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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1950
Page
11
Sigmund Engel, a 74 year old love swindler, leaves for the state penitentiary to begin a two to 10 year term for bilking a Chicago widow of 8700 dollars. The Illinois Supreme Court denied a plea to stay execution pending appeal.
J Howard Pyle announced completion of a 602 worker organization for a $500,000 YMCA building drive running Jan 20 to Feb 6. Dix W Price headed the team, adding 21 names overnight to reach 470, a breakfast kickoff at First Presbyterian Church, with victory dinner Feb 6. About 10,000 prospects will receive ecards during the drive, funding a seven story YMCA on First Avenue, using proceeds from 1944 and sale of the present building.
Premier Alcide de Gasperi submitted his government’s resignation to President Luigi Einaudi in Rome. Einaudi refused immediate acceptance and asked the premier to stay on with the cabinet temporarily while he consults party leaders. De Gasperi, leader of the Christian Democrat Party, said he sought a new cabinet including right wing Socialist ministers who had resigned a month earlier.
A Denver supermarket rush hour hold up ends with a gunman named El Cobra forcing manager Calvin Schilt to fill a bag with $275 in small bills after presenting a threatening note. The robber fled the scene.
Lee Thompson Smith, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, proposed wiring automobile horns so they will only blow when the car is in motion, offering a cure for drivers who honk during traffic jams.
San Francisco January 12 AP report notes a new nephrite jade deposit being mined near Porterville in Tulare County. The jade is medium to dark green with excellent translucency and fine cutting quality, placing it among the three known commercial deposits in the United States alongside Monterey County and near Lander Wyoming.
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