Benefactor’s kindness Ends in Theft at Phoenix Hotel
William W. Clinkenbeard recalls helping a down and out cook from Los Angeles who asked to accompany him to Phoenix. After sharing meals and a room at Normandie Rooms, the man vanished with Clinkenbeard’s portable radio, clothing, and overcoat after leaving briefly. Police were notified when the cook did not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinkenbeard
East Thomas Road
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Normandie Rooms
North First Street
Prisoner Snatched in Riverside Kidnapping Case
River side California officers arrived in Phoenix to seize 18 year old Raymond Savala for attacking a Riverside woman and kidnapping her 14 year old daughter Teresa. Savala and the girl were found near Buckeye after their car ran out of gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
Phoenix
Raymond Savala
Savala
Buckeye
Official Won't File Charges In Wilson Case
The Arizona attorney general announced he will not prepare or prose cute charges against Jack Wilson superintendent of the state industrial school for boys at Fort Grant. The decision comes after two board members sought to oust Wilson. A personal survey of the school was ordered by the legislative interim committee. Members said Wilson has done as well as possible with available resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivion
Savala
Preston
Calif
Reformatory
Vivian
Lloyd Boller
California
Riverside
Jack Wilson
State Industrial School For Boys At
Fort Grant
Fred O. Wilson
Board of Juvenile Institutions
William H. Becker
J. P. Ryan
Phoenix
Becker
J. Thomas McIintime
Arizona Childrens’ Colony
Wilson
T. D. Romero
Tucson
D. E. Nelson
Safford
Howard Grant
Duncan Heads Drug Group In Maricopa
Alfred Duncan of Glendale was elected president of the Maricopa County Pharmaceutical Association in its third mail ballot. Officers include Rodney Partin and O. T. Fountain as vice presidents, Ray L. Wilson as secretary, and G. Dale Brown as treasurer. Executive board members are E. D. Moore Fred McAlpine William O. Campbell R. B. Clark Jack Pogue C. K. Vickery and Herman H. Lewis. retiring president Dave J. Duckworth joins the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Duncan
Glendale
Maricopa County Pharmaceutical Association
Newell Stewart
Rodney Partin
West Thomas Road
O. T. Fountain
East McDowell Road
Ray L. Wilson
West Palm Lane
G. Dale Brown
South Central Avenue
E. D. Moore
Fred McAlpine
Wiliam O. Campbell
R. B. Clark
Jack Pogue
Phoenix
C. K. Vickery
Peoria
Herman H. Lewis
Mesa
Dave J. Duckworth
Faye Emerson Goes to Mexico for Quickie Divorce
Faye Emerson arrived in Mexico City to pursue a fast Mexican divorce from Elliott Roosevelt son of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt. She traveled in black with white gloves, said she would stay with friends, and insisted reporters not bother her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Emerson
Mexico
Elliott
Mexico City
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Emerson
Osborn Voters to Hear Bond Issue Necessity
Osborn district voters are invited to four meetings next week to discuss a $395000 bond proposal. Officials aim to inform taxpayers about needs for Longview Grandview Osborn and Encanto schools including new classrooms arts and crafts rooms libraries offices and storage spaces. The plan follows a failed $350000 bond last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborn
Curt Wooden
Longview
Grandview
Encanto
Encanto School
Grandview School
Longview School
Osborn School
Guilty Plea In Bogus Check For Florida Air Trip
John Barbeau 24 of Chester Pa pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to obtain ing services by a bogus check after giving American Airlines a 153 70 check for a Miami ticket on Dec 26. The address supplied tied to St. Joseph’s Hospital Tucson police paused the flight. Other defendants faced plea or trial on charges including burglary and obstructing officers. Sentencing set for next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa County
Arlie Chester McNeely
Gila Bend
Barbeau
Walter J. Thalheimer
James Climmons
South Ninth Avenue
Climmons
Jim Brady
Brady
Eight years probation for embezzlement at Sky Harbor Airport
Louis C. Medici, 39, of 517 West Lynwood Street, must repay $4,384.54 at $50 a month for eight years after pleading guilty to seven counts of grand theft. Judge Walter J. Thalheimer granted probation and Medici admitted using stolen city funds to bet on dog and horse races while employed as an accounts clerk at Sky Harbor Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Medici
West
Lynwood Street
Sky Harbor
Maricopa County Superior Court
Walter J. Thalheimer
Medici
District VFW Meeting Set
Representatives from Maricopa County's 13 VFW Posts in District Six will meet at 2 p m tomorrow in the VFW Foxhole at 132 West Washington Street. Guido Zecca of New Mexico, a state senator and National Council of Administration member, arrived to attend. Col. Frank Fraser of the Arizona National Guard will be guest speaker, with Elmer Jones of Mesa presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa County
VFW
West Washington Street
Guido Zecca
New Mexico
National Council of Administration
Phoenix
Col
Frank Fraser
Arizona National Guard
Elmer Jones
Mesa
District 6
Pollock Dies At Home In Phoenix At 32
Carl Francis Pollock 32 of 1610 West Jackson Street died yesterday at his Phoenix home. A Camden Ohio native who came to Phoenix from Indiana 2 1/2 years ago he worked as a machine operator at Builders Supply Company. Survivors include wife Sarah a son Charles his parents Mr and Mrs E M Pollock sister Mrs John Compton Dayton Ohio sister Mrs Zelma Waggoner Indianapolis Indiana sister Mrs Norman Weaver Indio California sister Betty Pollock Phoenix and six brothers George Darell Burdette Phoenix Vern Globe David and Kenny Pollock stationed with the U S Army. Funeral arrangements are being made at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Francis Pollock
West Jackson Street
Camden
Ohio
Pollock
Phoenix
Indiana
Builders Supply Company
Sarah
Charles
E. M. Pollock
John Compton
Dayton
Zelma Waggoner
Indianapolis
Ind
Norman Weaver
Indio
Calif
Betty Pollock
George
Darell
Burdette
Vern
Globe
David
Kenny Pollock
U. S. Army
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
William Pompe Rites Arranged
Rosary services for William Pompe a 59 year old Austrian native who died Thursday will be held at 8 p m tomorrow in the Whitney Funeral Home Chapel Requiem high mass will be sung at 9 a m Monday at St Marys Church with burial at St Francis Cemetery Pompe had lived in Phoenix five years was a cabinet maker and member of Marcos de Niza Council Knights of Columbus Survivors include his wife Lena three sons William Bernard and Harold and two daughters Josephine and Dorothy Pompe all of Phoenix
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pompe
Austria
Whitney Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
St. Francis Cemetery
Pompe
West Pierce Street
Phoenix
Marcos de Niza
Knights of Columbus
Lena
William
Bernard
Harold
Josephine
Dorothy Pompe
Piglets with Stripes Hide as They Grow Older
Young wild pigs start life with distinctive striped coats that blend into surroundings. As they mature the stripes fade, revealing solid fur patterns and typical adult coloration. This camouflage helps them avoid predators during early life stages.
Two Phoenicians to Attend Chicago Spring Styles Show
Twenty one Phoenician buyers from Phoenix will attend the semi annual world preview of Spring Styles at the American Furniture Mart in Chicago. They will view advance showings in fabrics and colors but not clothing, with 25,000 furniture buyers expected nationwide. Participants include James Sale, Loretta Cole, F J Tellman, Jackson Adams, Earl Jones, Karl Kent, C M Martin, W W Gannaway and many others from Electric Center to Regester's. The 20 day trip starts Monday, with shows over the next three weeks to view fashions and place orders for their firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Illinois City
Phoenix
James Sale
Barrows
James
Loretta Cole
Coles
F. J. Tellman
Jackson T. Adams
Dorris Heyman
John S. Hubbard
Electric Center
Earl Jones
Home Supply
Charles McGraw
Lubell Furniture
Karl Kent
Russell Morrissey
Mehagians
A. A. Garcia
Pete Ruiz
James Scorse
Quality Furniture
Lou Regester
Regester’s
A. C. Bennett
Spicer Bennett
Fred
Mary Horsley
W. G. Bennett
Traders
C.M. Martin
Mike Atrich
United Producers and Consumers
W. W. Gannaway
Western Auto and Furniture Supply
Phoenicians
Garvey Blasts Federal Cut in Arizona Child Funds
Governor Dan E. Garvey denounces the Federal Security Agency for cutting funds to Arizona crippled children with rheumatic fever. He accuses retaliation for Arizona’s refusal to allocate 15 percent of crippled children funds to reservation Indian children. He notes the Legislature provided 153000 dollars and the FSA added 50000, calling the total inadequate while Indian children supposedly have Indian Service access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan E. Garvey
Federal Security Agency
Arizona
Europe
FSA
Garvey
Indian Service
Texan addresses Arizona chiropractors convention
Leon Kane of Houston told about 50 members of the Arizona State Chiropractic Association that propaganda is the only wonder drug as he addressed the group at the Hotel Westward Ho. He is a layman supporting chiropractic aims and was to be joined by Dr. Vinton Logan and Dr. B. J. Palmer with officers to be elected the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Kane
Houston
Tex
Committee For Chiropractic Education
Arizona State Chiropractic Association
Medical Association
Hotel Westward Ho
Kane
Vinton Logan
St. Louis
B. J. Palmer
Davenport
Motorist's Death Blamed On Injury
Autopsy confirms William Washington Pullen of Quincy California died from injuries in a December 17 head on crash on Highway 66 near Flagstaff. He died in Flagstaff hospital with his wife hospitalized. Blood clot from injuries caused his death. His death was the 302nd of 1949 in Flagstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gazette
Flagstaff
Jan
William Washington Pullen
Quincy
Calif
Pullen
Kiwanis Club installs Valley of the Sun officers
F Britton Burns of 5551 North Kay Drive was installed as president of the Valley of the Sun Kiwanis Club at a Camelback Inn dinner-dance. New officers include Floyd Williams as vice president and directors J A Bradley Charles Case Dr Willis B Easley William Garland Mark Grumley Karren Mackey James McDougal James O Neil Manuel Pipsaire William E Stanford and James Patrick. Bradley served as toastmaster. Tucson district governor William Kimball and lieutenant governor W W Dick assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Britton Burns
North Kay Drive
Valley of the Sun Kiwanis Club
Camelback Inn
Floyd Williams
J. A. Bradley
Charles Case
Willis B. Easley
William Garland
Mark Grumley
Karren Mackey
James McDougal
James O'Neil
Manuel Pipsaire
William E. Stanford
James Patrick
Bradley
Charles Davis Rites Held At Graveside
Graveside services for Charles Davis 76 an Arizona resident since 1914 were to be held at Double Butte Cemetery. He died Thursday in a Phoenix rest home after two years of confinement. He came from Urbana Illinois and lived in Yuma before moving to Phoenix eighteen years ago. He was a farmer. Survivors include a son George Plymouth Wisconsin a brother Jesse Davis Phoenix and a sister Mrs Gertrude Stoll Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix
Gertrude Stoll
Chicago
Two Feared Lost On Ditched B-50 at Elgin Air Field
Elgin Air Force Base reports a B-50 bomber ditched in Choctawhatchee Bay during a test flight. Nine crewmen were saved in life rafts. two remain unaccounted for as divers search in 25 feet of water. Names of rescued crew are listed. missing crewmen are withheld.
Republicans Here Plan Aggressive Campaign
Maricopa County Republican Advisory Committee outlines an aggressive general election campaign. Charles Garland, county chairman, says focus will be on concrete issues like local tax reduction and Highway Code revision. Public discussions and a 14 point program round table are planned with A M Ward and Derek Van Dyke leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa County
Republican Advisory Committee
Charles Garland
Garland
Republican Party
Court Rules Private Fire Company Paid For Services
A Maricopa County Superior Court ruling states a private fire company is entitled to payment for its services even when the fire owner did not call. Judge Dudley W. Windes directed a verdict for the Rural Fire Protection Company in the case brought by R. D. Springer against W. F. Armstrong for damage to a tourist court on February 23, 1949. The jury set the amount at the claimed $200, rejecting Armstrong’s $50 valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa
R. D. Springer
Rural Fire Protection Company
W. F. Armstrong
North 36Th Avenue
Springer
Armstrong
Dudley W. Windes
Rites Arranged For S B Nelson
Funeral services were held for Samuel B Nelson 48 an electrician with Salt River Valley Water Users Association who was electrocuted on a power line east of Mesa. Rites set for 2 30 p m Monday at Mesa Second Ward Chapel LDS Church Burial in Mesa Cemetery Survived by wife Virginia daughter Ann son Joe and three sisters Gertrude Hemplerley Esther Byers Hazel Peterson all of Mesa or Placienta California with address 120 West Fourth Street in Mesa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gazette
ESA
Samuel B. Nelson
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Mesa
Mesa Second Ward
LDS Church
West Fourth Street
Virginia
Ann
Joe
Gertrude Hemperley
Esther Byers
Placinta
Calif
Hazel Peterson
Charles H Nelson Rites Arranged
Charles Henry Nelson 63 a Phoenix resident and miner for 29 years died Tuesday in a local rest home after a long confinement. Born in Sweden he came to the United States in 1886 and mined in Tonopah and California before settling in Phoenix in 1921. He worked mines in Morristown and South Mountain districts. Funeral services will be held at 3 30 p m Monday at Grimshaw Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Nelson
Phoenix
Grimshaw Mortuary
Nelson
Sweden
Tonopah
New
California
Morristown
South Mountain
Water Freezes Even In Phoenix City Sidewalks
Carl Rawlings of the Phoenix transportation department urged merchants to pause washing sidewalks on mornings when temperatures dip below freezing. He noted that melting water refreezes on sloped paths, creating slippery conditions and potential injuries, and the city has avoided lawsuits so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Carl Rawlings
Charles Esser
Rawlings
Raw
Reserve Officers honor Fowler McCormick at club event
Members of the Reserve Officers of the Naval Service honored Fowler McCormick chairman of International Harvester and a Scottsdale rancher for his club interest. A silver Navy emblem was presented to McCormick by club president John F. Sullivan. McCormick arrived from Chicago this week as an honorary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Service
Fowler McCormick
International Harvester Company
Scottsdale
State Treasury Reports Half-Year Deficit of 5.66 Million
State auditor Ann Frohmiller announced a deficit of 5,663,602.70 in the first half of the 1949 50 fiscal year. She attributed the shortfall to taxes not yet received and said once those revenues arrive the state expects to end the year in the black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Frohmiller
Frohmiller
Eeem
E State
Tucson Dope Lab Raided Two jailed in morphine ring
Federal agents and Tucson police arrested Hom Shew Gock 25 and Albert Good 45 after raiding a Tucson laboratory used to manufacture morphine. Three ounces of morphine, lab equipment, books and two cars were seized amid ties to a larger Western narcotics operation. Lafrison, the alleged chemist, had been sentenced to 18 months in Phoenix. Gock and Good were arraigned with bonds set at 5000 each. Gock posted bond, Good held for preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Hom Shew Gock
Albert Good
Joseph Henri Larrison
Casa Grande
Lafrison
Phoenix
Good
Hom
United States
Mexico
U. S
Thomas M. McKay
Pima County
Navajo Indians Need General Duty Nurses
Dr. Charles C. Hedges announces a desperate need for general duty nurses on the Navajo Reservation. Recruitment talks will run through Monday at the Hotel Westward Ho. Salaries begin at 3100 annually with raises, night duty pay, eight hour days, and shifts across the reservation region across Arizona Utah and New Mexico. The Navajo and Hopi populations total about 70,000, and qualified nurses from any state may apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Hedges
Hedges
Hotel
Westward Ho
Indian Nursing Service
Navajo Country
Indian Service
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Miss America Jacque Mercer Turns 19 in Tucson
Jacque Mercer known as Miss America marks her 19th birthday in Tucson with a radio appearance visit to the Veterans Hospital a review of the Marine Corps reserve unit and a dance in her honor by the Pima county sheriffs mounted palomino posse She and her husband Douglas Cook are staying for two days gifts include a palomino horse an $800 saddle a two horse trailer fruit a set of gold jewelry and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Jacque Mercer
Arizona
Douglas Cook
Veterans Hospital
Marine Corps Reserve
Pima County
Sheriff's Mounted
Auto Mishaps Injure Three In Central Arizona
Three people were hurt in separate traffic crashes in Central Arizona yesterday. Naval officer Jack Boslet, 46, and wife Mary, 39, from Terminal Island San Francisco, were hospitalized after their car overturned near Beardsley. Boslet said he was blinded by oncoming headlights. Sincere Cole, 26, Avondale, a cotton picker, was injured in a two car crash at 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road. The other drivers were Henry Lee Holmes, 22, 501 West Apache Street, and Hermit Philpott, 26, Avondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Jack Boslet
Mary
Terminal Island
San Francisco
Beardsley
St. Monica’s Hospital
Boslet
Sincere Cole
Avondale
19Th Avenue
Buckeye Road
Henry Lee Holmes
West Apache Street
Hermit Philpott
Ten Students Train as Campus Police at Tempe School
Ten students from Arizona State College at Tempe served as campus policemen and learned regular police procedures during a one day training school at the Phoenix Police Academy in South Mountain Park. It marks the third year the school has been held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona State College
Tempe
Phoenix Police Academy
South Mountain Park
Aluminum as Luxury Material in 1960s Prices
The note recalls aluminum's status as a luxury metal about sixty years ago, costing roughly five dollars per pound. It highlights how metal value influenced consumption and pricing in that era, reflecting postwar economic conditions and industrial demand.
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. L. Vivion
Riverside Sheriff's Office
Josephine Vasquez
Teresa
By Ohne Dang
Anne Adams
Gazette
P. O
Phoenix College
Lael Muehlebach
Patty Sue Stapley
Marilyn Sullivan
Duncan
Francisco Lopez Figueroa
Florida
Francis Gilmore
South Eighth Street
J. C. Penney Company
Gilmore
Ramon Translavia
Henshaw Road
Charles C. Bernstein
Rachel Roberts
Russell E. Hoff
Rialto Theater
Bernstein
Hoff
Nebraska
M. T. White
State Hotel
White
San Quentin
C. F. Pollock
Kiwanis Club
Charles Davis
Elgin
Truman
Rites
S.b.nelson
Charles H. Nelson
Saguaro Chapter
Daughters of the American Colonists
G. T. Smitheran
North 40Th Street
A. C. Worm
South Carolina
de Witt Wheat
Men’s Garden Club
Valley Garden Center
North 15Th Avenue
Jay Egbert
L. C. Updyke
Arizona Museum
10Th Avenue
van Buren Street
D. Lee Jones
Chandler
St. Joseph’s Hospital
House
Highways and Bridges Committee
Arizona Highway Commission
Raymond Langham
Bill Craig
Wickenburg
Robert H. Wallace
John Wilson
Harry Wimberly
Marshal Simms
Clifton
The
Arizona Humane Association
John Biante
Ray Ruksas
American Legion
North First Avenue
O. P. Mowry
Thelma Ragsdale
E. B. Osborn
B. B. Montague
Charles Francis
Nellie Smith
Samuel J. Joseph
Mineralogical Society of Arizona
State Treasury
Jacque
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