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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
2
Washington January 10 AP Congress will open hearings January 23 on a proposed genocide pact to outlaw the destruction of a race by any nation. The United Nations proposed the pact to prevent future Nazi like purges, with Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut heading the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.
Residents and club women condemn long standing vice issues in Eloy and Casa Grande areas where gambling houses moved, bars and barracks proliferated near city limits. Health and police reports link infections to vice venues and fatalities among cotton pickers. Kiwanis and Club Women urge action while Mangum notes legal barriers to prosecuting operators.
Severe storms stretch from the South Atlantic coast to the Midwest with calmer conditions in the South and West. In Indiana and Illinois flood areas, 900 soldiers and volunteers reinforce sandbags along the Wabash and Embarrass rivers as rescue squads operate. Governor Stevenson directs National Guard support in floodlands near Mt Carmel and Lawrenceville. In Missouri, nearly 100 residents evacuate as Meramec River floods cause five houses to collapse. no injuries. Illinois Jasper County flood damage tops estimates as Embarrass River inundates 25,000 acres and livestock losses rise. corn damage ranges 30 to 40 thousand dollars.
River water pours into an artificial Davis Lake behind Davis Dam signaling the start of a reservoir that will extend 67 miles to Hoover Dam. Crane placement of six ton concrete blocks begins spillway work as water backs up to 30 miles and 70 feet deep within a week. Generators will supply power to California Nevada and Arizona, with first unit operating about a year.
The council board reviews King's exceptional qualifications under civil service rules to waive exams and residence by unanimous vote. A new classified city post is planned with a finance department to oversee taxation, auditing, purchasing, budgeting, and property administration, with King shaping the organization. King, a 1919 Missouri graduate, previously led the Kansas City water department cutting operating costs and modernizing accounting. He also held roles in federal agencies, notably the Resettlement and Farm Security Administrations, and managed vast program designs and staff reductions. He is affiliated with multiple professional societies, is married with two children, and plans to move to Phoenix with his wife next weekend.
Arizona Supervisors Association endorses statewide equalization of tax assessments by 1951 with no inventory or special group reductions until completion. County assessors previously agreed to cut inventory assessments for retailers wholesalers and manufacturers from 60 to 45 percent of cash value. President designate Gordon Evans announced. Wyly Parsons urged early equalization on 1951 tax rolls as some counties already began using the manual.
National AP directors meet in Tucson at the Arizona Inn for a three day session. The group includes AP president Robert McLean and many prominent journalists such as Paul Patterson of the Baltimore Sun and Arthur Hays Sulzberger of the New York Times. Attendance spans editors and publishers from Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, and more.
An 18 year old University of Arizona coed, Joyce Flynn of Goodyear, fell from a third floor Mari copa Hall window after returning from a date. She is in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital with serious internal injuries as investigators pursue the case. Her parents Lt Comdr and Mrs L A Flynn are in Tucson.
Rome sources say Premier Alcide de Gasperi will resign his pro Western cabinet tomorrow but is expected to be asked to form a new government immediately according to authoritative reports.
In Los Angeles on January 10, defense lawyers announced they will call Fred Stroble to testify, reversing earlier strategy. Dr Marcus Crahan, jail physician who examined Stroble after arrest on November 17 for the murder of 6 year old Linda Joyce Glacoft, testified Stroble planned the crime. Crahan said every step from necktie to hammer ice pick and knife was willful, deliberate and premeditated.
A Northwest Airlines DC-4 bound for Seattle Trump Alaska bound escaped injury when its nosewheel collapsed on takeoff at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The four-engine plane carried 12 passengers and three crew members. An airline spokesman said no major damage occurred to the aircraft.
Authorities probe the death of 12 year old Dorothy Ann Pensyl found in a filthy shack near 46th Street and the Grand Canal. Her mother Mary Pensyl and three children are held for investigation of neglect while two younger brothers are placed in detention and the older boy in a juvenile jail tank. Police and county officials describe a scene of poverty with further abuse by siblings.
Mrs. John Gardner twenty two of Portales New Mexico is in Norman Hospital with serious injuries after an auto truck collision eight miles east of Casa Grande last night. Seven others received emergency treatment including her husband who has a broken hand and their two children. J L Stovall of Turlock California his wife and their two children were also involved. The Gardners and Stovalls were in a sedan driven by Stovall which overturned twice. The truck was driven by D A Morey of Glendale.
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