Paroled convict seized in schoolgirl slaying
HALIFAX VA Feb 6 INS A paroled convict George T Hailey 24 charged with assault slaying of 3 year old Marion Lloyd Clarkton after shells supplied by the girl s mother were used He was jailed in Danville on murder and criminal assault warrants found with a .12 gauge shotgun The victim battered head and stomach wounds described by police as fatal occurred on a rural road and Hailey was identified after Mrs Lloyd said he asked to borrow shells for his shotgun.
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Durant, Okla
Henry White
Durant
Halifax
George T. Hailey
Danville
Marion Lloyd
Clarkton
Oscar Lloyd
Halifax County
Hailey
Lloyd
Graham County Sets Passenger Car Plate Record In 1950
Graham County issued 2 252 passenger car license plate sets and 1 102 licenses for trucks trailers and motorcycles, per County Assessor Robert Goodman. Effie Pasko organized a Pilot Club International meeting tonight at the Safford Inn. Sophomores led Gila Junior College honor roll. Melva Smith tops the special student group and Bill Bone heads the regular list.
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Safford
Graham County
Robert Goodman
Effie Pasko
Pilot Club International
Pilot Club of Safford
Safford Inn
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
Gila Junior College
Melva Smith
Central
Bill Bone
Willcox
Bone
Baby Dropped To Fireman Saves Nine In Fire
Kansas City report details a dramatic apartment blaze at 25th and Troost Avenue where a baby was dropped from the second floor into a fireman’s arms and 11 others were led down ladders. Five people treated for smoke inhalation or burns. Fire origin undetermined. damage about $5,000.
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Kansas City
25Th
Troost Avenue
Self-Poisoner Yet Improves After Suicide Attempt
Albert Arthur Deal and his wife Lucille were found dead at their home in Tempe. Deal, 41, a clerk for Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, was taken to St. Monica's Hospital after an overdose and was reported improving. Lucille Deal, also 41, is believed to have taken her life due to ill health. The couple were discovered by Deal's parents after the mother had a premonition something was wrong.
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Albert Arthur Deal
St. Monica's Hospital
Deal
Tempe
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
West Portland Street
Lucille
S. A. Deal
West
Madison Street
Bullhead City Bar Robbed By Gunman
A lone gunman robbed the Five Grand Bar at the Davis Dam site in Bullhead City early February 6, taking more than 150 dollars after forcing customers to the bar. He fired a warning shot at bartender Orman Jones, then fled in a waiting car. Sheriff Frank Porter said a suspect was later detained in Kingman and returned for identification, with possible accomplice unclear.
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Bullhead City
Five Grand
Davis Dam
Orman Jones
Mohave County
Slayer of 3 Children Is Committed in Virginia
John Steven Connor, 39, admitted slayer of his three children, is ordered committed to Southwestern State Hospital at Marion, Virginia. A three man commission ruled him sane on January 30, and Judge William P. Woolls stated he is not legally responsible for the December 7 killings. Connor, a Fort Belvoir construction engineer and West Point graduate, said he feared his children would grow up like him. He will be taken to Marion February 13.
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Alexandria
John Steven Connor
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
William P. Woolls
Connor
Woolls
Fort Belvoir
West Point
Juror Sparks Re deliberation in Plane Smuggling Trial
In Los Angeles a federal jury re deliberates seven defendants after juror Marshall Chlavin challenged the panel. Acquitted were Herman Greenspun Sam Lewis and William Sosnow. Convicted were Service Airways Adolph Schwimmer Ray Selk and Leo Gardner for conspiring to smuggle planes to Palestine. The judge refused leniency and ordered renewed deliberations.
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Los Angeles
Palestine
United States
Peirson M. Hall
Herman M. Greenspun
Las Vegas
Nev
Sam R. Lewis
William Sosnow
New York City
Service Airways
New York
Adolph W. Schwimmer
Ray Selk
Leo Gardner
North Hollywood
Calif
Photographer Aleksander Dies at 53 in Phoenix
Edward Aleksander, a 53-year-old pioneer Phoenix photographer who ran Aleksander Studio at 336 West McDowell Road, died today at Good Samaritan Hospital. He founded Pulaski Club and led it twice, was a licensed pilot, and a member of Masonic and Sciot orders. His wife Harriet Furmaniak, a concert opera star, had planned a tour. Funeral arrangements are pending at Grimshaw Mortuary.
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Edward Aleksander
Phoenix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Aleksander
West McDowell Road
Harriet Furmaniak
Sciot
Pulaski Club
Chicago Concert and Opera Guild
Chicago Polish Theater
Grimshaw Mortuary
Deaths Turn to Floods On Page Two
A series of fatal incidents is recounted including a pedestrian killed on Highway 84 near Eloy after a car driven by Gerald E. Merchant swerved to avoid him. Merchant’s wife Rose injured. Another boy knocked from a pickup bed by a loose crate, killed. truck driven by the boy’s father Joseph F. Wootan. A worker, Louie David Field, crushed under a dump truck bed at a Willcox compound while finishing repairs. Inquest expected. Field survived by mother Belle Field and sister Vivian Ware. A Dover Idaho man, John C. Jacobson, killed in a Duncan gun battle following a service station holdup and a safe burglary. Wounded: Bob White and Len Brooks.
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Robinson
Gerald E. Merchant
Orlando Fla
Eloy
Merchant
Rose
Wootan
Joseph F. Wootan
Willcox
Louie David Field
West Elwood Street
Field
A. J. Flood
Earl L. O’clair
Belle Field
Vivian Ware
South First Avenue
John C. Jacobson
Dover
Ida
Safford
Duncan
Bob White
Clifton
Len Brooks
Duncan Civilian
Y Drive Concluded Funds for New Building Lobby
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce manager Lewis E. Haas announced the Y Drive ends from Page One to finance the new building lobby. Club head Henry B. Sergeant presides as new quota buster honorees are named with contributions ranging from $270 to $650 by individuals including Kenneth Clark Jr and J L Mennis, among others.
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Lewis E. Haas
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Henry B. Sergeant
Kenneth Clark, Jr
Philip S. Hack
Joe Knight
Charles W. Moore
Harrison Duff, Jr
Wayne Ketchum
Charles T. Francis
James E. Engdahl
Kenneth C. Chatwin
Frank E. Amick
Ona Mae Martin
Robert Dunn
Milton A. Morey
James C. Miller
John H. Cassell
J. L. Mennis
William A. McLeod
Frank Spicer
Clifford R. Crowl
Roland Harford
John W. Pederson
Robert C. Bohannan, Jr
Bruce Merrill
Cool cloudy day forecast for Northern Arizona with snow
Light snow flurries and showers were forecast for Northern Arizona tonight. Sunny weather in Phoenix will yield to mostly cloudy and cooler conditions tomorrow as gusty northern winds approach from California. The Weather Bureau notes a general cold snap with limited precipitation and an 8 to 10 degree Valley drop by Wednesday morning.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Weather Bureau
California
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Diego
Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
License Plates Bring Wave of Citizens to Small Office
Four to five thousand local residents crowded into our tiny office over weeks to secure license plates. Most were polite and grateful for the service, with a bakery driver gifting cookies and a kind woman sending cake before her husband destroyed the plate. One thief burned a bad check using my fountain pen, but such is life. we endure the chaos and move on.
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Valley Bank
Navy to boost organized reserve strength in 1951
Navy plans to raise the organized reserve strength of the Navy and Marine Corps by about 25,000, reaching 256,000 by June 30, 1951. Assistant Secretary John F. Floberg outlined the increase in an address at the U S Naval Reserve Training Center during the presentation of the James Forrestal Trophy.
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U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center
James Forrestal
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Vanity & Bench
Marshall Chlavin
U. S
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TWA
ST. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
U.S
Floberg Con
David I. Jacobs
Berkeley
INS
University of California
Monroe, Fe
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