Missouri Publisher Backs Truman On Formosa Policy
Chandler January 21 Missouri publisher Henry D Bradley of St. Joseph two major newspapers the St. Joseph New Press and the St. Joseph Gazette expressed support for President Trumans handling of the China Formosa issue as the only possible manner He noted Missouri is closely divided politically and defended avoiding imperial crises He and his wife stay at the San Marcos Hotel planning to return home next month Bradley said relaxation in Arizona suits him and answered queries about his need to travel for rest with that climate dialogue
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Truman
Missouri
Tru
Bradley
San Marcos
St. Joseph
Arizona
Police Kill Gunman and Capture Two in Elizabethtown
In Elizabethtown Pennsylvania police halted an attempted robbery, firing on three men. One, Frank Stadler of Baltimore, 42, was killed. Ray Weber, 42, Baltimore, was wounded and captured. Earl Firestone, 33, Lebanon, was captured and jailed. Weber taken to Samaritan Hospital. no charges filed yet.
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Elizabethtown
Lebanon City
Lebanon
Frank Stadler
Baltimore
Ray Weber
Earl Firestone
Grubb
Brennan
Pennsylvania
Weber
Samaritan Hospital
Firestone
Wife Of Turf Figure Dies In Arizona
Martha Lee Murphy 38 wife of Bill Murphy announcer and public relations man for the Maricopa Turf Club died unexpectedly at St Monicas Hospital Rosary service Monday at 8 p m Mass Tuesday at 9 a m St Francis Xavier Church interment St Francis Cemetery She had spent five winters in Phoenix with her husband and was born July 16 1911 in Elsberry Missouri Surviving besides her husband is her mother Mrs Halley Temple of Elsberry Missouri
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Martha Lee Murphy
Bill Murphy
Maricopa Turf Club
St. Monica's Hospital
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
St. Francis Xavier Church
St. Francis Cemetery
Sportsman’s Park
Ingleside
West Indian School Road
Elsberry
Halley Temple
Hoo Hoo Group Plans Ladies Night at Green Gables
The Salt River Valley Hoo Hoo Club will host a ladies night at Green Gables located at 2345 East Thomas Road starting 7 29 p m Monday. Earl Cox president Don Brown entertainment chair Charles West reservations head announced.
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Salt River Valley Hoo
Grounded drivers jump appeal gun in Detroit
Two motorists without licenses, Harry L. Harte aged 20 and Edward Massey aged 33, were arrested after driving their cars to the license appeal office in Detroit on January 21. The men sought renewal of revoked permits, but authorities said they went about it the wrong way.
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Detroit
Harry L. Harte
Edward Massey
Two Fugitives Nabbed and Third Sought Near St David
BISBEE Jan 21 AP Sheriff deputies closed in on a man wanted for assaulting a highway patrolman near St David yesterday. Two others, Nicholas Santini and Richard Chastain both of Fresno, Calif, were captured in a cabin on the Sabine ranch. The search used mounted patrols and bloodhounds as trackers closed in on Bob Smith from Los Angeles.
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Nicholas James Santini
Richard Howard Chastain
Fresno
Calif
Florence
Sought
Bob Smith
Los Angeles
Phoenix area crime and aviation thefts and local notices
Police report a wheel and tire stolen from Donald McCaughey’s two seat plane at Sky Harbor while grounded. Patrick Maxwell, 24, injured by knife wounds, is hospitalized as detectives seek the assailant. Geraldine Hales departs for Women’s Army Corps training at Camp Lee Virginia after studies at Glendale Union High and Phoenix College. Local student Fol Hales suffers a leg injury from a car collision, and Hume, 16, fractures a leg at Phoenix Union High after a scooter collision. Several residents treated for injuries at St Monica’s Hospital after accidents at Western Cotton and other sites. Major J B Pierce announces Air Force recruiting openings in Phoenix area. Ferris Price assaulted at home. assailants call him later. Cub Pack 15 Den 3 hosts visitors from Phoenix Indian School. Local lectures and club meetings announced including J R Cullinson at Encanto Club House and a Phoenix Engineers Club supper. Three men arrested at a poker raid post bail. identified as Duncan, Bowmany, and Ewing. Aeralogical Society showcases crystal production and differences between artificial and natural crystals. Old Age Pension Association plans welfare reserve discussions for state senate session.
Official Held In Auto Death
Melchor Alibarri Mexican government fish inspector is held in Gila Bend after a coroner's jury found negligence in the automobile death of Eleanor P. Clapp 39, wife of Col Stacey W. Clapp Jr. The accident occurred on Highway 84 near Gila Bend as Mrs Clapp and her husband traveled from Fort Bliss to California. Alibarri was picked up in Yuma. Col Clapp identified the suspect’s car. Maricopa County attorney's office investigates.
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Gila Bend
Melchor Alibarri
United States Army
Alibarri
Eleanor P. Clapp
Highway 84
Here
Col
Stacey W. Clapp
Clapp
California
Fort Bliss
Tex
Ulibarri
Yuma
Yuma County
Sheriff’s Office
Maricopa County
Norse Ship Heimvard Burns in Mississippi River
The Norwegian motorship Heimvard burned on the Mississippi during the night. Captain H. M. Hanssen said the vessel would be a total loss. All 21 crew members including a woman radio operator abandoned ship unharmed.
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New Orleans
Heimvard
Mississippi River
H. M. Hanssen
Patagonian Businessman Steve Harris Dead at 61
Patagonian resident Steve Harris died suddenly at his home. A prominent businessman in New Mexico and Arizona, Harris will have funeral services and interment Monday in Silver City, New Mexico. He was 61 and had been ill for three years.
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Patagonian
Nogales
Steve Harris
Patagonia
Silver City
N. M
Harris
New Mexico
Arizona
Pickets Clash With Miners At Colorado Coal Field
In Canon City Colorado on January 21 a reinforced United Mine Workers picket line clashed with members of a new small union. About 35 independents tried to crash the line, then dispersed after an hour. Four independents were hospitalized, with one listed as serious. The splinter group, Coal Miners of the Rocky Mountain Empire, claimed over 40 former UMW members joined, citing dissatisfaction with UMW leadership.
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Canon City
Colo
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
UMW
District 15
Denver
Frank Hefferly
Florence
Fremont County
Florence Hospital
Thomas Shelnutt
L. J. Clark
Eugene Mattice
John Moscott
Moscott
Shelnutt
Coal Miners of the
Rocky Mountain Empire
Four Pickers Hurt In Crash At Waddell Road
Four cotton pickers en route to work were injured when two cars collided near Waddell Road and J Avenue four miles west of Litchfield Park. Driver Paul Jordan 31 Goodyear faced reckless driving charges. Gethro Jordan 22 Buckeye drove the other vehicle. he and the three passengers suffered injuries and were taken to St Monica's Hospital.
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Waddell Road
J Avenue
Litchfield Park
Paul Jordan
Goodyear
Gethro Jordan
Buckeye
Henry Curtis
Allen Mildrow, Jr
Cicero Kindle
St. Monica’s Hospital
Curtis
Mildrow
Kindle
Barnum Funeral Set For Monday
George Claire Barnum founder of Phoenix Tent and Awning Company died Thursday. Funeral services at 2 p m Monday at Grimshaw Mortuary conducted by Reverend Morton T. Kelsey of Trinity Cathedral. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
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George Claire Barnum
The
Phoenix Tent and Awning Company
Grimshaw Mortuary
Morton T. Kelsey
Trinity Cathedral
Greenwood Memorial Park
Kimball designated to attend council meeting in Long Beach
Senator William F. Kimball of Pima County was designated today by the Special Legislative Committee on State Operations to attend a meeting of the Council of State Government's Institutional Care Committee in Long Beach California on January 30.
Record Heat Stays In Valley
The Valley continues to bake with record heat as Phoenix forecasts a high of 82, five degrees above the January 21 1910 mark. Yesterday Phoenix and Tucson tied as the nation’s warmest cities with highs of 84, matching the January 9 1923 all time monthly record. Morning lows were 42 at Sky Harbor and 46 downtown, with warm, partly cloudy conditions expected tomorrow.
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Valley of the Sun
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Tucson
United States
Sky Harbor
Slaying Concluded as Father Ends Own Life
A woman named Mrs. Oliver was shot as three of her children reached her side. Her teenage son tried to intervene and then attacked the stepfather, who then shot himself in the head and died after 25 minutes. A hysterical child called the sheriff, and hospital staff noted a commotion nearby. The couple leaves five children, four from Mrs. Oliver's prior marriage.
Three Men Sentenced In Maricopa County Court
Judge Walter J Thalheimer sentenced Clayton Strong a 32 construction worker of 1001 East Whitton Avenue to a year in county jail for contributing to the delinquency of a 10 year old girl after a guilty plea Charles E Dillingham 21 of 2810 North 30th Street received one to two year terms in state prison on each of two counts for passing two fourteen dollar bogus checks with terms to run concurrently Probation officers report Dillingham had a prior five year suspended sentence in Dallas for intent to commit murder
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Walter J. Thalheimer
Maricopa County
Clayton Strong
East Whitton Avenue
Charles E. Dillingham
North 30Th Street
Pilgrim Rest Church Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement
Moses Bellfield a 48 year old deacon and treasurer of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church pleaded guilty in Mari copa County Superior Court to embezzling 264.23. Judge Rent Jennings placed him on three years probation with requirement to repay the church. Bellfield resides at 1716 East Monroe Street.
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Moses Bellfield
Rent Jennings
Maricopa County
Bellfield
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Louisiana
Jennings
East
Monroe Street
Local defendants face prison terms in varied cases
Lee Martinez, 20, of Gilbert Street, a professional boxer, was sentenced to one to two years in the penitentiary as a probation violator. Martinez admitted stealing money from purses left in offices in the Professional and Goodrich buildings. CEPHAS RAYMOND Wilson, 27, of 1142 East Pierce Street, pleaded not guilty to three counts of robbery, with trial set for Mar. 27. Wilson, a truck driver, is charged with armed robbery of $339 from three Phoenix liquor stores. Erdie Beavers, 26, of Buckeye, pleaded guilty to stealing a money bag containing $159.95 from the Cook Music Company. He took the bag from a car parked in Buckeye by a collector for the company. Beavers will be sentenced Jan. 28. John Massio, 40, of 632 North Third Avenue, convicted in Tempe Justice Court of reckless driving and sentenced to 10 days in county jail and a $150 fine, later reduced on appeal. Massio changed his plea to guilty and was fined $25 before Judge Thalheimer. Judge Renz L. Jennings sentenced Marvin Smith, 24, of Blackfoot Idaho, to three to five years for writing bogus checks, with probation officers noting prior arrests and convictions in other states.
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Lee Martinez
Gilbert Street
Martinez
Professional
Goodrich
Cephas Raymond Wilson
East Pierce Street
Wilson
Phoenix
Erdie Beavers
Buckeye
Cook Music Company
Beavers
John Massio
North Third Avenue
Tempe
Free Plates Scheme Warns Against Waiting in Line
A boastful pitch touts Clark Smith's service for license plates claiming you avoid a $3.50 fee if you use his so called free favors. The speaker urges dropping your title at Second Avenue and W Van Buren to have plates picked up, insisting there’s no catch and you’ll be better served as friends.
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Clark Smith
Second Avenue
W. van Buren
Ex Atomic Official Heads Civil Defense
Paul J. Larsen, former Los Alamos and Albuquerque atomic research official, named as first chairman of the Civilian Mobilization Office to head civil defense planning. He will take over on March 1 and oversee civil defense, health, housing, and censorship. Aircraft observers corps to recruit 150000 volunteers for wartime readiness.
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Washington
Atomic Research
Paul J. Larsen
Los Alamos
Albuquerque
N. M
John R. Steelman
Larsen
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
University of California
University
Sandia Laboratory
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Brink's employee questioned in million-dollar cash raid
Boston police kept Brink's Inc. veteran William E. Manter 49 under questioning after he was picked up as part of the hunt for the masked gang. Captain Francis M. Tiernan said investigators would pursue one angle and did not identify the city involved in the nationwide raid.
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Boston
Brink's
Francis M. Tiernan
William E. Manter
Brink's Inc
Tiernan
Massachusetts
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Formosa
Henry D. Bradley
Chandler
Standard Insurance Agency
West Jefferson
H. Bringhurst
W. A. Rudd
F. P. Middleton
B. B. Moeur
Victor
Heinze, Bowen & Harrington
West
Hoo Hoo
Howard Office Supply
Central Ave
W. A. Jones
Benson
Edward Butler
St. David
Smith
Jones
Santini
Chastain
R. G. Michelena
Michelena
Highway 83
A. L. Holly
Bisbee
Tombstone
Fruitt
Richard Whitlow
Highway Patrol
Donald McCaughey
West Cambridge Avenue
McCaughey
Arizona Sash, Door and Glass Company
Patrick Maxwell
South 18Th Street
First Avenue
Jefferson Street
Geraldine Louise
Jerry) Hales
Alice Hales
Shaw Butt
North 19Th Avenue
Women's Army Corps
Camp Lee
Virginia
Miss Hales
Glendale Union High School
Phoenix College
St. Joseph’s School of Nursing
Haleslowing
Army Post
Richmond
Officers Training School
Carl Gutmacher
Scottsdale
Darrell Leon Hume
East Brill Street
Phoenix Union High School
North 12Th Street
Hume’s Motors
H. W. Mannon
East Camelback Road
Western Cotton Products Company
J. B. Pierce
United States Air Force
Air Force
Ferris S. Price
Grand Avenue
Price
Den 3
Kenilworth School
Phoenix Indian School
Helen Knight
J. R. Cullinson
Arizona State
Phoenix Engineers’ Club
Encanto Club
E. J. Maggs
North Central Avenue
William W. Duncan
Glendale
Harry C. Bowmany
West van Buren Street
Russell Wayne Ewing
Coleman, Tex
Clarence A. Reiger
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Aeralogical Society of Arizona
Assembly Hall
Arthur L. Flagg
Old Age Pension Association
University Park
10Th Avenue
van Buren Street
M. C. Swan
Mississippi
East Washington
Barnum
Beckiet
Ave
Ad al
Dillingham
Dallas
Murer
Thalheimer
Massio
Renz L. Jennings
Marvin Smith
Blackfoot
Ida
West van Buren
Civil Defense
National Security Resources Board
Steelman
Defense Department
Defense
Scretary
Defense Johnson
Northwestern
Atlantic
Air Defense Command
Employe
Petty’s
W. Roosevelt
Friden
Kunz
Messinger
2Nd Ave
Jackson Street
NAVY
DUTC
PAIN
Mirro
RS Fame Glas
Iterproce
Hillow
Don Frederickson
N. 7Th St
Jim Kelly
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