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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
15
A rambling piece blends desert travel tips for escaping sand with nostalgic vignettes and short local notices. It recalls barley’s role in Salt River Valley history, jokes about English versus American dining habits, a cautious woman driver anecdote, a Christmas horn honk incident, a found hound story, pup giveaways, Spanish language outreach by Mesa groups, and a humorous barroom line about a hangover.
Native jackeroos in the New Guinea highlands astonish their employer by shearing prize sheep with a pocket knife. R. H. Gibbes flew ten prize ewes and rams from Australia to Wewak, New Guinea, and the native boys, after watching the first sheep shorn, clipped the rest with pen knives.
Phoenix College freshmen plan a Gay 90s Dance in the school cafeteria from 9 PM to midnight with costumes and a prize for the best outfit. Cecil Armstrong and his Arcadians will perform while a barbershop quartet sings, refreshments are planned, and class officers help coordinate.
Mrs. Ruby Smith of Long Beach Calif says the State Department gave her husband Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith a run around after learning he was safe and well in a Chinese Communist camp. Smith and Marine M Sgt Elmer C. Bender disappeared on a routine flight near Tsingtao October 19 1948.
John Guy Freeman 77, a Spanish-American War veteran and retired railroad telegraph operator, died Monday night at Papago Park Veterans' Hospital. He lived at 1552 West McDowell and was born in Mississippi. A Colfax Louisiana Masonic Lodge member, he moved to Phoenix from Alexandria Louisiana three years ago. Funeral services and interment will be in Alexandria. Survivors include six children led by Doris Thompson, who lived with him in Phoenix. other children reside out of state.
Navy Under-Secretary Dan Kimball said Capt John Crommelin may say anything off duty while noting an employer would likely not keep a worker who strongly disagreed. Kimball spoke during a San Francisco Bay Area inspection tour, urging Crommelin to avoid remarks that could affect security or reflect on the naval service.
In Utah researchers Eldon J. Gardner and Fayette E. Stephens report to the AAAS that certain cancers run in families. Their studies suggest a hereditary predisposition to cancer, with some types occurring more often in relatives than by chance.
Col Wiley D. Caney, chief of operations for the 15th Air Force, is named commander of March Air Force Base near Riverside. He will take over from Col William L. Lee on January 3, while Lee becomes commandant at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston.
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