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Newspaper

Phoenix Gazette

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1949

Page

10

Mexico Seeks Cave Man in Hermosillo Disappearance

In Hermosillo Sonora an American consul reports Milton Marvin Toy 35 and his wife Florence Toy 30 renounced U S citizenship years ago to become Mexican citizens after Toy was found starving in a cave. Search parties seek Toy who vanished yesterday leaving his wife behind. Fingerprint checks are underway to confirm identities.

Hermosillo Sonora Ben Zweig Nogales Milton Marvin Toy Florence Toy Toy U. S Vendura Pro, Jr Sonora State

James Short Rites Scheduled Today

James F. Short, a retired farmer spending winters in Mesa with daughter Mrs. Lena Foster, died after a short illness. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today at Melcher Hacker Mortuary with Rev. A. M. Engle presiding. Burial in Mesa Cemetery. Born Graham, Texas, December 27, 1865. Survivors include wife Harriette, sons Alvin and Roy, and daughters Daisy Gray and Mrs. Foster. all but Mrs. Foster live in Texas.

Henrietta Alvin Roy Daisy Gray Foster Texas

Don Smith Leads Nogales Chamber of Commerce

Don Smith, a local real estate and insurance agent, is elected president of the Nogales Chamber of Commerce succeeding Tom Morgan Sr. Frank J. Barry Sr. becomes vice president and Harry G. Chernin is treasurer. Smith, a former newspaperman, previously worked for a Tucson daily and the Nogales Herald as news editor.

Nogales Don Smith

Churchmen Acquire Site For Boulevard Baptist Church

COOLIDGE Dec 30 AP A new Boulevard Baptist Church is planned after Aaron J Miller and J N Campbell bought land at Sunset Drive and the Arizona Boulevard. It will be built in cooperation with the First Baptist Church of Coolidge and the General Baptist Convention of Arizona. Construction to start within four months. services until completion will be held at the Cole and Maud Mortuary. Miller a deacon at First Baptist. Campbell former pastor there for eight years until illness.

Coolidge Aaron J. Miller J. N. Campbell Boulevard Baptist Church First Baptist Church of General Baptist Convention of Arizona Miller Sunset Drive Arizona Boulevard

Legislator Leaves For Gas Hearing

State Senator Clay B. Simer of Winslow is bound for Washington to represent Arizona at a Federal Power Commission rehearing on El Paso Natural Gas Company pipeline across Northern Arizona. Hearing opens January 4. Simer named by the State Corporation Commission, Attorney General Fred O. Wilson, and Winslow.

Winslow Clay B. Simer Washington, D. C Arizona Federal Power Commission el Paso Natural Gas Company Simer State Corporation Commission Fred O. Wilson

Copper industry unions reach wage pact in Arizona region

Contracts between nine AFL craft unions and several mining firms in the Globe Miami area raise daily pay by 40 cents retroactive to December 16. About 1700 workers will gain. talks with the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union remain deadlocked.

GLOBE American Federation of Labor Craft Unions Miami Copper Company Castle Dome Copper Company, Inc Copper Cities Transportation Company Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company International Smelting and Refining Company Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union CSO Globe-Miami Trades Council C. J. Billings AFL Phelps Dodge Kennecott Copper Companies International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths International Brotherhood of Boilermakers International Association of Machinists International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters U. S Canada United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America International Union of Operating Engineers

Fire Blamed On Paraffin Fire in Sacramento Building

In Sacramento a two story building housing a hotel and a paper container factory was gutted by a general alarm fire blamed on an ignited paraffin can set on a heater to melt. Eight people were injured and $200,000 in damage was reported. Fire Chief Terence Mulligan said the blaze started when the paraffin can caught fire. About 45 people were in the factory and hotel when the fire began.

Sacramento Calif Terence Mulligan Mulligan

Books Relocated At Tempe College Special to The Phoenix Gazette

Arizona State College at Tempe will house about 50 000 books in a new maintenance shop when students return from Christmas vacation. Matthews Library is remodeling while construction on the $1 000 000 Administration Building may begin February 15. Administrative offices move to the Lyceum Building and the Maintenance Building at the old tennis court site will serve library facilities through next summer, says superintendent Femn Harris.

Tempe College Phoenix Gazette Tempe Arizona State College At Matthews Lyceum Femn Harris

Lease Sought On Site For Airport At Globe

Globe to lease Cutter Airport site after Civil Aeronautics Administration approval as a safe location. Chamber of Commerce reps Gunter Eckman Brooks Taylor and tribal council leaders discuss land exchange options with Forest Service and Tonto Cattle Association. Council planned follow up to finalize lease procedures and fencing requirements.

Phoenix Gazette GLOBE Cutter Civil Aeronautics Administration Clarence Gunter Clyde Eckman Claude Brooks Robert Taylor Chamber of Commerce San Carlos Tribal Council Tonto Cattle Association Taylor Gunter Globe-Miami Clarence Wesley Forest Service Crook National Forest Cutter Airport Crook Forest San Carlos Tonto Association Cattle Association

Relatives Sought For Drowned Man In Buckeye Canal

Buckeye reports the drowning of T. J. Credit a 28 year old from Hope Arkansas found in an irrigation ditch near Buckeye. Three local boys witnessed the body slip over a headgate and the town marshal recovered it. Coroner Meek ruled accidental drowning with no inquest. Credit had been missing since December 13.

Buckeye T. J. Credit Credit Sanders Camp Hope Ark Richard Taylor Richard Martin Domingo Corona M. C. McFerrin

Douglas Buys Tucson Farm

Lewis W. Douglas United States ambassador to Great Britain has purchased a 200 acre farm on East Fort Lowell Road in Tucson for 75000 dollars. The Hodges formerly owned the property and plans for its use have not been revealed. Douglas is a former Arizona congressman.

Tucson Lewis W. Douglas United States Great Britain East Fort Lowell Road Wetmore Hodges Douglas Arizona Congress

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