Accused of Gambling Conspiracy Arrests At Phoenix Pavilion
Six Phoenix area men were free on $500 bonds and a Luke Field airman was in military custody after arraignment in West Phoenix Precinct Court on charges of conspiracy to evade gambling laws. The case stems from a near riot at Broadway Pavilion when hundreds demanded refunds for a supposed girlie show that turned into a gambling promo. Names include Sheerbrook L Alexander Lee Kieffer G Conley Grant J Pool James V Light Louis Sodaro and Staff Sgt George R Strauch. Authorities say owners were not involved and leased the site to a group claiming to represent the Arizona Federation of State Organizations, a fictitious fraternal group.
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Phoenix Area
Luke Field
West Phoenix
Harry J. Dunham Jr
11Th St
Broadway Pavilion
19Th Ave
Broadway
Lake
Sheerbrook L. Alexander
Scottsdale
Lee Kieffer
E. Moreland
Rev G. Conley
W. Heatherbrae
Grant J. Pool
N. 24Th St
James V. Light
E. Roosevelt
Louis Sodaro
E. van Buren
George R. Strauch
Luke Air Force Base
Arizona Federation of State Organizations
Six Drivers Of Stolen Cars Sentenced In Prison Terms
Six drivers convicted under the Dyer Act received two to four year sentences in U S District Court by Judge Dave W Ling. Names include Mary Sue Epstein Raymond Earl Long Leland Woodrow James Edward Munoz Martinez Kenneth Walter Lovelace Richard Thomas Fisher Prospero Garcia and others. Additional rulings included probation for Howard Russell Arthur Wesley Hill Clayton Howard Arnold and deportation orders for seven Mexican nationals after 30 day jail terms.
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Dave W. Ling
U. S
Mary Sue Epstein
Los Angeles
Raymond Earl Long
Tyler
Texas
Michigan
Ehrenberg
Leland
Woodrow James
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Flagstaff
Edward Munoz Martinez
Yuma
San Luis
Mexico
Kenneth Walter Lovelace
Washington, D. C
Kingman
Richard Thomas Fisher
Oakland
Calif
Altameda
Prospero G. Garcia
Grant
U. S. Treasury
Howard Russell
Cottonwood
Billie Smith
Arthur Wesley Hill
Payson
Veterans Administration
Clayton Howard Arnold
Val
Mesa Elks delegates at 17th grand lodge convention in Chicago
Oliver M. Johnson past exalted ruler and Duncan G. Graham exalted ruler of the Mesa Elks Lodge were among the voting delegates at the 17th grand lodge convention in Chicago. Caroline Snelling, 92, taken to Mesa Osteopathic Hospital after an accident at Macdonald and First Ave. injuries slight. M L Gibbons Mortuary of Mesa to handle mortuary work at Williams Air Force Base for the year. Manuel Bojorques, 26, Mesa, fined 150 dollars or 30 days for drunk and reckless driving after pleading guilty to a police arrest.
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Ward R. Davis
Williamsport
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Joseph B. Kyle
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Davis
Grit
Mesa Bureau
Mesa
Oliver M. Johnson
Duncan G. Graham
Mesa Elks Lodge
Grand Lodge
Brotherhood
Caroline Snelling
Mesa Osteopathicospital
Macdonald and
First Ave
M. L. Gibbons Mortuary of
Williams Air Force Base
Manel Bojorques
Justice of the Peace
Jack Humasaker
Bojorques
Phoenician's Trial Set After Phoenix Plasterer Pleads Innocent
Jack Ashing, 50, of Phoenix, a plasterer, pleaded innocent to assault with intent to murder in the shooting of Arthur Ray Cassy, 28, in a San Pedro apartment. Trial set for Sept. 5, bail fixed at $25,000. Cassy recovering. Ashing said he came to California to seek a property settlement with his estranged wife Viola, 39.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jack Ashing
Phoenix
Ariz
Ashing
Arthur Ray Cassy
San Pedro
Cassy
W. Hadley
Viola
Charges Prepared Against Laborer
The county attorney's office today was preparing charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors against a 35 year old Phoenix laborer. The man was arrested by city police in the Greyhound Bus Station after two boys aged 10 and 13 reported the man had offered them $1 each to commit unnatural sex acts.
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Phoenix
Greyhound
Phoenix Men Named to Regional Manpower Committee
Two Phoenix men were named to a regional labor management defense manpower committee based in San Francisco. Glenn P. Bakken, general manager of Reynolds Metals Co. in Phoenix, will serve as a management representative, while Nicholas C. Dragon, Arizona regional director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, will be a labor representative. The committee was recommended by the national labor management manpower policy committee reporting to Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin and Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson.
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Phoenix
San Francisco
United Press
Maurice J. Tobin
Glenn P. Bakken
Reynolds Metals Co
Nicholas C. Dragon
Arizona
Congress of Industrial Organizations
National Labor Management Manpower Policy Committee
Tobin
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Postal Money Orders Change Convenience Nationwide
The new postal money orders become cashed at any bank or post office, offering nationwide convenience. Phoenix post master W. C. Lefebvre notes they are punched cards compatible with electronic sorting to save post office accounting. advises not to fold stapled or spin them.
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W. C. Lefebvre
Phoenix
Trucking Firm Fined for Hours of Service Violations
United States District Court fined Cal houn Brothers Transportation Company of Phoenix twenty five dollars on ten counts for permitting drivers to operate more than ten hours in a twenty four hour period. The offenses dated back to November 1950 as alleged in the complaints and concerned driver hours compliance.
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United States District Court
Calhoun Brothers Transportation Company of
Phoenix
United States Plates Now Valid Across Europe
After the 1949 UN convention on international traffic, American tourists faced foreign registration for their cars. Now home-state license plates are recognized across much of Europe, easing travel for U S visitors.
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United Nations
Europe
Two Arizona Students Win Scholarships at Elks Convention
Two Arizona high school students earned scholarships in the Elks National Foundation most valuable student contest. Janice Ione Hilsabeck of Prescott won a second prize $700. Monroe McNair of Miami tied for third with a $600 award. First prizes went to Dorothea Ruth Drews of Butler Pennsylvania and John Berk Orr of Long Beach California.
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Arizona
Elks National Foundation
Janice Ione Hilsabeck
Pioneer
Prescott
Monroe McNair
Hill
Miami
The
Elks
Grand Lodge
Chicago
Dorothea Ruth Drews
Butler, Pa
John Berk Orr
Long Beach
Calif
Two Critical Areas Named In California
The Defense Production Administration named two California military zones as critical defense housing areas to ease credit controls for building 350 homes. The Auxiliary Air Station El Centro and Camp Roberts area will expand housing as personnel and families move in from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, stressing local facilities at San Miguel Paso Robles and Atascadero.
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Washington
California
el Centro
Camp Roberts
Defense Production Administration
Inter-Agency
San Miguel
Paso Robles
Atascadero
Air Station
Wright Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
DPA
Copter Pilot Killed In Crash In So Cal Orange Grove
In Pomona California a mail helicopter crash killed Wyman Ellis Jr 44 of Los Angeles an aeronautics inspector. The regular pilot John De Blauw 29 survived with injuries after Ellis cried the stick is frozen and both controls jammed before the 600 foot descent. It marks the second fatal helicopter mail crash in Southern California since service began.
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Pomona
Calif
Orange Grove
Wyman Ellis Jr
Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics
John de Blauw
Ellis
Ed Doyle
de Blauw
Johnny
California
Harry Slemmons
Veis Widows Tax Exemption Totals Grow in Maricopa County
Tax exemptions for Maricopa County veterans and widows rose in 1951 with total property exemptions reaching 18.9998 million dollars on assessed values up to 5 000 dollars. Veterans granted exemptions numbered 10 940 while widows totaled 4 335. The combined beneficiaries reached 15 275 with average exemptions around 1 214.75 for veterans and 1 317.28 for widows.
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Maricopa County
W. O. Glick
Arizona
Woman Gets 10 25 Years For Murder
Eva Ford, 55, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the shooting of her 52 year old paramour Charles Jones. Judge Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr. sentenced her to 10 to 25 years in Arizona Prison. Prosecutor noted Jones was shot five times from behind in March at her home. Attorney W L Hash urged leniency claiming Jones took most of her money. Also, Ira R Lawhead, 38, was convicted of aggravated assault on his wife Nellie Lawhead and given one year probation.
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Eva Ford
Arizona
Maricopa County Superior Court
Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr
W. L. Hash
Charles Jones
Struckmeyer
Jones
E. Lincoln
Ira R. Lawhead
E. Altona Park
Nellie Lawhead
Japan Cabinet Shaken Up In Yoshida Reshuffle
Tokyo July 3 The Japanese cabinet resigned at the request of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. He moved to form a coalition government for peace treaty conferences, with changes aimed at economic posts and expected to be made quickly. Yoshida will appoint new members without adviser consultation.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Capital Strike Ends After 17-Hour Negotiations
Washington July 3 Agreement reached to end a three day transit strike that halted public transport for about 500 000 people. Cyrus S Ching announced the terms after long talks between AFL Amalgamated Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union and Capital Transit Co. Union must ratify the deal. Bus and streetcar service likely to resume tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
AFL Amalgamated Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Employes
Capital Transit Co
Ned Creighton Injured In Fall At Home
Ned Creighton 71 former Republican national committeeman from Arizona is hospitalized at Good Samaritan with a broken leg suffered yesterday at his home 7000 Wilder. The injury forces the Creightons to cancel their August trip to Europe.
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Ned Creighton
Arizona
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wilder
Mrs. Creighton
Europe
Huge Kachinas Built For Arizona State Fair
Spectators at the Arizona State Fair will greet two 60 foot tall Indian Kachina doll statues as part of a Hopi themed welcome. One doll will stand at the front gates and the other halfway up the Avenue of Flags, symbolizing harvest. The fair runs November 3 to 12.
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George Blake
Fair Commission
Blake
Apache Forest Fire Under Control After Large Blaze
Arizona's worst forest fire of 1951 burned about 17 000 acres in the Apache National Forest. Fire crews assumed control after night shifts, with 400 on duty and large crews remaining for a week to 10 days. Costs estimated at 60 000 to 75 000 dollars, salvaging planned with local sawmills aiding. Backfiring and mopping up continued as other fires burned nearby in Crook, Globe, Miami areas and at Upper Rucker Canyon.
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Arizona
Apache National Forest
Springerville
Escadilla
Robert B. Ewing
Crook National Forest
Globe
Miami
Douglas
Rucker Canyon
Starvation Canyon
Cochise County
Library Directors To Attend Meeting in Chicago
Miss Jane Hudgins and Miss Gertrude James will attend the American Library Association's 75th Anniversary Conference in Chicago July 8 to 14. More than 5,000 librarians are expected as a year long program on The Heritage of the U S A in Time of Crisis is launched. Hudgins will present Harmon Branch Library visuals and discuss the new central Phoenix library project.
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Jane Hudgins
Phoenix
ALA
Hudgins
Harmon
W. Yavapai
Central and
McDowell
Repairs Planned at Desert Botanical Garden Arizona
Desert Botanical Garden of Arizona announced July and August repairs including a flagstone terrace and pathway resurfacing. The garden will be closed to the public during the hiatus, though officials said students botanists and members will be admitted.
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Desert Botanical Garden of Arizona
Phoenix Pilot Dies In Jet Crash Over Japanese Sea
Lt. James S. Kinnear, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Kinnear, died in an F-86 Sabre crash during gunnery practice over the Japanese Sea on June 24. A Williams AFB graduate, he previously worked for Salt River Valley Water Users Association and served in the Navy in World War II, including the Leyte invasion.
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James S. Kinnear
Paul W. Kinnear
E. Pinchot
Japanese Sea
Defense Department
Kinnear
Williams Air Force Base
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Kenton
Ohio
Leyte
Young Officer Returns After Korea Service
Captain Ashley and his wife and infant daughter have come back to the United States from Japan to a 30 day leave. He served with the 25th Division since July 1950 and was wounded March 1 before hospital treatment in Tokyo. At 23 he was the division’s youngest captain and the last original company commander to return, credited with two Silver Stars Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He is a Phoenix Union High School 1946 graduate and will attend advanced infantry school at Fort Benning Georgia after leave.
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Lewis J. Ashley
United States
Japan
Ashley
Korea Zone
Ss. J. Ashley
Tokyo
Phoenix Union High School
Fort Benning
Arizonans Enlist in U S Marines
Arizonans enlist in the Marines list including Richard W Gowey Richard T Monihan Norbert R Galindo Charles L Jen kins Fred E Jarrett Joseph T Ruiz Jr Gerald F Behrmann Omer B Whittaker Leon Well ington Henry Mack Dean M Schurz all of Sacaton Oscar L Bennett Nogales Ray E Rod riguez Tempe Avery Lewis Cool idge Sidney F Shaker San Carlos James H Skowron Mesa Margaret B Hawley Gilbert enlisted in the women's branch of the marines.
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Marines
Richard W. Gowey
W. Monroe
Richard T. Monihan
Norbert R. Galindo
E. Henshaw
Charles L. Jenkins
21St Ave
Fred E. Jarrett
W. Madison
Joseph T. Ruiz Jr
E. Grant
Gerald F. Behrmann
N. 43Rd
Henry Mack
Dean M. Schurz
Sacaton
Oscar L. Bennett
Nogales
Ray E
Rodriguez
Tempe
Avery Lewis
Coolidge
Sidney F. Shaker
San Carlos
James H. Skowron
Mesa
Margaret B. Hawley
Gilbert
The
Avondale District Bond Bid Accepted by County Board
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors awarded a $64,000 Avondale School District bond issue to Rennes Ely Beck and Co., sole bidder, at 3 3/8 percent interest. Paradise Valley Water Co. won a domestic water franchise to extend supply westward toward Tatum Boulevard between Camelback Mountain and Mummy Mountain.
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Avondale
Maricopa County
Paradise Valley Water Company
Paradise Valley
Camelback Mountain
Mummy Mountain
Tatum Blvd
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Associated Press
Hearing Aid CO
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Coren
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Lemen
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