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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1949
Page
2
Claus traveled to Largo to give gifts while a Martinton teen fatally shot by his brother with a shotgun given for Christmas underscores holiday tragedy. Highway accidents dominated the toll, with the Safety Council recording an above average rate. In 1949 traffic deaths averaged 83 per day in ten months, and 396 accidental deaths occurred during the 1948 two-day Christmas holiday, including 277 traffic fatalities.
Tokyo dispatch reports United States Occupation estimates show missionaries approved for entry into Japan increased from 315 in 1947 to 644 for the first nine months of 1949. Major denominations gained about 33,000 members in the past year.
A local note describes leftover Christmas decor in Millie’s Flowers shop and in Fourteenth Street homes, plus a street marker repainted in pink. It mentions donkeys in Christmas lore, a potential home for a donkey at Rosemary Lodge, and a Kentucky Turkey Club idea for paying Christmas birds in installments.
Hawthorne Nevada officials report two highway maintenance workers found a briefcase containing diamond rings believed to be the one stolen from An atole Brooks of Los Angeles. Brooks said the case was taken from his empty car on December 12 and officers confirmed the match.
Mrs Betty Misenheimer a payroll clerk 20 was struck by an automobile at First and Van Buren while en route to work. She suffered a head bruise and was treated at St Monica's Hospital then released. The driver Donald Wilson 24 of Altona Park had a frosted windshield.
An epidemic of measles and whooping cough hits most of the 201 children aboard the refugee ship Castlebianco which reached Melbourne from Naples. Two children died. the vessel carried 900 European immigrants.
The report notes warmer readings and widespread precipitation across the Midwest, West, and East. Light rain touched New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia with drizzle in the Southeast and North Central regions. Snow fell in Minnesota and eastern Washington as a cold front moved into western North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.
Fog and rain forced delays or cancellations of air flights in and out of La Guardia Airport today. Domestic airlines cancelled 64 flights between 6 a.m. and noon. Overseas traffic was hampered with Pan American forced to land incoming planes at Boston or Bermuda as alternate fields.
Chicago reports advice from Mrs Helen Thomson a psychiatric social worker she says most people dwell on weaknesses and need to focus on strengths to safeguard mental health the suggested approach flips self critique toward positive traits and emotional health guidance.
Darrow told Sacramento police he killed his ex wife in Phoenix as she walked through a doorway in her apartment in September 1943 after learning she lived there. He fled to Topock Arizona and discarded the gun then wandered the West Coast. Authorities question the account due to date discrepancies and lack of weapon disposition.
Ottumwa Iowa workers walked out at 12:01 a.m. isolating a city of about 35 000 with no public transportation. A late meeting between company and union leaders failed to produce an agreement, leaving drivers on strike.
Yokohama December 27 United Press United States Eighth Army commander approves a ten year sentence for Col Keijiro Otani former head of Tokyo secret police convicted of wartime atrocities Otani was arrested after a three year search and faces postwar repercussions
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