Driver Of Wrong Car Injured In Collision
Six people were hurt in Phoenix district traffic incidents in the last 24 hours. Earl J. Bridges 22 of Route 1 mistook Pearl Gillian’s 1938 black Tudor at Riverside Park and drove off causing a two car crash at 16th Street and Henshaw Road. Bridges, with possible internal injuries, was hospitalized at St Monica’s. Ramon Casas 32 unhurt drove the other car. Mrs Carol Cook 24 was hospitalized after a second two car crash at 19th and Northern avenues. Joe M James 31 required emergency treatment. Two riders in a scooter auto crash at 3700 North 24th Street were Charles Adams 17 and Robert Leroy Wright 17. Arthur Silverman 32 drove the car. Thomas Wetzel 23 treated after a non collision motorcycle accident at 17th Avenue and Roosevelt Street. passenger Bernard Flood 17 received first aid.
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Phoenix
Earl J. Bridges
Route 1
St. Monica's Hospital
16Th Street
Henshaw Road
Bridges
Pearl Gillian
East Pinchot Street
Gillian
Riverside Park
Ramon Casas
South Sixth Avenue
Carol Cook
West
Campbell Avenue
St. Monica’s Hospital
Joe M. James
North 12Th Street
North 24Th Street
Charles Adams
East
Roosevelt Street
Robert Leroy Wright
North 16Th Street
Adams
Wright
Arthur Silverman
East Liberty Street
Thomas Wetzel
West van Buren Street
Weekend Cookies and Polio Drive Stir City
A personal column notes shoppers buying Girl Scout cookies at city tables during the weekend sale and jokes about dessert cravings. It salutes the Mothers March on Polio for unity and urges men to park and help with purchases amid the downtown shopping hustle.
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Scout
Henrietta Tidwell Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Elizabeth Taylor Tidwell will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at the First Methodist Church in Safford. The Rev. Donald F. Wogaman will officiate. Burial will be in Solomonsville. Survivors include four sons W F Tidwell Pred Tidwell John Tidwell and E L Tidwell Jr and four daughters Mrs Allen Mrs Charles Lewis Mrs Wallace Bowman and Mrs Jessie Wilson. There are 30 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
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Phoenix Gazette Safford
Henrietta Elizabeth Taylor Tidwell
Mendota
Calif
First Methodist Church
Donald F. Wogaman
Solomonsville
Tidwell
E. L. Tidwell
Gila Valley
Florence
California
Randolph Allen
Mission Society of the Methodist Church
W. F
Mesa
John
Hollister
E. L. Tidwell, Jr
Allen
Charles Lewis
Wallace Bowman
Jessie Wilson
San Antonio
Tex
Douglas To Return To London Duties
President Truman says Ambassador Lewis Douglas should be back in London within 60 days as he recovers rapidly from illness. He dismissed rumors that the envoy could not continue in the post and noted the ongoing return to work plan.
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Washington
Truman
Lewis Douglas
London
Douglas
Names Sought for Show Low Maple Hill Half Acre Put-in-Bay
The Federal Board on Geographic Names is asked to officially recognize Show Low Arizona Maple Hill Kansas Half Acre New York and Put-in-Bay Ohio. Townspeople seek reversal of an earlier ruling that Show Low in Arizona near Phoenix should be spelled without a space. The board noted no request to alter Showlow Creek.
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Washington
Federal Board On Geographic Names
Show Low
Ariz
Maple Hill
Kan
Half Acre
N. Y
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Arizona
Phoenix
Showlow
Showlow Creek
Lawyer sues Dr Pepper Bottling for fatal Glendale crash
A $50 250 suit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court names J O Dodson doing business as Dr Pepper Bottling Co and Gerald A Mackey truck driver as defendants. Jesus A Robles alleges a company employee’s truck ran over his 14 month old daughter Victoria Robles on Oct 15 on South Ninth Avenue Glendale. The suit seeks damages for fatal injuries.
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Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
West
Jefferson Street
Victoria Robles
Glendale
Maricopa County Superior Court
Jesus A. Robles
South Ninth Avenue
J. O. Dodson
Gerald A. Mackey
Texan Slain By Gunman In Wichita Falls
Arnold Thom, 46, a prominent Wichita Falls man, was shot five to six times in the stomach and chest by an unidentified gunman at his home. His father Fred Thom recalled answering the door when a man asked for Arnold, leading to a brief argument before the shooting. The incident occurred at night. police investigation followed.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Arnold Thom
Thom
Fred Thom
Arnold
Two Trains Strike Montanan In Week
Shelby Montana January 28 Earl Hagen is in critical condition after two train incidents within a week. Last week the Great Northern Railway Empire Builder struck his oil truck at Lothair crossing west of Chester, leaving him unharmed. Yesterday the same train hit his new truck, injuring him seriously.
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Shelby, Mont
Earl Hagen
Great Northern Railway
Empire Builder
Lothair Crossing
Chester
Shelby
Yukon Joe Cannibal Trapptor Clings To Life In Snow Trek
A snowbound trapper known as Yukon Joe crawled into Pavilion near Lillooet after ten days without food. With his cabin food exhausted he killed and ate his husky to survive the trek toward civilization amid sub zero cold and deadly snowdrifts.
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Lillooet
B. C
Pavilion
Two Widows Attend Col Babcock Funeral
Two widows claimed the right to honor Col William T Babcock at Arlington after his funeral. Mrs Jean Babcock of London and Mrs Mary Magdalena Babcock of New London contest the deceased's legal widow status citing a 1946 divorce denial. The dispute may go to court as Army tradition assigns the flag to the legal widow.
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Col. Babcock
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
William T. Babcock
United States
Berlin
Jean Babcock
London
England
Germany
Mary Magdalena Babcock
New London
Conn
Babcock
Connecti
Army
Washington National Airport
Gas blast kills two and wounds three near Medina
In Kerrville Texas an explosion of a manufactured gas tank at Apple Creek Ranch near Medina last night killed Mrs E W Minear of Orchard Texas and Donnie Null age 6 of Houston. Serious injuries include Mrs Margaret Null 35 and her daughter Carolyn 4. husband H H Null 43 was hurt. Mrs Null underwent amputation of both legs at a local hospital as the ranch home was virtually demolished.
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Kerrville
Tex
E. W. Minear
Orchard
Donnie Null
Houston
Margaret Null
Carolyn
H. H. Null
Apple Creek
Medina
Here
Null
Cockfighting ban discussed by Phoenix Gazette figures
Grant explains open betting ended at cockfights and notes the new stance against gambling. He says local competitors did not enter the 31st International Tournament in Orlando, Florida, and questions future events as listed in a fowl magazine ad. Humane Association official criticizes fights tied to gambling.
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The
Phoenix
Gazette
Grant
Orlando
Fla
Orly Butler
Don Stocktoh
Game Fowl Magazine
Lillian Pingry
Humane Association of Arizona
Staff Chiefs Leave For Orient Sunday
The United States top military leaders depart Sunday for a 10 day Far East tour. General Omar Bradley chairman General Lawton Collins General Hoyt Vandenberg and Admiral Forrest Sherman will meet General Douglas MacArthur in Japan and visit 12 Pacific bases including Okinawa Guam and Honolulu.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Lawton J. Collins
Army
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Admi
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
U. S. Pacific
Okinawa
Guam
Honolulu
Girl Abductor Hunted Across Los Angeles Area
An elderly man suspected of abducting a 6-year-old girl in Torrance and drugging her with ether sparked a wide manhunt across the Los Angeles area. The child was taken yesterday afternoon as she walked home from school.
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Los Angeles
Torrance
Rejected to Warmth Heats 30 Day Jail for Prank
Gus T. Andert, 45, with no home, spent 30 days in jail after calling five false fire alarms to vent his cold, aiming to teach firefighters a lesson about the cold. He sought warmth by circling fire stations and was arrested after the stunts.
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ST. Louis
Gus T. Andert
Andert
Anders
Williams Funeral Set At Safford
Funeral services for Carl R. Williams of Safford will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Safford Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Ivins Bentley officiating. Burial follows at Graham Cemetery. Williams, 57, a native of Illinois, worked for the Arizona State Highway Department for ten years and had resided in Safford since 1916. He is survived by his wife Sue, two sisters Mrs. Freda Clark and Mrs. Margaret Hardesty, and one brother Stanley.
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Phoenix Gazette Safford
Carl R. Williams
Arizona State Highway Department
Morris-Squibb
Safford Ward
Highway Department
Sue
Freda Clark
Phoenix
Margaret Hardesty
Wood River
Ill
Stanley
Eldorado, II
Storm Pounds West Plains and Dakota Cold Lingers
A large western storm battered the Far West while the Northern Plains remained frigid with sub zero readings in Minot and Bismarck. Temperatures moderated elsewhere but no severe cold hit the South. snow and rain affected the Pacific coast and inland Northwest. train service disrupted in Oregon and Northern California after heavy snows and near gale winds.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Dakotas
Montana
Minot
Bismarck
North Dakota
Gulf States
Georgia
Florida Peninsula
Central
Appalachians
Mississippi Valley
Carolinas
California
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Pendleton
Seattle
Oregon Border
Red Bluff
Sacramento Valley
Portland
Southern Pacific
Cascade Mountains
Mishaps Send 3 Youngsters To Hospital
Three Phoenix children were hospitalized after accidents. Linda Hurd nine toppled from a horse at South Mountain Park. Sammy Nives four treated after his hand caught in a washing machine wringer. Marty Tinianow three received a lip laceration from a rooster attack in his backyard.
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Phoenix
St. Monica’s Hospital
Linda Hurd
East Cambridge Avenue
South Mountain Park
John L. Hurd
Household Finance
Sammy Nives
West Gilbert Street
Marty Tinianow
Joe Tinianow
North 51St Street
State Wins Review of Child-Aid Scrap
Washington report on January 28 notes Arizona lawmakers urged Oscar Ewing to review withdrawal of federal funds from the crippled children's program. Ewing pledged to rescind action if the Children's Bureau acted arbitrarily. Dispute centers on excluding crippled Indian children from state aid. About 250 Indian and non Indian children receive state care with $153,000 yearly. federal funds could have added roughly 1,000 Indian children. Arizona officials argue Indian responsibility lies with federal policy. Senate and House members emphasize President Truman’s stance on Indian welfare and jurisdiction.
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Gazette
Washington
Arizona
Congress
Oscar Ewing
Children’s Bureau
Children's Bureau
Harold Patten
Ernest W. McFarland
Truman
McFarland
Indian Service
Carl Hayden
John R. Murdock
FSA
It's Official Churchill Hat Goes In Ring
Winston Churchill enters the British general election race as Conservative candidate for Woodford in North London. At 75 he seeks to return his party to power with Feb 23 voting, while Clement Attlee is adopted as candidate from West Woolwich near Woodford.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Woodford
Limehouse
West Walthamstow
Churchill
Blast Wrecks Coal Mine in Philipsburg
A dynamite blast destroyed the mouth of a small non union coal mine and a coal truck in South Philipsburg near Philipsburg Pennsylvania. Several more blasts have rocked the area over the past two days.
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Philipsburg
South Philipsburg
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