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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1950
Page
7
Los Angeles police hold truck driver Leslie Steele and his wife after the fatal beating of 2 year old Starlene Bevan, daughter of Mrs. Steele's unmarried sister Helen Iverson. Helen Iverson said she handed the child to her sister due to lack of room. Steele admitted spanking the infant because she "wanted to get up when we wanted to sleep."
Judge Thalheimer continues arraignment of Elaine Whitney George on first degree murder charges to next Saturday after defense objections. State says George shot Clifford Lee Willett, 36, a Reynolds Metals timekeeper, on New Year's Eve. Bonds set or pending for several defendants including Clemons and Climmons with varied charges and trial dates.
The Arizona checker championship in 1950 ends tied between B. E. Garretson of 1318 West Willetta Street and G. M. Mashburn of Tucson after six evenly split games. Mashburn left early for business. Garretson earns reelection to a 10th term as Arizona Checker Association president. Class B winners were O. C. Heckert of 4045 14th Place at the YMCA.
Seventeen Phoenicians and three others will appear before the Arizona Supreme Court at 11 a m Saturday to seek admission to the state bar. Applicants include Frank Haze Burch Irwin Cantor Valdemar A Cordova Joseph A Crowe Robert F Dewey Otto H E Linsenmeyer Joseph R Stark Lawrence Cantor Lawrence P D Antonio Lester R Jackson Warren H Lynch Robert Schachner Enos P Schaffer Raymond J Tipton all of Tucson Max N Edwards Flagstaff Everett L Miller Yuma William R Tribble Chandler Norman H Whiting Show Low Frank D Healy Jr CLaremont Calif and Richard Austin Stanley Carlsbad New Mexico Eleven graduates from the University of Arizona Law School are among the applicants.
Berkeley February 27 Regents order all University of California faculty to sign a non Communist loyalty oath by April 30 or lose their jobs. The regents said thirteen point five percent of the faculty declined to sign the oath.
Funeral services for Lester Oscar Turner 34 a Phoenix resident the past two years were to be conducted at 2 p m today at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary He died Friday Turner a native of Sebring Ohio and a retired machinist resided at 2200 West Van Buren Street The Rev Elmer W Roy of the First Presbyterian Church was to officiate Interment was to be in Greenwood Memorial Park Survivors include his wife Mrs Mary Turner and a son E Ralph both of Phoenix his mother Mrs Marie Turner Youngstown Ohio one sister Mrs Margaret Batton North Benton Ohio and three brothers Howard Salem Ohio Walter Columbus Ohio and Ernest J California
Joseph P. Condrey of the Associated General Contractors warned that strikes by sheet metal and roofing workers threaten construction costs and employment. He cited 2.3 percent drop in living costs and GM wage cuts as context, noting 10 to 12.5 cent wage demands could slow home and commercial activity. Local negotiations between Roofing Local 135 and contractors continue with conciliation sessions planned for next week.
New York producer Pemberton arrives in Phoenix by American Airlines to rehearse the lead in Harvey at the Sombrero Playhouse, taking over Elwood Dowd duties after substituting for Frank Fay. He has staged many firsts in American theater and introduced Pirandello to the country.
Ed Harding, a North Carolina humorist nicknamed the modern Will Rogers, will speak at the Phoenix Executives Club meeting next Friday at 7 p m in Hotel Westward Ho. Judge Walter J Thalheimer is the new club president with Marshall Moody as vice president.
Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Gordon Farley issued an injunction forbidding AFL picketing the Walter Holm pre packaging produce plant. Hearing set for March 7 and, after the order, pickets were called off.
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