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Newspaper

Phoenix Gazette

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1949

Page

21

Daily Across Puzzle Clues List

A compact set of crossword style hints covering Hebrew prophet Arabic letter angry state slow person sloping edge having wings gold heraldry a son of Adam electrical engineer abbr. U S president harvest sailboat capital Tibet clay below nautical music note a song for two people at home sick a vein botany a pocket bottle having ears every taut English portrait painter notions

Braz Hallems Tibet Naut Every Taut Notions

Crossword Down Clue List From Puzzle Page

A compact crossword clue set covering items from inorganic to decorative edging. Includes entries like Persia brother of Abel pepper species and a sheltered side with several other common crossword answers.

DOWN Inorganic Persia Brother of Abel

Weather Quiz Clue List From Yesterday's Answer

Puzzle clues include Weathercock and the bear astronomical term, a feminine pronoun, and a music item. The set presents a word or phrase matching each number 42 43 45 48, inviting solver correlation.

Weathercock the Bear

Jolly Mixers Dance at Phoenix Woman's Club

The Jolly Mixers entertain at the Phoenix Woman's Club on First Ave at Fillmore. Public invited for a nine to two A M dance with music and lunch.

Jolly Mixers Phoenix Woman’s Club First Ave Fillmore

Cleve F Adams Dies Film Writer in Glendale

Cleve F Adams a 54 year old mystery writer and former motion picture director died of pneumonia at his Glendale home yesterday Funeral services will be held tomorrow Adams who used the pen name John Spain began writing in 1929 and authored 14 novels several screen plays and many magazine stories He is survived by his wife Vera and a son Warren

Glendale Calif Cleve F. Adams Chicago John Spain Adams Vera Warren

Pat Williams Signs MGM Contract Seventeen-Year-Old Actress

Pat Williams an 18 year old from Tacoma Washington signed a seven year contract with M G M studios in Los Angeles. Under court approval she will start at 150 dollars a week rising to 1500 dollars weekly at contract end. She replaced Marie Wilson in Ken Murrays Blackouts.

Los Angeles Pat Williams Tacoma Wash Marie Wilson Ken Murray M-G-M

Appendectomy Set For Kay Williams

Hollywood gossip notes report actress Kay Williams wife of Adolph Spreckels was to undergo an appendectomy at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital today after being taken to the facility late yesterday as part of ongoing medical care related to her health.

Hollywood Kay Williams Adolph Spreckels Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital

Jealousy Tale Ends in Divorce for Jean Parker

Hollywood report states stage and screen actress Jean Parker is divorced from Dr. Kurt Grotter after a jealous marriage begun in August 1942. Parker, who asked no alimony, cited his possessiveness and jealous rages that disrupted her New York stage career and health. Her prior husbands include George MacDonald and Douglas Dawson.

Hollywood Jean Parker Kurt Grotter New York George MacDonald Douglas Dawson

Mercury High For November Sets State Warm Record

Arizona logged its warmest November since 1901 with many stations posting record heat dating to 1894. Temperatures averaged about 10 to 16 degrees above normal across regions from the 25th to 31st, pushing the state mean to 55.4 degrees, 5.5 above normal. Precipitation averaged .33 inch statewide, with the Salt and Verde basins at about 40 percent of normal and several areas receiving little or no rain. Maturing lettuce accelerated, affecting prices, while cotton and sorghum grains were harvested in good condition.

Arizona Louis R. Jurwitz United States Weather Bureau Flagstaff Salt Verde

Hope Is No 1 Money Maker

A nationwide poll of motion picture exhibitors in Hollywood found Bob Hope movies as the top money makers of 1949 with Bing Crosby close behind. Crosby’s tenth top ten appearance and Hope’s seventh are noted, followed by Abbott and Costello, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Betty Grable, Esther Williams, Humphrey Bogart, and Clark Gable in the ranking.

Hollywood Bob Hope Bing Crosby Hope Pal Crosby Crosby Abbott and Costello John Wayne Gary Cooper Cary Grant Betty Grable Esther Williams Humphrey Bogart Clark Gable

DeMolay Unit Chooses Officers in Phoenix Area

The Phoenix Priory of the Chivalric Order of DeMolay elected officers at its first meeting with Graeme Watson named Masonic advisor. Officers include Sam Brown as Illustrious Knight Commander, William Page as Sir Knight Squire Commander, Robert Swanson as Sir Knight Page Commander, and others from the Phoenix and Tempe DeMolay chapters. A note mentions a 13 hour maximum for laying hens.

Phoenix Priory Order of the Knights of Don Rhoads Prior Robert Seely Seneschal Richard Brown Darrell Gunter James Olvey Jerry Stewart Sentinel McSpadden Criswell Phoenix DeMolay Tempe

Young Pianist Franceschi To Play With Phoenix Symphony

Vera Franceschi, 23, lauded pianist, will solo with the Phoenix Symphony January 11 in a program led by conductor Robert Lawrence at Phoenix Union High School Auditorium. She performs MacDowell Concerto No. 2 in D with a history on stages from La Scala to Town Hall and tours in Europe since the war, after wartime service concerts for troops. The Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D minor opens the program, with a 15 minute curtain delay and late seating after the number.

Vera Franceschi Europe America Phoenix Symphony Orchestra MacDowell la Scala di Milano George Sebastian San Francisco Franceschi Rome Rome Conservatory of St. Cecilia Manhattan School of Music Robert Casadesus Carl Friedberg la Scala Town Hall San Francisco Symphony Standard Oil Company New York Philharmonic Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera Company Phoenix Union High School

Coffee Prices Fall With Eggs and Ham Bargain News

The advertisement notes a small drop in wholesale coffee and eggs and a lowered price for ham and eggs from 85c to 65c. It invites readers to there read the good news and see a menu at 124 W Washington across from the Court House, open 7 A.M. to midnight, including New Year’s Day.

Washington Court House

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