Ex-Prisoner In Tax Fraud Case Caught
John E. Hannon, 35, held in Los Angeles County Jail on charges he defrauded the government of 389 by filing a fraudulent income tax refund claim while an inmate at Arizona State Prison Florence. Virgil Crabtree said Hannon led a group of convicts who filed false returns, with refunds in 1947. Hannon was arrested in Argus, California, paroled April 1949, after a three to five year term for bogus checks. Bond set at 5000.
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John E. Hannon
Los Angeles
Arizona State
Florence
Virgil Crabtree
Treasury Department
Phoenix
Hannon
Argus
Calif
Crabtree
United States District Court
Chicago
Self-Styled Doctor Held After Cure Scheme Bust
Hiel E Crum 43 known as a self-proclaimed doctor was jailed on charges of practicing medicine without a license and operating a confidence game. County investigators posing as patients reported Crum’s home at 7710 North 23rd Street had up to 60 visitors and yielded four wooden radio cabinet like devices claimed to diagnose and cure ailments including avio tuberculosis. Two women labeled as nurses were questioned and released.
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Hiel E. Crum
Dan Wisner
Crum
North 23Rd Street
Wisner
Cannon
23Rd Street
Statehood Anniversary Fete Planned
Living members of the 1910 Arizona Constitutional Convention join a statehood anniversary program at the Arizona Museum on 10th Avenue and Van Buren Street at 3 p m tomorrow. Fewer than 12 of the original 52 may attend with Mulford Winsor Mit Simms Maj Gen A M Tuthill Rev J E Crutchfield and Pat F Connelly listed among delegates expected. Tea hostesses include Estella D Massey N A Sanders and Ethel Morris of the First Families of Arizona.
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Arizona Museum
10Th Avenue
van Buren Street
Arizona
Mulford Winsor
Mit Simms
Arizona Corporation Commission
A. M. Tuthill
J. E. Crutchfield
Phoenix
Pat F. Connelly
Ajo
Estella D. Massey
N. A. Sanders
Ethel Morris
Howard Dobson Dies at Mount Alto Hospital
Howard Dobson AP congressional reporter, 36, died last night at Mount Alto Veterans Hospital in Washington. Born in Lake City, Iowa, he was elected vice president of the Washington Newspaper Guild while hospitalized. He left behind wife Barbara Ruth and two daughters, Meredith and Marjorie, with his mother and sister listed as survivors.
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Washington
Howard Dobson
Associated Press
Mount Alto Veterans’ Hospital
Dobson
Lake City
Washington Newspaper Guild
Iowa
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Barbara Ruth Dobson
Meredith
Marjorie
Lee Craig
Billings, Mont
Dale Johns
Detroit
Trial Witness Threatened With Death
Detroit dispatch reports a death threat against Dorothy Collins a state witness in the Walter Reuther shooting trial. Police placed Collins 34 under protective custody after she said three men menaced her as she walked to court.
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Detroit
Dorothy Collins
Walter Reuther
Toronto, Ont
Municipal Court
Chester A Tolby Rites Arranged For Tolleson Rancher
Funeral services for Chester Arthur Tolby a 60 year old Tolleson rancher who died yesterday at McDowell Hospital after a two year illness will be held at 10 am Monday at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Interment follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Tolby came to Tolleson in 1924 from Colorado and was a native of Aurora Missouri. He belonged to the Phoenix Moose Lodge and was a World War I veteran. Survivors include his wife Novelle his mother Mrs Mary Elizabeth Tolby of Tolleson three sisters Mrs Walter Chastain of Glendale Mrs Charles Haines of Brush Colorado and Mrs George Thompson of Twin Falls Idaho four brothers Manley A of Phoenix Charles C Virgil E and Dean O Tolby all of Tolleson.
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Chester Arthur Tolby
Tolleson
McDowell Hospital
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Greenwood Memorial Park
Tolby
Colorado
Aurora
Phoenix Moose Lodge
Novelle
Mary Elizabeth Tolby
Walter Chastain
Glendale
Charles Haines
Brush, Colo
George Thompson
Twin Falls
Ida
Manley A
Phoenix
Charles C
Virgil E
Dean O. Tolby
Swiss Fortifications Faulty Spark Sabotage Probe
Swiss authorities report failures in Alpine defense fortifications found faulty with sabotage charges possible. The Swiss Army investigates whether deliberate action caused the defects amid heightened security concerns across Bern and surrounding regions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Prowler Shot By General Story at Home in Van Nuys
Maj. Gen. Walter P. Story said he seriously wounded a man after the intruder Davis 35 North Hollywood challenged him at the rear door of the Story home While unarmed Davis claimed drunken bravado officers noted The wounded man Perry L Davis was found in serious condition with a lower abdominal bullet wound Detective records show forgery conviction in 1939 and probation over three years Story co owns the Mullen and Bluett Stores.
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van Nuys
Calif
Walter P. Story
Story
Perry L. Davis
North Hollywood
Davis
General Story
National Guard
Col
Nelson Story III
Mullen
Bluett
Postpolio Born Triplets Thrive in New Jersey
In Long Branch on February 11 AP reports two day old triplet daughters born to Elizabeth Warnke and her husband Dr. Fred W. Warnke are in incubators and described as fairly well. Mrs Warnke, a postpolio patient, is in good condition and has been attending daily physiotherapy after a January 11 discharge from Monmouth Memorial Hospital.
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Long Branch
N. J
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Warnke
Fred W. Warnke
Hawaiians Move For Statehood
Honolulu voters began selecting candidates for a constitutional convention as the first step toward statehood. Some 243 contenders compete for 63 seats with a runoff set for March 21 among primary survivors. The convention opens April 4 to draft a state constitution as federal bills linger.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Congress
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