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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1951
Page
2
Hong Kong dispatches say hungry farmers in South China seized arms stores and mounted food riots against Communist rule. Independent Chinese reports put pro Nationalist estimates at 200000 guerrillas in Kwangtung and Kwangsi and 1500000 across China.
One of television's pioneers, the late C Francis Jenkins, started his experiments as far back as 1890, laying early groundwork for the development of televised broadcasting and image transmission.
Costello, after consulting attorney George Wolf, wavered on the cash amount in the strongbox, giving estimates like forty to fifty five thousand dollars. Senator Herbert O'Conor accused the testimony of being false and urged Costello to modify it. The testimony referenced a 1943 wiretap and details of a 1938 plan involving William Whitely Distilleries, with William Helis originally backing but later withdrawing.
The article notes that many electrical terms like watt volt and ampere are named to honor the scientists who discovered their concepts. It traces the practice of naming units after researchers and highlights the lasting impact of these pioneers on science and engineering.
Mrs. Heard died at her bedside joined by her son and widow. Survived by grandson Bradford Heard at Harvard, granddaughter Helen Townsend of Los Angeles, brother Frederic C Bartlett of Beverly Mass, sister Florence Dibell Bartlett of Chicago, and half sister Eleanor Perdue of Spring Hill Alabama. A civic mover, she supported Heard Museum and Phoenix Little Theater, funded YWCA gym, helped found Social Service Center, Welfare League, and Phoenix Community Chest, and built key local landmarks with husband Dwight B Heard.
A senate proposal sets noncompetitive oil or land leases with a $10 filing fee and a state right to withdraw unleased areas within known geological structures. A committee of the governor, attorney general, and University of Arizona College of Mines dean would approve actions. Bidding would occur for undiscovered lands, with bonuses determining winners, and a minimum 12 percent royalty plus $1 per acre annual rent. Revenue would fund the state school system. The house bill earlier favored 10 cents per acre leases, up to 100,000 acres per entity, no bonus after discovery, and a similar 12 percent cap.
Arizonans wounded in Korea include Cpl. Joe Eugene Patterson son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Eugene Patterson of 2208 East Henshaw Road Phoenix and Cpl. Gilberto G Gutierrez son of Mrs Julia G Gutierrez of Miami placed on the wounded list today in the conflict.
Kiwanis International secretary O E Peterson of Chicago will be the principal speaker at Phoenix Kiwanis Club Salad Bowl banquet Tuesday night. Oren Arnold says 20 Arizona club presidents and 19 community principals will attend as funds totaling 12000 for underprivileged children are distributed. The money comes from last year's Salad Bowl game with 26000 net. part funds clubs and clinics while the Kiwanis Clinic Foundation receives the rest for future building. The banquet is at Hotel Westward Ho at 730 PM.
Stratford on Avon hosts annual Shakespearean festivals begun in 1769 when actor David Garrick sponsored the first jubilee in the bard's birthplace, a tradition continuing to honor his legacy.
Los Angeles police questioned two Minneapolis men Edward Firotto and William Hadreas in connection with the shotgun death of attorney Sam Rummel. They were arrested in Gardena after arriving from a ranch near Tucson and were tailed by officers after stepping off a plane without luggage. Firotto, a known triggerman, and Hadreas were believed involved in a gangland slaying carried out by an imported gunman. Both men have prior criminal records and were linked to a Phoenix residence.
The United States Army and Air Force Recruiting Station at 213 North First Avenue lists seven Arizonans accepted for service. Residents named include Santiago Maldonado of Phoenix, Raymond McKinley and George Rudy of Mesa, Ronald Craige and Elwood Gaillard of Goodyear, Raymond Kayona of Thatcher, Rolland Peck of Glendale, and others from Phoenix, Tucson, and Glendale.
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