirement benefits promised to millions of American workers. UA Fetes It's the 'folks" day at the iTniversity of Arizona today. Parents from all over the country will be dropping in to Tisit their children enrolled in the school. It is the 22nd annual Moms' and Dad's day. The campus is preparing for some 1,600 of them who will register for the event and participate in the program prepared for them by the students.

Another 1,000 or so will be on campus for part of the day and particularly for the climaxing U. of Mexico An 11-month-old Tucson boy morning when he was struck by behind his northside home. The infant, Clifford Spencer Spencer, 319Vz Sabino alley, was and shoulder injuries at St. hospital. The boy's sister, Mary Glenn, 11 years old, told sheriff's deputies she put her brother outside to play in the yard behind Lee's Auto Wrecker company, 2200 Oracle road, and later rushed outside when she heard the baby's screams.

She said she saw the baby on the ground, curled around a truck's right front wheel in the alley. The truck driver, Robert Pike, 28, of 2649 West Verbenea street, leaped from his vehicle, picked up the child and called his father, who also worked at Lee's. The two borrowed an auto and took Clifford Jr. to the hospital. Deputies said that the driver didn't notice the child playing in the alley as he drove slowly out.

The baby was knocked sprawling by the front wheel which did not pass over his body as was first suspected by his sister. yesterday after being advised by intention of ordering a special election to fill the vacancy caused by Woods' resignation. State law requires that the governor be given the opportunity to call an election to fill legislative vacancies. If he declines or fails to do so the position is filled by the board of supervisors. Kautenburger said he would have called the special meeting for Monday but for the fact it is a legal holiday.

This means that the. new appointee cannot be seated before Wednesday, or one day after the convening of a special session scheduled for Tuesday morning. The chairman said he sb far has had four applications for the position, but that he will be glad to receive others in advance of the meeting. All applicants are Democrats, state law requiring that the appointee be of the same political faith as the person he succeeds. And wuat might lock amd sound LIKE rilV.SELF.' 0 9 wx VII I ii 1 if 1 viza 1 1 Hiss Moms, Dads Today ttiXT TU BOSS EXPECTS TE Wak7 LOCK AMD ff lo 1 SOUND 1 11 L1 1 A 11 "AtO johm vcb.

'j I Chs ssr 1 university- football game at 8 p.m. Parents will be able to buy game tickets for $1.80 a seat in the student section so they may view the game with their offspring. But they will have' a busy day before the game begins. Scheduled' for them are such things as a morning assembly, dance recital, swimming and tennis exhibitions, a three-act play, and a reception in Maricopa hall with the university president and deans in the receding line. s-ar -r r-.