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Newspaper

Phoenix Gazette

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1950

Page

11

Navajo Indians Call for General Duty Nurses Now

Dr. Charles C. Hedges announces a critical need for general duty nurses on the Navajo Reservation. Prospective applicants may meet him at Room 610, Hotel Westward Ho through Monday. Eligible nurses from any state may apply. starting salary is 3100 dollars with annual increases and a 10 percent night shift premium. The Navajo area spans northeast Arizona into Utah and New Mexico, home to about 65,000 Navajos and 5,000 Hopis.

Charles C. Hedges Hedges Hotel Westward Ho Indian Nursing Service Navajo Country Indian Service Arizona Utah New Mexico

Phoenician Delegation Heads to Chicago Furniture Show

Twenty one Phoenicians attend the Chicago semi annual world preview of Spring styles from the American Furniture Mart. The group, listing names from Phoenix firms such as Electric Center and Regester's, will spend 20 days viewing new fashions and purchasing for their companies as about 25,000 buyers are expected.

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 and Mary Horsley W. G. Bennett C. M

Charles H. Nelson Rites Arranged

Funeral services for Charles Henry Nelson a 63 year old Phoenix resident and miner of 29 years were scheduled for 3 30 p m Monday at Grimshaw Mortuary. He died Tuesday after a prolonged confinement in a local rest home born in Sweden he immigrated in 1886 and mined in Tonopah New Nevada and later in California before settling in 1921 working in Morristown and South Mountain districts

Charles Henry Nelson Phoenix Grimshaw Mortuary Nelson Sweden Tonopah New California Morristown South Mountain

Graham County Co-Op Secures $895000 Rural Electrification Loan

Graham County Electric Co-operative of Pima disclosed approval of an 895000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration. Funds will finance a 69,000 KV transmission line linking with Sulphur Springs Electric Co-operative, plus lines for Klondyke and Aravaipa areas, a headquar ters building, and improvements to existing facilities. The co op serves 1668 rural customers on 313 miles of lines.

Safford W. A. Batty Graham County Electric Co-operative, Inc Pima Rural Electrification Administration Washington, D. C Howard Helmers Sulphur Springs Electric Co-operative Graham-Cochise County Klondyke Aravaipa Mount Graham Graham County

1949 U S highway travel tops 400 billion miles

The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports that U S highway travel exceeded 400 billion miles in 1949, with more than half of the total on urban city streets.

United States Automobile Manufacturers Association

Filipino Leader Slain in Ambush Near Lake Washington

SEATTLE January 9 AP. Fidal Molina 42 president of the Filipino Social and Improvement Club was ambushed in his luxury car in front of his Lake Washington home. He died after crashing into a utility pole as three gunmen fled on foot. Authorities found two shotguns. Molina appeared struck by shotgun blasts and rifle bullets.

Seattle Lake Washington Fidal Molina Filipino Social and Improvement Club Molina

Three lumberjacks die after radiator anti freeze drink

In Utica New York on January 9 three lumberjacks died after consuming an anti freeze solution drained from a truck radiator. The incident outlines a fatal accident linked to mislabeled or mishandled vehicle fluids.

Utica N. Y

Mercy Slaying Case Jury Foreman Leaves Courtroom

Milford N H foreman Arthur E Comelli steps from Manchester courtroom as grand jury begins hearings in the mercy slaying case of Dr Hermann N Sander accused of hastening the death of cancer patient Mrs Abbie Borreto who was dying.

Arthur E. Comelli Milford, N. H Manchester Hermann N. Sander Abbie Borreto

Official Won't File Charges In Wilson Case

The attorney general declined to prepare or file charges against Jack Wilson superintendent of the state industrial school for boys at Fort Grant. Two board of juvenile institutions members, William H Becker and Mrs J P Ryan, sought to oust him but legal counsel said the attorney general cannot take sides. A personal survey of the school was ordered by the legislative interim committee with J Thomas McIntire to conduct it. Some board members back Wilson while others remain undecided.

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

Mexico Crash Kills Engineer

The National Railways reported the Nuevo Laredo Mexico City Aztec Eagle passenger train struck a freight caboose near San Luis Potosi killing the engineer. No passengers were hurt. The wreck outside Begonia trapped the engineer for hours before rescue.

Mexico City National Railways Nuevo Laredo San Luis Potosi United States Missouri Pacific Laredo Tex Begonia

Crash Kills Woman Victim Of Stabbing

Lenora Green, 37, of Marana, died after being stabbed in the left shoulder and hurled from a car that overturned four times nine miles north of Tucson while riding with Walter Traylor Jr. The crash followed a failed passing maneuver leaving two other Marana residents injured. A second incident involved a hearse carrying a body encountered a collision at Central Avenue and Orangewood Road, while a man hanging from a Palo Verde tree was found nearby in South Mountain Park. Police and sheriff officials provided details on victims and injuries from multiple accidents across the region.

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 Patricia Walker East Jefferson Street 16Th Pierce Streets James Jones South 19Th Street Raymond Holling Patricia Street Garland M. Tipton West Madison Street East van Buren Street William S. Bierach East Virginia Avenue East Indian School Road Howard O. Jones East Diamond Street Isaah Platt

Court Orders Fire Service Payment Made

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge and jury ruled that a private fire company is entitled to payment for its services even without the property owner calling, funding a verdict of $200 for the Rural Fire Protection Company in the suit by R. D. Springer against W. F. Armstrong for damage to a tourist court on February 23, 1949.

Maricopa County Superior Court R. D. Springer Rural Fire Protection Company W. F. Armstrong North 36Th Avenue Springer Armstrong Dudley W. Windes

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