Polio Drive Urgency Grows After Three New Cases
Three new infantile paralysis cases at St. Monica’s Hospital raise urgency for the 1950 March of Dimes drive. St. Monica’s admits Tom Clark 3, son of Aaron and Mrs. Clark, to the iron lung ward. Mrs. Nevada Black, Glen Dale, and Carl Matteo, 6, near 1905 North 25th Place, are named as recent victims.
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St. Monica's Hospital
Kk. L. Fitzpatrick
Maricopa County
St. Moni
Tom Clark
Aaron Clark
Coolidge
Nevada Black
Glendale
Carl Matteo
Bertus Verkay
North 25Th Place
Fitzpatrick
National Foundation For
Rubber Firm Executives Wives Tour Valley Area
A 10 car party of 40 rubber manufacturing executives and spouses toured the Valley this morning as the final sightseeing segment of an annual visit hosted by Goodyear chairman Paul W. Litchfield. They visited Wigwam Tal-Wi-Wi ranch and Reynolds Metals, with plans to dine at Hotel Westward and return to Goodyear Farms for a 10 am meeting tomorrow to close a five day visit.
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Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear, Tire and Rubber Company
Wigwam
Tal-Wi-Wi Ranch
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Glendale
North Phoenix
Scottsdale
Phoenix Country Club
Encanto Park
Reynolds Metals
Goodyear Farms
Vice Charges Multiply In Casa Grande Area
Open vice conditions exist just outside Casa Grande city limits. Twenty leaders of two women’s clubs petitioned to curb rising vice, citing killings, dozens of open brothels, as many as 36 prostitutes, gambling joints, and liquor sellers. Sheriff Earley promised investigation. Casagrande Dispatch editor cites $8 million paid to transient cotton workers, with much diverted to vice and racketeers.
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Tucson
Casa Grande
Arizona Daily Star
Phoenix
Lynn Earley
Dc. W. Cleary
Casa
R A Barnes Hotel Manager Dies in Phoenix
Roy Allison Barnes 55 year old manager of the New York Hotel at Third and Madison died yesterday at St Josephs Hospital He had lived in Phoenix three years He will be taken to Hartington Nebraska for funeral and interment He was born in Iowa County Iowa Survivors include wife Ethel three sons Raymond Earl Marvin Barnes all of Hartington a daughter Mrs Erma Wrenn of Phoenix and two sisters in Iowa
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Roy Allison Barnes
New York
Third
Madison Streets
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Phoenix
Hartington
Neb
Iowa County
Iowa
Ethel
Barnes
Raymond
Earl
Marvin Barnes
Erma Wrenn
El Paso Gas Wins Recess Of Hearing
El Paso Natural Gas Company gains a postponement of its pipeline hearing until April 17 before the Federal Power Commission. Attorney Allen R. Grambling said the delay will allow El Paso to secure firmer gas contracts in the San Juan fields of New Mexico Colorado and Utah. The proposal calls for a 451 mile line to deliver 165 million cubic feet daily with 15 million to Southern Union Gas for northern Arizona resale and 150 million to Pacific Gas & Electric for the San Francisco Bay area.
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Washington
el Paso Natural Gas Company
San Juan
Federal Power Commission
Marvin Farrington
Allen R. Grambling
el Paso
Gambling
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Grambling
Commission
Southern Union Gas Company
Arizona
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Topock
Ariz
San Francisco Bay Area
Israelis Warn Land Owners To File Land Details
The Consulate of Israel in Los Angeles urges American landowners in Israel to submit their names addresses parcel or block numbers and, if possible, land registry or deed copies. Nonpayment of taxes could trigger a fine of 20 percent of the tax value, so filings help authorities notify owners in advance of taxes due.
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Israel
West Eighth Street
Los Angeles
Paradise Valley Improvement Association Meeting
In Scottsdale today at 7 30 p m Scottsdale High School library the Paradise Valley Improvement Association holds its organizational meeting. Articles of incorporation will be discussed and a board of directors elected with landowners from the Arizona Canal Pinnacle Peak Tatum Boulevard and Salt River Indian Reservation area invited. Raymond Mitchell serves as temporary chairman as efforts aim to remove dump heaps improve roads and push other improvements.
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Scottsdale
Paradise Valley Improvement Association
Scottsdale High School
Arizona Canal
Pinnacle Peak
Tatum Boulevard
Salt River Indian Reservation
Raymond Mitchell
Mrs. Marie Mast Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Mast of 2502 North 14th Street, who died at her home Saturday, will be held at 3 30 p m tomorrow in Memory Chapel. The Rev. Edward P O Rea will officiate, with burial at Memory Lawn Memorial Park. Born in Germany 78 years ago, she came to Arizona in 1912, first settling in Miami and later moving to Phoenix in 1926. Survived by her husband Joseph, a son Ferdinand Mast, and one grandchild.
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Marie Mast
North 14Th Street
A. L. Moore and Sons
Edward P. O
First Methodist Church
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Mast
Germany
Arizona
Miami
Phoenix
Joseph
Ferdinand Mast
Freeze To Strike Valley Tomorrow
Weather forecast from the United States Weather Bureau notes clearing skies will bring cold conditions to the Valley by morning after a two day respite. Previous cold damaged Valley citrus and vegetables. Local readings show Phoenix yesterday high 62, low 44. Flagstaff 41 to 24, Grand Canyon 38 to 23.
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Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Prescott
Gila Bend
Payson
Tucson Bay Taken Off High Ledge
Fifteen year old Eddie Stone was rescued from a ledge in the Catalina Mountains at 1 54 a m. He was uninjured after two dozen Pima County sheriff officers battled darkness and rough terrain for hours. The boy slipped on the ledge while inspecting the old Potomac Mine with his father Edwin Stone and three companions Michael McCarty Lee W Epperson and Jack Schwinger. When rescuers could not reach him, a plea brought in the sheriff crew to continue before dark.
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Tucson
Eddie Stone
Catalina Mountains
Potomac
Edwin Stone
Michael McCarty
Lee W. Epperson
Jack Schwinger
Two Youths Plead Guilty in School Looting Case
Two 18 year old youths Alonzo Caldera and Pete Jeminez pled guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to burglary and grand theft for looting Lincoln School at 1021 East Henshaw Road on December 21. They admitted stealing a record player worth 150, a peanut vending machine worth 40 and 4 in cash, and they damaged desks and furniture as they looted. Judge Dudley W. Windes set sentencing for next Monday morning.
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Lincoln School
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
East Henshaw Road
Alonzo Caldera
East Sherman Street
Pete Jeminez
South Ninth Place
Indian Sentenced For Wife Attack
Willard Padgley a 37 year old Pima Indian of the Sacaton Reservation was sentenced to state prison for one to two years for aggravated assault on his wife Louise. He had been in the city jail more than 100 times and had escaped from the city jail chain gang 25 times. He admitted beating his wife on Christmas Eve and breaking her left arm as the assault.
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Willard Padgley
Sacaton Reservation
Louise
Padgley
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
Conservation Board Sets Date for Annual Arizona Soil Meeting
The Arizona Soil Conservation District board met at the Arizona Land Department offices to choose a date for the association's annual meeting. I. O. Rasmussen of Coolidge chairs the board.
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Arizona Soil Conservation District
Arizona Land Department
I. O. Rasmussen
Coolidge
Crash Kills Woman Victim Of Stabbing
Lenora Green a 37 year old Marana woman who had been stabbed in the left shoulder died after being thrown 56 feet from a car that overturned four times nine miles north of Tucson. A hearse carrying a body linked to a Palo Verde tree hanging incident collided with another car injuring a passenger. Patrols named Walter Traylor Jr. as the driver. Other injuries were reported in collisions at 16th and Pierce and at East Van Buren Street among others.
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Arizona
Lenora Green
Marana
Tucson
Walter Traylor, Jr
Traylor
Focello Sherman
Dan Harris
Laura Durham
North 22Nd Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
Central Avenue
Orangewood Road
William E. Durham
Clarence E. Kiefer
Sunnyslope Mortuary
South Mountain Park
L. C. Boies
California Storm Dumps Snow and Rain Across State
A weekend storm blanketed California mountains with snow while rain soaked other regions. A Gulf of Alaska storm may reach the state by mid week. Imperial and Coachella valleys suffered heavy crop losses as Southern California warmed. Traffic tiedups formed on icy roads and rainfall totals varied with Las Angeles at 1.12 inches.
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San Francisco
California
Gulf of Alaska
Imperial
Coachella
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Santa Barbara
Sacramento
Fresno
Red Bluff
Los Angeles International Airport
Donner Summit
Bakersfield
Arrowhead
San Bernardino Mountains
Motor Hotel Group Calls for State Government Revamp
The Arizona Motor Hotel Association backs a Langmade proposal for state government reform to improve efficiency. C. L. Hammond notes nearly 1,000 motor court owners face taxes nearly confiscatory, with one owner paying over 20 percent of receipts in real estate taxes.
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Arizona Motor Hotel Association
Steve Langmade
Democratic State Central Committee
Langmade
C. L. Hammond
Arizona
Hammond
Hiss Trial Adjourned Amid Juror Illness
The second perjury trial of Alger Hiss paused today as Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard adjourned proceedings due to a juror illness. The judge said the trial would resume tomorrow at 10 30 a m, pending juror recovery.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
Accident Stalls 300 On Train Near Donner Summit
Westbound Overland Limited with 300 passengers was stalled in a blizzard after hitting an automobile near Donner Summit. The crash snapped a dining car coupling, rear cars moved forward for warmth as heat failed. Driver George Knowles, 55, Sacramento, suffered cuts and bruises. passenger George Haydin, 22, jumped free unhurt.
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Soda Springs
Calif
Donner Summit
George Knowles
Sacramento
George Haydin
J. D. Russell
Southern Pacific
Ex-Fireman Loses Suit Over Wages Claim
John T. Reid, former City Fire Department engineer, lost his suit for 298.44 in wages after being told not to report for duty pending an investigation from Oct 23 to Nov 20, 1948. Judge Thomas J. Croaff upheld the city, noting Reid did not show he performed duties during the suspension period. Reid contends the suspension letter violated civil service rules. city attorney cites nude photo possession alleged at the time. Reid resides at 1227 1/2 East Van Buren Street.
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John T. Reid
Maricopa County
Thomas J. Croaff
Reid
L. B. Barnum
Fire Department
Jack Choisser
van Buren Street
Avondale Chamber Installs Officers
Avondale January 9 E T W Coulter realtor installed as president of the Avondale Chamber of Commerce. Other officers include Dr J K Martin vice president Elmer Outlaw secretary manager Louis Skubitz E R Schneider L F Coor and Russell H Brinker as board members and E R Schneider Jack Greenleaf and L F Coor as softball league directors.
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Phoenix Gazette
Avondale
E. T. W. Coulter
Avondale Chamber of Commerce
Pollock Rites Planned for Carl Pollock
Funeral services for Carl Francis Pollock a 32 year old machinist for Builders Supply Corporation will be held tomorrow in Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Pollock lived at 1610 West Jackson Street and died Friday at his home.
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Carl Francis Pollock
Builders Supply Corporation
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Mr. Pollock
West Jackson Street
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East Meadowbrook Avenue
Hillier Johnson
West Denton Way
John Hoover
East Diamond Street
W. J. Sutter
Arizona Mercantile Co
East Jackson
Arizona Hardware Co
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YATES
van Buren
Rubber Firm
Wives Tour Valley Area
Casa Grande Area
R. A. Barnes
Chicago
Mexico City
Pittsburgh
Louis Stein
Stein
Yessir
Vicks VapoRub
Nicks VapoRus
el Paso Gas
The
Tucson Bay
Young Stone
Pima County Sheriffs Office
Conservation Meeting
Olher
Patricia Walker
East
Jefferson Street
16Th
Pierce Streets
James Jones
South 19Th Street
Raymond Holling
Patricia Street
Garland M. Tipton
West
Madison Street
William S. Bierach
East Virginia Avenue
East Indian School Road
Howard O. Jones
Isaah Platt
Monroe Street
Alton Platt
Adams Street
40Th
Washington Streets
Joe Lopez, Jr
Lehi
Carl McCollum
Macdonald Street
Mesa
Southside District Hospital
del W. Tinkler
Hoberg
Lake County
Mount Shasta
Motor Hotel Group
Hiss
A. J. Stern
Chiropodist
Plaster of Paris
South
Fox Theatre
America
West Monroe
Dick Steinman
Little Loans Corp
North First Avenue
Avondale Chamber
Pollock
Moscow
Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fis. Inc
H cd. Conn
Ford
Madison Ik
North Central
U.S. Naval Medical Bulletin
Grove Laboratories
Grove
Ata
Crove
Ryan -Evans
10Th St
McDowell Road
16Th St
Thomas Road
Third Avenue
Roosevelt
7Th Avenue
McDowell
Casa Grandeglobe Superior
Wickenburg
Smee Ane
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