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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1951
Page
2
A senate passed a bill to permit higher voltage in existing lines aimed at Rural Electrification Administration lines in Cochise and other counties with long lines and few users. The measure was among five approved, with others returning to the house for amendments or going to the governor.
Speaker Raymond G. Langham announced that bills to limit house membership were dropped for this session after a motion to postpone action indefinitely. An amendment sought to increase the senate from 19 to 28, a move Langham feared would widen the rift with the senate. The 1953 house will have 80 members: Maricopa County gains six seats, Pinal one, and Pima one, up from 72.
Governor Pyle weighs replacement for Dougherty as GOP hopeful George W. Mickle is floated for the vacant Phoenix seat. Senate actions return Goree’s nomination for Senate consideration while nine gubernatorial picks are recommended for confirmation. Several appointments to state boards and juvenile institutions are also approved.
About 30 foresters from the Southwest gathered at Grand Canyon for the annual spring meeting of the Southwest section of the Society of American Foresters. Sessions run through tomorrow noon with a panel on forestry in the present national emergency led by Kenneth O. Wilson, fire chief of Coconino National Forest. Delegates to be entertained at a dinner and dance tonight.
A 23 year old Apache woman Louise Dosela Davis was killed instantly by a Southern Pacific freight train three miles south of San Carlos after running from behind a parked car onto the tracks. Funeral services are scheduled Tuesday at Peridot.
In Tunis on March 10 Arab stores and cafes closed and postal service slowed for a 24 hour strike called by Tunisian Nationalists protesting French policy in Morocco. Rail and bus transport ran normally with no violence reported.
A federal grand jury in Washington will review possible law violations tied to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation probe. The move follows a Senate Banking subcommittee report accusing a White House aide Donald Dawson of pressuring RFC loan decisions and urging his appearance under oath.
The legislature created a five member Arizona Fish and Game Commission and sent the measure to Governor Howard Pyle. A senate amendment requiring confirmation of governor appointees by the State Senate was adopted with a 52 to 4 House vote. Opponents included Reps. Bisjak Evans Ewing and Sutherland.
The Associated Press reports a mixed weekend outlook with mild weather in the South and Gulf Coast while Montana records sub zero temperatures. Snow falls in western Washington and Oregon, with freezing rain and sleet in the Midwest and Plains, and rain in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, northern Texas, and Kansas.
Tehran March 10 AP The Moslem secret society Fadayan Islam warned Iran’s shah to free their “sacred brother” or they will kill the shah and all his relatives. The leaflet claimed Abdulla Rastegar shot Premier Ali Razmara and boasted the accused “sent to hell” the greatest of criminals.
Five CGT labor unions representing about four million workers voted to prevent the reappearance of La Prensa, the anti-government paper shut for 43 days by a strike. The union leaders abandoned expropriation plans and launched a nationwide boycott to keep the paper off the streets, held by a court order after a fatal clash during attempts to reopen the plant.
The Danish hospital ship Jutlandia arrived in Pusan Korea to assist UN relief efforts. Commander K Hammerich was greeted by President Syngman Rhee Lt Gen John B Coulter and U S ambassador John J Muccio. The ship carried 200 staff and crew after a six week voyage via Gibraltar Port Said Singapore and Japan.
Belgrade March 10 AP Premier Marshal Tito and top military aides pledged Yugoslavia would resist Russian aggression just as in past battles. Genera l Peko Dapcevic warned of Soviet inspired threats from Cominform neighbors and vowed to fight as before against Turkey and Germany, amid Yugoslavia’s recent white paper accusing Moscow of military pressure.
FEarle Cocke Jr national commander of the American Legion and Maj Gen Frank E Lowe Truman special representative in Korea were slightly injured when their jeep overturned on a narrow road at the central front in Korea. The jeep skidded down a 15 foot embankment as a truck convoy passed. A 50 caliber machine gun helped prevent further harm. Both were shaken but not seriously hurt.
The Public Housing Administration said it has no jurisdiction over the camps causing concern after two child deaths at a private site near Casa Grande. It noted three camps under its control Avondale Casa Grande and Somerton will receive federal funds for repairs totaling about 197,550 with local authorities handling maintenance and health officials praising conditions.
Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, former First Cavalry Division commander in Korea, departs Yokohama with his wife to assume deputy commanding general of the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston Texas. He is reassigned under the army rotation plan to better utilize combat experience. General Palmer succeeds him.
In San Francisco on March 10 the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced more than 14 128 California newspaper boys raised 1 800 for polio research and rehabilitation Half the funds go to the national foundation to boost the newspaperboy memorial research fund and the other half stays in local communities to aid polio victim rehabilitation
Mrs. George D. Clark of Tucson was elected president of the Arizona Children's Home, succeeding Mrs. William G. Hall. Voting also named Mrs. Sidney Collins first vice president, Frank Drachman second vice president, Walter Roediger third vice president, and Sam Seaney treasurer. Tucson’s Estella Crosson received honorary board membership for 25 years of service.
Prague Radio reported that Prime Minister Stalin sent a friendly telegram to Chinese Communist President Mao Tze-tung praising his greetings on the 33rd birthday of the Soviet armed forces February 23. The message was described as heartfelt.
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation began cutting output at its Pittsburgh works citing a progressive slowdown by plant railroad train crews. The move, announced March 10, affects a major industrial facility and signals possible disruption in steel production.
The House approved by a 58 to 0 vote a bill enabling state and local government employees to join the federal Social Security system, with final passage ahead of a Senate debate on related measures. The move follows earlier cost surveys and potential repeal discussions of the state retirement plan.
Washington dispatch says Speaker Rayburn predicts the House will defeat a Republican bid for full congressional authorization before sending troops to Europe. The GOP policy committee urged authorization by both chambers for U S forces in Eisenhower’s Atlantic Pact Army, while defense officials seek Senate clarification on two troop deployment resolutions. Confusion over Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services votes splits Republicans as Monday cleanup session looms.
Capt. Dwight N. Hillis of Buena Park California was treated at Fifth Force Headquarters Korea for his first injury in the Korean War. He was bitten on the arm by a horse nibbling near the base. He joked it might be a guerrilla escaped from a pack train he strafed last week.
Five Abilene residents returning from a Billy Graham revival in Fort Worth died when their car crashed into a trailer truck in heavy rain one mile east of Abilene. The deceased were Perry Kenner about 30, Mrs H V Hodges about 45 and her 11 year old son Bobby, Mrs E V Huckabee age unknown and her 18 year old daughter Betty. A fellow occupant, Doris Meyer 30, was critically injured.
United States Caribbean Air Command suspended the search for the schooner Monsoon missing since February 25 off the Panamanian coast. Search planes had combed a 12,000 square mile zone for the 45 foot vessel en route to Coronado California. Owners Mr and Mrs Donald Radcliffe of Palo Verde California and one crewman were aboard when last heard the engine was out of order.
Two United States Army secret agents are unofficially reported missing in Vienna during the past week. One is said to be a U S Army sergeant who sought American citizenship and the other an Austrian employed by an army intelligence agency. Names not released.
TOKYO March 10 AP Kiju ro Shidehara 78 speaker of Japan House of Representatives died today of a heart attack. Shidehara was Japan's first prime minister appointed under the occupation. He had been forced out of political life in 1931 when as foreign minister he bitterly opposed Japan's militarist expansion.
West Hollywood, Calif. marshal officers report the arrest of Louis Leonard Miller, 52, on charges of book making and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He allegedly took 10 cent horse race bets from high school students at a pool hall near Fairfax High School after complaints by officials and parents about bets from 10 cents to $1.50.
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