Rubber Firm Executives and Wives Tour Valley Area
A 10 car party of 40 rubber manufacturing executives and their wives toured the Valley as guests of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company chairman Paul W. Litchfield. They visited Wigwam Tal-Wi-Wi ranch American Institute for Foreign Trade Reynolds Metals plant and went to Phoenix areas before returning to the Wigwam for dinner. A Goodyear Farms administration meeting tomorrow at 10 a m will conclude the 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. Twenty leaders of two women’s clubs petitioned for action, citing killings, dozens of prostitution houses, hundreds of prostitutes, gambling joints, and liquor sales. Editor Cleary cites $8 million paid to transient cotton workers, urging investigation into racketeering.
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Tucson
Casa Grande
Arizona Daily Star
Phoenix
Lynn Earley
C. W. Cleary
DIDJA KNOW unofficial trivia by readers in town
A reader column playfully surveys local odds and ends from auto courts to travel quirks and quick math tips. It muses on fuel economy, airplane licensing marks, and practical everyday hacks, ending with a wink at rounding checks to the nearest dollar.
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Central Avenue
Mesa City
van Buren
Central Ave
Shelling Concluded Near Chinese Territorial Waters
Captain Jones described a harrowing attack as their ship lay 19 miles from land in international waters. Chinese gunboats fired at least 38 shells, with mines reportedly laid at the river mouth near Shanghai. The Flying Arrow, part of the Isbrandtsen line, is the fourth vessel hit in the blockade, and 11 crew members left in Hong Kong to avoid continuing to Shanghai.
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Jones
Formosa Strait
Hong Kong
Flying Cloud
Sir John Franklin
Isbrandtsen
Brooklyn Heights
Shanghai Ae
Weather snap harms Imperial Coachella crops in cold storm
California fruit and vegetable losses reported as Imperial and Coachella farmers endure heavy damage from a cold snap. Temperatures rose 12 to 22 degrees over Saturday, with heavy rainfall and icy slush causing traffic tieups. Rain totals reach 1.12 inches in Los Angeles and varied across the Bay Area.
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California
Imperial
Coachella
Los
Sacramento
Donner Summit
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Arrowhead
San Bernardino Mountains
Hoberg
Lake County
Mount Shasta
Russia Asks Jap Repatriation Ship
Tokyo January 9 1946 Russia asked General MacArthur headquarters for a vessel to repatriate 2500 Japanese prisoners from Siberia in a surprise move. The request follows a US note to Moscow urging a neutral inquiry into the fate of 376000 Japanese still unreturned from Soviet territories.
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Tokyo
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Siberia
United States
Moscow
MacArthur
Ex-Marine spared by jury in deadly duel ruling
De witt Combs, 23, was found guilty of manslaughter for killing Francis S. Fay during a dark basement confrontation over his romance with Rita Fay. The jury spared him the electric chair, with sentence due January 20 and potential penalties up to 20 years, as the judge sees fit.
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New York
Dewitt Combs
Combs
Francis S. Fay
Rita Fay
Fay
Rita
Santa Claus
Penny Gust
Chicago
Little Penny
Bruce Meeks
First Arizona newspaper founder and press story
Publishers brought the first press to Arizona and in 1859 published the Weekly Arizonian at Tubac, led by Edward E. Cross who opposed territorial status. The press later moved to Tucson, the 1864 ambush killing of Wrightson noted, and discussions at a publishers meeting covered association plans, readership surveys, and federal newspaper legislation with industry leaders from Tucson Phoenix Chandler and San Francisco.
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Arizona
Tubac
Arizonian
Cincinnati
Horn
Guaymas
Arizona Pioneers Historical Society
University of Arizona
Arizonian’s
Edward E. Cross
Sylvester Mowry
Tucson
Mowry
Farish
Wrightson
Fort Buchanan
Robert Gros
San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Europe
Association
Ray J. Dyer
Phoenix Gazette
The
Arizona Republic
Douglas Martin
Department of Journalism
University
Lynn Williams
Chandler
W. R. Mathews
Far East
Justice Becomes Medical Foundation Assistant in Chapel Hill
Charlie Justice, All-America Tar Heel halfback, will join the North Carolina Medical Foundation as assistant to director Dr. Sylvester Green after June graduation. The role centers on public relations work with an estimated $8,000 annual pay, aligning with Justice’s long held aim in medicine and his choice to avoid professional football. The foundation, formed last May, supports medical and dental school programs through educational and research funding.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Charlie Justice
New
North Carolina Medical Foundation
Sylvester Green
Justice
Overell Couple Start South America Trip
Heiress Beulah Louise Cannon and her husband Robert Cannon depart Los Angeles for two years in South America. They will live in Quito Ecuador with side trips to neighboring countries, arriving January 16. Cannon, ex Los Angeles police, resigned a month ago after acquittal in 1947 related to yacht explosion death.
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Los Angeles
INS
Beulah Louise Overell Cannon
Robert
South America
Los Angeles International Airport
Ecuador
Cannon
Police Department
Beulah
George
Bud) Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Newport Harbor
Calif
Mine Blast Wrecks Japanese Village Injures Forty
A derelict mine exploded at Koshino Village on the Japan Sea front injuring 40 people and wrecking 37 homes while 98 more were badly damaged. The Western Honshu Island village was later buried by snow, worsening conditions for the homeless.
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Toyko
Koshino
Japan Sea Front
Honshu
Boy and dog walk 14 miles to restaurant
In Redondo Beach California ten year old Michael O'Terry and his police shepherd Teddy fled after mother ordered the dog caged or removed. After hours the pair arrived at a service station separated by a 20 foot chain and were fed at a restaurant. Michael fears punishment from a family member.
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Redondo Beach
Calif
Michael O’terry
Michael
Teddy
Pat O’terry
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United Nations General Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Peter Dowling
Manhattan
Dawn Patrol
Dwight Eisenhower
Nathan M. Ohrbach
Hooper
Orpheum
Hutch
China
Wiltons
Axminsters
W. Adams
Ae Ayied
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