Rodeo Week yarns and local quirks unfold in Payson tale
Charlie Sloan recalls a summer storm stop at a pine country store where a one pawed hound and a cat-tale doggedly banked bets on a checkerboard. Other bits note giveaways, shopping quirks, a live frog delivery, and a Father Daughter Brownie banquet remark from town folks.
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Charlie Sloan
Payson Country
Charlie
Mogollon
Haigler Creek
Sam’s
Charles Laws
Railway
Cohen Wins Freedom Under Bond of $5,000
Mobster Mickey Cohen and wife Lavonne surrendered on five counts of income tax evasion involving 156000 from 1946 to 1948. Cohen, acting as his own attorney, had bond cut from 10000 to 5000 and declared innocence while U S Attorney hinted at a broader underworld expose if he faces trial.
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Cohen
Los Angeles
INS
Mickey Cohen
Gangland
Uncle Sam
Lavonne
William C. Mathes
U. S
Ernest Tolin
Underworld A
Underworld
Two Dangerous Men Caught In Oklahoma
Two armed fugitives surrendered quietly after officers flushed them from a thicket near Weatherford Oklahoma. James Frank Green of Long Beach California and T L Feiderer of Lovington New Mexico were held in Custer County jail at Arapaho awaiting transfer to El Reno federal reformatory. Boehm and Bridges already at El Reno were recaptured after overpowering guards earlier. Green and Feiderer tracked by five officers for four miles through mud and a dry creek bottom.
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Agle City
Okla
James Frank Green
Long Beach
Calif
T. L. Feiderer
Lovington
N. M
Custer County
Arapaho
Oklo
Federal Reformatory
el Reno
Reformatory
Ben Joe Boehm
Earl James Bridges
Phoenix
Ariz
Green
Feiderer
Weatherford
Boehm
Bridges
Would-Be Slave Peddler Jailed in Tokyo Script
An unemployed peddler advertised to sell himself into slavery for 139 dollars or pledged to kill his wife and four children if no buyer appeared. Police said he was wanted for swindling and he is now in jail.
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Tokyo
Speeches Lacking Impact Say Prof Bower Aly
In Gainesville on April 7 AP reports Professor Bower Aly of the University of Missouri told the Southern Speech Association that more poor, ineffective speeches are being made nowadays than ever before. Aly edits the Quarterly Journal of Speech and spoke at the association's annual convention.
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Gainesville, Fla
Bower Aly
University of Missouri
Aly
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Southern Speech Association
Phoenix artist Dick Landis to retire from flower shows
Dick Landis, a leading Phoenix artist and ASU Tempe art major, plans to retire from flower arrangement to focus on college studies and watercolors after sweeping top prizes at a major Valley Garden Center show. He earned the green ribbon for the judges' choice, plus five firsts, one second, and two thirds among nine entries.
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Phoenix
Dick Landis
Ben H. Landis
East Earth Drive
Della
Arizona State College
Tempe
Valley Garden Center
Democratic Women Clubs Gather May 5
The Arizona Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs will hold its annual convention in Phoenix on May 5 hosted by the Maricopa County Democratic Women's Club. Sessions at the Westward Ho will be led by federation president Mrs J J Ralston of Globe. Mrs Helen Kidd chairs the program committee and Mrs Frances Weedon heads the honored guests committee with 15 official delegates from the country club.
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Arizona Federation of Democratic Women’s Clubs
Phoenix
Ray Kraft
Maricopa County
Democratic Women’s Club
Hotel
Westward Ho
J. J. Ralston
Globe
Federation
Helen Kidd
Frances Weedon
Country Club
Kaiser Plans Marriage To Permanente Aide Alyce Chester
Henry J. Kaiser a West Coast industrialist will marry Alyce Chester former chief nurse and companion to his late wife. Chester is executive assistant to the medical director of the Permanente Foundation charity set up by Kaiser and his deceased spouse.
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Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Alyce Chester
Retired Utah Bishop Wins Stalin Peace Prize
The Rev. Arthur W. Moulton, 77, former Episcopal bishop of Utah, shares the Stalin peace prize with notable figures such as Frederic Joliot-Curie and Mme Sun Yat-sen. The award includes 100,000 rubles, a gold medal, and a certificate. Moulton called the honor a surprise and said he cannot accept money from any side for peace work.
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Moscow
Arthur W. Moulton
Utah
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Mme
Sun Yat-sen
Peiping
Britain
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
Stalin
Moulton
Salt Lake City
America
Joliot-Curie
France
Atomic Research Committee
Dean Hewlett Johnson
Soong Ching-Ling
Red Chinese Relief Administration
Chiang Kaishek
Heriberto Jara
United States
Russia
Phoenix Pilot Wins Medal for Meritorious Service
Captain Clifford P. Blankenship 31 son of Clifford F. Blankenship of 3313 West Lynwood Street received the Bronze Star for his work as a marine corps pilot at Kimpo Airfield Korea from Sept to 21. He installed operated and maintained a runway lighting system aiding night air support and the uninterrupted flow of supplies. His wife Mary Ann and daughter Barbara Ann 2½ reside in Santa Ana California.
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Clifford P. Blankenship
Clifford F. Blankenship
West Lynwood Street
Blankenship
Marine Corps
Kimpo
Korea
Marines
Phoenix Union High School
Mary Ann
Barbara Ann
Santa Ana
Calif
Court Dismisses Hiss Slander Suit
The Baltimore federal court dismissed Alger Hiss libel and slander case against Whittaker Chambers with prejudice. Hiss, imprisoned for perjury after a 1948 trial, had claimed Chambers libeled him in 1949 accord passages.
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Hiss
Baltimore
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
W. Calvin Chesnut
Barkley Sees Price Rise Leveling Off Soon
Vice-President Alben W. Barkley told oil distributors in Atlantic City that inflation is one of three enemy forces and will level off soon. He urged controls and taxes to marshal resources for defense against communism and warned the government will not impose unnecessary taxes or controls.
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Raymond “Tabby” Tabanico
Korea
Sam
Gertrude Impe- Tabanico
Tabby
United Nations
Chungji
Atlantic City
N. J
Alben W. Barkley
Veep
Barkley
United States
Camera Blast Kills Two in Osaka Shop Collapse
An explosion at an Osaka camera shop killed two men and damaged 12 houses, demolishing the shop. A photographer allegedly tried to take a picture with what he believed was old-fashioned flashlight powder.
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Tokyo
Osaka
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East Pierson
Friend
Ray Kinnison
Oklahoma
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Sy Cross
John Kruglick
Karen
Eunice Marche
Young Women’s Christian Association
Pat
Democratic Women
Kaiser
Foundation
Cupid
Grandpa
Donofrio
North Central
Gil
Meneae
Humanette
Howard Office Supply
N. Central Avenue
U Sae
Sful
Exdloneme
Prescott and
Scottsdale
South Central Ave
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Scottsdale, Prescott
Sarong
Prescott, Scottsdale
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