Purple Heart To Distribute Honor Awards
The Military Order of the Purple Heart will award its annual honors during the 19th convention in Cubia City at 7 30 p m. Notable awards include the Purple Heart Trophy for outstanding Americanism 1950 51 to Sen Estes Kefauver with other citations to Gov Howard Pyle John Mills LUKE Greenway and Ray Schulze.
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Military Order of the Purple Heart
Wounded Veterans Organization
Cubia City
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Nationwide
Crime Syndicate
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Howard Pyle
John B. Mills
Westward Ho
John J. Egan
Convention Bureau
The
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Luke Greenway
American Legion
Ray J. Schulze
Yountville
Calif
National Awards Committee
Schneller
Order
Hollywood
New Rochelle
N. Y
Lepper
Schrepper
Washington, D. C
Church
Lancaster
Frank Cushner
Arizona
Thompson Viola
St. Paul, Minn
Diamond’s
Betty Maid
Moph Ladies Auxiliary
Pentagon
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Dean Acheson
Soviet Russia
George Washington
Carl R. Gray
Veterans Affairs
Mrs Adela Davich Dies At Hospital
Mrs Adela Davich 71 of 841 N Seventh Ave died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a three week hospitalization. Born in Romania she came to Phoenix from Chicago in 1944. She belonged to Hadassah Beth El Ladies Auxiliary and the Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary. Survivors include two sons David and Melvin a daughter Mrs Jeanette Ellis four grandsons Arthur Jerome Richard Martin Allen David and Donald Ellis two granddaughters Mrs Phyllis Lewin and Teresa Rose David two great grandchildren and a brother in Chicago. Funeral services are set for 10 30 tomorrow at Palms Chapel Grimshaw Mortuary with Rabbi Harry Z Schectman and the Rev Isaac Pary of Beth El Congregation officiating.
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Adela Davich
Seventh Ave
Good Samaritan Hospital
Romania
Davich
Phoenix
Chicago
Hadassah
Beth el Ladies Auxiliary
Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary
David
Melvin
Jeanette Ellis
Arthur Jerome
Richard
Martin Allen David
Donald Ellis
Phyllis Lewin
Teresa Rose David
Palms Chapel
Grimshaw Mortuary
Harry Z. Schectman
Isaac Pary
Beth el
Teenager’s Kidnapping Charged In Nancy Kinney Case
In Zanesville Ohio on August 18 a state kidnapping charge was filed against Chester H. Risen 31 of Columbus in the disappearance of 15 year old Nancy Kinney. Detective Capt. Robert Snelling said a statewide alert is out for Risen who is also wanted in California for parole violation. Foster mother Mrs Earl Kinney fears foul play and notes Nancy vanished Tuesday evening. Authorities say they have exhausted checks with relatives and Midwest friends but found no clues to her whereabouts.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Robert Snelling
Chester H. Risen
Columbus
Earl Kinney
Nancy Kinney
Risen
California
Nancy
Snelling
Midwest
Double Smith Funeral Set
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Smith of Phoenix will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Provo Utah with the Scottish Rite Masonic Order in charge. Burial will be in Lehi Utah. The couple died when their car plunged off a highway near Cameron after Mrs Smith dozed at the wheel. Their three children Kay 16 Mavis 14 and Ila 17 survived in good condition at Flagstaff General Hospital. Victor Smith was manager of Pfaff Sewing Center in Phoenix. The family had lived in Phoenix since 1944 and were en route to visit Mrs Smith s sister in Lehi Utah.
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Victor H. Smith
E. Medlock
Provo
Utah
Masonic Order
Lehi
Smiths
Cameron
Kay
Mavis
Ila
Flagstaff General Hospital
Smith
Pfaff
N. Central
Phoenix
Canadian Chief Justice Rinfret to Visit Manila
Canadian Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret will visit Manila on September 15, as stated by the foreign office. He is en route from attending a council convention in Sydney, Australia.
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Manila
Thibaudeaux Rinfret
Foreign Office
Rinfret
Sydney
Australia
House Votes To Trim Foreign Aid In $8.5 Billion Plan
Washington August 18 Administration backers faced slim odds of restoring most of the 1.001 billion cut from Truman’s foreign aid package. The House approved 7.4987 billion, defeating an extra cut and signaling a compromise path even if Senate approves the larger total.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
B. Carroll Reece
Tenn
GOP
Europe
Reece
Robert E. Saylor of Tempe Dies at 67
Robert E. Saylor 67 of Tempe died yesterday in a Phoenix hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Salem Nebraska he was a carpenter and lived in Tempe 16 years. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth a son Roy in California and a daughter Florence Willard of Tucson. Funeral 9 am Monday at Carr Mortuary Chapel with Rev Claude L Morton Presbyterian minister officiating burial in Double Butte Cemetery.
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Tempe
Robert E. Saylor
Phoenix
Salem
Nebr
Saylor
Elizabeth
Roy
California
Florence Willard
Tucson
Carr Mortuary Chapel
Seven Pay $300 Fines On Gambling Charges
Seven men pleaded guilty in West Phoenix Precinct Court to conducting gambling games and were ordered by Justice Al J Flood to pay fines totaling $2,100 and to serve six months on probation. Charges of felonious conspiracy were reduced to gaming. The arrests stemmed from a July 1 incident at the Broadway Pavilion where servicemen expected a girlie show but found gambling and beer. Fined were Harry J Dunham Jr., 26. Alexander, 58. Lee Kieffer, 42. Rev G Conley, 47. Grant J Pool, 41. James V Light, 36. and Louis Sodaro, 33.
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West Phoenix
al J. Flood
Broadway Pavilion
19Th Avenue
Broadway
Harry J. Dunham Dt
Nith
Group Elects Local Woman as Western Music Leader
Mrs Dixie Yost Phoenix musician of 842 W Solano is elected president of the Western division of the Music Teachers National Association while attending a Portland convention. She also joins the national executive committee, succeeding Dr John Crowder who becomes dean at the University of Arizona. Arizona colleagues Mrs Hazel Harvey Quade and Mrs Veda Berkman also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Yost
Phoenix
W. Solano
Music Teacher’s ‘National Association
Luther Steward
E. Mitchell
Phoenix Piano Teacher’s Association
Portland
Ore
Yost
John Crowder
College of Fine Arts
University of Arizona
Arizona
Hazel Harvey Quade
Arizona State College
Tempe
Veda Berkman
William B Wolfe Succumbs Here
William B Wolfe 94 a Phoenician for 14 years died at his sister Mrs Pearl Palmer at 1245 E Garfield after a long illness He came to Phoenix from Indiana in 1937 a retired nurseryman A brother Charles S of Phoenix survives Funeral arrangements are pending at Merryman Funeral Home
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William B., Wolfe
Pearl Palmer
E. Garfield
Mr. Wolfe
Phoenix
Indiana
Charles S
Merryman Funeral Home
Harry J Rolls Rites To Be Held Monday
Funeral services for Harry J Rolls 61 a Phoenician since 1928 will be held at 4 p m Monday in First Baptist Church with Dr Theron Chastain officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park He died Thursday at St Josephs Hospital after illness since December Born in Pascagoula Miss he moved to Phoenix 23 years ago from Boulder Colo He worked at the Arizona Biltmore barbershop for 20 years He lived at 318 W Palm Lane Surviving are his wife Marguerite Jean two stepdaughters Mrs Inez Samuels and Mrs Opal Grosso two grandchildren all of Phoenix a sister Mrs Laura Freeland Mobile Ala and two brothers Phillip Hattiesburg Miss and Coan Plaquemine La
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Harry J. Rolls
First Baptist Church
Theron Chastain
Greenwood Memorial Park
Rolls
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pascagoula
Miss
Phoenix
Boulder
Colo
Arizona Biltmore
W. Palm Lane
Marguerite Jean
Inez Samuels
Opal Grosso
Laura Freeland
Mobile
Ala
Phillip
Hattiesburg
Coan
Plaquemine
Three‑vehicle collision injures twenty‑two in Hannibal
A Continental Trailways bus, a trailer truck, and a car collided near Hannibal Missouri sending 22 people to area hospitals. The truck reportedly turned left in front of the bus as it approached from the opposite direction. One person is listed in serious condition.
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Hannibal
Continental Trailways
Missouri Highway Patrol
Cordelia Lesenea of Tempe Dies at 85
Cordelia Lesenea, 85, of Tempe, died last night in a Phoenix hospital after moving to the area 20 years ago from Jacksonville Florida. A Missouri native, she is survived by sister Ida L. Brown of Tempe. A service will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Carr Mortuary Chapel, with Rev. John V. Spearing of Tempe Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Double Butte Cemetery.
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Tempe
Cordelia Lesenea
Phoenix
Lesenea
Jacksonville
Fla
Missouri
Ida L. Brown
Carr Mortuary Chapel
John V. Spearing
Tempe Baptist Church
Double Butte Cemetery
Informal Talk May Be Held On Rate Hike
Wilson T. Wright of the Arizona Corporation Commission says an informal meeting with Arizona Edison Co may replace a public hearing on a rate increase tied to a $317,838 water and electric price rise. He cites customer complaints of up to 37 percent increases and aims for an equitable solution.
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Arizona Edison Company
Wilson T. Wright
Arizona Corporation Commission
Wright
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Copenhagen
Double Smith
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J.C. Higgins
William B. Wolfe
Sears, Roebuck and CO
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