1500 More Homes Sought By Maricopa Authority
The Maricopa County Housing Authority filed with the Public Housing Administration for 1500 low rent homes southwest and southeast of Phoenix. The project, costing about 7.5 million dollars, includes a 300000 dollar preliminary loan for surveys and site selection. Ralph A. Watkins said cities within the county may request units and a joint survey with Phoenix housing officials is hoped to avoid duplication.
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Maricopa County Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Phoenix
Ralph A. Watkins
Buckeye
Watkins
Phoenix City Housing Authority
Phoenix Housing Authority
DC-3 Fate Remains Mystery After 1948 Loss
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports it cannot determine the fate of a DC-3 missing since November 4, 1948 en route from Yakutat Alaska to Seattle with 17 aboard. After more than a year of inquiry the probable cause remains unknown. Search will be intensified in spring 1950 weather permitting. The aircraft appeared to be in satisfactory operating condition at departure.
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Washington
INS
Civil Aeronautics Board
Seattle
Pacific Alaska Air Express
Yakutat
Alaska
Improved Rail Service Requested in Nogales Route
Nogales residents asked the Arizona Corporation Commission to compel Southern Pacific to improve the Nogales to Tucson passenger run. Commission chairman William T. Brooks said a hearing would be held in Nogales on January 20. The panel had recently rejected SP’s bid to drop the service as unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Arizona Corporation Commission
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Tucson
William T. Brooks
Commission
Southern Pacific
Detectives To Quiz Slaying Confessor
Detectives George A. Young and Dale Welch left by car for Sacramento to question a 51 year old man who signed a confession claiming he killed his former wife Nelda June Bunner at her East Garfield Street apartment in September 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Young
Dale Welch
Sacramento
Calif
Haere div Waare Aon
Wien
Jeusy
John Darrow
Nelda June Bunner
East Garfield Street
Darrow
Alaska
Phoenix
Permit Denied Flying Service Denial in Arizona
The Arizona Corporation Commission denied Mercury Flying Service permission to operate an intrastate scheduled air carrier service. The denial cited redundancy with existing services and listed proposed routes including Phoenix Kingman Pine Payson Casa Grande Tucson Nogales Bisbee and Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Corporation Commission
Mercury Flying Service
Phoenix
Mercury
Kingman
Pine
Payson
Casa Grande
Tucson
Nogales
Bisbee
Douglas
Action on Airline application deferred by board
The Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington deferred Arizona Airways bid for a Douglas to Lordsburg route. H. Rocky Nelson, president of the airline, said the delay likely awaits an examiner's report on the pending merger of Arizona Airways with Monarch and Challenger lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Airways
Douglas
Lordsburg
N. M
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Rocky) Nelson
Monarch
Challenger Lines
Goodner Services Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Jophn F. Goodner, 72, of 1203 East Hess Street, will be held Friday afternoon at Miles Mortuary in Miami. She died yesterday in a local hospital. A Mercer, Pennsylvania native, she lived in Miami 29 years before moving to Phoenix in 1943. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Jopha B. Goodner, Phoenix.
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Jophn F. Goodner
East
Hess Street
Arizona
Miles Mortuary
Miami
Albuquerque Chosen Site of Hospital
The Woman's Society of Christian Service pledges half a million dollars for a Bataan Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque. A plan to raise an additional one million funds mid January aims to finance a 110 bed six story building, chosen for its bed shortage and servicemen losses in the Battle of Bataan. The drive will span New Mexico, Southern Colorado, the Texas Panhandle, and other Rocky Mountain areas relying on Albuquerque for hospital service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
INS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
New York City
Bataan Memorial
Bataan
New Mexico City
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas Panhandle
Rocky Mountain
Company Party Honors Veterans At Paradise Inn
A dinner event for Arizona Edison Company workers their wives and guests starts at 7:30 p m today at Paradise Inn. Service awards will be presented to veteran employees by Reid Gardner president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Edison Company
Paradise Inn
Reidi Gardner
Truman to Demand Repeal of Taft Hartley Act
President Truman remains determined to seek immediate repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, aiming to replace it with a liberal Wagner Act in 1950. He plans to press the issue in a State of the Union address, despite opposition from Republicans and doubts about passage before the elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Gress
Senate
House
Congress
Former Phoenician Dies In Scranton
W A Muffley longtime Phoenix resident and father of Mrs W A Neithercutt 3042 North 37th Street died Monday in Scranton Pennsylvania where he served 20 years in the police department He was a civilian worker at Thunderbird Field No 2 during the war and returned to Pennsylvania two years ago Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Muffley
Phoenix
W. A. Neithercutt
North 37Th Street
Muffley
Scranton
Police Department
Thunderbird Field No. 2
Pennsylvania
Legislators Back Fort Grant Head Wilson Support
Fort Grant officials report the Special Legislative Committee on State Operations backs Jack Wilson, superintendent of the Fort Grant Boys Industrial School, noting he is doing the best job with available funds. The board had urged his resignation by Jan. 1, but the committee made no recommendation. Wilson seeks a bill of particulars from the board and has not resigned. The panel, which met from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., heard six employees praise Wilson, and all committee members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Grant
Special Legislative Committee On State Operations
Jack Wilson
Wilson
Phoenix
T. D. Romero
Tucson
W. H. Becker
James P. Ryan
Court Allows Woman to Run Her Own Bar
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dudley W. Windes denied Local No. 631 union an injunction and granted K. A. Elledge doing business as Kay's Happy Landing at 3815 South Central Avenue permission to serve as bartender in her buffet. The suit claimed it violated the agreement terms. The ruling permits the proprietor to operate the bar with her own bartending duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Elledge
Kay
Happy Landing
South Central Avenue
Local No. 631
Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders Union
Maricopa County
Term Imposed For Burglary
William Franklin Williams a 37 year old transient sewing machine repairman who pleaded guilty in a $13 000 burglary was sentenced today to state prison for from three to five year Judge Dudley W Windes imposed the term Williams admitted crawling through the roof of Sam s Food Market 702 East Henshaw Road Oct 16 taking about 13 000 from the safe He also admitted participating in another entry at a drug store at Seventh and Mo have streets Williams broke open the safe and was seized when he came out the front door but knocked a deputy down and ran scattering money along a ditch bank Another deputy pursued and captured him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin
Williams
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Sam’s Food Market
East Henshaw Road
Leo Pendergast
Seventh
Mohave Streets
School Transport Ruling Limits Interdistrict Attendance
Attorney General Fred O Wilson ruled that the Pima School District may admit Bryce District students only if Bryce District pays transportation costs. The decision addressed Bryce students attending Pima schools at Pima expense and affirmed Pima's right to permit attendance if funding is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred O. Wilson
Pima
Graham County
Myron Holbert
State Department of Public Instruction
Bryce
Wilson
Gazette Turnbow Defendants In Suit
W C Musgrave filed a $60,000.89 suit in Maricopa County Superior Court against The Phoenix Gazette William Turnbow and Walter Hofmann claiming defaming words published on November 16 through 19. The clippings cite Turnbow's Under The Capitol Dome columns about a prison investigation into an alleged undercover deal involving convicts seeking outside influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gazette
William Turnbow
Walter Hofmann
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Maricopa County Superior Court
W. C. Musgrave
Musgrave
Gazette
Turnbow
Capitol Dome
Funeral Friday for 10 year old Sharon Crandall
Sharon Crandall, 10, who died after being thrown from a runaway horse near Chandler, will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday in the Chandler Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bishop John Freeman will officiate. Burial will be in Mesa Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crandall. her father works at Leo Ellsworth Ranch near Queen Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Sharon Crandall
Chandler Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
John Freeman
Queen Creek Ward
Mesa Cemetery
Lee Crandall
Leo Ellsworth
Queen Creek
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Arizona Mercantile Co
East Jackson
Arizona Hardware Co
U. S. Government Surplus Materials Company
West Monroe
Amer
Drill
Surplus Materials Co
June Bunner
California
Topock, Ariz
Goodner
Ata
FHA Financing Hoolvent
Seventh Ave
Electrolux
Electrolux Corporation
West
Madison Street
Robert G. Nixon
Democratic Party
Fort Grant's Head
Howard D. Grant
D. E. Nelson
Safford
Jack
Philco
Brown's Furniture CO
Glendale Ave
Glendale, Ariz
The
Phoenix Optical Dispensers
E. Monroe
N. 7Th St
7Th St
Linist
Streamliner
Golden State
Chicago
Pullmans
New York
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pullman
New Orleans
San Antonio
Dallas
Memphis
Little Rock
S.P
Leonard
RTH
Ak Avs
Vita
Muleh
Army and Navy Academy
Carlsbad, California
W. C. Atkinson
Adams Hotel
Desert Sun Apparel Shop
Dunlap Ave
Sunnyslope
Pix Theater
Arizona Auctioneers, Inc
Albert B. Colby
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