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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1951
Page
2
In Tucson on March 23 AP reports the Fort Grant Institute for Boys may discuss staff changes as directors meet. Charles Reed reportedly resigning and on terminal leave to accept a Texas job. Frank M. Clark Jr. also said to have resigned for Cochise County Welfare.
New York March 23 AP cotton futures opened 30 to 46 cents higher per bale with March May and July bids at 45.39 and new crop months at steady levels. Old crop months held near the ceiling while trading drifted back to close, aided by light buying and profit taking as markets remained holiday quiet. Noon prices showed little net change from the previous close.
Funeral services for Jacob O. Harlan 97 of Glendale were held today at A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary with Rev. Edward P. O'Rear of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. A Rushville Indiana native, he came to Arizona 40 years ago and is survived by two daughters Elsie Kile and Ed Haustgen and a son L L Harlan all of Phoenix along with four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Allied paratroopers linked with Growndon's task force racing 18 road miles to join units after a night landing. Reds reportedly fled toward the 38th Parallel as mine fields slowed advance. Air strikes blasted Munson hills positions, dwarfed prior paradrops in the Far East.
Ad urges readers to prevent slipping dentures with powder plates for a firmer fit. Claims no gummy taste, improves confidence and comfort, and suggests purchasing F. at any drug store.
Buenos Aires dispatch reports Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz, publisher of the closed La Prensa, missing after an arrest order for contempt of Congress. A fugitive tag followed a denied custody claim, with police guarding airports and docks as a possible flight to Uruguay was suspected.
Arizona road toll rises to 68 for 1951 with the death of Henson Wiseman 50 of Casa Grande from injuries after a single vehicle crash near Stanfield. Charles Mathews also of Casa Grande died in the same accident.
Sheriff L. C. Boies petitions Maricopa County Superior Court for authority to destroy 11 one ball gambling machines seized in the county. Deputy county prosecutor J. M. Anderson states the devices are gambling machines.
A North High freshman, Jimmy Dorsey, lies in Good Samaritan hospital after a .22 rifle accident, inspiring calls for safe firearm training. The piece argues guns are dangerous, urges designated ranges for youth to learn respect and safety, and warns against guns as toys.
Rep. Wayne Aspinall of Colorado, on the House Interior Affairs Committee, argues to continue western reclamation projects for economic and power needs. He warns of food shortages looming and notes many projects will lag for 10 to 20 years, urging broad political support from the East.
TUCSON March 23 AP F B Chitwood operator of a motel on the Tucson Nogales highway was arrested on a Pima County grand jury indictment charging conspiracy to conduct gambling. He was the fourth man arrested on gambling conspiracy indictments handed down yesterday afternoon by the grand jury probers of vice. Taken into custody last night were William Dillas Henry Porter and John L Rowe. All of the men have been released on bond.
The article notes that the headwaters of the Amazon River spring high in the Andes mountains to the west of Lake Titicaca, detailing a distant origin in the high Andean region and its relation to major geographic landmarks.
The army faces a manpower excess with a 1.5 million ceiling while already at about 1.4 million. Growth exceeds 100000 monthly, prompting potential reductions in draft calls or reactivating reserves and guardsmen to inactive duty. Service breakdown shows Navy 650000, Marines 190000, Air Force 665000. Navy and Air Force have room to grow, with Air Force unlikely to reach 1,000,000 before 1953.
Tokyo reports say Japanese police kept screening 82 Koreans rounded up as suspected ringleaders and participants in a predawn attack on six American soldiers in Asakusa, a district known as Tokey's Hell Kitchen. One GI died from wounds, two were seriously hurt. US Army declined to comment or release names. Seventy-seven Koreans, including seven women, remain in custody.
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