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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1951
Page
2
A Senate subcommittee denounced the 1950 Butler campaign as a despicable back street effort but offered no action against Sen John Marshall Butler. It faulted campaign conduct by those who ran the effort while saying Butler was negligent in implied responsibilities of a candidate for high public office.
Special to The Gazette Mesa Aug 3 A wine delivery truck and a highway patrol car collided head on on a rainswept highway six miles east of Mesa. Patrolman Ike Mullenaux suffered cuts and bruises while Irvin Ackman 26 of Phoenix the truck driver was unhurt. The crash occurred after Mullenaux placed warning flares as floodwater backed up the road. Ackman braked to slow for water, the truck slid across the pavement and struck the patrol car pushing it back nine feet before the truck veered into a ditch.
Rain ended last night and returned early today with 2% inches at New River Station and 0.47 inch downtown Phoenix. Salt River flow rose while 1150 second feet diverted from the canal to prevent overflow. Flooding reported along US 80 and near the Buckeye Bridge as cars stalled. One local business, Custom Floors Co., sustained about 15000 dollars in damage from roof leaks and water damage.
President Quirino directs Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine foreign minister and UN delegate, to accept invitations from the United States and Britain to attend the forthcoming Japanese peace treaty conference next month.
In Yuma on August 3, Sheriff Jim Washam ended the desert search for Klaus Martens and June Marajane Walker who left an aircraft abandoned 18 days ago. The missing Pasadena auto dealer and Malverne nurse vanished July 15 after flying from East Los Angeles toward Blythe. Wheel marks near where the plane was found complicate the case, suggesting a possible second plane. The sheriff noted uncertainty as to their direction and fate.
Word reached Tempe of the death of Mrs. William Geach 76 at Redondo Beach California She and her husband ran a dry goods business in Tempe before moving to California in 1912 Mr Geach had died years ago A sister Mrs Price Wickliffe lives in Tempe Funeral services were to be held today at Redondo Beach.
Ida L. Johnston 83 of Tempe died in a Phoenix hospital. A Canadian native, she lived in Arizona 76 years and taught in Florence after attending Tempe Normal School. Survived by four daughters, a brother, six grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Funeral at Congregational Church, 10 a.m., burial in Double Butte Cemetery.
One hundred men searched Mount Lemmon slopes for 11-year-old Joe Martinez missing since Wednesday. Volunteers from Davis Monthan Air Force Base joined on foot horseback and by car inspecting canyons roads and cabins for the boy.
Egyptian mummies were wrapped in ramie fiber according to historical textile practices described in ancient sources. The use of ramie aided preservation and provided a sturdy, breathable shroud for ceremonial burial preparations.
Ferris Simon Ferris about 30 was found dead in his apartment adjoining the Advance Variety Store three miles east of Tempe on Mesa Highway. The store had not opened Wednesday and Ferris likely died about 36 hours earlier. An autopsy was ordered by Justice of the Peace Ralph Fowler after investigation by Tempe constable John H. Gregg.
Safford Town Council will meet August 13 at 7 30 p m to hear arguments for or against a tentative budget of 96792 20 for fiscal year 1951 52. The proposal increases expenditures in nearly all departments, with only a few unchanged. The rate per 100 assessed valuation is expected to stay at 1 50.
The most common Atlantic coast jellyfish is the moon jelly or shim mering, recognized for its eight eyes, multiple tentacles, and stingers.
Washington reports total Communist casualties in Korea reached 1,228,854 as of July 23, according to a U.S. Army estimate.
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