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Phoenix Gazette

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1951

Page

2

Hearing Set In Globe Shooting Of Two

Charles Campbell 65 of Globe faces a preliminary hearing on charges of assault to commit murder after a Phoenix man and a Phoenix woman were shot. George Gordon 63 and Mrs Leora Hunt 37 were victims. Campbell said he feared Gordon would strike him. Mrs Hunt and her son Gerald 13 had gone to Campbell to retrieve furniture. They found the house locked and the furniture missing, leading to the confrontation and shootings.

GLOBE Charles Campbell Phoenix George P. Gordon E. Tonto St Campbell Leora Hunt Barry DeRose Gordon Jack Jones Gerald

Lela L. Cullumber Rites Tomorrow

Mrs. Lela L. Cullumber 54 of Mesa and Gilbert died after a short illness. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Gibbons Mortuary Chapel with Jesse E. Smith and Kenneth Engie officiating. Burial in Mesa Cemetery. Survivors include husband Claude two sons Therold and R C four daughters two stepsons four sisters three brothers and six grandchildren.

Arizona State College Tempe Gilbert Alpine Claude Therold Phoenix R. C Grant Naegle Neales Kennedy James Yuma George

Fined Man Claims He's On Faculty

Victor Franey, 25, paid a $10 fine in Flagstaff police court after pleading guilty to being drunk. He told officers he was a member of the English faculty at Arizona State College in Tempe and had formerly lived in Phoenix. Franey, a former ASU student who completed a BA in social studies, was arrested by Chief W M Epperson and Officer Jack Elms at a local bar around noon Saturday. He made bond Saturday night and appeared in court yesterday.

Flagstaff Victor Franey Arizona State College Tempe W. McDowell Phoenix Franey W. M. Epperson Jack Elms

Legion Concluded From Page One Parade Leaders Named

The convention opens with speakers who will be department commanders from four veteran groups James Manton of Disabled American Veterans Joe Klein of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Peter P Olsen of the United Spanish War Veterans and Louis Menager of the Veterans of Foreign Wars The 40 and 8 parade is scheduled for tomorrow night with the main parade to follow.

James Manton Disabled American Veterans Joe Klein Military Order of the Purple Heart Peter P. Olsen United Spanish War Veterans Louis Menager Veterans of Foreign Wars

General MacArthur to skip Arizona Legion visit

General MacArthur apparently will not visit Arizona during Mesa state American Legion convention this week. The governor's office said the general had not replied to an invitation letter sent last month after his return to the United States. Pyle, a former World War II radio war correspondent, had met MacArthur in the South Pacific.

MacArthur Arizona Mesa Pyle South Pacific United States

State Legion honors drill at Mesa High School

Military units from National Guard Luke and Williams Air Force bases and Litchfield Naval Air Facility join marching units from each Legion post in the state. Drum and bugle corps compete for state honors at Mesa High School at 7 p.m. Thursday.

National Guard Luke and Williams Air Force Bases Litchfield Naval Air Facility Legion Post Mesa High School At &P.m

Reds Behead Family in Shanghai Refugee Note

A refugee Chinese girl in Taiwan received a photo showing the heads of her mother, father, sister, and brother. An American woman in Taiwan says communications with Communist Shanghai have halted amid reprisals, and locals fear sending letters could endanger relatives on the mainland.

Taipeh Formosa Taiwan Shanghai

Wedemeyer details Manchuria role in postwar plans

Wedemeyer testified about Manchuria as a key to China and the Ruhr of the far east, describing his push for seven U S divisions in Manchuria to influence postwar control. He said MacArthur blocked the request, keeping those forces for Japan's occupation, and questioned Russia's aims in the region. He worried Chiang Kai-shek's ability to restore order and Manchuria, and noted the U S recognized and supported Chiang's government.

Knowland Wedemeyer Russia Manchuria Japan China Ruhr Far East Germany Europe U. S Joint Chiefs of Staff Chiang Kai-shek Great Wall

Lowell Driver Died Of Heart Attack

SAYRE Oklahoma June 12 A verdict of heart failure was returned today in the death of Lewis F Nonnast 36 Lowell Arizona whose body was found in a parked car near here Beckham County officials said the verdict was returned following an autopsy The body was found about 730 am by a highway patrol trooper in an automobile parked along US 66 Nonnast apparently had driven off the road to sleep.

Sayre Okla Lewis F. Nonnast Lowell Ariz Here Beckham County Highway Patrol U.S. 66 Nonnast

Egypt Considers Nile Bridge at Shhag Worth 2.5 Million

Officials weigh construction of a new bridge over the Nile at Shhag with an estimated cost of two and a half million dollars. The plan focuses on improving regional transit and facilitating trade and travel for nearby communities.

The Nile Shhag Egypt

Around the World in One Night at Encanto Shell

A charity event titled The Day of Nations at Encanto Shell offers a 60 cent Cook's tour of cultures. locals across Italian Irish Japanese Polish Gypsy Syrian Greek Yugoslav French Czechoslovak American Indian Negro and more perform in family costumes to aid Friendly House with English lessons and citizenship help.

Encanto Shell The Cowboy Barber Shop Quartette Europe

Lantz Sanity Test Ordered by Arizona Officials

Harold Lantz, 28, of Grinnell Iowa, convicted of the Miss Park murder aboard a Southern Pacific train near Bisbee, is undergoing a sanity exam at Arizona State Hospital Florence. Dr. Bruce Hart, hospital superintendent, conducted the test at the prison on Gov How ard Pyle's request. Hart will release findings only after the chief executive reviews the report. Lantz is sentenced to die in the state gas chamber July 18.

Harold Lantz Miss Adam Park Grinnell Iowa Arizona State Hospital Bruce Hart Florence Howard Pyle Hart Lantz Miss Park Bisbee Douglas Southern Pacific State

Big Jim Rites Set At Canyon

GRAND CANYON June 12 AP Big Jim Indian leader will be buried tomorrow in a grave overlooking the Grand Canyon where he was born 3500 feet below the rim at Indian Gardens. He died Sunday after illness since June 8. Though listed as about 87, many say he was at least 100. Indians and white friends will attend services at 10 a.m. and then his body will be moved to Drift Fence Cemetery for burial. The Rev Kenneth J. Porray will officiate. Big Jim was known for wearing a frock coat and top hat gifted by Theodore Roosevelt and a medal from King Albert of Belgium.

Grand Canyon Big Jim Indian Gardens Kenneth J. Porray Theodore Roosevelt Albert Belgium

Ex Cohen accountant to testify in Cohen tax case

Ex accountant James Steiner and gambler Morrie Brownstein top the today’s witness list as the Cohen tax case proceeds in Los Angeles. Prosecutors press Cohen claim that he borrowed money from friends to cover living expenses while denying large income between 1946 and 1949.

Los Angeles Mickey Cohen Swank Sunset Strip Cohen Bureau of Internal Revenue Harry Hooky) Rothman Arthur G. Hodkins Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel San Francisco Jake Coplin Coplin David

Funeral services for John Fletcher Scrivner

Funeral services for John Fletcher Scrivner 77 of 1123 E Fremont were conducted at 3 30 p m in the Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with Reverend Leland Entrekin and Reverend Everett Brumback officiating Entombment followed in Greenwood Memorial Park Mausoleum Scrivner a Tennessee native lived in Arizona 34 years mostly in Phoenix after retiring from farming in 1944 he moved to Yarnell he is survived by his wife Minnie four daughters a son eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Reindeer raising in Alaska is reserved by law to the Eskimos.

John Fletcher Scrivner E. Fairmont Good Samaritan Hospital A. L. Moore and Sons Leland Entrekin Everett Brumback Grand Canyon College Greenwood Memorial Park Scrivner Tennessee Arizona Phoenix Yarnell Minnie Albert H. Gray George Hollingshead Jerome Wallie Warren Denver Mariece Underwood San Diego A. T. Scrivner

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Lela L. Cullumber Legion Redewills W. Wash Lowell Driver Canyon Cord Alex Coplin Alvin B. Snow George G. Merton Alfred V. Martin Superior Court Harold Ostley Siegel Rothman John F. Scrivner Alaska Paint & Glass Co South 4Th Ave Colo Deapcptte International Harvester
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