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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1951
Page
2
A Melon Festival crowned a new royalty as cTTF om 2 SGALETIE pce Film was honored alongside notable performers and organizers. The event showcased local talent and community celebration with pageantry and awards.
Thatcher ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsors a Pioneer Day celebration starting at 3 p.m. with a ward versus American Club baseball game at Eastern Arizona Junior College stadium. A parade follows at 5:30 p.m. and a carnival continues until 2 a.m. with a ward social hall dance to close. Proceeds go to the ward building fund.
Moscow newspapers denounced the American draft of a Japanese peace treaty as an aggressive setup against national liberation movements in south and southeast Asia. Izvestia cited China's and North Korea’s notes, India’s opposition, and broad Asian opposition to the treaty. Public figures and press across Asia voiced strong disapproval, noting heavy Japanese aggression suffered by the region.
Descendants of Ebenezer Bryce and Mary Ann Parks Bryce, for whom Bryce Canyon town is named, plan a reunion August 8 and 9 in Bryce Canyon Utah. W A Peck of Pima chairs the meeting with Annie Larson of Solomon as secretary. More than 200 McBride and Ferrin descendants joined a July 4 outing at Tripp Canyon in the Graham Mountains.
Readers report Bea's Lamp Shop touts shady deals while nearby C A Johnson Realty Co. sits at 32nd St and Thomas Rd. A Buckeye contributor adds remarks on Washington pamphlets and Uncle Sam guidance on pig care. The writer laments the new directory fillers replacing playful Yellow Pages tips with plain service reminders.
SAFFORD July 14 A seed buying pool to aid Gila Valley Conservation District farmers in obtaining seed not available locally will be sponsored again by the district board of supervisors. Chair M M Larson said farmers must deposit the estimated seed cost before purchases. The pool runs Monday to Aug 18. Also advised: graileaf sulphur worm precautions, rotenone dusting advised on leaf undersides. Sealed bids due Aug 13 for sale of Safford town hall site as officials relocate offices to Main Street building.
In Tucson on July 14 AP reports an air and ground search failed to locate twin seater plane carrying Carl and Dale Sexton that departed June 30 toward Abilene Kansas. Gas reserves covered about two and a half hours. Williams Air Force Base search planes found wreckage near Morenci yesterday, but it was old debris, not the Sexton craft.
Funeral services for L. J. Johnson former manager of the Walgreen Drug Store here will be at 10 am Monday in the Mercer Mortuary Chapel in The Garden. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Johnson 53 died Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital after a year of illness.
President Truman sent France its heartiest congratulations on Bastille Day addressing President Vincent Auriol. He cited shared sacrifices for liberty and resisted aggression as proof of enduring Franco American unity contributing to peace.
About 750 vacationers faced a possible dry spell as a bitter union dispute blocked the liner Lurline on the San Francisco to Honolulu run. Matson Lines warned it would cancel the sailing unless the fight was settled immediately. Police patrolled the pier through the night after a previous delay last month.
Floods devastate southwest city forcing power outages for 800,000 residents. Water supply severely reduced, meat and milk shortages feared. all businesses closed. Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick assessed damages at 500 million to 1 billion dollars as trains run only toward the south. Nearby cities report widespread inundation, evacuations, and isolations along rivers and highways, with multiple districts cresting and waterworks endangered.
Kyodo reports 61 dead 184 injured and 103 missing in Kyoto Prefecture flood in southern Japan based on police reports. The item notes the state bird of Nebraska is the Western meadowlark.
Text of the Red reply to Gen. Ridgway’s demand for resuming Korean cease-fire talks at Kaesong, monitored by Kyodo News Agency. It states in principle agreement to neutralize Kaesong to aid negotiations and proposes a joint committee to discuss guaranteed safety and guards for delegates during talks.
Secretary of State Acheson backed a Korean armistice based on current battle lines, provoking mixed Senate reactions. Some called the line preferable to a 38th Parallel cease fire while others urged steps toward a unified Korea and free UN inspection. Vice President Barkley warned against letting any truce ease military prep.
General Robertson, after flying to the UN truce camp and meeting Ridgway, predicted that Red leaders would accept conditions to end the 55 week old Korean war. He said Communist restrictions at Kaesong made progress impossible, and noted the five North Korean and Chinese delegates lacked authority to decide, constantly awaiting Pyongyang and Peiping.
Brief but heavy thundershowers reduced fire danger in the Catalina and Santa Rita mountains near Tucson. Over the past two days 1.50 inches fell in the Santa Ritas and .52 inches in the Catalinas.
Florence July 14 AP A motion to dismiss injunction proceedings against Ardashes Nighohossian known as El Doctor was denied by Judge Frank E. Thomas of Pinal County Superior Court. Hearing set July 30 on petition to restrain him from practicing medicine. no trial date set for alleged unlicensed medical practice. Nighohossian once ran a desert clinic six miles north of Casa Grande claiming thousands of followers and cures for cancer. Judge Thomas hails from Cochise County.
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