VFW Opens Annual Meet At Prescott
Prescott hosts the 31st annual encampment of the Arizona Department Veterans of Foreign Wars with 200 plus registrants. National commander emeritus Louis E. Starr and Arizona commander Louis A. Menager addressed the gathering as Gov. Howard Pyle offered remarks. Kingman and Miami vie to host the 1952 convention. a parade featuring James W. Manton and Bucky O'Neill will follow ceremonies at the plaza.
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Prescott
Arizona Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Council of Administration
VFW
Coouettes
Louis E. Starr
Portland
Ore
Louis A. Menager
Menager
Howard Pyle
Kingman
Miami
James W. Manton
Bucky O'Neill
Jury Frees Four in Trenton Murder Case
In Trenton New Jersey four of six men accused in the 1948 shopkeeper murder were acquitted and two were convicted after nearly 20 hours of deliberation. Ralph Cooper and Collis English were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death, while Mc Kinley Forrest John McKenzie Horace Wilson and James Thorpe were freed. The six defendants ages 26 to 39 faced a third trial. the two convicted face life terms with appeals planned. A police detail guarded the courtroom amid potential disorder.
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Trenton
N. J
Mercer County
Ralph Cooper
Collis English
McKinley Forrest
John McKenzie
Horace Wilson
James Thorpe
Johnson Defends Policy Disputes in Testimony Hearings
Johnson, former defense secretary, testified before a committee recalling conflicts with Dean Acheson over China policy and support to Chiang Kai-shek. He said briefings did not indicate an imminent North Korean strike and defended military economy cuts amid shifts sparked by the Korean War. Bridges labeled his firing as retaliation for backing the Acheson policies.
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Russell
Johnson
Far East
Omar N. Bradley
Korea
Defense
Truman
Acheson
China
Chicago
Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Sen
Styles Bridges
N. H
Nehru foes form new party in India at Patna
Nehru's chief political opponents organize a founding convention in Patna to build a new party amid rising unrest. They plan platform and organizational work for the weekend general sessions, with 1100 delegates and Socialist invites to shape strategy for India's upcoming general elections. Kripalani leads the movement, urging neutrality on global blocs and criticizing Soviet and Chinese actions.
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Patna
India
Nehru
Congress Party
Meat Controls Debated by Congress and Ford Proposal
House and Senate figures wrestled with OPS rules affecting beef and livestock markets. Ives Moody and Maybank argued exemptions risk broader loopholes while Olson urged meat only relief. Ford asked for wage material controls shift, proposing automatic cost-based price boosts, risking inflation.
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Page One
Maybank
S.C
Robertson
Ives
R. N.Y
Moody
Mich
Congress
Ford Motor Company
Johnston
Ford
Light Plane Crash Kills 2 in Wyoming
A light Natrona County Air Service plane crashed in the Big Horn Mountains 55 miles east of Worland, killing Casper residents Dick Sherman, the pilot, and A. E. Campbell, an employee of Seaboard Oil Co. Investigators began work the day after the wreck.
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Worland
Wyo
Natrona County Air Service
Casper
Dick Sherman
A. E. Campbell
Seaboard Oil Co
Leland Brown
Big Horn Mountains
Church Rites Untie Pair In June Wedding Parody
A spoof wedding story mocks a June ceremony as Miss Merriweather Gaye weds Jon Q. Peddleback in a garbled account full of misspellings. The groom’s family ties and postnuptial plans are noted with humorous errors and quirky details.
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Heather
Merriweather Gaye
Jon Q. Peddleback
Cynthia Gaye
Gaye
Lord Gaye
W. W. Fotheringale
Lettis B. Gaye
Peddleback
Tucson
W. Main St
Flag Day speakers at Flagstaff Globe Miami Ajo ceremonies
Barry De Rose Gila County attorney and ex state VFW commander will speak at Flag Day in Flagstaff at 530 pm on the courthouse steps. Lt Comdr H B West leads Globe Miami Elks program at School Hill Park. Ajo rites feature H E Williams as guest speaker with a flag pageant narrated by James Cordy high school valedictorian.
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Barry de Rose
Gila County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William W. Tinsley
Arizona State College At
Flagstaff
Coconino County
Globe and
Miami Elks
H. B
Litchfield Park Naval Air Facility
School Hill Park
Globe
Park
Globe Elks
Miami Group
H. E. Williams
Phoenix
Arizona State Elks Association
Ajo
Ajo Elks
James Cordy
Francis Nellis
Harry A Diehl Dies Rites Set
Harry A. Diehl 85 of Phoenix died Tuesday after a lingering illness. A native of Ohio he owned a Phoenix shoe store 37 years, retired 1929. He helped found Merchants and Manufacturers Association and was first president. Survived by wife Frances and several nieces, nephews. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow Memory Chapel A L Moore Sons. Greenwood Memorial Park burial.
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Harry A. Diehl
E. Highland
Phoenix
Ohio
Mr. Diehl
Phoenix Rotary Club
Knight Templar
First Presbyterian Church
YMCA
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Maricopa County
Arizona Museum
Frances E
A. L. Moore and Sons
George Logie
Greenwood Memorial Park
Missing Girl Believed Gone From Smokies
Evangeline Lorimer a 21 year old student nurse from Cincinnati remains missing in the Great Smoky Mountains as rangers and volunteers scour ridges and streams on their sixth day. Footwear evidence points away from the camp site, and officials consider both voluntary disappearance and possible foul play while her father denies any family trouble.
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Gatlinburg, Tenn
National Park
Great Smoky Mountains
Evangeline Lorimer
Cincinnati
Miss Lorimer
W. M.lorimer
E. Mohave
Phoenix
Ariz
Evangeline
Lorimer
MacArthur Criticizes Policy Makers On War Risk
General Douglas MacArthur warned that defenders of the existing policy vacuum pressed the United States toward war with Russia. He argued that those who hastily pushed the country into the Korean conflict now dismiss preparation and the military and political potential dangers.
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Russia
MacArthur
Japan plans 20000 civil liberties commissioners
A new Japanese law envisions appointing 20,000 civil liberties commissioners across the country to advance the ideal of civil liberties. The proposal outlines nationwide positions aimed at safeguarding rights and promoting civil liberty principles in public life.
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Japan
Thatcher Family Set for LDS Mission Departure Tomorrow
Elder and Mrs. Lyman S. Shreeve and their fluent Spanish speaking children will leave Thatcher for Salt Lake City to receive instructions before heading to Uruguay. Shreeve, a former Eastern Arizona College instructor and BYU graduate, departs June 26 and sails June 30 on the S S Argentina. A construction contract for four classrooms and a gym addition at Thatcher High School was awarded to William Talley and Son for 47 221, with a 120 day completion target.
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Thatcher
Lyman S. Shreeve
Salt Lake City
Uruguay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Shreeve
Eastern Arizona Junior College
Arizona State College
Tempe
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
South America
New York
S.S. Argentina
Thatcher High School
William Talley and Son
Safford Contractors
Safford Soldier Lands Red Cross
Second Lt. Lloyd A. Moeller of Safford is home on a 30 day furlough from Korea where he served with A Company 138th Regiment Second Division. He praises the Red Cross work in Korea and says he saw more war in nine days on the Korean front than in three years in the Pacific during World War II. Sulphur sells for about 1 cent a pound.
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Safford
Lloyd A. Moeller
Korea
138Th Regiment
Red Cross
Moeller
Korean
Pacific
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General MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nehas
Britain
North Korea
J. A. Kripalani
New Movement
Mohandas Gandhi
Kripalani
Tibet
James Olson
Hormel’s Packing Company
Olson
Office of Price Stabilization
Chaskeen
Second Ave
West V
Arizona
O. P.S
LDS
East Pierce
Phoenix Shade and Linoleum Co
Porto
Nachman
PTL
Attress
Hollywood
Double Dresser
Renee
van Buren
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