Dangerous Bad Check Writer Gets 3-5 Years
Marvin Joseph Smith described as a dangerous man with a killing impulse was sentenced by Judge Charles C. Bernstein in Maricopa County Superior Court to 3 to 5 years in the Arizona State Prison. He pleaded guilty to obtaining money by bogus checks totaling 87 dollars passed on Phoenix stores and admitted using the check writing machine to defraud in El Paso Dallas Juarez and Chihuahua. He had been jailed, sent to hospitals, and claimed multiple violent intents including killing others and himself.
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Charles C. Bernstein
Maricopa County
Arizona State Prison
Marvin Joseph Smith
Flagstaff
Phoenix
Smith
el Paso
Dallas
Tex
Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
B. W. Wickstrom
Mort Baskin
Bernstein
Reformatory
Huntsville
Income tax ruling allows doctors to deduct entertainment
Attorney General Fred O. Wilson ruled that doctors may deduct entertainment expenses if linked to their profession. Assistant AG Edward Jacobson wrote the opinion after Kent D. Lockwood, director of the state income tax division, asked whether such expenses meet ordinary and necessary criteria.
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Fred O. Wilson
Edward Jacobson
Kent D. Lockwood
State
Task Force Arrests 42 In Two Days
Arizona Highway Patrol reports 42 motorists arrested in two days under the Operation Task Force. Most citations issued for speeding in the Buckeye to Gila Bend area with over $400 in fines so far. Patrol consolidates into three to four car task forces to curb high highway deaths since January 1. Walker notes full cooperation from justices of the peace and law enforcement, and more units will be deployed if effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Highway Patrol
A. G. Walker
Walker
Buckeye-Gila Bend
Arizona
Tas
Jack Powell
Justices of the Peace
Maricopa to Add Eight Districts
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will redraw the county into 31 legislative districts, up from 23, based on population. Each district will aim to have about 2,500 electors, with a representative elected from each. Tentative boundaries start next week and must be finalized by March 12, followed by new voting precincts.
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Maricopa
Morticians Appeal Considered by Maricopa Supervisors
A Phoenix funeral directors proposal to bar new morticians from indigent burial fees unless in operation two years is discussed by Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Morticians led by A Lee Moore argue the county finances new undertakers, challenging the policy. A. Lee Moore heads the delegation with James A Walsh counsel. News also notes Fisher Contracting low bid for paving East Buchanan Street from 20th to 22nd streets at 7202.86 and Belmont Avenue name change request to State Avenue referred to the county engineer.
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Phoenix Funeral
Maricopa
James A. Walsh
Fisher Contracting Company
Buchanan Street
20Th
22Nd Streets
Phoenix-Tempe Stone Company
Phoenix Post Office
Belmont Avenue
Glendale Avenue
31St
35Th Avenues
State Avenue
Encanto Shuffleboard Club Holds Semi Monthly Meeting
Sixty members attended a party at the University Park Recreational Building reported by secretary treasurer Mrs. Sally Kennen. A movie and canasta featured the meeting and the next event is a 6:30 p.m. potluck on February 2 in the same building.
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Encanto Shuffleboard Club
University Park
Sally Kennen
Show Must Go On Deputies Delay Arrest for Dinner
Deputies in Phoenix let cook Lewis E. Henry prepare a meal at Robin's Nest cafe before arresting him on seven counts of bad checks. Henry, 42, said to be wanted in Evansville and also for passing no account checks in Janesville Fort Atkinson and Beloit, Wis., was booked at the county jail.
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Maricopa County
Lewis E. Henry
Evansville
Wis
B. W. Wickstrom
Mort Baskin
East
van Buren Street
Henry
Grand Avenue
Phoenix
Janesville
Fort Atkinson
Beloit
Wisconsin
Meeting Tomorrow To Plan For Scholastic Art Exhibition
Representatives from 29 Arizona junior high and high schools meet at 10 30 a m tomorrow in the Phoenix College Club Room to plan the 1950 Regional Scholastic Art Exhibition February 25 to March 4. Prize categories include tuition scholarships cash awards and representation in a national exhibition.
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Arizona
Phoenix College Club
Valley National Bank
Phoenix College
Scholastic Magazines
New York City
Scholastic Awards Committee
Walter Bimson
Valley Na
Mrs. Marian Polk Dies at 43 in Phoenix Arizona
Marian Polk 43, wife of R. W. Polk of 1746 East Roma Avenue, died at St. Monica's Hospital after ill health since May. Private funeral services will be at Memory Chapel, A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary, tomorrow with Canon Morton T. Kelsey of Trinity Cathedral officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Severinghaus, two daughters Caroline and Kathryn, two sisters Gladys Funk and Kathryn O'Troole, and brother Nelson in Georgia.
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Marian Polk
Arizona
St. Monica’s Hospital
R. W
Bill) Polk
East
Roma Avenue
Phoenix
Harvey A. Severinghaus
Memory Chapel
A. L. Moore and Sons
Morton T. Kelsey
Trinity
Marijuana Case Involves 2 Here
Jesse F. Bagley Jr and Kenneth Evans appeared before United States commissioner C B Wilson on charges of marijuana possession. Bagley was held in jail on a 2000 dollar bond for 104 grains seized. Evans posted 1000 dollars and was released after facing 393 grains. A wartime casualty figure is noted: 225,155 killed in World War II.
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Jesse F. Bagley, Jr
North Laurel Avenue
Kenneth Evans
South Eighth Street
C. B. Wilson
United States
Bagley
Evans
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Gail Shoemaker
Tional Bank
Robert J. Hannelly
Cordelia M. Perkins
Phoenix Union High
Edwin J. Hammer
Phoenix College Committee
Don T. Rios
Emanuel A. Smith
James Byron McCormick
University of Arizona
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Arizona State College
L. A. Eastburn
State College At
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Phoenix Union High Schools
Donald Tope
Phoenix City
M. L. Brooks
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Walter Maxwell
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St. Agnes Church
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