Bank of Douglas Staff Robbed in Phoenix Holdup
Bank of Douglas in downtown Phoenix was robbed of 128000 plus by two gunmen at 7 30 am today They forced a vault open after entering at 6 am accosting a janitor and locking employees in closets Investigators say they used a garbage can to carry cash and left in a car Both robbers wore old khaki clothing and one was unmasked with a beard Police and FBI traced possible exits and roadblocks were set up as inspectors noted the bank was insured and the robbers took only small denominations while leaving vault cash untouched.
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James Wise
Bank of Douglas
James
Phoenix
Monroe Street
First Avenue
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arizona
W. R. Montgomery
Clinton Wade
East Sunnyslope Lane
West Augusta Avenue
Phoenix Bank
Legislative Group To Check On 12,000 Pension Recipients
The Special Legislative Committee on State Operations plans a major probe of Arizona old age assistance rolls. More than 12,000 pension recipients will be reviewed to confirm real financial need. Private credit agencies in Phoenix and Tucson will conduct the investigation, following a state department delivery of the recipient list.
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Bill Turnbow
Legislative Committee
Arizona
Fred O. Wilson
State Department of Public Welfare
Phoenix
Tucson
Michigan
Graham County
Watkins declares candidacy for governor in Arizona
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Ralph Watkins a Buckeye businessman formally announced his bid for governor at the Democratic primary on September 12. He assailed Governor Dan E. Garvey’s administration as inefficient and called for streamline measures, reform of the Industrial Commission, and a platform serving all Arizonans. He pledged to represent workers and employers alike and promised more details with his platform.
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Phoenix Gazette
Buckeye
Ralph Watkins
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
Watkins
Litchfield Park
Gila Bend
Arizona Industrial Commission
Industrial Commission
Lewis Calls Coal Operator a Liar at Hearing
John L. Lewis accusing George H. Love of lies during a presidential board hearing on the coal contract dispute. Lewis erupted over Love’s testimony about union bargaining tactics, calling Love a liar by the clock amid questions from Board Chairman David L. Cole.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Lewis
David L. Cole
Love
Cole
Cyrus S. Ching
Rgze Love
Miners Get $500,000 Gift From CIO Steelworkers
The CIO United Steelworkers sent a 500000 dollar check to the United Mine Workers to aid needy miners and families in their struggle against coal operators. President Philip Murray said the donation was authorized by the Steelworkers Executive Board.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Steelworkers Executive Board
Two More Added To Traffic Toll In Arizona 1950
Two more fatalities raised Arizona's traffic death toll for 1950 to 41. A 20 year old Margaret Matthews of 19 South 22nd Street died at St Monicas Hospital after a two car crash at 40th Street and Broadway. 71 year old Ben Steinborne of Velva North Dakota died at Williams Air Force Base Hospital from injuries in a sedan ambulance collision near Higley. Three others remained hospitalized at St Monica's Hospital including Clovis Bradley his wife Anna and Marvin Morisky.
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Arizona
Margaret Matthews
South 22Nd Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
40Th Street
Broadway
Ben Steinborne
Velva
N. D
Higley
St. Monica's Hospital
Clovis J. Bradley
East Broadway
Metropolitan
Anna Bradley
Marvin Morisky
Coulter Motor Company
Matthews
Morisky
Steinborne
Mesa
Williams Air Force Base
Carl Hanson
Pvt
Daniel Durmis
Hanson
Anna
Czech Police Arrest Mormon Missionaries
The United States Embassy reported two American Mormon missionaries Abbott and Johnson disappeared January 28 in Moravia and have not been heard from. Western sources say they were arrested by Czech police near Olomouc on unspecified charges and are incommunicado, with U.S. authorities unable to see them. Abbott is 23 from Lehi Utah and Johnson 22 from Idaho Falls, both unmarried, in Czechoslovakia over two years.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Moravia
Foreign Ministry
Stanley Ebbott
C. Alden Johnson
Olomouc
Wallace Toronto
Czecho
Slovakia
Abbott
Lehi
Utah
Johnson
Idaho Falls
Ida
Toronto
Large Bank Robbery in Douglas Tops Arizona History
A recent Bank of Douglas heist is the largest Arizona robbery on record, doubling the total stolen in prior cases. The seven listed Arizona heists total 61,894.26 with three solved. incidents span Globe and Clifton banks from 1933 to 1948, with several robbers captured and sentenced.
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Bank of Douglas
Arizona
Globe
The
Valley National Bank
Carl Wells
Harry Wells
State
Clifton
Valley Bank
the Valley Bank
Texas Slaying Suspect Held
An 18-year-old attractive blonde identified as Diana Heney Johnson is held by federal park police in Washington at the request of Amarillo authorities in connection with the June 22 slaying of W. A. Thornton. Thornton, 58, was an oil man. The suspect has lived in several cities, mostly Detroit.
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Washington
W. A
Tex) Thornton
Amarillo
Tex
William Gunter
Federal Park
Thornton
Gunter
Diana Heney Johnson
Detroit
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Harry Roberts
Roberts
Lucille Martin
Edythe Vaughn
Beulah Coats
Duffy
Ray Claver
Teller
Fred Nichols
Gene Lindsey
Bulletin
Bradleys
Arnulfo Hafner
South First Avenue
Czech
East
Seaboard Finance Company
Floyd Ellis Roberts
Texas
Sky Harbor Station
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