Storm brings snow and rain to Arizona
A light snowstorm spread across Northern Arizona with Flagstaff reporting seven inches of new snow and Pinal Ranch near Superior at three and a half inches. Valley areas saw measurable moisture, with Phoenix at .08 inch and Tempe at .11. Snow and rain lingered, roads icy in mountains, with cooler temps expected tonight and scattered light snow possible in northern and eastern parts.
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Payson
Prescott
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Yuma
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Natural Bridge
Young
Pleasant Valley
Tonto Fish Hatchery
Floods Reach Ohio River Basin With Widespread Evacuations
Floods pressed across Kentucky Indiana Missouri and Illinois as Ohio River crest forecasts rose to 53 feet. Red Cross evacuated or assisted about 150 Dunklin County families while many refused to leave Shawneetown and Mount Vernon faced rising water. Cold snaps hit Montana Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska and parts of California, with scattered snow and freezing temps in the West and light snow in the Northwest.
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Car Safety Check Set For Douglas
A safety check of automobiles was to open in Douglas today. City policemen, sheriff's deputies, and the Highway Patrol would conduct tests at a road block in the city and relocate the block several times through today and Saturday. Horns lights brakes glass mirrors and steering would be tested. Cars with defects will have to be repaired.
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Douglas
Sheriff's Deputies
Highway Patrol
Cock Fights and Sun Valley Game Association Report
A historical note describes cockfights at a Sun Valley venue with escalating attendance and demographics, plus a 1946 Sun Valley Game Association listing with Ted Grant and Charles G. Lama among early officers. It details monthly tax reports through 1949, organization status issues, and December 1949 financials including cash on hand and bank balance, along with $15 membership cards issued.
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SUN Valley Game Association
Harvey Fraley
Ted Grant
South Central Avenue
State Corporation Commission
Charles G. Lama
North 24Th Street
L. J. Hostetter
South LeBaron Street
Mesa
R. G. White
Tolleson
Holt
Corporation Commission
Everyday drama in the home as a nightly refrain
A psychologist cites dramatic sounds from nature and daily life and caps the list with home truths. The speaker highlights a child's cry for water, a ringing phone at 2 am, doorbells in the shower, night creaks, and the alarm clock as quintessential everyday noises.
Sun Valley Games Association Announces Big Fight Card
An Arizona promoter announced a main event featuring 15 bouts with a $1000 purse for February 5 and warned fowl raisers against staging events in town while touting a Sunday show with out of state cocks. Humane groups oppose the cruel sport as readers learn how cockfighting unfolds with gaffed birds, spurs, and blood in a 16 foot pit.
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Sun Valley Games Association, Inc
The
Humane Association of Arizona
Plane Collision Kills Four in Training Flight
Four Royal Air Force crewmen died when two Mosquito bombers collided during a training flight over British North Borneo. The accident leaves four men dead and underscores dangers of routine exercises. Meanwhile France plans an airborne division equipped by American gear, signaling expanding Allied air power.
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Singapore
Royal Air Force
British North Borneo
Flying Arrow Reaches Port After Repairs at Tsingtao
Aboard the Flying Arrow the crew said goodbye to an American destroyer escort as the freighter docked at the Communist port of Tsingtao to repair damage from a shelling by a Chinese Nationalist gunboat. The incident occurred when the ship attempted to enter the Yangtze on a blockade run toward Shanghai.
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Wayne Richardson
Flying Arrow
Tsingtao
U. S
Yangtze
Shanghai
Communists Bombed Hong Kong in Mainland Assault Move
Nationalist long range bombers bombed Communist invasion boats and supply depots massed on the Chinese mainland. The strikes aimed at hindering assaults toward Hainan and Formosa as war tensions spiked in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Hainan
Formosa
Building activity in Safford declines in 1949
City clerk Ralph Eggleston reports 66 building permits issued in 1949 with total value 241 422, down from 97 permits worth 695 565 in 1948. Largest 1949 permit was 35 000 for Lindsey's Creamery home. Rabies clinics set for Graham County towns Pima Solomonsville Michelena Hollywood with dates in January. PTA meetings planned in Safford and Thatcher schools. Procopius noted for plague symptom description.
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Ralph Eggleston
Lindsey
Graham County
Pima
Solomonsville
Michelena
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