Marine Ready To Stand Trial For Murder
Prescott telegram reports Marine Sergeant James, 27, agreed to waive extradition to Pontiac Michigan to face first degree murder charges in the 1947 death of his father Stanley James. Bones found beneath a cowshed. family pact to keep secret.
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Ruth James
Stanley James
Pontiac
Mich
Ralph
Hugh James
Carson
Ashfork
Ariz
Michigan
Prescott
Caron W. James
James
Muriel Hockensmith
Porter
Man Found Killed By Rail in Switchyard
An unidentified man about 45 was found dead in the Southern Pacific switchyard at Ninth Street. General yardmaster E. E. Wheeler located the body in a gondola car end before 9 a.m. A 61-foot iron load crushed his skull and pinned it to the car, requiring a locomotive to drop the body. Investigating officers said the case was under inquiry.
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Ninth Street
E. E. Wheeler
Southern Pacific Company
Man Died Instantly When Strut Slid Behind Car
A man believed Mexican and about five feet ten inches tall, weighing 140 pounds with a heavy beard, died instantly as a car strut jolted from its position and slid to the rear where he sat. Ex-officio coroner Harry E. Westfall said no inquest would be held. The body was taken to Arizona Funeral Home. Sheriff’s Identification Bureau is using fingerprints to identify him. deputies note he may have entered the country illegally.
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Harry E. Westfall
Arizona
Sheriff's Identification Bureau
Legislature studies reform plan for Arizona government
A state legislative committee outlined a plan to abolish five elective offices on January 1, 1953 and replace them with new departments including health welfare and correction and education. It endorses constitutional amendments for a yearly legislative session and a fixed House size, while signaling partial acceptance of Griffenhagen recommendations.
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Griffenhagen and Associates
Griffenhagen
Department of Health, Welfare and Correction
Legislative Bureau
Department of Education
Department of Labor
Department of Military Affairs
Department of Law
Department of Revenue
Department of State
Legislative Branch
House of Representatives
Arizona Industrial Commission
Arizona Tax Commission
Commissioner of Revenue
State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Revenue Bureau
Department of Personnel
Shubert Trust Suit Aims to Break Theater Empire
The U S government sued the Shubert brothers in federal court alleging they stifled the American theater by forming a national monopoly. It seeks orders forcing sale of major theater ownership or control of booking and presenting operations. Lee Shubert aged 74 and J J Shubert 69 run a vast circuit, owning 15 of New Yorks 32 legitimate theaters and 37 more nationwide.
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New York
Shubert Brothers
United States District Court
Lee
J. J. Shubert
Shuberts
Horatio Alger
Lee Shubert
Syracuse
N. Y
Sam
Marc Klaw
A. L. Erlanger
Herald Square Theater
J. J
Klaw and Erlanger “Trust
Klaw and Erlanger
United States Amusement Company
Trust
Metal Trades Resolve in Court Mediation Effort
A mediation session at the U S District Courthouse attempts to settle a strike lockout that hit 45 Phoenix sheet metal shops and about 200 workers. Representatives from Local 359 the AFL Sheet Metal Workers Union and the Sheet Metal Contractors Association participate with federal labor conciliator Earl J Ruddy of Los Angeles. The dispute began after failed wage and condition talks leading to shop closures. Records note cows milked in 9 000 B C.
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Phoenix
United States District
Local 359
American Federation of Labor Sheet Metal Workers Union
Sheet Metal Contractors Association
Earl J. Ruddy
Los Angeles
Federal
Safford Farm Loan Group Plans Meeting
Safford National Farm Loan Association plans its 33rd annual meeting at 10 a m Saturday in the Superior Court Room. Homer D Moore will speak on American Versus the Communist Way of Life. Barbecue dinner at noon in the Armory. Open House Sunday at Chapel of the Valley funeral home run by Mr and Mrs W H Caldwell with Lyle Ferguson assisting. Brick and tile work by Talley and Son. Gila Valley Arts and Crafts Guild begins Spring program at Gila Junior College art room with meetings Monday and Thursday evenings.
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Safford
Safford National Farm Loan Association
Superior Court Room
Homer D. Moore
Arizona Elks Association
Armory
Gila Valley Arts and Crafts Guild
Graham County
W. H. Harless
Gila
Thief Cracks Display Case For Four Fake Whisky Bottles
A thief broke into a Connor Hotel display case in Joplin Missouri and pulled four bottles of whisky. The bottles were dummies filled with colored water, not alcohol. No one was injured and no real whiskey was taken. Police investigated the incident.
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Joplin, Mo
Connor Hotel
Sammy the tomcat stuck in palm trees near Pryor home
Sammy the year old black cat remained marooned for over two weeks in palm fronds in front of 1017 North Second Street as Phoenix firefighters failed to locate him yesterday. Deputy Chief George Simpson led an 85 foot ladder search that lasted over an hour with crowds watching until the crew withdrew. Mrs Pryor pegged two ladders together today hoping Sammy will descend on his own.
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Sammy
Phoenix Fire Department
Hilton Pryor
North Second Street
Shadow
George Simpson
Not Much Scrap Here in a Watch Repairer’s Bushel
Charleston report says W. Harry Morris, a 30 year scrap accumulator, claims he could store all his scrap in a bushel basket without spilling a piece while entering his fourth decade as a watch repair man.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry Morris
Morris
Old rifle still trusty in 50 years of use
In Owosso Michigan on February 23 a report notes Scott Rundell continuing to rely on a rifle bought in 1899 for 11 dollars and 50 cents. The firearm bears notches for sixty deer three bears and a wildcat indicating decades of hunting.
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Owosso
Mich
Scott Rundell
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West van Buren
Metal
Safford Farm Loan Group
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Mammoth
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Adise
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